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Interesting: "new Super-PAC Our Virginia PAC filed with FEC today and is backing Democrat Amy Roma" in the VA11 Dem "firehouse primary" bluevirginia.us/2025/06/blue... h/t @greggiroux.bsky.social

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"This Musk-Trump breakup is juicier than anything I’ve ever seen on General Hospital or Young & the Restless. 👀" - Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) bluevirginia.us/2025/06/fmr-...

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Elect Republicans, THIS is what you get - the polar opposite of "steady, competent leadership" (as we very much had under Joe Biden, even if he was boring) bluevirginia.us/2025/06/fmr-... h/t @markwarner.bsky.social

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Fmr. VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R), a Trump Supporter, on the Trump-Musk “Bromance” Ending: “Musk should know that Trump does not accept criticism well, and he will take the knees out from under anyone who publicly questions him.” bluevirginia.us/2025/06/fmr-...

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This Elon Musk-Donald Trump breakup is getting better and better by the hour... bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur...

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History teaches us that alliances between oligarchs and fascists, while initially beneficial to each other, usually don't end well.

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Wow, this is really getting wild...helluva breakup between Elon Musk and Donald Trump - and let's hope a lot more "big bomb"s to come! LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur...

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Blue Virginia Interview: VA11 Dem Candidate Amy Roma Says She’s Running Because “Our country is absolutely being torn apart,” She “knows how to get things done,” and “career politicians are struggling to figure out how to compete against something like Trump” bluevirginia.us/2025/06/blue...

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Fairfax Resident and National Security Expert @amypapanu.bsky.social Announces Run for Congress in VA-11 bluevirginia.us/2025/06/brea...

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No, we cannot build bananas in America. But at the rate they're going, the Trump administration will shortly have turned America into a banana republic, so there's that... bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur... h/t @atrupar.com

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Trump continues to disgrace the United States of America. Seriously, how can anyone be so stupid, ignorant, insane, nasty, etc. and actually have 10s of millions vote for him??? bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur... h/t @atrupar.com

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And Trump almost inevitably would have been on his way to prison...quite possibly along with Musk, lol bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur...

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Hahahahaha bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur...

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Here's Amanda Pohl's VA01 candidacy press release, including her "day one endorsers" bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur...

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New Report by @TCIFiscal Summarizes the Severe Harm of the House Reconciliation Bill for Virginia (Glenn Youngkin 100% supports this, while Winsome Earle-Sears has mostly been trying to avoid the topic...) bluevirginia.us/2025/06/new-...

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Herndon’s current and former mayors endorse James Walkinshaw for VA11 Dem nomination bluevirginia.us/2025/06/brea...

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“Trump has said again that the latest travel ban is about targeting Muslims. So I’ll repeat what I said the last time he implemented this disgusting policy: Religious freedom is a Virginia value through and through...” - Sen. Tim Kaine bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur...

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"Good Amanda" Pohl (who once ran against BAD Amanda - Chase) is the first of potentially numerous Dems who want to take on the abysmal, disgraceful excuse for a Congressman known as Rob Wittman (R-VA01)... bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur... h/t @samshirazi.bsky.social

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Abigail Spanberger: “Congressional Republicans Are Working to Undo the Progress We’ve Made and Take Away Healthcare From Virginia Families” (For his part, Youngkin signed a letter SUPPORTING these disastrous cuts, while Earle-Sears appears to be on board as well...) bluevirginia.us/2025/06/abig...

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So basically, Trump Part DUH is at the minimum as bad as Trump Part One, but in most cases much worse. Great job, Trump voters! bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur... h/t @beyer.house.gov

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Mainstream media outlets like @politico are, of course, obsessed with how Democrats are unpopular, but in fact, other than Rs, pretty much everyone hates Congressional Republicans bluevirginia.us/2025/06/was-...

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The political media loves framing authoritarian/thuggish/extremist/outlandish behavior by Trump as faux-neutral/both-sides/false-equivalence "conflict," "confrontation," "showdown," etc...because they are cowards and completely broken. bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur... h/t @jeffjarvis.bsky.social

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Thursday News: “What Trump Doesn’t Understand About Putin”; “‘We don’t want them’: Trump bans travel from 12 countries to the US”; “ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids”; “Biden Witch Hunt Begins”; “When truth no longer matters, a Republic is doomed” bluevirginia.us/2025/06/thur...

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Something we can all agree on - send Trump to The Hague! bluevirginia.us/2025/06/wedn... h/t @fritschner.bsky.social

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Tomorrow: Winsome Earle-Sears to Headline Event Alongside Far-Right-Extremist (climate denier, anti-reproductive-freedom, “described homosexuality as Satan’s work”; denied that Joe Biden was the legitimate president, etc) bluevirginia.us/2025/06/tomo...

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“Sixteen million people. That’s the cost of the Republican plan. This is not just a number – it represents moms, dads, kids, veterans...It’s cruel, it’s shortsighted, and we are going to fight like hell to stop it.” - Sen. Tim Kaine and Sen. Mark Warner bluevirginia.us/2025/06/vide...

