by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, June 8. Also, check out the video of Hillary Clinton addressing supporters after clinching the Democratic presidential nomination. Go Hillary!
- Hillary Clinton Didn’t Dwell on Gender in Her Historic Speech. She Didn’t Have To.
- Clinton celebrates victory, declaring: ‘We’ve reached a milestone’
- Clinton celebrates milestone as Sanders vows to continue (Sanders lost big in California and New Jersey; it’s over.)
- How Hillary Clinton did it the second time around
- After roiling GOP, Trump says remarks on judge’s Mexican heritage were ‘misconstrued’ (That’s called a non-apology “apology.” #FAIL)
- Everywhere Paul Ryan turns, there’s the smell of Trump
- 7 Ways Hillary Clinton Had To Change To Lead A More Progressive Democratic Party
- Paul Ryan’s amoral Donald Trump rationale: He says racist stuff, but at least he’s not Hillary (Moral and political cowardice by Lyin’ Paul Ryan.)
- Hillary Clinton, Democratic nominee: Now the left begins to bargain with a painful reality — and a hopeful future
- Inside the bitter last days of Bernie’s revolution
- The 11 states that will determine the 2016 election (Virginia is one, of course.)
- Normalizing Trump, demonizing Hillary: The media’s shameful strategy for the 2016 election (“The press is only helping Donald Trump by creating a false equivalency between the billionaire and Hillary”)
- Donald Trump’s Statement About the “Mexican” Judge Is More Damning Than He Realizes (” Based on the statement’s sloppiness—grammatical mistakes, revisited grudges, and nonsense terms such as ‘Hispanic descent’ — it looks as though Trump wrote (or dictated) the statement himself.”)
- Jeffrey Lord And The Worst CNN Segment Of The Entire Election (“Watch CNN’s Paid Trump Supporter Try And Fail For 20 Mins To Spin Trump’s Racist Attacks”)
- The One Congress Member Donald Trump Endorsed Just Lost Her Primary
- Schapiro: Nation’s high court could scramble Va.’s elections (“2017 could be more than a gubernatorial and House election year. It could be House re-redistricting year.”)
- Koch: Cost increases at Virginia public colleges (“The current model is unsustainable.”)
- Trump planning rally at Richmond Coliseum Friday evening (I urge everyone to protest PEACEFULLY.)
- Corn planted in protest of Mountain Valley Pipeline (Planting corn is a good idea; the fracked natural gas pipeline is a terrible one.)
- Our view: The question we ought to ask about restoring civil rights (“The staff of Gov. Terry McAuliffe was not in the details when the governor signed his executive order restoring civil rights to 206,000 people convicted of felonies.”)
- Fairfax Co. meals tax approved for November ballot (Good news for the schools if voters say “yes.”)
- Mason, Simonds finance reports point to grass-roots push (Wow, an article about the Mason-Simonds race. Of course, it’s about money, not substance.)
- Virginian-Pilot editorial: State ethics police should police ethics (“In theory, a state ethics commission would curb questionable behavior and unseemly practices by elected officials.”)
- Republican candidates for 4th District have slightly different approaches to illegal immigration (“Mike Wade said it would be impossible to locate and lock up the millions of people estimated to be living illegally in the U.S. Jackee Gonzalez said the federal government can address those here illegally by enforcing the laws on the books.”)
- Democrat Donald McEachin anticipates election to U.S. House (I strongly support Sen. McEachin — go Donald!)
- School board plans to ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear transgender bathroom case (“An appeals court put its ruling on hold as the Gloucester County, Va., body prepares its request to the high court.”)
- Councilman: Portsmouth’s mostly white tourism commercials are not “culturally sensitive”
- Barry family gives ODU largest donation in school’s history for new art museum
- Democrats pick new nominee in 6th District race (“Kai Degner, a Harrisonburg City Council member, became the new Democratic nominee for the 6th District congressional seat Tuesday.”)
- Arlington board chair has far more cash than challenger in last days of race
- At Richmond mayoral forum, candidates offer thinly veiled criticism of Jones
- Spring returns with a gusty wind today; super nice tomorrow and Friday
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