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Trump To Waste His Time Campaigning In Virginia

Trump To Waste His Time Campaigning In Virginia

Former President Donald Trump plans to return to Virginia for a campaign event on June 28, the day after the…

7 months ago

Speakers At Trump’s Virginia Rally Keep Disastrously Telling The Truth

Donald Trump's warm-up acts for his rally in Virginia have at least twice told the truth about the former president's…

11 months ago

Election Disaster For Trump As Youngkin Proved GOP Doesn’t Need Him To Win

It was also a very bad night for Trump and MAGAville.  Youngkin just proved that the entirety of one's GOP…

3 years ago

Democratic Candidate for Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe is Daring Donald Trump to Stump for His Opponent

Donald Trump's endorsement can mean an awful lot to candidates in certain states. In others, though, the backing of the…

4 years ago

A VA Police Officer Who Gave Money and Encouragement to Kyle Rittenhouse Has Been Fired

On Tuesday, George Floyd received justice as Derek Chauvin was found guilty of his murder. The next major trial this…

4 years ago

Virginia GOP Gubernatorial Hopeful Suggests Capitol Insurrection Was Justified Because of COVID Restrictions

Virginia was long a Republican state. Those days, however are over. In recent years, the state has gone red to…

4 years ago

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam Tests Positive for Coronavirus

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) announced he and his wife, Virginia first lady Pamela Northam, have tested positive for coronavirus.…

4 years ago

GOP Congressman Wants Jerry Falwell Jr. to Step Down From Liberty University

Jerry Falwell Jr.'s father had a dream of college that would be the Evangelical equivilent of Catholic institution Notre Dame…

4 years ago

Trump Campaign Is Blowing Ad Money in Areas He Has No Chance of Winning

Donald Trump won the 2016 election by the thinnest of margins. The places that put him over the top, Michigan,…

4 years ago

Virginia Governor Replaces Day Honoring Confederate Generals With State Holiday on Election Day

Virginia has abolished a day honoring Confederate generals in favor of a state holiday on election day. The move is…

5 years ago

Opinion: Does America Really Value Equality? What Women and Transgender People Might Say

The Supreme Court ruled in the Citizens United case that corporations merited certain rights of personhood. The decision in this…

5 years ago

Democrats May Flip 3 More House Seats Because Virginia GOP Nominated A White Supremacist For Senate

Not only will Corey Stewart likely lose to Sen. Tim Kaine, but his nomination may cost the GOP 3 House…

7 years ago

Democrats Might Lose Control Of Virginia’s House Of Delegates Because Of 55 Unopened Ballots

Dozens of votes that could decide control of the Virginia House of Delegates may be left uncounted because the postal…

7 years ago

Virginia city holds memorial service for woman killed in violence

A 32-year-old woman killed when a suspected white nationalist crashed his car into anti-racist demonstrators in Charlottesville was being remembered…

7 years ago

Trump Refuses To Call Charlottesville Attack On Counter-Protesters An Act Of Terrorism

Denouncing terrorism at the hands of white supremacists wouldn't fit Trump's narrative that America should fear only minority groups.

7 years ago

Trump Walks Away From Reporters After Being Asked To Denounce White Supremacists

The willingness of this president to ignore what is specifically fueling the outbreak of deadly violence and hatred in Virginia…

7 years ago

State Of Emergency Declared In Charlottesville As Violent Alt-Right Nazis Clash With Protesters

Meanwhile, the President of the United States remains silent as, at this hour, he is likely teeing off from one…

7 years ago

After Steve Scalise Shooting, Terry McAuliffe Speaks The Truth About Too Many Guns On The Streets

Gov. Terry McAuliffe said, "I think we need to do more to protect all of our citizens. I have long…

8 years ago

Victory For Reproductive Rights As GOP Abortion Restrictions Get Scrapped in Virginia

In an 11 to 4 vote, the board scrapped Virginia's regulations which would have required abortion clinics to adhere to…

8 years ago

These Two Critical Swing States Are Quickly Shifting Toward Hillary Clinton

Removing these two states from the list of battlegrounds doesn't just make Trump's path to victory narrow – it makes…

8 years ago

Trump-Leaning Pollster Quinnipiac Shows Clinton With Solid Swing-State Leads

If the alarm bell wasn't already sounding in Trumpland, these results from their favorite pollster should do the trick.

