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Senator Cory Booker said those who support the confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court are “complicit in the evil.” How is that kind of rhetoric useful? How is that kind of rhetoric attractive to supporters of Booker?... Read more
Lee County School Board voted unanimously to allow certain teachers to carry guns in the classroom. Teachers who choose to carry a weapon will have to go through additional screening which includes another background check, a psychological evaluation, and... Read more
Virginia Public Access Project (VPAP) has another great visual available on their site. This one highlights small dollar donors in congressional races. Among the group, Jeff Dove, Republican nominee in the 11th, stands out with a whopping 63% of... Read more
The US House of Representatives passed a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress that a carbon tax would be detrimental to the United States economy.” And they are correct. The resolution passed mostly on a party line vote with Republicans... Read more
Charlotte, North Carolina has been approved by the Charlotte City Council and by a panel of Republican National Committee members as the host city for the 2020 Republican National Convention. This is a great choice. Logistically speaking, most major... Read more
Too many Democrats love harsh rhetoric. This year Democrats have taken up claims to abolish Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They get on stage at rallies for their liberal base voters and join in the mantra to abolish ICE.... Read more
Campaign finance reports for the first half of 2018 are now available. In Virginia’s 7th Congressional District Rep. Dave Brat enjoys a 2 to 1 Cash On Hand advantage over his Democrat challenger. Brat reported having $917,101.63 in his... Read more
Rep. Gerry Connolly of Virginia’s 11th District may be the most partisan minded politician in DC. During the congressional hearing of FBI Agent Peter Strzok Connolly had no problem showing his hard uncompromising partisanship during what was supposed to... Read more
Call it a surplus if you like. We’ll call it mismanagement of the budget. Today Governor Ralph Northam cheerfully announced that Virginia took in a revenue surplus of over $551 million. That’s real money, a lot of it. And that’s... Read more
Lisa Page failed to show up on Capitol Hill today despite being issued a subpoena from the House Judiciary Committee. She is the attorney for former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe and described as “a key witness” in the... Read more
We will be keeping track of public statements made by key US Senators on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. So here is a lengthy list of initial statements, all of which were made after the nomination... Read more
President Donald Trump has announced DC Appeals Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court nominee to fill the vacancy created by Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement. Leading up to the announcement tonight no one seemed to know who the... Read more
The good news about Scott Pruitt’s resignation as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency is his successor, Andrew Wheeler, is likely to continue the Trump administration’s agenda of deregulation with ease. Wheeler is currently the EPA’s Deputy Administrator and... Read more
How hard is it to simply say “Happy Independence Day?” Yesterday the Republican National Committee released a pretty standard, boilerplate statement wishing America a happy Independence Day. The Democrats went in the opposite direction and tried to use the... Read more
No partisan politics today, just a whole lot of America. Happy Independence Day! . Read more
The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) released what they call a “Summary of Initial Findings.” Good ol’ government. It took 16 months for this senate committee to write 7 pages. Bravo. All the report does is play into... Read more
Last week Culpeper County Republican Committee passed Resolutions censuring State Senators Emmett Hanger and Jill Vogel for their votes to expand Medicaid in Virginia. Greene County Republican Committee has already passed a similar Resolution censuring Hanger. But Culpeper’s Resolutions... Read more
This last minute resolution condoning the LBGT movement is being presented at the Young Republican Federation of Virginia (YRFV) meeting this Saturday morning in Richmond. Is this an appropriate position for a Republican Party auxiliary to take? Young Republican... Read more
This week the Supreme Court of the United States issued their opinion in National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra. This is an important 1st Amendment case and conservatives should be grateful that five justices respect... Read more
Here is the new ad from the Republican National Committee. It is entirely made from accurate quotes from Democrats. No commentary needed. Check it out. [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFRHX6glTSM[/embedyt] . Read more