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michaeljstern.bsky.social
Sad but true.
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Yep, that's Jason Miyares...the second-worst Virginia AG (the only one worse was Ken Cuccinelli) in modern history bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund... h/t @scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social
"A year ago I asked Attorney General Jason Miyares for an expedited opinion on the legality of the Rosie’s being built in Henrico. A year later - and after many attempts to stop this project - I get this response. He ran out the clock and then threw up his hands. A real profile in courage …" - VA State Senator Schuyler Van Valkenburg
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (11/23/25) open.substack.com/pub/bluevirg...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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Video: Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) Says Trump’s Trying to Silence Him re: Transcript of Call with MBS About Khashoggi Murder, “and it’s not going to work”; Also predicts "additional defections over the coming weeks if [Trump] does not back off" on Ukraine, Venezuela bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
Video: Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) Says Trump’s Trying to Silence Him re: Transcript of Call with MBS About Khashoggi Murder, “and it’s not going to work”
See below for video of Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07), in which he discussed the "2019 phone call between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, made in the aftermath of the murder of journal...
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November 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Q: Is there going to be another government shutdown in January?
Sen. Mark Warner: "God willing, no." bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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On Venezuela, Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social says Maduro a "bad guy," but "the legal opinion about the drug running doesn’t touch Venezuela at all" and "America ONLY, without any of our other allies in South [or Central] America...seems not the right approach to me” bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
November 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says Trump’s Ukraine-Russia Proposal Is “Awful,” “would make Neville Chamberlain’s giving in to Hitler…look strong in comparison” ("I think the president is seeing this one-sided plan kind of blow up in his face") bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide...
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Pretty much all bad numbers for Trump, even in this poll by Trump-friendly CBS "News" bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
CBS News poll: Trump's Overall Job Rating https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-venezuela-u-s-military-action-trump/ CBS News poll: Trump's Handling of the Economy https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-venezuela-u-s-military-action-trump/ CBS News poll: Trump's Policies Are Making Grocery Prices... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-venezuela-u-s-military-action-trump/ CBS News poll: Releasing Info Re: Epstein Case Is... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-venezuela-u-s-military-action-trump/
November 23, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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"Who feeds Trump these phony poll numbers? Or perhaps he just invents them. He’s at a low point for his 2nd term—upper 30s, low 40s." - @larrysabato.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
Larry Sabato debunks Trump's delusional post about supposedly having the "HIGHEST NUMBERS OF MY 'POLITICAL CAREER'"
November 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07): "Trump and Pete Hegseth just launched a sham investigation into me for telling the truth about Trump’s 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince...His intimidation campaign didn’t stop me then, and it certainly won’t stop me now." bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) tweet: "Trump and Pete Hegseth just launched a sham investigation into me for telling the truth about Trump’s 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince..." Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) tweet: "This is not the first time the president has come after me. His intimidation campaign didn’t stop me then, and it certainly won’t stop me now."
November 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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First of all, what's wrong (let alone "corrupt" or "outrageous political abuse") about a governor appointing people and wanting to see them confirmed? Second, what's a "crass northern state" and what does that have to do with anything? bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
2025 VA GOP LG nominee John Reid rants about Abigail Spanberger committing to announcing new appointees on Day 1 and expecting to see them confirmed quickly by the legislation "so that all of our boards can have a full complement of membership immediately"
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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VA State Sen. @lashrecseaird says legislation to expand automatic license plate readers to state highways is "DOA" bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
Tweet by Sen. Aird responding to tweet by Tyler Englander that VA lawmakers "will likely consider expanding the use of automatic license plate readers to state highways next year"
November 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Sunday News: “Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End”; “Lawmakers say Rubio distanced US from peace plan”; “Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace”; Trump Back to Insane Ranting About How “TRAITORS…SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW” bluevirginia.us/2025/11/sund...
Sunday News: COP30 – “Oil Producers, but Maybe Not the Planet, Get a Win as Climate Talks End”; “Lawmakers say Rubio distanced US from peace plan”; “Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace”; Tru...
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, November 23. U.N. climate talks fizzle out 10 years after Paris accord ("Nearly 200 c...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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If you live in Braddock District (Fairfax County, VA), don't forget to vote for @rachnash.bsky.social on or before 12/9 (in the special election to fill the seat vacated following the election of fmr. Braddock Supervisor @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social to the US House)! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
Facebook post by Rachna Sizemore Heizer about a canvass launch today in her campaign for Braddock District Supervisor
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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jamellebouie.net
this is your brain when your entire politics is just a set of aesthetics
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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*Youngkin in February 2022: we must take "Decisive Action in Support of Ukraine"
*Youngkin now, as Trump disgracefully abandons Ukraine to Putin, etc.: SILENCE

That really says it all - nothing good! - about Youngkin.

