U.S. House Passes Budget Framework, Kickstarting Process to Consider Proposal that Would Slash Medicaid and SNAP for Virginians

April 10, 2025

See below for a press release from the Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis on the U.S. House passing a “deeply damaging” budget resolution that, among other bad things, “would slash Medicaid and SNAP for Virginians.” Also, to see how Virginia Democrats in the U.S. House reacted, click here.

U.S. House Passes Budget Framework, Kickstarting Process to Consider Proposal that Would Slash Medicaid and SNAP for Virginians

Proposed Budget Framework Would Mean Massive Cuts that Threaten Medicaid Access for Nearly 2 Million Virginians

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget resolution that kicks off consideration of a proposal to deeply cut Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — critical programs that Virginians rely on for health care and food — all to pay for tax giveaways to the ultra-wealthy.

“Thank you to the members of Virginia’s congressional delegation who voted against this deeply damaging resolution,” said President and CEO of The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis Ashley C. Kenneth. “Virginia families need Medicaid and SNAP, yet Congress has chosen to move forward on considering these massive cuts. The current bill would threaten access to food and health care for millions of Virginians, and could create a massive hole in Virginia’s state budget. As this disastrous bill moves through the budget process, we will continue to raise our voices to call on all of Virginia’s congressional delegation to oppose these harmful cuts that prioritize the ultra-wealthy over Virginia families.”

The House-passed resolution comes after the Senate passed a version of the budget framework last week, using a budget trick that hides the real price of the tax giveaways. An original budget framework was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in February that created a blueprint for massive cuts to key programs, including Medicaid and SNAP, while providing substantial tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.

The House budget resolution calls for $880 billion in cuts over the next 10 years to programs under the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s jurisdiction, the vast majority of which would likely come from Medicaid. This would mean massive cuts for the nearly 2 million Virginians who receive health care from Medicaid/CHIP, including 35% of people who have just given birth and their newborns. Even a 1% reduction in federal funding for Medicaid expansion would lead to the automatic disenrollment of approximately 630,000 Virginians. The Healthcare For All Virginians Coalition, which TCI leads, sent a letter to Virginia members of Congress highlighting the devastating impact that Medicaid cuts would have on Congressional districts.

The House budget resolution also calls for $230 billion in cuts to programs under the House Agriculture Committee’s purview, which would likely mean major cuts to SNAP. Some Congressional leaders are calling for states to pay a portion of SNAP food benefits for the first time. Paying just 10% could blow an approximately $352 million hole in Virginia’s biennial budget or force massive cuts to SNAP programs that would put 827,800 Virginians at risk of going hungry.

These cuts are being proposed in order to pay for President Trump’s tax plan, which would disproportionately benefit the ultra-wealthy. The latest analysis on Trump’s tax plan shows that the richest 1%, people with incomes over $914,900, would see an average tax cut of $36,320 while households in the lowest 20% of incomes, people making below $28,600, would see an average tax increase of $790.

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Video: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Blasts Republican Budget Resolution as “a recipe for economic disaster for our country”

lowkell

April 10, 2025

Good work by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08), even as House Republicans – including those from Virginia – work as hard as they can to screw the 99% of Americans who aren’t super-rich, and to “decimate essential programs that support the people we represent.” Come November 2026, EVERY AMERICAN NEEDS TO REMEMBER THAT – AND VOTE ACCORDINGLY!

The Republican budget will balloon our deficits and decimate essential programs like Medicaid that the people we represent depend on.

All of this to help billionaires and corporations get tax cuts that they do not need and our country cannot afford. I will vote no. pic.twitter.com/t6SdmD8SZl

— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) April 9, 2025

Beyer Floor Remarks Opposing Republican Budget Resolution

April 10, 2025 (Washington, D.C.) – Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves as the Senior House Democrat on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, spoke yesterday during floor debate in opposition to the Republican budget resolution, legislation that would pave the way for GOP tax cuts for the wealthy and cuts to critical programs like Medicaid and SNAP. The resolution passed with all Democrats and two Republicans voting against.

Beyer’s remarks follow below, and video is available here.

I rise today in strong opposition to this budget resolution, a recipe for economic disaster for our country.

Americans have been clear – they want lower prices and an economy that works for them. Yet, at every turn, this budget, this Administration, and my Republican colleagues are doubling down on policies that undermine our economy and make wealth equality even worse.

I spent much of the day with Trade Ambassador Greer and it is clear that the Administration’s myth that tariffs will reshape the U.S. economy by bullying our closest allies is nothing more than a fantasy.

The Trump tariffs represent the largest tax hike in American history. They have caused chaos in the markets, and stripped [trillions] from Americans’ retirement plans. Consumer confidence is plummeting, reaching its lowest level in 12 years, and economists are increasingly convinced we are headed for a recession.

This budget will ballon our deficits, leading to higher interest rates. It will slash critical investments, and it will decimate essential programs that support the people we represent.

All of this to help billionaires and corporations get tax cuts that they do not need and our country cannot afford.

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UPDATE: Here’s a statement from Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04)

And here’s Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03)

There is nothing fiscally responsible about the Trump – Republican budget. It will increase the deficit by giving tax handouts to corporations and billionaires while cutting education, Medicaid and child nutrition programs. pic.twitter.com/1mvf0Nl5lT

— Rep. Bobby Scott (@BobbyScott) April 9, 2025

And Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07)…

And Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11)…

And Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10)…

UVA’s “Crystal Ball” Debuts 2026 US House Ratings – Dems Favored. Here in Virginia, They Rate VA02 (Rep. Jen Kiggans) as Tossup; VA01 (Rep. Rob Wittman), VA07 (Rep. Eugene Vindman), VA10 (Rep. Suhas Subramanyam) as Competitive to Varying Degrees.

lowkell

April 10, 2025

UVA’s Center for Politics/Sabato’s Crystal Ball is out with its first US House ratings of the 2026 cycle – see below for highlights. The bottom line is this:

“Democrats should flip the House next year, and we favor them to do so. Republicans do have a couple of factors working in their favor, though, that could help them as they seek to defy history. Our initial House ratings reflect a small House map, with Democrats narrowly ahead 209-207 in the seats that at least lean to one party or the other, with 19 Toss-ups…Democrats became favorites to flip the House as soon as Trump won, and what has happened since then has not really changed that assessment.”

