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Dr Richards
@dhrichards.bsky.social
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Political commentator with over 500 media spots from NYT to Fox - I go where I can talk to people, author (fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, whatever suits the story), music nerd
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Richards did, in fact, not reveal anything... Still I think the interview went well!
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JD Vance's Hindu Wife Usha To Convert After Vice President's Pitch? US Expert’s Big Reveal
Will JD Vance's Hindu wife Usha convert to Christianity due to pressure from MAGA supporters? Dr. David Richards, Chair of Political Science at the University of Lynchburg, Virginia, said on Global Pu...
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November 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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I spoke with @washingtonpost.com about early voter turn out in Virginia
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Virginia sees surge in early voting, mostly among likely Democratic voters
Early voting has steadily increased in Virginia since the Democratic-controlled General Assembly expanded ballot access in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Why won't Trump endorse Winsome Sears in the virignia Governor's race?
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Trump keeps distance in Virginia as Obama goes all in
Trump has not yet endorsed in the Virginia gubernatorial race, even as former President Barack Obama will campaign in the commonwealth.
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October 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Trump Endorses (fill in the blank) for Republican Governor of Virginia
Ocotber 20, 2025 On Airforce One Sunday (10/19/2025) Trump was asked about the Virginia Governor’s race (video here)  “I think the Republican candidate is very good, and I think she should, she sho…
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October 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Jones Doesn’t Have To Drop Out of the Race, But Virginians Don’t Have To Vote For Him Either
October 14 2025 After the Governor’s debate last week, where we saw the true character of each candidate —one steady, reasonable, unreasonably patient, the other rude, immature, and clearly lacking…
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October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Jay Jones Does Not Have The Maturity To be Virginia’s Next Attorney General
October 5 2025 Revelations over the past week about Jay Jones’ speeding ticket and morbid, violent comments, both from three years ago, point to a common factor- a lack of emotional maturity to rea…
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October 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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Hey! Got 45 minutes to waste learning about Disney's Reedy Creek District?
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Dr. Dave Richards- Disney, DeSantis and Dissolution of the Reedy Creek Improvement District
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October 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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What the First Day of Early Voting Means, If Anything
September 22 2025 VPAP released the Virginia House of Delegates early voting totals from last Friday, the first day of early voting in Virginia. The map is interesting. It shows that there has been…
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September 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Why Won’t Trump Endorse Sears?
September 22 2025 Okay, so disclaimer out of the way first – for all I know, you may be reading this on Tuesday or even Monday lunchtime, shaking your head and muttering, “Richards really scr…
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September 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Disney, Sinclair and Me
September 19 2025 The text came in around 9:30 this morning – would I talk about campaign finance with a reporter from WSET? Would I? Should I? To bring you up to date, ABC announced this wee…
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September 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Hashmi is Making a Mistake by Not Debating Reid
Sepetmber 15 2025 Lately, Republican candidate for Virginia Lt Gov John Reid has been making much political hay over the fact that his Democratic opponent, Ghazala Hashmi, has not agreed to a publi…
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September 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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My love/hate relationship with the VPAP website
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I Love VPAP, But It Is Very Problematic
September 8 2025 First, let me put all the disclaimers up front. I like and appreciate what the Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) does. No, “like” is not the right word; “depe…
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September 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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No, He’s Not Dead
September 1 2025 But what a strange, sad state of affairs, where that’s a topic of idle speculation. And does one have to dust off a degree in Kremlinology to try to suss out if a picture pos…
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September 1, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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I spoke with Markus Schmidt at Virginia Mercury about the positions Spanberger and Winsome Sears have taken on immigration

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Spanberger vows to scrap Youngkin’s immigration order if elected governor • Virginia Mercury
Democratic nominee for governor Abigail Spanberger says one of her first acts if elected would be to undo Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s February directive requiring Virginia law enforcement to help carry out ...
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August 27, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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Could Republican John Reid win the Lt Gov race in Virginia this year even as Democrat Spanberger wins?
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The Irony of John Reid – He Just Might Win This Thing
August 25, 2025 No, this is not a post about that kind of irony when it comes to the candidate for Lt Gov of Virginia, John Reid. Although it is tempting to explore more deeply how he squares with …
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August 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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New poll shows narrowing gap in Virginia statewide races

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Spanberger Leads Sears by Seven Points- This is Bad News for the Democrats
August 19 2025 According to the latest statewide poll by Roanoke College, in the race for Governor, Lt Governor, and Attorney General. The GOP has narrowed the lead held by the Democrats. Spanberge…
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August 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Have a little dignity
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Is John McGuire Running for School Board?
August 19 2025 Seriously. What. Is. He. Doing? He is a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives. There are only 435 of these folks out of a country with 330 million people.&nbsp…
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August 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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August 15, 2025
1 Paul Weller
2 Lightheaded
3 Nation of Language
4 Church of Trees
5 HalCali
6Tyler, the Creator
7WITCH
8Haute and Freddy
9 Nick Sitz, Revive
10Colin Steele Quartet
11The Chords
12The Blow Monkeys
13James Clarke Five
14Sam Fender and Olivia Dean
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14 Songs I like This Week. August 15 2025
Playlist · DavidRichards · 14 items · 38 saves
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August 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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hot hot take on the No Debate in Virginia (re:source - hey- I go where the people are!)
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Virginia gubernatorial candidates can't decide on a debate time
Both Virginia gubernatorial candidates agreed to a debate, but not the same one.
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August 14, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Thoughts about why a Trump endorsement for Winsome Sears may not be what she needs at this point... but it also might be what she desperately needs...

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Does Sears Need Trump’s Endorsement?
August 6 2025 from: Boy, does she ever, and absolutely not.  Both, at the same time. Sears may wish the polls were wrong, but it is pretty clear that she is on track to lose to Abigail Spanber…
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August 6, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Is Winsome Sears Ok?
August 1 2025
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August 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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AI-Generated Racist Nonsense and Also Some Winsome Sears Ads
July 31 2025 There are some terrible Reels on Facebook right now. Reels, I am proud to report, are short films that Facebook aggressively promotes to compete with TikTok, and YouTube, I assume.  I …
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July 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Marketplace had a story where a woman sold $100 6" cakes out of her home. $100 for a small cake.
$100.
What am I doing with my life even @kairyssdal.bsky.social ?
July 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Recent commentary on the Winsome Sears campaign with Washington Examiner and Mabinty Quarshie @https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/3479592/winsome-earle-sears-interview-virginia-governor-race/
July 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Is Lots of Money a Good Thing? Why Money Can’t Buy the Democrats Love
July 17 2025 So, two things yesterday- a new poll shows Abigail Spanberger still has a significant lead for the Governor’s race (all three of the statewide Democratic candidates do). GOP spinmeiste…
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July 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM