by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 12.
Donald Trump on confronting bigotry and prejudice in America: “I think we’re going to do it very easily and quickly and it’ll go very easily.” pic.twitter.com/JmAaA2FLgP
— The American Independent (@AmerIndependent) June 11, 2020
- North Korea Says Trump’s ‘Empty Promise’ Dashes Hopes for Deal
- U.K. Economy Plunged by Record 20% Under Virus Lockdown
- Exclusive: Trump aims to sidestep another arms pact to sell more U.S. drones
- U.S. Stock Futures Rally Following Sharp Selloff
- 5 reasons the pandemic is so very far from over (“No matter what else happens, the coronavirus isn’t going away.”)
- COVID-19 spikes, but most governors signal they’re staying the course
- ‘An American fiasco’: US hits grim milestone of 2m Covid-19 cases
- What Is the Matter With Humans and Their Humanity? (“Killing caribou while they’re swimming? Killing pups and cubs?”)
- Trump Just Showed Us His Core Campaign Message: Chaos in the Streets
- Trump praises law enforcement response in Minneapolis protests (“At an event to discuss race relations and policing, President Trump said using tear gas and other forceful measures against Minneapolis protesters created a ‘beautiful scene.’ He also suggested the work of confronting bigotry will ‘go very easily'”)
- Trump Defends Racist Phrase By Citing Philadelphia’s Infamous ‘Vote White’ Mayor (“The president defended his use of the phrase ‘when the looting starts, the shooting starts.'”)
- Joint Chiefs Chairman Milley discussed resigning over role in Trump’s church photo op
- Revealed: more than 1,000 metric tons of microplastics rain down on US parks and wilderness (Plastics are a disaster.)
- Exclusive: Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals – Reuters/Ipsos poll
- Quarrel between president and military brass grows as Milley calls presence at photo op a mistake
- Esper orders review of recent National Guard deployments
- Trump’s most loyal media ally promised a pro-Trump poll. It didn’t deliver — and then pulled its story.
- Trump Hates Losers, So Why Is He Refighting the Civil War—on the Losing Side? (Because he’s, above all, a racist?)
- Battle over Confederate statues resumes in America’s enduring Civil War
- Republicans have no response to tackle racism (“That’s because they have nothing to say.”)
- Trump won’t remove Confederate names from military bases. So Congress and the Pentagon should.
- Trump might go down in history as the last president of the Confederacy
- Trump pushes fights over racist legacy while much of America moves in a different direction
- Trump defiant as cultural change sweeps America
- As Americans Shift on Racism, Trump Digs In
- Trump Corrupts Everyone Around Him
- Biden’s war chest swells as donors, many in California, grow increasingly alarmed by Trump
- Pressure Grows On Joe Biden To Pick A Black Woman As His Running Mate
- G.O.P. Platform, Rolled Over From 2016, Condemns the ‘Current President’
- Republicans across the spectrum slam RNC’s decision to keep 2016 platform
- The 2020 RNC Platform Details How Awful the ‘Current President’ Is. It’s From 2016.
- Trump Will Give Convention Speech in Jacksonville, Capping a Dispute Over Safety
- Officials Warned Trump About Possible Coronavirus Spread at Big Rallies. He Overruled Them.
- Trump rally attendees must agree not to sue campaign over potential coronavirus exposure (Amazing.)
- Trump’s Juneteenth Tulsa Rally Is the World’s Least-Subtle Dog Whistle
- Trump’s planned rally in Tulsa, site of a race massacre, on Juneteenth is ‘almost blasphemous,’ historian says (It’s truly appalling.)
- Black Tulsans call Trump rally plan ‘a slap in the face’
- Republicans start bracing for shutdown fight in run-up to election
- Trump’s irrationality is undermining his own campaign
- Trump might not have reached bottom (“The president behaves worse and sure enough, his polling gets worse, too.”)
- “Trump Has No Reparative Skills”: Cautious Optimism in Bidenworld as Trump Polling Craters (“Trump may be rolling out a campaign of racial fear.”)
- Trump’s re-election is approaching the danger zone, polls show (“Analysis: The president’s approval rating and standing versus Biden have taken a tumble.”)
- The Latest Swing State Polls Look Good For Biden
- Is OAN the Leading Edge of Russian Misinformation? (“The Biden campaign says Trump’s favorite TV network is peddling the Kremlin’s lies.”)
