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Aight goons! Who is ready to get into the loving trenches with me and continue the fight? Just a reminder that school board and city council elections are just as important as congressional! This election I made the mistake of not researching as much as I could about Alexandria City Council. That will not happen again. I was super pissed at myself going out of the voting booth this year...
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axeil posted:Who's ready to flip the VA legislature into a Dem majority and give us another trifecta? Do I hear the beginnings of a Goonsquad Coalition? Someone call our glorious leader Fancy. It is time for war!
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Solaris 2.0 posted:Hopefully Fancy is logged off the internet for a month and taking a much deserved break. Godspeed General FancyPants! Get some rest friendo! Well, one thing is for sure, we have to make sure Danica Roem keeps her seat. I would crawl through fire for her to get elected to office. I refuse to allow the state house to be taken back by regressive CHUDs. It ain't happening. So if they are any Virginia Goons who are lurkers that want to pitch in and do some work, drop me a PM.
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I want Danica to keep her seat because I think if she stays in the state house, she would be a great progressive primary challenger to Tim Kaine. Kaine is simply not doing enough on mental health, prescription drug prices, and labor. He made promises to me when I confronted him about it at a meet and greet. I think Danica is our gal to really get the progressive wing of VA in full swing. Plus. We NEED more LGBTQ voices in Congress. Its our loving time now.
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Captain Cappy posted:Virginia: I'm really worried that we won't have enough turnout next year to reclaim the state house considering how loving gerrymandered this state is at the state level. There were a handful of bullshit races (coin flip) but without the turnout from a governor needing to be elected it seems kind of hopeless. Explaining to people that we need to win next year so we can redraw the state lines probably isn't going to register with most people. That is where you come in Captain Cappy! We are getting a VA Goon Squad together to start driving turnout early and often. I think we can do it in this state. We have a shitton of politically active young people in Northern VA that are just raring to loving go to change things. We have a lot of exciting now-incumbents to defend like Danica Roem AND we have the momentum from 2018 taking 3 congressional districts that...had no business being taken. If we don't stop to rest on our laurels we can take the Statehouse and the Senate and break this gerrymander. More and more people in our generation are realizing that local politics matter in our day to day than at the federal level.
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Sanguinia posted:SINEMA TAKES THE LEAD IN AZ! 350k votes still on the table, and NONE of those currently counted are from her stronghold in Pima county!! This is loving proof that EVERY goddamn vote counts. I am so goddamn jazzed!
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axeil posted:why do people think nelson is going to pull it out in florida? it seems like there isn't enough vote left and a recount won't do anything If the machines bungled the tally then a hand recount could pull him ahead. There was like 1.5-3 percent in an entire county that left the Senate section blank on their ballot. That is...highly irregular.
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nachos posted:A racist democrat The prefferred term is dixiecrat thank you very much.
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So with Wexton winning that means VA is gonna havd a special election. Any goons wanting to put their boots on the ground should report to Your Boy Fancy's inbox for marching orders.
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Can't stop, won't stop the enthusiasm machine Fancy  But I will tone it down while I collect scalps for the special election to come help out. Got a list of 3 people outside of Goon Squad willing to put boots on the ground this holiday season for you when you are ready to pull the trigger. You got any murmurs of any good hopefuls? My kingdom for an environmentalist.
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Your Boy Fancy posted:VA-SEN-33 election has been set for January 8th, 2019. Delegate Jennifer Boysko (D) will face off against former Delegate Joe May, as decided by weekend primaries. Is this the alarm bell I have been waiting for Fancy? Shall I assemble the goon squad? What are Boysko's views on Dominion Power, Green Energy, and Climate Change? For those that don't know, Dominion Power is trying to poison Virginia's waterways by dumping coal ash in rivers. We need delegates that will kick their corporatist polluting rear end. In 2017 14 Delegates got elected on a pledge to accept NO money from Dominion Power so that means these fucker's stranglehold on VA state politics is getting weaker. friendbot2000 fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Nov 19, 2018 |
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I am digging the Delegate Boysko's record on Human Rights and Progressive change. She is up to replace Wexton's in VA 33rd District. She sponsored the VA Human Rights Act: https://www.billtrack50.com/BillDetail/677842 Tried to expand what constitutes a Hate Crime: https://www.billtrack50.com/BillDetail/782387 Is currently trying to make it easier to get your sex changed on your birth certificate, pretty huge for trans people : http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB407 (If I am reading this right, all you would need is basically a doctors note saying "Yes, you are taking hormone therapies etc" and don't have to follow up with any documentation or invasive requirements.) Trying to pass a bill to make sure that you are informed if your registration is denied and what needs to be fixed on it : http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB272 Created the Virginia Equal Pay Act : http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1089 (This one is interesting because it is attacking pay disparity along racial, gender, AND sexual orientation lines. She is sponsoring one for gov employees as well.) A lot of these failed in committee, but her record is pretty clear on the subject so that is really loving important. Also, Republicans control the majority by ONE in the House of Delegates so it's no wonder these died in committee... Also, this loving bill: http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?181+sum+HB1231 gently caress yes! Any VA Goons plan to volunteer for this special election? She also has a negative score from the Gun-Chud state organization and is trying to pass a bill that makes gun sellers civilly liable if they sell a weapon without performing a background check and then that weapon is used in a crime. friendbot2000 fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Nov 23, 2018 |
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Acebuckeye13 posted:For a second I read that as "Felony Sax Crime' Be safe everyone who plays Baker Street!
