Blue Virginia just hit 10,000 followers on Bluesky (+117.4% since 1/14/25, super-fast growth compared to Twitter; also better engagement). Thanks to everyone who follows us - now on to 15,000....20,000 etc.)! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...
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Blue Virginia just hit 10,000 followers on Bluesky (+117.4% since 1/14/25, super-fast growth compared to Twitter; also better engagement). Thanks to everyone who follows us - now on to 15,000....20,000 etc.)! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...
Video: As 350,000 Virginians Face Medicaid Cuts, Winsome Earle-Sears Outright Lies, Claims “there are no Virginians who are going to lose Medicaid coverage in Virginia unless that’s something that they choose” (WTF???) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...
First of all, Jake Tapper is a disgrace to the journalism profession. Second...what Abigail Spanberger said about Winsome Earle-Sears - LIAR, also a total right wing nutjob... bluevirginia.us/2025/09/span...
Actually, @KentonNgo would make a SUPERB head of @vpapupdates! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @notlarrysabato.bsky.social
Sen. Mark Warner explains, "Here's why Laura Loomer is coming after me"; argues “Laura Loomer is basically a Cabinet member at this point. Trump and his entire administration are caving to whatever she wants.” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...
Want this madness to come to Virginia? Big fan of measles epidemics? Hate science? Then by all means vote for Sears/Reid/Miyares this fall! If not, then make sure you vote Democratic up and down the ballot! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/span... h/t @gregsargent.bsky.social
"The party of angry dumbasses" sums it up perfectly bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @johnjharwood.bsky.social
RealClear Politics is highly biased right wing and, not surprisingly, is super sketchy bluevirginia.us/2025/09/poll... h/t @chaznuttycombe.bsky.social
A good rule of thumb this fall in Virginia: if you see a Republican ad, mailer, etc., assume EVERYTHING IN IT is a lie, distorted, b.s., fear mongering, etc. - and treat it accordingly. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...
Sen. Mark Warner: "If my Republican friends...are going to simply roll over, then this completely undermines the Article One powers of Congress...This is about whether we’re still going to be a representative democracy where Congress has a voice.” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...
Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says "you can have a secure border & not have ICE officials, too often masked, picking up moms dropping off kids at daycare...I did visit the facility in Farmville & got a commitment...to work on improving both health & food. " bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...
Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says re: the federal budget - "there’s not even been a meeting yet between Pres. Trump & the congressional leadership, Democrats & Republicans alike. Again, we’re in uncharted territory & it’s going to be a bumpy September.” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...
Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says "We have to have a bipartisan budget. If the Republicans try to jam a one-party-only solution, then I think we’re probably headed to a shutdown. I hope that’s not the case. I desperately want a bipartisan extension..." bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...
Video: Sen. Mark Warner Asks, “if you’ve got to pass the Laura Loomer litmus test to go visit a a federal facility that’s in your home state, what in hell have we come to?”; "if that's where this...is headed...this is a brave new world & it's not a good new world." bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...
Winsome Earle-Sears and John Reid's campaigns are leaning heavily into trolling school boards all over Northern Virginia (this evening in Prince William County). bluevirginia.us/2025/09/va-s...
Let's just say it's VERY hard to believe that Spanberger's up 11 points over Earle-Sears, Jones is up 6 points over MIyares, but Hashmi is tied with Reid. Weird "internal" poll for the Reid campaign... bluevirginia.us/2025/09/poll... h/t @juliamanchester.bsky.social
Retired Lt. Col. @avindman.bsky.social (identical twin brother of Rep. Eugene Vindman) endorses @jamesosyf.bsky.social in the VA02 Dem primary [corrected from earlier/deleted tweet) bluevirginia.us/2025/07/vide...
New, from me: The EPA is breaking. *About 1 in 4 employees out *Core research unit closed down *Employees suspended and fired for writing letter for dissent *Trump judicial appointees OK'd cancelling of $20 billion climate change program donmoynihan.substack.com/p/your-gover...
Rahm-bo! LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...
If your priority is access, you're not a serious journalist...
Sure sounds like @ShannonTaylorVA is gearing up to take on Rep Rob Wittman (R-VA01) next year! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @samshirazi.bsky.social
The promised Golden Age has arrived, huh? Lol bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...
The fact that Trump actually LISTENS to this extremist nutjob tells you everything you need to know about Trump. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/sen-... h/t @thestefansmith.bsky.social
Media & Political Elite consider this publication (and many like it, hi NYT), which is normalizing & legitimizing Trump functionally ending Constitution & usurping authoritarian power, as left/liberal/pro-Democratic despite fact it is very literally pumping out pro-Trump disinformation.