Specifically wiith regard to Virginia, as Sam Shirazi points out:

“VA-2 Tossup, VA-7 Lean Dem, VA-1 Likely GOP, VA-10 Likely Dem; Long way to go until November 2026; Imagine Dems will be going more on the offense; If they flip VA-2, likely they will win House majority; Flipping VA-1 would be blue wave.”

Of course, a TON can – and likely WILL – change between now and the fall of 2026. Also, in the back of my mind is the concern that the Trump administration could mess with elections themselves, whether by working to restrict the right to vote, dismantling election security networks, or god-knows-what else. Plus, who knows what shape the economy, or Trump’s approval rating, will look like come the fall of 2026. So in a way, it’s silly to try to make forecasts at all. But people are going to do that, and the “Crystal Ball” folks do know their stuff, so this is as good a baseline as any to work from in terms of which districts to focus on, where to put our energies and money, etc.

One last thought: if Democratic “overperformance” continues as we saw in Florida and Wisconsin recently, we’re talking about putting a lot more Republican-held districts (e.g., maybe even VA05?) into play. The question is, what will the electorate look like in the fall of 2026, which party’s “base” will be most fired up (ergo, more likely to show up to vote), etc. For now, we can only speculate.

Thursday News: “Trump’s Tariffs Whiplash Is Open Corruption. He Admitted It Himself.”; “Trump Blinked. Danger Remains.”; “Trump’s Madman Act Isn’t Just for Foreign Policy Anymore”; Trump “in State of Delusion About Tariff Fiasco”; “The Supreme Court Doesn’t Need Facts”

lowkell

April 10, 2025

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, April 10.

