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Ben Cline touts his ‘Valley Values’: Which is good PR, but, it’s all an act
Our Sixth District congressman, Ben Cline, likes to tout how his values were “shaped growing up here in the Shenandoah Valley.”
Spanberger vetoes collective bargaining: Who does she think she’s fooling?
Abigail Spanberger vetoed legislation that would expand collective bargaining rights for public employees to try to curry favor among her MAGA critics.
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Drought update: Pretty much all of Virginia needs some dadgum rain
It’s drought-advisory season again, with the Virginia DEQ telling us today that it has expanded its warning advisory area to include 94 counties and 33 cities, which is pretty much the whole state – there are 95 counties and 38 independent cities in Virginia.
Local equine rescue group highlights ASPCA® Adopt a Horse Month
The Nelson County-based Hope’s Legacy Equine Rescue is participating in the sixth annual ASPCA® Adopt a Horse Month, a nationwide adoption event taking place throughout the month of May to help more equines find loving homes.
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Do I like Tucker Carlson now? No, but maybe I dislike him a little less
When I saw The New York Times interview with Tucker Carlson pop up in my podcast feed earlier this month, I, like a lot of people, found myself curiously excited to listen to it.
Winners, losers in the stupid Waynesboro Schools trans bathroom debate
The MAGA pastor/not a pastor who wanted to inject Fox News narratives into bathrooms at Waynesboro High School got his wish Tuesday night.
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Former Met Noah Syndergaard said O’s slugger Pete Alonso is a Trumper like him
Noah Syndergaard, who was a 13-game winner with the New York Mets in 2018, but was out of baseball five years later, at the tender age of 30, popped up on a podcast with MAGA influencer Tomi Lahren this week.
UVA Softball: Breakdown of the four-team Knoxville Regional field
UVA Softball (38-13 in 2026) is the #2 seed in the Knoxville Regional, which features #7 national seed Tennessee (42-10), Indiana (42-14) and Northern Kentucky (26-23).
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