by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, June 19.
- Van strikes crowd near London mosques in what police are calling ‘terrorist attack’ (“Witnesses said the van’s driver was heard shouting he wanted to kill Muslims after speeding off the road and swerving into a crowd of people who had just finished night time prayers for the holy month of Ramadan.”)
- France’s Macron wins even greater power
- “France is back.” Macron’s En Marche party just swept the French parliament.
- Can Republicans Actually Pass the AHCA in Two Weeks? (“And can Democrats do anything to stop them?”)
- Blow: Trump Is Girding for a Fight (“Special counsel Robert Mueller and his widening investigation seems to be closing in on Donald Trump and his coterie of corruption, but Trump and his emissaries aren’t sitting idly by. They’re girding for a fight.”)
- Krugman: Zombies, Vampires and Republicans (“The right’s zombie-in-chief is the insistence that low taxes on the rich are the key to prosperity…Why this combination of secrecy and speed? Obviously, this legislation can’t survive sunlight — and I’m by no means the first to make the analogy with vampires.”)
- World Leaders Wary of Trump May Have an Ally: Congress
- The destruction of political norms started decades ago. Here’s how it happened.
- GOP considers cancelling August recess to salvage agenda
- Why The Georgia Special Election Matters (“Either outcome could affect where congressional Republicans go from here.”)
- Anti-racist author Tim Wise: White America desperately wants to be numb, and Donald Trump “is a walking, talking opioid” (“Author of ‘Dear White America’ says Donald Trump is a painkiller for white people’s anguish — but it won’t work” Opioids are deadly. So is Trump.)
- Democrats in overdrive to flip Georgia House seat
- Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow contradicts president on obstruction investigation
- Two years ago, Trump supporters couldn’t look away. Now some are tuning out.
- U.S. aircraft shoots down Syrian government jet over northern Syria, Pentagon says
- Alex Jones doesn’t give Megyn Kelly a direct answer on Sandy Hook massacre (Disgraceful.)
- In Atlantic Coast Pipeline Battle, Dominion Hires Democratic PR Firm That Created Ads for Virginia Governor (“Dominion Energy, the lead company behind the proposed Atlantic Coast pipeline, last year hired SKDKnickerbocker, a powerful communications and Democratic consulting firm that previously produced campaign ads for Virginia’s Democratic Governor Terry McAuliffe, according to a DeSmog investigation.”)
- Editorial: At last, Va. addresses rape kit backlog
- Editorial: North Korea’s treatment of U.Va. student is sickening
- Officials: 17-year-old Muslim girl assaulted and killed after leaving Virginia mosque (“Darwin Martinez Torres, 22, of Sterling is being held in the death of Nabra Hassanen.”)
- Fluvanna 19-year-old is among 7 sailors killed in USS Fitzgerald disaster
- Richmond Public Schools gets low marks from the state in comprehensive review
- Local hops growers help Virginia brew a booming craft-beer industry
- Heavy storms likely late today; calmer into midweek
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