8 years ago

Tim Kaine Has Already Turned Virginia Into A Likely Democratic Win For Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton's selection of Sen. Tim Kaine as her running mate has already shifted the Electoral College map, as Kaine's…

9 years ago

Virginia Lawmaker: School Kids Must Expose Themselves to Prove They’re Boys or Girls

Virginia Republican Delegate Mark Cole says kids have to ante up and show the adults what they have before they…

9 years ago

Proof That Bigots Are Not the Best and Brightest

If you listen to the anti-gay rhetoric coming from the GOP, you realize just how desperately hateful and stupid these…

10 years ago

Judge Gives Former Virginia First Lady Maureen McDonnell Slap On The Wrist In Felony Case

U.S. District Judge James R. Spencer sentenced former Virginia First Lady, Maureen McDonnell, to just 12 months plus one day…

10 years ago

US Probation Office Recommends Ten Years In Prison For GOP Ex-Governor Bob McDonnell

The U.S. probation office recommends that former Virginia governor Robert McDonnell spend at least ten years in prison.

10 years ago

Possible Voter Fraud Gets Arkansas AG Candidate Kicked Off Voter Rolls

It is a different story, though, when a white Republican is kicked of voter rolls in Arkansas that not only…

10 years ago

Nancy Pelosi Celebrates The Latest Victory For Marriage Equality

Today marks an important day for marriage equality in the United States as the Supreme Court refused to review several…

10 years ago

Bob McDonnell Showed Us The Meaning of Conservative Family Values Depends On The Circumstances

Since a Virginia jury convicted Bob and Maureen McDonnell on multiple corruption charges, many commented on the message the verdict…

10 years ago

Extremist On the Horizon: Dave Brat Fits In With Government Destroying House Republicans

Even though Brat appears to be an extremist outlier in the conservative movement, his outrage that Cantor voted to raise…

11 years ago

Sore Loser Eric Cantor’s Campaign Blames Democrats and the Liberal Media For Loss

After his seismic loss, Eric Cantor's pollster is blaming Democrats, the liberal media, and the 'Cooter factor'. No kidding.

11 years ago

Virginia GOP Bribes Democratic State Senator To Resign So They Can Stop Medicaid Expansion

The Washington Post reported on Sunday evening that State Senator Phillip Puckett, a Democrat, will resign from office Monday. Puckett…

11 years ago

Fake Christians Tear Up the Constitution in Chesterfield County, Virginia

Wicca is "neo-pagan and invokes polytheistic, pre-Christian deities," and therefore it does not fall within "the Judeo-Christian tradition."

11 years ago

Politico’s Poll Showing Democrats In Trouble This Midterm Election Is a Total Crock

This week, political news site Politico released a poll showing that Democrats are at a seven-point disadvantage against Republicans in…

11 years ago

Republicans Bring Back Child Labor On Tobacco Farms In The South

it was left to Human Rights Watch (HRW) to push the federal government to take steps to protect children working…

11 years ago

Ted Cruz Violates The First Amendment With Anti-Gay Marriage Senate Bill

Besides wasting taxpayer time, money, and violating the First Amendment's prohibition that Congress shall "make no law respecting the establishment…

11 years ago

Virginia Marriage Equality Decision Exposes Religious Right’s Hatred of America

Religious Right leaders don't understand the spirit or the exact words of the Constitution, which they continually confuse with the…

11 years ago

Bob McDonnell Throws His Wife Under The Bus So He Can Fight Corruption Charges

Former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his wife Maureen were arraigned this morning in federal court on 14 counts stemming…

11 years ago

Obamacare Delivers Knockout Blow To GOP As Majority Of States Have Expanded Medicaid

The further we go along into the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and more people see what it offers…

11 years ago

Regime Change in Virginia: New Attorney General Seeks to Overturn Gay Marriage Ban

AG Herring says Virginia's ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, and he has filed a legal brief asking a federal…