White House ends funding for key US climate body: ‘No coming back from this’ (Insane.)
‘Deep Change Theory’ Could Pull Us Out of a Global Climate and Pollution Crisis, Scientists Say (“A new U.N. report maps a path toward a more sustainable future and challenges society to question basic assumptions and values about the environment, consumption and waste.”)
Those Dire Wolves Aren’t an Amazing Scientific Breakthrough. They’re a Disturbing Symbol of Where We’re Heading. (“We shouldn’t be celebrating ‘de-extinction.’ We should be focused on the species that are currently in danger.”)
Africa is proof that investing in climate resilience works – and that it makes good business sense (“Climate denialism should not blind investors and governments to the very real opportunities to be found in financing solutions”)
Woman jailed over £39 donation to Ukraine freed in US-Russia prisoner swap
Ukraine claims 155 Chinese fighting for Russia
Trump is pushing the world towards recession. By learning the lessons of 2008, we can still prevent it
China Leaders to Meet on Stimulus After Trump’s Tariff Shock
Why China isn’t backing down (“Beijing hopes not just to fight back, but to use Trump’s trade turmoil to strengthen its own position”)
What Trump Just Cost America
China reaches out to others as Trump layers on tariffs
Exclusive: Chinese sellers on Amazon to hike prices or exit US as tariffs soar
Trump’s New, New Tariff Plan: Hit Pause, Declare Victory, and Stick It to China
Trump’s tariffs may be reduced but their impact will be felt in the UK and beyond
‘Economically Indefensible’: Trump’s Bad Tariff Math Was Too Stupid To Implement
Trump’s Tariffs Whiplash Is Open Corruption. He Admitted It Himself.
Trump told people to buy. Hours later, his tariff pause sent markets soaring.
Economy
European Union to put countermeasures to U.S. tariffs on hold for 90 days
Another U-Turn: Trump reverses tariffs that caused market meltdown, but companies remain bewildered
Dollar Weakens With Trump Tariff Drama Set to Continue
Why Trump backed down again on tariffs (“The ‘safe haven’ status of U.S. Treasuries is under review in the Trump era.”)
Trump blinked. Danger remains.
Trump’s Madman Act Isn’t Just for Foreign Policy Anymore
We Just Saw the Cracks in Trump’s Wall of Power (“The past week undermined the narrative that has surrounded the president — that he is a political juggernaut able to run roughshod over his party and beyond.”)
Trump’s Own Aides Keep Him in State of Delusion About Tariff Fiasco (“His inner circle is telling him that working-class voters are with him. In the real world, all the tariff chaos gives Democrats an opening to try to crack his vaunted coalition.”)
The Sick Psychology Behind Trump’s Tariff Chaos (“This isn’t trade strategy. It’s Munchausen syndrome by proxy.”)
Trump Is Already Slowing Global Trade as Companies Pause Orders
Why Trump Blinked on Tariffs Just Hours After They Went Into Effect
Trump wants to play market hero. But the economic damage is done
The week that Trump pushed the global economy to the brink with tariffs — and then pulled back
Bessent reacts as Trump pauses tariffs but increases taxes on China to 125%
Trump Says He Will Consider Exempting Some U.S. Companies From Tariffs (That’s pure corruption.)
From ‘Be Cool!’ to ‘Getting Yippy’: Inside Trump’s Reversal on Tariffs
Why Trump Blinked on Tariffs Just Hours After They Went Into Effect (“Treasury secretary helped persuade president to take time to negotiate with trading partners in face of pressure from business leaders”)
Trump’s ‘buy’ tip on social media before his tariffs pause made money for investors who listened
Adam Schiff Calls For Insider Trading Investigation into Trump Over Tariff Pause
Trump suddenly backs off major tariff plan after days of economic and market turmoil
There Was Never a Master Plan (“Trump backed down on tariffs. His supporters think that was the idea all along.”)
‘Government By Chaos’: Trump Slammed For Whiplash Tariff Policies
The Art of the Retreat (“Trump’s abrupt pivot from his planned global trade war was touted by allies as grand strategy. The president’s own words suggested otherwise.”)
Inside the Oval: 3 reasons Trump buckled on tariffs (“After several days in which Trump steadfastly said the falling stock market didn’t bother him, the market’s continued slide, emerging problems in the bond market and the falling value of the dollar became impossible to ignore. Friendly world leaders, congressional allies, major donors and CEOs ‘were practically begging for a pause'”)
US Commerce Secretary says 90-day tariff pause not influenced by markets (Obvious, blatant lie.)
Trump’s day of tariff mayhem contains a scary lesson for his second term (“The fate of the US economy, the jobs and retirement savings of millions of people, and global security are liable at any moment over the next four years to be thrown into turmoil by the volatile moods and untested obsessions of the 47th president.”)
Fed Leans Against Inflation and Away From Preemptive Rate Cuts
The questionable assumption fueling the stock market rally (“Trump’s tariffs are still pushing the US to the brink of economic crisis.”)
Trump Refuses to Bring Back Those Wrongly Detained in El Salvador. You Could Be Next. (“Will the Supreme Court allow permanent disappearances?”)
U.S. starts monitoring immigrants’ social media for antisemitism (Are they going to monitor for racism as well? misogyny? homophobia? etc? Of course not.)
The Supreme Court Doesn’t Need Facts (“The justices exhibit a disturbing willingness to ignore the human costs of Trump’s actions, preferring instead to remain within the more comfortable zone of high-minded legal theory.”)
Editorial: Leveraging tax records for deportations undermines trust in IRS
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window (Goons.)
Trump Says He’d “Love” to Deport US Citizens to El Salvador Gulags if It’s Legal (“But what does legal even mean to Trump?”)
CDC faces backlash for cutting sickle cell, adult disability programs
Trump Orders DOJ To Investigate Prominent Critic in Shocking Oval Office Remarks: ‘I Think He’s Guilty of Treason’ (This is pure authoritarian/fascist crap. And Republicans like Glenn Youngkin won’t utter a peep…)
Trump orders probes of two former officials who defied him (Or, NBC News could point out in its headline that Christopher Krebs and Miles Taylor both followed the LAW and the FACTS, while Trump pressured them to help him illegally hold on to the presidency, aka help him stage a coup. But noooo…instead, NBC News goes with the “defied him” framing. WHY? One reason is that they are cowards.)
Trump Signs Orders Punishing Those Who Opposed His 2020 Election Lies (This is actually an excellent headline, by the NY Times believe it or not!)
House votes to rein in federal judges amid Trump’s attacks on the courts (Disgraceful – the House GOP is aiding/abetting authoritarianism and underming our constitution/rule of law.)
Trump signs order targeting law firm behind $787.5m Fox defamation suit (Appalling.)
Social Security backs off cuts to phone services amid outcry
House GOP cancels budget vote as hard-liners agitate for more spending cuts in Trump’s ‘beautiful’ bill
US intelligence investigating whether FBI involved in 2021 Capitol riot (It was an insurrection, not simply a “riot,” but ok Reuters…)
Scoop: Democrats launch campaign to oust Musk by June
US DOGE Service Agreement With Department of Labor Shows $1.3 Million Fee—and Details Its Mission
Elon Musk’s DOGE Is Getting Audited (“The Government Accountability Office’s audit examines DOGE’s handling of data at a number of federal agencies, according to sources and records reviewed by WIRED.”)
Kash Patel replaced as acting ATF director by Army Secretary Dan Driscoll (Weird.)
Read the DOJ memo barring employees from participating in American Bar Ass’n events
US Justice Dept bars its attorneys from participating in American Bar Association events (WTF???)
Tulsi Gabbard declared her residency in Texas. Then she voted in Hawaii (That’s a crime, right?)
Top Dem Ripped by Own Side for ‘Disaster’ Oval Office Visit (Huge mistake by Whitmer.)
A ‘disaster’: Gretchen Whitmer’s talk on tariffs and meeting with Trump anger fellow Democrats
Trump draws criticism from Michigan business and auto groups as auto tariffs remain
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University (This is why universities should fight – they’re going to get screwed regardless, so at least stand firm on principle!)
Newsmax defamed Dominion Voting Systems, judge rules
H.R. McMaster receives accidental call from President Trump (Beyond parody.)
Trans pilot falsely blamed in D.C. plane crash sues conservative influencer
‘You’re a much smarter person than that’: US senator rages over Australia tariffs (“An increasingly angry Warner responded: ‘Sir, you’re a much smarter person than that answer: the idea that we are going to whack friend and foe alike, and particularly friends with this level, is both, I think, insulting the Australians, undermines our national security and, frankly, makes us not a good partner going forward.'”)
Schapiro: Va.’s senators on the front lines, in the headlines
Video: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Explains to Trump’s U.S. Trade Representative Why “the president’s trade policies are…stupid and bad.” (“Why tariff bananas? Why tariff cocoa? Why tariff coffee? We don’t have the capacity to produce these things at a scale that meets domestic demand.”)
Top Democratic target Rep. Kiggans announces fundraising haul (“Kiggans announced that her campaign raised over $1.1 million during the three months of 2025 and ended with over $1 million cash-on-hand.”)
CASEY: Rep. Morgan Griffith issues form letter denying ‘overreach’ by President Trump (Griffith is way beyond worthless as a Congressman; he’s actively harmful.)
Video: Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) Asks, “How Many Americans Will Get Sick or Die” Due to “Trump-Musk Administration’s Attacks on FDA and Public Health” (“I don’t know how much clearer I can be; these health cuts will kill people. They will make us less safe and less healthy.”)
Congressman Beyer wants to limit the use of public funds for sports stadiums
Sen. Warner talks tariffs, TikTok and disaster relief for Southwest Virginia
Video: At Meeting of the VA House Emergency Committee on Impacts of Federal Workforce and Funding Reductions, Fairfax Chair Jeff McKay Declares, “What we’re facing here is far worse than Covid” (“This is expected to reduce Virginia’s 2025 GDP by $7.4 billion, causing a loss of $250 million in tax revenue to Virginia’s budget.”)
NEW AUDIO: Behind Closed Doors, Winsome Earle-Sears Calls Trump’s Tariffs “Good,” “To Our Benefit”; Also Says “I think Trump is crazy like a fox”
Spanberger, Democrats tout unions as Virginia governor’s race firms up
7 things to know about Virginia’s historic 2025 governor’s race (“Our first $100 million gubernatorial candidate? Our first $200 million campaign?”)
DPVA List of Candidates Qualified to Appear on the Ballot for the 2025 House of Delegates Primary Elections (The vast majority of seats will have Democratic candidates; just 9 primaries)
Lynchburg GOP cites ‘cross-party voting’ theory in suit to overturn Virginia’s open primary law
Data centers can bring high-paying jobs and millions in tax revenue. Is that what Southside will get?
Virginia Beach School Board votes to remove DEI programs amid federal funding ultimatum
Chesterfield leaders seek community feedback on new zoning maps that could spur more housing
Chesterfield supervisors approve ‘austere’ $2.4B fiscal year 2026 budget
TSA officers protest in Richmond over the removal of workplace protections
Richmond TSA workers picket to get union rights back from Trump administration
Witness: ‘Agitated’ man in truck brandished gun at Staunton protest rally (“Staunton Police confirmed that they are investigating a reported incident involving a man with a gun at the April 5 Hands Off! protest rally, and one of the witnesses to the incident told AFP on Wednesday that he intends to press charges against the man.”)
Why Hampton Roads is one of the nation’s worst areas for pollen allergies
CWG Live updates: Showers arrive late today before a drenching rain late Friday (“Showers may linger Saturday before slow clearing on Sunday and a warm up on Monday.”)

