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The leading source for political news and analysis about the never-boring state of Virginia, home of the guy who SHOULD have been VP, Tim Kaine!
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"From day one of the 119th Congress, I have stood with House Democrats ready to pass a bipartisan funding bill that meets the needs of the American people...The Senate proposal is not that bill. I will vote no." - Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
"From day one of the 119th Congress, I have stood with House Democrats ready to pass a bipartisan funding bill that meets the needs of the American people, lowers costs and addresses the health care crisis facing this country. The Senate proposal is not that bill. I will vote no." - Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04)
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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Superb article by @markjacob.bsky.social - "How news coverage eases us into tyranny; When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us" bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
uperb article by Mark Jacob - "How news coverage eases us into tyranny; When the media act like things are normal, they don’t reassure us – they gaslight us" "News outlets rarely 'hit the total button.'" "Major media have surrendered to the liars." "Everything seems to have the same volume." "If only the media acted more like frogs." https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/how-news-coverage-eases-us-into-tyranny https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/1ede16c3359b111bdfabc85a1056dc1f5bcdce8096c42a9382ec2a956c755a11.jpg
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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"Today I convened our transition team in Richmond. We are wasting no time getting to work to build an Administration that puts Virginians first — and that's exactly what I'll do when I'm sworn into office in January." - @SpanbergerForVA bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
Facebook post by Abigail Spanberger with photo of her meeting with her transition team today in Richmond
November 10, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Attorney General-Elect Jay Jones Announces Inaugural Committee (former DPVA Executive Director David Mills as Chair; former Virginia AG Mark Herring as one of three co-chairs, along with Del. @HelmerVA and Sen. @lashrecseaird) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
Attorney General-Elect Jay Jones Announces Inaugural Committee Norfolk, VA – Today, Attorney General-elect Jay Jones announced the formation of his Inaugural Committee, which will oversee events and community engagement surrounding his swearing-in as Virginia's next Attorney General. The committee will focus on creating celebrations that honor the Commonwealth's diversity and reflect Jones' commitment to service and opportunity for all Virginians. Further details on inaugural events will be released in the coming weeks. The Attorney General-elect has appointed the following members of his Inaugural Committee: David Mills, Chair Consultant; Former Executive Director, Democratic Party of Virginia Lashrecse Aird, Co-Chair Senator, District 13 Dan Helmer, Co-Chair Delegate, District 10 Mark Herring, Co-Chair Former Attorney General of Virginia Mandy Burnett Director of Government Affairs, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association Tim Chapman Managing Member, Chapman Development Ben Dendy Bea Gonzalez Partner, Capital Results Earl Granger Chief Development and Impact Officer, Executive Leadership Council David Jones Founding Partner, Capitol Counsel Anne Leigh Kerr President, Kerry Government Strategies Nancy Miller Partner & CEO, The Miller Firm Randy Toll Executive Producer Steve Toll Managing Partner, Cohen Milstein Daniel Watkins Founding Partner, Meier Watkins Derrick Walker President, Virginia Trial Lawyers Association; Shareholder, Allen & Allen Rachel Rothman Inaugural Committee Director Ben Celestino Inaugural Committee Finance Director
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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"My governor-elect who won by 15 points, @SpanbergerForVA, the first thing she said was, ‘please find us a path out of the shutdown.’ She took to her own media last night giving me thanks for finding the path forward." - @SenTimKaine bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
Video: On MSNBC, Sen. Tim Kaine Has Heated Exchange with Katy Tur Over Whether Dems Could Have Had This Deal 40 Days Ago, Whether This Is “Ripping the Party Apart,” etc.
Well, that was certainly an interesting interview on MSNBC by Katy Tur of Sen. Tim Kaine. Check it out. Katy Tur: "So, you mentioned the elections on Tuesday and in Virginia, which as you well know, I...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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“You asked me a funny question, why did I read the results as suggesting we should find a path out of shutdown? It wasn’t the results. It’s that I talk to Virginians every day. My state has been uniquely hurt...by this shutdown." - @SenTimKaine bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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“I never express opinions about what the Democrats should do on the House side...if people on the House side have opinions about Chuck, they’re entitled to 'em. But...I can tell you right now, Chuck’s our leader & he’s going to be our leader." - @SenTimKaine bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
November 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Video: On MSNBC, Sen. Tim Kaine Has Heated Exchange with Katy Tur Over Whether Dems Could Have Had This Deal “40 Days Ago,” Whether This Is “Ripping the Party Apart,” etc. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
November 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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“I voted no on the deal last night, and I want to tell you why...I was not only a no, but I was a strong no. We’ve got to continue this fight on health care...The health care crisis continues. We’ve got to get it resolved.” - Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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"I need a moratorium on mischief. My Virginians have been suffering under this administration...I need a moratorium on the punishing of the federal workforce. That’s what I need." - @SenTimKaine bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Per CNN exit polls, a few big changes in the VA electorate between 2021 and 2025: the liberal % went up 10 points; moderates went down 8 points; 65 and older went up 6 points; 45-64 went down 8 points... bluevirginia.us/2025/11/12-m...
