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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...

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Joe Thomas

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...

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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 2

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 2

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 9

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 2

Joe Thomas

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 3

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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...

26.06.2025 40

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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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

‘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

Joe Thomas

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......

17.05.2025 30

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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 10

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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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2026 … Already?

Joe Thomas

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

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Remembering Ed Feulner: A Legacy of Conservative Leadership

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Shakeup on Earle-Sears Campaign for Virginia Governor

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

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These Aren’t the Racists You’re Looking For

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

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

Joe Thomas

John Reid Talks About Uniting the Virginia Republican Ticket for November

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Media Gets It Wrong on UVA President’s Resignation

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

Republican Ticket in Virginia Seeks Unity Going Into Campaign Season

Joe Thomas

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

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What Tuesday’s Democratic Primary in Virginia Means for November

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

Virginia Researchers May Have Found Key to Alzheimer’s

Joe Thomas

Virginia Municipalities Dispute Their ‘Sanctuary’ Designation

Joe Thomas

Trump and the Case of the Second Amendment Sheriff

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

Wilder Boycotts Desegregation Commemoration Over Youngkin’s DEI Policies

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

When the Culture War Becomes the Culture Jihad

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Segregated Graduations Raise Concerns UVA Not Dismantling DEI

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Silenced Dissenters: How Congressional Leadership Punishes Their Party Mavericks

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

Joe Thomas

Get the Flock Out

Joe Thomas

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

Joe Thomas

Virginia’s ‘DOGE’ Saves Taxpayers Millions

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

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Will Congress Ensure Only Citizens Vote?

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

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Virginia Republicans Sue to Keep Dems From Choosing GOP Nominees