Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (3/19/23)

Sen. Kaine calls out Trump's "incitement to violence"; Seat-by-seat guides to winning the House of Delegates, VA Senate this November; Far-Right VA Senator Calls for “Taking Dems to the Train Station"

• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says “every time you think [Trump’s] bottomed out, he goes even further,” This Time to “incitement to violence”

• Former VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling, a Conservative Republican, Says Trump’s Reaction to Possible Arrest Next Week “tells you all you need to know…Everything is about him and him alone”

• Video, Updates: Arlington County Board Hears Public Comment From ~250 People on “Missing Middle” Housing Proposal

• Virginia House Democratic Caucus Statement on Death of Irvo Otieno

• Video: Echoing President Biden’s Remarks, Former VA House Dem Leader David Toscano, Virginia Beach Residents Discuss the Urgency of Protecting Medicaid and the ACA From GOP Attacks

• VA Senate Privileges & Elections Chair Spruill Demands Answers From Gov. Youngkin on Sharp Decline in Automatic Restorations for Non-Violent Felons

• Virginia GOP Candidates for State Senate Endorse Bringing Guns To School

• Video: Former Teacher and School Board Member Amy Laufer (D) Tells VA Board Of Education, “Our children aren’t political props the governor can use for his 2024 ambitions”

• Former CIA Officer, Prosecutor Russet Perry (D) Releases New Digital Introduction Video

• Virginia House and Senate VPAP “Party Unity in Floor Votes” Scores Show Parties Stayed Mostly Unified in 2023 Session, with Some Exceptions

• Photos, Video: Portrait Unveiled of Eileen Filler-Corn, “the first woman to hold the Speakership in the 400-Year History of the Virginia House of Delegates”

• 3 Things Glenn Youngkin Can Do To Make Life Better for Virginia Families, Instead of Texas Donors

• Announcing: 2023 VAPLAN Virginia Legislators Progressive Scorecard!

• In “Yellowstone” Reference, Far-Right-Republican VA State Senator Calls for “Taking Dems to the Train Station in 2023”

• [UPDATED 3/15] The Status – Seeking Reelection or Other Office? Retiring? – of All 140 Members of the Virginia General Assembly

• A District-by-District Guide to Taking Back a Democratic Majority in the VA House of Delegates This November

• Video: Public Speakers Rip Isle of Wight County School Board Right-Wing Majority’s “Manifesto”/”Political Agenda” on Systemic Racism, “Teaching About Controversial Issues”

• A Step-by-Step Guide to Maintaining – or Even Expanding – the Democratic Majority in the VA State Senate This November

• An ER Nurse Looks Back on Three Years of Hell

• Virginia Legislators Speak at White House Convening on Equal Pay

• Senators Warner & Kaine Applaud Nearly $12 Million in Federal Funding to Help Revitalize Land and Create Jobs in Coal Communities

• “Glenn Youngkin getting dragged by name by an employee for pushing religion on state employees”

• Democrat Hamid Munir Announces Campaign for Fairfax County School Board – At-Large