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Are We Sick of Winning Yet? A Resistance Report Card

bluevirginia — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 22:43:31 +0000

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As US democracy faces its deepest crisis since the Civil War, it isn’t easy to keep track of all the moving parts. As Donald and his enablers move on multiple fronts to degrade our democratic norms, traditions, and institutions into cheap tools for a white nationalist mob led by a would-be strongman, we need a scorecard to keep track of where we stand – and to avoid the kind of disorientation or dismay that their daily “shock and awe” psychological warfare campaign is meant to achieve.

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You Do Not Need to be a Billionaire to Give It All Away, or to Make a Difference

TekeOR — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 17:48:19 +0000

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The 2015 Giving Tuesday, which followed Cyber Monday, which followed Black Friday, was especially noteworthy because of the commitment Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Pricilla Chan made: pledging to donate 99% of their Facebook shares to charity. The value of that gift, if all the shares were donated today, is somewhere north of $45 billion – an extraordinary amount of money.

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The Persistently Strange Political Culture of Today's GOP

bluevirginia — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 13:01:24 +0000

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It now seems clear that the Iran deal will stand. So when Speaker of the House John Boehner declares, "Our fight to stop this bad deal, frankly, is just beginning," we confront again the strange nature of the political culture that now drives the Republican Party.

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Critical Mass Cyclists Creatively Protest Atlantic Coast Pipeline

bluevirginia — Mon, 18 May 2015 09:12:01 +0000

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Great stuff, we need a LOT more of this, along with many other types of action, to stop the destruction of our planet through fossil fuel companies' greed, irresponsibility and capture of our political system.

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Podcast: The Failures Behind Rolling Stone's Retracted Campus Rape Story

propublica — Mon, 13 Apr 2015 16:24:02 +0000

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In November, Rolling Stone’s investigative piece “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA,” by Sabrina Rubin Erdely, had the journalistic community abuzz. Last week, the Columbia Journalism Review declared it “a failure that was avoidable.”

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The Ebb and Flow of Pro-Active Solutions for Virginia Coastal Flooding

bluevirginia — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 01:56:01 +0000

In 2008, former Governor Tim Kaine's Climate Change Commission laid out more than 100 recommendations to mitigate and adapt to climate change and sea level rise. So far the state has failed to adopt a plan to execute them. To his credit, Governor Terry McAuliffe recently launched a similar commission.

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CA Governor a Good Lead for Virginia to Follow on Energy, Climate Policy

bluevirginia — Tue, 13 Jan 2015 21:12:01 +0000

The other day, I highlighted California Gov. Jerry Brown's State of the State address as a model for state-level energy and climate policy. In Gov. Brown's speech, he set ambitious goals: increasing "from one-third to 50 percent our electricity derived from renewable sources;" reducing "petroleum use in cars and trucks by up to 50 percent;" doubling the efficiency of buildings in the state.

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Climate/Energy Language Gov. McAuliffe Should Include in His State of the Commonwealth Address

bluevirginia — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:20:01 +0000

California Gov. Jerry Brown just delivered his State of the State address, and it was a good one. Below, I've excerpted a key section on climate and energy policy which I'd love to see our own Governor, Terry McAuliffe, incorporate into his upcoming State of the Commonwealth address on January 14.

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Gillespie Throws Hail Mary During MNF as VA Senate Campaign Runs Out of Cash: 'I'll Oppose the Anti-Redskins Bill'

bluevirginia — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 14:30:00 +0000

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Even though "Name of the NFL Franchise in DC" isn't on any list of top concerns among Virginia voters, Ed Gillespie's campaign is running out of time and down by a score. Low on cash and down double digits in the polls with just days remaining, the GOP candidate had to throw a hail mary pass. With Dallas hosting Washington on Monday Night Football, Gillespie went on the record in a way that wasn't ostentatious or desperate at all.

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Student Loan Debt Tops $1.2T, So What Do You Want to Do About It?

bluevirginia — Tue, 28 Oct 2014 14:22:25 +0000

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Student debt is currently about $1.2 trillion. Even more staggering is that, according to Brookings Institution figures, the amount increased by 20 percent in just the past two years. While most lawmakers and prospective lawmakers are quick to feign outrage out the spiral of student debt, not many are offering any solutions. Find five proposals on the flip side, spelled out by Virginia Senator Mark Warner, many of which echo sentiments from Senator Elizabeth Warren.

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