UpVote Virginia, nonpartisan democracy reform collective, launches in Richmond
A newly-formed nonpartisan democracy reform collective called UpVote Virginia officially launched today at an event featuring a bipartisan lineup of elected officials.
A newly-formed nonpartisan democracy reform collective called UpVote Virginia officially launched today at an event featuring a bipartisan lineup of elected officials.

Some time ago, several millennia in fact, a wise man known as Confucius admonished the Chinese people to “call things by their proper names” in order to better perceive and grapple with reality, and to avoid disorder.

Senate Democrats finally got something meaningful done, voting 51-50 on Sunday, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, to pass a $750 billion healthcare, clean energy and tax bill.
The Sierra Club Virginia chapter released their annual legislative scorecard, and not surprisingly, Republican legislators received a failing grade when it comes to energy policies, climate solutions, voting rights and environmental justice.

By continuing to defend Trump and his followers, downplaying, or simply ignoring the events of January 6 and what led up to it, Fox News is pressing our Republic ever closer to self-dissolution and authoritarianism.

Democrats need to gain at least one seat in the Senate midterms in November, because then they could tell Joe Manchin that it’s OK for him to become the Republican that he clearly wants to be.

The U.S. House voted 217-213 Friday to pass an assault weapons ban that would reinstate the ban on military-style rifles, high capacity magazines, and other assault weapons modeled on firearms designed for use on the battlefield.
The U.S. House voted in favor Thursday of getting the United States back into the semiconductor game and back into the global technology competition.

It should come as no surprise that Sixth District Congressman Ben Cline – despite his own COVID diagnosis — was among the 69 Republicans voting NO on this important measure to protect the mental health of thousands of his constituents.

A new report from the Center for Information Research on Civic Engagement (CIRCLE) shows an estimated 8.3 million newly eligible voters for the 2022 midterm elections.
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