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Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
In reversal, Coast Guard again classifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The new order came hours after The Post reported the service would instead classify such symbols as “potentially divisive” under guidelines set for release next month.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Cheers to the person who leaked the initial changes www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office
November 21, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Statement from Rep. Crockett on Threat at D.C. Office
Aquatics center, city's first, finally will happen: virginiamercury.com/2025/11/21/v...
Virginia’s second-largest city is finally building a pool; it shouldn’t have taken so long • Virginia Mercury
Public pools provide opportunities for people of all races and income levels to learn how to swim, prevent drowning, and acquire a skill that will last a lifetime, writes columnist Roger Chesley.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Aquatics center, city's first, finally will happen: virginiamercury.com/2025/11/21/v...
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They need to do the David and Victoria Beckham meme with this.
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
They need to do the David and Victoria Beckham meme with this.
Changing standards on transgressions by politicos: virginiamercury.com/2025/11/07/v...
Voters decided Jones’ texts paled in comparison to threats against economy, democracy • Virginia Mercury
Lance Watson, senior pastor of a large Baptist congregation in Richmond, must have spoken for hundreds of thousands of Virginians Sunday when he mentioned the prospects of Jay Jones, then the Democrat...
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November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Changing standards on transgressions by politicos: virginiamercury.com/2025/11/07/v...
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Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."
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Every church should be doing this, and if your church isn’t, you’re at the wrong church.
October 31, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Every church should be doing this, and if your church isn’t, you’re at the wrong church.
Party takes lesson from opponent: virginiamercury.com/2025/10/31/i...
In Virginia, fed-up Democrats fight Trump’s craven, nationwide meddling on redistricting • Virginia Mercury
Virginia’s Democratic lawmakers are tired of being punching bags, expecting Republicans to adhere to long-established laws, norms and customs dictating how the political process operates that Trump an...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Party takes lesson from opponent: virginiamercury.com/2025/10/31/i...
Party takes lesson from its opponen: virginiamercury.com/2025/10/31/i...
In Virginia, fed-up Democrats fight Trump’s craven, nationwide meddling on redistricting • Virginia Mercury
Virginia’s Democratic lawmakers are tired of being punching bags, expecting Republicans to adhere to long-established laws, norms and customs dictating how the political process operates that Trump an...
virginiamercury.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Party takes lesson from its opponen: virginiamercury.com/2025/10/31/i...
Communities across Virginia aren't doing enough to keep troubled people from using guns: virginiamercury.com/2025/09/11/l...
Localities are too timid about using Virginia red flag law that can save lives • Virginia Mercury
Virginia State Police report that since the law took effect in July 2020 through Sept. 2, 2025, authorities obtained just 1,994 emergency orders statewide, writes columnist Roger Chesley.
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September 11, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Communities across Virginia aren't doing enough to keep troubled people from using guns: virginiamercury.com/2025/09/11/l...
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Kid Rock: I will no longer sell my music in California.
Scott Baio: I will no longer act in California.
Governor Newsom: My policies are working.
Scott Baio: I will no longer act in California.
Governor Newsom: My policies are working.
August 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Funny
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Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE during Baltimore check-in
The detention, which was expected, happened after Abrego Garcia walked into the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Baltimore for a check-in after being released from custody on Friday.
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August 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Let’s be clear: deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda makes no sense—it’s not his home country. Nothing about this process has been fair. ICE is targeting him with cruelty. This is the weaponization of government, not justice.
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State gets it right on map-drawing, unlike undemocratic actions elsewhere: virginiamercury.com/2025/08/15/v...
Virginia’s flawed redistricting process is still better than chicanery in Texas, elsewhere • Virginia Mercury
In 2021, Virginia's redistricting process became more transparent, less deferential to incumbents and didn’t provide the majority party in the General Assembly a bludgeon to wield against the minority...
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August 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
State gets it right on map-drawing, unlike undemocratic actions elsewhere: virginiamercury.com/2025/08/15/v...
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Transphobes don't give a shit about women's sports
August 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Transphobes don't give a shit about women's sports
I'll be on the "Another View" roundtable at noon today talking National Guard in D.C., unemployment among Blacks and other timely, important issues. Listen in at 89.5 WHRV-FM (Norfolk) or stream later at mediaplayer.whro.org/program/anot...
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WHRO is Hampton Roads' local NPR / PBS Station. Dedicated to enhancing the lives of the citizens in the communities it serves by responding to their need to be engaged, educated, entertained & enlight...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'll be on the "Another View" roundtable at noon today talking National Guard in D.C., unemployment among Blacks and other timely, important issues. Listen in at 89.5 WHRV-FM (Norfolk) or stream later at mediaplayer.whro.org/program/anot...
There's that.
Raskin: In any event, if he really cared about public safety in DC… he would not have pardoned 1600 insurrectionists and violent cop beaters on his first day in office.
August 11, 2025 at 9:53 PM
There's that.
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Imagine that.
Owner Of MAGA-Themed 'Trump Burger' Chain Facing Deportation After ICE Arrest
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August 11, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Imagine that.
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Indeed. Petulant guy when his minions don't spout falsehoods.
This is a guy who lies about all his numbers, from the size of his condo in NYC to his own height and weight. So it’s no surprise he wants to lie about economic numbers now.
August 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Indeed. Petulant guy when his minions don't spout falsehoods.
Beware of requests begging money for retirement programs: virginiamercury.com/2025/08/05/s...
Sketchy groups seeking donations to bolster Social Security raise suspicions • Virginia Mercury
If you’d like to also donate to nonprofits fighting for Social Security, make sure they’re legit and effective, writes columnist Roger Chesley.
virginiamercury.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Beware of requests begging money for retirement programs: virginiamercury.com/2025/08/05/s...
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Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
August 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."
This is why I wrote recently that Youngkin isn’t candid or credible regarding comments on culture war issues: virginiamercury.com/2025/07/23/m...
Miyares offers no proof that 2,500 immigrants arrested by Va. task force were violent offenders • Virginia Mercury
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares on Wednesday declined to provide evidence to support Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s recent claim that more than 2,500 people arrested through the Virginia Homeland Secur...
virginiamercury.com
July 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This is why I wrote recently that Youngkin isn’t candid or credible regarding comments on culture war issues: virginiamercury.com/2025/07/23/m...
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This is how it’s done, No Bull 💩, No drama and No Grandstanding!
July 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is how it’s done, No Bull 💩, No drama and No Grandstanding!
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We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?
July 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
We have been warned about this moment for all our lives. Now it's here. What will you do about it?