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Cuccinelli Sidesteps Questions On State Inquiry
A tip-of-the-hat to the Bristol Virginia Democratic Committee A political brouhaha erupted Tuesday over news that Virginia’s top fraud investigator is scrutinizing how the attorney general’s office has handled a series of federal lawsuits over natural gas royalties....
The Real Reason For The GOP’s All-Out War On Obamacare
"To put it another way, the GOP was never really concerned about a "government takeover of health care", "rationing", "the doctor-patient relationship" or mythical "death panels," but that an American public grateful for access to health care could provide Democrats...
The Sound of the Other Shoe Dropping..
McDonnell Burns His Benefactor Governor McDonnell is under criminal investigation over allegations that he and his family received various "gifts" from Star Scientific executive Jonnie Williams. Those gifts are said to total more than $145,000...
Virginia Launches Online Voter Registration
News Release For Immediate Release: July 23, 2013 For More Information: Justin Riemer: 804-864-8904 Justin.Riemer@sbe.virginia.gov RICHMOND, VA –Today, the State Board of Elections (SBE), in partnership with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV),...
Voting Rights Act: Down But Not Dead
The Supreme Court’s activist conservative majority, in a 5-4 vote on June 25, threw out the provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act which required states and localities (mostly in the Old Confederacy) to clear any changes in electoral law with the federal Department...
Consider the Source
Throughout American history virtually every legislative initiative for progressive reform has been achieved only after bitter struggle by citizens, workers and advocates demanding fundamental rights and protections. In each case, they were met with claims that the...
You Mean, Just Write a Check?
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...
Another Look at Minimum Wage
A tip-of-the-hat to Ginny from carolinedems.com At a time when employers are cutting workers' hours simply to avoid having to provide health insurance, one needs to work 88 or more hours a week (in Virginia and 14 other states) just to afford a 2-bedroom apartment....
Women’s Strike Force Endorses Traci Dippert
Women's Strike Force "We are Republicans, Democrats, and Independents joining together to fight for women." The Women's Strike Force is pleased to announce our endorsed candidates for the 2013 Virginia House of Delegates races. The ninteen challengers and three...