DPVA List of Candidates Qualified to Appear on the Ballot for the 2025 House of Delegates Primary Elections

lowkell

April 9, 2025

From DPVA, it appears that the only VA House of Delegates districts without verified Democratic candidates at the moment are: HD32 (a 60% Trump district), HD35 (a 71% Trump district), HD37 (a 69% Trump district), HD42 (a 62% Trump district), HD44 (a 76% Trump district), HD45 (an 83% Trump district), HD46 (a 79% Trump district), ~~HD59 (a 57% Trump district)~~, HD90 (a 58% Trump district), HD100 (a 52% Trump district). However, in looking through VPAP, there are Democratic names listed on all of these ten seats except for HD35, HD37 and HD45. So presumably, in the end, Democrats will have candidates in the vast majority, if not all, of the 100 House of Delegates seats – even the ones that Trump won overwhelmingly – this fall.

As for districts with primaries, those are just these nine: HD1 (safe “blue” seat — incumbent Del. Patrick Hope vs. challengers Arjoon Srikanth and Sean Epstein); HD40 (54% Trump district; incumbent Republican Del. Joe McNamara; Democrats Donna Littlepage and Kiesha Preston); HD49 (54% Trump district; incumbent Republican Del. Danny Marshall; Democrats Gary Miller and Jasmine Lipscomb); HD57 (54% Kamala Harris district; incumbent Republican Del. David Owen; Democrats May Nivar and Andrew Schear); HD72 (61% Trump district; incumbent Republican Del. Lee Ware; Democrats Bilal Raychouni and Randolph Critzer); HD72 (49% Kamala Harris district; incumbent Republican Del. Mark Earley Jr.; Democrats Leslie Mehta and Justin Woodford); HD81 (safe “blue” seat – incumbent Del. Delores McQuinn vs. challenger Alicia Atkins); HD75 (a competitve, 52% Kamala Harris seat held by incumbent Republican Del. Carrie Coyner; Democratic challengers are Stephen Miller-Pitts, Dustin Wade, Lindsey Dougherty); HD89 (competitive, open seat which went 51% for Kamala Harris – Democrats Karen “Kacey” Carnegie and Blaizen Buckshot Bloom).

P.S. Currently, Democrats hold 51 out of 100 House of Delegates seats, down from 55 prior to the 2021 elections but up from 48 after the 2021 elections. Click here for Sam Shirazi’s detailed House of Delegates preview.

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List of Candidates Qualified to Appear on the Ballot for the House of Delegates Primary Elections

The Democratic Party of Virginia has verified that the following candidates have qualified to appear on the ballot for the House of Delegates primary elections on June 17, 2025. Please note that if there is only one candidate listed for a district, that candidate is the Democratic nominee.

House District 1

Delegate Patrick Hope

Arjoon Srikanth

Sean Epstein

House District 2

Delegate Adele McClure

House District 3

Delegate Alfonso Lopez

House District 4

Delegate Charniele Herring

House District 5

Delegate Elizabeth Bennett-Parker

House District 6

Delegate Rip Sullivan

House District 7

Delegate Karen Keys-Gamarra

House District 8

Delegate Irene Shin

House District 9

Delegate Karrie Delaney

House District 10

Delegate Dan Helmer

House District 11

Delegate David Bulova

House District 12

Delegate Holly Seibold

House District 13

Delegate Marcus Simon

House District 14

Delegate Vivian Watts

House District 15

Delegate Laura Jane Cohen

House District 16

Delegate Paul Krizek

House District 17

Delegate Mark Sickles

House District 18

Delegate Kathy Tran

House District 19

Delegate Rozia Henson

House District 20

Delegate Michelle Maldonado

House District 21

Delegate Joshua E Thomas

House District 22

Hon. Elizabeth Guzman

House District 23

Delegate Candi King

House District 24

Delegate Luke Torian

House District 25

Delegate Briana Sewell

House District 26

Delegate JJ Singh

House District 27

Delegate Atoosa Reaser

House District 28

Delegate David Reid

House District 29

Delegate Marty Martinez

House District 30

John Chilton McAuliff

House District 31

Jeremy Shane Boswell

House District 33

Catherine Elizabeth Rec

House District 34

Andrew D. Payton

House District 36

Makayla R. Venable

House District 38

Delegate Sam Rasoul

House District 39

Eric Klotz

House District 40

Donna Littlepage

Kiesha Preston

House District 41

Lily Franklin

House District 43

Mary Etta Sumner

House District 47

Yvonne M. Rorrer

House District 48

Melody Ann Cartwright

House District 49

Jasmine Lipscomb

Gary Miller

House District 50

Earnadette Powell Farrar

House District 51

Joy Powers

House District 52

Rise Marie Hayes

House District 53

Sam Soghor

House District 54

Delegate Katrina Callsen

House District 55

Delegate Amy Laufer

House District 56

Angela T. Chainer

House District 57

May Nivar

Andrew Schear

House District 58

Delegate Rodney Willett

[UPDATE: House District 59

Scott Konopasek]

House District 60

Andrew Ward

House District 61

Jacob Bennington

House District 62

Sara Ratcliffe

House District 63

Forrest J. Miller

House District 64

Stacey Annie Carroll

House District 65

Delegate Joshua Cole

House District 66

Nicole Cole

House District 67

Mario D. Haggerty

House District 68

Elaine G Walters

House District 69

Mark Downey

House District 70

Delegate Shelly Simonds

House District 71

Jessica Anderson

House District 72

Bilal Raychouni

Randolph T. Critzer Jr.

