by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 18.
- Turmoil compounds White House’s struggles to fill out top ranks of government
- ‘Traumatic’ collision that killed sailors almost sank destroyer, Navy says
- Trump’s contradictory coalition roils elections in Virginia, Georgia (“In Virginia, it is the story of a GOP coalition at odds with itself. In Georgia, it is Trump’s capacity to unite Democrats as he unnerves many of the well-educated Republican voters.”)
- Flynn’s Disdain for Limits Led to a Legal Quagmire
- Editorial: Trump’s Dangerous Indifference to Russia
- Cuba Is Trump’s Most Revealing Foreign-Policy Blunder
- What the Bill Cosby Mistrial Tells Us About Power in America in 2017
- Philando Castile Should Be the NRA’s Perfect Cause Célèbre. There’s Just One Problem.
- Help wanted: Why Republicans won’t work for the Trump administration
- I’m proof of the parallel racial universe of police stops (“Unlike Philando Castile, I walked away from a tense confrontation with a police officer in Minnesota. My white skin and my establishment credentials almost certainly played a part.”)
- Gingrich: Somebody probably going to jail over Russia investigation
- Georgia special election hurtles toward nail-biting finish (“Polls in the most expensive House race in history suggest it’s too close to call.”)
- The radical idea behind Trump’s EPA rollbacks (“‘EPA originalist’ Scott Pruitt says he’s returning the agency to its proper mission and legal powers. But even some of his Republican predecessors say he’s got it wrong.” Pruitt is a tool of polluters, truly evil.)
- Medicaid overhaul faces tough test in Trump country (“‘Around here, there ain’t no jobs,’ says one beneficiary about the prospect of having to work to qualify for benefits.”)
- Bill Cosby was largely irrelevant in black America even before his sexual assault trial began
- Why Perriello lost: Too little, too late (“‘The lesson here was you cannot get in a race very late and underfunded against a candidate who has been raising money and organizing for a long time and who has every meaningful endorsement from the Democratic Party,’ said Jennifer Duffy, who monitors gubernatorial contests for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. ‘I don’t think this has anything to do with progressivism.'”)
- The stage is now set for November (God, all this hand wringing about – gasp! – the Virginia gubernatorial election being, in part, a referendum on Trump and his part. Get some smelling salts and a fainting couch, corporate media!)
- Gordon Morse: Primary shows Gillespie’s weaknesses, Northam’s strengths
- Perriello, Northam pledge unity at Democratic gathering in Richmond
- Schapiro: For the GOP, a long, hot summer before a longer, hotter fall (“Gillespie can’t fully adopt the Comstock model. Through the primary, he had little to say about Trump. In the general election, he will need the president’s voters. They will expect from Gillespie a measure of obeisance to Trump. Expressions thereof may help with Trump voters, perhaps at the expense of losing others — many others. Geographically, this puts Gillespie at risk everywhere.”)
- Adams and Herring Debate in Virginia Beach – Video
- Health care linked to maternal mortality (Obviously.)
- Was defeat of Sanders-backed candidate in Virginia a loss for progressives? Not quite. (“Tom Perriello couldn’t overcome Ralph Northam’s financial and endorsements advantage.”)
- Editorial: Primary results show Southwest Virginia’s enchantment
- CASEY: More about Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s speeding ticket
- Herring, Adams go on attack in first debate of Virginia attorney general’s race
- Alexandria park where shooting at baseball field occurred reopens
- Virginia DEQ pledges thorough review of pipeline impacts
- Forecast: Hot and humid today, with strong storms possible tomorrow
