Category: Politics
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Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
by Kerry Dougherty Look who’s crying now. Virginia Democrats, who launched ugly attacks on Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s religious beliefs in his second week in office and who spent the entire session bragging about how they were a “brick wall” blocking most of his initiatives, are suddenly bawling because the governor vetoed 26 bills. Never mind…
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Was Virginia’s 2021 Election a Parental Pulse or a Silver Surge?
Yes, education was a big deal but how about inflation’s impact on fixed income retirees? by Chris Saxman Results of a newly released study by TargetSmart, “a Democratic political data and data services firm,” suggest that we should rethink the conventional wisdom and push back on the social media/cable news narratives about the 2021 election.…
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What Is It About Adam Ebbin?
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Governor Youngkin seems to have it in for state Senator Adam Ebbin, D-Alexandria. Of the 26 bills from the 2022 Session that the Governor vetoed, nine (35 percent) were bills sponsored by Ebbin. (Midnight yesterday was the deadline for the Governor to take action on bills passed in the last session.) From…
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Racist Rant Results in Resignation
by Kerry Dougherty When a shockingly racist 2021 Facebook post from Hampton Electoral Board Chair David Dietrich surfaced late last week the reaction from his fellow Republicans — from Gov. Glenn Youngkin to the Hampton GOP chief — was swift and unequivocal. Resign, they said, or we will remove you from the board. “As governor,…
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Such Words Have “No Place in Virginia”
by James A. Bacon Governor Glenn Youngkin did the right thing by demanding the resignation of David Dietrich, a Hampton Republican Party official serving on the city electoral board, for making a racist Facebook post. In accusing certain senior military officials of persecuting “conservative, freedom-loving Americans,” Dietrich referred to them as “nothing more than dirty,…
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Youngkin Donated His Salary to Charity. Sore Losers Complain.
by Kerry Dougherty We all understand that Virginia Democrats are smarting. They honestly believed that Virginia was a blue state and they could nominate a sleazy Clinton-crony retread and still win the governor’s race. They lost and their criticism of Governor Glenn Youngkin borders on derangement. Would it kill them to be gracious? To put…
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The Left Doubles Down in Defense of Divisive Concepts
by James A. Bacon A coalition of left-wing groups has organized to contest Governor Glenn Youngkin’s effort to expunge “inherently divisive concepts” from Virginia’s public school system. Among the member organizations are the Virginia Education Association, the Legal Aid Justice Center, and the Virginia chapter of the NAACP. One is tempted to say that an…
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Not the Normal Governor Means Not the Normal Ethics
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Glenn Youngkin recently declared, “I guess I’m maybe not the normal governor. I think one of the differences is that I am an outsider and I come in with ideas on how we communicate.” We are beginning to find out how true that is. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that one of the…
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Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom of Night…
by Dick Hall-Sizemore One of the best services provided by the federal government that began before the United States was an independent country is the postal service. Americans have depended on it and taken it for granted for centuries. Until recently. In recent years, service has deteriorated markedly. For example, I put out bill payments…
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Know the Terms of Surrender in Negotiating With Teachers Unions
by James C. Sherlock Franklin Roosevelt thought collective bargaining agreements incompatible with public sector work. Today’s left, unburdened by the public interest, finds FDR’s principles at best quaint. Since May of last year collective bargaining is legal in Virginia for local government employees by local option, but for not state employees. The issues most people think…
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Cutting Off One’s Nose To Spite One’s Face
by Dick Hall-Sizemore The Virginia Senate Democrats have acted irrationally. They have refused to confirm four of the five appointments made by Governor Youngkin to the Parole Board. This action was in retaliation for the House refusing to confirm 11 appointments made by then-Governor Northam last year, including those to the Board of Education and…
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“But, It’s Not a Perfect Bill. I Can’t Support That”
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Once again, the General Assembly has killed legislation that would prohibit politicians from using campaign donations to cover personal expenses. It is easy to express outrage at this almost annual occurrence, but, in doing some background research on the subject, I encountered some details that, on the one hand, provide a fuller…
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Democrats Against Due Diligence
by Bill O’Keefe In 2020, as we all know, the Democrat-controlled General Assembly passed the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) to eliminate fossil energy for electric power generation while simultaneously restricting the regulatory oversight of the State Corporation Commission (SCC). The effect of the legislation was, in effect, a license to pick the pockets of…
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Dominion’s Meddling In Governor’s Race More Despicable than Originally Revealed
by Paul Chesser In October, Bacon’s Rebellion contributor Steve Haner outlined a “despicable act” perpetrated by Dominion Energy on Glenn Youngkin, by sending $200,000 to a mystery PAC created to suppress turnout for the Republican gubernatorial candidate. But now, with further public disclosures, we see the devious actions by Dominion CEO (and former Democrat operative)…
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A Time for Conservatives to Speak Out
by James C. Sherlock Sometimes in life we come to a major fork in deciding who we are and who we are going to be going forward. Donald Trump was quoted in the New York Times as having on Tuesday “praised Mr. Putin’s aggression as “genius” and called the Russian leader “very savvy” for describing…