House District 73

Leslie Mehta

Justin David Woodford

House District 74

Jonas J. Eppert

House District 75

Stephen Miller-Pitts

Dustin Wade

Lindsey Dougherty

House District 76

Delegate Debra Gardner

House District 77

Delegate Michael Jones

House District 78

Delegate Betsy Carr

House District 79

Delegate Rae Cousins

House District 80

Delegate Destiny Bolling

House District 81

Delegate Delores McQuinn

Alicia Atkins

House District 82

Kimberly Pope Adams

House District 83

Mary Person

House District 84

Delegate Nadarius Clark

House District 85

Delegate Marcia Price

House District 86

Virgil Thornton Sr.

House District 87

Delegate Jeion Ward

House District 88

Speaker Don Scott

House District 89

Karen “Kacey” Carnegie

Blaizen Buckshot Bloom

House District 91

Delegate Cliff Hayes

House District 92

Delegate Bonita Anthony

House District 93

Delegate Jackie Glass

House District 94

Delegate Phil Hernandez

House District 95

Delegate Alex Askew

House District 96

Delegate Kelly Fowler

House District 97

Delegate Michael Feggans

House District 98

Cheryl Smith

House District 99

Cat Porterfield

Video: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Explains to Trump’s U.S. Trade Representative Why “the president’s trade policies are…stupid and bad.”

lowkell

April 9, 2025

This is superb by Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08); well worth reading/watching.

“Ambassador Greer you have a most awful job trying to convince us and the people we represent that the president’s trade policies are wise and measured when the truth is they are stupid and bad.

The last time the US started a trade war, Smoot-Hawley tariffs, June 1930, the world DID retaliate, and we [got] the Great Depression that lasted 10 years.

I want to quickly run through a few of the ways the logic behind the Trump tariffs make no sense. You got the math wrong. According to the people whose research you cited, Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a New York Times article by former Treasury Official Brent Nyman titled “The Trump White House cited my research to justify tariffs it got it all wrong.” The math error had the effect of quadrupling the tariffs Trump applied on some of our biggest trading partners.

Trump exempted some goods, notably oil, but not others, including things we simply cannot produce in the United States. Why tariff bananas? Why tariff cocoa? Why tariff coffee? We don’t have the capacity to produce these things at a scale that meets domestic demand.

Trump logic equates any trade deficit with cheating; in fact, he called it rape. But even this stupid logic didn’t help Australia or Brazil or Singapore, all countries with whom we have a trade surplus. How does Australia negotiate an end to a trade deficit that doesn’t exist? Some countries have a deficit because we import things that we want but they’re too poor to afford our exports. Perfect example is Madagascar – we buy something like 60% of our vanilla from Madagascar, but they have one of the lowest GDP per capita rates in the world and they just can’t afford many of our products. But we just hit them with the 47% tariff.

Trump is hinting that maybe if countries lower tariffs on us, he might drop tariffs on them a little bit or some or possibly. But Vietnam, knowing that Trump was coming, massively cut their tariffs to appease him ahead of his announcement last week and instead you slapped a 46% tariff on them anyway. So what are the Vietnamese supposed to do?

Trump declared a phony national emergency and imposed tariffs on Canada to punish our closest ally for quote unquote fentanyl smuggling, despite the fact that our own government says the amount of smuggling at the northern border is vanishingly small, less than 1%. How does Canada get out of a tariff imposed on them for doing something that we admit they’re not doing?

Trump is risking our economy to bring back factory jobs that pay far less than the 8 million jobs that are listed in the JOLTS report right now – 8 million jobs available in America that pay far more in fast growing sectors like healthcare, clean energy or data science. The Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnik is on television raving about shifting millions of Americans to work on, and I quote, screwing in little screws to make iPhones.

You guys are blasting nearly every product from nearly every country with these tariffs. Senator Tillis yesterday called it quote a trade war on all fronts: it hurts our alliances, it hurts our economy, it hurts our ability to make and keep free trade agreements which is supposedly your job. Ambassador Greer, the world is watching you. They’re watching this hearing across the country. Global markets are in chaos. The US economy and our most important alliances are in serious danger.

I had met a couple of nights ago with a dozen ambassadors from Eastern Asia and the conclusion of the discussion was that we are creating a unipolar Asia, an Asia led by China, with America excluded. America First is America alone.

And meanwhile, you’re now serving as acting head of both the office of special counsel and the office of government ethics. These are both busy jobs in the best of times, but extremely demanding during one of the most ethically challenged presidential administrations in history. It’s absurd to think that you’re actually doing these jobs. But I think it’s fair to ask if the many hats you’re supposedly wearing are causing dangerous mistakes that damage our country in ways that’s going to be difficult to recover from.

You know, President Trump also imposed tariffs on China. China responded with tariffs on agriculture. European Union today announced 21 billion dollars worth of new retaliatory tariffs on us. China’s announced 84% retaliatory tariffs on us. The legal pretext you said is that this is a national emergency. You refer to the state of emergency as quote the largest and persistent trade deficit that’s built up in recent years. The actual emergency is that markets are slumping, consumer confidence is crashing and financial forecasts of recession are coming pretty quickly. And the Fed is projecting that these tariffs are driving prices up. We finally got inflation down, now we’re going to do exactly the opposite. Coming to the table, I don’t know. Our trade balance has been in the negative for 50 years and yet we’ve built the strongest economy in the history of mankind. This is a terrible way to fix the way of bringing back meaningful employment to our low-income Americans. This is not the way to do it.”

Video: Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) Asks, “How Many Americans Will Get Sick or Die” Due to “Trump-Musk Administration’s Attacks on FDA and Public Health”

lowkell

April 9, 2025

Great work by Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10):

Rep. Subramanyam’s Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Trump-Musk Administration’s Attacks on FDA and Public Health

Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)—Below is Rep. Suhas Subramanyam’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Full Committee hearing on the Trump Administration’s purge of thousands of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workers, endangering the health and safety of the American people.

Click here to watch the video.

Opening Statement
Ranking Member Suhas Subramanyam
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
“Restoring Trust in FDA: Rooting Out Illicit Products”
April 9, 2025

Today’s hearing comes at a critical moment for public health and safety. All Americans should be able to trust that our government is working to ensure their food and medicine will be safe and affordable.

Over the past two months, however, the Trump Administration has purged thousands of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workers, putting this essential mission and American lives at risk.