100% agreed - but what next, @ok-post-guy.bsky.social, are journalists supposed to actually refer to people like Trump and Loomer (or here in Virginia, Earle-Sears and Reid) as far-right extremists, lunatics, etc? They might lose their precious access, though! LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/09/sen-...
Spanberger: “The Trump Administration’s sledgehammer approach to governing is hurting Virginia,” This Time with the Withdrawal of More Than $39 MIllion for Norfolk Wind Project; Rips "Kowtowing to a President Who Is Willfully Unraveling Our Commonwealth’s Economy” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/span...
The media actually do its job? Lol
Total insanity that the Trump administration - or ANY administration - listens to the likes of Laura Loomer... bluevirginia.us/2025/09/sen-...
Just to be clear, as @samshirazi.bsky.social astutely points out, Winsome Earle-Sears actually thinks it's a BAD thing that our LGBTQ neighbors should have "the same legal rights as anyone else." That should be automatically disqualifying for Earle-Sears, of course. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/va-s...
The latest attack ad from Winsome Earle-Sears has this quote from Abigail Spanberger Wouldn’t be surprised if majority of Virginians support that statement There is a risk Earle-Sears enters Ken Cuccinelli territory if goes overboard on social issues
“Over the weekend, conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer discovered the unpublicized, classified visit and launched a campaign of baseless attacks...for hosting what has always been considered a routine oversight meeting." - Sen. @MarkWarner bluevirginia.us/2025/09/sen-...
Just 6 days until VA11 elects its new member of Congress - so make sure you vote THIS WEEK (or on 9/9) for @JamesWalkinshaw over his MAGA fanatic opponent (who said “I cannot think of a single thing I disagree with...the president”)! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @ECaliberSeven
Wednesday News: “Trump accuses Xi of conspiring against US with Putin and Kim”; Court Blocks Trump Use of Alien Enemies Act; “Frantic Trump Tries to Kill Vote to Force Open Epstein Files”; “Survey, handwritten note out Winsome Earle-Sears as anti-LGBTQ+ bigot” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...
Sen. Mark Warner Rips Laura Loomer as “a figure with a long history of extreme and outlandish fringe views, including 9/11 denialism, anti-Muslim harassment campaigns, and associations with white supremacists.” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/sen-... h/t @fringemedia.bsky.social
VA State Sen. @adamebbin.bsky.social Says That As the “first openly gay member of the General Assembly,” He’s “horrified that Winsome Earle-Sears…believes that being gay is an ‘immoral lifestyle choice’” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/va-s...
Good question!
So slimy and wrong: Dominion Energy helping fundraise for former far-right-radio host John Reid's LG campaign. Why??? bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
Definitely doesn't seem to be "Official Local Government Use Only" bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou... h/t @lynleegthorne @liamfish25.bsky.social cc: @spanbergerforva.bsky.social
Sen. Tim Kaine and his wife, Anne Holton, were also at Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03)'s "legendary Labor Day Cookout" bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
So...Trump's going to be "beautifying" Arlington, Alexandria, Falls Church, Fairfax and into Prince William County? LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues... h/t @statter911.bsky.social
Another Democratic candidate in VA01 (Tim Cywinski - Communications Director at the Sierra Club's Virginia Chapter)? bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
Pritzker: "It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try to disrupt community picnics and peaceful parades. Let's be clear -- the terror and cruelty is the point, not the safety of anybody living here."
Abigail Spanberger's speech at Buena Vista yesterday: pledges to lower costs, invest in public schools, work to ensure our communities are safe, etc.; blasts the Trump's "terrible bill"; says "I may be a Democrat, but YOU do not have to be to vote for me." bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou...
49 years - wow, that's a lot! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
Nice job by Dems in Fairfax (Franconia/Springfield) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues... h/t @chrisambrose.bsky.social
Sounds great, huh? Yeah...nope. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
More photos from #LaborDay2025, this time of Sen. Mark Warner, who by all indications is gearing up to run for reelection next year bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
Also worth noting that @ShannonTaylorVA a few days ago sent out a joint fundraising email for @jonesjay, her former rival...saying, "Jay Jones has that courage. Will you split a donation today to help elect him as our next Attorney General...?" bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
Potentially big in VA-1 if she does end up running Shannon Taylor came up short in VA AG Dem primary She is current top prosecutor in Henrico county in Richmond suburbs Would give Dems a strong candidate against incumbent Rep. Rob Wittman Dems looking to target VA-1 in 2026
Interesting: Henrico Commonwealth's Attorney @shannontaylorva.com, who just ran for the Democratic AG nomination, has filed a Statement of Organization for US House (VA01 - the egregious Republican Rob Wittman is the incumbent) with the FEC bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
NEW: MAGA Miyares Microsite Highlights Jason Miyares as “Too Weak” to Stand Up to Trump bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...
