As a huge Star Trek and Walter Koenig fan (both as an actor and as a human being!), this is a major bummer. Hopefully, Walter Koenig's spirit is now exploring the galaxy...on a mission to last a lot more than 5 years! bluevirginia.us/2026/10/mond...
My reporting on the student movement in Serbia last summer. They kept at it, amazingly, for two years. And they won.
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Northern Virginia’s water supply depends on the work happening every day at the Upper Occoquan Service Authority. Thank you to the UOSA team in Centreville for the tour, where the $1M+ in federal funding I secured will modernize its septic waste facility.
THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)
Republican lawmakers are incensed about Trump's dismissal of Ukraine — and powerless to stop him.
That frustration hit a new peak on Monday as they sought to address Trump’s decision to purchase Russian diesel, waive sanctions on Moscow, and potentially stop sharing intelligence with Ukraine.
House Republicans repeatedly chose tax cuts for the largest corporations over affordable health care for the American people.
Virginians are literally #sickofit. It's time for new leadership.
One small joy: there are many reaction videos from professional singers whose eyebrows hit the ceiling when she belts the high note of “Ghost Love Score.“ (As my keyboard teacher told me, “It’s not a G#. It’s an A-flat.“ Ha.)
Also: Yannis from Beast in Black covers it in key. Worth the watch.
Today marks 28 years since Matthew Shepard died, beaten to death for daring to be out in 1998.
In 2021, his mother Judy testified for my bill to ban the anti-LGBTQ panic defense here in Virginia so people kill or assault us for simply existing. I’m grateful for her work and the advocates who helped.
Mariska Hargitay is an award–winning actress, producer, and director and the founder of the Joyful Heart Foundation, dedicated to supporting survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse. Hargitay proudly commemorates the 1994 Violence Against Women Act. #WeAreAmerica250
Great job by Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07)'s twin brother Alex; this is how Dems need to do it - united against fascism and for our democracy! bluevirginia.us/2026/10/tues...
I’m ok. Make no mistake: this is an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law enforcement. For ten years, Trump has targeted me with baseless lies and smear campaigns. This is just the latest escalation in his campaign of political intimidation.
I will not be silenced.
Ukraine’s future belongs to Ukrainians. It does not belong to an American president looking for a quick political win to bolster his second term, and it certainly does not belong to the dictator trying to erase them from history.
-Michael Jochum
When Ukraine destroys Russian data centers, hoards of aggressive right-wing bots disappear & the internet becomes friendlier. So much of politics is driven by the internet & so much of the internet is driven by Russians who want to hurt us. Shouldn’t we do something about that, given that we know it
If and when we get the truth and reconciliation process, and an American Nuremberg underway, the number of Trump lackeys who will say “I was only following orders” will rival that of the Nazis after World War II
The MAGA regime recently killed the largest ancient 250 year old “Grandmother” Cottonwood tree in Arizona’s indigenous territory just to expand the orange felon’s fucking wall.
I’ll never forgive anyone who chose this evil.