Last week, the Administration purged 10,000 people at the Department, including 3,500 FDA employees. This was on top of a purge of approximately 1,000 FDA workers in February.

Secretary Kennedy subsequently admitted that 20% of last week’s purges should not have happened. He tried to brush it off, saying, “We’ll make mistakes.” But how long will it take them to realize the full extent of the mistakes they’ve made? How long will it take for them to try—and very possibly fail—to undo those mistakes? And how many Americans will get sick or die in that time?

The FDA is supposed to make sure that our children have the vaccines they need to survive outbreaks of preventable diseases like measles, which has killed at least two children in the U.S. since February and sickened more Americans in two months than in the entirety of 2024.

The FDA is supposed to protect us from counterfeit drugs and contaminated infant formula, which are serious, bipartisan concerns. But how is the agency supposed to stop dangerous, illicit products from entering American homes and threatening American lives when underfunded food and drug inspection teams are being cut even more? 170 employees from FDA’s Office of Inspections and Investigations were reportedly let go last week.

And let me tell you about some of the expertise we are losing because of this Administration’s actions:

They fired the people responsible for regulating e-cigarettes and ensuring that predatory companies cannot market vapes to children.
They fired people responsible for monitoring drugs for side effects and updating warning labels.
They have fired the scientists monitoring bird flu and taking steps to prevent it from killing people.
They fired the scientists with expertise in fighting heavy metals, toxins, and additives in our food supply have been fired.
And they fired the people who monitor prescription drug shortages and ensure that Americans have access to affordable prescription medications

How is any of this making America healthier? We all know the answer to that question: it’s not, and people are going to die.

As a dad, I’m especially concerned by the Administration undoing the progress we’ve made to protect babies from contaminated infant formula and formula shortages. And we should all be concerned by the risk posed by contaminated meat and produce.

This chaos will keep us in the dark about looming shortages of essential drugs like antibiotics and chemotherapy drugs, and it will leave people no choice but to pay for pricey brand-name drugs because there are no FDA employees to approve generic versions. In the name of efficiency, this administration even fired employees who were critical of approving new medications, meaning Americans will have to wait longer for new treatments – if they get them at all.

One of those Americans is my constituent, a former teacher who spent 35 years of her life working at the Department of Education. She has Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, a terminal lung condition that took her aunt’s life and is slowly taking hers. It’s a rare disease that doesn’t get much funding, but she had hope.

A drug to slow down the disease received the FDA’s Breakthrough Therapy Designation in 2022, and trials showed it might actually stop the progression of her disease. Her doctor anticipated FDA approval this year. But the FDA’s funding cuts and firing of researchers and staff who sit on the approval committees has made this impossible. This Administration is stripping both hope and a life-saving medication out of the hands of Americans who need it most.

The FDA can and must do more for Americans. Addressing our country’s chronic disease epidemic, ensuring our children are set up to live long and healthy lives, getting more life-saving medications to those who need them, and ensuring the food on our shelves is safe and wholesome should be at the top of the to-do list. But rather than making it better and more efficient, the FDA is left ransacked and reeling from the chaos and destruction of the Trump Administration. It’s unclear whether the agency can even perform some of its most basic functions.

I don’t know how much clearer I can be; these health cuts will kill people. They will make us less safe and less healthy.

I was not elected to this office to watch the people we serve suffer from diseases awaiting new treatments while this administration dismantles the offices that offer hope. It’s the responsibility of this Committee to conduct meaningful oversight. If we are not talking about this and doing something about it, then we are not doing our jobs.

I yield back.

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NEW AUDIO: Behind Closed Doors, Winsome Earle-Sears Calls Trump’s Tariffs “Good,” “To Our Benefit”; Also Says “I think Trump is crazy like a fox”

lowkell

April 9, 2025

This is like Mitt Romney’s infamous “47 percent” comments on steroids! (h/t to American Bridge and the Democratic Party of Virginia for the audio “scoop”)

Families and small businesses in Virginia are feeling the impact of Trump’s trade war, yet Winsome Earle-Sears is saying she won’t comment on his tariffs… but we already have the receipts.

“I think that’s good.” #VAGov pic.twitter.com/gDLJkrxrSq

— American Bridge 21st Century (@American_Bridge) April 8, 2025

NEW AUDIO: Behind Closed Doors, Winsome Earle-Sears Calls Trump’s Tariffs “Good”

Winsome Earle-Sears: “I think that’s good”

VIRGINIA – As Donald Trump’s tariffs go into effect, raising prices for Virginians, new audio has exposed Winsome Earle-Sears saying she thinks this massive tax on Virginia families and businesses is “good” and a “benefit.”

Sears’ comments from behind closed doors come after her campaign refused to answer questions from the media about Trump’s reckless tariffs.

LISTEN HERE:

Winsome Earle-Sears: Now somebody asked me about the tariffs. Folks, you know what I think about that? So I understand that tariffs can hurt. But I think Trump is crazy like a fox. I mean, have you noticed the minute that he says tariffs suddenly — as my grandmother would say — these countries shaped up and started flying right? Did you notice that? Yes. Yes. […] And I think that’s good! And it’s to our benefit after all.

Video: At Meeting of the VA House Emergency Committee on Impacts of Federal Workforce and Funding Reductions, Fairfax Chair Jeff McKay Declares, “What we’re facing here is far worse than Covid”

lowkell

April 9, 2025

Thanks to Cindy Cunningham for this excellent summary of yesterday’s meeting in Alexandria. of the VA House Emergency Committee on Impacts of Federal Workforce and Funding Reductions. Also, see below for video.

The bottom line: what Trump, Musk, “DOGE,” etc. are doing is disastrous on multiple fronts, including to the Virginia economy. As Cindy Cunningham summarizes:

“Civilian federal job losses are already approaching 10%. This is expected to reduce Virginia’s 2025 GDP by $7.4 billion, causing a loss of $250 million in tax revenue to Virginia’s budget. This is JUST the losses due to civilian federal jobs, not military cuts nor contracts.”

And as Fairfax County Board Chair Jeff McKay starkly puts it:

“I mention a lot of these things that happened during COVID because I’m often asked this question. I tell people what we’re facing here is far worse than Covid. Covid was an international pandemic that was affecting everyone. This is something that is acutely affecting Virginia and Northern Virginia. We got through COVID because we had a lot of federal support. We will get no federal support with this; in fact, it is federal actions that are causing these challenges. And so that’s why we take this as a much more larger emergency than even the health pandemic.”

