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Madison Free Clinic’s 1st Annual Fundraiser, September 28th
MADISON FREE CLINIC 1st ANNUAL FUNDRAISER Prince Michel Vineyard & Winery Saturday, September 28th 2:00 pm - 10:00 pm Please help support the non-profit Madison Free Clinic in its ongoing effort to provide medical services and low-cost prescriptions (along...
On Conservative Attempts to Co-opt MLK
It all adds up to a simple formula: concede wholehearted support for the points that have already been won, while dismissing (as irrelevant, or unpatriotic, or immoral) the points that are still active political issues with which conservatives disagree.
Virginia: Easier to Purchase an AR-15 Assault Rifle Than to Vote
"A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon." There are currently 13 states that have passed strict voter ID laws, according to Keesha Gaskins, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice. (Some of those laws haven’t...
Lax Laws Lead to Cloudy View of Lobbyists’ Spending
via The Virginian-Pilot Virginia lobbyists reported combined spending of nearly $16 million during a 12-month period spanning parts of this year and last, according to an analysis of state lobbying records. That figure covers a range of spending, including lobbyist...
Cuccinelli’s Dubious Stance on Family Law
via the Democratic Party of Virginia This morning The Washington Post broke a story about Ken Cuccinelli’s relationship with “Fathers' Rights” advocates and his record of support for their legislative priorities. As he appears in public today, Cuccinelli should...
Seriously, Republicans?!
Speaker John A. Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, the House’s two most senior Republicans, were invited to speak...
The Misremembering of ‘I Have a Dream’
Fifty years after the March on Washington, Dr. King’s most famous speech, like his own political legacy, is widely misunderstood. Adapted from The Speech: The Story Behind Martin Luther King Jr.s Dream, by Gary Younge. Haymarket Books When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr....
“Human Beings Will Adjust”
A tip-of-the-hat to Progressive In A Red State We talked last week about one of the right's favorite arguments: the United States doesn't need a system in which Americans have health insurance because if the uninsured get sick, they can just go to the emergency room....
Cuccinelli’s Anti-Birth Control Personhood Agenda
Today at an event with Virginia seniors in Loudoun County, Ken Cuccinelli tried to turn away from his career-long efforts to inject his agenda into decisions that Virginia women make with their doctors. As Loudoun Times-Mirror reporter Trevor Baratko tweeted,...
Moral Authority Lost
"The ongoing federal investigation of Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen — the scandal dubbed by political wags as “Giftgate” — entered a critical phase last week, both for the governor and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Yet more revelations last weekend in the...
