If you're not outraged, check your privilege
Last Wednesday, Rochester (NY) police arrived on the scene of “family trouble”. What ensued is truly gut-wrenching and despicable: a nine year old was abused and pepper sprayed while handcuffed in the...
View ArticleVirginia Sen. Amanda Chase is soooo jealous that Marjorie Greene gets more...
The raging dumpster fire that is the GOP rages on. The national embarrassment that is Virginia Senator Amanda Chase continues on. You know… gun-toting, conspiracy theory curious Amanda Chase? The...
View ArticleWith a hat tip to Jim Crow, Republicans are pushing scores of state bills to...
Earlier this month, Ari Berman wrote about the tsunami of voter suppression bills that state legislators have introduced in the first weeks of 2021, tweeting: “This is huge scandal that should be...
View ArticleCOVID won't stop us and neither can Republicans
After presidential election years, the eyes of the political world always and deservedly shift to Virginia — where we elect a new House of Delegates, a new Governor, a new Lieutenant Governor, and a...
View ArticleThe primary IS the general
We are officially 100 days out until the June 8th primary elections in Virginia, and state-wide candidates aren’t the only ones up for election. Here in Arlington, Matt Rogers is running for the House...
View ArticleHow much water should you drink?
This question seems to be of great interest to readers here given the high number of recs and comments on a recent diary by Kos, and the rebuttal diary.I thought I’d add in a Zen perspective to water...
View ArticleCanvassing while black can be deadly. Thankfully, it wasn't today.
This year’s elections in Virginia are incredibly important and this afternoon was truly a beautiful time to start energizing voters for June 8th. I took my clipboard and papers that I drop off for...
View Article"EXPERIENCE" DOESN'T PAY THE BILLS
When my wife, Jasmine, and I first decided we would start our family here in Arlington, VA, I was an "intern" on Capitol Hill working at the lofty pay for $10 a day. That's why no one who works on my...
View ArticleLet's do it again
90for90 did it in Florida in 2020, they put a Democratic candidate on the ballot in all but maybe one race. Daily Kos helped the candidates raise money (not much door to door for signatures during a...
View ArticleBrown-skinned Democrats Squeezed Out by White GOP?
Here's the scoop from my viewpoint. A Filipino woman, known for her support of Democratic candidates and issues filed to run for Virginia House District 84 in early January 2021. Five weeks later an...
View ArticleToxic White Privilege
Why is a white Republican better than a brown Democrat? I don’t know and can’t imagine, but factions within the Virginia Beach apparatus seem to think so. They’ve recently recruited a white Republican...
View ArticleWe're making history in Virginia
What’s happening here in Virginia this year is nothing short of historic and has been written as such in recent publications and recognized by the nationally renowned, Amanda Litman from Run For...
View ArticleVirginia Citizen Reacts to Jan 6th Insurrection - Guess What She Does?
I had not seen a diary on this, so if I missed one please let me know. The front page of today’s Washington Post featured a great article about what happens in a small, rural community when citizens...
View ArticleJim Crow lives on in Virginia. SMH.
Right now in Virginia, there is a brewing controversy that could deny over 100K people the right to vote for their state delegate. The powers that be have the discretion to remedy this situation in...
View ArticleShut up and canvass
Hi, I'm Matt Rogers. I'm a grassroots activist who began my political activity on the campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. I’ve worked as a volunteer, organizer, fundraiser, member of Caucus...
View ArticleWe can still help Matt
I will admit I can be a bit slow on the uptake. You may already know this if you read my diary White Privilege, almost 6 years ago.I have known that those in power only wanted a certain kind of person...
View ArticleElizabeth Warren just endorsed Sam Rasoul. Rural politics are now in play?
I am a wildly enthusiastic supporter of Sam Rasoul. #FullDisclosure. Elizabeth Warren just publicly endorsed Sam — who is running for Lieutenant Governor in Virginia — and even sent out an...
View ArticleVirginia Democrats send message to statehouse candidates: Progressives need...
One of the likeliest pickup districts in Virginia this cycle is Virginia Beach’s 84th District, where the Republican incumbent won by just 500 votes in 2019. Now that the incumbent is running for...
View ArticleTrumper delegate's racist slur of Middle Easterners: let's rock with Lockhart...
McGuire has a major mancrush on Trump and spread the lie that the election was rigged.Virginia state Delegate John McGuire (R) is up for re-election this year for House District 56. First elected in...
View ArticleWhy Should We Allow Life's Circumstances to Limit Our Possibilities?
To answer the title’s question, we shouldn’t, and I certainly do not. My name is Chance Trevillian, I’ve got strong and solid democratic values, and I am running for Virginia’s 16th House of Delegates...
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