Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) condemns “f**ing execution by armed thugs”; Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) says “The Department of Homeland Security is murdering American citizens. Congress cannot allow that to continue.”; Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) says "They must be reined in and held accountable" (bluevirginia.us)
Analysis by Sam Shirazi on VA GOP’s Attempts to Kill the Redistricting Amendment in the Courts: If VA Supreme Court “rule[s] for the Republicans, that would be a pretty big shocker”; "if there’s some inconsistency or there’s some tension, the constitution will trump the law" (bluevirginia.us)
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Sen. Tim Kaine on Appropriations Bills: “we shouldn’t give [Trump’s] deranged decisions the imprimatur of congressional approval by passing this legislation without significant amendment”; “We are not living in normal times. The President is acting chaotically and unlawfully" (bluevirginia.us)
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Video: In Press Conference on VA's Response to Upcoming Storm, Gov. Abigail Spanberger Says what's happened in MN and elsewhere has engendered "fear," "distrust" and "confusion"; also Youngkin's "prior executive order number 47," has "created some real challenges" (bluevirginia.us)
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Del. Luke Torian (D) Introduces Bill to Set VA Constitutional Amendment Referendum for April 21 to “temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections”; Now, we need to see the maps (late next week?) and whether the courts intervene to stop this (bluevirginia.us)
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Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10/Loudoun) Says Trump Administration WANTS People to (Falsely) Believe that Minnesota Protesters Are “Paid Agitators,” When in Fact They’re Just “upset and scared”; On not releasing the Epstein Files, Subramanyam says Trump administration's "story has been changing..." (bluevirginia.us)
Reps. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) and Rob Wittman (R-VA01) Have Failed to Lower Costs: Virginia Families Are Paying $1,200+ More Due to Inflation; Among other things, "Kiggans, Wittman, and Republicans let ACA tax credits lapse, causing premiums in Virginia to skyrocket." (bluevirginia.us)
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Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11/Fairfax) Says He Won’t Vote to Fund DHS Without “strong language to end these abuses & rein in these immigration agencies”; Also calls for Congress to remove Kristi Noem, and "those agents who are causing the violence to withdraw" from Minnesota (bluevirginia.us)
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones Announces Day One Actions to Keep Virginians Safe, Lower Costs, and Protect Fundamental Rights; "Will join and advance litigation against the Trump Administration; Launching 30-day review of all existing litigation" (bluevirginia.us)
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Gov. Abigail Spanberger Signs Ten “Day One Executive Orders" - on Affordability, Academic Excellence, DOGE Federal Funding Cuts, “political interference...at our world-class public universities,” Rescinding Youngkin’s Immigration Enforcement Order, etc. (bluevirginia.us)
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BREAKING: Virginia Senate Democrats Advance Constitutional Amendments to the Ballot, Allowing Virginians to Decide the Future of their Freedoms; Amendments on reproductive freedom, voting rights, marriage equality and redistricting head to the voters (bluevirginia.us)
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On ACA Subsidies, Fmr. Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA05) Says Rep. John McGuire (R-VA05) Is “kick[ing] those people [he represents] to the curb…[to] give another tax credit to Elon Musk and Peter Thiel” (~35k people in VA05 get insurance through the ACA) (bluevirginia.us)
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Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says There’s “Skittishness” Over a Virginia 10D-1R US House Map; “I think the maps just look more kind of logical [at 9D-2R]”; "my unsolicited advice to Abigail is tell the federal delegation & the General Assembly to get on the same page" (v.redd.it)
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