#Governor Terry McAuliffe

[dhaaruni]

I don’t disagree with keeping classics like Jane Eyre in school curriculums at all, but other than trying to move from classics to YA, what have teachers’ unions done?

Not trying to come at you or pick a fight. I’m just confused bc I thought during the height of the pandemic, teachers were being overworked and underpaid and that they had been for a long time (thinking of teachers who had to pay out of pocket for extra school supplies for kids whose parents couldn’t afford it or teachers who make themselves available outside of school hours for students who need that extra time or attention), and were asking to be fairly compensated. I thought similarly of nurses’ unions. Is there something I’m missing?

Uh.

I swear I don't mean to be contentious but basically, one major reason that the teachers' unions have become massively unpopular is because during COVID, the unions argued for teachers to be vaccinated first since they were front line workers (true) and in-person schooling is really important (It absolutely is, just look at the massive learning losses post COVID), but even after teachers got vaccinated, often before vulnerable populations like the elderly, a lot of them still refused to return to in-person schooling, especially in blue states, where schools were sometimes closed almost a year after they opened in red states because Republican governors made students go back to school.

In Virginia, Glenn Youngkin won the governor's' race in 2021, nebulously due to "parents' rights", which obviously included Terry McAuliffe very dumbly saying that parents shouldn't have a say in their kids' public education, but also because parents in Virginia were FURIOUS at school closures. Public schools were shut down in parts of NoVa until well into 2021 and kids were falling way behind academically, and super involved parents of high achieving kids were obviously freaking out. If you look at the Virginia precinct maps between 2020 and 2021, Youngkin didn't do better than Trump in the rurals and actually did slightly worse in many places, but he massively improved on Trump's margins in affluent suburbs, especially in NoVa which all went big for Biden a year prior.

Just look at this map from May 2021. Like, there's a reason Ron DeSantis won by almost 20 points in 2022, and it's not because Florida is an R+20 state or because he's super duper likable lol. Americans, especially parents, HATED lockdowns and masks (I'm very liberal and I haven't worn a mask since the federal mandate was lifted in May 2022 because of how hot I run) and some of their hatred was irrational and obnoxious (I obviously never yelled at anybody who asked me to wear a mask unlike many others) but in the case of school closures, there's some merit to it.

[politicaldilfs]

Virginia Governor DILFs

Mark Warner, Tim Kaine, Ralph Northam, Chuck Robb, Terry McAuliffe, Douglas Wilder, Bob McDonnell, Colgate Darden, Gerald Baliles, Jim Gilmore, Westmoreland Davis, John N. Dalton, J. Lindsay Almond, Albertis Harrison, John S. Battle, William M. Tuck, James Hubert Price, George Allen, Thomas B. Stanley, Linwood Holton, Mills Godwin, Glenn Youngkin

[stephenmcelroy]

https://hannity.com/media-room/biden-election-denier-joe-blasted-for-calling-terry-mcauliffe-real-governor-of-virginia-watch/

[mongowheelie]

Ex-governor questions Trump's brain: 'That elevator's not going to the top floor anymore' - Raw Story

[rjhamster]

Tonight: Restoring the Right to Vote in Virginia

Thursday, May 18 at 5 pm PT| 8 pm ET   Did you know that Virginia is one of only three states whose constitution does not automatically restore the right to vote to former felons?   In 2016 Governor Terry McAuliffe instituted automatic restoration of rights upon release from prison; Governor Northam continued the same practice, and more than 200,000 returning citizens had their rights restored.…

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

When Republicans lose power, they spend their lame duck session changing the laws to neuter their successors. Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania all have Democratic governors but Republicans control the legislatures, so they stripped the governor of any real power before they were sworn in and could veto the changes. Same thing in Kansas and Louisiana and Kentucky; they can't appoint senators anymore, the legislature does. And in Arizona the Secretary of State has been stripped of her power to oversee elections because Republicans want to fuck around without oversight. Now the locals can do whatever they want without a big bad Democrat looking over their shoulder to prevent them from doing the very shit they cry foul of from 2020 (which didn't exist them but will exist in the future thanks to them). In Florida, the only statewide Democrat is the commissioner of agriculture, which may as well be the assistant vice lieutenant co-manager of the underwater basket weaver committee for all she's allowed to do.

What I'm saying is that the outgoing Democrats in Virginia have a chance to fuck over Youngkin and the incoming Republicans if they so desired. They have 2 months to pass whatever legislation they want to neuter his power, and they have so many examples to choose from thanks to their colleagues across the aisle. Follow the Republican example. Don't let your opponents hold a scrap of power. Do everything you can to hold them back. If they don't like it, they have no one to blame but themselves; they're the ones who did it in the first place, so they don't get to complain when their tactics are used against them.

But who am I kidding? Democrats will never do that. They'd never be ALLOWED to do that, even if they wanted to. The public expects more from the Democrats, they're always held accountable where Republicans are allowed to do whatever they want with no remorse, so public opinion would switch against them in ways it never switches against the Republicans. On top of that, the courts wouldn't let them do it either. The courts consistently let the Republicans get away with this kind of shit, but that's because the Republicans have spent the last decade packing the courts with right wing judges to get favorable rulings, so of course they wouldn't let the Democrats do the same thing. The inconsistency is the point. They don't want long-standing precedent, they want everything to be decided on a case by case basis so they can put their thumbs on the scale every time. They want a dynamic judiciary that they can manipulate, one that will change their minds whenever it's no longer advantageous to them. That's the goal. They want two systems, political apartheid, "one set of rules for us, one set for everyone else."

