Tag: Kerry Dougherty
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Virginia Dems Convene “Return to Gerrymandering” Session
by Kerry Dougherty Let’s be clear about what’s going on in Richmond right now with the sham “Jay Jones” Special Session. Democrats, desperate to get Jay Jones off the front pages and Winsome Earle-Sears off the campaign trail, are staging an unprecedented 11th-hour session of the General Assembly to try to ram through a Return-To-Gerrymandering constitutional…
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Jason Miyares Crime Fighter V. Soft-on-Crime Jay Jones
by Kerry Dougherty Polls are all over the place this year in Virginia. But the fact that Jay Jones is within 20 points of Attorney General Jason Miyares is not just a scandal, it’s a sign that bitter partisans in the Democrat party care more about a D after a name than public safety. For…
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Panicked Virginia Democrats Embark on Naked Power Grab
by Kerry Dougherty Dems in Virginia are in a panic over the Republican momentum, which increases with each new Jay Jones scandal. So they’re yanking Winsome Earle-Sears off the campaign trail and forcing her to stop raising funds during a “special” General Assembly session scheduled to begin on Monday. It’s special all right. It’s a…
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Jay Jones: Now the Target of a Criminal Investigation
by Kerry Dougherty Whoa! Jay Jones is in deep trouble. Just when the Dems’ attorney general nominee was hoping the daily headlines about his scandals might abate, he’s back in the news. And it’s worse than ever. According to Nick Minock, reporting for ABC News, Elliott Bondurant, a courageous New Kent County Circuit Court Judge…
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No Kings: Aging Hippies with a Bloodlust
by Kerry Dougherty Like most normal Americans I was too busy on Saturday to even notice the No Kings protests. I was doing what many of us do on Saturdays in the fall: Watching college football. In fact, I’d forgotten all about the protests until I checked Facebook Sunday night and saw that several of…
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Ditch the School, Take the Vacay
by Kerry Dougherty I read this post on X the other day. It was posted by a school principal. I wanted to argue. Instead, I reminisced about one of the happiest days of my life. Here it is: One morning, in the spring of my junior year, my dad offered to drive me to school.…
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You REALLY Don’t Hate The Media Enough
by Kerry Dougherty Chapter 5,978 of “You Don’t Hate The Media Enough.” Today’s installment features The Virginian-Pilot, Time Magazine and CNN. Let’s start with the local offender first, shall we? On Saturday, the editorial board finally weighed in on the Jay Jones scandal by publishing a sniveling piece headlined: “Voters Will Render The Judgment On…
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Jay Jones: Democrat Nightmare That Won’t Go Away
by Kerry Dougherty It’s been one week since we learned that in 2022 Jay Jones wrote psychotic text messages that claimed he wanted to put two bullets in the head of GOP leader Todd Gilbert. One week since the Virginia elections were turned upside down after we learned that the Democrats had nominated a murderous…
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From the Classroom to the Culture War
by Kerry Dougherty Earlier this year “Morning Joe” host, Joe Scarborough, said his daughter, a student at the University of Virginia, is afraid to raise her hand in class. “If she says anything polticallly incorrect she knows she’ll immediately be cancelled,” he said. Great. It happens everywhere. Colleges and universities have become intolerant left-wing indoctrination…
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Is Online Civility Possible?
by Kerry Dougherty There are days when I simply can’t read many of the comments on my own website. Yesterday, for instance. When I glanced at the post late in the day I saw 166 comments. That should be a good thing. Imagine, 166 thoughtful folks weighing in to affirm, augment or argue with my…
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Being Normal Doesn’t Make You a Fascist
by Kerry Dougherty This is going to be short. It’s early Sunday morning and I’m writing from a small town in Mississippi where I stay when I am lucky enough to get to Ole Miss football games. These are my thoughts on a sunny September morning before I head to church and then home: People…
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Tim Kaine Needs a Copy Of the Declaration of Independence
by Kerry Dougherty We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. From the Declaration of Independence. Ladies and gentlemen, l present Tim Kaine, U.S. Senator from Virginia. At…
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Keep Violent Geezers Behind Bars
by Kerry Dougherty Just what Virginia doesn’t need: Violent predators – murderers and rapists – vomited back into society from prison just because they’re old. But that’s what we get in Virginia, thanks to a wrinkle in the law that allows the parole board to spring inmates once they get a few gray hairs. Let’s…
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Hey, Virginia Beach, Check Your Begrudgery
by Kerry Dougherty There I was, tiptoeing back into the news on Sunday afternoon when I stumbled on an alarming WVEC 13 News Facebook post: “State Police Probe ‘Sensitive’ Situation in Virginia Beach, Urge Public To Avoid Bay Colony Area.” There I was, tiptoeing back into the news on Sunday afternoon when I stumbled on…
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Our Family Survived Four Days Without Cell Phones!
by Kerry Dougherty They say that when people look back on their happiest children experiences they rarely reminisce about the big trips or visits to plastic theme parks like Disney World. Nope. Our fondest memories center around the time we spend relaxing with loved ones. It’s the small moments, the quality family time that stick…