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Virginia House seats won by Democrats this century, out of the chamber's 100 seats:

in 2001: 32
in 2003: 34
in 2005: 40
in 2007: 44
in 2009: 39
in 2011: 32
in 2013: 33
in 2015: 34
in 2017: 49
in 2019: 55 (first Dem majority since 1999)
in 2021: 48
in 2023: 51

2025, i.e. this week: 64

One hand on the nuclear codes, the other hand on life Alert!

This my talking point when people tell me they don't vote because they don't believe it matters. First I ask what matters to them. Then I say, "Imagine if nobody voted how easy it would make it for the people trying to destroy what matters. Now get out there and make it hard for the bastards."

'Maybe we'll cancel SNAP and 10-20% of all flights through *Thanksgiving* and *Christmas*' is just an insane political position.

You do that and the annual Turkey fryer injuries won't be from turkeys, but from folks attempting to fry whole GOP senators for Thanksgiving.

What would happen if the New York Times published a guest essay with the headline "Did People of Color Ruin the Workplace?"

Or how about "Did the Civil Rights Movement Ruin the Workplace?"

Would that also be "just asking questions" and "civil debate?" If not, why is this different?

Fox News Falls for AI-Generated Footage of Poor People Raging About Food Stamps Being Shut Down, Runs False Story That Has to Be Updated With Huge Correction The media isn't ready for AI-generated video.

Fox news has always used manipulated video. Thanks to AI, they no longer have to spend hours editing, they just grab it off X. Anyone who thinks they "missed the clues that the video wasn’t real," as this Yahoo article reports has not been paying attention.

www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Join me in my new routine. Anytime I'm out and about and I see dry good for sale, I grab some and drop them off on my way home. Thanks to Niah Travieso, @culpeperdems.bsky.social and ‪@piedmontpersisters.bsky.social‬ for making this so convenient.

Sandwich Guy is FREE!

"When you get through kickin' ass and celebratin' the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was."
-Molly Ivins
via @doktorzoom.bsky.social

Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment

Our copium salad today consists of tender delulu greens tossed with an AI vinaigrette and topped with racist crumbles.

Bugs are good! Nobody can beat our buggy AI chips!

That's what I'M talkin bout.

Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.

Sara Rattcliffe and Jack Bennington at Culpeper No Kings II

VA Dems ran 100 candidates in 100 districts in 2025. I am so proud of all our candidates who ran in difficult or impossible races, as well as those who worked tirelessly on their behalf. This effort boosted our blue wave, and it matters. Let's ensure a Republican never runs unopposed in VA again!

It makes me hate him for making me like him.

Hundreds of thousands of liberals voted for Jay Jones after he said he wanted to kill our children Internalize this

The guy who almost got actual children at a pizza joint killed by making up wild conspiracy theories about Democrats would like you to know he's opposed to inflammatory speech.

Blue wave image

Summary/analysis of last night - in one image. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/live...

Channeling the NYT Pitchbot:
Should a president and his party know who they are pardoning? How Republicans' commitment to strategic ignorance is changing politics.

"only I can fix it"

There are also 2 dancers on a platform and at least 3 fan dancers in the crowd.

Then we can un pardon him.

Shoud we be worried that Mark Zuckerberg built a multimillion dollar bunker in Hawaii. That Tr*mp is fortifying the White House bunker. And that several Tr*mp regime members moved onto military bases?

Bill Melugin @BillMelugin_ BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in: - Los Angeles - Phoenix - Philadelphia - Denver - El Paso - San Diego - Seattle/Portland - New Orleans Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed. Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino. ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations. I am hearing from both sides of this friction. One senior DHS official tells me: "ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?". Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me: "What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there. Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results. Official statement to @FoxNews via @TriciaOhio : "While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country." 7:57 PM · Oct 27, 2025 · 29.6K Views

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

I hadn’t seen this until today. Must watch.

This is not “America First”

The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.

"This matters because the Democratic establishment is going all in on a strategy built on a mirage."

"But people came to me with tears in their eyes and said, 'sir, sir, you saved the whitehouse and made it beautiful. We must name it after you.'"

What is "cheating on a commercial?" Is that, like, when you don't like how your commercial landed, so you have your caddy drop another one when you think no one is looking?

The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as any other New Yorker. And yet, for too long, we have been told to ask for less than that, and endure hatred and bigotry in the shadows. N... TikTok video by Zohran Mamdani

1) this is great
2) it shows what a bunch of fucking losers Cuomo and Adams but also most of our politicians are

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMxMgbGG/