Blue Virginia

From the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA): TONIGHT: Ben Cline (VA-06) to campaign with Corey Stewart -- Will Comstock, Brat, and Taylor?  As Stewart and Cline...

Since the release of the first annual VAPLAN legislative scorecard, we’ve gotten a lot of feedback; most of it good feedback from people grateful...

From Sen. Mark Warner's office: SEN. WARNER JOINS TOP SENATE DEMOCRATS IN DEMANDING DETAILS ON PUTIN SUMMIT ~ Senators urge President Trump to release details of...

VPAP is out with 2018 Midyear Campaign Finance Reports, and there's a lot of interesting information. See below for screenshots, as well as my...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, July 18.  Discord over Trump's Helsinki humiliation hands Putin...

From the Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA): Party or Country: Will VA GOP Members of Congress stand up to Corey Stewart, Putin, and Trump? GOP Standard-Bearer...

Whether or not you think VAPLAN's new Virginia legislative scorecard is spot-on, off-base, somewhere in between or whatever, the fact is that: a) it's...

I think at this point, we are all more than ready for some serious leadership, from a sane person, a brilliant person, a deeply...

At one level, Trump's performance ("shameful," "disgusting," "treasonous") with Putin yesterday on the Helsinki stage contained nothing he has not shown before. But at another...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, July 17. Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and America’s “geopolitical...

See below for a short clip from a longer video, in which 2016 Virginia GOP U.S. Senate nominee Corey Stewart argues that: 1) "The...

This has dragged on wayyyy too long, thanks to Republicans. Time to resolve this once by drawing fair districts, as soon as possible! House Democrats...

Second quarter 2018 fundraising numbers are due to the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) are now coming in.  I’ll post numbers as I see them. U.S....

I'll add statements on today's disastrous Trump-Putin summit as I see them. It also will be interesting to see if Republicans like Rep. Barbara...

In today's Washington Post, E.J. Dionne writes a column titled "Does the Blue Wave Start in Jersey?" In that column, he quotes the Democratic challenger...

We started the Virginia Progressive Legislative Alert Network (VAPLAN) last year to encourage grassroots progressive activists who’d worked so hard to elect and re-elect...

The following is presented without further comment, other than the Washington Post story on this During the segment, Cohen-as-Morad teams with staunch guns rights activist...

by A Siegel As evidence piles up that natural gas is a "Bridge to Nowhere" and that natural gas infrastructure built today won't only be...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, July 16. 'Not welcome': Finnish protesters criticise Trump-Putin summit...

SPONSORED CONTENT A bill that would have banned the creation of so-called “Sanctuary Cities” and that narrowly passed the Virginia legislature was vetoed by Gov....

For many years, Virginia State Sen. Dick Saslaw (D- Falls Church/Fairfax/Alexandria) has been a huge fan of - and apologist for - Dominion Energy. For...

Not that we didn't know that Trump would go to the Putin summit, despite how the indictments brought by Mueller on Friday underscored the...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, July 15. May warns rebels - Back me or...

SPONSORED CONTENT The state of Virginia held Distracted Driving Awareness Month this past April. It was a deadly year in 2017 on Virginia roads as...

The far-right-wing "Middle Resolution PAC" - check out who runs this thing, including craaaazy Dave Brat's former Chief of Staff, and the former Elections Chair for...

The following is by Sean Perryman,  Education Chair for the Fairfax County NAACP. Also see the comments, below Sean's post, by Fairfax County School Board member...

News came out this week that a small group of House Democrats are attempting a coup, to replace House minority leader David Toscano with...

I'm planning on publishing this also sometime in the near future in newspapers in my rather red congressional district (VA-06). Aside from making a...

by Lowell Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 14. Trump persists in his push for friendly...

How horrible is Dominion Energy? Here are a few recent news items that basically answer the question, but you can decide for yourself. Enjoy! First...