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Today in E.W. Jackson news: We need more guns in our schools
By Hunter Today in E.W. Jackson news, the actual Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Virginia says that we need more guns in schools. No, not just armed guards, but people to protect us from the armed guards, and then other people to protect us from those...
Republicans take food off the table for 47 million Americans
(CNN) -- In the last few weeks, the media has been ablaze with news of the government shutdown, the debt limit and health care reform. Missing from most public debate, however, is the cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits that will...
Desperate Cuccinelli Doubles Down on Offensive and Dangerous Rhetoric
In case you missed it, Ken Cuccinelli appeared on Bret Baier's show on Fox News last night and stood resolutely by his statements expressing surprise that the United States has not yet experienced "God's judgment" over a woman's constitutional right to make her own...
Obenshain is Just Plain “Wrong” for Virginia!
If a woman in Virginia has a miscarriage without a doctor present, they must report it within 24 hours to the police or risk going to jail for a full year. At least, that’s what would have happened if a bill introduced by Virginia state Sen. Mark Obenshain (R) had...
It All Comes Down to This
Show Your Commitment In 2005, Democratic Senator R. Creigh Deeds lost his race for Virginia Attorney General to Republican Bob McDonnell by just 0.01% (325 votes of the total 1,941,449 votes cast). In Madison County, less than half of the registered voters cast a...
What Ted Cruz REALLY Doesn’t Want You to Know
by Timothy Karr | Free Press By now it seems pretty clear that Senator Ted Cruz has a plan to occupy the White House. But he doesn’t want people to know too much about it. And he definitely doesn’t want you to know about the special interests that have already begun...
President Bill Clinton & Virginians for McAuliffe
For Immediate Release October 25, 2013 Contact: Josh Schwerin, 518-369-5469; Rachel Thomas, 781-405-0234 Tickets Now Available Online: President Bill Clinton & Virginians for McAuliffe to Hold "Putting Jobs First" Events Around the Commonwealth with Gubernatorial...
Absentee voters can cast votes in person this Saturday and next
Virginia voter registrar offices will open their doors the two Saturdays before the Nov. 5 general election, offering absentee voters another chance to vote in-person. Offices will open for eight hours on Oct. 26 and Nov. 2. The last day to vote absentee in-person at...
Virginia’s Longest-serving Republican Endorses McAuliffe for Governor
Virginia’s longest-serving Republican, former member of the House of Delegates Vince Callahan, discusses why he is supporting Terry McAuliffe for governor. In the ad, Callahan underscores McAuliffe’s commitment to focusing on jobs, while he says he “cannot support Ken...
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7fymRNgWsU&w=640&h=360] Democratic Sample Ballot, Ken Cuccinelli