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Screenshot of Youngkin press release on 2/26/22 in which he calls for "Decisive Action in Support of Ukraine"
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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One of the worst things fmr. VA LG Bill Bolling (R/Trump voter) has written. In fact, the absolute LAST THING America should even THINK of doing is walk away from Ukraine and capitulate to Russia; that would be disastrous on multiple levels. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
Bill Bolling: "PERHAPS ITS TIME TO WALK AWAY By all indications, the peace plan President Trump is pressuring the Ukrainians to accept is a major capitulation to Russia. This has upset the Ukranians and our European allies. I honestly don’t have a solution to the war in Ukraine, but I do know this - Russia will not agree to any peace plan that requires them to give up land they have won on the battlefield. I hate this, because Russia should not be rewarded for unprovoked aggression against a democratic nation, but facts are facts; and after almost four years of fighting, these are the facts. The only way to change this is to provide Ukraine with more aggressive offensive weapons to directly attack Russia, and that would run the very real risk of sparking a broader conflict. Short of this, the status quo, and Trump’s proposal, may be the best the Ukrainians can expect. If this is unacceptable to the Ukrainians, and I understand why it may be, it is hard to imagine this war ever ending. If this is unacceptable to the Ukrainians, then perhaps Ukraine should reject the plan and go it on their own, with the support of their European partners. Reluctantly, I have concluded that it may be time for the U.S. to simply withdrawal from the process. Perhaps we’ve done all we can do, short of risking a broader conflict. Heres another thing I know - we cannot continue to help fund a war that has no reasonable chance of ending."
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Reclassifying swastikas, nooses and the Confederate Flag as not being considered hateful speech is bats*** crazy behavior even by the Trump administration's rock-bottom "standards" bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
November 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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"The long and short is the allegations are false, they’re half truths, they’re innuendos, and they’re just not true. It’s an attempt to intimidate and silence me about work that I did in support of Ukraine." - @repvindman.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/11/vide... h/t @dccc
"ICYMI: Rep. Vindman Joins MSNBC to Call Out Trump’s Retribution Campaign In case you missed it, Virginia Congressman Eugene Vindman joined MSNBC’s The Last Word last night to outline allegations that Donald Trump is engaging in a retribution campaign against him. The allegation came the day after Rep. Vindman demanded the release of a 2019 phone call transcript between Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman regarding the murder of journalist and Virginia resident Jamal Khashoggi. WATCH TRANSCRIPT HIGHLIGHTS: MSNBC Host: Congressman, can you explain more about this allegation of a retribution campaign against you? What is being alleged by the Trump Administration? Rep. Vindman: The day after I made my floor speech demanding transparency from this Administration, I got a letter from the Department of Defense general counsel alleging that I had violated the Emoluments Clause. The long and short is the allegations are false, they’re half truths, they’re innuendos, and they’re just not true. It’s an attempt to intimidate and silence me about work that I did in support of Ukraine."
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Rep. @jameswalkinshaw.bsky.social (D-VA11): "Well look, I think if Donald Trump wants to be the mayor of the District of Columbia, he should resign the presidency and run for mayor. I think @tomsherwood would beat him handily." LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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The Bezos Post is such a clown show... bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu... h/t @darjeelingltd.bsky.social
WaPo lead editorial today: "Two socialists walk into the White House" The WaPo illustrates an article on billionaires seizing "unprecedented power over American politics" with a photo montage that does NOT include its owner, Jeff Bezos, a megabillionaire
November 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Two-Day Virginia Budget Summit Highlights: “Risks are Skewed to the Downside,” “Job Growth is Expected to be Flat,” “Mandatory budget pressures outpace revenue growth”; etc. (Bottom line: "The Trump administration is hurting the Virginia economy") bluevirginia.us/2025/11/two-...
Two-Day Virginia Budget Summit Highlights: “Risks are Skewed to the Downside,” “Job Growth is Expected to be Flat,” “Mandatory budget pressures outpace revenue growth”; etc.
On Thursday and Friday (11/20-11/21) in Radford, the Senate Finance & Appropriations Committee held its annual meeting, focused on "Fiscal Issues Facing the Commonwealth. There was a TON of informatio...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Saturday News: Trump's "Recipe for War & Corruption, Not Peace”; Trump/Mamdani "Lovefest Leaves Trump Allies ‘Shocked'”; MTG Announces Resignation, “expects the MAGAs to lose the midterms...Trump…impeached”; Thanks to Trump, “[VA’s] fiscal situation is not healthy” bluevirginia.us/2025/11/satu...
Saturday News: “Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace”; “Trump and Mamdani’s White House Lovefest Leaves Trump Allies ‘Shocked'”; MTG Announces Resignation, “expects the MAGAs to lose t...
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, November 22. ‘It’s like arguing with robots’: negotiators on the state of Cop30 tal...
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November 22, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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Dems will almost certainly win TX18 and NJ11, so...yeah, as @LisaDNews points out, the TN07 special election (in an R+10 district) is even more important. bluevirginia.us/2025/11/frid...
"Now. 219 Rs-213 Ds Dec. 3. If Ds win in TN-->219-214 Jan. 6. MTG gone -->218-214 Jan. 31. After TX18 special ----> 218-215 April 16. If Ds hold NJ11 special --->218-216 THAT is a 0-vote margin." - Lisa Desjardins
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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"MTG turns on Trump and resigns. Mamdani and Trump are new best friends. I am so confused." - UVA Prof. @larrysabato.bsky.social nails it; we're living in the "Upside Down" world in many ways, and it's super confusing! bluevirginia.us/2025/11/frid...
Larry Sabato tweet about Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning effective 1/5/26
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 AM