by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 1.
- White House Could ‘Tacitly Accept’ North Korea as a Nuclear Power, Says Report
- Trump’s G20 Trip Was More Bizarre and Embarrassing Than You Thought (“Here are seven lowlights from Trump’s latest adventure abroad.”)
- Trump’s Whirlwind Diplomacy Means Great Photos, Unclear Results
- Trump And Kim Meeting: The Start Of A Deal Or ‘Just Some Nice Pics And Pageantry?’
- North Korea upbeat on Trump-Kim surprise meeting as a chance to push nuclear talks
- Kabul Bombing Kills at Least 40 as Taliban Talks Continue (“A complex attack in Afghanistan badly damaged a war museum and TV station, officials said. Militants are still holed up in a nearby building. The attack came as American and Taliban negotiators were meeting in Qatar amid hopes for a deal on a U.S. troop withdrawal.”)
- In New Talks, U.S. May Settle for a Nuclear Freeze by North Korea
- ‘Surreal’: Ivanka Trump plays a prominent role in her father’s historic Korea trip
- Tucker Carlson: Leading a Country ‘Means Killing People’ (Carlson is an all-out fascist.)
- Trade Truce Prompts Relief Rally for Stocks and Oil
- Don’t Give Trump Too Much Credit for a Trade Truce (“The forces shaping the global slowdown predate both the U.S. president and his Chinese counterpart. The solution will take more than handshakes.”)
- ‘I have lost hope for my life’: Iranians describe hardships as sanctions expand
- Hong Kong protesters attempt to storm government headquarters
- Stephanie Grisham, new White House press secretary, bruised in tussle with North Korean security
- 2020 Democratic candidates pan Trump’s North Korea visit (“‘President Trump’s coddling of dictators at the expense of American national security and interests is one of the most dangerous ways that he’s diminishing us on the world stage and subverting our values as a nation,’ said Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates.”)
- Trump raises 2020 stakes by elevating North Korea, China on agenda
- Trump’s Dictator Envy Isn’t Funny Anymore (“It’s tempting to laugh at the authoritarian buffoonery the president displays abroad. But the consequences are deadly serious.”)
- Washington taxpayers bear the burden as Trump’s ego infiltrates national Fourth of July celebration (“The District of Columbia’s time-honored Independence Day traditions are being squeezed to the side for the sake of the president’s unquenchable thirst for self-aggrandizement.”)
- ‘The inevitability of Joe Biden is over’ (“There’s a new top tier — and a sense among the campaigns that the Democratic primary has broken wide open.”)
- Kamala Harris’s Star Is Rising, But There Are Major Hurdles Ahead (“… it’s doubtful Harris can win the nomination unless she essentially does to Biden what Barack Obama did to Hillary Clinton, who also had tremendous early strength among African-Americans in 2008”)
- Buttigieg Raised $24.8 Million in Second Quarter, His Campaign Says (“Pete Buttigieg’s total is the latest evidence that he has gone from a long shot to a serious candidate for the Democratic nomination in a matter of months.”)
- With 16 Months to Go, Negative Partisanship Predicts the 2020 Presidential Election (“Barring a shock to the system, Democrats recapture the presidency. The leaking of the Trump campaign’s internal polling has somewhat softened the blow of this forecast, as that polling reaffirms what my model already knew: Trump’s 2016 path to the White House, which was the political equivalent of getting dealt a Royal Flush in poker, is probably not replicable in 2020 with an agitated Democratic electorate. And that is really bad news for Donald Trump because the Blue Wall of the Midwest was then, and is now, the ONLY viable path for Trump to win the White House.”)
- Busing in a Divided Berkeley Shaped Kamala Harris and Her Peers (“As a first-grader, the Democratic presidential candidate rode a bus for 40 minutes each way to school as part of the integration effort in Berkeley. ‘For Kamala, or for anyone who went through it, I think it puts them in a position to have a lot of empathy,’ a fellow Berkeley student said.”)
- ‘Her ambition got it wrong about Joe’: Harris faces debate backlash (“Biden supporters lash out against Kamala Harris.”)
- Harris lands 2020 endorsement from 2 Black Caucus members
- Biden’s ‘gay waiter’ comment on LGBTQ rights falls flat in Seattle
- Harris Sees Surge After Democratic Debate as Support for Biden Decreases
- Juan Williams: Black pragmatists struggle to be heard in Trump era
- For All the Talk of a Tea Party of the Left, Moderates Emerge as a Democratic Power (“Representative Abigail Spanberger, Democrat of Virginia, grew red-faced and emotional during the exchange, and stormed off the House floor, returning a short time later and accepting an embrace from Representative Katie Porter, Democrat of California. Both ultimately supported the bill.”)
- Brett Kavanaugh is exactly who we thought he was
- Supreme Court term found Trump’s justices, and others, forming unpredictable alliances (“The high court divided along the typical ideological lines only seven times.”)
- The Sack Of Washington (“Emails show long-time corporate mercenaries on the march at the Environmental Protection Agency.”)
- Facebook to ban misinformation about 2020 census
- The Courts Won’t End Gerrymandering. Eric Holder Has a Plan to Fix It Without Them. (“While Democrats are fixated on 2020, Holder is fighting for fairer maps in 2021 and beyond.”)
- Red Shift: How Republicans Plan To Catch Democrats In Online Fundraising
- The hidden consensus: A winning Democratic platform began to emerge in Miami debates (“A blend of populism, pragmatism and social liberalism is clearly the winning formula. Democrats are getting closer”)
- Canadian cartoonist loses job after illustration of Trump went viral (“De Adder’s illustration depicted Trump asking the two dead migrants, ‘Do you mind if I play through?'”)
- At women’s summit, McClellan says she’s ‘thinking very seriously’ about gubernatorial run
- Customer-owned utilities should be leaders on clean energy. Why do most of them fail to deliver? (“Coal accounts for 75% of energy generated by electric cooperatives nationwide, compared to less than 28% today for all utilities nationally…In fact, stuck with the dirty black stuff, rural electric cooperatives are much more likely than investor-owned utilities to support coal and oppose climate regulations. This may even help explain why rural voters are so much more likely than urban voters to support coal even in non-coal states, and to doubt climate science. “)
- As Democratic base becomes more diverse, party tries to diversify campaign workers
- Report: Racial disparities persist on test scores, hiring and discipline in Virginia’s largest school system (“The achievement gap hasn’t budged since 2005 in Fairfax County”)
- Virginia takes gamble, as study focuses on potential casinos in parts, but not all, of state
- Virginia launches teaching degrees at colleges in effort to curtail teacher shortage
- Driving, drugs, schools and more among new Virginia laws
- Video: Meet Some of the Leading, Progressive Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorney Candidates
- Republican House of Delegates Candidate Jokes (har har har): “Install Your Very Own Concentration Camp”
- Fairfax County could elect first openly gay official (Go Karl Frisch!)
- Meet the Fairfax GOP-Endorsed, Far-Right School Board Candidates: Cheryl Buford Edition
- RAM Clinic serves over 1,100 people in Wise, Va.
- Elk reintroduction ignites backlash in Southwest Virginia
- Moving on: Respected 30-year Roanoke County official to head nonprofit
- A pause in the heat today, but then it surges back with increasing storm chances
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