by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, June 11.
- Britain briefly suspends sending evidence to U.S. law enforcement, in move some see as a sign of fraying relationship
- Second U.S. Virus Wave Emerges as Cases Top 2 Million
- Trump is getting his reopening even as the virus takes another swipe
- As Coronavirus Infections Climb, Washington Moves On to Other Business
- New Trump admin proposal would make it harder for immigrants to claim asylum in U.S.
- Why Does Trump Lie? (“He has nothing but contempt for the institutions that exist to keep presidents in check.”)
- Fired inspector general says he told aides about Pompeo probe so that they ‘wouldn’t be surprised’
- Donald Trump’s Increasingly Elaborate Bid to Create His Own America
- Know The Signs: How to tell if your grandparent has become an antifa agent (LOL)
- The coronavirus pandemic isn’t ending — it’s surging
- Coronavirus spreads among fruit and vegetable packers, worrying U.S. officials
- Senate Armed Services on collision course with Trump over Confederate names
- NASCAR bans display of Confederate flag at all events and properties (Great move.)
- ‘Make it stop’: George Floyd’s brother calls on Congress to act over police violence
- Aggressive Tactics by National Guard, Ordered to Appease Trump, Wounded the Military, Too
- Beleaguered and besieged, police try to come to grips with a nation’s anger
- If we want better policing, we’re going to have to spend more, not less
- Speaker Pelosi wants Confederate statues in Capitol removed
- Trump is spreading a dangerous conspiracy theory about antifa
- Trump Will Return to Campaign Trail With Rally in Tulsa
- We are living in a bipartisan state of denial about the coronavirus
- Harris grapples with defund the police movement amid veep talk
- Trump to resume campaign rallies with June 19 event in Tulsa (“The Biden campaign on Wednesday evening criticized Trump and the timing and location of next week’s rally. ‘Do some research on #Juneteenth and the racial violence that took place in Oklahoma known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, 1921,’ Kamau Marshall, the campaign’s director of strategic communications, wrote on Twitter.”
- Trump’s Slipping Polls Make GOP Holding Senate More Daunting
- As Trump struggles to respond to crises, internal polling instills fear in advisers: Sources
- Trump campaign demands CNN apologize for poll that shows Biden leading (What next, Trump demands the polar ice caps apologize for melting due to global warming?)
- Live updates: Trump rejects calls to rename military bases honoring Confederate generals
- Trump’s Support for Confederate Base Names Has Nothing to Do With Respecting the Military
- The Army Was Open to Replacing Confederate Base Names. Then Trump Said No.
- Pentagon blindsided by Trump tweet on Confederate bases
- We’re still honoring those who fought against the U.S.A. Why, President Trump? (It makes absolutely no sense.)
- ‘I can’t breathe,’ Oklahoma man tells police before dying. ‘I don’t care,’ officer responds. (From horrific case, this time from May 2019.)
- Economics, Dominated by White Men, Is Roiled by Black Lives Matter
- Republicans are engineering an electoral disaster this fall
- Voting debacle in Georgia came after months of warnings went unaddressed
- Quarantine fatigue: Governors reject new lockdowns as virus cases spike
- Bolton plans to move forward with book despite new White House warning that it contains classified material
- The White House vs. John Bolton
- White House Tells Bolton His Book Still Contains Classified Information
- LeBron James and Other Stars Form a Voting Rights Group
- USA TODAY Poll: Forceful clearing of Lafayette Square protest was defining moment for president and protests
- A retired judge’s sharp rebuke of William Barr confirms the worst (Yes, Barr is evil.)
- Judge Gleeson Told Bill Barr He’s a Hopeless Hack Serving a Hopeless Crook
- More than 1,250 former Justice Dept. workers call for internal watchdog to probe Barr role in clearing demonstrators from Lafayette Square
- Democrats’ Blue-Texas Fever Dream May Finally Become a Reality (“A veteran Lone Star strategist sees recent polling as a four-alarm fire for Team Trump—but Biden’s campaign shouldn’t get too cocky.”)
- Lara Logan, the Fox ‘Investigative Journalist’ Who Keeps Falling for Antifa Hoaxes
- Tucker Carlson’s Fox News Show Loses Disney & Other Advertisers Over George Floyd Killing & Black Lives Matter POV
- After his bigoted rants about police brutality marches, Tucker Carlson has lost five major advertisers (“He didn’t have many to spare to begin with”)
- Three corporations that say they support Black Lives Matter but sponsor Tucker Carlson [UPDATED]
- Fox News Host Tucker Carlson Leaves the Daily Caller
- Noel Francisco to step down as US solicitor general, sources say
- D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser: ‘Not At All’ Reconsidering Police Funding
- Louisville police release the Breonna Taylor incident report. It’s virtually blank
- HISTORY! Congress Poised to Get Its First QAnon Believer (“Barring the unexpected, Marjorie Taylor Greene is going to be elected the next representative from Georgia’s 14th district. And boy does she have some wild ideas.” Ee gads.)
