Supreme Court rejects bid to restore Virginia congressional map favoring Democrats | PBS News

The Supreme Court typically doesn't intervene in state court proceedings unless they present an issue of federal law. Virginia Democrats had hoped to persuade the justices that the Virginia court misread federal law and Supreme Court precedent that hold that, even if early voting is underway, an election does not happen until Election Day itself...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/supreme-court-rejects-bid-to-restore-virginia-congressional-map-favoring-democrats

 

Democrats ask Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts | PBS News

Democrats have been set on their heels because, days after the Virginia ballot measure passed, the Supreme Court's conservatives reversed decades of rulings and effectively neutered the Voting Rights Act, paving the way for Southern states to eliminate some majority Black districts and pad Republican margins in Congress...

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-ask-supreme-court-to-halt-a-virginia-ruling-blocking-new-congressional-districts

 

FBI Raids Office of Lawmaker Who Led Virginia Redistricting – Mother Jones

That is, it’s still not clear whether the investigation has produced credible evidence of wrongdoing by anyone, let alone Lucas herself. But Trump’s FBI has given us little reason to believe it is operating in good faith or is choosing its targets without regard for the president’s political whims. 

Since his return to office, Trump has not hesitated to use the Department of Justice as a judicial cudgel against his critics…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/05/fbi-raid-louise-lucas-virginia-house-redistricting/

 

FBI raids office of Dem state lawmaker in Virginia who led redistricting efforts - POLITICO

Lucas, 82, has long been an outspoken figure in state politics and gained national attention in recent months for helping lead the effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps, which could help Democrats gain four additional seats in the coming midterm elections. She routinely took shots at President Donald Trump and statewide Republicans with bombastic posts on social media throughout the process.  

“You all started it and we fucking finished it,” she wrote on X in February, a response to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who called out the Virginia maps as a Democratic gerrymander...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/06/louise-lucas-fbi-virginia-00908222

Read the Court Order. Here's What It Actually Says.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puEfTMUEwX8

Virginia court puts pause on voter-passed congressional maps boosting Democrats

But on Wednesday, Judge Jack Hurley Jr of the Tazewell county circuit court blocked the state from taking any action to implement the new districts, following a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee. The committee had argued to the court that the timing and phrasing of the measure were illegal. 

Jay Jones, the Virginia attorney general, said his office planned to appeal the ruling. “

As I said last night, Virginia voters have spoken, and an activist judge should not have veto power over the People’s vote. We look forward to defending the outcome of last night’s election in court,” Jones said…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/22/virginia-court-congressional-maps-redrawn

 

Virginia voters approve new congressional maps in blow to Trump

 Voters in Virginia on Tuesday approved new congressional maps intended to boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the House of Representatives, in the latest blow to Donald Trump’s effort to use mid-decade redistricting to preserve his control of Congress...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/21/virginia-congressional-maps

Democrat Abigail Spanberger elected governor of Virginia

An ex-CIA and federal law enforcement officer who served three terms in the US House of Representatives after flipping a GOP-held district, Spanberger was leading the state's Republican lieutenant governor Winsome Earle-Sears 57% to 43%, with 89% of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/04/virginia-governor-abigail-spanberger

Obama criticizes Trump and Republican policy in stump speech for Abigail Spanberger

"As for the president, he has been focused on critical issues like paving overthe Rose Garden so folks don't get mud on their shoes, and gold-plating the Oval Office and building a $300m ballroom," Obama said. "So Virginia, here's the good news. If you can't visit a doctor, don't worry, he will save you a dance."… 

"We've got a president who deployed the national guard in American cities and claimed to be stopping crime waves that don't actually exist," Obama said. "We've got masked ICE agents in unmarked vans pulling people in off the streets, including US citizens, on the suspicion that they don't look like real Americans."… 

"It's like every day is Halloween except it's all tricks and no treats," Obama said amid reports of immigration raids taking place in Chicago and Los Angeles even on Halloween night… "There is absolutely no evidence Republicans' policies have made life better for you, the people of Virginia," Obama said at the rally. 

