by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 3.
- China Says All Trade Progress Is Off If U.S. Imposes Tariffs
- G-7 Members Condemn U.S. Trade Actions (“Ministers of developed nations express ‘unanimous concern and disappointment’ with U.S. tariffs” And they are correct.)
- ‘Speed dating’: Critics worry Trump is already handing propaganda victories to N. Korea
- Trump’s Lawyers: Obstruction of Justice Is Legal If You’re President
- The Constitutional Crisis Is Already Underway
- In secret memo, Trump’s lawyers argued he has full power over Justice Dept. investigations (Very disturbing.)
- The Trump team’s chilling message to Mueller (“Trump can kill the Russia investigation at any time for any reason.”)
- Trump lawyers say he ‘dictated’ statement on Trump Tower meeting, contradicting past denials
- Giuliani threatens legal battle with Mueller over subpoena
- Why the Bombshell Trump Letter Could Be a Big Problem for Donald Trump Jr. (“It undercuts the veracity of Trump Jr.’s testimony to Congress.”)
- Krugman: Coal, Cash, and Bad Faith (“In any case, it’s yet another demonstration of the pervasive bad faith of the conservative movement. Nothing they said about their reasons for opposing climate policy were sincere, and now they’re perfectly willing to ditch all their supposed principles to keep the coal fires burning.”)
- Trump allies gang up on Gowdy (“The GOP lawmaker was once a conservative hero. Now he’s under fire on the right for balking at Trump’s ‘spygate’ theory.”)
- Trump may have violated federal law by urging NFL owners not to sign Kaepernick
- Trump ignores LGBTQ Pride month for second year in a row (“He is, however, celebrating National Home Ownership Month.”)
- Rick Perry Resorts to Subsidizing Coal With Measures Used in Wartime and Natural Disasters
- In Rebuke to Pruitt, EPA Science Board Votes to Review Climate Policy Changes(“The board, with more than a dozen Pruitt-appointed members, questioned his efforts to roll back the Clean Power Plan and weaken auto standards and other regulations.”)
- ZTE hired former Trump aide as lobbyist: report
- James Clapper Has Some Thoughts on Donald Trump (“Donald Trump is a manifestation of a larger issue in this country.”)
- Rival Democrats make their case in bid for 6th District nod (“The quartet of candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the June 12 primary gathered together for a debate at Mary Baldwin University in Staunton on Saturday, with each telling the packed Francis Auditorium crowd why they should be the one to take on Republican nominee Ben Cline in November.”)
- Senate GOP hopeful Corey Stewart ties gang to safety threat in Virginia (The ComPost uses a weasel word, “provocative,” to describe a raving BIGOT. #FAIL)
- An Equal Rights Amendment In Virginia (“Illinois became the 37th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment this week. NPR’s Scott Simon talks to state Sen. Scott Surovell of Virginia about the likelihood of ratifying in his state.”)
- Here’s where Democratic candidates in 2nd Congressional District primary stand on key issues (Not much difference on the issues, at least as publicly stated.)
- Editorial: Seizing a chance to improve life for Virginians (“It also ended a particularly contentious budget process for Virginia that had dragged on for months thanks to the opposition to Medicaid expansion among Republicans in the Senate, who enjoy a slim one-seat majority”)
- A healthier perspective (“After several years of opposition, Virginia has expanded Medicaid to nearly 400,000 more low-income residents.” Yet again, the corporate media buries the fact that it was 100% REPUBLICANS who opposed Medicaid expansion all these years, hurting hundreds of thousands of Virginians and costing us BILLIONS of dollars.)
- Helaine Olen: Virginia’s Medicaid expansion is a breakthrough
- Chesapeake Bay underwater grasses break record, top 100,000 acres (“This number exceeds the CBP’s restoration target for 2017 and represents 57 percent of the ultimate restoration goal contained in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.” Good, keep it going!)
- Rep. A. Donald McEachin: Virginians deserve a better farm bill
- Rep. Dave Brat: When red states go blue (Exactly what I’d expect a teabagger to write. Drivel.)
- GOP picks Denver Riggleman to replace Garrett in Virginia district
- Dunbar loses another chance to run for seat in Congress
- Virginia Republicans break ranks and do the right thing on Medicaid (A handful, anyway.)
- Hospitalizing Virginia’s budget: State policy shifts in budget compromise
- Virginia school district vows to fight on despite losing transgender bathroom ruling (Ridiculous.)
- State starts planning to replace Central State, as pressures mount on aging Virginia mental hospital
- March for Justice for man behaving erratically who was shot to death by police officer
- Environmental watchdogs: A citizens’ group monitors the Mountain Valley Pipeline
- Alex Ovechkin starts it, DSP ends it and the Capitals seize 2-1 Stanley Cup finals lead (“Evgeny Kuznetsov flapped his wings, Alex Ovechkin stood on the bench and roared with both arms raised as Lars Eller happily rubbed the captain’s stomach, and Capital One Arena answered his roar with an even louder one. The Stanley Cup finals had arrived in Washington, and the Capitals rose to the moment.”)
- Localized flash-flooding possible tonight, with pockets of heavy rain developing
