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Clean Virginia Explains How “Dominion’s long-term energy plan missed the mark for a THIRD...

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Good stuff from Clean Virginia: Dear friend, Dominion Energy’s latest long-term energy plan once again failed to receive approval from state regulators, leaving Virginians in the dark about...

Monday News: “Despite the Ukraine aid vote, the neo-isolationist threat still looms”; “Young Americans’...

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by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 29. Taxing big fossil fuel firms ‘could...

Video: On “Meet the Press,” Sen. Tim Kaine Says Calling in National Guard to...

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On "Meet the Press" this morning (see video, below), Sen. Tim Kaine was asked about protests on college campuses and calls by Speaker Mike...

Sunday News: “Egypt Pitches New Proposal for Gaza Cease-Fire”; At WHCD, Biden Implores Media...

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by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, April 28. Also check out President Joe Biden's...

Video: Delegates Mark Sickles, Rodney Willett, and Kannan Srinivasan Join Advocates and Protect Our...

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From Protect Our Care:  Delegates Sickles, Willett, and Srinivasan Join Advocates and Protect Our Care Virginia to Celebrate Sixth Anniversary of Medicaid Expansion and Its...

Glenn Youngkin “Inspired” by Liberty “University” – Yep, the Far-Right School, Founded by Trump-Loving...

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Glenn Youngkin is "inspired" by Liberty "University?" Seriously?!?  So...see below for some examples of what Liberty "University" stands for - and what Youngkin's apparently...

Saturday News: “The Trumpification of the Supreme Court”; President Joe Biden’s Interview with Howard...

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by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, April 27.  Global warming threatens Antarctica’s meteorites (Global...

NY Times Article by Former Editor of Nuclear Intelligence Weekly Argues We Should Be...

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Glenn Youngkin isn't a stupid person, presumably - although sometimes one has to wonder, given all the inexplicably stupid things he says and does!...

Biden Campaign: “Another tortured week for the smallest man who ever lived, Donald Trump.”

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From President Joe Biden's reelection campaign: Donald Trump, the Smallest Man Who Ever Lived Hello, Another tortured week for the smallest man who ever lived, Donald Trump. While...

State Sen. Ghazala Hashmi, Del. Cia Price: Youngkin Playing Games With Virginia’s Right to...

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From State Senator Ghazala Hashmi and Delegate Cia Price: General Assembly’s Reproductive Justice Leaders Call Out Youngkin for Playing Games With Virginia’s Right to Contraception...

Friday News: “US preparing to announce $6B in weapons contracts for Ukraine”; All Illusions...

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by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, April 26. Deadly Dubai floods made worse by...

Video: Donald Trump, Disgusting and Warped as Always, Calls August 2017 Neo-Nazi March in...

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Donald Trump is a sick, warped individual - and he keeps hitting new lows of depravity, racism, you name it. And yet, despite how...

Virginia Board of Education Announces 2023-2024 Exemplar Performance School Awards

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Keep in mind that Youngkin's appointees dominate this Board of Education, so...take this with a grain of salt?  With that in mind, congratulations to...

“Trump Owns This”: On the Airwaves, Women Slam Trump’s Attacks on Reproductive Health Care

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From President Joe Biden's reelection campaign: “Trump Owns This”: On the Airwaves, Women Slam Trump’s Attacks on Reproductive Health Care Since Donald Trump overturned Roe v....

Video and a Few Thoughts on Last Night’s VA07 Democratic Forum

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See below for a few thoughts from last night's VA07 Democratic forum/debate (see video, below), with seven Democratic candidates vying to be the party's...

Thursday News: “George Will Scorches GOP’s Anti-Ukraine Wing”; SCOTUS “likely to make it more...

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by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, April 25. Survey finds that 60 firms are...

Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02)’s Extremism Enables Yet Another SCOTUS Attack on Reproductive Freedom

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From the DCCC: Jen Kiggans’ Extremism Enables Yet Another SCOTUS Attack on Reproductive Freedom Today the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments about the Emergency Medical Treatment and...

Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says With Passage of Foreign Aid Package, TikTok Bill and...

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See below for video and a few highlights from Sen. Mark Warner's weekly press availability. "The last five days at least for me has...

Video: Freedom Virginia Releases New Ad Calling Out Gov. Youngkin for Blocking Bipartisan Budget...

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From Freedom Virginia: Freedom Virginia Releases New Ad Calling Out Gov. Youngkin for Blocking Bipartisan Budget That Would Lower Drug Costs, Require Corporations to Pay Their Fair Share Five-Figure...

Reactions to President Biden Signing Desperately Needed Aid Package for Ukraine, etc.

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Thanks to President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats like Sen. Mark Warner for their tremendous leadership on this ("Biden signs Ukraine aid, TikTok ban...

Video: Former Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn Releases First Ad in VA-10 Primary

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From the Eileen Filler-Corn for VA10 campaign:  Eileen Filler-Corn Releases First Ad in VA-10 Primary Loudoun County, VA – Today, Eileen Filler-Corn, the 56th Speaker of the...

Wednesday News: “How Ukraine can make best use of the U.S. aid package”; “Trump...

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by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, April 24. ‘Pathetic, Really, and Dangerous’: Al Gore...

Sen. Mark Warner: “Today, the Senate has once again acted to stand with our...

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From Sen. Mark Warner's office: STATEMENT OF SENATE INTELLIGENCE CHAIR MARK R. WARNER ~ On Congressional passage of the national security aid package ~ WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Select...

Former VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R): “Spanberger is an outstanding candidate, and none...

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Can't really argue with former/two-term Lt. Governor Bill Bolling (R) on this: Obviously, someone convinced Lavar Stoney that he had no chance of being elected...

BREAKING: VA State Senator Aaron Rouse (D-Virginia Beach) announces candidacy for Lt. Governor

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Lots of news this morning - now VA State Senator Aaron Rouse (D-Virginia Beach; first elected in a special election in January 2023) announces...

Tuesday News: “For Biden, Aid Package Provides Welcome Boost on the World Stage”; Biden...

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by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, April 23. World must come together to tackle...

BREAKING: Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney (D), Who Had Been Running for VA Governor in...

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From Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney, who had been running for governor but now has decided to do what a lot of people had been...

Virginia NAACP Condemns Efforts to Name Schools after Confederate Generals

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From the Virginia NAACP: Virginia NAACP Condemns Efforts to Name Schools after Confederate Generals  RICHMOND, VA – The NAACP Virginia State Conference NAACP (Virginia NAACP) condemns all efforts...

Trump’s Steep Mental Decline Should Be a Top Campaign Issue

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By Kindler (please check out my Substack) Dr. John Gartner, a former Johns Hopkins University professor of psychiatry, has gathered a boatload of evidence that...

Monday News: “The GOP’s Pro-Russia Caucus Lost. Now Ukraine Has to Win.”; “Historic Trump...

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by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, April 22. The GOP’s Pro-Russia Caucus Lost. Now...