UPDATE: The Associated Press has called the New Jersey governor’s race in favor of Gov. Phil Murphy. Murphy, a Democrat, won re-election in a highly competitive race that dragged well past election night. However, Republican Jack Ciattarelli hasn’t conceded. A campaign spokesperson called it irresponsible to do so until officials count all of the ballots. ORIGINAL […]
GOP leaders are demanding answers from Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) today. Their calls follow LCPS’ self-acknowledged failure to provide a safe environment for students. SEE ALSO: McAuliffe Staffers Try and Fail to Get Conservative Activist Arrested Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Richard Burr (R-N.C.) and House Education and Labor Committee […]
By now you know that Republicans had a big night. In Virginia, Glenn Youngkin defeated Terry McAuliffe. More GOP wins down-ballot have reversed years of Democratic gains. SEE ALSO: Election Day Updates and Results Despite their best efforts, Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Kamala Harris all failed to push McAuliffe over the finish line. However, […]
Virginia is home to this year’s biggest, most contested political race. That means the Old Dominion is also home to campaign trackers—staffers who follow the opposing candidate hoping to record a gaffe or worse. Despite that reality, the McAuliffe campaign was none too happy to see a conservative activist filming their candidate last night. Although […]
The Marine Corps has a tough response for active duty service members who don’t get their shots by the branch’s coronavirus vaccination deadline. Get out. As the Military Times reports: The Corps will kick out every Marine who refuses the COVID-19 vaccine and fails to receive an approved exemption by the Nov. 28 deadline, a new […]
A ballot proposal has Minnesota’s largest city on edge. Voters will decide today whether or not to scrap the Minneapolis Police Department in favor of a new Department of Public Safety. The police replacement measure comes amid a crime surge. Since 2020, the city has suffered through its most violent years in a generation. Back […]
Roger Stone has a knack for snagging headlines when he wants them. The longtime Republican operative is threatening to run as a libertarian candidate against popular Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.). DeSantis’ crime? Saying the Florida Division of Elections did its job on Election Day 2020. Then-President Trump won Florida by a greater margin in […]
Republican Jason Miyares finds himself in a dead heat in the race to be Virginia’s next attorney general. Running to be the state’s first Latino attorney general is “humbling.” The challenges his immigrant mother faced stick with him today. As an assistant commonwealth’s attorney, Miyares can speak at length about the need to address crime […]
Tomorrow won’t be the first time Winsome Sears attempts to make history. The conservative trailblazer pioneered a strategy two decades ago to win over minority voters that’s now paying dividends with Republicans. In 2001, Sears ran and won a race in a majority black district in the Virginia House of Delegates. Despite the unfavorable conditions, […]
If you don’t prosecute the few gang members police catch, guess what? You get more violent crime. More than 70 shell casings were found at one of the latest horrifying crime scenes to rock Chicago. Per the Chicago Sun-Times: Five men linked to a deadly gang-related shootout Friday in Austin were released from custody after […]
Fox News reports that the Virginia Department of Education’s (VDOE) website extolls critical race theory as a means of fighting racism. The revelation further contradicts the VDOE’s repeated claims it doesn’t teach CRT. SEE ALSO: Records Reveal Coordinated Scheme to Push Critical Race Theory Initiatives in Loudoun County In fact, after doing some digging, Fox […]
Guest Post: I’m Immunocompromised, and I’ve Never Asked Others to Protect Me
“Get that child to the hospital RIGHT NOW.” Those were the words that rang in my mother’s ears when she picked up the phone at midnight in the winter of 1984. She all but threw my father out of bed as they hastily got dressed, told my older brother to hold down the fort (he […]