Tag: Refugees
Video: DNC Member Yasmine Taeb’s Powerful, Emotional Speech About Family Separation...
See below for a very powerful, emotional speech by DNC member Yasmine Taeb, who works at the Center for Victims of Torture, about Trump's...
Video: Yasmine Taeb Speaks Out in Richmond, VA Against Trump’s “Immoral”...
See below for video of Yasmine Taeb of the Friends Committee on National Legislation speaking out against the Trump Administration's "discriminatory, unconstitutional...unconscionable...immoral" Muslim ban today...
Video: At Dulles Airport, 6th Grader from Leesburg Explains that America...
Thanks to the ACLU of Virginia for this video. Also see below for some photos, courtesy of Chris Ambrose, Kate Spears and Tom Greeson.
Virginia House Dems Call on GOP to Oppose Trump’s Muslim Ban
From the Virginia House Democratic Caucus.
House Dems Call on GOP to Oppose Trump’s Muslim Ban
RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia House Democratic Caucus today called...
Video: Virginia Del. Mark Levine Condemns Trump’s “Horrifying” Refugee Ban, Likens...
"Today, on the Floor of the House of Delegates, I expressed my horror at the President's new Executive Order, which closes the door to...
Monday News: “This isn’t normal”; Reps. Scott, Beyer, Connolly Denied Access...
by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 30. Also, check out Rep. Bobby Scott's Kafka-esque...
Senators Warner, Kaine Demand Answers on Status of Detainees at Dulles
From Senators Kaine and Warner:
IN LETTER TO DHS SECRETARY KELLY, WARNER & KAINE DEMAND ANSWERS ABOUT STATUS OF DETAINED TRAVELERS AT DULLES AND ACROSS...
“Organized in one day. We stretch from the White House to...
Great stuff; thanks to Jason Rylander for these photos from near the Old Post Office, now sullied by the Trump name on it, and...
Rep. Bob BADlatte Gets a Message at Church About Refugees and...
Good work by this self-described "neosuffragette punk patriot movement dedicated to fucking up Trump culture and gun culture," and which believes that it's high...
Sunday News: “Wild Child” Trump Demonstrates “Malevolence Tempered by Incompetence”; Fiery...
by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, January 29. Also, check out the fiery speech by...