11 years ago

Ken Cuccinelli Calls Out Scandal-Ridden Christie And Asks Him To Resign As Head Of RGA

On Tuesday night's edition of CNN's Crossfire, former Virginia Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, called for New…

11 years ago

Gov. Ultrasound Gets Ultra Indicted As Bob McDonnell Is Hit With 14 Counts

On Tuesday afternoon, Bob McDonnell and his wife were indicted on federal corruption charges stemming from gifts they had accepted…

11 years ago

Looking Like a Sure Loser Liz Cheney Cuts and Runs On Her Hopeless Senate Campaign

Liz Cheney, recently a Fox News contributor and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, decided to dropout of the…

11 years ago

Virginia Republican Leader Tries to Incite Assassination Attempt On President Obama

At the Virginia Republican retreat, party chairman Pat Mullins tried to incite an assassination attempt against the President of the…

11 years ago

Study Finds That Red States Rejecting Medicaid Expansion Will Lose Billions Over Time

The Commonwealth Fund found that states rejecting Medicaid money will lose billions over time.

11 years ago

Tissues for the Tea Party’s Issues

The tea party is the intersection of cognitive dissonance and reality. It's certain to become a reality show. Oh wait…

11 years ago

Southern Comfort: Why The South Ain’t So ‘Backwards’ Anymore

The south is becoming more and more socially progressive, which is leading to an educated populace that should no longer…

11 years ago

Virginians Embrace Separation of Church and State and Send Ken Cuccinelli Packing

Fortunately for Virginians who embrace the Constitution's guarantee of separation of church and state, freedom of speech, and equal rights,…

11 years ago

Democrats Win a Few Big Races at the Expense of the Tea Party

Tuesday's election results included two big-city mayors and a Democrat displacing a wacky Republican in the Virginia governor's office.

11 years ago

Tea Party Insists that Extremist Ken Cuccinelli Not Extreme Enough

The Richmond Tea Party says Cuccinelli hasn't taken a sufficient stand against "Obamacare, immigration, and moral decline."

11 years ago

Ted Cruz Is Just the Figurehead of The Koch/DeMint Destroy Government Conspiracy

Ted Cruz is little more than a figurehead of a much larger conspiracy whose real leaders are teabaggers Charles and…

11 years ago

Virginia and New Jersey Democratic Voters Can’t Let Us Down

The rest of us are looking to Virginia and New Jersey voters to send Republicans the message the rest of…

11 years ago

Ken Cuccinelli Reaches National Joke Status Thanks To The View

Whoopie Goldberg mainstreamed mocking Ken Cuccinelli over his extreme Republican values. She also vowed to keep him out of the…

12 years ago

Virginia GOP’s Would-Be Governor Would Ban Sodomy Between Married Couples

Ken Cuccinelli says his anti-sodomy law protects children from predators but it bans sodomy between consenting adults

12 years ago

E.W. Jackson Whines That Religious Tests Only Apply to People He Doesn’t Like

Virginia's GOP nominee for lieutenant governor feels he can say whatever he wants and you have absolutely no right to…

12 years ago

Yoga Joins The List of Things That Republicans Find Demonic

According to Republicans, Satan fills the emptiness yoga creates, allowing Satan into your soul

12 years ago

Meet Roan Garcia-Quintana, South Carolina’s non-Native Tea Party Nativist

Havana-born Roan Garcia-Quintana doesn't want America to be for others what it has been for him

12 years ago

As He Tries to Eliminate Overtime Pay, Eric Cantor Hobnobs with Hollywood Elites

As he works to eliminate overtime pay, Eric Cantor went Hollywood Thursday night, attending a dinner last night with an…

12 years ago

You’ll Find Koch Dollars At the Root Of the Calls for Armed Revolution Against Obama

The idea of using violent force to prevent a democratically elected government from operating began when the Koch brothers' funded…

12 years ago

Republicans Have Launched 694 Attacks on Women’s Reproductive Rights in 3 Months

Republicans continue to obsess with women's reproductive health, with 694 proposed laws in the first three months of 2013.

