🚨‘We’re toast’: Virginia GOP regrouping

“‘Why didn’t (Peake) find all the House of Delegate candidates? It’s unforgivable…’”

Scott Pio shared this complaint in May of this year, & @mschmidtrva.bsky.social wrote about it.

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The #Democrats living in congressional districts in #VA-05, #VA-06, & #VA-09 🙏🏼YOU & the 27+ candidates who ran in overwhelmingly (R) areas where they live. They almost won in #HarrisonburgVA & kept it close in #DanvilleVA & Jerry Falwell’s town of #LynchburgVA.

The President Is Losing Control of Himself Donald Trump’s outbursts on social media this week were different than usual.

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It’s an overwhelmingly (R) leaning CD.

Still, Democrats should be competing everywhere for every vote, because competing matters. @kenmartin.bsky.social
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@90for90.bsky.social 👇🏼👇🏼 can you help get this going in #Georgia? Serious question & it follows your “100 for 100” game plan which SUCCEEDED in #Virginia’s House of Delegate races. Democrats flipped 13 seats!

Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew the Question Wide Open. From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if he wanted to. Yeah, right.

Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders?

“Is it reasonable to fear that Trump or his top advisers actually are giving illegal orders to people in the military or intelligence services, or is it not reasonable to fear this? The answer is: Yes, of course it’s reasonable.”
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Grateful to be endorsed by the Colorado Association of Letter Carriers, Local 229!

Democrats reach historic goal: A full slate in Virginia House races • Virginia Mercury For the first time in recent memory, Virginia Democrats have candidates running in all 100 House of Delegates districts — a milestone party leaders and grassroots organizers say reflects rising moment...

— Message sent & received —

“ …Virginia is the first opportunity…to answer back…

It’s going to send a big loud message to the rest of the country and to the world that, yeah, not everybody in America is with Trump.” @mschmidtrva.bsky.social
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Oh my.

James Talarico is incredibly skilled in dismantling Christian Nationalists.

Get this man in the Senate.

This should be the strategy for EVERY SEAT NATIONWIDE, at EVERY LEVEL of govt. For the US House? How many repug seats are up — AND POISED FOR THE 💙TAKING💙?

ALL 219 OF THEM!

Be like VA state legislative DEMS:
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Democrats brace for quick special election in deep-blue Senate District 15 • Virginia Mercury A special election to fill the state Senate seat being vacated by Lt. Gov.-elect Ghazala Hashmi is expected to take place before the General Assembly convenes for its 2026 session in January, setting ...

Nice write-up by @mschmidtrva.bsky.social about the upcoming Virginia Democratic Party activity in Chesterfield County.

In this article, he links to a piece he wrote in May, about a very successful recruitment effort to run Dems in all 49 GOP held HDs.
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Additionally, 2 Dems have filed their intent to challenge the inc. (R) senator for SD 12 in 2027; other potential (D) SD 12 candidates may join them. As well, 2 Dems have filed for HD 76 should that (D) incumbent become a senator, & 1 (D) has filed in HD 77 for the same reason.

Va. Dems are sensing opportunity in Chesterfield Co.’s legislative districts, where Spanberger won SDs 12 & 15 by comfortable margins. The (D) senator from SD 15 is now the Lt. Gov.-elect. Her resignation from the senate will trigger a special election between 2 area delegates.

If this picture was of Obama, you know @FoxNews would do three weeks solid on why the flag was on the ground.

At least three weeks

Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, is seen in a booking photo from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.

Great news. This is what an ICE agent looks like in a mugshot. Meet Gerardo Rodriguez, 45, of Temecula, courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Arrested for "illegally detaining a minor at gunpoint while off duty last week." 🧵

Congress shielded gun companies from lawsuits. Some blue states like Colorado think they've found a loophole. Since 2021, 10 states have passed laws intended to make it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers

Colorado has made progress on gun laws to keep communities safe. But there’s still more work to do — including passing an assault weapons ban. When I’m elected Attorney General, I’ll work with our legislature to get it done.

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What in the world is going on here ?
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You Know Leadership When You See It Mike McGirr for Chair of the Rural Caucus of the Virginia Democratic Party

🚨Bristol, Va. Democratic Committee member Mike McGirr announces candidacy for DPVA Rural Caucus Chair.

Nice write-up below ⬇️ by SW Va. political activist & author John Peace.
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YouTube video by 3rd Street Jazz Gil Scott-Heron - H2Ogate Blues

Everything old is new again.

This ”pre rap music” Gil Scott-Heron piece is still on point, 50 years later.
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*insightful

YouTube video by 3rd Street Jazz Gil Scott-Heron - H2Ogate Blues

This song is over 50 years old. It‘s still topically on point today.
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The polls said the attorney general’s race would be close. It wasn’t. Here’s what happened. Many polls also said the lieutenant governor’s race might be close, too. Only one pollster got the margins of all three races right. Here’s a look at why the the polls differed from the…

Hi Dwayne, thanks for your inciteful analysis of Va.’s election outcomes. You’ve previously written about Dem HD candidates competing in all 100 HDs, while GOP HD candidates didn’t appear on ballots in 17/100 HDs. In your opinion, is that important ? @charlesgaba.com
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BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.

She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.

Time to get back to what really matters:

Never forget who sold us out:

Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen

We need to get you a jersey with a gigantic 64 on it! I’ve never been prouder to be Virginian. Blessed bee!!!

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🙏Thank you to all of the candidates who took my call. If there was ever an election where competing for every vote mattered, it was this one. 🙏

🚨 A full slate in Virginia House races 🌊

“…made it his mission to recruit candidates in every district…”
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The Virginia 100 District Project: The Results Speak for Themselves. 27 courageous Democrats ran in the reddest districts of Virginia this year -- Many of them against Republicans who never had a Democratic foe. Courageous because it takes great cojones to run for offi...

“27 courageous Democrats ran in the reddest districts of Virginia this year…

These 27 running in red, rural districts enabled Democrats to have candidates for all 100 House of Delegates seats for the first time.” @kenmartin.bsky.social @janekleeb.bsky.social
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