Republicans seek to find $2 trillion in cuts; Medicaid and SNAP on the chopping block
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A budget reconciliation bill has been introduced in the U.S. House by Republicans seeking to find $2 trillion in cuts over the next 10 years.
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Lamont Bagby seems like sure bet to be new Virginia Democratic Party chair
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Looks like we have our next chair of the Virginia Democratic Party: State Sen. Lamont Bagby has announced his interest in the post, and he has just about everybody on his side
Higher egg prices due to avian flu or corporate greed? Farmers ask for investigation
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Farmers aren’t so sure that higher egg prices are because of avian flu pointing to corporate greed for the skyrocketing costs.
National Park Service to exempt certain officials from Trump federal hiring freeze
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The National Park Service plans to exempt certain law enforcement officials from President Donald Trump’s federal hiring freeze.
Using the ’60s TV sitcom ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ as a guide to resist Trump/Musk
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The ‘60s TV sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” which airs weeknights on MeTV, is, oddly, helping me figure out what we need to do to resist Trump/Musk.
Democratic lawmakers, federal employee groups unite against Trump
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Democratic lawmakers participated in a roundtable discussion last week hosted by Congressmen Steny Hoyer of Maryland and Gerry Connolly of Virginia with major federal employee groups.
America is in a constitutional crisis: How do things play out from here?
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Trump/Musk is ignoring court orders, though they haven’t owned up to it publicly yet. Once they do, the response – from the courts, from Democrats in Congress, from Republicans in Congress, from the general public – will be telling.
Susan Swecker stepping down as chair of Virginia Democratic Party
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The news from Richmond on Monday is that Susan Swecker is stepping down as chair of the Democratic Party of Virginia.
Democratic AGs win injunction blocking Trump/Musk raid of federal Treasury
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A group of state AGs, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, is taking legal action against the Trump/Musk administration over DOGE.
Feckless Ben Cline is trying to cosplay as a MAGA drug-fighting warrior
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Ben Cline thinks a Morgan Griffith-sponsored bill that claims in its name to “Halt Fentanyl” is doing enough to pretend to be doing something to, you know, actually stop the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.
