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Senator Says It’s ‘Extremely Troubling’ to Believe Rights Come From the Creator

The U.S. Senate has wasted no time getting back to serving the American people after its six-week summer recess. With issues like the Sept. 30... Read...

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What School Choice Options Are Available for Virginia Families?

School choice continues to be a hot topic among parents in Virginia, especially in an election year when the Governor’s Mansion and House of...

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One Picture Worth Just 15 Words Could Change the Entire Virginia Governor’s Race

While the expression is “a picture is worth a thousand words,” as the race for Virginia’s next governor heats up, could it be worth only... Read...

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From Reagan to Trump: Rethinking Poverty Solutions in America

Ever since Ronald Reagan gave his “A Time for Choosing” speech in 1964, conservative politicians have wandered further and further away from...

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Are Soros’ Money and Influence Starting to Dwindle?

It’s not that George Soros was born in 2008, but that’s the year he became part of the political zeitgeist as we learned about how... Read More...

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Fighting to Bring Conservative Common Sense to Liberal States

It must be easier to be a conservative in Texas or Florida. But what does it take to get up every morning in a state... Read More The post Fighting to...

26.08.2025 1

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Parental Input in Education Is Key Concern for Virginia Voters

After years of advocates trying to convince Virginia legislators to follow the lead of states like Florida and Arizona to offer...

20.08.2025 1

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Why Virginia Officials Warn Against Relying on Mail-In Voting

President Donald Trump on Monday pledged to “get rid” of mail-in ballots for elections. While whatever he ultimately does shouldn’t affect...

19.08.2025 3

Joe Thomas

Putting out an APB on the Virginia PBA’s Gubernatorial Endorsement

This week, the Virginia Police Benevolent Association announced its endorsements for the three statewide executive races in Virginia. One of the...

16.08.2025 9

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‘I Told You So’ Starts Here: Criminal Investigations Into High School-Assisted Abortions, Jan. 6 Truth, and More

Over the first 200 days of the second Trump administration, many details have come to light that have confirmed things that the legacy media and......

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‘What Gives Trump the Right …?’

Can the president really temporarily federalize the Washington, D.C., police force in an effort to reduce the rampant crime occurring in the city? Is...

13.08.2025 3

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DOJ Investigates Blacklisting of Christian Realtor for Expressing Traditional Values

Free speech and free association, two cornerstones of freedom in the United States, both fell under the boots of politically weaponized “wokeness”...

08.08.2025 2

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Chinese Communist Party-Linked Exec Donated $50K to Democrat’s Gubernatorial Campaign

News broke Wednesday that a U.S.-based executive at a luxury electric car maker gave tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign of Democrat...

07.08.2025 4

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Trump’s Endorsement of Virginia’s GOP Nominee for Governor—and a Little History

Amidst questions about actress Sydney Sweeney’s jeans ad and her reported Republican voter registration, President Donald Trump was asked Sunday if...

07.08.2025 10

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If You Hold a Rally and No One Comes …

What has happened to Trump Derangement Syndrome? Has there been some new cure discovered or are we just developing herd immunity? Saturday, Aug. 2,...

05.08.2025 2

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Can the EPA Help Undo Virginia’s Climate Mandates?

This week, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin began the process of negating the agency’s 2009 “endangerment finding” that...

01.08.2025 2

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Virginia GOP Faces Tough Forecast for November: One GOP Leader Weighs In

With August about to begin, longtime Virginia election watchers say that this is when “it gets real.” And with Virginia being only one of two......

30.07.2025 1

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US Education Department Targets Virginia Schools’ Transgender Policies

The U.S. Department of Education is charging that five public school divisions in Northern Virginia are violating federal law by continuing to allow...

29.07.2025 5

Joe Thomas

2026 … Already?

With Virginia’s 45-day-long early voting window, the commonwealth is just slightly less than a month away from the beginning of the 2025 statewide...

24.07.2025 3

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It’s Back-to-(Micro)-School Time! And What Are Microschools Anyway?

It’s nearing back-to-school time in Virginia as we enter a universe where the Supreme Court has cleared the way for the dismantling of the...

24.07.2025 3

Joe Thomas

Remembering Ed Feulner: A Legacy of Conservative Leadership

Over the weekend, Edwin Feulner, founder, trustee, and the longest-serving president of The Heritage Foundation, passed away at the age of 83. “Ed...

21.07.2025 3

Joe Thomas

Shakeup on Earle-Sears Campaign for Virginia Governor

The danger of changing campaign staff during an election cycle is that the press immediately covers it as a campaign in peril, not as one... Read More...

18.07.2025 4

Joe Thomas

Could an End to Funding Mean a Start to School Choice?

Former Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s voice still echoes loudly in Virginia and across the United States. “I don’t think parents should be telling...

18.07.2025 3

Joe Thomas

These Aren’t the Racists You’re Looking For

So, here we are again. A large public university in Virginia is, if you believe the headlines, rallying to defend itself against the Trump...

18.07.2025 10

Joe Thomas

Will He or Won’t He? Virginia’s Youngkin Eyes 2028 as Speculation Swirls.

When the outgoing Republican governor of Virginia carries a 54% approval rating from a blue-ish/purple state and gets speaking invitations from Iowa...

11.07.2025 4

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Challenging the Media’s Narrative on Big Donors and State Board Appointments

Thomas Jefferson wanted listed only three accomplishments on his tombstone at Monticello: “Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of...

