Saturday (3/7/26) News: “Every day you wake up to…things you just didn’t think were possible” – Barack Obama; Ground troops heading to Iran?; fTrump's "shruggy nihilistm"; "Trump Is Risking a Global Stagflation Crisis"; So Much for the New "Golden Age" bluevirginia.us/2026/03/satu...
Definitely "marketing nonsense and hysteria"
https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/8446/Will-Virginia-pass-a-redistricting-referendum-in-2026
If Virginia Republicans are even MORE confident that the redistricting amendment will fail, they should head over to PredictIt (currently at an 89% chance of it passing) and bet a ton of $$$! LOL bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
Screenshot of the Polymarket current graph of "Will the Virginia redistricting referendum pass?" (currently at 80%)
For all the Virginia Republicans who are super confident the redistricting amendment's going to lose, they should head over to Polymarket (80% chance it passes) ASAP and put their money where their mouths are....lol bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
Video: Del. Marcus Simon (D-Fairfax) - "I'm frustrated & I'm angry...& I think it's disgusting as well. But...what's a little bit disgusting is the glee I think that some of [the] folks on the other side seem to take in being able to...put the blame on Democrats" bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
"My super annoying over analysis of Virginia early vote after 1 day Don’t think will hit 2025 Governor turnout of 3.43M total votes But we will get solid turnout probably between 2-3M total votes Expecting over 1M early votes Needless to say, way too early to know who it helps" - Sam Shirazi
Interesting day #1 (of the Virginia redistricting amendment early vote) analysis by @samshirazi.bsky.social bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
From your lips to god's ears, as the saying goes... ;)
"Tracking the Battle to Reshape Congress for the Midterms" https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/us/politics/midterms-house-maps-redistricting.html
So CA cancels out TX; VA cancels out FL; UT cancels out MO...still leaving a small Republican gain in seats from mid-decade redistricting (net R gains in OH and NC; assuming MD doesn't happen)? bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
"Early vote for redistricting begins today in Virginia! We have seen enough of Trump's economy. Trump rigged Texas, Missouri and North Carolina. We need Congress to step up and Republicans won't do it. Virginia voters have the chance to stop this attack on jobs and affordability!" - Speaker Don Scott
"Early vote for redistricting begins today in Virginia! We have seen enough of Trump's economy. Trump rigged Texas, Missouri and North Carolina...Virginia voters have the chance to stop this attack on jobs and affordability!" - @SpeakerDonScott bluevirginia.us/2026/03/rep-...
VAPLAN: "Final passage on @RussetPerry and @AdeleMcClure_ bill to closing boyfriend loophole on firearms transfers after assault and battery. (Gets bipartisan vote because GOP Sen Mulchi has spoken several times about being a survivor of domestic violence.)"
That's right, 18 out of 19 Virginia Senate Republicans want to keep OPEN the "boyfriend loophole on firearms transfers after assault and battery" bluevirginia.us/2026/03/frid... h/t @vaplan.bsky.social
Screenshot of transcript, Sen. Jennifer Boysko talking to Kojo Nnamdi and Tom Sherwood about the proposed Fairfax Casino https://wamu.org/story/26/02/27/the-politics-hour-va-data-center-tax-breaks-and-prince-georges-countys-tries-to-block-a-detention-facility/
VA Sen. Jennifer Boysko talked earlier today on @kojoshow about her opposition to a casino in Fairfax, said it "has been a a real burden in my heart" and " it is a lot of energy focusing on something that I don't think has any legs." bluevirginia.us/2026/03/new-...
GOLDEN AGE AMIRIGHT??? LOL
"Polls are open. Do your thing, Virginia." - Rep. John McGuire (R-VA05)
Yep, definitely "do your thing, Virginia"; namely, let's approve the redistricting amendment, then in November, vote John McGuire the hell out of Congress (if he's even on the ballot, that is; he may just drop out after 4/21) bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08): “The February Jobs Report Should Be A Flashing Red Warning Light for the Trump Administration” (Sen. Mark Warner: "92,000 jobs lost. Skyrocketing gas prices because of the administration's war of choice. This is Trump's economy.") bluevirginia.us/2026/03/rep-...
