Dear friends and fellow citizens,
How did we get to this point in the Commonwealth of Virginia when defending the rule of law, public safety, parental rights and primacy of citizens are attacked for being ‘right wing’? As polling shows, these are primary concerns for the majority of Virginians.
Upholding the first principles of our national and state constitutions is the duty of every Virginian, and let's face it, we have not kept as close an eye on our government and school boards over the years as they run rough shod over those principles. And what's the result? Schools that not only are failing to provide a basic education in the ABC's, but that now threaten to inject our children with anti-American socialist and perverted ideologies while they claim dominion over them!
Obviously when we have a news and media system beholden to those ideologies, it makes it tougher to figure out what is being done to our children and laws when stories about governmental abuses are suppressed.
When these organizations conspire to portray an alternative reality that fits their narrative, how do we fight back? By exercising discernment in our sources of information and supporting those that reveal the truth and calling out those who subvert it.
Please join us on September 30th for our next Virginia Forum event with intrepid reporter Julio Rosas who is one of those who puts his life on the line (literally) to bring us the reality of our current political situation. You can get tickets to hear him speak about his work here.
And our first regular meeting will be September 10th at Park Lane Tavern with Michael Watson from the Capital Research Center, RSVP here. We look forward to seeing you again soon at our events, in the meantime stay cool and get prepared for a busy fall season with The Virginia Council.
Sincerely,
Will McGurn
Interim President, The Virginia Council
The next monthly meeting of The Virginia Council
will be September 10th, 5:30-8:00 pm
at Park Lane Tavern in Short Pump.
Michael Watson, Research Director
of The Capital Research Center,
will discuss the value and importance of
Right To Work laws in Virginia
RSVP Here.
Virginia Election Updates:
2025 Virginia Voter Guide - Cardinal News
Debating the debates: Spanberger, Earle-Sears to face off Oct. 9 • Virginia Mercury By Charlotte Rene Woods
New poll shows Spanberger ahead, but Earle-Sears closes gap • Virginia Mercury By Markus Schmidt
Virginia governor's race tightens, GOP ‘comes home’ to Earle-Sears - Washington Examiner By Paul Bedard
Liberal White Woman in Virginia Holds Up Vile Racist Sign to Protest Republican Governor Candidate Winsome Sears | The Gateway Pundit | by Mike LaChance
Sick, Sick, Sick: Liberal White Woman Waves Appallingly Racist Sign at Winsome Sears – RedState By Teri Christoph
(8) Greg Price on X: "Virginia Republican nominee for Governor @winwithwinsome just called out the Arlington County School Board to their faces for allowing boys to use the girl's bathroom and allowing a male child sex offender into a high school girl's locker room. All of the libs booed her. https://t.co/uxGRKZpdM6" / X
Democratic candidate for Virginia governor lays out agenda ahead of election By Henry Graff
Virginia helps to secure full G.I. bill benefits for veterans | WAVY.com By David Lance
August 18, 2025 - Attorney General Miyares Joins 21-State Coalition Calling on DEA to Ban ‘Designer Xanax’ By Chloe Smith
(2) Laura Ingraham on X: ""Media paints Spanberger as a ‘moderate.’ Truth? She’ll raise taxes, kill jobs, push unreliable energy & defund police. That’s not moderate — that’s dangerous." — @WinsomeSears https://t.co/nkfXAS2MZv" / X
Legacy Media Ignores Strong, Black Conservative Winsome Earle-Sears By Carrie Sheffield
Progressive veterans group seeks to boost Spanberger in Virginia governor’s race with $500,000 ad campaign | CNN Politics By David Wright
Rising GOP Star Winsome Earle-Sears Responds to Vile Racist Sign Held by Liberal White Woman | The Gateway Pundit | by Margaret Flavin
National Republicans turn to Youngkin-linked early voter turnout effort in Virginia By Brad Kutner
(10) NOVA Campaigns on X: "Millionaire leftist couple Michael Bills and Sonja Smith of @clean_virginia PAC, continue pouring 💰 into @SenatorHashmi’s LtGov campaign: $475,000 Profits: https://t.co/84wHohiU5V https://t.co/y2iRC9uBlr" / X
The next governor won't have an easy term. Here are 3 reasons why. - Cardinal News By Dwayne Yancey
We are proud to announce:
Julio Rosas, fearless journalist at Blaze Media
is our next speaker for The Virginia Forum!
September 30th
at The Cultural Arts Center in Glen Allen
“At the Scene: The ICE Raids & The Street Resistance"
Julio Rosas is a nationally known field reporter who has covered the 2020 BLM and Antifa riots, the Biden-Harris border crisis, the crime wave in the United States' biggest cities, and is currently covering the anti-ICE riots and protests sweeping the country.
Purchase Tickets Here
Julio is a proud college dropout and has previously served
in the Marine Corps Reserves.
His book, "Fiery But Mostly Peaceful: The 2020 Riots and the Gaslighting of America" details what he saw and experienced during the "Summer of Love."
The talk will focus on the serious challenge posed by the far-left to President Donald Trump's agenda of implementing mass deportations. While there has been progress on this issue, persistent resistance from street activists, political leaders, and the media demonstrates how much more work remains before the nation can fully address these interconnected challenges.
If you were there for the Andy Ngo Forum, you should not miss this chance to hear and meet Julio Rosas!
