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"Even More Vulgar"; Elon Musk's Dystopian Nightmare paulwaldman.substack.com/p/even-more-...
"Even More Vulgar"; Elon Musk's Dystopian Nightmare
What happens when the world's richest man is desperate for people to think he's funny and cool?
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November 25, 2025 at 11:23 PM
lowkell.bsky.social
The political media in this country is trash. As for Stephen A. Smith, he isn't even remotely a serious political commentator or potential presidential candidate.
ronfilipkowski.bsky.social Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d
I have no idea why media continues to hype this person as a serious political commentator, but to go even further and float him as a viable presidential candidate is just farcical.
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
Step #1: VA GOP tweets stuff like this incessantly throughout the campaign
Step #2: VA GOP gets annihilated
Step #3: VA GOP repeats Step #1, hoping for different results - lol bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
VA GOP tweets that they "have not moved on and will not be moving on," arguing that "Jay Jones is a deeply disturbed and violent individual...a threat to public safety in our Commonwealth" etc. After Abigail Spanberger talks about her focus on affordability, VA GOP goes on a tirade about "insane California-style energy mandates," "repealing right-to-work& forcing workers to pay union dues," "mountains of red tape," blah blah blah
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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"Virginia Democrats largely say that Jones has repented sufficiently for the texting transgressions — and that his comfortable margin of victory was evidence that voters had weighed the situation and moved on." bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna244465 "Meanwhile, Jones held a phone call with Spanberger in the weeks since their victories to help smooth over any tensions that might have emerged during the closing stretch of the race, when both campaigns were forced to confront the texting fallout on a near daily basis. In their phone call, the two discussed the future of the state and how to work together on public safety, a source familiar with the Spanberger transition effort told NBC News. The source called the call “productive.” In a statement to NBC News, Jones said he was “honored that Virginians have elected me to be their next Attorney General” and that “my campaign was rooted in protecting Virginians.” He added he was “proud of the experienced and diverse transition team I’ve brought together to carry that mission forward,” and that “right now I am focused on working with the transition team to build an office that will deliver for Virginians on day one.” Virginia Democrats largely say that Jones has repented sufficiently for the texting transgressions — and that his comfortable margin of victory was evidence that voters had weighed the situation and moved on. “If there is any repairing to be done, he would do that in the job that he does as attorney general,” Locke said. “The only thing that he can do at this point is to demonstrate through the job that he does that he’s the right person for this job, that he was the right person to have been selected for this job,” she added. “He has apologized for what he said, what he did and said three years ago. So how many more times does he have to say that?” https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna244465 A spokesperson for state House Speaker Don Scott, a Democrat, told NBC News that Scott “has known Attorney General-Elect Jay Jones for years, and he has complete confidence in his leadership.” “Jay won by more than six points, outperforming every expectation, because Virginians trust him to fight for their best interests on the economy, public safety, and protecting their rights,” added Gianni Snidle, the Scott spokesperson, in a statement."
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
All good points; the question is what can the governor of Virginia - or any state - do about this (given that inflation is overwhelmingly a national - and even international - issue)? bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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13 of those 24 flips to Dems were in Virginia bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues... h/t @the-downballot.com
"In legislative races this year...Dems have flipped 24 seats from the GOP across the country" (Republicans have flipped ZERO) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1JGk1r1VXnxBrAIVHz1C5HTB5jxCO6Zw4QNPivdhyWHw/edit?gid=858741099#gid=858741099
November 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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2026 Virginia Grassroots Coalition Legislative Priorities: Campaign Finance Reform, Climate/Clean Energy, Gun Violence Prevention, Public Education, Women and Families, Immigration, etc. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/2026...
2026 Virginia Grassroots Coalition Legislative Priorities: Campaign Finance Reform, Climate/Clean Energy, Gun Violence Prevention, Public Education, Women and Families, Immigration, etc.
Good stuff from the Virginia Grassroots Coalition: November 25, 2025 Dear Virginia General Assembly Senators and Delegates, The Virginia Grassroots Coalition is a statewide coalition of more than 60 g...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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What about this do Trump and Hegseth not understand??? bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
Sign at West Point is crystal clear that servicemembers must follow the law
November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
Lol bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
Kevin McCarthy warns House GOP could see a lot of retirements
November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
That's right, the lawless/crazy Trump @#$%s are attacking @SenMarkKelly for literally STATING THE LAW! And why? Beause the lawless/crazy Trump @#$%s are breaking, and want to continue to break, THE LAW! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sen-... h/t @Rep_Walkinshaw
"@SenMarkKelly bravely flew 39 combat missions, commanded the space shuttle, & recovered fallen astronauts. He’s being “investigated” for a video where he simply states the law. That tells you everything you need to know about the Trump admin." - Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11)
November 25, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
That's part 1 of the peace plan. Part 2/3/4/etc. is to hold all the Russian war criminals accountable, have Russia pay 100s of billions of $$$ in reparations, let Ukraine join NATO and the EU... bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
Graphic: "HERE'S A PEACE PLAN....GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR COUNTRY"
November 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Tuesday News: “US, Russia, Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out”; “Johnson Flashes Red on Trump’s Healthcare Push”; U.S. Judge “Basically Just Told Trump and Pam Bondi to Shove It”; House Rs Eyeing Exit?; 70% of Latinos Disapprove of Trump bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
Tuesday News: “US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputters out”; “Speaker Johnson Flashes Red on Trump’s Healthcare Push”; U.S. Judge “Basically Just Told Trump and Pam Bo...
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, November 25. US, Russia and Saudi Arabia create axis of obstruction as Cop30 sputter...
bluevirginia.us
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
Great stuff from fmr. Rep. @ElaineLuria (D-VA02), who tells Trump where to *shove it* on wanting the military to follow ILLEGAL orders; in fact, members of the military MUST obey the law and ONLY follow LEGAL orders. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues...
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
This would leave VA06 and VA09 as solid/safe "red," with all other CDs in Virginia varying shades of "blue" - goodbye/good riddance to Rob Wittman (R-VA01), Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) and John McGuire (R-VA05) in this scenario! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/tues... h/t @IrishPatri0t
Virginia CD map by Irish Patriot, with VA01 going to Harris +11.8, VA02 to Harris +5.4, VA05 to Harris +4.5, VA07 to Harris +55.4, VA10 to Harris +16.8 Spanberger performed comfortably in all of these CDs...other than VA06 and VA09, which stay safe Republican.
November 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
Monday News: “Russian Unreality & American Weakness”; “The Trump Trade is Unraveling”; Trump’s “unfit sycophants in positions of power”; “Three lessons in unethical media behavior”; “They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity”; “X’s foreign troll problem” bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
Monday News: “Russian Unreality and American Weakness”; “The Trump Trade is Unraveling”; Trump’s “unfit sycophants in positions of power”; “Three lessons in unethical media behavior”; “They’re doing t...
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, November 24. UN warns world losing climate battle but fragile Cop30 deal keeps up the...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Just a reminder that every Virginia Democrat should, at the minimum, have an account on Bluesky and be active there at this point. "X" is a hot mess on multiple levels. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond... h/t @ssurovell.bsky.social
VA Senate Majority Leader Scott Surovell says "Elon promotes Twitter account transparency feature and unmasks major MAGA accounts as foreign influence operations"
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
Good, now actually do it! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
Axios article: "Dems eye ranked-choice voting for primaries" https://www.axios.com/2025/11/24/democrats-ranked-choice-voting-2028-primaries
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
Jen Kiggans and Rob Wittman should just resign now and get it over with, lol bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond... h/t @cjwarnke
"Per @PunchbowlNews, here’s what a Senior House Republican is saying about the GOP majority: 🚨 “Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms.” 🚨 “Morale has never been lower.” 🚨 “Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel”
November 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
Former (supposed) "moderate"-turned-far-right-extremist Republican VA State Senator Glen Sturtevant has some, uh, thoughts (apparently doesn't like "theater kids" for whatever reasons; leaves out the key word ILLEGAL between "disobey" and "orders") bluevirginia.us/2025/11/mond...
Former (supposed) "moderate"-turned-far-right-extremist Republican VA State Senator Glen Sturtevant: "The former theater kid Congresspeople did not consult the lawyers before putting out their video calling for the military to disobey orders. I suspect many of them reside in the Eastern District of Virginia. Will anything be done though…"
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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Brady PAC Executive Director Says Incoming VA Dem Trifecta and the Fact That “Governor-elect Spanberger has been a longtime champion on this issue” Means “The sky is the limit going into this next session” ("No one’s taking guns"; just "common sense" measures) bluevirginia.us/2025/11/brad...
Brady PAC Executive Director Says Incoming VA Dem Trifecta and the Fact That “Governor-elect Spanberger has been a longtime champion on this issue” Means “The sky is the limit going into this next ses...
Interesting interview by Sam Shirazi of Ashley Lantz from the Brady PAC, about the incoming Virginia Democratic "trifecta" and what that might mean for legislation on gun violence prevention. A few hi...
bluevirginia.us
November 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
Reclassifying swastikas, nooses and the Confederate Flag as not being considered hateful speech is bats*** crazy behavior even by the Trump administration's rock-bottom "standards" bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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bluevirginia.bsky.social
One of the worst things fmr. VA LG Bill Bolling (R/Trump voter) has written. In fact, the absolute LAST THING America should even THINK of doing is walk away from Ukraine and capitulate to Russia; that would be disastrous on multiple levels. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
Bill Bolling: "PERHAPS ITS TIME TO WALK AWAY By all indications, the peace plan President Trump is pressuring the Ukrainians to accept is a major capitulation to Russia. This has upset the Ukranians and our European allies. I honestly don’t have a solution to the war in Ukraine, but I do know this - Russia will not agree to any peace plan that requires them to give up land they have won on the battlefield. I hate this, because Russia should not be rewarded for unprovoked aggression against a democratic nation, but facts are facts; and after almost four years of fighting, these are the facts. The only way to change this is to provide Ukraine with more aggressive offensive weapons to directly attack Russia, and that would run the very real risk of sparking a broader conflict. Short of this, the status quo, and Trump’s proposal, may be the best the Ukrainians can expect. If this is unacceptable to the Ukrainians, and I understand why it may be, it is hard to imagine this war ever ending. If this is unacceptable to the Ukrainians, then perhaps Ukraine should reject the plan and go it on their own, with the support of their European partners. Reluctantly, I have concluded that it may be time for the U.S. to simply withdrawal from the process. Perhaps we’ve done all we can do, short of risking a broader conflict. Heres another thing I know - we cannot continue to help fund a war that has no reasonable chance of ending."
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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*Youngkin in February 2022: we must take "Decisive Action in Support of Ukraine"
*Youngkin now, as Trump disgracefully abandons Ukraine to Putin, etc.: SILENCE

That really says it all - nothing good! - about Youngkin.

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Screenshot of Youngkin press release on 2/26/22 in which he calls for "Decisive Action in Support of Ukraine"
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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If you live in Braddock District (Fairfax County, VA), don't forget to vote for @rachnash.bsky.social on or before 12/9 (in the special election to fill the seat vacated following the election of fmr. Braddock Supervisor @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social to the US House)! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
Facebook post by Rachna Sizemore Heizer about a canvass launch today in her campaign for Braddock District Supervisor
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Sunday News: “Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End”; “Lawmakers say Rubio distanced US from peace plan”; “Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace”; Trump Back to Insane Ranting About How “TRAITORS…SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW” bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
Sunday News: COP30 – “Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End”; “Lawmakers say Rubio distanced US from peace plan”; “Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace”; Tru...
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 23. U.N. climate talks fizzle out 10 years after Paris accord ("Nearly 200 c...
bluevirginia.us
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM