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Virginia could be on track to join 14 other states by requiring a license to purchase firearms, legislators say.
Virginia legislators consider licensing to purchase firearms
Virginia could be on track to join 14 other states by requiring a license to purchase firearms, legislators say.
richmond.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Virginia could be on track to join 14 other states by requiring a license to purchase firearms, legislators say.
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Stephen Miran, who has served in both Trump administrations, said he will not resign from the White House if confirmed to the Federal Reserve Board, further stoking concerns about its independence.
Who is Fed nominee Stephen Miran, and why is he so controversial?
Stephen Miran, who has served in both Trump administrations, said he will not resign from the White House if confirmed to the Federal Reserve Board, further stoking concerns about its independence.
n.pr
September 15, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Stephen Miran, who has served in both Trump administrations, said he will not resign from the White House if confirmed to the Federal Reserve Board, further stoking concerns about its independence.
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Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
August 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Pritzker: Trump looked at the cameras and asked for me personally to say, Mr. President, can you do us the honor of protecting our city? Instead, I say, Mr. President, do not come to Chicago.
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
Your remarks about this effort have betrayed a continuing slip in your mental faculties
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Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
August 25, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
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He gets it. He is leading. He has become an essential voice.
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
August 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
He gets it. He is leading. He has become an essential voice.
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“Do not come to Chicago” -JB Pritzker
This is what we have been talking about, since 2020. Hit back harder. That’s how you win a fight.
The entire Democrat party should be taking notes.
This is what we have been talking about, since 2020. Hit back harder. That’s how you win a fight.
The entire Democrat party should be taking notes.
August 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“Do not come to Chicago” -JB Pritzker
This is what we have been talking about, since 2020. Hit back harder. That’s how you win a fight.
The entire Democrat party should be taking notes.
This is what we have been talking about, since 2020. Hit back harder. That’s how you win a fight.
The entire Democrat party should be taking notes.
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Anyway here's the piece. Follow @votebeat.org. www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...
Trump administration is now after Texas for access to its voter roll
The Justice Department is also asking the state for a list of state and local election officials responsible for voter list maintenance since November 2022.
www.votebeat.org
August 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Anyway here's the piece. Follow @votebeat.org. www.votebeat.org/texas/2025/0...
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Trump's Takeover: ACLU on Federalizing D.C. Police & Deploying 800 National Guard
Trump’s Takeover: ACLU on Federalizing D.C. Police & Deploying 800 National Guard
President Trump announced Monday that he is taking “historic action” to “take the capital back” by deploying the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and federalizing the city’s police department...
www.democracynow.org
August 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump's Takeover: ACLU on Federalizing D.C. Police & Deploying 800 National Guard
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Reminder: Ron DeSantis is one of Glenn Youngkin's role-model governors. bluevirginia.us/2025/08/sund...
August 3, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Reminder: Ron DeSantis is one of Glenn Youngkin's role-model governors. bluevirginia.us/2025/08/sund...
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Developer’s plans put not-so-secret garden in the Fan in jeopardy
https://www.allforgardening.com/1388566/developers-plans-put-not-so-secret-garden-in-the-fan-in-jeopardy/
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Tucked between Hanover and Grove ,off of Robinson Street in the Fan, is a beloved community garden. …
https://www.allforgardening.com/1388566/developers-plans-put-not-so-secret-garden-in-the-fan-in-jeopardy/
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Tucked between Hanover and Grove ,off of Robinson Street in the Fan, is a beloved community garden. …
Developer’s plans put not-so-secret garden in the Fan in jeopardy - All For Gardening
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Tucked between Hanover and Grove ,off of Robinson Street in the Fan, is a beloved community garden.
www.allforgardening.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Developer’s plans put not-so-secret garden in the Fan in jeopardy
https://www.allforgardening.com/1388566/developers-plans-put-not-so-secret-garden-in-the-fan-in-jeopardy/
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Tucked between Hanover and Grove ,off of Robinson Street in the Fan, is a beloved community garden. …
https://www.allforgardening.com/1388566/developers-plans-put-not-so-secret-garden-in-the-fan-in-jeopardy/
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – Tucked between Hanover and Grove ,off of Robinson Street in the Fan, is a beloved community garden. …
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And Dominion is asking the SCC to
charge us +/- $240/year more, mostly to support data center infrastructure and shareholder profits.
The hearing on this is in RVA on Sept 2. Links to provide written or in-person comment 👇🏻
www.scc.virginia.gov/about-the-sc...
charge us +/- $240/year more, mostly to support data center infrastructure and shareholder profits.
The hearing on this is in RVA on Sept 2. Links to provide written or in-person comment 👇🏻
www.scc.virginia.gov/about-the-sc...
July 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
And Dominion is asking the SCC to
charge us +/- $240/year more, mostly to support data center infrastructure and shareholder profits.
The hearing on this is in RVA on Sept 2. Links to provide written or in-person comment 👇🏻
www.scc.virginia.gov/about-the-sc...
charge us +/- $240/year more, mostly to support data center infrastructure and shareholder profits.
The hearing on this is in RVA on Sept 2. Links to provide written or in-person comment 👇🏻
www.scc.virginia.gov/about-the-sc...
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Lots of concrete with very little trees and vegetation will tend to create such heat islands, even away from cities. Henrico’s out of control development isn’t helping either. #RVA
Two of the hottest places in the region are Short Pump Mall, and Chesterfield Town Center, where PlanRVA measured surface temperatures at 120 degrees or more.
Ever think Short Pump felt more like Death Valley? This might be why.
Two of the hottest places in the region are Short Pump Mall, and Chesterfield Town Center, where PlanRVA measured surface temperatures at 120 degrees or more.
richmond.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Lots of concrete with very little trees and vegetation will tend to create such heat islands, even away from cities. Henrico’s out of control development isn’t helping either. #RVA
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Henrico County establishing pollinator corridors, replacing lawn with native wildflowers to help bring back bee populations #RVA www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
How Henrico is transforming mowed areas into thriving pollinator habitats: 'It's working'
Henrico County is converting mowed areas into pollinator habitats to support native plants and insects while cutting maintenance costs. The project is already showing promising results.
www.wtvr.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Henrico County establishing pollinator corridors, replacing lawn with native wildflowers to help bring back bee populations #RVA www.wtvr.com/news/local-n...
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CHIRLA just dropped a heat map tracking immigration raids across L.A., and the data is telling.
Since June, 471 confirmed operations—focused predominantly on specific neighborhoods, POC, and Latinos. Proof that ICE isn’t targeting individuals, they’re profiling communities — to meet quota.
Since June, 471 confirmed operations—focused predominantly on specific neighborhoods, POC, and Latinos. Proof that ICE isn’t targeting individuals, they’re profiling communities — to meet quota.
July 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
CHIRLA just dropped a heat map tracking immigration raids across L.A., and the data is telling.
Since June, 471 confirmed operations—focused predominantly on specific neighborhoods, POC, and Latinos. Proof that ICE isn’t targeting individuals, they’re profiling communities — to meet quota.
Since June, 471 confirmed operations—focused predominantly on specific neighborhoods, POC, and Latinos. Proof that ICE isn’t targeting individuals, they’re profiling communities — to meet quota.
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Thomas Jefferson was 44 when he began what many in 2025 STILL consider a romantic tryst or loving affair with Sally Hemings.
Ms. Hemings had no legal capacity to consent to such a relationship not only because she was enslaved, Jefferson's property,
BUT ALSO BECAUSE SHE WAS 14-YEARS-OLD. /1
Ms. Hemings had no legal capacity to consent to such a relationship not only because she was enslaved, Jefferson's property,
BUT ALSO BECAUSE SHE WAS 14-YEARS-OLD. /1
July 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Thomas Jefferson was 44 when he began what many in 2025 STILL consider a romantic tryst or loving affair with Sally Hemings.
