Nick Roper

@PollTracker2024 @SenLouiseLucas @SpeakerDonScott

The Downballot argues if Virginia Democrats want to overturn the state supreme court’s redistricting decision, the state legislature can modify the retirement age for judges. Doing so could overturn the court’s Friday decision invalidating the constitutional amendment that adopted new congressional districts in Virginia. the-downballot.com/p/how-virginia…

In 2018, North Carolina held an election using congressional maps that had already been ruled unconstitutional. The winners were seated anyway. In 2022, Ohio did the same thing. Georgia and Alabama moved forward with racist maps in 2022 that violated the Voting Rights Act. The winners of those elections were seated anyway. When it’s Republicans disenfranchising Black voters and Democrats, illegal maps are suddenly good enough to keep in place during the election. None of those states even put their maps up for approval by the public like Virginia did. Virginia should proceed with their election under the map their voters just enacted. Anything less would establish an unfair precedent.

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@JBleezy33 Does this mean they are sending the original bill back rather than her amendments?

Step one in the House complete...her substitute was "passed by for the day" in a block with all other amendments the House rejected...we are officially on the clock. It only takes one chamber to reject, so play ball. The Governor will now have until May 22 to sign or veto...it's go time!

Several industry leaders and lawmakers in Virginia are now telling us that the legislature may outright reject Governor Spanberger's amended cannabis sales bill on April 22. This would force the governor to either veto the original bill, or allow it to become law.

@lashrecseaird @KrizekForVA Hoping to see you all return the bill to the state it was when you sent it to her desk. We don't need to kick this can further down the road.

Delegate @KrizekForVA and I release the following statement as our historic legislation HB642/SB542 establishing a regulated adult-use cannabis retail market in Virginia was substantially rewritten:

@SenLouiseLucas Not delaying the sales of Marijuana further would help bring in some revenue to the state!

Now that you have read each bill line by line, it’s time to focus on the budget. Your Secretary of Finance says that we need more revenue and the House budget is negative by $400M in the out years. That’s not fiscally responsible and won’t happen on my watch.

If we survive Trump, Dems will run up huge numbers in 2026 & 2028, like 2006 & '08. But if the next President doesn't govern like FDR, broad reforms, corruption prosecutions, landmark legislation, we end up right back here. Winning isn't enough. Dems have to change things.

The Virginia Supreme Court just ruled that Democrats can proceed with eliminating 4 Republican congressional seats. This is a major victory for fighting back against Trump’s gerrymandering.

the clear photo ,, this will be in history books

Planet Earth captured by Space Cowboy (also known as Breezeh or Briscoe Park)

Last week I hosted family for Thanksgiving. My 12-year-old nephew asked for the WiFi password. He wanted to play Roblox on his iPad. I looked at the device. Unmanaged. No antivirus. No encryption. I’m an IT Professional. I don't run an open network. So I didn’t give him the password. Instead, I spent 45 minutes provisioning a Guest VLAN. I set up a captive portal. I throttled the bandwidth down to 56kbps. Then I blocked all traffic on ports 80 and 443. He came back crying. He said it wouldn't load. My sister screamed at me to "just let him play." I told her that Zero Trust architecture doesn't care about bloodlines. We didn't have a "fun" Thanksgiving. But we had a secure perimeter. You’re welcome for the compliance.

@SenTimKaine I hope you get primaried by someone more progressive

My statement on the funding deal to reopen government, protect federal employees, and vote to protect health care

🚨 BREAKING per NYT: Virginia Democrats plan to redraw their congressional map, potentially yielding Democrats 2-3 additional House seats.

Oh no I really hope Bill Clinton isn’t in the Epstein files, I’ll have to get rid of my Bill Clinton hat and my Bill Clinton sneakers and my Bill Clinton cologne and my Bill Clinton watch and take down my Bill Clinton flag and I’ll have to delete my Bill Clinton nft trading cards

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

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