Category: Politics
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Showdown in Hill City
by Dick Hall-Sizemore The members of the Lynchburg City Council have been embroiled in fighting among themselves for the past year. At the close of the year, the council took the unprecedented step of censuring one of its members. Because of the dearth of the coverage of local government by today’s media, not much news…
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An Obstructionist Rises to the Top
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Amid all the other topics being discussed and debated on Bacon’s Rebellion, we have neglected to note that the Commonwealth has recently picked up a dubious distinction. It is now the home of the chair of the House Freedom Caucus — Rep. Bob Good (R–5th District). His selection was not cheered by…
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Let’s Make a Deal
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Gov. Glenn Youngkin earned his spurs (and his money) making deals in the private sector. He came into the governorship with no political experience. During his first two years in office, he showed little inclination to compromise or make deals. He bet big this fall on coming out of the November elections…
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Racism Comes in All Colors
by Kerry Dougherty What follows here is fiction. Totally imaginary. Still, picture this with me: The mayor of Virginia’s largest city — that would be Virginia Beach, population 458,000 — decides to hold a holiday party for city council members on city property. The mayor — and let me remind you this is hypothetical, it…
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The “Chanukah Dilemma”: Is the Menorah a Religious or Political Symbol?
by Ken Reid Thursday night is the final night of Chanukah, the eight-day Festival of Lights that I (and millions of Jews across the world) celebrate, to mark the miracle that occurred when the 2nd temple was restored following a rebellion by religious Jews against secular Hellenistic Jews and their Greek-Syrian allies in the 160’s…
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Sorry, Senator. Zalenskyy is No George Washington
by Kerry Dougherty Tim Kaine jumped the shark. Get a load of the nonsense this United States Senator – from VIRGINIA – Tweeted on Tuesday: President Zelenskyy spoke to the Senate today about the critical role of American support for Ukrainian democracy. He stood beneath a portrait of George Washington, who helped birth an America…
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Online Porn Star/Democrat Candidate Continues to Play Victim
by Kerry Dougherty Let me get this straight. A married mother of two, a Democrat, who engaged in smutty livestream sex for money with her husband, is still playing the victim card because she lost her bid to represent Virginians from the 57th House District. Politico just featured a laughable Q and A with the…
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Asleep at the Switch in Harrisonburg
by Joe Fitzgerald At some point while on the Harrisonburg City Council, I quit worrying about or getting angry about being misquoted by the Daily News-Record, and I got used to the people I met saying I wasn’t anything like what they expected. The expectations the paper created were just part of the gig. And…
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Dem Shrouded in Controversy Announces Gubernatorial Run
from The Republican Standard It’s official. Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney (D) is running for governor of Virginia in what’s set to become a free-for-all primary. Stoney has courted controversy in the past as former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s chief strategist. Critics, including former Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax (D), accuse the ambitious politician of being a hatchetman.
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Norfolk Hipsters & Lefties Try to Block a Military-Themed Brewery
by Kerry Dougherty Now is the time. If you believe that cities ought to be open for business, regardless of the viewpoints of the business owners, if you support the military and don’t consider flag-waving a provocative act, you might want to let Norfolk’s City Council hear from you. On December 12th it is scheduled…
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Daughter of Heroines
by Margot Heffernan The year is 2023 but it feels as if the calendar has rolled back a hundred years for women and girls in Virginia, and just about anywhere else in the Western world. Hyperbolic? Over the top? Sadly, no. Each day women are censored, denigrated, and erased; called bigots for speaking biological fact;…
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Follow-up on Sen. Hashmi
by Dick Hall-Sizemore Kerry Doughtery has evinced a certain amount of outrage on this blog about state Sen. Ghazala Hashni (D-Chesterfield) not living in the district in which she ran and won re-election. (See here and here.) The recent redistricting had placed Sen. Hashmi’s long-time residence just outside the district which she represented. In order…
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Open House Races in NoVa Already Crowded
by Jeanine Martin Here are the candidates so far in the 2024 election for open seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in the 7th District, currently held by Democrat Abigail Spanberger, and in the 10th District, currently held by Democrat Jennifer Wexton: Virginia’s 10th district Del. Michelle Maldonado (D-Manassas) is the latest to announce…
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How Youngkin Can Avoid Lame Duck Status
by Scott Lingamfelter Elections produce clarity. One thing is noticeably clear after Republicans failed to achieve majorities in both chambers of the Virginia General Assembly. For the next two years, the prospects for Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin‘s legislative agenda are bleak. That’s the bad news. Here is the good news: it doesn’t have to be…
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Virginia Dems Have a Razor-Thin Majority, Not a Mandate
by Kerry Dougherty Gosh, it seems like it was just last month that Virginia Democrats accused Republicans of being too extreme on abortion and used that wedge issue to gain a slight edge in the General Assembly. (The GOP favors a reasonable 15-week limit, preventing the grisly practice of late-term abortions, except in cases of…