Ms. Hemings had no legal capacity to consent to such a relationship not only because she was enslaved, Jefferson's property,
BUT ALSO BECAUSE SHE WAS 14-YEARS-OLD. /1
Ms. Hemings had no legal capacity to consent to such a relationship not only because she was enslaved, Jefferson's property,
BUT ALSO BECAUSE SHE WAS 14-YEARS-OLD. /1
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New in PN: An embarrassing exercise in economic and diplomatic futility
"Trump's letters are rooted in his economic illiteracy. He’s stuck in a Gilded Age mindset about tariffs, but he doesn’t simply have outdated views. No, whenever he talks trade, he sounds as if he’s suffering a mental episode."
"Trump's letters are rooted in his economic illiteracy. He’s stuck in a Gilded Age mindset about tariffs, but he doesn’t simply have outdated views. No, whenever he talks trade, he sounds as if he’s suffering a mental episode."
An embarrassing exercise in economic and diplomatic futility
Trump's tariff letters are a joke and the joke is on us.
www.publicnotice.co
July 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
New in PN: An embarrassing exercise in economic and diplomatic futility
"Trump's letters are rooted in his economic illiteracy. He’s stuck in a Gilded Age mindset about tariffs, but he doesn’t simply have outdated views. No, whenever he talks trade, he sounds as if he’s suffering a mental episode."
"Trump's letters are rooted in his economic illiteracy. He’s stuck in a Gilded Age mindset about tariffs, but he doesn’t simply have outdated views. No, whenever he talks trade, he sounds as if he’s suffering a mental episode."
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Update: At this morning’s daily meeting, FEMA Acting Administrator Richardson spoke briefly only to say he has an upcoming trip to…Peru. No mention of Texas.
Staff at FEMA haven't received any internal communications from the agency or department leadership since the deadly floods in Texas, which is unheard of in the wake of a major disaster.
Acting Administrator David Richardson is "nowhere to be found."
Acting Administrator David Richardson is "nowhere to be found."
FEMA response to deadly Texas floods delayed & deficient with Noem in charge
Staffers sound the alarm.
www.thehandbasket.co
July 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Update: At this morning’s daily meeting, FEMA Acting Administrator Richardson spoke briefly only to say he has an upcoming trip to…Peru. No mention of Texas.
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U.S. measles cases have hit a 33-year high, with 1,288 confirmed infections in 39 states, the CDC says.
U.S. measles cases hit 33-year high, CDC says
The case count as of July 8 passed the highest annual count since measles was declared eliminated in 2000.
www.axios.com
July 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
U.S. measles cases have hit a 33-year high, with 1,288 confirmed infections in 39 states, the CDC says.
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Expect a TON of this garbage from Jason Miyares over the next few months; he's going to run an UGLY, VICIOUS, DISHONEST campaign against Jay Jones, 100% guaranteed.... bluevirginia.us/2025/06/demo...
June 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Expect a TON of this garbage from Jason Miyares over the next few months; he's going to run an UGLY, VICIOUS, DISHONEST campaign against Jay Jones, 100% guaranteed.... bluevirginia.us/2025/06/demo...
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Brave.
June 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Brave.
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VERY well said by the @henricodems.bsky.social about the "truly vile" (and truly EVIL) effort by Glenn Youngkin to "suppress turnout [at tomorrow's "No Kings" rallies] through intimidation." Don't let it work! bluevirginia.us/2025/06/frid...
June 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
VERY well said by the @henricodems.bsky.social about the "truly vile" (and truly EVIL) effort by Glenn Youngkin to "suppress turnout [at tomorrow's "No Kings" rallies] through intimidation." Don't let it work! bluevirginia.us/2025/06/frid...
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