
Luria announces committee assignments for 117th Congress
Second District Congresswoman Elaine Luria announced her full slate of committee and subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress.

Second District Congresswoman Elaine Luria announced her full slate of committee and subcommittee assignments for the 117th Congress.

Friendship. Mentorship. Advocacy. These are just a few of the goals of the Black Cadet Organization, a student group within the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets.

Let’s be clear about one thing: the impeachment of Donald Trump is a waste of time and money.

Climate Action Alliance of the Valley produces The Weekly Roundup of Climate and Energy News.

In the wake of the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol, “domestic terrorism” has become the new poster child for expanding the government’s powers at the expense of civil liberties.

Abigail Spanberger (D-VA-07) and John Katko (R-NY-24) have reintroduced legislation to protect against the influence of foreign nations that seek to sow political division in the United States through online disinformation campaigns.

It took no time at all for the switch to be thrown and the nation’s capital to be placed under a military lockdown, online speech forums restricted, and individuals with subversive or controversial viewpoints ferreted out, investigated, shamed or shunned.

What should we expect in 2021? So far, it looks like this year is going to be plagued by more of the same brand of madness, mayhem, manipulation and tyranny that dominated 2020.

The Senate voted overwhelmingly Friday to override President Trump’s veto of the annual defense bill, the first override of a Trump veto in the waning days of his presidency.

No doubt about it: 2020—a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year for freedom—was the culmination of a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad decade for freedom.
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