12 years ago

Virginia AG Wants to Ban Consensual Sex Acts As a ‘Crime Against Nature’

Gubernatorial candidate and Virginia attorney general Ken Cuccinelli wants to criminalize sexual relations he objects to, including consensual oral sex.

12 years ago

Whistleblowing Cop Fired for Exposing Alleged Plot to Kill the President

A Richmond Police Officer was fired for telling the media about an alleged plot to kill the President by fellow…

12 years ago

GOP Tea Party Traitors to the Constitution Must Be Prosecuted to the Fullest Extent of the Law

It is a mystery why the Justice Department, FBI, and law enforcement officials do not summarily round them treasonous congressional…

12 years ago

Mormon GOP Senator Who Claims to Abstain from Alcohol Arrested for DUI

Idaho Sen. Michael Crapo is a strict social and fiscal conservative who doesn't drink. Or so he says. He was…

12 years ago

Boxer Takes Aim at GOP Election Games: Introduces a Bill to Prevent a Waiting Time of More Than One Hour

Sen. Boxer (D-CA) introduced a bill called the LINE Act, which is election reform legislation to address national standards for…

12 years ago

What You Need to Know About Voting in States Affected by Sandy

Election officials in several states are dealing with a variety of issues that come with whole communities being evacuated, poll…

12 years ago

Don’t Be Scammed: Surviving Republican Election Tricks

Don't let any of these scams steal your vote, but most importantly don't let them intimidate you. Stay alert, but…

12 years ago

Mittocracy: Tearing Down The Media’s Mitt Momentum Myth

The Mitt Romney momentum myth has been going on since Romney 'won' the first debate by lying about his positions.…

12 years ago

House Democrats Call On DOJ to Investigate Election Fraud by Sproul

Three Democratic Members of the House asked Eric Holder to order an investigation into alleged tampering in voter registration drives…

12 years ago

Obama Mocks Romney’s Lies and Flip-flops by Coining the Term Romnesia

While speaking at George Mason University today President Obama coined the term Romnesia to describe Mitt Romney's shifts, flip-flops, and…

12 years ago

Obama Swing State Voter Registration and Early Voting Margins Are Bigger Than 2008

The Obama campaign announced today that their voter registration and early voting margins in Ohio, Iowa, Nevada, North Carolina, and…

12 years ago

Protect Your Vote: What You Need to Know About Voting in Virginia

Here is what you need to know in order to make sure that your vote counts on Election Day in…

12 years ago

Romney Attacks Obama over Coal Employment When Jobs are at 15 Year High

Mitt Romney attacked Obama over jobs Friday in Abingdon, Virginia, but coal jobs are at the highest level in 15…

12 years ago

Media Warns of a Tight Race as Obama Draws Big Crowd of 11,200 in Nevada

The swing state of Nevada is pumped up. 11,200 people waited in line during 90 degree heat to see Obama…

12 years ago

Macaca’s Revenge: Virginia County GOP Forced to Remove Racist Images from Party Page

The official Facebook page of a Virginia County Republican Party got busted yesterday for having super offensive (read straight up…

12 years ago

Picture of the Day: It Looks Like A Home Run for Obama in Virginia

President Obama strikes a pose -- make that a batting stance - in Virginia for a great crowd. Looks like…

12 years ago

What the Hell? Educating Tim Kaine on the 47 Percent

In one the dumbest political moves of 2012, Tim Kaine was asked about the 47% and said he would be…

12 years ago

New Poll Finds Obama Leading Romney 51%-46% in Virginia

A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows President Obama leading Mitt Romney 51%-46%.

12 years ago

11,000 Show Up for Obama in Florida While Romney Draws Hundreds in Virginia

As 11,000 enthusiastic supporters crammed into St. Petersburg to hear President Obama, Mitt Romney spoke to gathering of several hundred…

12 years ago

If We Must Fight, Let it Be Now

Increasingly the GOP is talking about Second Amendment remedies and even armed insurrection if Obama wins in 2012, threatening the…

13 years ago

The Republican War on the Girl Scouts

The Republican Party has gone to war with the Girl Scouts, accusing them training girls to be radicalized, anti-religious baby-killing…

13 years ago