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🚨VA SUPREME COURT: Nick Minock reports on one of the primary arguments made during the Va. Supreme Court's Monday session on Va. gerrymandering: timing. Democrats passed their first authorization on Halloween. So, did they truly give Virginians the prescribed time that's required so that voters could factor the map's one-party redrawing into their voting decisions for the House of Delegates -- which is the purpose of timing it BEFORE an election?
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🚨NEWS COVERAGE: Ousted Virginia Tech Rector refuses to step down. ADDITIONAL FACTS: The Virginia Tech Board of Visitors is scheduled to meet on Monday. This issue will be front & center. § 23.1-1300.C of state law authorizes a governor to remove a board member for "malfeasance, misfeasance, incompetence, or gross neglect of duty." The governor is also required to "set forth in a written public statement [her] reasons for removing any member pursuant to subsection C at the time the removal occurs." *However, the governor's public statement included no references to violations of subsection C. WDBJ reports on the pushback:
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🚨NEW: In the context of the disenfranchisement of rural Virginians by Democratic gerrymandering, Republican St. Senator Bill Stanley introduces Southside & Southwest Virginia to the uncaring Democratic state senators -- especially the Northern Virginians. It's a moving speech. "You have voted on all of this without consulting them. And you have voted to limit their treasured constitutional rights." "And some of those votes have been made with breathtaking confidence by the people who have never once asked who lives out there? What do they need? What are their values? What are their names?" .... "[The region] is home. It is home to us. And the people who live there deserve a government who knows their name and respects their rights and their values."
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🚨TALL SHIPS IN VIRGINIA: Sail250America! The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding in 1776 – The United States of America’s Semiquincentennial. For this milestone occasion, a fleet of the world’s most magnificent international tall ships and military ships, in an epic peacetime gathering, will sail into the port of Virginia as part of Sail250 America. In the tradition of the past five iconic OpSail events held in the Norfolk/Hampton Roads/Chesapeake Bay region since 1976, the fleet will once again bring extraordinary experiences and opportunities to every corner of our communities. Affiliate Harbors include Alexandria, Cape Charles, Chesapeake, Hampton, Onancock, Portsmouth, Richmond, Smithfield/Isle of Wight, and Yorktown. In addition to these harbors, Virginia Beach will host the international fleet of ships at the Lynnhaven anchorage prior to the parade of sail into downtown Norfolk. The ships will make their way up the country’s east coast in an epic peacetime gathering. Primary ports include New Orleans, Norfolk, Baltimore, New York, and Boston (and more). Richmond is a Sail Virginia 2026 Affiliate Harbor. Tickets are free, but you need a ticket to board the ships. Richmond June 12-14: Norfolk June 19-23: More & schedules at:
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