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Wishing a peaceful Ramadan to all who are observing this month! 🌙
Attorney General Jay Jones has announced that Virginia will sue the EPA over its rollback of the Clean Air Act and last week he helped open the door for the state to rejoin the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, marking early actions on environmental issues. virginiamercury.com/2026/02/02/v...
Van Hollen: "They really think the American people are stupid. I mean, we can all see the video. We saw the video with Renee Good. We saw the video with Alex Pretti. The real domestic terrorists are in the White House right now."
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08): “As with the murder of Renee Good, this video immediately established that DHS was lying about the shooting. The video shows that this was murder. And once again, DHS is obstructing local authorities from investigating a homicide in their community perpetrated by DHS agents. The Department of Homeland Security is murdering American citizens. Congress cannot allow that to continue. Getting these people out of Minnesota and cutting off funding should be a minimum response. This is an outrage and an assault on our rights and freedom and it must stop.”
“As with the murder of Renee Good, this video immediately established that DHS was lying about the shooting. The video shows that this was murder." - Rep. @beyer.house.gov (D-VA08) bluevirginia.us/2026/01/virg...
Dangerous weather moves in this evening, PWC.
⚠️ Hazards expected: significant snow and ice, possible power outages, and roads becoming unsafe
🚗 Do not drive Sunday, limit travel tonight through Monday morning
🥫Get ready now: stock essentials and prepare for loss of heating and water.
Thanks to Del @marcussimon.com, a strong supporter of good governance bills! He met with some of the 130 Virginians who attended VA's 4th Democracy Day on Tuesday, the 20th. Unfortunately, a day before the 16th anniversary of Citizens United, his bill on public financing died in sub-committee.
The shooting of people and leaving them to die appears to be DHS policy.
The former special prosecutor remains confident that the president would have been convicted had his federal cases gone to trial.
Thank you @marcussimon.com for again sponsoring legislation to prohibit unserialized, untraceable ghost guns! These weapons are a magnet for criminals and youth, and endanger public safety and law enforcement. lis.virginia.gov/bill-details...
Beyer Statement On Trump’s Tariff Retreat Administration Admits Tariffs And Trade War Chaos Are Driving Up Prices Share on Facebook Share on X Print this Page Share by Email Washington, November 14, 2025 Tags: Economy , Oversight Congressman Don Beyer (D-VA), who serves on the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade and recently joined Reps. Ro Khanna (D-A), Don Bacon (R-NE), and Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) in introducing the bipartisan No Coffee Tax Act to repeal President Trump’s coffee tariffs, issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s repeal of its own tariffs on goods including coffee and other food items: “President Trump is finally admitting what we always knew: his tariffs are raising prices for the American people. “After getting drubbed in recent elections because of voters’ fury that Trump has broken his promises to fix inflation, the White House is trying to cast this tariff retreat as a ‘pivot to affordability.’ The simple truth is that Republicans want credit for something they think the Supreme Court will force them to do anyway, after oral arguments before the Court on Trump’s illegal abuses of trade authorities went badly for the Administration. Trump is still keeping the vast majority of his tariffs in place, and his administration is also planning new tariffs in anticipation of a Supreme Court loss. “The same logic – that Trump’s tariffs are driving up prices on coffee, fruit, and other comestibles – is equally true for the thousands of other goods on which his tariffs remain. While this move may alleviate some of the cost increases Trump caused, it will not stop the larger problems of rising inflation, business uncertainty, and economic damage done by Trump’s crazy tariff scheme. Only Congress can do that, by reclaiming its legal responsibility under the Constitution to regulate trade, and permanently ending Trump’s trade war chaos. “All but a handful of Republicans in Congress are still refusing to stand up to Trump, sto…
Trump's retreat from tariffs on coffee, bananas, and other groceries is an admission that his trade wars are driving prices up for the American people.
That is still just as true for the thousands of other goods he's keeping tariffs on!
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Trump nationalized gerrymandering because he has no regard for Democracy. Until GOP stands up to him, and we can pass federal anti-gerrymandering laws, Dems must respond in kind. Even if we lose, at least we fought. Proud to see folks like @ssurovell.bsky.social and @marcussimon.com fighting in Va.
The headlines about allegations always get more attention than the stories about resolution. Glad to see this chapter coming to a close for my colleague @DanHelmer . He handled a tough situation with integrity and patience. Onward.
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@marcussimon.com is my favorite Delegate - there I said it. Tune-in to listen to the whole interview - Simon has so much knowledge and knowhow - it is a never miss convo!
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11am:
W1: 459
W2: 383
W3: 414
Total: 1256
Overall: 5543, 49%
Virginia Polls are open! If you haven’t already, please go vote.
As I tried to explain to my GOP colleagues on the floor the other day, we are following the law in our effort to give Virginians a chance to decide whether we redraw our Congressional map.
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Great to see gun violence prevention champion VA Delegate @marcussimon.com on the campaign trail this weekend! Let’s win this #VA!
Sen Mulchi speaking passionately and heart-breakingly about domestic violence and how many victims of domestic violence are re-victimized in court, labeled as having mental illness. And I can't help but think about how Miyares did that to this victim: vanow.org/news/article...
🚨BREAKING: A Virginia judge Wednesday rejected a Republican request to immediately block Democrats from advancing a constitutional amendment that could let the state redraw its congressional map— a win, for now, for Democrats and voting rights advocates. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Call or text the nonpartisan Election Protection Hotline at 866-OUR-VOTE for free, confidential help in multiple languages. Make your voice count!
Lunch meetings are even better during Mason District Restaurant Week! I caught up with @marcussimon.com over tacos at Taco Rock. 🌮
Restaurant Week kicks off today and runs through Oct 26. Explore participating restaurants here:
👉 masonrestaurantweek.my.canva.site/masondistrict
Thank you!
Thank you to Voices for Justice Choir and First African Methodist Episcopal Church of Manassas Choir for inspiring us at the VOICE Homes for All Assembly in Herndon today.
If you’re working for social justice, bring along music.
Shout out and thx to the assembly leads Rev. North & Rev. Sessoms.
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Working with my @vademocrats.bsky.social & VA House Democratic colleagues, former Gov Terry McAuliffe, @kaine.senate.gov, and @markwarner.bsky.social, to keep our majority in Virginia’s November 4th election! Send a message if you want to join us!
No Kings Day Oct 18th with @marcussimon.com @lettyhardi.bsky.social and so many friends and neighbors standing up for American democracy!
