by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 11. Also see President Obama’s weekly address, on addressing Puerto Rico’s economic crisis.
- Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ attack leaves GOP squirming again (Trump is an unabashed bigot. Any Republican who supports him apparently is a bigot as well, or doesn’t think bigotry’s a problem.)
- Paul Ryan grilled at Romney summit, where a CEO compares Trump to Hitler and Mussolini (“Hewlett Packard’s Meg Whitman likened Donald Trump to infamous demagogues”)
- Donald Trump: ‘I am the least racist person’ (Hahahahahaha.)
- Now, Election Day is the only thing that matters (“There is not much more to learn about the presumptive Democratic and Republican nominees.”)
- ABC’s Stephanopoulos Challenges Paul Ryan For Supporting Trump Despite Criticism For Trump’s Attacks On Federal Judge
- Bill Maher: The GOP’s Frankenstein monster isn’t Trump — it’s the people voting for him (I’d say it’s both.)
- Democrats Will Rally Around Hillary Clinton (“Destroying Donald Trump is just too fun.”)
- Donald Trump’s dumpster-fire campaign: It’s so much worse than you thought
- What Should Bernie Sanders Do Next? (“Four leaders from top progressive groups discuss how Sanders could turn a phenomenal campaign into a lasting legacy.”)
- How Clinton aims to trump Trump on Twitter (“Her newly aggressive social media strategy aims to turn the presumptive GOP nominee’s own words against him.”)
- The Voice’s Christina Grimmie Dead at 22 After Being Shot at Concert (Horrible, and yet another example of why we need stronger gun laws.)
- Bill Clinton praises Muhammad Ali second act in final eulogy
- Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe has an abysmal climate record (“Ladelle McWhorter is chair of Virginia Organizing. Mike Tidwell is director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network.”)
- Dem House Leader David Toscano: “Virginia is One Election Away from Becoming North Carolina”
- State: Northop Grumman breached massive IT contract
- At Richmond rally, Trump rips McAuliffe’s rights restoration order (Of course he does.)
- Trump offers tongue-in-cheek apology for Pocahontas remark — to Pocahontas (“Virginia crowd erupts into Indian war whoops as Trump hurls insult at Sen. Elizabeth Warren.”)
- In a Virginia jail, a young man wasted away and died — and no one bothered to notice (“Officials turned a blind eye to a mentally ill man’s suffering, and they have yet to offer a clear accounting of how his death occurred.”)
- New opponent Degner delivers letter to Congressman Goodlatte
- Police detain five, charge one outside Trump’s Richmond rally
- Trump makes quick, quiet visit to Williamsburg
- PHOTOS: Donald Trump’s Richmond Rally Draws Unusually Small Crowd
- Move to protect transgender students’ rights leads to school board uproar (“Fairfax County officials voted to add gender identity to the district’s student rights policy.”)
- Duke University tests find leaching from ash sites, including two in Va.
- Video: Great Job by Arlington Democrat Erik Gutshall in Kojo Nnamdi Show Debate
- Hockey icon Gordie Howe dies at 88 (I saw him play several times with the Hartford Whalers, including with his sons Mark and Marty. Rest in peace, sir.)
- Hot, humid, hazy, and maybe a late-day storm threat
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