Tom H. Hastings: Do you want to live in a dictatorship?
Show of hands: Who wants the US to be a dictatorship? Ah, no one? Well, almost no one. We see your hand, Mr. Trump.
Show of hands: Who wants the US to be a dictatorship? Ah, no one? Well, almost no one. We see your hand, Mr. Trump.

Anti-government speech has become a four-letter word.

The Youngkin administration is blaming technical issues for a backlog of more than 107,000 voter record changes.
A new analysis by the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee (JEC) reveals that states with the most restrictive abortion laws have the worst economies for families.
Two Virginia localities will not follow “model policies” that would roll back equal protections for trans students.
Glenn Youngkin was asked by CNBC to consider how his far-right turn on abortion and trans students impacts business.

It is long past time to repeal the Second Amendment. Why?
The bipartisan monthly meeting between Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Virginia’s congressional delegation this week got heated when Democrats Jennifer Wexton and Abigail Spanberger brought up Youngkin’s proposed anti-trans school policies, and Republican Bob Good defended the policies by claiming that schools and teachers are “grooming” children to change their gender.
The new anti-trans student policies being pushed by the Youngkin administration will almost certainly be challenged in court, and it’s not likely that the governor will prevail, given current state and federal law.

This week the U.S. Senate will vote on legislation to ensure transparency in elections.
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