Based on this poll, particularly since it was by a Republican pollster and sponsored by a right-wing group, it definitely looks like that! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/poll... h/t @tomwatson
Actually, that was VERY accurate as of mid-August 2024...Harris up by about 2 points at that point was spot-on. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/poll...
Video: VA Democratic AG Nominee @jonesjay Releases Ad, “Too Weak,” Highlighting “Jason Miyares’ failure to stand up to President Trump while Virginia’s economy suffers” (Ad will run as part of "a robust, six-figure buy going up across the Commonwealth.") bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...
Good to see the unity and enthusiasm, especially given that just a few months ago, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03) was considering the idea of running for governor himself... bluevirginia.us/2025/09/poll... h/t @SpanbergerForVA
Dr. @DowneyForVA is running in HD69, which Trump won by just 1.4 points...so competitive this November. Also, excellent photos from last night's Labor Day party by Rep. @BobbyScott (D-VA03)! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters Endorses Abigail Spanberger for Governor of Virginia bluevirginia.us/2025/09/poll...
Trump could literally wipe his ass with his hand and McGuire would be like, "BEST ASS WIPE EVER!" Just utterly disgraceful; c'mon VA05, you can do a LOT better than this embarrassment! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
"Big trouble" for Winsome Earle-Sears in Buena Vista yesterday - small crowd of Rs, big crowd of Ds, lots of booing (of Earle-Sears, that is). bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou... h/t @SpeakerDonScott
Tuesday News: “A shutdown fight and Epstein drama await as Congress returns to Washington”; “It’s time to have a serious conversation about Trump’s health”; “Trump Declares D.C. a ‘Crime Free Zone’ Despite 442 Crimes Reported in Past Week”; Confusing New VA Poll bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...
Poll Sponsored by Right-Wing Group Has Abigail Spanberger Up 12 Points; Ghazala Hashmi and Jay Jones Up 5 Points Each (Dems lead by 10 points in the House of Delegates) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/poll... h/t @notlarrysabato.bsky.social @samshirazi.bsky.social
Winsome Earle-Sears is "outta here" LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou... h/t @teamspanberger.bsky.social
Short clip (courtesy of the Roanoke Times) of Winsome Earle-Sears getting loudly booed at Buena Vista's Labor Fest earlier today bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou...
Short clip (from the Roanoke Times) of Abigail Spanberger speaking at the Buena Vista Labor Fest earlier today bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou...
Big September in Virginia after Labor Day 9/9 VA-11 Special Election 9/19 Start of Virginia early voting 9/30 Government funding runs out 9/30 DOGE “fork in the road” paychecks end for former Feds who took the offer Wake me up when September ends? Nah don’t want to miss it
Ghazala Hashmi: "Happy Labor Day from Buena Vista Labor Day Fest! Abigail Spanberger, Jay Jones, and I had a great time walking in the parade and sharing our common goal to fight for Virginia working families." bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou...
Excellent photo of @SpanbergerForVA campaigning for @JamesWalkinshaw. Reminder: the special election for VA11 (vote for Walkinshaw, of course) is on 9/9...early voting this Tuesday-Saturday. bluevirginia.us/2025/08/vide...
Bingo.
Thanks to Jena Crisler, the VA Democratic nominee in HD35, for this video of @senatorhashmi.bsky.social speaking at the Buena Vista #LaborDay 2025 Labor Fest earlier today! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou...
Even when he was in his lane, was he any better than numerous others who aggregated polls and came up with % probabilities based on those aggregations?
Innnnteresting. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond... h/t @badfoxgraphics.bsky.social
What's astounding is that people ever thought this was a smart person...
Large, enthusiastic crowd for @SpanbergerForVA, @SenatorHashmi and @jonesjay in deep-red Buena Vista at its traditional #LaborDay Labor Fest bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou...
Which VA GOP statewide ticket was more far-right extreme: 1) Ken Cuccinelli/EW Jackson/Mark Obenshain in 2013; 2) Winsome Earle-Sears/John Reid/Jason Miyares in 2025? Tough call. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou... h/t @VApoliticalmeme
The 2025 VA Dem ticket - @SpanbergerForVA @SenatorHashmi @jonesjay - walks in today's Buena Vista Labor Day parade bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou... h/t @WDBJ7
“Trouble in Buena Vista for Winsome Earle-Sears and the Virginia GOP” – Much Bigger, More Enthusiastic Crowd for Spanberger at the Traditional Labor Day Event There (Youngkin won Buena Vista 74%-25% in 2021, yet...minimal enthusiasm for Earle-Sears this time around?) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/trou...
