Hopefully this vote (see video, below), taken a few minutes ago in the Virginia Senate’s “Privileges and Elections” Committee, will torpedo Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Virginia’s next Secretary of Natural and Historic Resources. However, as reporter Sarah Vogelsong points out, it’s possible Republicans will try to add Wheeler’s name back in on the Senate floor. If so, it would require a majority vote, which would mean that at least one Democrat (e.g., Sen. Joe Morrissey) would have to defect. Stay tuned…but for now, Wheeler’s nomination is on thin ice.
P.S. There are a gazillion reasons why Wheeler is completely unfit to hold this position. For a bunch of them, see here and here and here and here and…


![[UPDATED 1/29/26] Audio: Sen. Tim Kaine Talks to Blue Virginia About His “Five-Point Plan” to Fight Trump’s Orban-Like Assault on US Democracy; Civil Disobedience a la MLK Jr.; Trump’s Bogus “Energy Emergency”; the Crucial Importance of the 2025 VA Elections; etc.](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kaineinterview2-238x178.jpg)
![VA DEQ: “pollution from data centers currently makes up a very small but growing percentage of the [NoVA] region’s most harmful air emissions, including CO, NOx and PM2.5”](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/noxdatacenters-238x178.jpg)





![[UPDATED 1/29/26] Audio: Sen. Tim Kaine Talks to Blue Virginia About His “Five-Point Plan” to Fight Trump’s Orban-Like Assault on US Democracy; Civil Disobedience a la MLK Jr.; Trump’s Bogus “Energy Emergency”; the Crucial Importance of the 2025 VA Elections; etc.](https://bluevirginia.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/kaineinterview2-100x75.jpg)

