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With Just 19 Days Until Youngkin’s (Mercifully) No Longer Governor, Here Are Ten Examples of the “Mainstream” Political Media’s Whitewashing, Sanewashing, Stenography, etc. of this Supposed “Moderate” Non-Trumpian Republican bluevirginia.us/2025/12/with...
With Just 19 Days Until Youngkin’s (Mercifully) No Longer Governor, Here Are Ten Examples of the “Mainstream” Political Media’s Whitewashing, Sanewashing, Stenography, etc. of this Supposed “Moderate”...
With just 19 days until Glenn Youngkin's pathetic failure of a governorship comes to an end. Of course, part of the reason Youngkin even HAD a governorship to begin with is that the media has relentl...
bluevirginia.us
December 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
With Just 19 Days Until Youngkin’s (Mercifully) No Longer Governor, Here Are Ten Examples of the “Mainstream” Political Media’s Whitewashing, Sanewashing, Stenography, etc. of this Supposed “Moderate” Non-Trumpian Republican bluevirginia.us/2025/12/with...
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Tuesday News: Trump Defends Putin, “Not Worried” About China’s Simulated Taiwan Blockade; “CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast”; “Kennedy Center Hit With Last-Minute New Year’s Cancelations”; Jay Jones Cleared in Reckless Driving Case bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues...
Tuesday News: Trump Continues Defending Putin, “Not Worried” About China’s Simulated Taiwan Blockade; “CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast”; “Kennedy Center Hit With Last...
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Tuesday, December 30. Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa ("Chinese...
bluevirginia.us
December 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Tuesday News: Trump Defends Putin, “Not Worried” About China’s Simulated Taiwan Blockade; “CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast”; “Kennedy Center Hit With Last-Minute New Year’s Cancelations”; Jay Jones Cleared in Reckless Driving Case bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues...
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Trump's foreign policy: start a war with Venezuela, defend Putin/Xi/Netanyahu, betray our allies, etc. But sure, Harris would have been bad... bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues...
December 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Trump's foreign policy: start a war with Venezuela, defend Putin/Xi/Netanyahu, betray our allies, etc. But sure, Harris would have been bad... bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues...
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"Biden debate bad" was still LEADING the NYT **3 weeks** later & was only knocked off front page by Trump getting shot. They can create & sustain front-page news out of thin air, when they want to!
But Trump's visibly declining physical & mental health gets zero coverage. None at all.
But Trump's visibly declining physical & mental health gets zero coverage. None at all.
December 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Biden debate bad" was still LEADING the NYT **3 weeks** later & was only knocked off front page by Trump getting shot. They can create & sustain front-page news out of thin air, when they want to!
But Trump's visibly declining physical & mental health gets zero coverage. None at all.
But Trump's visibly declining physical & mental health gets zero coverage. None at all.
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Interesting graphic on the PBS @NewsHour tonight; US House retirements this cycle somewhat similar to the pattern in 2017, when Republicans ended up losing 40 seats... bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues...
December 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Interesting graphic on the PBS @NewsHour tonight; US House retirements this cycle somewhat similar to the pattern in 2017, when Republicans ended up losing 40 seats... bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues...
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ABC "News" caves to Trump...disgusting. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues...
December 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
ABC "News" caves to Trump...disgusting. bluevirginia.us/2025/12/tues...
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and once again shoutout to the beltway political press that turned a blind eye to his race-baiting campaign and treated him like the coming of christ
December 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
and once again shoutout to the beltway political press that turned a blind eye to his race-baiting campaign and treated him like the coming of christ
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The big differences, other than ideology: 1) Beth Macy has integrity, JD Vance has none; 2) Macy has courage, Vance is a coward; 3) Macy cares about people, Vance doesn't GAF... bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...
December 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The big differences, other than ideology: 1) Beth Macy has integrity, JD Vance has none; 2) Macy has courage, Vance is a coward; 3) Macy cares about people, Vance doesn't GAF... bluevirginia.us/2025/12/vide...
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[UPDATE: Garrett McGuire Wins] Results: HD17 Dem “Firehouse Primary” to Nominate a Replacement for Del. Mark Sickles, Who’s Headed Into the Spanberger Administration bluevirginia.us/2025/12/resu...
[UPDATE: Garrett McGuire Wins] Results: HD17 Dem “Firehouse Primary” to Nominate a Replacement for Del. Mark Sickles, Who’s Headed Into the Spanberger Administration
Last week, Virginia Del. Mark Sickles was selected by Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger to serve in her Cabinet as Secretary of Finance. As such, there will be a vacancy shortly in HD17 (Franconia/Spr...
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December 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
[UPDATE: Garrett McGuire Wins] Results: HD17 Dem “Firehouse Primary” to Nominate a Replacement for Del. Mark Sickles, Who’s Headed Into the Spanberger Administration bluevirginia.us/2025/12/resu...