11.07.2025 7

Joe Thomas

EXCLUSIVE: Virginia AG Jason Miyares Explains How the Left’s Policies Created 4,500 New Crime Victims

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is fighting against what he calls a “criminal-first, victim-last mindset” that has swept through the...

09.07.2025 10

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Nick Freitas Talks Founding Principles, Fighting Socialism, and Life After Politics

As Independence Day approaches, The Daily Signal sat down with politician-turned-Virginia’s newest “conservative influencer” Nick Freitas to...

02.07.2025 4

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John Reid Talks About Uniting the Virginia Republican Ticket for November

Politics—the concept, not the American spectator sport—comes from ancient Greek word politiká, or “affairs of the cities,” and is defined as...

02.07.2025 5

Joe Thomas

Media Gets It Wrong on UVA President’s Resignation

What last week’s resignation of University of Virginia President Jim Ryan wasn’t was an assault on academia and the independence of America’s...

02.07.2025 4

Joe Thomas

High Stakes for High Tech: Virginia’s Data Center Controversy

Once again, the issue of building new data centers for tech companies is coming up in Virginia as many local governments are making plans to... Read...

27.06.2025 7

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Racism Rebranded: The Hidden Bias of ‘Anti-Racism’ Against Asian Americans

Racism is despicable and must be fought. Not a controversial statement, right? But what if racism rebranded itself as … “anti-racism”? The...

26.06.2025 4

Joe Thomas

Republican Ticket in Virginia Seeks Unity Going Into Campaign Season

Virginians don’t elect their statewide executive officers as a party “ticket” like the U.S. president and vice president do, so, the races can...

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National Republicans Commit $2 Million to Regain Virginia House as Democrats Hold Fundraising Lead

Last week, the national organization dedicated to electing Republicans to state offices announced that it was committing $2 million to Republicans in...

20.06.2025 3

Joe Thomas

What Tuesday’s Democratic Primary in Virginia Means for November

131,793. That’s how many of the 6 million-plus of Virginia’s registered voters cast a ballot on Tuesday for state Sen. Ghazala Hashmi to be the......

19.06.2025 4

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His Research Was Co-Opted to Develop COVID-19 Vaccines. Here’s His Take on the Deadly Virus.

Five years later, the COVID-19 pandemic has left many scars on Virginia and the country. In addition to the death toll, the massive job losses,......

18.06.2025 10

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Virginia’s Nursing Shortage Persists, but Targeted Strategies Have Brought Growth

In 2021, then-gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin said he wanted to vastly revitalize Virginia’s nursing community to address a desperate...

12.06.2025 7

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The ‘Californication’ of Virginia’s Power Grid Brings Increased Costs, Less Reliability

There are things that strike our equilibrium when they fail us even if we intellectually know that they shouldn’t. The lights going on when we......

11.06.2025 10

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Virginia Researchers May Have Found Key to Alzheimer’s

With all the “he-said-she-said” over President Joe Biden’s failing mind and the “politburo” (their word, not ours) that was making all the...

06.06.2025 10

Joe Thomas

Virginia Municipalities Dispute Their ‘Sanctuary’ Designation

You may not know the word “truthiness” but you have, without question, experienced it. It first appeared on the opening graphics of the “Colbert...

05.06.2025 8

Joe Thomas

Trump and the Case of the Second Amendment Sheriff

“Trump really blew it with this one!” That is one example of the many reactions I have received in the days after President Donald Trump... Read...

31.05.2025 4

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Homeland Security Calls Out These Municipalities for Refusing to Comply With Immigration Enforcement

Is your community on “the list”? The Department of Homeland Security has published a list designed to put 500 municipalities on notice for their...

30.05.2025 5

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2 Polls in Va. Governor’s Race Paint Very Different Pictures. Why Is Media Only Showing Democrat-Friendly One?

The “unofficial” start to summer 2025 has arrived, and with it, Virginia’s campaign season with its national implications—it’s touted as a...

29.05.2025 4

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Trump May Soon Appoint 2 New Virginia Federal Prosecutors as State GOP Braces for Critical Elections

President Donald Trump’s decision on who he will appoint as Virginia’s two top federal prosecutors may be coming soon. And who he chooses could...

29.05.2025 9

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Wilder Boycotts Desegregation Commemoration Over Youngkin’s DEI Policies

Until this past weekend, there was only one place you had a chance to see all of Virginia’s living governors come together in the same... Read More...

23.05.2025 4

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‘DOGE’ in the States: How Virginia’s DOGE Made 25% of Regulations and Fees ‘Disappear’

Following up on a story we shared with you on April 25th, more states are looking for their own “DOGE,” or Department of Government Efficiency.......

20.05.2025 10

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When the Culture War Becomes the Culture Jihad

In the wake of U.S. Supreme Court victories in favor of Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop who had been targeted because he refused......

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Segregated Graduations Raise Concerns UVA Not Dismantling DEI

The University of Virginia was supposed to have dismantled its diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives by now. Two weeks ago, amid accusations...

14.05.2025 3

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Silenced Dissenters: How Congressional Leadership Punishes Their Party Mavericks

After stepping out of the prescribed narrative of his political party, this member of Congress was assailed by rumors of dire problems within his...

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Virginia, New Jersey Gubernatorial Races Show ‘Leaning Democrat’ Trends

The Center for Politics at the University of Virginia has published a report looking at where the only two gubernatorial races in the nation stand......

08.05.2025 4

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