Just a reminder that Creigh Deeds would have been a FAR better governor than Bob McDonnell (and, obviously, Abigail Spanberger will be infinitely better than Winsome Earle-Sears) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...
No way Winsome Earle-Sears would do this. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond... h/t @luckytran.com
On #LaborDay2025, It’s Important to Understand That Winsome Earle-Sears, John Reid, Jason Miyares All Would Be Horrible for Working People (The Virginia Democratic ticket, in stark contrast, is pro-labor while not being anti-business.) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/on-l... #LaborDay
These "news" networks - in this case, ABC "News" and Martha Raddatz - have completely caved to Trump, have been busy normalizing, sanewashing, kissing up to Trump, etc. Which is why Democrats should have invested in developing their own media/messaging infrastructute - but they didn't, sad to say.
In stark contrast, Winsome Earle-Sears would be focused on screwing Virginia workers bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...
Kamala Harris won HD71 by 3 points last November, so it's DEFINITELY winnable for Dems (Jess Anderson) this November! As for HD59, Trump won that district by a whopping 15 (!) points, so, sadly, it's deep-red and not considered competitive...
On November 4, we'll get to elect @SpanbergerForVA governor, @SenatorHashmi Lt. Gov. and @jonesjay AG. But first, on September 9, VA11 voters get to elect @JamesWalkinshaw to the US House! bluevirginia.us/2025/08/vide...
"The Most Communist President Ever: How we lose our democracy and our economy" - @jenrubin.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...
"Trump 2.0 is a disaster for workers: Don't be gaslit when he says 'Happy Labor Day!'" - @paulwaldman.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...
Thanks to @SenTimKaine for standing up against the Trump administration and far-right Israeli government, both of which apparently want to ethnically cleanse Gaza (Trump wants to turn it into some sort of luxury resort - warped/sick) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...
As Republicans wage war on American workers, unions, etc (while enriching the rich)...Virginia Democrats like @senatorhashmi.bsky.social stand with labor bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...
Literally every front-page story in the Roanoke Times this morning is sports. Apparently, there's nothing non-sports-related worth reporting in the country or in Virginia. LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...
Monday News: Trump’s Lunacy Pushes China, Russia, India Togetgher; “Happy Labor Day...Trump &...Musk Are Screwing Workers.”; “Where is the [media’s] intense focus on Trump’s failing health” (as they did with Biden)?; “Trump says he is not a dictator. Isn’t he?” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/mond...
Well...according to Pew (www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...), "In 2022, only 19% of 18- to 29-year-olds said they followed the news all or most of the time, compared with 64% of adults 65 and older." So most young people barely follow the news at all...let alone on cable.
Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (8/31/25) open.substack.com/pub/bluevirg...
Video: Abigail Spanberger helping to elect James Walkinshaw in VA11 - special election in just NINE DAYS! (9/9) bluevirginia.us/2025/08/vide...
John McGuire presumably supports this enthusiastically. Same thing with Jen Kiggans, Rob Wittman, Morgan Griffith and Ben Cline. Every Virginia Dem (and national Dem?) presumably OPPOSES it strongly. But sure, the parties are the same, lol. bluevirginia.us/2025/08/sund... h/t @cvilledems.bsky.social
Trump, of course, is doing (arguably) more "socialist" things BY FAR than Mamdani ever proposed. So why don't "journalists" ask Winsome Earle-Sears whether she's the "anti-Trump?" They only do this crap with Democrats? bluevirginia.us/2025/08/deco...
Spanberger said: “I support labor. I support our strong Virginia economy. But no, I don’t support a full repeal of our current right-to-work statute…reforms may be necessary into the future.” bluevirginia.us/2025/05/audi...
Great point!
Deconstructing the Deeply Flawed Article, “In [VA's] Governor Race, a Democrat Strives to Be the Anti-Mamdani” (For starters, Spanberger has had a consistent political "persona" since at least 2019, her first year in Congress -LONG before Mamdani burst on the scene) bluevirginia.us/2025/08/deco...
"Six rural hospitals in Virginia, including one in Tazewell, have been identified as at risk of closure once the Medicaid cuts go into effect. Many others are at risk of cutting services." (this is what @RobWittman @RepBenCline @JohnMcGuire4VA etc. did) bluevirginia.us/2025/08/vide...
Yes, definitely f*** McConnell and all those cowardly, pathetic Republican US Senators.
Video: Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) Joins Advocates, Doctors and Community Members in Tazewell as Republican Medicaid Cuts Threaten to Close Rural Hospitals Across Virginia bluevirginia.us/2025/08/vide...