- Georgia Was A Mess. Here’s What Else We Know About The June 9 Elections.
- Network news cover Georgia election “meltdown” — to mixed results (“ABC News gave scant coverage, and missed key issues completely in order to blame local Democratic officials”)
- Moving Forward: The Anatomy of Racism in Our Everyday Lives
- Terry McAuliffe: In the US and Virginia, Black Lives Matter.
- NASCAR truck racer Ray Ciccarelli says he’s quitting after Confederate flag ban (Moron and racist.)
- Warner likes parks and conservation bill’s chances
- Senators Warner, Kaine Express Concern with Disproportionately Small Share of Food Allotted to Virginia Food Banks Under USDA Relief Program
- Sen. Kaine calls for health equity reforms
- Drive-through convention will decide GOP nominee for Congress in central Va. (The fact that someone as far right as crazy Denver Riggleman can be challenged – maybe successfully – from his *right* tells you all you need to know about today’s Trump Republican Party.)
- Editorial: Good wants to upend some historic American values (In short, Good is bad – very bad.)
- A Republican Congressman Steps Out with Peaceful Protesters (Wittman has voted for his entire career to deprive African Americans of voting rights, and basically to hurt them in a myriad of ways. Now he “steps out?” Whatever.)
- Virginia Sen. Amanda Chase Rants About “Destroying WHITE HISTORY,” Taking Down “White” Monuments and “Not Others”
- Video: Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor Declares “If we are able to [charge the Virginia ‘KKK President’ with hate crimes], we will be charging”
- Speaker Filler-Corn Announces Appointments to Newly-Formed Commission to Study Slavery and Subsequent De Jure and De Facto Racial and Economic Discrimination
- Virginia House Democrats Usher in Sweeping Expansions to Voting Rights
- Few Prisoners Get Early Release Promised by the State
- Virginia Schools Face Another Financial Crisis Thanks to COVID-19 and Economic Woes
- Good riddance to Advance America (Agreed.)
- Virginia’s COVID-19 deaths surpass 1,500 as stay-at-home order expires
- Wednesday (6/10) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +439 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 52,177), +69 Hospitalizations (to 5,272), +18 Deaths (to 1,514 From Yesterday)
- With ‘above-average’ season expected, state hurricane planning continues despite pandemic
- Va. attorney general tells judge he will defend governor’s push to remove statue of Robert E. Lee; Jefferson Davis statue pulled down
- Jefferson Davis statue torn down in Richmond
- Amid protests, school resource officers face growing scrutiny from Virginia legislators
- From the RTD publisher: Black Lives Matter (The RTD really needs to own up to its horrendous history, including support for “Massive Resistance,” and years of being a shill for Dominion, corporate power, right-wing politicians, etc. Don’t hold your breath. Still, let’s hope they’re actually changing now, even as the local news business implodes economically and the RTD is a mere shadow of its former self.)
- Virginia students to take SOLs during altered new school year without waiver
- Video, Photos: Person Injured as Confederate Statue Pulled Down in Portsmouth; Also, Jefferson Davis Statue Toppled in Richmond
- Portsmouth Confederate statues beheaded, partially pulled down by protesters (“A protester was injured as the statue fell, hitting him on the head”)
- Portsmouth Confederate monument broken apart hours after city moves forward in relocation process
- Protesters Bring Down Columbus Statue in Byrd Park After March
- Progressive Voices Enter Richmond Elections Following Weeks Of Police Protests
- Newport News police officers now have “duty to intervene” (“Newport News Police Chief Steve Drew announced the department formalized a “duty to intervene” that requires officers to step in when they see another officer in a physical or verbal conflict.”)
- 60 Years Ago: “Three sit-ins at lunch counters in Arlington protest segregation.”
- Hundreds march in Christiansburg as protests continue
- Fairfax County Public Schools Planning for Three Fall Scenarios for Students, Staff (“Most likely scenario for students and teachers involves reduced in-school learning and alternative schedules.”)
- Arlington Gyms Prepare for Reopening With New Precautions
- Photos: Hundreds Join Student-Led Black Lives Matter Protest in McLean
- McLean High School Students Hold Rally to Support Black Lives Matter
- Afternoon showers today before humidity breaks and abundant sunshine returns Friday and Saturday
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