Blue Virginia

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 5. A war of the truth’: Europe’s...

From Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner: WARNER & KAINE ON PARTISAN MEGABILL BEING SIGNED INTO LAW WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner and...

Well said by Ivy Main, cross-posted from her always-excellent website, Power for the People VA: In Wise County earlier this month I met the candidate...

From Del. Rip Sullivan's Project Blue Dominion - the big race to focus on in this week's edition is HD57, a district held by...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, July 4 - definitely the most troubling Independence...

See below for reactions by Virginia elected officials, nominees - and others - to US House passage earlier this afternoon, along party lines, of...

Nice job by Affordable Virginia in putting this together and working to hold Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) for her votes in favor of Trump's...

Good stuff from Ranked Choice Virginia, which finds that " 80% of respondents strongly support using RCV in future City Council elections, with another...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, July 3. Political cowardice hindering Europe’s climate efforts,...

From Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner: WARNER & KAINE STATEMENT ON TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ILLEGALLY WITHHOLDING $108 MILLION FROM VIRGINIA SCHOOLS WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, U.S. Senators Mark...

Excellent question by VA Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell: "VA loses the fight for the FBI HQ and its 11K employees for a 2nd...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, July 2. As nations lag on climate action,...

UPDATE 9:05 pm - See below for video of the event, which was the predictable right-wing freak show, as well as a few "highlights"...

From DPVA: Virginia Democrats Launch 2025 Coordinated Campaign: “Operation Virginia Victory” VIRGINIA – The Democratic Party of Virginia (DPVA) today announced the launch of “Operation Virginia Victory,”...

So the Youngkin administration is just ignoring the law? Also, "conversion therapy" is pseudoscientific, lacking evidence and scientific support, ineffective and can cause long-term...

See below for statements from Virginia Democrats on US Senate passage of "a partisan megabill that slashes Medicaid, nutrition assistance, and other critical programs that...

It's been five years, believe it or not, since the Virginia Democratic "trifecta" passed and signed into law one of the most consequential bills...

See below as Sen. Mark Warner rips the you-know-what out the our horrendous, evil, cruel Republican Big Ugly Budget Bill, as well as our...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, July 1. UN expert urges criminalizing fossil fuel...

From DPVA: Learn more about Sears’ extreme record at WorstofWinsome.com. ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – Today, elected leaders and Virginians continued the “Worst of Winsome” tour, calling out Sears’...

From Sen. Tim Kaine's office: KAINE FILES AMENDMENTS TO DANGEROUS REPUBLICAN BUDGET MEGABILL WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA), a member of the Senate Budget...

Thanks to VA11 Democratic committee member Laura Stokes - one of the top "Winners" in our VA11 Democratic primary "Winners/Losers" list for her role...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, June 30. American absence at climate talks met...

See below for video and highlights from Sen. Mark Warner's appearance on Face the Nation this morning. BTW, Margaret Brennan's pro-Republican framing, bias, etc....

The "Winners/Losers" list for the VA11 Democratic firehouse primary will be somewhat abbreviated, for one big reason: I have no particular desire to name...

Polls closed at 7 pm, and we should have official results in the next few hours from the VA11 Democratic "firehouse primary" held today...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, June 29. ‘Climate is our biggest war’, warns...

See below for video and highlights from the VA Senate Democrats' press conference this morning on the Trump administration pressuring UVA President Jim Ryan...

See below for video and a transcript (bolding added by me for emphasis of stuff that jumped out) of Abigail Spanberger's fired-up speech at...

by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, June 28. Countries should keep their statehood if...