Fairfax County Public Schools have settled a lawsuit with disability rights organizations and families over the district’s harsh punishments like physical restraints and seclusion used on special-ed students. Many consider those implements and techniques overly harsh for the school setting and counterproductive. Per WTOP: But some parents who belong to the Fairfax County Special Education […]
The Princeton Gerrymandering Project has reviewed Virginia’s newly proposed legislative and congressional maps. (Virginia Scope) They scored the congressional draft as an “A” overall and in Partisan Fairness, with “Cs” in Competitiveness and Geography. “It has five pretty safe D seats, 2 very safe R seats, 2 lean R seats, and 2 lean D seats (for a […]
Virginia’s proposed congressional map has been made public. The new lines leave Democrats with a fighting chance to retain control of the majority of the Commonwealth’s congressional districts. But at least one Democrat has been stranded. As POLITICO reports: Virginia’s new potential congressional map would give Democrats a fighting chance to hang onto their current […]
A boat parade in Yorktown took a turn for the surreal when the foundation sponsoring the event stripped the winning boat’s owner of his award. What was the offense, you ask? Spelling the words “Let’s go Brandon” with Christmas lights. As Fox News reports: The boat was awarded first place at the annual Yorktown Lighted […]
A holiday reading display at the Fairfax County Library was promptly taken down after a public outcry. The display showcased the controversial books “Gender Queer” and “Lawn Boy” alongside the Bible. Per Fox News: “The Dolley Madison Library holiday reading display was intended to highlight the freedom to read and the fact that many library […]
Today, the City of Richmond will begin removing the last portion of what had become an increasingly contentious statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Only one monument remains on Richmond’s Monument Avenue, honoring a black man: Richmond native and tennis champ Arthur Ashe. Although the vision for what Monument Avenue may become remains incomplete, […]
Throughout Virginia and across the country teachers are confessing that schools are teaching critical race theory. Yet liberal journalists continue to abdicate their responsibility to report the truth and ignore this huge controversy. We shouldn’t be surprised, but it is disappointing nonetheless. As Bacon’s Rebellion reports: Detroit’s school superintendent, Nikolai Vitti, says critical race theory is deeply […]
In case you missed it, a condescending joke from the insular liberal bubble otherwise known as Manhattan recently explained why Democrats lost Virginia. The joke, from “Saturday Night Live,” also shows how far the iconic sketch comedy show has fallen from its high point in the 70s. WATCH: The Washington Free Beacon reports: “My win […]
Lt. Gov.-elect Winsome Sears knows a thing or two about adversity. A first-generation immigrant, Sears came to the United States determined to make a better life for herself. After three years in the U.S. Marine Corps and managing a homeless shelter, she became the first Republican to represent a majority Black district in Virginia since […]
A well-known pollster has a salient warning for Democrats following their stinging defeats across Virginia: Stop with the tired attacks tying every Republican to Donald Trump. Per Fox News: “[I]f we are running 2022 on ‘Republican candidate = Trump,’ we’re getting killed,” Democratic pollster Brian Stryker wrote in a memo last month outlining several “challenges” the party […]
