Alon Ben-Meir: Trump must be stopped from destroying our democracy
Every American must remember that the U.S. is not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover; we are in it. Donald Trump is acting on it methodically in broad daylight.
Every American must remember that the U.S. is not on the verge of an authoritarian takeover; we are in it. Donald Trump is acting on it methodically in broad daylight.
The Trump administration is wasting no time rounding up Afghan nationals in the U.S., including a Waynesboro man who it claims provided weapons to ISIS.
Remember how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth got all publicly butthurt a couple of weeks ago about a group of congressional Democrats advising members of the U.S. military that they’re bound by law to not carry out illegal orders?
Fresh off a decisive election win, Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is promising a sharp turn in Virginia’s energy policy, vowing energy affordability for regular ratepayers, boosting in-state power generation, and forcing data centers to “pay their fair share.”
Although Donald Trump has claimed that “every policy” of his administration was “designed to lift up the American worker,” he has acted consistently, since returning to office in January, to undermine workers’ chosen representatives, America’s labor unions.
Some of the progressives in the audience at Beth Macy’s listening tour event in Waynesboro earlier this week chafed at hearing her say that she plans to reach out to disaffected MAGA voters.
We find ourselves approaching that time of year when, as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln proclaimed, we’re supposed to give thanks as a nation and as individuals for our safety and our freedoms.
Being a journalist in many parts of the world has become far more than a challenging occupation – it has become a high-risk profession under assault from state power, armed conflict, economic pressure, and the erosion of institutional protections.
A 32-foot red spruce tree has been delivered to the White House by the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest.
The Trump DOJ actually followed through with the case of a former Virginia Beach man who threatened to kill Joe Biden and Kamala Harris – which, yeah, shocker.
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