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Senator Snowball
Is Sen. James Inhofe really the person we want chairing the Senate's environment committee? What’s all this talk about global hunger? I don’t know about you, but I just tucked into a burrito and there are plenty more where that one came from. But that doesn’t mean the...
Virginia Republicans Continue to Block Free and Fair Elections
In the process of setting electoral districts, gerrymandering is a practice that attempts to establish a political advantage for a particular party or group by manipulating district boundaries to create partisan advantaged districts. The resulting district...
Breaking: Senate Panel OKs Loretta Lynch Nomination As Attorney General
Loretta Lynch, President Obama's nominee for attorney general, cleared a major hurdle today to succeed Eric Holder as the country's top law enforcement officer. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-8 to send the nomination to the full chamber, which is expected to...
Why the right hates American history
Thomas Jefferson knew that education is vital to a functioning Democratic Republic. Conservatives have other ideas THOM HARTMANN, ALTERNET Sure, the war on education helps Republican lawmakers destroy unions and slash government spending, but it’s our history of...
Why does Del. Mark Cole hate Democracy?
Because elections are locally administered in the United States, voter suppression varies among jurisdictions. At the founding of the country, most states limited the right to vote to property-owning white males. Over time, the right to vote was formally granted to...
Why Do Women Vote Republican?
A new poll from Public Policy Polling is making headlines this week because it reveals that 57 percent of Republican primary voters want to make Christianity the national religion, even though doing so would require removing the First Amendment from the Constitution....
Stewart Risher for 30th District Delegate
February 23, 2015 Contact: Tim Cotton at progressivephoenix@gmail.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LOCAL DEMOCRAT ANNOUNCES BID FOR ED SCOTT’S DELEGATE SEAT Local Democrat Stewart Risher, 54, a retired Air Traffic Controller of Rixeyville, VA is proud to announce his...
Ralph Northam confirms he’s running to become next Va. governor
RICHMOND — Lt. Gov. Ralph S. Northam said Tuesday that he intends to run for governor in 2017, setting up a possible primary battle with another likely candidate, Attorney General Mark R. Herring. In a state where the governor cannot serve back-to-back terms, Northam...
Letter to the Editor: The real ID sham in Virginia
Regarding the Feb. 10 Metro article “Bill requires photo ID with vote requests made by mail”: Would Del. Jeffrey L. Campbell (R-Marion) and Sen. Mark D. Obenshain (R-Harrisonburg) buy into the same argument for closing loopholes for sales at gun shows that they used...