Welcome to the Trump economic “golden age” that (pathological liar) Glenn Youngkin promised back on Inauguration day? Uhhhh…yeah, no, that ain’t happening…

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Yesterday I attended a meeting of the VA House Emergency Committee on Federal Resources. A few things we learned:

* Civilian federal job losses are already approaching 10%. This is expected to reduce Virginia’s 2025 GDP by $7.4 billion, causing a loss of $250 million in tax revenue to Virginia’s budget. This is JUST the losses due to civilian federal jobs, not military cuts nor contracts.
* Despite Youngkin and Sears’ claims that this is no big deal, and that there are plenty of jobs for these workers to take in Virginia, the federal workforce has unique skills, education, and experience, and are commensurately paid more than the non-federal workforce.
* Fairfax Chair Jeff McKay pointed out that this is a more significant loss to Northern Virginia than COVID, which hit everywhere the same but where there was lots of federal assistance to localities.
* Additional costs that Virginia will face include health care (as workers lose their insurance), child care (many were in federal programs), mental health care (imagine being told the work you’ve dedicated decades to is worthless), plus all the services the federal government formerly was able to provide, like water testing, communicable disease data tracking, food safety, etc.

If you would like to give written testimony, tell your personal story, ask the legislature for something the state government can provide to help you in these difficult times, you can leave it here.

Wednesday News: “Global Markets Sink as U.S. Implements Punishing Tariffs”; “Trump Insists ‘I Know What I’m Doing’ as Tariffs Spark Chaos”; “Due Process for Me, Not for Thee”; “IRS chief to quit over deal to share data with immigration authorities”

lowkell

April 9, 2025

by Lowell

Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, April 9.

