Bats***-Crazy VA GOP Comment of the Day: “Venezuela, Soviet Russia and now...
Of course, this is the same guy (VA GOP Executive Director John Findlay) who claimed that Ralph Northam was “dishonoring his ‘family’s heritage’ by calling for the removal of Confederate monuments.”...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Brentsville Supervisor Jeanine Lawson
On Friday, I sent a letter to (Prince William County) Brentsville Supervisor Jeanine Lawson in response to her conduct on Election Day, the full text of which can be found below. I’m not one of her...
View ArticleVideo, Tweets from VA GOP “Advance” (aka, RETREAT!!!) Whinefest/Freakshow
Fun times at today’s VA GOP “Advance” (aka, RETREAT!!!), it would seem. I particularly enjoyed Ed Gillespie’s hissy fit (see below) about supposedly being misquoted, when he was quoted exactly, as you...
View ArticleUPDATED 12/10: Racist, Misogynist, Anti-Muslim Bigot Who Joked About...
UPDATE 12/10/17: Gotta love this video of faaaar-right loon Brian Kilmeade at the VA GOP 2017 “Advance” (aka, RETREAT!!!) last night. For starters, he has no idea what the name of the hotel (The...
View ArticleOpinion: Another Court Decision Leads to More Electoral Injustice – House...
Last night, I attended the scheduled hearing which is part of the Lecky vs Virginia State Board of Elections lawsuit. This suit is part of an ongoing fight by voters in House District 28 (which...
View ArticleVirginia’s House Rules Committee Lacks Legitimacy
By Josh Stanfield of Activate Virginia Undemocratic forces are at play in our House of Delegates – and they threaten core progressive and Democratic legislative priorities in 2018. Over the weekend,...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01): Your Silence is Atrocious
As has become commonplace over the last year, the news cycle over the past week has been dominated by congressional incompetency, presidential degeneration, or some combination thereof. Just as the...
View ArticleVA GOP Getting Relentlessly Pounded for Its “Uncalled For” Tweet About Andrew...
Remember this tweet by the VA GOP making the firing of Andrew McCabe all a partisan political game? Well, to put it mildly, it hasn’t gone over very well. Check out some of the reactions…the first two...
View ArticleVideo: Is the #MeToo Movement Really “Much Ado About Nothing?”
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, and given the number of sexual harassment and abuse allegations against members of other legislative bodies in the country, this Virginia General Assembly session –...
View ArticleVideo: VA GOP Abuses the Legislative Process for Spite; Butthurt, “Snowflake”...
Following the failure of the Virginia General Assembly to pass even one single meaningful piece of gun violence prevention legislation this year, despite enormous public support for things like bump...
View ArticleGreat News: Looks Like There’s Still Time for VA GOP to Take Action on Guns...
by Cindy As the discussion on how to stop Virginia from suffering the next mass shooting or school shooting ramped up in the wake of Parkland, Democrats in the Virginia legislature called for...
View ArticleVideo: A Day in VA GOP “Governance”– GOP Senator Rips GOP-Controlled House;...
Gotta love Virginia GOP “governance,” aka “FAILED governance.” To date in this session of the Virginia General Assembly, what have we gotten from the Virginia GOP? Still no budget, and god knows when...
View ArticleVideo: Virginia House “Sensitivity” and “Coffee” Awards 2018
Some (mostly) light-hearted fun in the Virginia House of Delegates today, as the GOP’s annual “Sensitivity Caucus” awards and the Democrats’ first-annual “Coffee” (named after the “Coffin Corner” – not...
View ArticleWeekly Roundup of the Virginia GOP Freak Show (3/9/18)
As we know, the Virginia GOP is a continuing freak show. I am seriously tempted to do a weekly roundup of said freak show, but for now, I think I’ll just do one for the previous week. If you have other...
View Article2018 GOP-Controlled Virginia General Assembly a Nearly Total #FAIL; Replace...
Republicans can pretend all they want that the 2018 Virginia General Assembly session was a success, but of course we know that it was, in fact, an almost complete failure. Let’s look back to the list...
View ArticleVideo: VA GOP Chair John Whitbeck on Hardball Epitomizes Why Everyone Needs...
Want some warped entertainment? Just watch this video (below) of Virginia GOP John Whitbeck on Hardball last night. Among other things, Whitbeck attempts to defend the indefensible — Trump point-blank...
View ArticleDespite Losing 15 Seats in November 2017, Republicans Decimated Virginia...
People can try to put a positive spin on the 2018 Virginia General Assembly session all they want – and many have, for a variety of political reasons – but the facts don’t lie. Check out the following...
View ArticleVideo: Exclusive Footage of Howling Mob…er, Audience at Today’s Virginia Tea...
UPDATE 6:30 pm — The Bull Elephant reports, “Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation held a debate today where Nick Freitas smoked Corey Stewart. Evidence of that is in their straw poll that Freitas...
View ArticleWayyyy Beyond Parody: VA GOP Chair John “Whitebeck” on Far-Right “Newsmax TV”...
It’s really hard to know where to even begin with this one, as it’s basically beyond parody. Except that it’s for real. So yesterday, Virginia GOP Chair John “Anti-Semitic ‘Joke’ Dude” Whitbeck...
View ArticleAs Hundreds of Thousands Marched Against Gun Violence, Here’s The Lunacy,...
As hundreds of thousands marched yesterday – led by amazing, courageous, passionate, brilliant, inspiring young people – against the scourge of gun violence in this country, what were Virginia...
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