Screenshot of Patrick De Haan ("Gas Buddy Guy")'s chart showing the largest weekly gas prices by metro area
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA and Winchester, VA make @gasbuddyguy.bsky.social's list, up 61.0 cents/gallon and 64.3 cents/gallon in a week. And note that these price increases stem essentially 100% from Trump's war against Iran. bluevirginia.us/2026/03/frid...
Patrick Ruffin dishonestly claims that California "has already countered Texas," so now anything else Democrats do in Virginia or elsewhere is "just a dishonest power grab to distort the maps from the pre-Texas baseline"
From NCSL (https://www.ncsl.org/redistricting-and-census/changing-the-maps-tracking-mid-decade-redistricting), the current status of state redistricting efforts
Totally dishonest; in fact, here's where we're at right now... bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
Screenshot from MarketWatch of crude oil WTI front month price, now $91.16/barrel, up $10/barrel today...and up $28/barrel since mid February
Warning: MAJOR Trumpflation incoming! bluevirginia.us/2026/03/frid...
"@NickMinock is dumber than rocks. Every competent journalist knows new maps and this specific authority expire in 2030. Census and commission and Virginia Supreme Court then resume as in 2021." - DC Cyclone
Three things most definitely can be true here: 1) this guy could certainly be "dumber than rocks"; 2) he's also a right-wing propagandist, paid to spew out b.s. and lies; and 3) he's definitely NOT a real journalist bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide... h/t @dccyclone.bsky.social
"President Trump has, in my view, used a tyrannical effort to try to rig politics so that he can maintain power even when the electorate wants otherwise...Virginia wouldn’t be true to ourselves if we allowed tyranny to go unanswered.” - @SenTimKaine bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
"We did not start this fight, Donald Trump started it...[tried] to rig the maps...right now...we need to fight back and this is our opportunity to do that...Virginia to the rescue!" - @SpeakerDonScott bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
“redistricting in VA does not just impact Virginians; we have a chance to impact the future of our entire nation...it’s so big that even President Barack Obama has entered the chat…when [Rs] try to cheat to rig the game, voters have the right to respond.” bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
Video: Sen. Tim Kaine, Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04), Del. Cia Price Explain Why Voting YES on the Redistricting Amendment Is Crucial “to put a stop to Trump’s power grab”; Virginians need to stand up "against Donald Trump's tyranny" bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
OP-ED: The SAVE America Act Isn’t About Voting — It’s About Your Data…and Supercharging Voter Suppression; "Privacy Violation and Grave Risk for Misuse" bluevirginia.us/2026/03/op-e...
Video: Sen. Mark Warner nails it on ICE's warped priorities ("over 80% of the individuals that have been picked up by ICE in Virginia as they try to hit their daily quotas have had no criminal history or record") bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide...
Another comment: "the average voter didn't know what [Chap Petersen's] COVID position was"...
I just checked with people who were very close to Saddam's campaign, and they confirm it was guns for sure #1 - that the gun violence prevention folks "had a huge...network opposing him that extended well beyond the politically aware folks" etc.
Yeah, he's said that repeatedly that he's absolutely not giving up...See bluevirginia.us/2026/03/vide... for instance (Kaine: "this vote today is the first step, not the last step, because there are other tools at our disposal to continue to raise the question about whether this war is worth it")
Screenshot of tweets by Sen. Louise Lucas and Rev. Ben Knotts
VA State @SenLouiseLucas: "Yes I said it- our committee chairs need to grow a backbone and kill bills that they don’t feel worthy of passage instead of sending them all to me to kill for them." bluevirginia.us/2026/03/frid... h/t @revbenknotts
So far, nothing. We'll see if it ever pays off for him.
Petersen lost the June 2023 Democratic VA State Senate primary to @salimforva.bsky.social for several reasons, including his views on gun violence prevention, COVID, etc.
