Gov. Abigail Spanberger, with an executive order issued on Wednesday terminating existing agreements to work with ICE, is egging on a fight with the Trump regime, but good for her – and good for us – that she’s doing so.
Tag Archives: Virginia Politics
Wait, so, Virginia calls Presidents’ Day something else? The history of George Washington Day
I was today years old when I learned that Virginia doesn’t observe a Presidents’ Day, but rather, we call it George Washington Day here.
Youngkin tried to rush sale of Augusta Correctional Center on his final day in office
Glenn Youngkin, on his final full day as governor, appeared to try to rush the sale of the former Augusta Correctional Center property to a mysterious New York City-registered LLC.
Trumpers looking at former Augusta Correctional Center as possible ICE detention site
The Trump regime is looking at the shuttered former Augusta Correctional Center in Craigsville as a possible location for an ICE detention center.
Abigail Spanberger, no surprise at all, endorses Beth Macy for Congress
It would have surprised me if Abigail Spanberger hadn’t signed on to back Beth Macy’s run for a seat in Congress in our part of the state.
Poll: Majority backs Virginia Democrats on congressional redistricting
A Christopher Newport University poll out Wednesday tells us that the battle lines on a proposed redistricting amendment are already pretty well set – in favor.
Republican judge says Dems’ redistricting effort is ‘blatant abuse of power’
A judge appointed by disgraced former governor Bob McDonnell threw a monkey wrench into the congressional redistricting effort schemed up by Virginia Democrats, which means, not much, in the grand scheme of things.
MAGA blogger blasts police union endorsing Spanberger: The union has receipts
The president of a police union issued a statement on Monday blasting an op-ed published on a MAGA law-enforcement blog that painted a partisan picture of its endorsement of Abigail Spanberger in the 2025 gubernatorial race.
Cline, McGuire mum on shooting of Alex Pretti: Silence is complicity
Our local Republican congressmen, Ben Cline and John McGuire, have yet to utter a word publicly, either way, addressing the shooting of an ICU nurse by ICE thugs in Minneapolis on Saturday.
Analysis: It won’t cost nearly as much for UVA to name a new president as you thought
I’ve done the math on the termination crisis that the UVA Board of Visitors could face if it were to decide to cut bait with new president Scott Beardsley that was reported recently in a guest column in The Times-Dispatch.