by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, Virginia primary day, June 12, 2018. Make sure you get out and vote today for your candidate of choice at your regular polling location!
- The North Korean human rights issue stalking the Singapore summit
- Trump’s Singapore Summit Was a Bust—for the U.S. (“The only language on ‘denuclearization’ the two sides agreed on in their joint statement was complete pablum, and it puts the future relationship with South Korea in doubt.”)
- Trump announces halt to war games with South Korea, denies making concessions to Kim (Big Lie; in fact, Trump made at least two major concessions – first, meeting with this evil dictator and second, agreeing to suspend “war games” with South Korea.)
- READ: Full text of Trump-Kim signed statement (So basically we gave North Korea’s human-rights-abusing, outlaw regime international legitimacy in exchange for this super-vague commitment: “Reaffirming the April 27, 2018 Panmunjom Declaration, the DPRK commits to work toward complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula”)
- Live Updates: Trump to Suspend Military Exercises on Korean Peninsula (And North Korea achieves yet ANOTHER victory…again, for what???)
- The Trump-Kim Summit Was a Great Photo Op, And Maybe Nothing More
- The Winners and Losers of President Trump’s Meeting With Kim Jong-un (The #1 winner is “North Korea’s Prestige.” The losers are “Diplomatic Norms Meant to Prevent War,” “Victims of Human Rights Abuses,” “American Foreign Policy That Promised Something More Than Photo Ops With Dictators”)
- Trump doesn’t want to look weak in front of Kim Jong Un. Too late. (“We’ve already given Kim something very valuable: the summit itself. Standing next to the leader of the world’s most important power gives Kim a prestige and status that his father and grandfather both wanted but couldn’t get, because American presidents were unwilling to offer it. In that way, the summit has already been a victory for Kim, and it will be a victory even if no agreement is reached. Perhaps most importantly, we’re asking Kim for something very big, something we want very much, and something he is disinclined to give.”)
- Everything That Happened at the Trump-Kim Meeting
- Trump gives Kim Jong Un the grin that was absent with his allies at G-7
- ‘Rocket Man’ 1, Trump 0. (“The Singapore declaration does not commit North Korea to a firm, verifiable process for giving up its nuclear weapons, but Trump believes Kim ‘will do the right thing.’”)
- ‘A great honor’: In a bid for history, Trump flatters North Korea’s totalitarian leader (Top comment on the WaPo article sums up my view: “So, it was a great ‘honor’ for Trump to legitimize the most brutal, totalitarian dictator in the World? That’s our Dumpster Fire. And, for what?”)
- Trump, Kim vow to denuclearize North Korea (“But a joint statement from the leaders contained no concrete steps to achieve denuclearization other than vowing future meetings.” No wonder Kim is smiling so much.)
- What have Trump and Kim signed? We read between the lines (“Document hailed by US president as ‘very comprehensive’ does not go much further than existing denuclearisation agreement” Right, so in exchange for basically nothing, Trump gave Kim a great deal. The “art of the deal,” huh?)
- Trump’s North Korea summit falls short of Nixon-goes-to-China moment (“This looks like a restatement of where we left negotiations more than 10 years ago and not a major step forward.”)
- Trump mocks press at North Korea summit (Trump shows Kim how it’s done when it comes to attacking the free press.)
- Jeff Sessions just all but slammed the door on survivors of domestic violence and gang violence (“His big new asylum ruling is extremely bad news for parents separated from their children at the border, too.” FU Jeff.)
- Sessions Says Domestic and Gang Violence Are Not Grounds for Asylum (FU Jeff.)
- Trump’s clout in GOP is driving Tuesday’s primaries. Here’s what to watch.
- The G-7 debacle reveals Trump unbound
- The pompous GOP credo was a sham all along (“Sorry, but I simply don’t understand how politically active evangelicals can reconcile devout Christian faith with uncritical support of Trump. Should all of his behavior be excused because he appoints judges who will restrict abortion and same-sex marriage rights? Then tell me, what is pro-family about a policy of forcibly separating asylum-seekers from their young children at the border? Where in the New Testament does it say that blessed are the cruel?”)
