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Sunday News: Treat Guns Like Cars; Biden to Decide on Presidential Run This Week?

lowkell — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 11:06:20 GMT

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Sunday, October 4. Also see Hillary Clinton as a bartender giving herself a pep talk on Saturday Night Live.
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Run Ken Cuccinelli Run!

lowkell — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 17:44:41 GMT

Oh please please please please PLEASE!
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Want to motivate VA Dems to vote? Dump Dick "TitleMax" Saslaw as Leader.

kindler — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 10:00:00 GMT

Hey, I just thought of a great way for Virginia Democrats to motivate the base to turn out and vote for a Democratic Senate. It occurred to me as I was listening to the first in a series of reports by Michael Pope on WAMU radio on the rip-off artists known as "car-title lenders."
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Saturday News: "JEB" Says "Stuff Happens," Falls to 4% in Latest Poll. #FAIL

lowkell — Sat, 03 Oct 2015 10:57:20 GMT

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Saturday, October 3. Also check out President Obama's weekly address, in which he "emphasized that we need to do everything we can to strengthen economic growth and job creation," including Republicans in Congress doing its job and passing a serious budget for a change.
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Del. Scott Lingamfelter (R) Goes Completely Off the Rails Over Oregon Shootings

lowkell — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 19:41:54 GMT

For those of you not familiar with him, Virginia Del. Scott Lingamfelter is a far-right-wing Republican (mis)representing the 31st House of Delegates district (parts of Prince William, Fauquier Counties). This is a "purple-ish" district which Mark Herring won narrowly (51%-49%) in 2013 and which Mark Warner lost narrowly (50%-48%) in 2014, so you'd think that Lingamfelter might be interested in moving just a weeeeee bit to the center. But noooooo...this guy's as big of a right wingnut as any in the Virginia General Assembly, among other things an "Agenda 21" conspiracy theorist and global warming denier. In other words, the guy's a bit...uh, "out there," let's just put it that way.
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Gov. McAuliffe: "We have politicians who are bought and paid for by the NRA"

lowkell — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 15:11:11 GMT

Gov. McAuliffe was just on WTOP's "Ask the Governor" show, and he certainly had some interesting things to say. Hopefully the audio will be available today, but for now, here are some tweets by Max Smith of WTOP and Travis Fain of the Daily Press. I particularly liked McAuliffe's comments on how so many politicians are "bought and paid for by the NRA" and on the Republicans' idiocy with regard to I-66 (seriously, these are the LAST people on earth we should be listening to when it comes to transportation, land-use, etc.). As for McAuliffe's comment regarding Hillary Clinton's VP possibilities, I've got a few thoughts. First, let's see if Hillary Clinton gets the nomination first, as that's far from a "done deal." Second, as far the "short list," I strongly doubt that Terry McAuliffe would be on it, certainly not ahead of Tim Kaine. Third, I strongly doubt that Mark Warner would be on Hillary Clinton's short list, but I suppose you never know.
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Friday News: Joaquin Shifts East; "Voodoo Never Dies;" "Something We Should Politicize"

lowkell — Fri, 02 Oct 2015 10:44:56 GMT

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, October 2.
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October Is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Dan Sullivan — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 15:49:14 GMT

Yesterday, Governor McAuliffe and Attorney General Herring emphasized their commitment to taking guns out of the hands of dangerous domestic abusers. Delegate Scott Lingamfelter (R-Prince William County) immediately defended the rights of these violent offenders to bear arms. This underlines the importance of shelters. Reach out to yours this month.
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Video: Andy Schmookler Explains "What We Are Up Against"

lowkell — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 14:58:15 GMT

To help fund Andy's "What We Are Up Against" campaign, click here. To read my review of his book, click here.
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Two Problems with Anti-Abortion Politics

Andy Schmookler — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:40:56 GMT

This piece is running in two installments in my conservative area of Virginia.
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Rep. Barbara Comstock Endorses "White Nationalist" Steve Scalise for House Majority Leader

lowkell — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:28:09 GMT

For more on Scalise, see I exposed Steve Scalise's white nationalist past - and yet he may soon become even more powerful and House Majority Whip Steve Scalise Was Reportedly an Honored Guest at 2002 International White Supremacist Convention by Lamar White, Jr. Of course, we shouldn't be surprised that Barbara Comstock, who's also "best friends forever" (BFF) with right-wing extremists like Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, and many others, would also be a fan of "White Nationalist" Steve Scalise. But c'mon, 10th CD of Virginia voters, do you really want someone like that as your U.S. Representative?!?
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Thursday News: Dems Vote to Keep Government Open; Most Republicans Vote to Shut it Down

lowkell — Thu, 01 Oct 2015 10:24:12 GMT

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, October 1.
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Weird Email from James Carville: "Pulling My Hair Out"; "Democrat majority"; "GOP garbage"

lowkell — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 17:20:37 GMT

I've been immediately deleting the deluge of stupid/annoying/obnoxious fundraising emails coming into my inbox the past few days, but somebody just pointed this one out to me and it was just too "good" (and by "good" I mean laughably "bad" - lol) not to share. First off, was "pulling my hair out" meant ironically, like on purpose? Because, as the photo of James Carville demonstrates, it's been a loooong time since he might have had any hair to pull out of his bald-as-a-billiard-ball head. Heh. Second, I know these fundraising emails use strong language and all, but "we have to do something about the GOP garbage still hanging around the Virginia State Senate? Wow. Finally, what's with the right-wing-style/butchered-English-language use of "Democrat" as an adjective, as in "Democrat majority," instead of "DemocratIC majority?" Just weird all the way around.
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Video: Rep. Connolly Rips GOP "Disrespect," "Rampant" "Misogyny" Towards Planned Parenthood Head

lowkell — Tue, 29 Sep 2015 18:09:27 GMT

What Rep. Gerry Connolly said, times 1 million. Thank you Rep. Connolly for standing up to these right-wing bullies. For instance, as Rep. Connolly correctly points out: "The misogyny rampant here today tells us what is really going on here. This isn't about some bogus video, the author of whom doesn't have the courage to appear here, nor would the majority call him, because they know he'll make a bad witness under oath. This is about a conservative philosophy that says we are constitutionalists...we believe in rugged individualism and personal liberty. With one big carve out though -- there's an asterisk in that assertion. And this is, except when it comes to women controlling their own bodies and making their own health decisions. You would never know that the constitution, according to the Supreme Court, guarantees a right of choice."
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Wednesday News: "Fact-Free" Trump Coming to VA Beach; GOP Wages War Against Women's Health

lowkell — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 10:19:45 GMT

Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Wednesday, September 30. Also, check out Al Gore talking about how the United States has the dubious distinction of being the only nation with a major political party that actually DENIES climate science! Just think about that one, and ask yourself how anyone could possibly vote for such a party.
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