"They have devoted enormous energy trying to entrench themselves in power and punishing their enemies and enriching their friends and silencing their critics."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/01/obama-virginia-abigail-spanberger

 

Governor’s race shaken up by ‘violent’ texts sent by ally of Democratic candidate

Earle-Sears has released new campaign advertisements condemning Democratic former congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, her opponenent in the governor's race, for continuing to support Jay Jones, whose private texts three years ago speculated about a senior state Republican getting "two bullets to the head" and "breeding little fascists". 

Jones, a former state lawmaker, has apologized, and Spanberger distanced herself from his remarks, insisting in a statement: "I will always condemn violent language in our politics."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/07/virginia-governor-election-spanberger

 

Trump gets CATASTROPHIC NEWS as GOP lose ANOTHER VITAL SEAT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ct1P523VQA

Spanberger opens early lead in Virginia governor’s race, new poll shows - POLITICO

The centrist Democrat is leading her opponent by double digits, according to new data from Virginia Commonwealth University...

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/16/spanberger-virginia-governor-poll-00456827?cid=apn 

 

Virginia elections will test the backlash against Musk – and Democrats are ready with a plan

The memo describes legislative Democrats in Virginia as being on the frontlines responding to Trump's chaos and havoc, while Republicans such as the governor, Glenn Youngkin, expressed support for Doge cuts. State Republicans unanimously voted against a constitutional amendment to protect abortion access and voted nearly entirely in lockstep against a ban on assault weapons. 

Democrats claim to be seeing mounting enthusiasm and have launched campaigns in 97 of 100 districts, whereas Republicans have recruited candidates for just 63 districts. The memo observes: "Opportunities to move policy and build power aren't happening in Washington – they're happening in the statehouses."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/07/virginia-elections-backlash-elon-musk-trump-democrats

 

Va. Senate backs abortion, marriage, voting amendments to constitution - The Washington Post

The Virginia Senate passed three resolutions Tuesday to enshrine abortion rights, same-sex marriage and the automatic restoration of felon voting rights in the Virginia Constitution, the latest action in a years-long amendment slog...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/01/21/virginia-senate-amendments-abortion-voting-marriage/

 

Virginia church publicly shames unwed mother, then forbids her from having a baby shower

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFfEuLKI-mQ

 

Virginia man arrested as agents find largest cache of 'finished explosive devices' in FBI history

The phrase "#nolivesmatter" was written outside the backpack, prosecutors said. No Lives Matter follows an extremist ideology and promotes mass killings, criminal activity and targeted attacks and has historically encouraged followers to engage in self-harm or animal abuse, the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness said… 

Prosecutors said Spafford used images of the president for target practice, "expressed support for political assassinations, and recently sought qualifications in sniper-rifle shooting at a local range."…https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/virginia-man-arrested-agents-find-largest-cache-finished-explosive-dev-rcna185887

Inmates burn themselves in protest at ‘inhumane’ prison conditions

The caucus claimed in its statement: "People who have been incarcerated at Red Onion State prison describe being regularly subjected to racial and physical abuse from correctional officers, medical neglect including the withholding of medicine, excessive stays in solitary confinement with one report of 600 consecutive days, inedible food having been covered in maggots and officers' spit, and violent dog attacks."… 

A report from more than 20 years ago from Human Rights Watch said Red Onion "raises serious human rights concerns"…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/30/red-onion-state-prison-protest

A Virginia principal went to vote. She was asked if she was a citizen. - The Washington Post

Such actions violated the training given to workers, according to the statement, "and we find any deviation from these standards unacceptable. Effective immediately, the election officer will no longer serve in this election."…

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/11/02/virginia-principal-vote-citizen-questioned/

Student sues Fairfax, Va. schools over transgender policy - The Washington Post

The lawsuit was filed by the conservative group America First Legal — founded by former Donald Trump adviser Stephen Miller — on behalf of an unnamed Fairfax high school senior. It alleges that the school district's policy, which allows students to use facilities that match their gender identity and requires the use of a students chosen pronouns and name, are "fundamentally at odds with her religious beliefs" as a practicing Roman Catholic...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2024/03/07/fairfax-transgender-student-policy-lawsuit/

More than a third of VA GOP voters won't back Trump in November

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9_19e3dxXVA