- Ohio voter purge approved, Republicans get what they hoped for when they stole a Supreme Court seat (“On a party-line vote.”)
- Supreme Court’s conservative justices uphold Ohio’s voter purge system (“With the Supreme Court’s ruling, other states plan to follow Ohio’s lead on voter purges.” Appalling. And for the millionth time, there is essentially ZERO “voter fraud” – it’s a Republican myth, and the media should stop repeating it!)
- Why are Republicans so determined to discourage people from voting? (Not just “people”; Republicans specifically have been trying for many years to disenfranchise African Americans.)
- A Quisling and His Enablers (“This is not a column about whether Donald Trump is a quisling — a politician who serves the interests of foreign masters at his own country’s expense. Any reasonable doubts about that reality were put to rest by the events of the past few days, when he defended Russia while attacking our closest allies.”)
- The Health Care Stalkers (“The administration keeps threatening the Affordable Care Act, even as voters say health coverage is their biggest concern.”)
- The Trump Administration Is Completely Unravelling the U.S. Asylum System
- Jeff Flake Should Do Something (“Moderate Republicans like to talk about the dangers of Donald Trump. They should take action instead.” If they even are truly “moderate”)
- Net neutrality is officially repealed. Here’s what happens next. (“Net neutrality can still be saved, but the window of opportunity just got smaller.” This administration is a disaster on so many levels.)
- The Supreme Court just made it easier for states to kick people off of voter rolls. Media should let voters know.
- Trump Adviser Larry Kudlow Suffers Heart Attack
- Stephen Colbert hilariously mocks new Trump doctrine ‘we’re America, b*tch’: ‘It looks like we’re Russia’s b*tch’
- Ivanka Trump Quotes ‘Chinese Proverb,’ but China Is Baffled
- G6 leaders break with Trump, move forward on climate action (“The U.S. president also refused to back an ocean protection plan.”)
- Maine Is Trying Out A New Way To Run Elections. But Will It Survive The Night? (“Maine on Tuesday will become the first state to use ranked-choice voting to decide a statewide election. So not only are there races in Maine we’ll be watching, but the process matters too. And if Maine voters don’t pass an initiative reauthorizing the voting method at the same time, this real-life political-science experiment will be cut short.”)
- An NRA source just admitted that NRA representatives met with Putin’s inner circle during the 2016 campaign (“NRATV called the Russia investigation a lie, even as there is an FBI investigation into whether the Russian government used the NRA to illegally funnel money to support Trump”)
- Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made over $82m outside White House roles (Totally normal, no worries! LOL)
- Gorsuch just wrote an opinion so radical that Clarence Thomas wouldn’t join it (“Not even Justice Thomas would sign onto the paean to the Gilded Age that Gorsuch enshrined in his most recent dissent.”)
- Fact check: Trump ignores U.S. trade strengths in G7 dispute
- Virginia Primary Puts Democrats’ Spirit of ’17 to the Test (“Whether Democrats’ zeal to rebuke Mr. Trump remains strong will be closely scrutinized as Virginians vote in contested primaries for nine of the state’s 11 congressional seats.”)
- Virginia holds a primary today; polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- 6 Democrats compete in Virginia’s 10th Congressional District primary
- Va. Democrats banking on anti-Trump backlash in bid to unseat Rep. Barbara Comstock
- Election Day: Virginia voters have primary selections to make
- This Democrat thinks his opponent has an advantage because she’s a woman. Is he right?
- How Ralph Northam struck a deal with Republicans
- WATCH: Genealogist gives Gov. Ralph Northam his family history
- Hampton Roads, Virginia crime rates drop in 2017
- Officials with Virginia college savings program told to change pricing
- Rose McGowan indicted on cocaine charge in Loudoun Co.
- Two Virginia Beach council members call for city manager to be fired (“John Moss and Jessica Abbott said it was inappropriate that City Manager Dave Hansen forwarded emails to developer Bruce Thompson about a closed-door council meeting.”)
- A nice day for a parade; highs in the 80s return tomorrow
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