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Report: Ten Virginia hospitals at risk of closure due to Trump-MAGA Medicare cuts
The Trump-MAGA Republican Medicare cuts have 10 Virginia hospitals at risk of closure, according to a new report from the nonpartisan group Public Citizen.
How much more are you paying for gas since the start of the Iran war?
The fill-up cost for the average Augusta County guy with a big pickup truck, and we’ve got more than our fair share of those, has gone up $37.29 since the start of Donald Trump’s war in Iran five weeks ago.
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VDOT: Local road construction, maintenance scheduled for the week of April 6-10
VDOT has released its schedule for road construction and maintenance for the week of April 6-10.
Northern Virginia man pleads guilty in Snapchat underage sex case
A Woodbridge man who used Snapchat during the COVID pandemic shutdown to coerce pre-teen and teen girls into sex pleaded guilty in federal court today.
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Jay Jones files suit against Trump over executive order on mail-in voting
Attorney General Jay Jones is, to borrow from Donald Trump’s oddball Easter message to Erika Kirk, suing the Trump regime’s asses off, over the March 31 executive order attempting to ban mail-in voting.
How the Pentagon turned the Sermon on the Mount into a war manual
Under the Trump administration, the language of empire has also been imbued with a religious fervor that recasts Jesus Christ — not as a peacemaker — but as a mascot for power, conquest and control.
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UVA Football: The spring game will not be televised (the spring game will be live)
The UVA Football spring game will not be televised, and it wouldn’t surprise me if they have security watching you to make sure you’re not surreptitiously recording the action on your cell phones.
Could Augusta County be in the mix for a Minor League Baseball team?
A local blog is getting some tongues wagging with the idea that Augusta County leaders may have been approached by a group about interest in locating a Minor League Baseball team inside our borders.
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Northern Virginia firm to get $840K in corporate welfare for expansion
Gotta point out the welfare to millionaires, since the MAGAs love to point out the welfare to people who can barely afford to keep the lights on. Virginia is giving a company calling itself Blue Sky Innovators an $840,000 grant from the Commonwealth’s Opportunity Fund to go toward a $7 million expansion in Northern Virginia...
WaPo referendum poll has ‘Yes’ at +9: ‘Mixed signs,’ ‘alarm bells’ for Ds?
Gotta love the headlines on the Washington Post poll on the Virginia redistricting referendum, which makes things sound dire for Democrats.
UVA Baseball: Hands of stone for ‘Hoos on D key 5-2 loss to #7 FSU
Tenth-ranked Virginia being plain awful on defense was what keyed the 5-2 loss to #7 Florida State on Friday.
UVA Football: The spring game will not be televised (the spring game will be live)
The UVA Football spring game will not be televised, and it wouldn’t surprise me if they have security watching you to make sure you’re not surreptitiously recording the action on your cell phones.
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