Until Democrats come to terms with that, all of their victories will be short term and meaningless, and all their failures will be tragic and avoidable.

[tomorrowusa]

Virginians will get a second chance in a year to vote against Donald Trump.

The state is holding an off-off-year election for governor and Republicans have nominated a Trump clone for the office.

His name is Glenn Youngkin (AKA: Trumpkin). He’s like a Donald Trump who has graduated from charm school. He holds the same anti-democratic and reactionary views as Trump but voices them in a more highfalutin way.

Trumpkin is running against former Gov. Terry McAuliffe. McAuliffe restored voting rights to 173,611 ex-felons when he was previously governor. Under Virginia law, he had to do so by signing 173,611 individual documents by hand. Terry is the direct opposite of voter-suppressing Republicans who would restrict voting to white Fox News viewers if they could.

We know how important state government can be. Gov. Greg Abbott is desperately trying to force misogynistic restrictions on abortions in Texas. Gov. Ron DeSantis wants everybody in Florida to get COVID-19 to please a campaign contributor who has a stake in a pharmaceutical company which claims to have a treatment for the virus.

So if you’re in Virginia, vote for Terry McAuliffe on November 2nd. If you know anybody in Virginia, remind them to vote. We can no longer take democracy for granted; the states as a whole are as important as the federal government.

[instntnoodle]

the mess that is charlottesville shakes me to my core.

this is not the virginia i know and love. this is not the place i call home. now that these nazis have reared their ugly heads to the light, i want to burn them all to dust. 

i’m so grateful to governor mcauliffe for having the nerve to call them what they are - nazis, bigots, white supremacists, for telling them that there’s no place for them in virginia or in our country, for calling trump out on his hate speech and and for truly doing the best he can while he and the rest of us are in so much pain.  i’m grateful for cville police and medical staff who are working bravely and tirelessly. i’m grateful for everyone who’s still out there, not backing down from the intimidation of these disgusting people. i’m grateful to heather heyer for sacrificing her own life to fight against the pure evil that still exists in this country.

out here in nyc hearing people talk about virginia, how this is what we look like, hurts me. be angry. be angry about the whole situation, about the greater problem this speaks to. but don’t let this become your image of virginia - this is not what virginia looks like. 

virginia is better than this, and there are people out there trying to prove it right now.

[vegan-and-sara]

Reminder that tomorrow November 2, 2021 is Election Day for:

Colorado

Maine

New Jersey

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Texas

Virginia

Washington state

And Election Day for Louisiana is November 13.

Get your ballots turned in ASAP if you haven't already.

[15milestation]

"Peggy came to visit the set a couple of times with her children and she...is very much [like] her Dad. She keeps her cards close to the chest and speaks very little, but expresses a lot. But doesn’t use many words to express it."

"You just got a feeling that she felt safe and comfortable, that [writer/director] Jeff had her support. That she felt good about what he was doing. She felt good about what he’d written and she felt like Jeff was looking after her parent’s story. She said some really cool things to me that helped in the other half of the picture that the documentary doesn’t show. Little clues like how much a sense of humor her Father had, and it was just nice to have her support."

--  Joel Edgerton on the help that Peggy Loving Fortune, Richard and Mildred Loving's daughter, gave to the film "Loving"

Photo: "Loving' co-stars Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga photographed with Peggy Loving Fortune (far right) and the Governor and First Lady of Virginia (Dorothy and Terry McAuliffe) during a visit to the Executive Mansion whilst they were shooting the film nearby in 2015

[cannabisbusinessexecutive]

Changes to Virginia marijuana laws you need to know

Changes to Virginia marijuana laws you need to know

July 1st marked the one year anniversary of marijuana legalization in Virginia. With that anniversary comes multiple changes to marijuana laws in the commonwealth. Here’s what you need to know. Is marijuana legal in Virginia? Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin signed the 2022 budget bill, which contains language recriminalizing activities involving the personal possession of over four ounces of…

[reportwire]

McAuliffe's Defeat Shows Abortion Extremism Doesn't Win

McAuliffe’s Defeat Shows Abortion Extremism Doesn’t Win

I woke up Wednesday morning so grateful that my state, Virginia, had voted out abortion extremism. Abortion activists were supposed to sweep Terry McAuliffe back to the governor’s mansion. McAuliffe spent millions of dollars on ads blasting Glenn Youngkin for being pro-life and brought in outside speakers, including former President Obama, to campaign on the issue of abortion. Instead of keeping…

[rjhamster]

Restoring the Right to Vote in Virginia, May 18

Thursday, May 18 at 5 pm PT| 8 pm ET   Did you know that Virginia is one of only three states whose constitution does not automatically restore the right to vote to former felons?   In 2016 Governor Terry McAuliffe instituted automatic restoration of rights upon release from prison; Governor Northam continued the same practice, and more than 200,000 returning citizens had their rights restored.…

[newsup18]

5 Takeaways From the Virginia Governor's Race

5 Takeaways From the Virginia Governor’s Race

Glenn Youngkin, a Republican business executive, marched to victory in Tuesday’s election, delivering his party the governorship of Virginia and highlighting a strong night for Republicans less than a year after voters pushed them fully out of power in the nation’s capital. The outcome in Virginia, combined with an unexpectedly close contest in New Jersey, where the governor’s race remained too…