Exclusive: Trump administration moves to restore some terminated foreign aid programs, sources say
Ukraine captures two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia
The Best “New” Idea for Middle East Peace? It’s 25 Years Old. (“Trump’s Mar-a-Gaza idea is nonsense. Hamas is unacceptable. Netanyahu repudiates everything but war. A better path forward still exists—and it was charted a quarter-century ago.”)
Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s
Tehran gets a taste of Trump the dealmaker (Echoing Trump’s b.s. that he’s some sort of “dealmaker” is stenography, not journalism.)
Can Trump convince Iran to ditch its nuclear programme?
Don Jr. traveling to Romania before controversial election (BTW, whenever you see the media hide behind vague/anodyne words like “controversial,” you can be almost certain that they’re afraid of something.)
The roof collapses at a Dominican Republic nightclub, killing at least 98 people
Trump’s tariffs are a huge blow to Vietnam’s economic ambitions
China accuses US of bullying over 104% tariff, as European markets fall again
China fires back after Pete Hegseth calls country a threat to Panama canal (“Chinese government asks: ‘Who represents the real threat?’ after US defense secretary vows to keep canal secure”)
Trump’s massive ‘reciprocal’ tariffs are now in effect (“Chinese goods are now subject to a minimum 104% tariff, but Beijing is not backing down”)
Trump’s tariff onslaught against China launches a battle the US may not be able to win
Limited options push China into trade ‘war of attrition’ with Trump
Trump’s Tariffs Disrupt Global Trade Without a Clear Strategy
‘We are all waiting for a reply.’ Countries say White House hasn’t responded on tariff talks.
Global Markets Sink as U.S. Implements Punishing Tariffs (“Includes 104% Levy on Chinese Goods; Nearly All Allies Hit”)
‘Totally Silly.’ Trump’s Focus on Trade Deficit Bewilders Economists.
Trump Insists ‘I Know What I’m Doing’ as Tariffs Spark Chaos
Trump’s tariffs will damage the world
Live news: Treasuries hit as market turmoil intensifies
Trump rips up rulebook on trade and businesses are left reelingman
Trump just handed Democrats the golden ticket. Tariffs have unified the American electorate.
A Win-Win Exit Strategy for Trump on Tariffs (“Offer nations truly reciprocal free trade: zero-barriers, zero-subsidies.” This is by the conservative Wall Street Journal, btw.)
Senators Tim Kaine, Ron Wyden and Chuck Schumer Demand US House Vote on Senate-Passed Tariff Legislation Ending Trade War with Canada (“This was clearly a pretext to abuse the emergency authorities under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to start a trade war with one of our closest allies and biggest trading partners”)
Joe Rogan, Dave Portnoy among the Trump backers now questioning his tariff policies
The Committee to Crash the World (“As the reality of Trump’s trade war sinks in and the odds of a recession rise, a panicked Wall Street is looking desperately to his economic team to steer him toward an off-ramp. But can any of them really influence the guy at the wheel?”)
Scoop: A dozen House Republicans mull defying Trump on tariff bill
S&P 500 nears bear market, as highest tariffs in a century threaten trade
There’s something big missing from Trump’s post-war manufacturing fantasy
Trump’s very beautiful tariffs will fix America, masculinity and the family. It said so on Fox News
Wall Street Bursts With Anger Over Tariff ‘Stupidity’
Trumpworld Makes the Case Against Trump (“MAGA supporters are attempting to understand Trump’s catastrophic decision making, while accepting Trump’s infallibility as a given.”)
We Should All Be Very, Very Afraid
Due Process for Me, Not for Thee (“Donald Trump has benefited greatly from America’s constitutional protections, but he seeks to deprive others of them.”)
Trump Is Trying to Deport Students Who Show Up in a ‘Criminal Records Check.’ But Many Have Never Been Convicted
IRS chief to quit over deal to share data with immigration authorities
White House Confirms Trump Is Exploring Ways To ‘Deport’ U.S. Citizens (“Leavitt suggested the effort would be limited to people who have committed major crimes, but Trump has also mentioned the possibility of sending people who commit lesser offenses abroad.”)
Video of arrest, new details in Trump administration’s case targeting Georgetown postdoctoral fellow Dr. Khan Suri for speech on Palestinian rights
Judge gives Trump administration deadline to justify Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation (“Jamee Comans said if evidence does not support deportation, she may rule for Columbia graduate’s release”)
The Supreme Court’s Alien Enemies Act Decision Is A Sign Of Bad Things To Come (“It is a warning that constitutional rights may be scant protection against being disappeared into a foreign prison.”)
Her Husband Is Trapped in a Salvadoran Prison. She Has No Idea How to Get Him Back. (“Ripped apart by Trump, one Venezuelan family endures another hell: silence.”)
In Trump Cases, Supreme Court Retreats From Confrontation (“In a series of narrow rulings, the justices have seemed to take pains to avoid a showdown with a president who has challenged the judiciary’s legitimacy.” Yeah, that is NOT going to cut it.)
The Supreme Court’s crafty Trump rebuke (“Ignore the Trump administration’s gleeful rhetoric on the Alien Enemies Act ruling. This was a setback.”)
The Memo: Amy Coney Barrett becomes an unlikely hate figure for MAGA World
Sotomayor’s Harsh Dissent on Trump Arrests Offers a Terrifying Warning
The Supreme Court’s Ruling on Deportations Is Not a Free Pass (“The court lifted a block on deporting accused Venezuelan gang members for now. But that doesn’t mean the administration can go back to business as usual.”)
Trump issues order to block state climate change policies (Unconstitutional/illegal.)
Trump fails to sway many House GOP holdouts as his ‘big’ bill of tax breaks and spending cuts stalls
Trump and Johnson Appear to Be Losing House GOP Holdouts on the Budget
House GOP leaders won’t bring up District of Columbia funding fix bill this week
DOGE to Shutter DOJ Tax Division (Unconstitutional, illegal and destructive.)
Another Masterful Gambit: DOGE Moves From Secure, Reliable Tape Archives to Hackable Digital Records
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
Federal judge says White House’s punishment of Associated Press is unconstitutional
Experts fear rise in diseases as layoffs halt health research: ‘Incredibly bizarre gaslighting’ (“Trump administration’s dismantling of institutions under guise of ‘efficiency’ will lead to a grim future for Americans”)
Make Tooth Decay Great Again: GOP Comes For Fluoride In Drinking Water
New Social Security rules will create hurdles for millions of seniors, report finds
Insider Says Elon Musk Is Out to Sabotage Social Security
The fuel that feeds the Trump chaos machine? Fear.
Two Law Firms File for Permanent Relief From Trump’s Executive Orders
Gabbard Starts a Task Force Focused on Politicization of the Intelligence Agencies (Sounds like a REALLY bad joke.)
Trump Signs Orders Aimed at Reviving a Struggling Coal Industry (Moronic – coal is very dirty, expensive, and a much worse option than solar, wind, energy efficiency, etc.)
New Trump Orders Aim to Keep Coal Power Alive, Despite Climate and Economic Costs
Trump Claims Nazis Treated Jewish Prisoners With “Love” (WTF is wrong with Trump? On so many levels…)
Why Elite Colleges Aren’t Pushing Back on Trump, and Why Silence Is Dangerous (“Their caution, one expert notes, is ‘potentially fatal for the university as we know it.'”)
Trump Administration Freezes $1 Billion for Cornell and $790 Million for Northwestern, Officials Say
Trump admin cuts funding to Princeton University over climate programs (Insanity.)
DOJ: Some Jan. 6 defendants should be repaid money they sent to Congress (That’s f’ing insane.)
‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Star Bradley Whitford Wants His Old Boss Jeff Bezos to ‘Speak the F— Up’ Against Donald Trump
FAA’s head of air traffic retiring early as agency replaces senior managers at Reagan National Airport
Williams: Black folks: No sitting this one out
Ken Paxton Says He Will Challenge Senator John Cornyn in 2026 (Cornyn isn’t good by any means, but Paxton is complete scum.)
Kaine, Dems put pressure on House Speaker to schedule vote on tariffs
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11), Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX30) Launch Investigation Into Elon Musk’s Obvious Conflicts of Interest at Department of Commerce
DCCC Targets Virginia’s Most Vulnerable Republicans for 2026, Including Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01) and Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) (“The DCCC is already working to recruit authentic and battle-ready candidates…who reflect these districts”)
Spanberger vows to sign legislation increasing the minimum wage
Glenn Youngkin on D.E.I., Trump’s Tariffs and a Possible 2028 Run (Youngkin didn’t really answer any of the questions, although his answers were unintentionally revealing – and NOT in a good way!)
Virginia’s biggest trade partners among those hit by Trump’s tariffs
Va. research colleges poised to face ‘devastating’ consequences from federal cuts, experts say
In 2021, the Virginia Political Media Badly Failed Us (and Helped Give Us Glenn Youngkin as Governor). In 2025, It’s Looking Like They’re Gearing Up to Fail Us Again.
Northern Virginia officials say they need help from state lawmakers amidst federal job cuts (“Members of the House of Delegates’ Emergency Committee on the Impacts of Federal Workforce and Funding Reductions are on the road, and they’re hearing from people in Northern Virginia.”)
‘Worse than COVID’: Local Virginia leaders urge action in response to federal funding cuts
‘Idleness and boredom’: Virginia juvenile justice system strained by staffing shortages
Lynchburg GOP sues to overturn Virginia’s ‘Convention Ban Law’
Lynchburg Republicans file suit to challenge state law requiring primaries
Editorial: VA cuts will affect staffing, services for Hampton Roads veterans
Dominion will restart its offshore wind project in May. Here’s how whales will be protected.
UVa student’s visa revoked as Trump deportations expand to college campuses
3 killed, 3 injured in Spotsylvania County shooting
CWG Live updates: Freezing cold early this morning, but a sunny day with light winds (“After the chance of a few light showers Thursday, rain could be heavy at times Friday into Friday night.”)

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Video: Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) Explains to Trump’s U.S. Trade Representative Why “the president’s trade policies are…stupid and bad.”

Video: Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) Asks, “How Many Americans Will Get Sick or Die” Due to “Trump-Musk Administration’s Attacks on FDA and Public Health”

NEW AUDIO: Behind Closed Doors, Winsome Earle-Sears Calls Trump’s Tariffs “Good,” “To Our Benefit”; Also Says “I think Trump is crazy like a fox”

NEW AUDIO: Behind Closed Doors, Winsome Earle-Sears Calls Trump’s Tariffs “Good”

Video: At Meeting of the VA House Emergency Committee on Impacts of Federal Workforce and Funding Reductions, Fairfax Chair Jeff McKay Declares, “What we’re facing here is far worse than Covid”

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