James Shea

I will say it again. Everything this administration does increases inflation. It's basic economics.

Talking politics has bartenders on edge in Trump’s Washington DC In many watering holes, avoiding politics is an unspoken rule. Staying neutral is getting harder under this regime

We need to be able to have open discussions about the direction of our country. Right now everyone is scared to say the wrong thing. I'm running in CD1 to listen to everyone and learn, even the guy up the street from my house with the Trump flag.

Community calls for action after ICE raid in Richmond’s Southwood Neighborhood Family members, elected officials and community advocates are speaking out after a controversial U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid took place Wednesday morning in the Southwood ne…

This is wrong on so many levels. A kid is going to work and agents smash his window and take him.

Just another Friday in the USA.

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Candidate in the 1st congressional district of Virginia.

Bringing a working-class voice to Congress.

Building a coalition of working-class Americans, pragmatic businesspeople and young people.

Together, we can turn to the 1st blue and bring real change to Congress.

Corporation for Public Broadcasting will shut down after Trump funding cuts | CNN Business The CPB announced on Friday that it will wind down its operations due to the successful Republican effort to defund local PBS and NPR stations across the country.

You can thank Rob Wittman for killing Daniel Tiger and PBS News Hour.

ICE raid sparks fear and uncertainty in Richmond’s immigrant community Southwood Apartments residents say agents stormed the complex Wednesday morning.

One mother said her 21-year-old son had just left their apartment around 5:45 a.m. to head to his construction job. A few minutes later, she got a call from him, but all she heard him say was “Mom, Mom, Mom,” followed by the sound of glass shattering before the call ended.

Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price increases accelerated in June amid tariff uncertainty Thursday's release of June PCE data comes just one day after the Federal Reserve opted to hold interest rates steady at its July meeting.

Everything this administration does causes inflation. "Tariffs are beginning to make their mark on the inflation data," Oxford Economics deputy chief US economist Michael Pearce

She paid a huge price for speaking up. We need to believe the victims.

Everyone seems to talk these days about the perpetrators. Let's not forget about the victims of this nasty enterprise among the wealthy. Maxwell was born into high society.

Local lawmakers, medical officials push back on Wittman’s support of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Several Henrico lawmakers and Richmond-area medical leaders have spoken out against U.S. Congressman Rob Wittman’s (R-VA-01) comments supporting the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. At a Ju...

Excellent piece by the @henricocitizen.bsky.social on Republican misinformation about healthcare and The Bill. “The escalation of requirements to receive benefits will, in and of itself, have the desired outcome: reduce people on Medicaid because they can’t maneuver the byzantine system."

Trump’s Qatar Jet Gift Could Require $1 Billion in Renovations, Report Says The Air Force claimed previously the jet would likely cost less than $400 million to renovate, though actual costs appear to be closer to $1 billion.

People are so disgusted by the grift. If we want to win back the trust of the American people, politics has to become more honorable. It has to help the least among us. Not the wealthy.

Gay makeup artist tearfully reunited with family after release from notorious El Salvador prison A gay makeup artist who was deported to a notorious mega prison in El Salvador under a wartime law by the Trump administration has been reunited with his family in Venezuela.

I was in DC in June protesting Andry's detention in El Salvador. He tried to enter the country legally and was tortured in prison. We should be ashamed. This is an American policy.

Rob is amazing. People like Rob are why I'm running for Congress. My child had a disability waiver and you are correct - it's not easy to get Medicaid. Thanks for everything you do.

Trump Demands Reporters Stop Talking About Him And Epstein In New White House Scrum — Claims ‘I Have Nothing To Do With The Guy!’ Trump demanded that reporters stop talking about him and deceased sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein and offered a list of other topics.

Talk about that Barack Hussein Obama guy. Nothing to see here.

Cruelty is the point, not helping the less fortunate.

I have talked to more people this week with a problem of front-line workers quitting. What is going on with the American workforce?

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to allow NIH to cancel health grants The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to allow it to continue moving forward with canceling National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants over their connections to div…

My sister runs a lab and receives NIH funds. She sees no viability to academic research based on the current long-term trajectory. We are killing science.

Rob Wittman needs to publicly state where he stands on the Epstein files. There are too many unanswered questions about Epstein, including money transfers, FBI agents searching files and the sweetheart deal Epstein got originally. It goes to the heart of why I'm runing. Let the light shine!

I had a great conversation with Del Mike Jones of Chesterfield County. We got nerdy and talked about Dillon's Rule but also the need for average citizens to participate in our democracy. That's why I'm running in the 1st congressional district of Virginia. Average people need a voice in politics.

We had similar childhoods. Strawberries in the early summer and blueberries in the mid-summer. Everyone in the neighborhood picked berries.

@dgcassidy.bsky.social amazing thread. The added resources to DHS is what scares me right now. Most of the healthcare cuts are after the midterms. The brown shirts get more money now.

Republicans make a last gasp in Virginia as Winsome Earle-Sears looks to shake up her campaign Democrats and Republicans alike see the governor’s race as an important bellwether ahead of the 2026 midterms.

It's time to turn Virginia blue!

House cancels last day of votes before summer break as Epstein consumes Capitol Hill Speaker Mike Johnson expressed unusual frustration with fellow Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, who is working with Democrats to force the release of the Epstein files.

The Epstein saga has dominated chatter on Capitol Hill for more than a week as many Trump supporters have clamored for the release of all documents related to the convicted sex offender and the president and his administration sought to downplay the issue.

Local inflation is up. What’s fueling higher prices for Delaware and region Prices jumped in the Philadelphia-Wilmington area, more than in many places. Find out why and which essentials are leading the surge.

"In sectors such as healthcare, food, and essential services, Duggan said, large corporations have absorbed smaller competitors, creating monopolistic conditions that allow them to raise prices with minimal pushback."

Disabled Americans Fear What Medicaid Cuts Could Do to Them The White House says roughly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts won’t limit home- and community-based care. Health care experts disagree.

Many of the 4.5 million disabled American adults and families of disabled children who depend on home- and community-based care fear the services could be at risk because of the roughly $1 trillion in federal Medicaid spending cuts to come over the next 10 years.

Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' is projected to add $3.4 trillion to the debt, budget office says The law will also "increase by 10 million the number of people without health insurance" over the coming decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated.

The report found that the law, which Republicans passed along party lines, will also “increase by 10 million the number of people without health insurance” by 2034.

Inside the Long Friendship Between Trump and Epstein

Whooo boy. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...

The fed and the government were designed to be separate for a reason. It keeps politics out of monetary policy.

Beto O'Rourke speaks to a crowd in Henrico, VA.

Beto O'Rourke telling the crowd that we are the legacy of Americans who sacrificed in the revolution, Civil War and World Wars. They died so we could fight for freedom.