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Jerry Manderbilt posted:he ran on expelling immigration agents from county jails and beat the incumbent, jim mcdonnell, who Good. ICE can go gently caress itself with a razor-bladed dildo.
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-ed about sanctuary city/state policies, so there's at least some good that came out of this race
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In the 2019 Session of the Virginia House there is a bill called HB1642 is a bill that just collects data on how often prisons use solitary confinement. Here the blurb: quote:Solitary confinement; data collection and reporting; report. Requires the Department of Corrections to submit an annual report to the General Assembly and the Governor containing specified statistical information regarding the Department's use of solitary confinement, as defined in the bill. How about we hmm idk outlaw solitary confinement because it is loving torture and has no place in a modern society? I encourage VA goons to call their state reps and start demanding that instead of asking for metrics that prisons will prob lie about anyways. Edit: Also next year VA is proposing a state constitution amendment called Right to Vote I encourage everyone to spam your reps to tell them to vote for this loving yesterday. Edit Edit: Let's not forget this amendment to the constitution of Virginia regarding a commission to draw the districts! HJ582 friendbot2000 fucked around with this message at 18:25 on Dec 3, 2018 |
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evilweasel posted:bills like this are part of a political strategy designed to end there Doesn't make it any less infuriating. If residents of a state are loud enough about this "political strategy" things can change. State Politics is so drat important and it really enrages me that it gets NO coverage and people just...don't care.
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evilweasel posted:sure, but the residents of virginia are not yet loud enough, and the point of bills like this is to get information in order to get residents loud enough on the issue I hope you are right. Though I am always inherently suspicious of prisons in general and I have very little faith that the metrics they will be reporting will be accurate which is why I am up in arms about it.
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As much of a filthy socialist liberal that I am, I dont want any poltical party in chsrge of redistricting
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The Muppets On PCP posted:https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/344196-dem-campaign-chief-vows-no-litmus-test-on-abortion Can we just stop punching ourselves in the dick over and over? Goddamn.
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PerniciousKnid posted:Did they win any rural districts? Actually quite a few! The state party just ran people who were lefties and surpruse, they won! And we elected our first trans woman! All hail her Lady of Progressive Grace Danica Roem! Virginia is turning blue and next year I hope the Democrats bring their a-game because I want all 3 chambers dammit. Let's murder Dominion Power's stranglehold on our state politics!
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Meanwhile, in the VA-SEN-33 Special Election: Hell yeah! We're doing the same thing next week so if DMV goons want to come out help we could use It. Fancy if you ever need help with data entry I find it really cathartic so Hit me up
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The Muppets On PCP posted:i wouldn't get my hopes up that the va dems won't be just as much a rubber stamp for dominion This is categorically not true. In 2017 there were 17 reps elected to the state house who swore to not take a cent of Dominion Powers blood money. And so far they have voted against them. Northram on the other hand is a conniving two-faced snake who fired 2 members off a board that were going to veto a natural gas pipeline and replaced them with Dominion Power shills who voted yes. gently caress Northram with a razorbladed rusty dildo.
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Fritz Coldcockin posted:His name is "Dick Black" and he started his career trying to filter porn out of library computers. His desire that no one see porn on library computers and thinking 'Yes, this is a pressing issue that must be dealt with and only I can go into politics to save us all from it" is really telling.
