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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...

09.05.2025 2

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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 2

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Get the Flock Out

The Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures does not say that the government cannot search your house. Instead, it lays...

08.05.2025 20

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Has Controversy Complicated Virginia GOP’s Chances of Maintaining Control Come November?

If you had an English teacher like the one I did in high school, you might recall her saying, “Cakes are done, people are finished.”... Read More...

05.05.2025 4

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Virginia’s ‘DOGE’ Saves Taxpayers Millions

Virginia’s ‘DOGE’ Saves Taxpayers Millions

In statehouses across the country, legislators, policy analysts, and commentators are all asking: “Could (or should) we have a Department of...

25.04.2025 4

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They Call Him ‘Radio Show Host,’ but They Soon May Be Calling Him ‘Lieutenant Governor’

They Call Him ‘Radio Show Host,’ but They Soon May Be Calling Him ‘Lieutenant Governor’

The press, as it is wont to do, is trying to trivialize one candidate’s life in public service that goes back to Ronald Reagan and... Read More The...

25.04.2025 3

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Will Congress Ensure Only Citizens Vote?

Will Congress Ensure Only Citizens Vote?

By May 7, all U.S. citizens are supposed to have their federally required “Real ID” so that they can travel by air or enter a... Read More The...

23.04.2025 2

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Law Enforcement Rallies Around Virginia Sheriff Caught in Sting Operation After Defying Democrats

A former sheriff, out of money to appeal a conviction in a federal bribery case, faces 10 years in jail and is throwing, in the... Read More The post...

18.04.2025 10

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Virginia Republicans Sue to Keep Dems From Choosing GOP Nominees

Virginia’s new “convention ban” outlaws the ability of political parties to choose their candidates through their own conventions and instead...

15.04.2025 6

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National Democrats Raising Money to Keep Virginia Legislature Blue in November

What price would you put on a constitutional amendment allowing abortion right up to the moment a baby is about to be born? What about... Read More...

12.04.2025 30

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‘DC-style politics’ Comes to Virginia as Democrats Block Youngkin’s Appointees

During the 2013 campaign for Virginia governor, the GOP nominee, then-Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, warned that if his opponent, Democrat and Bill...

11.04.2025 20

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Why Ranked Choice Voting Was Bad for Virginia—and for Any State

Among the bills that the Virginia General Assembly passed in its 2025 session was one that would bring a process called ranked choice voting to......

10.04.2025 10

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After His Shocking Exit From Politics, Nick Freitas Hints at What’s Next

With over 3 million followers between his Instagram “shorts” videos and his “Making the Argument” podcast, other than Virginia’s governor,...

08.04.2025 2

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Virginia’s Democrat Senators Recommend 4 US Attorney Options to Trump

While Virginia’s current governor is facing more partisan pushback from the Democrat leadership in the General Assembly over his nominees to serve...

04.04.2025 8

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Can Virginia GOP Flip Legislature to Block Abortion-Until-Birth Amendment?

If we all had a dollar for every time we’ve been told, “This is the most important election of our lifetime,” we could afford to... Read More...

02.04.2025 9

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Arrest of MS-13 Leader Sparks Sanctuary City Debate

In a coordinated raid in a Northern Virginia neighborhood Thursday morning, federal, state, and local law enforcement agents arrested the top East...

28.03.2025 4

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Media Laments Virginia’s Youngkin Vetoing Near-Record 157 Bills

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin likely just did the people of Virginia a favor by vetoing 157 out of the 966 bills that came across his... Read More The...

28.03.2025 6

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Why the Push Against Data Centers That Bring Billions to the Virginia Economy?

It was 2001 when I realized the city of Buffalo, where I was living and doing radio at the time, was never going to come... Read More The post Why the...

24.03.2025 9

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Competition Emerges in Republican Race for Virginia Governor’s Mansion

Virginians are bracing for another onslaught of national politicians and pundits hell-bent to prove during the commonwealth’s upcoming off-year...

19.03.2025 10

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8 Months Before Statewide Elections, Virginia Republicans and Democrats Changing Party Leaders

With Virginia’s governor’s mansion and control of both houses of the Virginia General Assembly up for grabs in less than eight months, both the...

18.03.2025 6

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