- ‘They had a huge opportunity’: People of color on Trump’s team reckon with a backlash (“Trump aides are wrestling with the president’s equivocation amid the nation’s most intense anti-racism protests in decades.”)
- Houston on ‘Precipice of Disaster’ With Virus Cases Spreading
- Right-wing media says Antifa militants have seized part of Seattle. Local authorities say otherwise
- Officer charged with killing George Floyd still eligible for pension worth more than $1 million
- Man charged in deputy ambush scrawled extremist ‘Boogaloo’ phrases in blood (“Steven Carrillo, accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy in Santa Cruz County, California, wrote the words on the hood of a car, prosecutors said”)
- ‘His Brain Is Injured:’ Lawyer Updates on 75-Year-Old NY Protester Shoved by Police
- Sen. Kaine secures ban on the use of the military against peaceful protesters in defense bill
- A GOP Congressman Officiated A Same-Sex Wedding. Now He Faces A Primary Challenge
- Riggleman at risk of losing seat in convention
- Rep. Riggleman, Bob Good vie for Republican nomination in Virginia’s 5th District (Gotta love how the media finally gets around to writing about this the day before the election!)
- UPDATE: McGuire campaign refutes anonymous smear
- GOP tweaks congressional nominating convention in Virginia
- Northam Won’t ‘Dismantle’ Police, Wants Local Governments to Handle Statue Removal
- Governor Northam Provides Guidance for Reopening Virginia Higher Education Institutions
- Governor Northam Recommits to Addressing Inequities in Virginia’s Laws and Regulations
- Virginia colleges and universities can reopen this fall — if they have a plan
- Editorial: Virus trends show Virginia on the right path
- Thursday (6/11) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +470 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 52,647), +88 Hospitalizations (to 5,360), +6 Deaths (to 1,520 From Yesterday)
- Editorial: The KKK is a terrorist organization — period
- Many laid-off workers still not getting benefits; Virginia Employment Commission says it is working through massive surge in filings
- Va. House speaker promises action on police reform during upcoming special session
- Statue Removal, Police Reform, and a New Contender in Richmond’s Mayoral Election: Political Analysis for Friday, June 12, 2020
- Virginia, We’re Only Short $800 Million (Not $1 Billion!) After COVID-19
- Metro Is Just Now Adding More Buses After Ridership Outpaced Demand For Months
- Here is how colleges in Virginia will be allowed to reopen
- Citing dangers to protesters, Northam urges them to stop pulling down monuments
- Live Video: Gov. Ralph Northam Holds Press Conference on College/University Reopening, COVID-19
- Video: 2018 VA GOP U.S. Senate Nominee Equates “Antifa” with Black Lives Matter; Compares Those Who Take Down Confederate Monuments to “Taliban,” Maoist China
- Video, Photos: Person Injured as Confederate Statue Pulled Down in Portsmouth; Also, Jefferson Davis Statue Toppled in Richmond
- Audio: Sen. Chap Petersen (D?) Goes on Trumpster Radio, Says During “Jim Crow” era, “there were some bad decisions made, but at least they had a functioning school system”
- Arlington Commonwealth’s Attorney Says She Doesn’t Have the Authority to Prosecute VP Pence for Social-Distance-Regulations-Violating Staff Gathering/Photo
- Ken Woodley column: Replace Lee with a memorial of reconciliation
- Fairfax County NAACP demand accountability from police
- Fairfax City: ‘No Lives Matter Until Black Lives Matter’ (“People speak their minds during a powerful event.”)
- Prosecutors to drop charges against man shot with stun gun by Fairfax Co. police
- Jones and Hartman: Why Roanoke Gas should opt out of MVP deal
- Charlottesville fire chief resigns after heated disputes with city manager
- In bid to withdraw from rally suit, attorney says Spencer hasn’t paid him in months
- Mothers Out Front PWC, Climate Groups Applaud Bold Climate Resolution by Prince William County School Board
- Newport News wraps Denbigh Confederate monument in tarp to prevent potential damage, City Council exploring monument’s future
- Demonstration focuses on gentrification, evictions and the quality of black lives
- Anti-racist resolution prompts spirited Montgomery County School Board debate
- Charlottesville Removing Police from Schools
- Warmth takes a break this weekend, but it’s very comfortable for June
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