by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, June 6.
- Mexico Says It Is Fighting Back as U.S. Tariffs Hit
- Is the Singapore Summit Already Doomed to Fail? (“Two of America’s top North Korea experts paint a bleak picture of the Trump–Kim meeting’s prospects.”)
- California Primary Election Results
- Marquee names prevail in Calif. primary races but House contests are in flux
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions defends separating immigrant parents and children (These people are sociopaths. This shit is indefensible.)
- Press aide who mocked McCain is out at the White House (It’s about f’ing time! Now time for Huckster Sanders, etc. to go. And the Criminal in Chief of course.)
- 8 States Vote in Critical Primary Contests
- Top takeaways from 2018’s biggest primary night (“Democrats avoided a debacle in California, and women fared well all over. But the Bernie Sanders revolution continued to sputter.”)
- Democrats beat vote quirk to challenge Republicans in California
- Democrats May Avert Shutout in Key California U.S. House Races (“In six of the seven Republican-held districts rated as most competitive in the state, Democratic candidates had either secured a ballot position for November’s general election or were poised to do so under California’s unusual open primary in which the top two vote-getters advance, regardless of party.”)
- 4 winners and 2 losers from the first set of this week’s primary elections (“Winner: Democrats in special elections, again”)
- Primary election results: Sanders’ Iowa pick loses and Trump row forces Alabama runoff
- Scott Pruitt Might Just Be the Cheapest Crook of the Bunch (“He’s the subject of a dozen probes. The newest scandal involves Chick-fil-A.” Pruitt for Prison!)
- Paul Manafort, International Criminal Mastermind, Done F*cked Up Again (“Another moronic episode of the national reality show.”)
- I’d Like to Think Bobby Kennedy Would Have Saved Us From What We’ve Become (“It is the great unknowable after 50 tumultuous years.”)
- Look at This Propaganda Burlesque (“The president* makes a big, patriotic production of ‘God Bless, America’—and forgets the words.”)
- Trump’s ‘Celebration of America,’ sans Super Bowl champs, spurs backlash (“Rather than seek to defuse tensions, the president again sought to magnify them — turning what has traditionally been an apolitical White House feting of a sports champion into another divisive spectacle.”)
- With no Eagles around, Trump acts a turkey (“President’s squabble with the Super Bowl champions turns White House event into an exercise in oddity.”)
- Bill Clinton says TV interview addressing Monica Lewinsky scandal wasn’t his ‘finest hour’ (Nope, it was really bad.)
- Democrats’ Newest Headache Is In New Jersey (Menendez really should retire at this point.)
- The Progressive Challenge That Wasn’t (“Kevin de León was primed to take on Sen. Dianne Feinstein. He might not even make it to November.”)
- GOP support growing for anti-Trump trade bill (They won’t stand up to Trump to protect our democracy, but Republicans WILL step up to fight Trump on trade. Interesting priorities.)
- Democrat Arthur wins Missouri election in Northland days after Greitens resigns (“Republicans won’t risk losing control of the Missouri Senate on Tuesday, but Arthur’s victory in a Northland special election could signal the GOP’s grasp on Jefferson City has weakened after months of drama surrounding former Gov. Eric Greitens.”)
- Immigration petition to hit 215 signatures as two Dem holdouts join (“With Reps. Filemon Vela and Vicente González’s signatures, the petition would be just three short of the 218 needed to force votes on legislation that would offer shelter to so-called Dreamers that came to the U.S. illegally as children.” Of course, this won’t pass the Senate or be signed into law by Tsar Trump.)
- UN rips Trump policy separating families at border
- Grifters Gonna Grift (“Another red-letter week for draining the swamp.”)
- The Memo: Trump stokes culture wars over national anthem
- Mark Warner isn’t ready to break up Big Tech
- EXCLUSIVE: Former Fox News reporter says Russians colluded with Trump campaign through Roger Stone
- Mitch McConnell cancels Senate’s August recess (“His move could have major consequences for the midterms.”)
- Sarah Sanders was asked if Trump recognizes real reason NFL players demonstrate. It was a mess. (Everything with Huckster Sanders is a mess.)
- The Philadelphia Eagles and “their President”: Trump’s act of potent symbolic racism (“Trump disinvited the NFL champs to an event they didn’t want to attend — and couldn’t even fake ‘God Bless America'”)
- Trump’s Latest FBI Conspiracy Theory Is His Craziest Yet
- A day before Parkland survivor David Hogg got “swatted,” trolls shared his address on 4chan and 8chan (“As a ‘graduation present’ for Hogg, trolls on 4chan and 8chan shared his contact information and called for targeted harassment”)
- What Corey Stewart’s Senate Campaign Says About the State of the GOP (“The GOP frontrunner in Virginia is known for extreme rhetoric and ties to vicious people.”)
- Americans for Prosperity endorses Nick Freitas in Virginia Senate GOP primary (Yep, the Koch suckers are all about Freaky Freitas.)
- Rep. McEachin pushes bill to take Virginia off the table for offshore drilling
- McDonnell consulting group lands work with the Nick Freitas Senate campaign
- Schapiro: Va. high court rolls over again — this time, on redistricting (Virginia’s Supreme Court sucks.)
- Editorial: Hate on the rise in Virginia (“The Virginia State Police report a nearly 50 percent spike in hate crimes in the commonwealth from 2016 to 2017. Last year, more than 200 such incidents were reported.” Trump effect?)
- Editorial: Gov. Northam gets off to a successful start (On Medicaid expansion, yes. On other stuff…?)
- Roanoke College Poll finds Tim Kaine leading all Republican contenders
- Alexandria mayoral candidates face final campaign days with nearly equal cash
- Alexandria Voter’s Guide: Who’s Running for What (“3 Republican candidates for U.S. Senate, 12 City Council candidates and 2 running for Mayor are on the June 12 primary ballot.”)
- Capitol Police, more than two dozen other agencies train in Richmond for large-scale response (“The scenario was realistic, but fictional: two opposing activist groups planned demonstrations attracting thousands to Richmond’s Capitol Square on the same day. One group is protesting the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 300-plus-mile natural gas pipeline planned to be built from West Virginia through the southwestern part of Virginia, saying it will destroy thousands of acres of natural land; the other group rallies in favor of the pipeline because with it comes jobs.”)
- Virginia police chased stolen armored personnel carrier through Richmond
- Abducted 7-month-old Virginia girl found safe, family says
- Delightful through Friday, then chance of weekend showers and storms
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