Democratic lawmakers, federal employee groups unite against Trump
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.
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.
The parent company of a print and digital news conglomerate has revealed that a “cybersecurity” event is the cause of paused newspaper and digital publications in 24 states, including Virginia.
Tim Kaine wants you to feel free to “turn out and protest” the destruction of American democracy, but, above all else, be “peaceful,” because that’s what’s important right now, as our rights being taken away from us by the hour.
Dawn Womack and Chris Womack, veteran comedians as The Funny Womacks, and showrunners of FWAF Show, formerly X2 Comedy, are launching a four-week workshop beginning on Feb. 12.
Twenty-four Senate Democrats joined with Republicans to confirm an election-denier who taunted Ruth Bader Ginsburg after her death in 2020 as the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs.

Billionaire Elon Musk’s exuberant use of a Nazi salute multiple times at the inauguration of Donald Trump is as despicable as it can get and has profound implications on the direction of the United States under Trump’s second term as President.
VDOT has updated its schedule for road work in the Culpeper, Lynchburg and Staunton transportation districts for the week of Feb. 3-7.
While the news media fixates on the extent to which Project 2025 may be the Trump Administration’s playbook for locking down the nation, there is a more subversive power play taking place under cover of Trump’s unique brand of circus politics.
We’re hearing that Donald Trump’s budget office rescinded the memo enacting an across-the-board spending freeze, but we’re also hearing, from Trump’s in-over-her-head press secretary, that the freeze is still on.
A federal judge has granted a stay that will delay the implementation of the Trump administration’s plan to freeze trillions of dollars in congressionally approved federal spending.
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