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States of Emergency: Governors and the Public Wage War on COVID-19
by former Virginia House Minority Leader David Toscano
On December 31, 2019, a brief release appeared on the website of the World Health Organization (WHO). Captioned “Pneumonia of...
“Trump Uber-fan” Liberty U. President Jerry Falwell, Jr.’s Wildly Reckless Behavior Unsurprisingly Has VERY...
As you are probably aware, Liberty University president, Trumpster fanatic and all-around nutjob Jerry Falwell, Jr. recently got into a back-and-forth with Virginia Gov....
NY Times Op-Ed on Virginia Redistricting Amendment Filled with Falsehoods, Distortions, Errors
As a kid, I grew up idolozing the NY Times as the greatest newspaper in the world, the source of truth and enlightment -...
Jerry Falwell, Jr.: More Like the Power-Seeking Romans than the Christians
My work appears regularly in the Lynchburg, Virginia, newspaper, the News & Advance. I haven’t decided yet whether I will be using this piece as...
Sunday (3/29) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +151 Cases (to 890), +13 Hospitalizations (to...
See below for graphics of the newly posted COVID-19 numbers by the Virginia Department of Health. So, at this point (3/29), in Virginia we’re at...
Sunday News: “We Can Safely Restart the Economy in June. Here’s How.”; “Let’s ‘Kick...
by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise (e.g., COVID-19), for Sunday, March 29.
Spanish Deaths Surge; U.K. Lockdown...
COVID-19 Legal Advice From the BRLS Executive Director
I am providing the following (with minor edits in italics for this audience) from John Whitfield, the Executive Director and General Counsel of Blue...
Virginia Should Make It as Simple and Easy as Possible for Every Registered Voter...
The Coronavirus crisis has focused many people's minds on the question of how exactly we're going to conduct our upcoming elections. Here in Virginia,...
VA Dems: Trump “Posing for Pictures” as “Our Doctors Are Struggling with Dwindling Supplies...
See below for some reaction to Trump's self-indulgent photo-op in Virginia today, even as "our doctors are struggling with dwindling supplies and equipment," as...
New Polling Shows Trump Wildly Out of Step with Americans on Fighting COVID-19, Trusted...
He might not care about Americans getting sick and/or dying from COVID-19, but one thing we all know about Donald Trump is that he...
58% of Virginia Democrats – vs. Just 20% of Virginia Republicans – Are “Extremely...
It's crazy, but also *very* revealing, how partisan the response is to the COVID-19 pandemic. First, check this out - that's right, "Concern about...
Graphics: University of Washington Model Projects 1,543 Virginia Deaths from COVID-19, Shortage of 183...
See below for some interesting graphics, courtesy of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Also, thanks to Sen....
Saturday (3/28) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +135 Cases (to 739), +16 Hospitalizations (to...
See below for graphics of the newly posted COVID-19 numbers by the Virginia Department of Health. So, at this point (3/28), we’re at 739 total...
Saturday News: “$2 Trillion Aid Bill Is Now Law as U.S. Cases Pass 100,000”;...
by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise (e.g, COVID-19), for Saturday, March 28.
Italy surpasses China in total...
AG Mark Herring Urges Trump Administration to Suspend Efforts to Rewrite Policy on Title...
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ATTORNEY GENERAL HERRING URGES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO SUSPEND EFFORTS TO REWRITE POLICY ON TITLE IX
~ Coalition of 18 attorneys general call on Secretary DeVos...
Video: Gov. Ralph Northam’s Friday (3/27) Virginia COVID-19 Briefing
See below for video of Gov. Northam's COVID-19 briefing for Friday, 3/27.
We continue to see a rise in COVID-19 cases, and could see...
Video: Virginia’s U.S. Representatives Speak on the CARES Act Leading Up to Historic House...
See below for video of the debate on this historic legislation, and specifically of Virginia's U.S. Representatives...
Virginia’s Senators, Representatives Urge Trump Admin. to Approve Va. National Guard Funding Request Amid...
From Sen. Mark Warner's office:
Va. SENATORS, REPS. URGE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO APPROVE VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD FUNDING REQUEST AMID COVID-19 OUTBREAK
~ Title 32 approval would provide federal...
New Virginia Data (3/27) on COVID-19 Finds +144 Cases (to 604), +18 Hospitalizations (to...
See below for graphics of the newly posted COVID-19 numbers by the Virginia Department of Health. So, at this point (3/27), we’re at 604...
Audio: CNU Professor Rachel Bitecofer on Trump’s CoronaCrisis Approval Numbers, the Democratic Nomination Contest,...
Stuck in the house and looking for interesting, entertaining political content? Check out the following brand-new podcast and "tweetstorm" from the ever-informative and never-boring...
Two Twitter Threads by Chaz Nuttycombe Examine How Population Changes Could Impact Virginia’s Political...
With everything going on these days, it's not easy to concentrate on - or even care much about - upcoming elections in 2020, let...
With Coronavirus-Related Food Insecurity Growing, Fairfax County’s 25-Member Virginia General Assembly Delegation Encourages Everyone...
The following is from Virginia State Sen. Dave Marsden (D-Fairfax) and the entire Fairfax County House of Delegates and Senate Delegation (25 members), who...
Friday News: “U.S. Now Leads the World in Confirmed Coronavirus Cases”; “On Coronavirus, We’re...
by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise (such as the COVID-19 crisis), for Friday, March 27.
"I don't believe...
Mark Warner Secures Democratic Nomination for Another 6-Year Term in the U.S. Senate
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, it's genuinely difficult to think about much else - such as local and state politics. But the...
Treasury Secretary: 46,885 Jobless Virginians Aren’t Relevant. Does Congressman Riggleman Agree?
See below for a press release from the DCCC regarding Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's appalling comments earlier today that the massive new unemployment numbers...
AG Mark Herring Fights for Emergency Relief for Federal Student Loan Borrowers in Response...
From AG Mark Herring's office:
ATTORNEY GENERAL HERRING FIGHTS FOR EMERGENCY RELIEF FOR FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS IN RESPONSE TO CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
~ Coalition of 27...
The Commonwealth Institute: “Building a Welcoming Commonwealth for Virginia’s Diverse Immigrant Communities”
From the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis:
Building a Welcoming Commonwealth for Virginia's Diverse Immigrant CommunitiesAs our families, communities, and state grapple with the novel...
New Data (3/26) on COVID-19 Finds +69 Cases, +6 Hospitalizations, +4 Deaths in Virginia...
See below for the latest data, just published, from the Virginia Department of Health on the state's current COVID-19 reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths....
New Polling Finds Disapproval of Trump’s Handling of COVID-19 Crisis Climbing Along with Coronavirus...
Uh oh, Trump's numbers starting to slide as COVID-19 cases and unemployment claims skyrocket, and while Trump spews lies, acts wildly irresponsibly and in...
Assessing Virginia’s COVID-19 Response Based on Social Distancing (Using Mobility Data Analytics)
by A Siegel
Mobility data analytics firm Unacast has put out an interactive (and being updated) COVID-19 social distancing scorecard assessing the United States on...
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