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Virginia Supremes Speak
The Virginia Supreme Court has struck down the redistricting amendment on the grounds that lawmakers violated the state constitutional procedure for placing amendments on the ballot. I’m leaving for vacation today, but I’ll post reactions on the blog — in the order they arrive in my inbox (newest on top) — until I have to…
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The Day Grant Saved America
As Virginia celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, there’s another anniversary we should honor as well: the Wilderness Campaign. by Shaun Kenney “They came to a crossroads in the track out of the eastern reaches of The Wilderness. If they turned left it would mean they were heading north. If they turned…
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News Bulletin – FBI at Lucas Lodge
by James C. Sherlock This author was just contacted by a local TV station, which notified him that the FBI is currently executing a search warrant at Lucas Lodge in Portsmouth. L. Louise Lucas, President Pro Tempore of the Virginia Senate and Chair of the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee, is the CEO of Lucas…
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Virginia’s “Fitness Tax” Was Never Really About Gyms
It was about expanding government taxation to fund equity-based redistribution in Virginia schools. Loudoun County resident Scott Mineo is doing great work as a citizen journalist. You can read his X posts under the name of “A Guy on X Striving to Be the Virginia Change Agent” @VaChangeAgent. He’s not a journalist, but he does…
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Vacationing on Sharp’s Island
by Jon Baliles Apologies for being away from the keyboard, but when dealing with and reading and writing about the City of Richmond, everyone deserves (and needs) a little R&R now and then. So while I am away, take a visit to Sharp’s Island in the middle of the James River just west of the…
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Jeri Seidman Must Resign
Before her appointment as faculty representative to the University of Virginia Board of Visitors, the then-chair of the Faculty Senate manipulated the student council president to advance her campaign against the previous board. by the Jefferson Council UVA’s Faculty Senate has spent the better part of the last year delivering lectures on transparency, trust, and…
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Virginia Gets Fairfaxed
by Scott Dreyer In a closely watched race nationwide, the “yes” side eked out a narrow win in Virginia over “no,” as of 9:30 p.m. last night by a 51.3% to 48.6% margin. Polls closed at 7:00, and at one point early in the evening, as many smaller localities had posted their results, the No side was ahead by about 50,000 votes. By 8:20, however, the…
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Storm the Polls Today
by Kerry Dougherty Democrats from California to New York to Washington, D.C., have poured between $70 and $100 million into Virginia to convince you that gerrymandering the state from a 6-5 Democrat advantage to 10-1 one is “fair.” It’s not fair. It’s rigging elections to give Democrats control of Congress. No matter how earnestly Abigail…
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Gerrymander Day: the Closing Arguments
Virginia Democrats have a massive spending advantage and a terrible argument. by Shaun Kenney Most of the yelling and spending is over. The good news is that the “no” campaign will be the bipartisan conscience of Virginia against a hyper partisan progressive monolith who according to the Washington Post has polarized Richmond in a way…
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A Rise and Fall — and Then a Tragedy
by Chap Petersen Two things can be true at once. Last week, my former Senate colleague Justin Fairfax shot his wife Cerina, an accomplished dentist and loving mother, and then killed himself. It was a malicious and cowardly act, which goes against every principle of his professed identity as a husband, father and Christian. Nothing…
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Virginia’s SOL Assessment Challenges – Lack of Transparency
by Matt Hurt Virginia’s Board of Education has significantly raised the stakes for student performance. A new accountability system has set a higher bar for school success, bolstered by rigorous “cut scores” approved last year. Data from 2025 suggests these scores could nearly halve the number of students deemed proficient in reading and math. However,…