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Shaun Kenney - November 11, 2021

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A More Gentlemanly Sort of Politics

Lynn Mitchell over at my former roost at Bearing Drift offers the following thoughts regarding the tenor and tone of today’s campaign environment: What would make people be so coarse that they would display something that offensive for all to see? It never occurred me to ever fly such a flag against any Democratic president or anyone else […]

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Alex Lemieux - April 12, 2019

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2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates Begin To Make Their Way To Virginia

Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is scheduled to make appearances all over Virginia next week as the Commonwealth becomes a 2020 battleground state.

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Alex Lemieux - April 8, 2019

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Trump, Pence Commit To Flipping Virginia Republican In 2020

The first push in flipping the Commonwealth red is the upcoming 2019 elections, with all 140 seats in the General Assembly on the ballot in November.

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TRS Staff - April 4, 2019

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Over Half Of Voters Believe Media Publishes ‘Fake News’ For Political Purposes

A poll from the Wason Center for Public Policy at Christopher Newport University shows that 57 percent of Americans now believe the press publishes “fake news” to drive their political agenda.

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Alex Lemieux - March 29, 2019

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Redacted Version Of Mueller Report Will Be Released By Mid-April

One week after U.S. Attorney General William Barr sent a four-page letter to Congress detailing that White House Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into collusion between President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign and Russia had concluded, he announced that a full redacted copy will be released to lawmakers. The nearly 400-page investigative report will be made […]

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TRS Staff - March 28, 2019

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Virginia Republicans Define 2019 Elections Early, Leaving Democrats Playing Defense

In most competitive House districts across the Commonwealth, Republicans have outspent Democrats two-to-one on digital media via Facebook since the November midterm elections.

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Alex Lemieux - March 18, 2019

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Did ‘#MeToo’ Forget About Justin Fairfax?

It is quite interesting that while the calls for Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax to resign are continuing, the protests that have blanketed Gov. Ralph Northam’s reputation for racist photos have been absent for Fairfax’s sexual assault and rape allegations.

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Alex Lemieux - March 11, 2019

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Politifact Rates Delegate Chris Jones’ ‘Republican Diversity’ Claim In Virginia Legislature ‘True’

“Republicans have had more African-Americans on key committees than when the Democrats were in control,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairman Chris Jones (R-Suffolk).

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TRS Staff - February 27, 2019

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Democrat’s Sweeping Gun Legislation Expands Background Checks To Most Sales, Transfers

Republicans say the legislation will result in law-abiding citizens becoming swept up in federal bureaucracy, and is the first step towards establishing a national firearms registry.