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Sunday (3/8/26) News: “Living in a Time of Lunatics and Monsters”; 1 week of Trump's war "With No Coherent Endgame"; "Trump Finds Jaw-Dropping Way to Disrespect His Own War Dead"; Will Trump Send in US Special Forces?" VA General Assembly’s “final sprint” https://bluevirginia.us/2026/03/sunday-3-8-26-news-living-in-a-time-of-lunatics-and-monsters-va-general-assemblys-final-sprint/

VA House Democrats Pass Top Priority, Paid Sick Leave ("HB5 is about making sure working Virginians don’t have to choose between their health and their paycheck") https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/va-house-democrats-pass-top-priority-paid-sick-leave/

Monday News: Trump and Rubio Continue to “lambast friends and empower foes”; “Trump’s New Voter I.D. Threat Is His Gravest Attack on Democracy Yet”; “Presidents’ Days: From Obama to Trump”; “Maga is a recapitulation of the dark side of American history” https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/monday-news-rubio-lambasts-friends-and-empowers-foes-trumps-new-voter-i-d-threat-is-his-gravest-attack-on-democracy-yet-presidents-days-from-obama-to-trump-ma/

Sunday News: “Rubio’s Valentine’s Day message to Europe: Change or get dumped”; Russia Murdered “Navalny using dart frog toxin”; “This Is Much Worse Than Mere Detention”; “Obama addresses racist video shared by Trump depicting him as an ape”; “Here’s why you should care about the Richmond Free Press” https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/sunday-news-rubios-valentines-day-message-to-europe-change-or-get-dumped-russia-murdered-navalny-using-dart-frog-toxin-this-is-much-worse-than-mere-detention-obama/

Video: On the Epstein Files, Peter Mandelson, etc., @RepSuhas (D-VA10) Says “you’re seeing accountability everywhere else but the Trump administration- and it’s infuriating!”; Says he wants to hear from Les Wexner, Prince Andrew, Howard Lutnick, etc. https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/video-on-the-epstein-files-peter-mandelson-etc-rep-suhas-subramanyam-d-va10-says-youre-seeing-accountability-everywhere-else-but-the-trump-administration-and-its-infuriating/

Video: Ivy Main says VA General Assembly has "clearly no appetite for doing the big stuff" on data centers; Spanberger looking in year #1 to "do the things that that are achievable without great pain and see how far we can get...then next year revisit" https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/video-ivy-main-says-the-hostility-to-offshore-wind-is-really-just-trump-nobody-else-feels-this-way-he-will-be-gone-and-then-we-will-get-back-on-track/

Video: Ivy Main - “the hostility to offshore wind is really just [Trump]; nobody else feels this way…he will be gone”; Also: "wind & solar are the cheapest forms of energy & they will continue to get cheaper; whereas fossil fuels, they can't get cheaper" https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/video-ivy-main-says-the-hostility-to-offshore-wind-is-really-just-trump-nobody-else-feels-this-way-he-will-be-gone-and-then-we-will-get-back-on-track/

Saturday News: Trump’s “cynical and devastating’ reversal of endangerment finding has grave implications'”; For Dems, “the winning play is actually to confront ICE and MAGA xenophobia head on”; In First Year, RFK Jr. Moved U.S. Healthcare “away from science and toward conspiracy-fueled quackery” https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/saturday-news-trumps-cynical-and-devastating-reversal-of-endangerment-finding-has-grave-implications-for-dems-the-winning-play-is-actually-to-confront-ice-and-maga-xenophobia-hea/

Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04) Endorses Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor for Congress (Taylor also has been endorsed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger, Sen. Tim Kaine, etc.) https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/rep-jennifer-mcclellan-d-va04-endorses-henrico-county-commonwealths-attorney-shannon-taylor-for-congress/

Friday News: “Trump’s repeal of landmark climate ruling ‘un-American’ & ‘Orwellian’”; “Oxygen Journalism: Why ‘Both Sides’ Is Killing the News”; “Epstein’s Ghost Is Calling All the Shots in Trump’s [WH]”; PW County “Is Ground Zero in the Battle Over Data Centers” https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/friday-news-trumps-repeal-of-landmark-climate-ruling-un-american-and-orwellian-oxygen-journalism-why-both-sides-is-killing-the-news-epste/

