Rep. James Walkinshaw on Trump-Vought Shutdown Tactics: “This is absolute bluster and bs…childish tantrums & foot stomping” ("The Trump Administration has already done everything, legal & illegal, to fire federal workers whose role or loyalty is insufficiently MAGA.") bluevirginia.us/2025/09/rep-...

Sad! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/thur... h/t @SamNewton

Paul Krugman: "Why Is Trump Bailing Out Argentina? This is about ideology and Trumpian fealty, not America’s interests" bluevirginia.us/2025/09/thur...

The latest from VA 2025 Lt. Gov. nominee (and long-time MAGA/far-right radio host) John Reid bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...

Thursday News: Climate Week Plans “Still Add Up to a Lot of Warming”; “America’s Zombie Democracy”; Vought: "Prepare mass firing plans for a potential shutdown”; Obama Rips Trump’s “violence against the truth”; Earle-Sears Tries to Rerun Trump’s “They/Them” Messaging bluevirginia.us/2025/09/thur...

Answer: No, of course Trump doesn't have the legal authority to do any of this, but unless Republicans in Congress and/or the Supreme Court stand up to him, he's going to keep doing it unfortunately. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @timkaine

From the DNC War Room: "Fact Check: Winsome Earle-Sears Lies About Trump’s Medicaid Cuts" bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...

Comey indicted for what, playing a major role in helping elect Trump in 2016? Seriously, though, this is a massive abuse by DoJ and the Trump administration; makes a complete mockery of the rule of law. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @acyn.bsky.social

Trump cut U.S. military aid to Taiwan the *same day* he made a TikTok deal with Xi Jinping. And it turns out the financial benefits of Trump's TikTok deal are going to his own billionaire allies. Insanely corrupt.

So other than wanting to take Dems to the "train station," Bryce Reeves is also a Confederacy fan bluevirginia.us/2025/09/far-... h/t @lizchar.bsky.social

VA HD15 GOP nominee responds to question on gun violence prevention, argues the problem is kids "fretting about Gaza," being "overly burdened with sexuality &...climate"; that "people go crazy when they have too much piled on them [that's] not age appropriate" bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...

Of course, just because you choose not to believe something - whether about climate science, COVID, the 2020 election, 1/6/21, people losing healthcare coverage due to GOP cuts to Medicaid, rural hospitals closing, etc. - doesn't mean they're not true. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...

Sen. Tim Kaine nails it: "If you attack a boat and destroy it, it makes an impact, but you don't get the evidence. It may actually be counterproductive in fighting narcotrafficking...And if you know where it is enough to destroy it, you could have seized it." bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...

Bragging about a Joe Morrissey endorsement should be a huge net negative in terms of what it says about you bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi... h/t @SalimVASenate @v_theclash

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Checking in with Polymarket...Spanberger currently at a 96% chance of winning...by 6 to 15 percentage points. Let's make this happen - by VOTING, and by reminding everyone you know to do the same, for Spanberger/Hashmi/Jones bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...

Did not realize there was video of Ezra Klein talking about the need to run pro-life Democrats in Kansas, Ohio, and Missouri. So I had to make this.

This whole fake-"newspaper"-sent-to-your-mailbox business model needs to die. Unfortunately, the opposite seems to be happening. Just recycle this crap immediately; definitely do NOT read it, except maybe to laugh at it. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @tomlappas.bsky.social

Not that we should need any more reminders, but JD Vance & Kristi Noem are both completely irresponsible & have zero business holding public office of any kind. Also, nobody should have voted to confirm the puppy-killing sociopath. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @meidastouch.com

Video: U.S. Reps. Bobby Scott (D-VA03), Don Beyer (D-VA08), Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04), Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) and James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Join @ProtectOurCare to Call on Congress to Protect Premium Tax Credits bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...

BTW, not that we should ever take anything for granted, but still, it’s hard to imagine that Sen. Mark Warner would be anything but pleased if VA Rs nominated Bryce Reeves - hard right, zero appeal to moderates/independents, etc. - for US Senate next year. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/far-...

“In yet another sign that [R's] have given up on this year’s Governor’s race, candidates are starting to announce for elections over a year away. Bryce Reeves is a perennial candidate who is best known for running and losing elections." - @vademocrats.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/09/far-...

In DC, Sinclair's WJLA7 wouldn't air Kimmel. Glad that's exposed before elections cause they try to stir shit up As @bluevirginia.bsky.social put it in June "Just a reminder that Sinclair/WJLA7 is NOT a real news station, it’s an arm of the Republican Party, right-wing propaganda all the way"

This is basically guaranteed to be really bad bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...

Far-Right-Republican VA State Senator Bryce Reeves, Who Talked About “Taking Dems to the Train Station” (a Dark/Violent “Yellowstone” Reference), Announces Campaign Against Sen. Mark Warner Next Year (Reeves also falsely claimed that 1/6/21 was NOT an insurrection) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/far-...

