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No words for how vile and disgusting this is. And dangerous, frankly, to rile up a MAGA mob about not wanting *those kind of people* in this state. Where have we seen this before? 🤔

Oh, don't worry, @SpanbergerForVA IS going to pack up and go home--just as soon as Youngkin moves out of it!

Dem colleagues Simon, Ebbin, Watts & Locke wrote in their letter to OSIG that they are “deeply concerned” Miyares may have pressured VADOC “to adjust its practices in ways that advantage” his campaign.  “If true, this would represent a profound breach of the public trust,”

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Sen Mulchi speaking passionately and heart-breakingly about domestic violence and how many victims of domestic violence are re-victimized in court, labeled as having mental illness. And I can't help but think about how Miyares did that to this victim:

.@ssurovell before Virginia Senate passes redistricting amendment: What do you do when one side refuses to play by the rules? Do you continue to play by the rules and concede defeat? Or do you take actions, even if unsavory, to protect the principles of democratic government?

Sen. Mamie Locke 100% correctly points out that Virginia Republicans would have followed an order from Trump if they had gotten one, and would be busy trying to gerrymander Dems out of existence in Virginia. https://t.co/aUTcnkEIGQ

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.@SenatorLocke points out that the GOP keep saying "We don't react to things happening elsewhere," but all year long we've been responding to Executive Orders coming from DC, whether they follow the law or constitution or not. While other states are fighting back, Miyares is not.

Weird how it's the "death of our democracy" here in Virginia to offer the voters a chance to engage in mid-decade redistricting. So do we all agree that Trump's actions are the death of democracy?

We keep hearing occasional peeps from VA GOP members during this redistricting discussion insinuating-sometimes downright stating-that Trump's coerced mid-decade redistricting in TX & elsewhere to rig Congress's majority is wrong. But none of them said a single word before this.

GOP Senator Peake says something good was said down the hall from someone "we rarely hear good things from, [GOP] Delegate Lee Ware" OUCH!

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It's cute for the Senate GOP to argue about what constitutes an intervening election and whether voters have a chance to oust legislators if they don't like how they vote on this amendment when it ISN'T THE SENATE THAT IS UP FOR ELECTION. So there's no risk to them either way.

Oh goody, we're going to have a constitutional law duel on the Senate floor on this Friday morning. 🫠

.@ssurovell on early voters: They voted before the shutdown, before the East Wing of the White House was torn down, before they knew whether the government would extend the health care subsidies, lots of things people were unaware of but made up their mind to vote early anyway.

Senate rejects GOP floor changes to redistricting amendment that'd undermine the intent of this plan, which is to give Virginians the opportunity to ask legislature to respond to unfair redistricting taking place in other states, watering down their representation in Congress.

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Probably wouldn't matter, but the Senate GOP kinda hamstrings themselves by not all showing up to work. They're missing 3 members when the majority has a one vote margin.

It is RICH to hear these GOP Senators fervently singing praises of the Redistricting Commish. @CreighDeeds & others drafted redistricting commish amendments for YEARS, and the GOP rejected every single one of them UNTIL they were in minority & could no longer draw own districts.

Sen Obenshain says that the decision on how many Republican-leaning and how many Democratic-leaning Congressional seats Virginia has shouldn't be one of those "cats and dogs issues" that Democrats and Republicans aren't supposed to agree on. Huh?

The Virginia Senate has a Charlie Kirk memorial resolution on the floor this morning. I will not be reporting any further on it.

And in other news:

"Pro-Life" Republicans screaming in babies' faces once they're born:

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