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Trump Ends DACA Program – Fact vs. Fiction
Following through on a key campaign promise, President Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions effectively ended former President Obama’s “Dreamers” program today. It’s over. The Trump Administration was pushed into action by 10 Republican state attorney generals, who had threatened to bring suit against the federal government today to end the program that Obama […]
Virginia Governor’s Race Gets a Jump on Labor Day, Stoked by Statues and Trump
Labor Day weekend traditionally kicks off high season for the Virginia governor’s race, but tradition is under siege this year, and both major-party candidates have already been taking shots at each other. The heightened political environment of the Trump administration, supercharged by the racial violence in Charlottesville, finds Republican Ed Gillespie and Democrat Ralph Northam […]
Kellyanne Conway, Terry McAuliffe, Rob Wittman on The John Fredericks Show
President Trump Sr. Counselor Kellyanne Conway, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe – who is likely running for President against Trump in 2020 – and Rob Wittman Headline #JFRS on Friday, September 1. 8:05 – VA Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) 8:35 – Chairman Rob Wittman (R-VA) 9:35 – Kellyanne Conway Listen to The John Fredericks Show! Monday […]
Taylor Draws a Primary Opponent; Perriello’s Peccadillos
Former Chairwoman of the James City County Board of Supervisors, Mary Jones, is expected to announce her candidacy for U.S. Congress today in a Facebook Live event at 2:00 p.m. Jones will take on first term U.S. Rep. Scott Taylor (VA/R-2) in the GOP primary next June. Taylor upset 4th District incumbent Randy Forbes in […]
Gillespie Hires Trump Operative Who Believes Country is On Verge of Civil War
RICHMOND — Ed Gillespie hired a blunt-spoken veteran of Donald Trump’s campaign and sharpened his rhetoric on Confederate monuments in recent days, as the establishment Republican running for Virginia governor seeks to win over Trump voters. Gillespie (R) has hired Jack Morgan, Trump’s Southwest Virginia field director, to play a similar role for his campaign. […]
Gary Cohn – Bonfire of the Globalists
Gary Cohn – Bonfire of the Globalists Gary Cohn, President Trump’s National Economic Council Director, certainly has a right to speak out on the issues that move him. His post Charlottesville comments on hate groups were spot on. The white supremacist militants who masqueraded as protesters in Virginia two weeks ago have no place in […]
Gillespie’s Grand Irony
It’s the grand irony of politics. Ed Gillespie almost lost the nomination because of statues. Now, he may win the governorship…because of statues. Ed Gillespie, a prohibitive early favorite to win the 2017 Virginia Republican nomination for governor, barely hung on for a razor thin victory over Prince William County Supervisor Corey Stewart. The reason […]