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Rep. Rob Wittman’s legislation to recognize six Virginia Indian Tribes was signed into law by President Donald Trump. Here is the press release from Rep. Wittman’s office. WASHINGTON – Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) applauded President Trump for signing H.R. 984,... Read more
Stumbling across the internet led me to a funny meme that said something about a food stamp app for your smart phone. I laughed a little and then went about my day. Later that night I thought about this... Read more
The federal government shut down over the weekend. But they decided to re-open already. Too short of a time period to create any real problems, except for the PR nightmare it has created for Democrats. Senate Democrats tried an... Read more
From the congressman who asked an IRS official during a House hearing if she was a witch, comes possibly his craziest claim yet. Somehow, somewhere, maybe in another time and place, Democrat Rep. Gerry Connolly claims to have been... Read more
Today is Religious Freedom Day across the United States thanks to Thomas Jefferson, who proposed the Statute Of Virginia For Religious Freedom. This laid the groundwork for the principle of religious freedom found in the US Constitution. Here is... Read more
The 2018 General Assembly session begins today. Always an interesting time, the General Assembly is an open and transparent body with live video of the action. Here is the link to the House of Delegates video. Here is the... Read more
Of all the PR problems out there right now, the NFL may have the biggest. Their players foolishly picked the wrong symbol to protest and the result can be seen each week. So the story about Buffalo Bills fans... Read more
New video out today from The Federalist Society on Virginia’s liquor laws. The video stars Denver and Christine Riggleman, owners of a distillery in Nelson County, who have a compelling story of how over-regulation from the government results in... Read more
New year, new make-up of the General Assembly, new set of elections. Republicans in Virginia endured a slaughterhouse in 2017. Hopefully 2018 can be a bounce back year. The GOP has to defend seven congressional seats and take a... Read more
Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) has an interesting graph on challengers spending money in the 2017 campaign cycle. Of course, a ton of the Democrats money came from outside of Virginia. One Democrat candidate received more money from one... Read more
Where’s your sense of humor? Vanity Fair is mocking Hillary Clinton with a stupid little video. So what? But there is some backlash. Vanity Fair felt the need to issue an apology. CBS described the apology as this; “Vanity... Read more
The Democrat running for the House of Delegates in the 94th District has filed a lawsuit claiming she is the helpless victim of an open and transparent recount process. Shocker. The 94th ended on Election Night with Republican Delegate... Read more
“Joy to the world, The Lord is come Let Earth receive her King.” [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLT9dSt8cwg[/embedyt] . Read more
President Donald Trump signed the Tax Cut and Reform bill into law today. Sorry Trump haters, but that means the president has delivered on a yuuuge campaign promise. And before Christmas too. “Everything in here is really tremendous things for... Read more
When a voter puts their ballot in the box they expect it to be counted. Fair enough, right? Today Democrats thought otherwise in a recount for a House of Delegates seat in Newport News as they tried to throw... Read more
The United Nations is having an “emergency special session” on Thursday to vote on a resolution condemning the United States for respecting Israel through our recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The UN calls this an emergency. That’s how... Read more
Remember Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign to promote physical fitness? Democrats mean it; they make you move. Under the administration of Fast Terry McAuliffe more people moved out of the commonwealth than moved in. T-Mac campaigned on creating more... Read more
Every vote counts. Press release from Delegate Tim Hugo’s office: Recount Reaffirms Delegate Hugo Victory With the conclusion of the recount in the 40th House district confirming the November results, Delegate Hugo will serve an 8th term in the Virginia House... Read more
December 12, 2017, witnessed the close of one of the most talked about and strangest special elections in American history. In a state that just one year ago gave then candidate Donald Trump 62.9% of the vote, a Democrat... Read more
Virginia Department of Transportation sent out a press release this afternoon congratulating itself on a successful first week of really high tolls on I-66. Here are two charts from their press release, neither is a cause for celebration. . Read more