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Mike McGirr, candidate for Chairman of the VA Rural Caucus and Cindy Green discuss some of the rural problems with the VA Democratic Party
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Indivisible asked for 500 words on why folks might want to vote for me. We'll break it down into shorter subjects, but here's the trove of what and why.
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“Cindy Green, the candidate in District 44, is moving to help progressives become leaders in local committees, and lay the basis for long-term Democratic success in red areas.”
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We won a great victory. But it's still going on!
The results in Virginia this year were way beyond expectations on both the state-wide and house district levels. A significant part of this was our “run in every district” project in which Democrats f...
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Thanksgiving Without Vinegar Pies
Hard times in Appalachia shaped a lot of family traditions. Vinegar pies were one of them. When union wages arrived, those pies vanished and real Thanksgiving desserts took their place. I grew up list...
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Vinegar pies were born from hard times in Appalachia. Union wages are what put real pies on the table. Here’s the story my Great Grandmother passed down.
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Thanksgiving Without Vinegar Pie
The vinegar pie is an old Appalachian answer to a simple problem. Families wanted a dessert that tasted like a lemon pie, but lemons were rare and expensive.
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Join us, we've got lots of work to do! This group needs lots of fresh blood to face the next 2 years. Reorganization needs new voters!
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Dr. Fergie Reid: My Path to being a Rural Democratic Candidate for Delegate
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Campaign donations ought to be spent on the candidates, with the candidates approving messaging.
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Russell County VA Billboards by 'Outside' Firm Spark Controversy
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Mike McGirr and Cindy Green discuss some Democratic Party problems in rural VA.
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A lot of Appalachian families didn’t grow up with turkey on Thanksgiving. We had something better: chicken and dumplings. There is a whole history behind it, and it’s worth remembering.
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Why Appalachians Ate Chicken and Dumplings on Thanksgiving
A tradition born from hard times that still finds its way to rural tables today. I want to tell you something about Thanksgiving in the mountains. It is not the kind of thing you see in a Hallmark mo...
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Why did Appalachians serve chicken and dumplins on Thanksgiving? I promise the answer is more interesting than the turkey. Read here:
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Why Appalachians Ate Chicken and Dumplings on Thanksgiving
A tradition born from hard times that still finds its way to rural tables today
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— Message sent & received — “ …Virginia is the first opportunity…to answer back… It’s going to send a big loud message to the rest of the country and to the world that, yeah, not everybody in America is with Trump.”
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Democrats reach historic goal: A full slate in Virginia House races • Virginia Mercury
For the first time in recent memory, Virginia Democrats have candidates running in all 100 House of Delegates districts — a milestone party leaders and grassroots organizers say reflects rising moment...
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Nice write-up by
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about the upcoming Virginia Democratic Party activity in Chesterfield County. In this article, he links to a piece he wrote in May, about a very successful recruitment effort to run Dems in all 49 GOP held HDs.
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Democrats brace for quick special election in deep-blue Senate District 15 • Virginia Mercury
A special election to fill the state Senate seat being vacated by Lt. Gov.-elect Ghazala Hashmi is expected to take place before the General Assembly convenes for its 2026 session in January, setting ...
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🚨Bristol, Va. Democratic Committee member Mike McGirr announces candidacy for DPVA Rural Caucus Chair. Nice write-up below ⬇️ by SW Va. political activist & author John Peace.
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You Know Leadership When You See It
Mike McGirr for Chair of the Rural Caucus of the Virginia Democratic Party
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Councilman-Elect Darryl Campbell returns to talk about running, winning, and serving the town that raised him. From first-gen roots to a seat on Blacksburg Town Council. 📺 Watch now:
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From First Gen Story to Town Council Win. A Conversation with Councilman Elect Darryl Campbell
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When the Siren Stops
When the Siren Stops By John W. Peace II There is a sound folks in the country know by heart, that high, lonesome siren cutting through the night. You would hear it echo down the valley and think, hel...
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🙏Thank you to all of the candidates who took my call. If there was ever an election where competing for every vote mattered, it was this one. 🙏 🚨 A full slate in Virginia House races 🌊 “…made it his mission to recruit candidates in every district…”
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Democrats reach historic goal: A full slate in Virginia House races • Virginia Mercury
For the first time in recent memory, Virginia Democrats have candidates running in all 100 House of Delegates districts — a milestone party leaders and grassroots organizers say reflects rising moment...
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“27 courageous Democrats ran in the reddest districts of Virginia this year… These 27 running in red, rural districts enabled Democrats to have candidates for all 100 House of Delegates seats for the first time.”
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The Virginia 100 District Project: The Results Speak for Themselves.
27 courageous Democrats ran in the reddest districts of Virginia this year -- Many of them against Republicans who never had a Democratic foe. Courageous because it takes great cojones to run for offi...
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🚨The Virginia 100 District Project: The Results Speak for Themselves.🌊 “27 courageous Democrats ran in the reddest districts of Virginia this year -- Many of them against Republicans who never had a Democratic foe.”
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The Virginia 100 District Project: The Results Speak for Themselves.
