NoVA WineMom

🚨 NEW: It is now illegal for employers to access employee wage history in Virginia. This is expected to raise wages, as employers will no longer be able to use workers’ salary history against them.

My last post…

The new VA-6 is the only Dem-leaning seat in VA where the redistricting vote is failing--I have it losing 51%-49% there atm. Part of that was probly b/c turnout in college precincts was down notably from what they cast last year (purple). Gold precincts had better turnout.

I don’t typically make news on a Friday afternoon, but today I am going to make an exception: I’m calling a special session. During the recently completed regular session, the Legislature discussed drawing new maps to comply with a decision from a federal judge from the Northern District of Mississippi - a decision that has been appealed to the 5th Circuit and the appeal has been heretofore stayed pending future U.S. Supreme Court decisions. The entire world knows the Callais decision has not yet been handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is a decision that could (and in my view should) forever change the way we draw electoral maps. It is my belief and federal law requires that the Mississippi Legislature be given the first opportunity to draw these maps. And the fact is, they haven’t had a fair opportunity to do that because of the pending Callais decision. For those reasons, I am using my constitutional authority to allow the Mississippi Legislature to use their constitutionally recognized right to draw these maps once the new rules of the game are known following Callais. It is my sincere hope that, in deciding Callais, the U.S. Supreme Court will reaffirm the animating principle that all Americans are created equal and that when the government classifies its citizens on the basis of race, even as a perceived remedy to right a wrong, it engages in the offensive and demeaning assumption that Americans of a particular race, because of their race, think alike and share the same interests and preferences – a concept that is odious to a free people whose institutions are founded upon the doctrine of equality. The special session will take place on the calendar day that falls 21 days after the U.S. Supreme Court issues the Callais decision.

After careful consideration, I have decided that I will not be running for Congress this year. I will continue to push our candidates and delegation to champion Medicare for All, tackle the affordability crisis, and fight for an arms embargo on Israel. My statement:

Why isn’t anyone talking about the fact that a New Jersey Congressman has been missing for weeks? Rep. Tom Kean Jr. has missed nearly 50 votes and hasn’t been seen or heard from since he last cast a vote on March 5. This is one of the most critical swing seats for Republicans if they want to hold the House majority in November, and the situation gets even more complicated. If he can't continue serving, Republicans will have very little time to find a viable replacement candidate. This is potentially a serious problem, given that the district is rated EVEN by the Cook PVI. The only thing his staff has said is the 57-year-old is "Dealing with health issues." Missing candidate, no front-runner replacement = disaster waiting to happen!

How many rural Virginians are looking at Zillow to see where we all go next. VA will be the latest to drive away those who can leave. Gov of West VA should pay moving expenses and abate taxes for 3 years for those who own guns, have taxable income and want their vote to count

DC Bureaucrats hijacked Virginia… but we will restore it. Arlington and Alexandria were always meant to be a part of DC. That’s why I introduced the Make DC Square Again Act, because it’s a simple concept: DC = 🟥