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Video: DNC Launches New Digital Ads in VA-01 and VA-02 Slamming Trump’s Attacks on Free Speech ("...Trump only cares about silencing his critics — and now, voters across Virginia are going to hear about it.") bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...

"Donald Trump, like the Bourbon dynasty, has 'learned nothing and forgotten nothing.' His defining features—aside from narcissism—are his willful, cringeworthy ignorance and his unremitting hunger for vengeance." - @jenrubin.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...

Massive overperformance for Dems by Adelita Grijalva. And yes: "Pretty ominous sign for those that were banking on the Latino vote to be realigning with the GOP long term" bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn... h/t @vanceulrich.bsky.social

#Wednesday News: “Trump’s UN Address Was a Tragedy of Shakespearian Proportions” – “embarrasses himself and the United States”; “RFK Jr. is running a dangerous experiment on all of us”; “Emotional Kimmel Refuses to Bow to Trump in Fiery Return to TV” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/wedn...

Exactly, this is an ANTI-endorsement; definitely make sure you vote for the OPPONENT of the candidate this person has endorsed! (translation: vote for @SenatorHashmi, the one Joe Morrissey did NOT endorse!) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...

Fmr. VA LG Bill Bolling (R/Trump voter) is surprised that someone in the party of Donald Trump, who is FAR worse than Joe Morrissey, wouldn't happily accept Morrissey's endorsement? LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...

These questions sound pretty much like the *textbook definition* of a push poll, yet the company (Venture Data) conducting it for the Earle-Sears campaign claims they are against push polls. Hmmmm... bluevirginia.us/2025/09/new-...

Video: Winsome Earle-Sears flat-out LIES that "no one is going to lose their Medicaid." Seriously, does she ever tell the truth on ANYTHING? Just a pathological liar like Trump and Youngkin... bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...

Why would anyone in their right mind want Joe Morrissey's endorsement? bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...

This is what the pathetic political media did RELENTLESSLY during the 2024 presidential campaign: a) Trump would give a 100% batshit-crazy/unhinged speech; b) the media would be like, "Trump talks economy in Grand Rapids" or whatever... bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues... h/t @scarylawyerguy.bsky.social

Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine; Reps. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04), James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Slam Trump for Refusing To “meet with Democrats to find a solution,” Argue “Republicans are leading us towards a government shutdown” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/sena...

Audio: VA GOP Lt. Gov. Nominee John Reid Says the “322,000 People Losing Medicaid Is a Bogus Number”; Stories of Rural Hospitals Closing Soon Are “Scare” Tactics, “Hype” bluevirginia.us/2025/09/audi...

"The comments overwhelmingly criticize President Trump's speech at the United Nations, describing it as embarrassing and damaging to the U.S.'s international reputation. Many express shame and frustration..." bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...

Seriously, if you actually believe (falsely) that @KamalaHarris is homophobic, as opposed to simply making a pure political calculation re: her analysis of the best running mate in order to optimize her chances of defeating Trump, just...WTF? bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues... h/t @magi_jay

Reminder: Glenn Youngkin, Winsome Earle-Sears, John Reid, Jason MIyares, Jen Kiggans, Rob Wittman, John McGuire, Ben Cline, etc. all support this raving lunatic. Vote (100% "blue") accordingly, including this Nov. 4th! bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues... h/t @marceldirsus.com @johnjharwood.bsky.social

"Trump walked away from talks to keep the gov’t open & prevent the health care crisis...We’re barreling toward a Trump shutdown. He must come to the table & work for a bipartisan budget agreement." - Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...

"Stark raving mad" sums it up very well about Trump. Add in "wildly corrupt" "incompetent" and "moronic" as well. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues... h/t @ishaantharoor

US Energy Information Administration: Virginia’s Per Capita CO2 Emissions Have Fallen Since 2005, Which Is Great, BUT…the (Very) Bad News Is That’s Mostly Due to Switching From Coal to Natural Gas, Which Emits Both C02 and Methane, a Potent Greenhouse Gas bluevirginia.us/2025/09/us-e...

Elon Musk and the VA GOP are obsessed - and not in a good way - with trans people. bluevirginia.us/2025/09/new-...

NEW TV AD: Winsome Earle-Sears Supports Trump Tax Law That Raises Costs for Virginians ("And when she speaks about taxes, it’s disturbing. Sears pledged not to raise a penny of taxes on billionaires and corporations, but what about you?") bluevirginia.us/2025/09/new-...

All you really need to know about Jason Miyares bluevirginia.us/2025/09/maga...

"TODAY IN VIRGINIA BEACH: Peaceful Rally Calling on Rep. Jen Kiggans to Stop Playing Politics and Make Affordable Care Act Tax Credits Permanent for 326,000 Virginians" - @ProtectOurCare bluevirginia.us/2025/09/vide...

The 2025 VA LG nominee, John Reid, talks to "famous podcaster Tim Pool" bluevirginia.us/2025/09/tues...