Graph of CNN exit polls for Virginia, 2021 vs 2025 (Female/Male, White/Black/Latino/Asian, age; ideology)
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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"I was so focused on the Virginia elections I wasn't in this discussion on the healthcare to see how dug in they were."- @SenTimKaine bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Former VA Del. Mark Levine (D): "I’m really surprised a Senator I know personally and have long respected is this naive. Kaine isn’t stupid. But his justification for bowing down to King Donald is so illogical that it insults any thinking Virginian." bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...
Fmr. VA Del. Mark Levine: "Last night, Senator Tim Kaine caved to Trump. He snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Just two days before the Supreme Court would have been forced to make a landmark ruling on whether Trump could personally order tens of millions of Americans to be denied food in advance of Thanksgiving…. It would have gone down in the history books. Either Trump and the Supreme Court would have been exposed for their willingness to force anti-Christian suffering so great that even some Christian evangelicals might have awakened to Trump’s cruelty. Or (less likely) the high Court would have defied our wannabe dictator and shown kindness where Trump wanted cruelty, and we would then learn whether Trump would willingly disobey a Supreme Court order in order to force a starvation plan on tens of millions of hungry Americans. Just two more days and the stakes would have been clear. But now, thanks to Kaine, the Supreme Court will dismiss “Trump v. Twenty Million Hungry Americans” as moot. If, after Trump had been exposed for his massive cruelty, Kaine had then stepped in to save Americans from starvation by giving into the demands of sadistic Republicans ruthlessly taking tens of millions of Americans hostage for political advantage, at least Kaine would have had some reason to do so. (Or perhaps Republicans would have ended the filibuster. Unlikely but something Democrats could use later on if Americans ever regained confidence in our party.) Instead of waiting just two more days, Kaine protected Trump’s back at the expense of Americans’ health care. And got nothing in return. Absolutely nothing. Kaine funded subsidies for a full year for rural American Trump voters by appropriating for agriculture but got nothing for the Northern Virginia federal workers who support Democrats except a two-month reprieve that Trump will likely violate anyway. We had the moral high ground. Americans who had long lost confidence in the Democratic Party were just … "But Trump broke the law anyway and when lower courts said he couldn’t, the Supreme Court ruled that these congressional laws could be ignored. Doesn’t Kaine understand that Trump believes he has the right to ignore all laws and the Constitution? And when the Supreme Court won’t hold him accountable, it is up to our Senator to do so? What will Kaine do when Trump violates this deal and does a RIF despite promising not to? What will Kaine do when Trump — despite a second law requiring the same thing the first law does — denies back pay again? It’s a serious question. Will Kaine try to pass a third useless law? A fourth? Will be stomp his feet and scream? Or will he finally one day do what we elected him to do? Will Kaine sue to enforce the no RIF clause? Then find out his case won’t be heard by the Supreme Court before January 30? And then finally realize Kaine’s “laws” and Republican promises are not worth the paper they are printed on? Will Kaine ever realize that the Democrats’ only weapon available under the Trump proto-dictatorship is the one he just threw away? Then will Kaine finally promise to stop voting to cave to Trump and the Republicans when they cheat him yet again? Or is it always Lucy with the football against the craven Democrats who cry “please don’t hurt me anymore”? My entire life I’ve been a proud progressive Democrat. I’ve opposed the Leftists who would tear our system down. I’ve argued we can still get necessary progressive reforms non-violently through the current framework of our massively flawed constitutional republic. But now Leftists say the Democrats are useless. They say democracy is useless. And Kaine’s actions last night make it very hard to defend Democrats or democracy. Kaine’s vote has been cast. But I beg the Senator that when Republicans yet again double cross him for the umpteenth time, he finally one day stand firm and say “enough is enough.” Please make this the last time he capitulates to our pronto-dictator. Pleas…
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Winsome Earle-Sears and a Republican House of Delegates majority would have done the opposite bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
Spanberger says she "will always protect your right to marry"
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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Video: Katherine White of @networknova.bsky.social sums it up REALLY well. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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Just 68 days until Youngkin (the worst Virginia governor since...uhh...???) is outta there, and Abigail Spanberger is sworn in. Can't wait! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
Screenshot from page on the inauguration of Virginia's 75th governor (Abigail Spanberger) on January 17, 2026.
