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LadyCat311🇺🇲 @coffeecat311.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
President Dwight D. Eisenhower in his 1953 "Chance for Peace" speech (also known as the "Cross of Iron" speech).
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"So let’s look back. Back to 2001 when the GOP gerrymandered Democrats in the House and Senate nearly to oblivion. When Mark Warner had just won a statewide election with 52% of the vote, but the House was drawn to a 64-34 Republican majority..." bluevirginia.us/2026/03/a-wa...
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A Walk Down Memory Lane on Virginia Redistricting - and Republicans' Long History of Gerrymandering - Blue Virginia
by Cindy/VAPLAN With all the GOP House and Senate floor speeches waxing poetic about the odiousness of gerrymandering and the glorious rapture of its demise in Virginia, I thought I’d take a walk down...
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I'm attending Virginia League of Conservation Voters's event, “2026 General Assembly Halftime Report” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/lcvva/event/...
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2026 General Assembly Halftime Report · Virginia League of Conservation Voters
Come join Climate Action Virginia and the Virginia League of Conservation Voters for our 5th annual General Assembly Halftime Report! We'll be talking with state lawmakers and policy experts about the...
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Like his Confederate forebears, Ted Cruz talked a big game, started a fight, got absolutely dog walked, then cried about how unfair it all was. A story in four images.
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Sens. Cruz, Cornyn File Amicus Brief Backing Texas’ Emergency Application to Implement New Congressional Map
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, and John Cornyn (R-Texas) filed an amicus brief in support of the State of Texas’ emergency application to the U.S. Supreme Court for a stay of the district court injunction that barred Texas from implementing its new congressional district map. The Senators did so in part on the basis of the Purcell principle, which holds that courts should not change election rules shortly before an election.


Sen. Cruz said, “The Constitution entrusts redistricting matters to the states and to state legislators. The federal district court’s preliminary injunction was not made on the merits of the case, runs counter to precedent and to principles of federalism, and undermines the prerogatives of Texas lawmakers and the will of Texas voters. The Supreme Court should stay that preliminary injunction, and do so expeditiously in order to provide certainty in our election maps and rules as we approach deadlines for the 2026 election.”Newsweek: Ted Cruz has proposed that Texas extend the state's Republican advantage in the U.S. House of Representatives to a full Democratic wipeout if Gavin Newsom goes ahead with a proposal to redraft congressional maps in his state in response to a similar plan by Republicans in Texas.@tedcruz on X: A brazen abuse of power & an insult to democracy.

47% of VA voted Trump. They will now get just 9% of the seats. 

52% of VA voters voted Harris. Now they get 91% of the seats. 

(By comparison, in TX, 56% voted Trump; GOP gets 79% of the seats.)@SenLouiseLucas on X: You all started it and we fucking finished it.

@tedcruz on X: A brazen abuse of power & an insult to democracy.

47% of VA voted Trump. They will now get just 9% of the seats. 

52% of VA voters voted Harris. Now they get 91% of the seats. 

(By comparison, in TX, 56% voted Trump; GOP gets 79% of the seats.)

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/02/2026
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “This is a presidency that is, by any measure, failing,” our columnist Ezra Klein writes about the second Trump administration.
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Opinion | Trump Has Overwhelmed Himself
This is a presidency that is, by any measure, failing.
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Hey Canada! The warehouse in Ashland VA that ICE is buying is owned by Jim Pattison Developments based in Vancouver.
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Ericka Kopp @erickakopp.com · 23/01/2026
Rob Wittman cannot and will not stand up for his constituents. Our communities, including ones in VA-01, are being threatened with the possibility of ICE buying a warehouse in VA-01 to house detainees. We cannot allow Rob Wittman to continue to rob us of our civil rights. We must flip the first.
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
ICE is punishing Virginia for electing Democrats. Clearly we must take every opportunity to do more of the same.
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Funny how the @UVA folks keep denying they've seen the Augusta Free Press article "Vanishing act: How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find" bluevirginia.us/2026/01/mond...
Screenshot from this morning's testimony by UVA officials to the VA State Senate SFAC Education Subcommittee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPOdL5GnZ3cLink to Augusta Free Press article:

 https://augustafreepress.com/news/vanishing-act-how-uvas-presidential-search-missed-what-took-us-an-hour-to-find/
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Vici Surr @vicisurr.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Here a novel idea, let’s let the survivors redact the Epstein files.
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Mgindmv @mgindmv.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
That's funny, Youngkin, cause most Virginians don't even want YOU in the state. From the day you dropped on us it was clear Virginians were never your priority. You will never be president.
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deut2314.bsky.social @deut2314.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
The drug problem has a single root cause: The American drug user. Americans spent about as much on illegal drugs as they do on child care! They have really gotten a free pass for all the damage they cause!
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Abigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 11/10/2025
Right now, with the stroke of a pen, reproductive rights could be taken away in Virginia — if we elect Winsome Earle-Sears as Governor. It’s unacceptable. Reproductive healthcare decisions should stay between a woman, her family, and her doctor. Full stop.
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
522 people are already boycotting Chico's, whose donations are 99% to Republicans. Download GoodsUniteUs to join the movement and check on other companies you may buy from.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Great command of the language on display here
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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
“Kavanaugh stops” is a tremendous term term for cops racially profiling people and someone should start a crowdfunding effort to pay a bunch of SEC sorority influencers to popularize it on TikTok. We must fight fire with devastating trending topics slate.com/news-and-pol...
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There’s a New Lawsuit Against “Kavanaugh Stops.” It’s Absolutely Devastating.
These detentions, far from the “brief” inconvenience the justice described, are often lengthy, violent, and dangerous.
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
WTVR, Sep 26, 2025 … the Goochland Planning Commission has approved a recommendation that could open the door to data centers and small modular reactors coming to the area. …. set to be voted on by the Board of Supervisors at their November meeting.
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henricocitizen.bsky.social @henricocitizen.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
We covered a lot of news from Henrico County today - check out Friday's Newsflash here: www.henricocitizen.c...
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henricocitizen.bsky.social @henricocitizen.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Throngs of shackled people have been loaded onto airplanes with no attributed owner about 80 separate times so far this year at Richmond International Airport.
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Hidden in plain sight: Richmond International Airport is ICE deportation flight hub, according to human rights organization
Hidden in plain sight, behind the Richmond Jet Center and less than a mile from the Richmond International Airport terminal, throngs of shackled people have been loaded onto airplanes with no attributed owner about 80 separate times so far this year, according to a human rights organization and Citizen observations.
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🦋🕊️🦋GinLy47 @ginly47.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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henricocitizen.bsky.social @henricocitizen.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
A proposed “utility generating facility" - either a natural gas peaking plant or small modular nuclear reactor facility - on the Goochland/Henrico border has drawn the attention of some Western Henrico residents.
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Goochland Planning Commission to weigh proposal Sept. 18 that could allow small module nuclear reactor near Henrico border
The Goochland County Planning Commission will meet Sept. 18 at 6:30 p.m. at Goochland High School to weigh two items, including one that has drawn the attention of some Western Henrico residents. The commission will consider a proposed amendment to the county’s comprehensive plan that would add
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
While law enforcement typically files for the activation of red flag laws, in six states, clinicians can also petition for ERPOs, and help prevent patients in crisis from accessing firearms—potentially averting gun violence or suicide. magazine.publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/how-doc...
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How Doctors Can Use ‘Red Flag’ Laws to Protect Patients in Crisis | Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health Magazine
A program at Johns Hopkins Hospital helps clinicians petition for ERPOs when patients are at high risk of committing gun violence.
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Two of my faves together for one event! I can't wait to hear what @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @redwineblueusa.bsky.social say about the elections this fall, and how to resist authoritarianism right now, both in D.C. and in our own neighborhoods. Sign up with me! social.redwine.blue/s/qUdzdcmR
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Aleksander Pereswiet-Soltan @jasoltan.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...
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Opinion | What to Do When the President Acts Like a Five-Year-Old?
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Meta AI fouled up badly with this one. Like, incredibly badly. Bubba Wallace won today.
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Mike Davis • Feed After Midnight @mjdavis1988.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
🚨🔥Trump/Epstein Cover-Up🔥🚨 Everybody please RESPOST this and every other story, meme, photo, and rant. Keep this story at the top of the news! mdavis19881.substack.com/p/epstein-vi...
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Epstein VI: The Trump Cover Up Begins
BREAKING: Explosive allegations that the FBI is "flagging" Trump in Epstein evidence.
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Thanks RTD! It’s a Chevy Nova broken down by the side of the road.
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Tori Foote @toriatheisttori.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Virginia House Speaker Don Scott donated a record $3 million to candidates for the Virginia House of Delegates. Speaker Scott has shattered every previous benchmark in campaign fundraising for the Virginia House. (Thanks to Black Virginia News for this info)
