Friday News: Police Shot and Killed in Dallas During Protest Over Fatal Police Shootings — When Will This Madness End???

by Lowell

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, June 8.

• ‘Like a little war’: Snipers shoot 11 police officers during Dallas protest march, killing five (That’s insane and inexcusable. The other problem in this country is guns – no, they do NOT “save lives,” as the gun nuts claim!)
• When Will the Killing Stop? (“The latest fatal shootings by the police underline an urgent need for changes in attitude and oversight across the country.”)
• Hundreds outside White House protest police brutality, march to Capitol
• Two deaths in two days: What will it take to prevent these shootings? (“How many more graphic videos do we need to see to institute needed reforms?”)
• House Republicans cravenly turn on James Comey
• Trump to House Republicans: ‘Say great things . . . We love Trump.’ (“In a closed-door meeting, he also appeared to be unsure about the articles in the Constitution.”)
• Minnesota governor says race played role in fatal police shooting during traffic stop (No question.)
• Commentary: Trying to get excited about Tim Kaine
• He’s No One’s Idea of a Liberal Hero, But Tim Kaine Is a Natural Fit for Clinton (“Behind the Virginia senator’s moderate reputation is a history of quiet progressive activism.”)
• Bernie Sanders touts Elizabeth Warren, cool on Tim Kaine as Hillary Clinton’s running mate
• In federal case, Va. anti-Trump GOP delegate argues he can vote his conscience (“‘Not only is he unqualified,’ the delegate said of the presumptive GOP nominee, ‘but he has no core.'” Actually, Trump does have a core, but it’s a sick, rotten, warped one of authoritarianism, corruption, narcissism, violent impulses, bigotry, etc.)
• Why Can Rep. Jason Chaffetz Use Personal Email, But Hillary Clinton Can’t?
• Anti-Trump lawsuit may lead judge to strike down Va. law on presidential convention voting
• Examining Politics Podcast: Ken Cuccinelli knocks James Comey (Of course he did.)
• Sanders Says He’ll Do Everything Possible to Help Elect Clinton
• All the Nominee’s Enablers (“We wouldn’t have gotten to this point if so many people outside the G.O.P. — in particular, journalists and self-proclaimed centrists — hadn’t refused to acknowledge what was happening. Political analysts who tried to talk about the G.O.P.’s transformation, like Norman Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute, were effectively ostracized for years. Instead, the respectable, ‘balanced’ thing was to pretend that the parties were symmetric, to turn a blind eye to the cynicism of the modern Republican projec”)
• Ryan’s clown act: He is a right-wing raver, not the honorable statesman he pretends to be (Correct, and the failure of the corporate media to see this is yet another strike against them.)
• NRA’s offensive hypocrisy: When will the organization demand justice for black gun owners shot by police?
• How Donald Trump’s Campaign Collapsed Into An Anti-Semitic Vacuum
• Scaremongering over voting rights restoration in Virginia (“A GOP challenge takes advantage of administrative snafus and is off-base.”)
• Group files legal challenge to Virginia driver’s license suspensions for the poor
• Dragas says UVa created ‘$2.3 billion slush fund’
• Mark Herring takes a Republican to task
• McAuliffe unveils new voter-registration initiative
• Kaine to campaign with Clinton in N.Va. next Thursday
• Virginia Supreme Court agrees Richmond cannot tax natural gas used to generate electricity
• Virginian-Pilot editorial: Let the sun shine in Portsmouth
• Another hot one to end the workweek, potentially stormy at times as well