
Caitlin Coakley
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Caitlin Coakley
@CommuniCaitVA
She/Her. Chesterfield,VA. Storyteller. News junkie. Political wonk. Runner. Idealist.







@michaeljknowles Imagine if Jimmy Kimmel were a Republican and President Trump were a Democrat. Kimmel’s termination wouldn’t even be a question.





@KFILE I have two teenage boys! Two bloomin' onions, a steak salad, lobster tails, a filet, a chicken sandwich and a sirloin + tip + tax = $125 on Doordash right now. It's crazy.


Poly relationships only end in one way


Anne Hathaway in 2026.


Pete Buttigieg speaks to Oklahoma Democrats about how to talk to people outside of their echo chamber.




My last post…

FLASHBACK: How an 82-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Became a Master-Class Dem Shitposter * and the author of the new 10-1 Dem Virginia map thebulwark.com/p/how-82-year-…

JUST IN: U.S. businesses can now begin applying for $166,000,000,000.00 in tariff refunds plus interest.

Gift link: This @washingtonpost article is the best yet. It humanizes and walks the reader through Justin's mindset. Since 2019. @SchneiderG captures the light of who Cerina was and the broken, bereft man Justin became. Many of us spoke on the record about the long unraveling. None of us ever thought it would end as it did. There are so many lessons those of us who are left living must take from this tragedy. The greatest is to help your friends when they are hurting. Do an intervention. Tell somebody. I know we all tried but we should have done more. Cerina and the kids paid the price. May God help them to live through this hell of their father's making. Read: washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2026/…


This is the letter we sent to The Atlantic and Sarah Fitzpatrick BEFORE they published their hit piece on FBI Director @FBIDirectorKash. They were on notice that the claims were categorically false and defamatory. They published anyway. See you in court.



I knew Justin Fairfax. Our paths crossed during my first run for the General Assembly. Every interaction I had with him was professional, respectful, and measured. What happened to him politically should make everyone uncomfortable—regardless of party. At the exact moment Ralph Northam was facing collapse over the blackface scandal, allegations surfaced against Fairfax that effectively ended his political future overnight. He was never charged. He was never prosecuted. And once his career was over, the allegations faded from public view just as quickly as they appeared. That pattern—unproven allegations surfacing at the precise moment someone is about to rise politically—is not new. We’ve seen it play out nationally with figures like Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas. Whether you believe those claims or not, the timing is always the same—and the damage is always permanent. Now we’re watching the aftermath of a life that, by any objective measure, was derailed in a matter of weeks. And the same political class that stood by—or benefited—at the time is now offering thoughts and prayers. That’s the part that ought to turn your stomach. If we’re going to be honest about accountability in this country, it has to cut both ways. Destroying someone publicly without due process, without proof, and without consequence is not justice. It’s politics at its worst. And it keeps happening because it works.






