by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 9. Virginia polls open in under 48 hours…when and where are you voting? (if you don’t know, click here). Regarding the front-page images by Fairfax County Public School Board endorsee Karl Frisch, here’s his account of what happened to him yesterday at the Pride Parade in DC: “WHAT HAPPENED: It was a crazy day. We were still in the staging area having only moved a couple blocks and then this huge wave of people just came running. It was pandemonium for a few minutes. Strangers waving people into their home and apartment buildings. Several of us ran for the woods near the P Street beach park. I went back to make sure all of our people were gone. Saw Laura Jane going into a house with her daughter and friends. And all of our other folks were gone so I went back to the park. Then it was over. Spoke to a few officers who said it was a false report of a shooting and that some folks were hurt in the panic. Not long after they canceled the parade.”
- Mexico crisis shows the limits of Trump’s brinksmanship (“The president’s negotiating style has settled into a familiar — and increasingly ineffective — pattern.”)
- Trump is ‘perfectly happy’ to hit China with new tariffs if Xi meeting doesn’t go well, Mnuchin says
- Deepening Trade Tensions Pose Threat to World Economy, G-20 Says
- Mexico Agreed to Take Border Actions Months Before Trump Announced Tariff Deal
- Mexico Never Agreed to Farm Deal Publicly Touted by Trump
- Pelosi accuses Trump of ‘threats and temper tantrums’ in Mexico negotiations
- Mexican president leads ‘celebration’ rally after US tariffs dropped
- Bulls Beware: The 2020 Oil Market Is Quickly Turning Ugly
- US and Russia point fingers after warships nearly collide
- 5 Arrested After Homophobic Attack On London Bus
- Trump Administration Suppresses Its Own Findings About Catastrophic Climate Change (This is utterly demented, really a crime against humanity.)
- ‘We All Owe Al Gore An Apology’: More People See Climate Change In Record Flooding (Brilliant, people; NOW they start figuring it out???)
- For Democrats, Trump impeachment question is a struggle transcending politics
- Poll: Support For Impeachment Hearings Grows, But Americans Split On Way Forward
- America’s Political Mood Is Now the ‘Most Liberal Ever Recorded’
- Public support for left-wing policymaking has reached a 60-year high (“But thanks to the Senate, it probably won’t happen.” And the right-wing SCOTUS.)
- Biden slumps, Buttigieg soars: 6 takeaways from benchmark Iowa poll
- Iowa poll: Biden stretches lead over Sanders (“Elizabeth Warren holds a strong position as Pete Buttigieg surges.”)
- Iowa Poll: Joe Biden leads, followed by Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg (“Twenty-four percent of Iowa’s likely Democratic caucusgoers say former vice president Biden is their first choice for president. Sanders, a Vermont senator, is the first choice for 16% of poll respondents, while Warren, a Massachusetts senator, and Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Indiana, are at 15% and 14% respectively.”)
- Kamala Harris says prosecutor past will help defeat Trump
- Elizabeth Warren gains momentum in the 2020 race plan by plan
- Some U.S. embassies still hoisting rainbow flags, despite advisory from Washington
- D.C. Pride Parade Ends in Panicked Stampede After Reports of Gunfire (“Authorities say there was no active shooter but some people were injured amid the chaos of people fleeing when they thought shots had been fired.”)
- High court could cause Va. election drama, but likely won’t (“The state is holding primaries Tuesday, but under one seemingly longshot outcome in a case still to be decided, the justices could require revisions to about two dozen state House voting districts and, in theory, a new primary within months…The court’s decision could come as early as Monday. Supreme Court experts, however, say it’s almost unthinkable that the justices’ decision will change the districts and cause election drama.”)
- Author who reported Metro worker for eating on a train sues publisher
- Young, Determined, Empowered: These Democratic Women in Northern Virginia Want To Change Up the Virginia General Assembly (“People will tell me, ‘You’re like the AOC of NOVA,’” said Johanna Gusman, a Democrat running for the 87th district in the House of Delegates”)
- EDITORIAL: Virginia college costs are out of control
- Gilbert Bland: Discussion of EVMS culture needs public
- Editorial: Together, Virginia can find a path forward on gun violence
- Western Virginia candidates face off in primaries on Tuesday
- Editorial: Will what’s left of the center hold on Tuesday?
- Several Fredericksburg area races on ballot, but will Tuesday’s primaries attract voters?
- Incumbent, challenger face off in Democratic primary for Roanoke clerk of court
- A Hokie horde will stretch Blacksburg in the fall
- As Toscano departs, Democrats battle over who is best fit to represent liberal Charlottesville district
- Fairfax election leads to dispute over whether Reston Metro station is public land
- JUST IN: Bulova Suggests Possible Legal Recourse Against Comstock’s Campaigning Restrictions at Reston Station Plaza
- Chesterfield Democrats: Javaid Siddiqi Wins Nomination for Midlothian Board of Supervisors (“Over 1,000 attend caucus”)
- Arlington Dems Endorse Reid Goldstein for Reelection to School Board (“A total of 2,000 votes were cast; Goldstein received 1,231 votes and Priddy received 763.”)
- Police identify body found in fresh grave in Fairfax County park (“A Virginia law prevents them from identifying the victim publicly because he or she is a juvenile, police said.”)
- Cooler today as scattered showers threaten through tomorrow; warmer and drier midweek
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