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by Daily Kos Elections
on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 05:00 AM PST
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A data wonk kind of diary here but thought it would be worth mentioning just to show how completely unreliable and off the mark the polling “science” has become lately, latest data point being the Republican primary results. To make it clear, not...
by Tweedledee5
on Wed Mar 06, 2024 at 10:18 PM PST
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When Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley ended her long-shot 2024 bid against Donald Trump on Wednesday, she explicitly called on the GOP front-runner to work "to earn the votes of those ...
by Kerry Eleveld
on Wed Mar 06, 2024 at 03:30 PM PST
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Child labor is alive and well today in the US, almost 120 years after Upton Sinclair wrote his eye-opening but stomach-churning novel The Jungle. Last week the US Department of Labor filed an injunction against Fayette Janitorial Service LLC in...
by C0RI0LANUS
on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 02:47 AM PST
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Republican Rep. Bob Good of Virginia spent his weekend getting booted from a pop-up Donald Trump store in his own district. Good’s problem, it seems, is that he initially backed Ron DeSantis’ bid for president. It took only “minutes” after DeSantis...
by Walter Einenkel
on Wed Feb 21, 2024 at 10:56 AM PST
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and �...
by Chitown Kev
on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 08:59 PM PST
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By 1774, the English colonies in North America were firmly established and the colonists, with a growing population bolstered by a steady stream of new arrivals from Europe, were seeking to obtain ...
by Ojibwa
on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 08:30 AM PST
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Indian people tend to be very patient. After three years of dealing with English arrogance and bullying, the Indian people of Virginia had had enough. The Powhatans felt that the advantages of ...
by Ojibwa
on Thu Feb 15, 2024 at 07:36 AM PST
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“I’m not a Democrat. Why did you knock on my door?!?” 2018 was the first time i talked to a voter who was testy that his house was on our walk list because he assumed we were only knocking on the doors of Democrats. This was before Hope Springs from...
by snowbored
on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 10:29 AM PST
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Also: Haley notches small victory in Dixville, NH 2020 mistallies in VA benefited Trump Deadly, climate-fueled storms slam nation... As noted on today's BradCast, CBS News' legendary radio and TV broadcaster Charles Osgood has passed away at age 91....
by TheBradBlog
on Tue Jan 23, 2024 at 04:28 PM PST
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Yesterday was a profoundly historic day in Virginia. In Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy, the Virginia General Assembly unanimously elected Democrat Don Scott as House Speaker, making him the first Black Speaker in the history of the...
by fromberkeleytocville
on Thu Jan 11, 2024 at 05:09 AM PST
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“The Watch” by Radley Balko has a profile on Virginia's culture warrior attorney general, Jason Miyares: When Miyares disbanded the AG’s CIU [Conviction Integrity Unit], he effectively ended any proactive effort by the state of Virginia to seek out...
by AChris
on Tue Jan 09, 2024 at 02:04 PM PST
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Originally published by The 19th
In the thick of campaign season, Susanna Gibson seemed well on her way to clinching a competitive Virginia district on her very first run for office. For the nurse ...
by The19th
on Wed Jan 03, 2024 at 09:39 AM PST
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For too long, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee was overlooked by the party apparatus and the donor class, which were more focused on presidential and congressional elections than on races for state legislatures. But that has changed in...
by Charles Jay
on Fri Dec 29, 2023 at 06:50 AM PST
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Now that we’re over a month post election, and I’ve somewhat recovered, I’ve gathered a few thoughts regarding the entire cycle. Full disclosure, this is most likely going to be snippet of a larger work, but for now, this is what I need to get off of...
by Jade Harris
on Thu Dec 14, 2023 at 07:20 PM PST
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A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press ...
by Associated Press
on Sat Dec 09, 2023 at 02:00 PM PST
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Most of these� Boosting Biden �posts deal with ways that help all Americans.� But Biden has also done a lot of targeted things that only local folks know about.� Honestly, too often local folks don’
by GoodNewsRoundup
on Wed Jan 24, 2024 at 04:30 AM PST
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“You told us how many doors you knocked, but not the rest of the stats. Did I miss something?” Nope, that’s all on me. October was a difficult month to keep up with what Hope Springs from Field PAC has been doing — outside of our intense focus on GOTV...
by snowbored
on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 09:42 AM PST
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Hours before a massive explosion destroyed a duplex and shook a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., a suspect inside his home fired a flare gun 30 to 40 times into the neighborhood, drawing a large police response, officials said Tuesday. All officers...
by Associated Press
on Tue Dec 05, 2023 at 05:49 AM PST
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Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Monday that he will run for Virginia governor in 2025.
In a campaign video announcement, Stoney said he wants all Virginians to have a fair shot at ...
by Associated Press
on Mon Dec 04, 2023 at 11:02 AM PST
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