by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, June 20.
- Iran shoots down U.S. naval drone in Persian Gulf region: officials
- Trump is a belligerent isolationist. But on Iran, he needs allies. (“An international coalition to protect ships from Iran is the best way to avoid a war.”)
- A Trio of Unlikely Partners: Kim, Xi and Trump
- ‘Credible evidence’ Saudi crown prince liable for Khashoggi killing – UN report
- A path has been laid out for holding Khashoggi’s murderers accountable
- With Maduro entrenched in Venezuela, Trump loses patience and interest in issue, officials say
- Powell Opens Door to July Rate Cut Amid Trump Uncertainty
- GOP hopes dim on reclaiming House
- No System of Government Designed by Human Beings Can Survive What the Climate Crisis Will Bring (“The window to prevent the worst of it is closing. Fast.”)
- Trump Deals Final Death Blow to the Planet (“‘We’re on the right side of history,’ the administration said as it finalized a plan to let the coal industry regulate itself.”)
- New York lawmakers pass aggressive law to fight climate change (“New York state lawmakers passed early Thursday one of the nation’s most ambitious plans to slow climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050.” If/when Dems take charge, we need to do this as well.)
- House Democrats vote to repeal 9/11-era law used to authorize perpetual war
- How A Supreme Court Ruling Could Supercharge Republicans’ Advantages In The States
- This isn’t the first time concentration camps have appeared on American soil (“From the annexation of the Philippines to Japanese-American incarceration, concentration camps aren’t something new in the U.S.”)
- Chuck Todd Trends on Twitter After Saying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Concentration Camps Comparison Distracts from Migrants’ Plight
- The AOC–Liz Cheney “Concentration Camp” Fight Might Just Be a Distraction
- Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates gives Mitch McConnell a thorough history lesson on reparations (“’Victims of that plunder are very much alive today,’ the author and journalist told members on Congress on Wednesday.”)
- Reparations: Reasonable and Right (“It is America’s responsibility to undo the trauma it has inflicted upon black people for hundreds of years.”)
- One of the Biggest Arguments Against Reparations Is Based on a Lie (“White people did not get ahead without help.”)
- Cable news fell for Trump’s campaign launch gimmick (“Trump’s 60th presidential rally received 2 1/2 hours of cable news coverage before it even began”)
- State Department official didn’t disclose ties to the boyfriend of Russian agent Maria Butina
- Paul Manafort’s transfer from Rikers Island shows how corrupt the DOJ really is
- The New York Times Asked the Democratic Presidential Candidates the Same 18 Questions. Here Are the Boldest Answers.
- The Trump tax cut bonus boom never materialized (“Worker bonuses shrunk 24% in the last year, the largest decrease since at least 2005.”)
- Elizabeth Warren, Unity Candidate?
- Biden and Democratic Rivals Exchange Attacks Over His Remarks on Segregationists (“Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Wednesday lashed out at his Democratic rivals who had condemned his fond recollections of working relationships with segregationists in the Senate, declining to apologize and defending his record on civil rights. The angry exchange shattered, at least for now, the relative comity that had marked the Democratic presidential primary.”)
- Black lawmakers get Biden’s back amid ‘segregationist’ uproar (“‘I worked with Strom Thurmond all my life,’ Jim Clyburn says.”)
- Why Biden can’t take us back to normal (“Biden’s campaign may promise a return to the ordinary, but that’s illusory; what’s possible is a different, better politics and political culture in the future. And there’s no message issuing from the Biden campaign about how to get there from here.”)
- Wall Street Journal issues blistering editorial asking Trump what the point is of a second term
- Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist Arthur Laffer (Should really be spelled “Laugher,” because this guy’s a sick joke.)
- Accusing the New York Times of ‘Treason,’ Trump Crosses a Line
- Lawmakers Are ‘Coming Out of the Woodwork’ to Be Briefed on UFOs: Report (“Mark Warner was one of three senators to hear a briefing on UFOs from the Pentagon on Wednesday, as lawmaker interest in the topic increases”)
- Ken Cuccinelli Hates Immigrants: 11 Examples Over the Years
- Virginia Democrats Launch Campaign For Statehouse, With Help From Northam
- Yes or No: Do Virginia Republican 2019 candidates endorse Trump for re-election?
- Virginia Democrats Announce “Take the Majority 2019” Coordinated Campaign
- EDITORIAL: Virginia’s election year wild cards
- Virginia Democrats Recognize #Juneteenth: “While we celebrate that freedom, there is so much more work ahead.”
- David Yancey Is No Gun Safety Moderate: The NRA “A”-Rated Delegate Took $1,250 From the Gun Lobby
- Barnes: From brownfields to ‘brightfields’ in Virginia’s coal country
- Group looks to plug region’s ‘brain drain’ as graduates look elsewhere for futures
- Did briefing on proposed Charles City gas plant ‘come close enough’ to statutory requirements?
- After pipeline feud, Virginia nonprofit aims to reunite community with solar
- Video: Arlington County Board Votes 5-0 to Raise Salary Cap; Also Discusses Potential Changes to Form of Government
- Counting Virginia drivers’ cell phone use — be scared, be very scared
- Norfolk will let neighborhoods raise their own taxes to pay for flooding fixes
- ‘His story lives on’: Loudoun Co. dedicates memorial to black teen lynched in 1889
- Editorial: Why the secrecy from the city about the Richmond Coliseum?
- Former Councilman Chuck Richardson joins growing field of Richmond City Council hopefuls
- In reversal, Metro chair Jack Evans acknowledges he violated board’s ethics code
- Parents, students react to proposed Arlington schools transgender policy
- Fairfax County high school teacher took illicit videos of dozens of students, police say
- Rare wave-shaped clouds hovering over Virginia skyline caught on camera
- Max Scherzer pitches seven scoreless innings with a broken nose and a black eye in Nationals’ 2-0 win
- Steamy air sets off late-day storms today, but it turns much less humid tomorrow
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