Bryan Graham

Reposting this for no reason

@royermattw I think you might be reading too much into what is clearly an unfinished draft. Maybe things omitted are breadcrumbs of why it was killed. But, the buck stops with the chair on this. Commissioned a report, got a bad result, didn't change course, and now has to own up to it.

We wrote a 192-page autopsy of 2024 and couldn’t admit what killed us. Gaza, Biden’s age, affordability: barely mentioned. Future Forward’s billion-dollar failure: unexamined. The dark money we say we hate: unmentioned. The party’s whole problem in one document. My piece:

@JamesAbrenio A broken clock is right twice a day

Why am I over here agreeing with Tim Anderson?

Umm… wtf

@TrumpWarRoom @POTUS You can tell Trump didn’t do this because he didn’t have his pool guy involved

Meridian Hill Park before vs. after. For years, homeless camps and drug addicts took over the park. Now it's cleaned up and full of families again, thanks to @POTUS's executive order to make the capital safe and beautiful again. 🇺🇸

Spotted in SW VA along I-81. 📹: WokeBen

@DavidLiptonWI @JDStokes79 My post is a bit tongue in cheek. But, as an example, this year we just had a redistricting referendum with 45 days of early voting. And I can't recall a recent year without a special election. We would get pretty close to half a year sometimes.

@JDStokes79 @BryanGrahamVA So that’s about ~90 days that Virginia criminal courts are out of session every year

Good news. There's no jury duty or compulsory military service in Virginia for like half the year now.

@Ken_in_VA No, those are fine. They were passed in regular session both times.

@BryanGrahamVA Serious question, or the other amendments repealing the ban on same sex marriage and protecting womens autonomy able to be passed this next November, or are they subject to the election rule SCOVA has devised?

@adamgcrews Only the stupidest fucking people alive would believe I actually meant this.

Justice Ginsburg used to be fond of quoting a law review article that said (and I’m clearly paraphrasing here) “the idea that the same concept has to mean the same thing in every context is something only the stupidest fucking people alive believe.” True then. True now.

Not sure I've heard a Virginia Beach Congressman tell a Black man from NYC to take his his "cotton-picking hands" back North since about Virginia was massive resisting circa 1956.....

@LeighWolf @CoachAvery17U @royermattw Yes. See Florida's constitution preventing partisan gerrymandering. They have their own court fight to the FL Supreme Court.

@CoachAvery17U @royermattw Did they break the law?

8-3 it is then. Back to work.

A little more than 5 years ago, I stood outside my office to respond to a $20 million lawsuit filed against me by Senator Lucas claiming defamation in criticism I publicly levied against her involving the incident involving the destruction of a monument in Portsmouth that critically injured someone and he role in the riot at that time. It cost me almost $100k in legal fees to defend the action and ultimately the lawsuit was thrown out in Portsmouth by a substitute appointed judge. Today, Louise finds herself on the receiving end of the FBI raiding her offices and businesses. You would think I would be angry. I'm not. Her lawsuit propelled me into elected office, and I am where I am today mostly because of the hard adjustment my life took to this lawsuit. You could say I made lemonade from lemons. As I stood in front of the Va Beach Courthouse yesterday and publicly decried the predetermined guilt assumption of my client by the social media attack dogs- when his case was ultimately dismissed - I will also stay true to myself. Louise Lucas is entitled to the presumption of innocence. Also, the Trump DOJ has time and time again brought illegitimate political prosecutions that have been dismissed or tossed out. What they have or don't have on Senator Lucas will be something for the courts to work through if the DOJ initiates criminal charges. The Bible reminds us: Prov 24:17 "Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice..." I will keep my head down and wait for the process to work itself out. I hope you do also.

Just remembered this.

I am not a lawyer, but doesn’t the code pretty clearly define that “early voting” is prior to the election, and that the election (and specifically a general election) is election day?

Not big enough, needs to be bigger.

@gmoomaw We weren’t against it because we are pro-gerrymandering…

This has become a popular talking point, but it kinda glosses over the fact that many Virginia Democrats were against the bipartisan redistricting commission that Republicans supported virginiamercury.com/2020/06/24/vir…

Gerrymandering is undemocratic and evil. And it's essential the party that has repeatedly tried to ban it keeps doing it until the party that historically abused it gets curb stomped so badly they cry uncle and agree to the ban. These are not contradictory positions to hold.

@GoadGatsby @VADave649 Sounds like a grifter who stands for nothing. So basically a lot of our politicians but some are better at hiding it

Two months ago Mark Moran came on my radio show and was in favor of abolishing ICE.

@MattWhitlock Hey @grok how long it takes to drive across Virginia's 9th congressional district today?

The proposed Virginia 7th District - the "Lobster" isn't just insane because of the shape. It's insane because people *west of Shenandoah* will be represented by NGO consultant in Arlington 3 hours away. And that consultant will cross 5 districts to (never) visit them.