27 courageous Democrats ran in the reddest districts of Virginia this year -- Many of them against Republicans who never had a Democratic foe. Courageous because it takes great cojones to run for offi...
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/6/2177781/-The-Virginia-100-District-Project-The-Results-Speak-for-Themselves
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Virginia’s Rural Voters Shift 12 Points Toward Democrats | The Daily Yonder
Rural voters in Virginia were part of a statewide shift toward the Democratic Party since the last gubernatorial election in 2021, according to a Daily
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The Anti-MAGA Majority Reemerges
Democrats won up and down the ballot yesterday, riding a backlash to Donald Trump’s second term.
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💥Hero Day💥 “They say that ‘As Virginia goes, so goes the nation’. And by ‘they’ I mean google it, tons of different sources say that.”
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Hero Day!!!
They say that “As Virginia goes, so goes the nation”. And by “they” I mean google it, tons of different sources say that. Thanks to all our hero candidates and, Bethesda 1971, Brainwrap,and all of you...
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To the poll workers, registrars, and volunteers who keep democracy alive — thank you. You’re the reason every voice is heard and every vote counts.
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The Unsung Heroes of Election Day
By Cindy Green, Democratic Candidate for Virginia House of Delegates, District 44
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🚨It only took 406 years “That’s a long ass time, since the…House of Burgesses, since the beginning of democracy in what would become the United States. That’s going to change this year and it’s looking like the first Girl Governor is going to be a Democrat.”
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It only took 406 years
That’s a long ass time, since the Virginia House of Burgesses, since the beginning of Democracy in what would become the United States. Over 400 years with no female Governor. That’s going to change t...
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The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?
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#governmentshutdown #california #california #food #assistance #us | Wanda Barquin
Say what you will about Gavin Newsom, but he has become a man of action. "The Republican #GovernmentShutdown is about to delay food benefits for MILLIONS of #California families. I am deploying the Na...
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Mineworkers Are Not Backing Down This Election Season
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Mineworkers Are Not Backing Down This Election Season
The Trump administration made huge promises to coal workers. UMWA organizers say the administration has abandoned coal workers.
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“Democracy requires organized politics, support for candidates, creation of broad coalitions.”
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Correct Anne, all of which is happening for Democrats this year in Virginia. Stay tuned. 🌊
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Why Trump Turned to the Sewer
The president’s disturbing, excremental propaganda campaign
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Small dollar contributions from regular Democratic activists & donors all over the country allow heroic (D) candidates like Dr. Jena Crisler in Va. HD 35 to share their messages with their rural, overwhelmingly (R) leaning voters. Thanks
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This is what solid team play looks like; a billboard funded by grassroots Dem donors, from all over the country, is up and being seen in rural Va. HD 44, supporting Cindy Green & the 3 Va. statewide candidates, Spanberger, Hashmi, & Jones. Thanks
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☀️That feeling when your wildest dream of helping 27 heroic Va. (D) state house candidates is vastly exceeded by the generosity & understanding of hundreds of small dollar donors & 19 Va. (D) elected officials !! 😮
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🌟 🚨The original goal was $135k; but, $142,934 has been raised. WOW !
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Rural votes matter, just like urban, suburban, & ex-urban votes. This ActBlue page created by
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🚨At a time of violent white backlash in the United States, the old monuments make for unsettling viewing. …their ideological descendants are still…working to ban the teaching of Black history, forcing Black leaders out of power and dismantling the Voting Rights Act.
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🚨A gigantic thank you to
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Virginia Democrats Field Candidates in All 100 State House Districts
To win a war—political or otherwise—you fight in every battle. You fight alongside your teammates even in the ones that seem unwinnable, because that’s how you win the war. That’s how you spread your ...
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Virginia Democrats Field Candidates in All 100 State House Districts
To win a war—political or otherwise—you fight in every battle. You fight alongside your teammates even in the ones that seem unwinnable, because that’s how you win the war. That’s how you spread your ...
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🌟“The account was created to provide each of the 27 Democratic candidates with a minimal amount of money to run a basic campaign in Virginia's reddest districts.”🌟
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21 Stories
This is the 21st story I've written about raising funds for the 27 Democratic candidates in the reddest districts in Virginia. At the time of the first story, on August 27, 2025, there was $500 in Cha...
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Virginia Democrats Field Candidates in All 100 State House Districts
For the first time in recent memory Democrats are running in all 100 state districts. Will their anti-establishment message win?
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Never Heard of Charlie Kirk? You’re Not Alone
Inside the Alt Right World Democrats Keep Missing
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The Unsung Heroes of Friday Night Lights
By Cindy Green, Candidate for VA House of Delegates, District 44
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Cindy Green Speech Donkey Day
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🌟🏥 They Don’t Ask for Recognition. But They Deserve Our Thanks—and Our Support.
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The Unsung Heroes of Friday Night Lights
By Cindy Green, Candidate for VA House of Delegates, District 44
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What Can Democrats Learn from Pennsylvania’s Ultimate Barometer?
Barack Obama thinks “We [America] are certainly at an inflection point.” He is right in more ways than he knows. Charlie Kirk’s murder and Donald Trump were on Obama’s mind at
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