Below are the top BlueVirginia.us stories from the past week. To support our work at Blue Virginia, please click here. Thanks to everyone who has contributed! 

• Video: VA GOP Chair Says “[party] staff deserves to have a world-class facility, not the *literal ghetto* they now live and work and serve in”

• Sunday (1/24) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +3,792 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 472,447), +58 Hospitalizations...

• We Demand This Fraud Be Stopped: Repeal “Right to Work” in Virginia

• Video: “Virginia’s Vaccine Czar” Answers Questions About COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, Gap Between Vaccines Received and Administered, etc.

• Virginia AFL-CIO Touts “Huge Win for Workers” as State “Enacts First Permanent Workplace Virus Protection Standards in the Nation”

• Sen. John Bell: “Senator Chase is clearly not sorry for supporting the insurrection…My resolution to censure Senator Amanda Chase will be going forward next week”

• Video: As VA GOP Argues Endlessly Over Its Method of Nomination, State Central Committee Member Complains About “the VICIOUS incivility and attacks that have been coming from one side”

• Saturday (1/23) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +4,904 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 468,655), +110 Hospitalizations...

• VA Del. Danica Roem Responds to Opponent of Her Afterschool Meals Bill: “When will it stop? When we feed every kid.”

• Virginia Senate Democrats Insure Women’s Futures

• Video: VA Senators Respond to Sen. Amanda Chase (R), Who Faces Possible Censure For Her Actions on 1/6

• Virginia Senate Passes Legislation to Repeal Ban on Abortion Coverage on Health Exchange

• AG Herring Confirms Authority of General Assembly to Discipline or Expel Members

• Friday (1/22) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +4,147 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 463,571), +139 Hospitalizations...

• Video: Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) Says President Biden’s Unity Message Was NOT Intended For Those Who Would Rise Up in Insurrection

• Audio: Just a Reminder That George Allen Is Wrong About Basically *EVERYTHING*

• Virginia Dems Chair Calls For Removal Of Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theorist Serving On The Redistricting Commission

• Community Advocate Richard Walker Announces Candidacy As the “People’s Delegate” For the 71st District of the Virginia House of Delegates

• 2021 VA GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Endorsed By Corrupt Bob McDonnell, Who Got “Freedom From Jail - But Not From Disgrace”

• DLCC Launches Database and Digital Campaign Highlighting GOP State Legislator Insurrectionists

• New Poll Shows Virginians Want More Health Insurance Transparency From the State As Rates Continue to Rise

• Thursday (1/21) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +4,013 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 459,604), +174 Hospitalizations...

• Enviro Groups, Joined by Monacan Indian Nation, File New Lawsuit Challenging Trump’s Last-Minute Approvals For Mountain Valley Pipeline

• Video: “New Virginia Way” Highlights McAuliffe’s Plan to Address Inequities in Education, Raise Teacher Pay Above National Average for First Time in Virginia History

• FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Aggressive and Immediate Action to Contain COVID-19 Crisis

• Rep. Rob Wittman (R-VA01), Who Pushed to Overturn Election, Called Out HARD By Qasim Rashid for Claiming, “Today, we witnessed the peaceful transition of power”

• VA Sen. Chap Petersen (D?-Fairfax City) Argues It’s Not Worth Closing Schools For 9-Year-Olds Because Of the Death Of a 99-Year-Old

• Virginia Republicans Are Doubling Down On Election Conspiracies And Defending Insurrectionists 

• Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says “I remember sitting four years when he gave one of the darkest inauguration speeches in American history…mean-spirited, no willingness to reach out”

• Wednesday (1/20) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +4,515 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 455,591), +165 Hospitalizations...

• Petitioning During COVID: A Campaign Nightmare

• Following 1/6/21 Insurrection at U.S. Capitol, Loudoun County Board of Supervisors Demands Resignation of Faaaar-Right Delegate Dave LaRock (R)

• Video – Rep. Spanberger Statement on Inauguration of President Joe Biden: “Today is a moment of optimism”

• FACT SHEET: President-Elect Biden’s Day One Executive Actions Deliver Relief for Families Across America Amid Converging Crises

• Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08): “At long last, Donald Trump will leave office tomorrow… I was here through it all, and I can attest to Trump’s historic legacy of failure”

• Video: VA Senate Privileges & Elections Committee Votes 9-6, Along Party Lines, For Censure Resolution Against Sen. Amanda Chase (R)

• BREAKING: Senate Committee Votes Down Public Utility Money Ban 

• Virginia Senate Votes 37-1 to Strip Sen. Amanda Chase – Who Spoke at the 1/6 Pro-Trump Rally in D.C. - Of Her Last Committee Assignment

• AG Mark Herring Part of Lawsuit That Just Blocked Trump’s “Dirty Power” Rule That Violated the Clean Air Act

• One of Virginia’s First Political Bloggers Appears to Be Frontrunner for Republican Nomination in SD38[UPDATE 1/22: Hackworth Defeats Dotson]

• Virginia House Democrats Crush Republicans In Fundraising To Start The 2021 Election Year

• Sen. Mark Warner: “Ms. Haines, it will be your task to ensure that the [intelligence community] recovers from this dark chapter”

• Tuesday (1/19) Virginia Data on COVID-19 Finds +4,526 Confirmed/Probable Cases (to 451,076), +84 Hospitalizations...

• Bill by Sen. Lionell Spruill to Move Virginia’s Low-Turnout May Local Elections to November Reported Out of the Virginia Senate’s Local Government Committee

• Video: 29th Annual Virginia Vigil & Advocacy Day to Prevent Gun Violence

• Two Great Bills to Advance Clean Energy in Virginia

• 2021 VA GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Kirk Cox: “These people aren’t protesters, they’re provocateurs”

• Monday (1/18) Virginia Sets Record-High 2-Day (+17,159), 3-Day (+23,916), 10-Day (+58,633) New COVID-19 Cases

• Virginia Republicans “Quote Dr. King on social media one day out of the year” while liv[ing] a life that runs counter to his words and teachings the other 364”

• Governor Northam Commends Nomination of Dr. Jewel Bronaugh as USDA Deputy Secretary

• Graphs: Virginia Gubernatorial Fundraising Off to Record Start; Compare to Previous Elections Going Back to 2001

• Video: Henrico Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor Endorses AG Mark Herring for Reelection