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From Protect Our Care: ICYMI: Representative Jen Kiggans Doubles Down on Vote to Jack Up Health Care Costs for Virginia Families Rep. Kiggans says 3 years ‘is...

In my 25 Top Virginia Political Stories of 2025, I listed "Federal Fallout" as #1 - the concept of the enormous negative impacts on...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, January 10. Massive iceberg could be days away...

With the 2026 VA General Assembly session kicking off next Wednesday, it's getting down to the proverbial "crunch time" when it comes to the...

With just over a week until she's sworn in as the next governor of Virginia (and the first female governor in history), Abigail Spanberger...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, January 9. What Top Climate Scientists Think of...

See below for video and highlights (bolding added by me for emphasis, as always) from Sen. Mark Warner's press availability earlier today. "First, the...

Wow, $700,000 in three weeks? That is incredibly impressive by former Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA05), who is vying to take on insurrectionist, extremist, Trump...

It's good to see Sen. Tim Kaine's War Powers Resolution passing the US Senate today, on a 52-47 vote - all Democrats voting yes,...

From VA Del. Dan Helmer; will be very interesting to see if this passes the State Senate (it should pass the House of Delegates...

From Speaker Don Scott and Senate President Pro Tempore Louise Lucas: "they will take action at Joint Rules next Tuesday to convene a Joint...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, January 8. Trump quits pivotal 1992 climate treaty,...

See below for a press release from the DCCC on Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02)'s vote against "extending ACA tax credits as health care costs...

Congratulations to State Senator Adam Ebbin (D-SD39; Alexandria/Arlington/Fairfax) on his appointment to Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger's administration, "as Senior Advisor at the Virginia Cannabis Control...

If you haven't yet seen the video of an ICE agent murdering a U.S. citizen in cold blood today in Minneapolis, it's utterly horrifying...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, January 7. China connects world’s largest vanadium flow...

Now that we're in 2026, it's time to focus on several upcoming special elections stemming from vacancies resulting from stuff that happened in 2025....

See below for video of Sen. Tim Kaine's speech this afternoon on the U.S. Senate floor "to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the January...

I'm giving this its own separate post because I think it merits it. Why? Very simple: because Democrats should *always* call out extremists, including...

Wow, very impressive fundraising (over $600,000 in the four quarter of 2025) by VA06 Democratic candidate Beth Macy (whose book, "Dopesick," I just read...

From former (and quite possibly future) Rep. Elaine Luria (D-VA02), who is a true American hero for her service to the country, including in...

With just 11 days until Abigail Spanberger is sworn in as governor, she's very close to filling out her Cabinet. See below for the...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, January 6.  And yes, it's really been five...

See below for video and highlights (bolding added by me for emphasis) from Sen. Mark Warner's press availability earlier this afternoon. For more on...

See below for video and highlights, as Sen. Mark Warner speaks to The Bulweark, and : "give his take on the Trump administration’s dramatic...

UPDATED 1/5 am: Sen. Kaine on CBS Mornings this morning, says the White House needs to explain "why this is legal...why it's a smart...

With Abigail Spanberger scheduled to be inaugurated in just 12 days (on January 17), she continues to rapidly fill up her administration. See below...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 5. Understanding how a warming climate might...

Former Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA05) really nailed it - just brilliant, actually - on MSNOW earlier this afternoon. Check it out, below. "I did...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 4. The Real Pain of Climate Change...