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Lightning Knight posted:What a god. That was one of the main reasons I loving love Lee Carter. As a fellow male survivor of rape, too see a male politician just come out like that was so goddamn inspiring and fills me with hope. He is an absolute savage who got his seat through working his fingers to the bone because he had ZERO help from the Democrats. The man is a legend and gives not a single gently caress lol. And yes YBF and I are both working hard to continue the electoral slaughter into 2019. If yall are in the area on Saturday we are canvassing for Jennifer Boysko for the special election on the 8th. Come help out because is one of the REAL ones. She has a great track record for human rights, green policies, and workers rights. https://twitter.com/LIUNA/status/1080488134423519239 friendbot2000 fucked around with this message at 19:51 on Jan 2, 2019 |
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Your Boy Fancy posted:Honestly, VA’s constant stream of elections does a lot of good once you start engaging. There’s always more, and the momentum built from the last decade-plus has been tangible, though both parties are completely unequipped to handle the shift in the electorate. Lee Carter bucked EVERYTHING and trounced his opposition. I think he has a couple allies in people like Danica Roem, but I think he can survive if he sticks to his guns and does what he set out to do. He will definitely need all the help and volunteers he can get so anyone that can lend assistance for a guy who actually gives a poo poo about Virginians and regular peeps, it would go a long way! https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1080668411187871745 friendbot2000 fucked around with this message at 20:32 on Jan 3, 2019 |
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Republicans are already going after Pelosi for saying something like this. Hahahaha there are 100K more people living on D.C. than the entire state of Wyoming. D.C. : 679K Wyoming: 577K
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Jennifer Boysko WON the 33rd VA Senate District! They called it real quick which means it must have been a slaughter lol
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axeil posted:https://twitter.com/JMilesColeman/status/1082809000486494213 Aight Goons, let's continue the slaughter into this year! I got a good feeling! I know Boysko was in deep blue territory, but a 40 point win? That is bloodshed of the highest order. BLOOD FOR THE BLOODGOD
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Quorum posted:That's my thoughts on the matter, too-- there's few issues with broader support than a minwage hike. The T-D is just so stuck in its old-school Reagan business Republican worldview it can't see that. Their politics reporting is awful, and it's gotten even worse since Ned Oliver et al jumped ship to form the Virginia Mercury. Yeah, I honestly don't see how this is a negative for VA. Northern VA has a cost of living that is approaching California and they already have a 15 dollar minimum wage. This will only help people in rural areas that need better wages as well as people in NOVA. I am particularly excited for LEe Carter's teacher strike legislation. Teachers should have the ability to loving strike and anyone who says otherwise can go gently caress themselves. We treat educators like dirt in this country and it needs to stop.
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https://twitter.com/pwcdanica/status/1088384404735574017 For any Furloughed VA goons near Gainesville. Also, LOVE YOU DANICA
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Jackson Taus posted:Speaking of VA being All Elections All The Time, we've got one on Feb 19th, to put this guy into Jennifer Boysko's seat. So if DMV goons wanna help out in like Herndon or something, hit me up (or hit them up at the website I guess). poo poo, another candidate that tells Dominion Power to gently caress off? Its Christmas in February. Put me in the game coach. Point to where you need some boots and I am there.
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https://twitter.com/carterforva/status/1089896464367738880 The 2019 elections can't come soon enough. So sick of the VA GOP.
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Yeah, honestly I am glad the knives immediately came out. Any delay and it would not only be morally reprehensible, but would crush 2019 turnout. Fairfax is prob already measuring the windows for drapes. This back fired spectacularly for the GOP because now everyone has forgotten about "INFANTICIDE" and now they will have the 2nd Gov resignation in the history of VA paving the way for their worst nightmare lol
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axeil posted:Expanded Medicaid. That's about it. He greenlit a natural gas pipeline by replacing people on the panel that were going to vote no. We should have run him out of town on that alone. He was always a piece of poo poo, but Gillespie was a bigger piece of poo poo by orders of magnitude.
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Lightning Knight posted:If Northam is pushed out, who becomes Governor? Fairfax znd it is a AMAZING option. Super progressive and he can run for a full term because he wasnt elected. If northram doesnt resign then impeachment is on the table
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axeil posted:Impeachment. Omg can you loving imagine?
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Captain Cappy posted:What crime could he be charged with? We will find something.
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Lightning Knight posted:This is what I was hoping was the answer, gently caress Northam lmao. Oh yeah, Fairfax is the tits and stands a great chance at being President one day. Dude is a legend
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Jackson Taus posted:I don't get who is giving Northam advice. Apparently he's not going to pack it in at the 2:30 press conference?!?!? Fortunately VA is very much a blue state now!
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Chilichimp posted:I cannot believe he's deciding to try and weather this. What a moron. It doesnt feel real. It feels like an SNL cold open
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