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Tuesday, July 15, 2014

The Politics of Hostility

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by Andy Schmookler This piece will be appearing -- probably this week -- in a couple of the newspapers in my very conservative 6h congre...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Media Coverage of Virginia State Capitol Plummets; Public Couldn't Care Less

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First,  the bad news , that is if you care about having a functional democracy not completely dominated by corporate interests, lobbyists,...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

VA Tobacco Commission-Funded Liberty U Ad Funds Attacks on Immigrant Children as Diseased

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On Monday, Virginia House Minority Leader Del. David Toscano (D-Charlottesville) published an op-ed in the Virginian-Pilot entitled,  Big ...

Washington Post Publishes Column Advocating Murder of Bicyclists?!?

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Think I'm exaggerating with that headline? Fine,  read this Washington Post opinion piece  (by the clearly enraged and unhinged Courtl...
Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Ed Gillespie - Minimum Wage Job "where you play on a softball league...go for a beer after work"

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Speaking in Virginia Beach, Ed Gillespie says, " A minimum wage job is where you learn to get to work on time....Its where you learn ...
Monday, July 7, 2014

Winners and Losers: 48th and 90th House of Delegates Democratic Caucuses

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I'm going to mostly focus on the 48th House of Delegates district in this "Winners and Losers" list, because I've gotten...
Sunday, July 6, 2014

Video: Kip Malinosky Announces Rip Sullivan is the 48th District Democratic Nominee

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Instant Runoff Voting done by hand may take a while, but I like it, for all the reasons Arlington County Democratic Committee Chair Kip Mali...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

Videos: 48th House of Delegates District Democratic Debate

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I just got back from the 48th House of Delegates district Democratic debate at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, hosted by George Bur...