Mark Earley

This is sad. I know as a politician these companies are going to spend a billion dollars against me for saying it but 🤷🏽‍♀️ Pervasive gambling is not good for society. It turns life into a casino, traps people in addiction & debt, surges domestic violence, and fosters manipulation.

Early voting is ongoing in Virginia’s redistricting referendum! Virginians have the opportunity to respond to the actions of other states and a President who says he’s “entitled” to more GOP seats in Congress. 🗳️ As a Virginia voter, I’m voting YES. Vote by April 21.

It’s pretty funny how Virginia republicans will do anything they can to talk about Trump. Until we talk about the redistricting war that he started. Then there won’t even say his name. Vote yes. Let’s do what Virginia republicans should have been doing, stop Trump.

When politicians blatantly lie to you and dare you to do something about it…

A lot of the anti-DEM gerrymander folks keep saying that the proposed VA congressional map would be the most extreme gerrymander in the country. So let's put that to the test using actual political science. The efficiency gap was the standard developed by political scientists during Rucho v. Common Cause (2019). It's not an entirely perfect measurement, as noted in Keena et al., "Gerrymandering the States," because it would technically rate the 2010s Maryland gerrymander as a fair map, for example (though it does show the 2010s Wisconsin gerrymander as an egregious gerrymander!). Keena et al. argue that the mean/median difference is sometimes a better practice; however, for example, it shows the VA gerrymander as a fair map. My standard for measuring how extreme a gerrymander is, or whether a map is gerrymandered at all, is pretty much one standard or the other, depending on which makes sense. In this case, the efficiency gap is the best standard. Using the 2024 presidential results, we can see in DRA 2020 what the efficiency gap is in the enacted/proposed congressional gerrymanders across the country. The closer to 0, the fairer the map using efficiency gaps. Negative favors DEMs, positive favors GOP. Let's take a look. VA: -24.02% NC: 22.55% MO: 17.65% OH: 15.34% CA: -14.92% IL: -14.60% TX: 14.05% NM: -13.98% FL: 11.79% So yes, the proposed VA DEM gerrymander would be the most extreme gerrymander in the country. In fact, it would be more extreme than the 2010s WI Gerrymander that Rucho was all about, which has a 19-point efficiency gap. Only North Carolina comes close to being an egregious gerrymander.

Gov Ralph Northam’s legacy. Jalloh was convicted of a terrorism felony, sentenced to 11 yrs in prison. Despite this felony, he applied & enrolled at ODU with the school having no idea his criminal history because of the 2019 “social justice” law signed by Northam.

BREAKING: An illegal alien from El Salvador has been arrested in Fairfax County, VA on nine counts of assault and battery for groping girls in the hallway of the high school. Israel Flores Ortiz crossed the border in 2024, was released into the country by the Biden admin, and is now in 11th grade at Fairfax County High School despite almost being 19-years-old. Not only that, but Soros-funded Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano's office tried to RELEASE him on bail, but was rejected by a judge. The Fairfax County Sheriff is also reportedly refusing to honor an ICE detainer against him.

We're taking this campaign directly to the people of VA-07. Starting Saturday, March 14, l'Il launch a four-day districtwide tour with 16 stops across every city and county in the district to meet families, community leaders, and neighbors. I hope to see you out on the trail!

My heart is with the Old Dominion community today. No student should fear for their safety on campus, and no Virginian should feel unsafe in their own community. We must confront the reality of gun violence and work together to ensure our schools and neighborhoods are places of safety, not fear.

The victim of the terrorist attack at Old Dominion has been identified as Lt. Col. Brandon Shah-- who was a Professor of Military Science and the leader of the university's ROTC program. He was a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Atlantic Resolve. His awards included two Bronze Stars, Senior Army Aviator Badge, Combat Action Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Air Medal with Valor, Joint Service Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and the Joint Service Achievement Medal. RIP. 🙏

Norfolk's Soros-funded Commonwealth Attorney Ramin Fatehi blames Republicans and the "cult of gun absolutism" for the shooting at Old Dominion. The suspect is reportedly a previously convicted supporter of ISIS.