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Del. @helmerva.bsky.social on why he's NOT running in VA11: "This November, we need to be laser focused on electing Abigail Spanberger...The danger posed by Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and their lackeys like Winsome Sears and Jason Miyares cannot be overstated." bluevirginia.us/2025/06/brea...

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Rep. Gerry Connolly's widow, Smitty, pushing hard to elect James Walkinshaw to succeed Connolly in Congress... bluevirginia.us/2025/06/brea...

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“America has been the envy of the world because of our investment in research, investment in science, and it feels like we’ve got a full-out assault on science coming from the Trump administration..." - Sen. @MarkWarner bluevirginia.us/2025/06/vide...

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"...we’ve got over 80 sponsors on an increased sanctions bill against Russia...I really think the majority leader needs to bring that bill to the floor... it’s pretty disgraceful that we’ve not had a chance to vote on it yet.” - Sen. @MarkWarner bluevirginia.us/2025/06/vide...

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"Ukraine is...redefining modern warfare...showing that who has the most tanks, trucks & planes alone may not be the most successful...this means we need a rethink in America...We’ve got a lot to learn from what the Ukrainians are doing" - Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/06/vide...

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“The acting head of FEMA ought to be fired immediately, because...he didn’t even know that there was a hurricane season in America…He then tried to say it was a joke; well in my mind, it’s a remarkable demonstration of ignorance" - Sen. @markwarner.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2025/06/vide...

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Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says If “big ugly bill" passes, "13 million Americans will lose their health insurance from Medicaid; that translates into about a minimum of 250,000 Virginians will see their health insurance just disappear virtually overnight." bluevirginia.us/2025/06/vide...

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Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says the More the “big ugly bill gets exposed, the uglier it becomes”; “if interest rates go up simply 1% more…this $2.4 trillion deficit more than triples”; Also note the "long bromance" between Trump and Musk "finally coming to breakup time" bluevirginia.us/2025/06/vide...

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We actually have known for at least a year (longer, really, because she's a climate denier, etc.) exactly what Winsome Sears thinks about RGGI... bluevirginia.us/2025/06/wedn... h/t @jaaavis.bsky.social @cpaullinva.bsky.social

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Virginia LGBTQ+ Caucus Celebrates Pride 2025 as Both “a celebration” and “an ongoing protest against efforts to criminalize and delegitimize the lives and identities of LGBTQ+ individuals” (Note: there's not a single Republican signing this...) bluevirginia.us/2025/06/virg...

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Elect Republicans, this is what you get (plus, of course, massive increases in the deficit/debt, inflation, etc.) bluevirginia.us/2025/06/wedn... h/t @Geiger_Capital

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EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN - including Jen Kiggans, Rob Wittman, Ben Cline, Morgan Griffith and John McGuire here in Virginia - who voted for this steaming pile of cow dung needs to be voted out of office in November 2026. bluevirginia.us/2025/06/what... h/t @bencasselman.bsky.social

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Your daily (or more than daily!) insane, bizarre post by insurrectionist/extremist Rep. John McGuire (R-VA05). Also, WTF is he even blabbering about??? Utter nonsense/drivel. bluevirginia.us/2025/06/what...

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Lol bluevirginia.us/2025/06/wedn...

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"I've run and won two statewide campaigns (four if you count nominating contests), and I'm pretty sure that pushing the Trump agenda is not a winning strategy in Northern Virginia." Fmr. VA LG Bill Bolling (R/Trump voter) bluevirginia.us/2025/06/wedn...

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“Kiggans and Wittman voted to gut clean energy tax credits that are currently bringing $18.2 billion in investment and almost 11,000 jobs to Virginia” - @dccc bluevirginia.us/2025/06/what...

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Democrats should, of course ALWAYS use Ranked Choice Voting unless there's an overriding (e.g., legal) reason not to do so. Even more so when there are a slew of candidates, when it's a party-run process, etc. bluevirginia.us/2025/06/brea... h/t @notlarrysabato.bsky.social

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Wednesday News: “We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower”; “Denouncing Antisemitism, Trump Also Fans Its Flames”; “Musk Unloads On [Rs'] ‘Disgusting Abomination’ Big Beautiful Bill”; “Hegseth Orders Navy to Strip Name of Gay Rights Icon Harvey Milk from Ship” bluevirginia.us/2025/06/wedn...

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That would be just 25 days from now - quick! Meanwhile, we'll see if they go with Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) or not; that could have MAJOR implications for the election (no RCV almost certainly helps James Walkinshaw) bluevirginia.us/2025/06/brea... h/t @jaredserre.bsky.social

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Wonder what the fine folks at Politico (who are constantly like "Dems are DOOOOOMED!") have to say about these continued, huge overpeformances for Democrats in special elections... bluevirginia.us/2025/06/was-... h/t @votehub.com

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