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Monday News: Trump “working for & siding with Putin”; “Trump’s Year of Media Capture”; Trump’s “year in racism and misogyny”; “In 2025, Epstein showed MAGA who they really are”; “Youngkin’s star faded as he hemmed and hawed” (and lost badly) in 2025 bluevirginia.us/2025/12/mond...
Monday News: Trump “working for & siding with Putin”; “Trump’s Year of Media Capture”; Trump’s “year in racism and misogyny”; “In 2025, Epstein showed MAGA who they really are”; “Youngkin’s star faded...
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, December 29. Five energy market trends to track in 2026, the year of the glut US pled...
bluevirginia.us
December 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Monday News: Trump “working for & siding with Putin”; “Trump’s Year of Media Capture”; Trump’s “year in racism and misogyny”; “In 2025, Epstein showed MAGA who they really are”; “Youngkin’s star faded as he hemmed and hawed” (and lost badly) in 2025 bluevirginia.us/2025/12/mond...
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Politico Gives Youngkin “The Milk Carton Award for Missing Politicians”; Says His “star faded as he hemmed and hawed about running for president last year” – and Badly Lost the 2025 Elections bluevirginia.us/2025/12/poli...
Politico Gives Youngkin “The Milk Carton Award for Missing Politicians”; Says His “star faded as he hemmed and hawed about running for president last year” – and Badly Lost the 2025 Elections
I included this Politico story ("The 2028 Race Has Begun. Here’s Who’s Winning.") in the morning news clips today, but I liked the part about Youngkin winning "The Milk Carton Award for Missing Politi...
bluevirginia.us
December 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Politico Gives Youngkin “The Milk Carton Award for Missing Politicians”; Says His “star faded as he hemmed and hawed about running for president last year” – and Badly Lost the 2025 Elections bluevirginia.us/2025/12/poli...
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youngkin ending his term as virginia’s worst governor of the 21st century thus far, with a political career that has gone down the toilet
Politico Gives Youngkin “The Milk Carton Award for Missing Politicians”; Says His “star faded as he hemmed and hawed about running for president last year” – and Badly Lost the 2025 Elections bluevirginia.us/2025/12/poli...
Politico Gives Youngkin “The Milk Carton Award for Missing Politicians”; Says His “star faded as he hemmed and hawed about running for president last year” – and Badly Lost the 2025 Elections
I included this Politico story ("The 2028 Race Has Begun. Here’s Who’s Winning.") in the morning news clips today, but I liked the part about Youngkin winning "The Milk Carton Award for Missing Politi...
bluevirginia.us
December 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
youngkin ending his term as virginia’s worst governor of the 21st century thus far, with a political career that has gone down the toilet
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Governor-Elect Abigail Spanberger Announces Jessica K. Looman as New VA Secretary of Labor ("At the U.S. Department of Labor, Ms. Looman was entrusted with protecting the nation’s foundational federal labor standards laws for 165 million workers") bluevirginia.us/2025/12/gove...
Governor-Elect Abigail Spanberger Announces Jessica K. Looman as New VA Secretary of Labor
Another Cabinet pick by Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger; today, it's Jessica K. Looman for Labor Secretary. According to the press release (see below): "Ms. Looman was appointed by President Biden a...
bluevirginia.us
December 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Governor-Elect Abigail Spanberger Announces Jessica K. Looman as New VA Secretary of Labor ("At the U.S. Department of Labor, Ms. Looman was entrusted with protecting the nation’s foundational federal labor standards laws for 165 million workers") bluevirginia.us/2025/12/gove...
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Sen. Mark Warner’s Leading Potential 2026 Republican Challenger, State Sen. Bryce Reeves, Announces He’s “withdrawing from the U.S. Senate race” Due To “a serious family health matter” (Reeves also notes, "This past election was devastating for Republicans") bluevirginia.us/2025/12/sen-...
Sen. Mark Warner’s Leading Potential 2026 Republican Challenger, State Sen. Bryce Reeves, Announces He’s “withdrawing from the U.S. Senate race” Due To “a serious family health matter”
Interesting...the leading Republican candidate to potentially take on Sen. Mark Warner next year, State Senator Bryce Reeves, just announced that he's "withdrawing from the U.S. Senate race" due to "a...
bluevirginia.us
December 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Sen. Mark Warner’s Leading Potential 2026 Republican Challenger, State Sen. Bryce Reeves, Announces He’s “withdrawing from the U.S. Senate race” Due To “a serious family health matter” (Reeves also notes, "This past election was devastating for Republicans") bluevirginia.us/2025/12/sen-...
UGH, the @nytimes.com is NYTimes'ing again!
Oh look, more of the same from the New York Times playing down renewables/decarbonization and playing up nuclear and natural gas (w/ mythical "capture). This time via David Victor, whom I identified as a problematic actor in the climate space in "The #NewClimateWar" (bookshop.org/p/books/the-...)