November 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) says he is a "''No' on this Senate proposal," including its "pinky swear agreement that the Senate will vote on ACA tax credits at some future date" (and no promise at all for the US House) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...
Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) statement on the Senate proposal to end the shutdown..."Instead, we are no closer to reducing healthcare costs for 20 million American families"
November 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Rep. @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social (D-VA11) Statement on the Senate [GOP] plan to pass a [C.R.]: "plan...fails to address the crushing cost of health care...does nothing to stop the Administration from continuing its illegal cuts to federal programs and jobs." bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...
Walkinshaw Statement on the Senate Republican plan to pass a Continuing Resolution Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman James R. Walkinshaw (VA-11), released the following statement on the Senate Republican plan to pass a Continuing Resolution.­­ “Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans have made one thing abundantly clear during this Republican shutdown: they will go to any length to take health care away from hardworking Americans. For 41 days, they’ve refused to work with Democrats to fix the health care affordability crisis they created—while tens of millions of Americans face skyrocketing costs. At the same time, they’ve continued their pattern of corruption and cruelty: illegally firing federal workers and taking food from hungry families. I want this shutdown to end because the federal workers who have endured attack after attack from the Trump Administration deserve dignity—and their paychecks. I applaud Senator Kaine’s efforts to secure temporary protections against more illegal firings. But the Senate Republican plan fails to address the crushing cost of health care at a time when families are already struggling with higher prices for housing, groceries, and energy—costs driven by Trump’s failed policies. It also does nothing to stop the Administration from continuing its illegal cuts to federal programs and jobs. I will continue fighting in the House for affordable health care and for the federal workers who keep our country running, and will vote no on the Senate Republican proposal.”
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Based on this by @drewsav.bsky.social, Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) is in serious danger of losing next November, Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01) as well, while all incumbent Dems are safe. And that's BEFORE possible redistricting, which could put VA05 & VA06 in play. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
Drew Savicki map, 2025 VA GOV BY CD: Spanberger wn "8/11 congressional district")
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Trump has no comprehension of any of this, nor do the vast majority of Republican politicians. The bottom line is that new natural gas-fired power plants are VERY expensive, in addition to being VERY dirty. Stupid all around, in short. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond... h/t @jrfhanger.bsky.social
John Raymond Hanger: ""Wood Mackenzie confirms new natural gas generation is expensive! $126/MWh in 2030! New solar plus batteries are less than half the cost of new gas! New nuclear ($139/MWh) also is getting close to being cheaper than new gas! Gas too is dirty, biggest CO2 electricity polluter."
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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"[Ecstatic] that our country has evolved to where this is now a mainstream position even upheld by a right wing Supreme Court." - @SenLouiseLucas bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
"I cast my first vote against a ban on same sex marriage in 1996. We lost 38-2 with only myself and Senator Whipple voting no. [Ecstatic] that our country has evolved to where this is now a mainstream position even upheld by a right wing Supreme Court." - Sen. Louise Lucas
November 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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US Sen. @kaine.senate.gov explains his vote: "Now we’ve got robust SNAP funding and...a guaranteed vote on ACA tax credits...restoration of all the furloughed employees and a guarantee of their backpay...& a guarantee of no RIFs...going forward" bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-...
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Video: LG-Elect Ghazala Hashmi Joins MSNBC to Reflect on Historic Campaign and Plans to Strengthen Virginia (“I think my message has been resonating with so many people who feel marginalized, making sure that they understand that they are seen...") bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
Video: LG-Elect Ghazala Hashmi Joins MSNBC to Reflect on Historic Campaign and Plans to Strengthen Virginia
From LG-elect Ghazala Hashmi: ICYMI: Lieutenant Governor-elect Ghazala Hashmi Joins MSNBC to Reflect on Historic Campaign and Plans to Strengthen Virginia RICHMOND, VA — Yesterday, Lieutenant Governor...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Interesting graphic from @vpapupdates about Virginia "swing localities" between 2016 and 2025; some really jump out, like Chesterfield, VA Beach and Stafford going blue, bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
VPAP graphic: Virginia Swing Localities 2016-2025 https://www.vpap.org/visuals/visual/localities-that-have-flipped-parties/
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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Video: Loudoun GOP Chair says "inept" VA Republicans "got smoked," calls for resignations of pretty much everyone at the VA GOP (but of course doesn't blame Trump, who was by far the most responsible) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
November 10, 2025 at 2:09 PM