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A big bipartisan U.S. Senate majority voted to pass a package of economic and political sanctions against Russia on Friday, but I think I’m with Northern Virginia Congressman Don Beyer on this one.
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No surprises in Virginia’s congressional primaries on Tuesday, with the favorites on both sides advancing to the Nov. 3 general election.
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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., is leading a group of senators pushing back against a Justice Department plan to deploy election monitors to Democrat-led states for the 2026 congressional midterms.
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The headlines from a Politico poll released this week stressed how most MAGA voters say they would still support a Republican candidate accused of domestic violence and sexual assault.
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Tom Perriello showed up at a rally organized by a member of a local Democratic Socialists of America chapter this week, but for some reason, didn’t want to be photographed against a backdrop of DSA members.
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We are trapped in a vicious loop of nonsense, mania, political demagoguery and manufactured spectacle while the country goes to hell in a handbasket.
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In a recent AFP op-ed, Yvonne Surette noted that congressmen Ben Cline is labeling Democrats as communists. That may be a positive sign for his Sixth District opponent, Beth Macy, as Republicans typically resort to this branding when they are worried.
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Last week, our congressman, Ben Cline, appeared on “Mornings with Maria” on Fox News. He was there to expose the terrifying menace of Democratic Socialism.
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The number of ED visits to Virginia hospitals by people without health insurance increased 49 percent between 2022 and 2025 – and that number is going to go up with the Trump/MAGA Big Beautiful Bill taking millions off the rolls.
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Republicans use framing to deride universal health care when they use the terms “free health care” and “socialized medicine.” UHC is neither free nor socialized medicine, but the terms stick.
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