Government shutdown | National Parks would likely close, furlough 68 percent of staff
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If National Park employees are furloughed due to a government shutdown, keeping sites open would be “reckless,” experts say.
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The Ben Cline ‘town hall’ | Turns out, plenty of good seats were still available
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Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline held his “town hall” in Lexington on Thursday, in front of 33 apparently very lucky folks, in a room that one attendee said could have easily accommodated 100, and another estimated, 120.
Analysis | Bad news: We are hurtling toward another government shutdown
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Congressional MAGA Republicans and the Trump administration want you to believe that the looming government shutdown will be the fault of Democrats, which, not true.
Buying your vote? | Youngkin announces ‘tax rebates,’ as MAGAs flailing at polls
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My political radar, admittedly on high alert, is looking at the announcement from MAGA Gov. Glenn Youngkin about tax rebates about to go in the mail, and its reading: he’s trying to buy your vote, with your money.
Waynesboro | Dad joke: Jim Wood thinks he’s going to run for governor?
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A local news article on former Waynesboro vice mayor Jim Wood is a pathetic effort to whitewash Wood’s “Pete Buttplug” slur of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Wood’s now-shuttered MAGA podcast.
Mark Warner | Politicization of intelligence endangers national security
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The CIA was created by Congress in 1947 in response to the lack of inter-agency communication before Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Lordy, there are tapes | Border czar Tom Homan caught taking $50K bribe?
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Tom Homan, the face of ICE, and the Trump administration’s war on brown people, was caught on undercover video accepting $50,000 in cash to help steer government contracts to business contacts.
Election 2025: Makayla Venable represents youth in run for Virginia House
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Makayla Venable, 30, is one of 100 Democratic candidates vying for elected offices at the state level, and along the way learning.
Trump dumps U.S. Attorney who refuses to prosecute Letitia James
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Erik Siebert, the interim U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, couldn’t find anything to use to bring criminal charges against the New York attorney general, Letitia James, so Siebert is now out of a job.
Congress | Tim Kaine revives bill aimed at rescinding dumb Trump tariffs on Canada
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Tim Kaine and Mark Warner have an unlikely ally – would you believe, Rand Paul – in their effort to get the U.S. Senate to address Donald Trump’s dumb tariffs on Canada. The trio is partnering with do-nothing Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Amy Klobuchar in reintroducing a bill to undo the Trump tariffs…