Video: Fmr. Rep. @BarbaraComstock (R-VA10) to Federal Employees – “I’d just like to take the opportunity, even though I'm a former [Republican], to apologize to you as a Republican for what has happened, which has been so egregious, the trauma.” https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/video-fmr-rep-barbara-comstock-r-va10-to-federal-employees-id-just-like-to-take-the-opportunity-to-apologize-to-you-as-a-republican-for-what-has-happened-which-has-been-so-egregious/

Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says He’s “concerned that [the Trump administration] may try out some of their [voter suppression] tactics” in the VA Redistricting Referendum in April; Sen. Warner says he strongly opposes the "SAVE Act," sayt it would "disenfranchise folks" in rural areas, women who change their name when they get married, etc. https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/video-sen-mark-warner-says-hes-concerned-that-the-trump-administration-may-try-out-some-of-their-voter-suppression-tactics-in-virginia-before-this-falls-elections/

Video of New Ad: “It’s Happening” — GOP Politicians Redrawing Maps to Rig the Midterm Elections; "Virginia can't sit back and do nothing." https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/video-of-new-ad-its-happening-gop-politicians-redrawing-maps-to-rig-the-midterm-elections/

Video: Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-VA07) Announces Re-Election Campaign in Virginia’s (New) First Congressional District ("...should Virginians approve a mid-decade redrawing of congressional districts to confront Trump administration corruption.") https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/video-rep-eugene-vindman-d-va07-announces-re-election-campaign-in-virginias-new-first-congressional-district/

Thursday News: “Hothouse Earth” Getting Closer; “GOP-Led House Rejects Trump’s Tariffs on Canada “Vinay Prasad’s Vaccine Kill Shot”; “Pam Bondi Threw an Insolent Tantrum Before the House Judiciary Committee”; “Why is the Washington Post cratering so spectacularly?” https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/thursday-news-hothouse-earth-getting-closer-gop-led-house-rejects-trumps-tariffs-on-canada-vinay-prasads-vaccine-kill-shot-pam-bondi-threw-an-insolent-tantrum-before-t/

Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says Trump Using His DoJ to Go After Sen. Mark Kelly, etc. “is tyranny pure and simple…what dictatorships do”; Sen. Kaine praises DC grand jury for refusing to "carry out [Trump's] illegitimate political retribution campaign." https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/video-sen-tim-kaine-says-trump-going-after-sen-mark-kelly-etc-is-tyranny-pure-and-simple-what-dictatorships-do/

VA05 Democratic Candidate @votemikepruitt Ends Campaign, Endorses @tomperriello ("I will keep fighting to make hope a strength, not a liability, for families like mine.”) https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/va05-democratic-candidate-mike-pruitt-ends-campaign-endorses-tom-perriello/

Video: VA House Education Committee Adopts VMI Substitute Bill; Del. Michael Feggans Says “we’ve received commitments from VMI’s leadership that progress will continue"; Feggans says it's crucial that VMI's "direction is not steered away by powerful vocal groups resistant to continued progress." https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/video-va-house-education-committee-adopts-vmi-substitute-bill-del-michael-feggans-says-weve-received-commitments-from-vmis-leadership-that-progress-will-continue/

Wednesday News: “Trump tries and fails to extort Canada”; “Major corporations bankroll ‘America First’ propaganda”; “We Have to Face What ICE Has Done to Us”; “The Banality of MAGA Evil”; “Spanberger tells Jewish advocates she’ll stand by Israel and confront antisemitism” https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/wednesday-news-trump-tries-and-fails-to-extort-canada-we-have-to-face-what-ice-has-done-to-us-the-banality-of-maga-evil-spanberger-tells-jewish-advocates-shell-stand-by-isra/

Senators Mark Warner, Alex Padilla Demand Tulsi Gabbard, Intel Officials Brief Senate on Election Security After Fulton County Raid; "Voting in the first Congressional primary election begins imminently. We request that you work to schedule this briefing no later than February 27, 2026." https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/senators-mark-warner-alex-padilla-demand-tulsi-gabbard-intel-officials-brief-senate-on-election-security-after-fulton-county-raid/

DCCC Adds VA-05 To Districts In Play As Democrats Further Expand Battlefield for 2026 Midterms; "[Rep. John McGuire (R-VA05)] has put his own extreme politics ahead of Southside Virginians." - @dccc@mastodon.social @EliCousin https://bluevirginia.us/2026/02/dccc-adds-va-05-to-districts-in-play-as-democrats-further-expand-battlefield-for-2026-midterms/