
Chris Graham: Vaclav Havel on autocracy, outsized expectations
Something former Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel said to Barack Obama back in 2009 foretold where the West is today in 2021.

Something former Czech Republic president Vaclav Havel said to Barack Obama back in 2009 foretold where the West is today in 2021.

Terry McAuliffe is the latest in a long line of “most electable” Democratic candidates.

Glenn Youngkin, who is lo-ho-ho-ho-oaded, is the Republican nominee for Virginia governor, at the end of a process that worked out about as well as it could for the Virginia GOP, considering.

The Terry McAuliffe gubernatorial campaign released a new digital ad highlighting the contrast between his vision to create a more equitable post-COVID Virginia and the extreme right-wing Republican candidates vying for the GOP nomination.

What is it with Republicans not wanting people to vote or participate in government? Dumb question, obvious answer. The latest battleground is the City of Staunton, which for the next four years is under the thumb of a 4-3 Republican City Council majority.

Conventional wisdom has it that Republican areas would be severely lagging behind the rest of the country in COVID-19 vaccinations, but that’s not proving to be the case locally. Credit needs to go here to the hard work of the team at Augusta Health.

The House of Representatives passed the National Origin-Based Antidiscrimination for Nonimmigrants (NO BAN) Act.

Republican John Avoli won the 20th House District seat in 2019 because he ran strong in Augusta County. Randall Wolf fits the profile of Democratic Party candidate who could cut into Avoli’s margins in Augusta County in 2021.

The last time Republicans wrecked the economy and the electorate asked a Democrat to come in and fix it, the GOP strategy was to state publicly that they didn’t want to see the Democrat succeed.

Republican Del. John Avoli announced Friday that he is running for re-election to the 20th District seat in the Virginia House of Delegates.
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