December 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
UGH, the @nytimes.com is NYTimes'ing again!
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HD17 Democratic Candidates’ Responses to Blue Virginia Questionnaire (Posted as They’re Received) bluevirginia.us/2025/12/hd17...
HD17 Democratic Candidates’ Responses to Blue Virginia Questionnaire (Posted as They’re Received)
This past Wednesday, Fairfax City Democrats Chair Laura Stokes sent a questionnaire to candidates for the Democratic nomination in HD17 (Franconia-Springfield area of Fairfax County; deep-blue seat) t...
bluevirginia.us
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
HD17 Democratic Candidates’ Responses to Blue Virginia Questionnaire (Posted as They’re Received) bluevirginia.us/2025/12/hd17...
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Just 21 days until failed governor and pathological liar, MAGA Glenn Youngkin, is no longer governor of Virginia. Bye bye! bluevirginia.us/2025/12/satu...
December 27, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Just 21 days until failed governor and pathological liar, MAGA Glenn Youngkin, is no longer governor of Virginia. Bye bye! bluevirginia.us/2025/12/satu...
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Yep. And we need zero "both sides"/false equivalence "journalists"
bluevirginia.us/2025/12/satu... h/t @larrysabato.bsky.social
bluevirginia.us/2025/12/satu... h/t @larrysabato.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yep. And we need zero "both sides"/false equivalence "journalists"
bluevirginia.us/2025/12/satu... h/t @larrysabato.bsky.social
bluevirginia.us/2025/12/satu... h/t @larrysabato.bsky.social
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Sunday News: “The Year in Climate”; “Zelensky [correctly] says Russia ‘doesn’t want peace'”; “What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration”; “Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025”; “Pausing Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is lunacy” bluevirginia.us/2025/12/sund...
Sunday News: “The Year in Climate”; “Zelensky says Russia ‘doesn’t want peace'”; “What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration”; “Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025”; “Pausing Dominion’s Coastal Virgin...
by Lowell Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, December 28. The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Ter...
bluevirginia.us
December 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Sunday News: “The Year in Climate”; “Zelensky [correctly] says Russia ‘doesn’t want peace'”; “What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration”; “Trump’s top 25 lies of 2025”; “Pausing Dominion’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project is lunacy” bluevirginia.us/2025/12/sund...
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Reminder to Springfield/Franconia Democrats: this "firehouse primary" for HD17 is TODAY (from 9 am to 5 pm) bluevirginia.us/2025/12/hd17...
December 28, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Reminder to Springfield/Franconia Democrats: this "firehouse primary" for HD17 is TODAY (from 9 am to 5 pm) bluevirginia.us/2025/12/hd17...
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Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
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Top 50 Blue Virginia Posts of 2025 bluevirginia.us/2025/12/top-...
Top 50 Blue Virginia Posts of 2025
As another year comes to a close in a few days, thanks to everyone who read Blue Virginia in 2025 - a very eventful year (for good and for ill) both in national and Virginia politics. For 2026, if you...
bluevirginia.us
December 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Top 50 Blue Virginia Posts of 2025 bluevirginia.us/2025/12/top-...
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Early Voting Begins Tomorrow, December 27th, for SD15 (@thedrmikejones) and HD77 (@charlie4va) Seats bluevirginia.us/2025/12/va-s...
December 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Early Voting Begins Tomorrow, December 27th, for SD15 (@thedrmikejones) and HD77 (@charlie4va) Seats bluevirginia.us/2025/12/va-s...
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Virginia HD17 Democratic Firehouse Primary This Sunday: Who’s Running, Who’s Endorsing Which Candidate, When/Where to Vote, etc. (This is being held to select a Democratic nominee to succeed Del. Mark Sickles, who is headed into the Spanberger administration) bluevirginia.us/2025/12/virg...
Virginia HD17 Democratic Firehouse Primary This Sunday: Who’s Running, Who’s Endorsing Which Candidate, When/Where to Vote, etc.
As you might have heard, Virginia Del. Mark Sickles was selected earlier this week by Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger to serve in her Cabinet as Secretary of Finance. As such, there will be a vacanc...
bluevirginia.us
December 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Virginia HD17 Democratic Firehouse Primary This Sunday: Who’s Running, Who’s Endorsing Which Candidate, When/Where to Vote, etc. (This is being held to select a Democratic nominee to succeed Del. Mark Sickles, who is headed into the Spanberger administration) bluevirginia.us/2025/12/virg...
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The Fairfax Dems announce that four candidates - Russell Brooks, Garrett McGuire, Carla Bustillos, Joy McManus - have qualified for the ballot for the "firehouse primary" this Sunday in HD17 bluevirginia.us/2025/12/virg...
December 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
The Fairfax Dems announce that four candidates - Russell Brooks, Garrett McGuire, Carla Bustillos, Joy McManus - have qualified for the ballot for the "firehouse primary" this Sunday in HD17 bluevirginia.us/2025/12/virg...