virginia
Via Kyle Griffin:
Early exit poll data — via NBCNews:
#Republican primary voters who will NOT support the GOP nominee, regardless of who it is:
#NorthCarolina: 35% won't guarantee their vote for the Republican
#Virginia: 36% won't guarantee their vote
#California: 33% won't guarantee their vote
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Via Democracy Docket:
#Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) vetoed a bill requiring the state to rejoin ERIC, a nonpartisan group that helps states maintain accurate voter rolls. Youngkin withdrew Virginia from ERIC in May 2023 after right-wing conspiracies targeted the group.
#VotingRights
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/virginia-governor-vetoes-bill-to-rejoin-voter-data-organization-eric/
The Family #Photographs That Helped Us Investigate How a University Displaced a #Black Community
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A longtime resident of the Shoe Lane area in #Virginia chronicled the life of his community as it was demolished by Christopher Newport University.
His photographs helped a reporter seek #accountability.
#News #Richmond #Race #RealEstate #Property #Community #Education
https://www.propublica.org/article/family-photos-of-shoe-lane-destruction
#Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) will withdraw the state from particip in CA’s tough auto emissions standards at end of this year, using opinion from Virginia AG Jason S. Miyares (R) as justification for undoing an action taken by Gen Assembly.
“Once again, Virginia is declaring independence — this time from a misguided electric vehicle mandate imposed by unelected leaders nearly 3,000 miles away from the Commonwealth”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/06/05/youngkin-virginia-auto-emissions-california/
😊 Army veteran Eugene Vindman, who was a key player in the first impeachment of former President Trump, will win the Democratic nomination for the House seat representing #Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects.
Vindman came out on top of a crowded Democratic field to try to succeed retiring Rep. Abigail Spanberger
"My hidden agenda in the book club is to get people excited about reading stories about members of the #LGBTQ+ community who are different than them."
I'm pleased to share my first story for The Advocate, about the joy of #queer folks reading together: https://www.advocate.com/news/lgbtq-book-clubs
#books #bookstodon #Austin #Texas #LGBTQIA+ #culture #Richmond #Virginia @bookstodon
🚨The US Supreme Court let #Virginia carry out a purge of an estimated 1,600 residents from its voter rolls ahead of the Nov. 5 election —Bloomberg #SCOTUS
BREAKING: The Justice Department is suing #Virginia, arguing that the state is purging voters too close to the election. Virginia says the purge is targeting noncitizens, but DOJ claims that lawful voters' registrations are being erroneously canceled. https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/justice-department-sues-virginia-officials-over-states-noncitizen-voter-roll-purge/
#Virginia on Monday asked #SCOTUS to intervene to allow the state to remove roughly 1,600 voters from its rolls that it believes are noncitizens. https://apnews.com/article/b1d174ea90a7ac6e6fb1b9c623b7402e
Via Ari Berman:
#Virginia voters: if you've been wrongly purged from the rolls you can re-register at the polls under same-day registration & still cast a ballot
Via Rupar:
Fox News [sic] cuts away from #Trump's speech in #Virginia after he goes on a transphobic rant about how "beautiful" the members of a women's college swim team are #ClusterFox
30 states have local elections. #WI and #PA have Supreme Court elections and #VA and #NJ have statewide. Win those races. #OK has primaries on Feb 11th! Want to fight that lunatic Education Sec there? RUN for school board!
Help Democrat Abigail Spanberger’s campaign for governor in #Virginia
#election #election2025 #midterms2025
Yevgeny Vindman, a Democrat and former Army lieutenant colonel who was fired for his role as a whistle-blower in the first Trump impeachment, defeated the Republican Derrick Anderson to win a competitive congressional seat in #Virginia.
There’s something about a road trip that captures the freedom of a Friday. This photo from a quiet highway in Virginia reminds me how small adventures can bring so much peace. What’s your #FridayFeeling today?
#FridayFeeling #Photography #RoadTrip #Virginia #TravelVibes #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt
#Virginia picks of the day:
➡️ @VirginiaMercury - Independent non-profit news organisation covering state of Virginia
➡️ @maprva - OpenStreetMap group in Richmond, Virginia
➡️ @rvaweather - Weather forecasts & alerts for Virginia, Maryland, Washington DC
🌤️ Weather accounts for Virginia, follow a town or city to see its forecasts in your timeline:
@alexandria__virginia
@blacksburg__virginia
@bristol__virginia
@chesapeake__virginia
@culpeper__virginia
@danville__virginia
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terrifying video
#ICE (#homelandSecurity investigations) rolling up to kidnap a young woman, interrupted by her lawyer (she probably called him)
racial profiling of the lawyer's colleague- assuming she's their target
performing a "welfare check"
bullshit
that's local police's job
a plain clothed goon squad of 5 federal employees?
that's for abducting people
video is from james rivera an attorney in northern #virginia
https://www.tiktok.com/@7jimmie77
this country is fucked
When George Mason University president Gregory Washington received notice that the Trump administration had opened an investigation into complaints of antisemitism, he was “perplexed.”
But there are signs it may be part of a coordinated campaign to oust him.
https://www.propublica.org/article/george-mason-university-antisemitism-investigation-trump?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #University #HigherEd #Education #Trump #Virginia #DEI