by MCDC | Sep 6, 2013 | Ethics, Video, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
“Lavish meals. Travel on private jets. Just some of the gifts Ken Cuccinelli took in the Star Scientific scandal. Now Cuccinelli’s office is under investigation for secretly helping an out-of-state energy company that was drilling natural gas from...
by MCDC | Aug 28, 2013 | Civil Rights, Employment, Events, History, Video
Speaker John A. Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House’s two most senior Republicans, were invited to speak at the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington — but declined. That wasn’t a wise choice, said Julian Bond, a...
by MCDC | Aug 26, 2013 | Economy, Employment, Video
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by MCDC | Aug 25, 2013 | Action Alerts, Gun Reform, Video, Virginia Election 2013
The traditional presumption in the law—from the advent of the Hebrew Bible through the creation of Roman law, English common law, and American law—has been that if you could spare human life, it was incumbent upon you to do so. By now, most Americans are familiar with...
by MCDC | Aug 10, 2013 | Ethics, Video, Virginia, Virginia Election 2013
Rachel Maddow reports the latest developments in the gift-accepting scandal surrounding Virginia governor Bob McDonnell and Virginia Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, including the realization by Cuccinelli that he is meant to pay for the...
by MCDC | Aug 9, 2013 | Ethics, Video, Virginia Election 2013, Voter Rights
When was the last time you saw a front page headline about gerrymandering? Before the 2010 election, conservatives launched a plan to win control of state legislatures before the census. The idea was to be in power when national congressional districts were redrawn in...