Tag Archives: Virginia

Youngkin Echoes DeSantis With “Parents Matter” Push

The Washington Post reports: Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) sat next to an American flag and a huge sign reading “Parents Matter” as a woman in the audience complained at length that social media and college had “brainwashed” her daughter to believe that a person could be both Christian and gay. When it was his turn to reply before a friendly …

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Virginia Republican Official Posts Obscene Anti-Biden Banner At Little League Game, Invites Boys For Selfies

The Meidas Touch reports: Ron Hedlund displayed a massive penis sign with the words, “Biden Sucks” written across it at a youth baseball game at RF&P Park in Henrico County, Virginia. In a video captured at the event, Hedlund, who is listed as a Virginia GOP Central Committee Representative defended his sign after a community member said it was inappropriate …

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Youngkin Mingles With GOP Megadonors At NY Event

The New York Post reports: Former Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and his wife, Hilary Geary Ross, hosted a buzzy dinner at their Hamptons home Friday night for Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the first lady of Virginia, Suzanne S. Youngkin, Page Six hears. A source on the East End tells us that the event “was not billed as a …

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Politico: Dem Rep To Run For Virginia Governor

Politico reports: Rep. Abigail Spanberger , a centrist Democrat from Virginia who sits in a must-win seat for her party in 2024, has told multiple people she will run for governor in 2025. Spanberger, a powerhouse fundraiser who recently earned a spot at House Democrats’ leadership table, has been laying the groundwork for a statewide run for months — even …

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GOP Senate Candidate: I’m Running To Stop Witchcraft

The Insider reports: Hung Cao, a Republican running for US Senate in Virginia, warned in an interview this week that “witchcraft” has “taken over” in some parts of California. After losing to Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton by less than ten percentage points in 2022, Cao is seeking to take on Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine, who’s running for a third term. …

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Virginia Removes LGBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention Resources After Complaints By Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire

The Washington Post reports: The administration of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) quietly took down LGBTQ+ youth resources from a state website after a conservative media outlet questioned the links, records show, building on a pattern of removals derided by public health employees who say their work is being politicized. Within hours of an inquiry from the Daily Wire, a …

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Pornhub Blocks Virginia Users Over Age Verification Law

The Virginia Mercury reports: Virginians will no longer be able to access Pornhub, one of the internet’s most popular pornography websites, after the company disabled access to the site in the commonwealth in response to a new law going into effect this Saturday. The law requires pornography websites to use age verification technology to more stringently determine whether a person …

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Mother Of 6-Year-Old Boy Who Shot Virginia Teacher Pleads Guilty To Using Weed While Possessing Firearm

The Associated Press reports: The mother of a 6-year-old boy who shot his teacher in Virginia pleaded guilty in federal court Monday to using marijuana while possessing a firearm, which is illegal under U.S. law. The federal crime is facing increasing scrutiny as more states legalize the drug. But federal prosecutors in Virginia said Monday that such laws protect communities. …

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Four Dead In Crash That Spurred Military Scramble

Yahoo News reports: A Florida businessman and prominent political donor identified himself as the owner of a Cessna passenger aircraft that sparked panic as it flew into restricted U.S. airspace over Washington, D.C., Sunday—before crashing into the Virginia wilderness, according to a report. The aircraft, which authorities said was piloted by a person who lost consciousness, prompted an aerial chase …

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Youngkin Ally Leads Protest Against Virginia Pride Event

The Washington Examiner reports: Dozens of protesters gathered outside Old Town Hall in Fairfax, Virginia, to protest the city’s pride celebration, where drag queens were scheduled to dance. The event was coordinated by Stacy Langton [photo], the Virginia mother who went viral in 2021 for speaking against phonographic books in front of the Fairfax County school board. Langton appeared in …

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Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Rules Out Run For WH

CBS News reports: Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin silenced speculation about a potential 2024 run for the presidency Monday, responding with a simple “no” when he was asked about returning to the campaign trail later this year. The governor was participating in a talk at the Milken Institute with Wall Street Journal editor-at-large Gerard Baker, who asked Youngkin if he planned …

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Virginia School District Argues That Getting Shot By 6-Year-Old Is An Assumed Risk That Comes With Job

Law & Crime reports: The school district that employs the teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old first grade student says that the teacher’s lawsuit against the district should be dismissed because she was injured in the course of her job — and therefore it’s a matter of workers’ compensation. In other words, the school district appears to be arguing, …

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Catholic Priest Calls For “Crushing Mentally Ill Tranny Freak Show Vermin” At Event Honored By Virginia Gov

“If God is for us, who can be against us? Certainly not some mentally ill tranny freak show of a four star admiral in Biden’s cabinet. Why don’t the bishops at this Catholic Church say that? That’s why they hate me, because I do and they don’t and they know it! “If God is for us who can be against …

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VA Youth Pastor Gets Seven Years On Child Sex Charges

Virginia Beach’s NBC affiliate reports: A former Norfolk church youth group leader was sentenced to seven years in prison for the sexual abuse of a minor. Charles Willoughby III, 39 was convicted to seven years in prison for traveling with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor. Willoughby routinely groomed minor teen girls who were part …

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Grand Jury Indicts Mother Of Child Who Shot Teacher

NBC News reports: The mother of a 6-year-old boy who seriously wounded his teacher with a gun in January will face charges in the shooting, a local prosecutor in Virginia said Monday. A grand jury indicted Deja Taylor on charges of felony child neglect and a misdemeanor count of recklessly leaving a loaded firearm so as to endanger a child, …

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Cultists Hound Entire County Election Staff Into Quitting

NBC News reports: Lindsey Taylor loved running elections here. The previous registrar had spent nearly three decades in the job, and Taylor, 37, hoped to do the same when she was first hired in 2019. In January, the GOP assumed control of the Buckingham County Electoral Board that oversees her office, and local Republicans began advancing baseless voter fraud claims …

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Right Wing Lobbyist Files Challenge To Sen. Tim Kaine

Congress Minutes reports: Club for Growth Vice President of Government Affairs Scott Parkinson has filed to seek the Republican nomination to challenge Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) next year, according to election filings. Who is he? A leading voice for the conservative group, Parkinson has worked in politics for over 16 years, according to his Club for Growth biography. He has …

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VA Teacher Shot By 6-Year-Old Files $40 Million Lawsuit

NBC News reports: Almost three months after Virginia teacher Abigail Zwerner was shot by a 6-year-old student, she filed a $40 million lawsuit Monday alleging school administrators shrugged off multiple warnings from staff and students who believed the boy had a gun and posed an imminent threat on the day of the shooting, and did so knowing the child “had …

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VA Pastor Arrested For “Indecent Liberties With Child”

The Northern Virginia Daily reports: Strasburg police are accusing a local church leader of committing sex crimes against a child four years ago. Mark Newton Heatwole, 65, of Timberville, remains free on bond after his arrest last week on one count of taking indecent liberties with a child under the age of 15. Sgt. Chris Nixon, of the Strasburg Police …

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Virginia Rep: Make Passing Federal Gun Laws A Felony

The Daily Beast reports: A Virginia lawmaker who previously warned of a “coming Civil War” in America is proposing a law that would make it a felony to pass gun laws. Virginia delegate Marie March made national headlines in 2021 when she was among a crop of candidates who won election despite attending a Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally …

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