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Afternoon of Advocacy 6/12/16
The Madison County Democratic Committee is pleased to announce an Afternoon of Advocacy, focusing on two key matters of concern for Virginia voters. To be held on June 12 at 4:00 PM at the Madison County Chamber of Commerce, the program will feature special guests...
In Line at the Ladies' Room
It's no laughing matter. Just this week, a Utah father said he got into an altercation with another man in a Walmart bathroom over the weekend after bringing his son and his daughter into the men’s restroom with him. Chris Adams told Fox 13 Now Wednesday that he had...
Trump will "open up the water" to end California drought
https://twitter.com/bbcjamescook/status/736260784519401474
Trump's Environment
The Dunning–Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which relatively unskilled persons suffer illusory superiority, mistakenly assessing their ability to be much higher than it really is. Dunning and Kruger attributed this bias to a metacognitive inability of the...
Coffee and Conversation with Attorney General Mark Herring
Elizabeth Warren: Donald Trump can NEVER be the President
https://youtu.be/q1Mrfu4yE-w "Let's be clear. Nurses and teachers and dock workers -- they pay their fair share to keep Trump's businesses going. Programmers and engineers and small business owners -- they pay their fair share to support our military that show courage...
Supreme Court unanimously rejects GOP challenge to Va. redistricting plan
THE HILL The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a Republican challenge to redistricting in Virginia, leaving in place a map that could prove more favorable to Democrats. The court unanimously held that Reps. Rob Wittman and other Republicans from Virginia, including...
Support the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act
“Almost all of the civil rights cold cases that have been resolved in the past 40 years owe that resolution to the efforts of reporters, investigative journalists and local prosecutors.”...
Show Me The Money…Or Not
clayjonz writes Trump released a bunch of names of people he’d consider for the Supreme Court. Little premature, right? This is a move to show the base he is a conservative and not trying to put his liberal sister on the court as each pick is anti-women, anti-LGBT,...
Virginia’s Unemployment Rate Drops Below 4.0%
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Terry McAuliffe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 20, 2016 Office of the Governor Contact: Brian Coy Email: Brian.Coy@governor.virginia.gov Virginia Employment Commission Contact: Ann Lang Phone: (804) 786-3177...