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Choochoomama @choochoomama.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I love this! I also plan to join the effort. Smart work, @cartoons4democracy.bsky.social ! Reimagining Postcard Outreach—Skewering Billionaire Influence and Misinformation open.substack.com/pub/grassroo...
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Cartoons for Democracy
Using cartoons to message to people not paying attention.
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RVA Indivisible @rva-indivisible.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
July 17 from 5-7 pm - GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON - Find your spot along the 3-mile route on Monument Ave in Richmond, VA! #GoodTrouble #Resist #NonViolentProtest #50501VA #RVAIndivisible www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0549AA...
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Good Trouble Lives On
Thursday, July 17, 5–7 p.m., Richmond, VA Join us for a national day of action to respond to the attacks on our civil and human rights by the Trump Administration. The civil rights leaders of the pas...
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Scott @adambirckett.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
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Blue Virginia @bluevirginia.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Exactly right by @victorforvirginia.bsky.social: "ICE activity in state courthouses makes us all less safe" b/c it "sows distrust in communities & deters victims/witnesses from reporting crimes." And Rs aren't just cool with that, they're ENTHUSIASTIC about it. bluevirginia.us/2025/07/satu...
Victor Salgado comments on a tweet by Brandon Jarvis about former Chesterfield Commonwealth's Attorney Scott Miles arguing that witnesses being afraid to step forward b/c of ICE will make it harder to convict murderers.
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
So impressed with Josh Stanfield’s investigating
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
This has a bad ring to it
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henricocitizen.bsky.social @henricocitizen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
In today's 4-minute episode: Henrico officials begin work on another stream restoration project; Weinstein JCC hires new CEO; a Henrico college student wins an award in a national Microsoft Office competition; Atlantic Union Bank expanding in Henrico. www.henricocitizen.c...
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Henrico News Minute – July 2, 2025
Henrico officials begin work on another stream restoration project; Weinstein JCC hires new CEO; a Henrico college student wins an award in a national Microsoft Office competition; Atlantic Union Bank expanding in Henrico.
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henricocitizen.bsky.social @henricocitizen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
The Henrico County news you need to know - all in one post. Check out today's free Henrico Newsflash here: www.henricocitizen.c...
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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90for90.bsky.social @90for90.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
🚨Devil's Advocate: Dem LG Primary Candidate Concerns Pt. 1 “…not going to cover personal beefs, unsubstantiated rumors, speculative demographic analyses, or information…outside of the public interest…” @activateva.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/joshstan...
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Devil's Advocate: Dem LG Primary Candidate Concerns Pt. 1
An airing of concerns about candidates for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.
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Ann Mc @annmcmillan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Top Youngkin strategist breaks silence, denies Reid’s extortion claims as GOP feud continues virginiamercury.com/2025/04/30/t...
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Top Youngkin strategist breaks silence, denies Reid’s extortion claims as GOP feud continues • Virginia Mercury
Matt Moran says accusations are “unfounded,” releases affidavit ahead of Republican LG nominee’s rally in Henrico County
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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 18/04/2025
I’m glad to see my Republican colleagues support Medicaid, but I am perplexed by their votes to advance a budget that the Congressional Budget Office says will cut Medicaid. Their votes will determine whether hundreds of thousands of Virginians keep their health insurance and hospitals stay open.
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'Feeling heat': Wittman, Kiggans oppose cuts to Medicaid
Rep. Rob Wittman, R-1st, and Rep. Jen Kiggans, R-2nd, say they won't support the budget bill that House Republicans are preparing to carry out President Donald Trump's political agenda if it cuts heal...
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PuzzleGirl @puzzlegirl65.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
“In theory, the other institutions of government should put a swift end to this, but neither the Republican Supreme Court nor the Republican Congress want to pick up this fight, because they're all deeply terrified of an old man in clown makeup.”
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Jill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Good trouble. Creative, too.
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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
More from today's Tesla Takedown in Richmond @hanovervadems.bsky.social @chesterfielddemsva.bsky.social @goochlanddems.bsky.social @indivisibleva.bsky.social @50501virginia.bsky.social
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henricodems.bsky.social @henricodems.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Please amplify @50501virginia.bsky.social
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Rep. Jennifer McClellan @mcclellan.house.gov · 24/03/2025
During last week’s House recess, I was back in the district sounding the alarm on the damage Trump and Congressional Republicans have inflicted on two cornerstones of well-being for every family — their health and education. Read more in my newsletter ⬇️
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Weekly Newsletter, 3.24.25
During last week’s House recess I was back in the district sounding the alarm on the damage Trump and Congressional Republicans have inflicted on two cornerstones of well-being for every family — thei...
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