Follow him online at (9) Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) / X
Virginia Assembly, Senate & Governor updates:
Loudoun parents and Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears urge LCPS to end locker room policy By Nick Minock
(13) Nick Minock on X: "Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears’ full speech to the Arlington School Board on their transgender locker room and bathroom policies ⬇️ https://t.co/azGB4LlKJX" / X
Winsome Earle-Sears Slams Loudoun County Trans Scandal
Virginia governor hangs on to power over felon voting rights | Courthouse News Service By Joe Dodson
Nick Minock on X: "U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner weigh in on the Trump Administration’s efforts to end federal funding to five Virginia school districts over their transgender bathroom and locker room policies ⬇️. The USDOE says those policies violate Title IX." / X
Youngkin touts Virginia's progress on chronic absenteeism recovery By Cameron Thompson
Gilbert resigned from his United States attorney post By Brandon Jarvis
Despite successes, fentanyl still scourges our communities - Cardinal News By Zubin Mehta
Virginians say housing costs are a crisis, want lawmakers to act • Virginia Mercury By Charlotte Rene Woods
U.S. Department of Education Places Five Northern Virginia School Districts on High-Risk Status and Reimbursement Payment Status for Violating Title IX | U.S. Department of Education
5 VA School Districts Are Losing Fed Funding Over 'Trans' Ideology By Breccan F. Thies
County Supervisors May Cover LCPS Federal Funding Losses | News | loudounnow.com By Patrick Lewis
Loudoun County Public Schools Lunacy: Boys SUSPENDED for Objecting to Sharing Locker Room with a Female Pretending to Be Male | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft
Va. Gubernatorial Race Candidate Abigail Spanberger Refuses To Side With Common Sense: Mary Katharine Ham | OutKick
Virginia health board advances petition to ban trans women from women's sports By Cameron Thompson
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Finds George Mason University Has Violated Title VI | U.S. Department of Education
Virginia’s top Senate Democrat wants to cover Trump cuts with weed tax revenue | WVTF By Brad Kutner
Joint commission hears roadmaps for Virginia’s retail cannabis rollout • Virginia Mercury By Markus Schmidt
Some downtowns stink from weed. Will legalizing retail sales fix that or make it worse? - Cardinal News By Dwayne Yancey
2025 House Candidates' Conflict of Interest Disclosures By VPAP.GOV
It's not too late to make a difference!
There's some good news:
The Reconciliation Monument is being returned to Arlington.
Hegseth is right to restore the Reconciliation Memorial
But the Richmond statues, monuments, and cannons
are being sent to Los Angeles, California!
Jefferson Davis Statue Removed From Display at Valentine - Style Weekly
Help us fight for an honest and legal process to determine
the fate of these historic pieces of art. Decisions made by the
mob are not a democratic process, but tyrannical.
PLEASE DONATE HERE
(12) Scott Adams on X: "He's right. Our museums can't be monuments to our own past badness." / X
(1) Ezra A. Cohen on X: "As part of Penn’s deal to avoid further consequences for its discriminatory behavior against Americans, the @usedgov must require the University to reinstall the monument to one of its founders The Reverend George Whitefield. The statue was disgracefully removed during the 2020" / X
Articles, News, & Quotes:
Trump isn't trying to 'erase history' at Smithsonian — he's reversing a destructive woke takeover By Elizabeth Weiss
Loudoun County School Board Deserves Prison Time By Breccan F. Thies
How Richmond is affected by Trump's "big, beautiful bill" tax cuts in 2026 - Axios Richmond By Karri Peifer
(4) Greg Price on X: "For context on everything happening in Arlington County, Virginia tonight: The school board allowed this man, who was a convicted sex offender, to use a high school girl's locker room because he claimed he was trans. https://t.co/hXqJYoGFFO" / X
AbbyGate, Virginia, not Kabul - by Walter Curt
Richmond is suddenly America's hottest data center hub - Axios Richmond By Sabrina Moreno
(5) Cynical Publius on X: "This picture is so perfectly illustrative of the enormous weaknesses of today’s Democrat Party, for five reasons: 1. It conflates a condition none of us has any control over (our race) with a personal choice to alter one’s body in drastic ways (and then demand everyone respect https://t.co/UqqnHwp40O" / X
‘You could never count’ the amount of digital information stored in data centers - Cardinal News By Tad Dickens
Here's how – and why – Dominion Energy plans to raise your electric bill By Katherine Hafner
All Dominion’s Solar Plants Are Failing Their Energy Promises — Kerry: By Steve Haner
Nuclear fusion plant gets permit endorsement from Chesterfield Planning Commission - Richmond BizSense By Jack Jacobs
Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent walks out for taped interview with FOX 5 | FOX 5 DC By Stephanie Ramirez
(4) AAGHarmeetDhillon on X: "Oh yeah?" / X Fairfax County, VA State Superintendent is mocking @TheJusticeDept and @usedgov
(10) @amuse on X: "GENDER: Girl films inside boys locker room, when they ask why she’s there they face a Title IX sexual harassment probe. Loudoun County is twisting civil rights law to target kids for speaking up. https://t.co/ghN3yiXxPa" / X
Exclusive: MPD, ICE arrest twice deported man accused of sex crimes against Va. minor By Jon Brady
It's Time for President Trump to Endorse Winsome Sears – RedState By Teri Christoph
Two now-former Chesterfield teachers facing dozens of child sex abuse charges | WRIC ABC 8News By Ryan Nadeau
High beef prices are good news for Virginia cattlemen | WVTF By Brad Kutner
Former Albemarle County elections chief under investigation By Chris Graham
(5) ((( C'villeBubble ))) on X: "🔶⚔️🔷 KJB will read from her memoir Will she take questions? 🍿 https://t.co/dqctnFcqH1" / X
(5) ((( C'villeBubble ))) on X: "🚨UPDATE - UVA "Free Palestine" criminal case Trial scheduled: UVA student Robert Cabell Romer was indicted for a felony on 8/18 by Charlottesville Grand Jury. Trial is 12/4/25 Romer was arrested after alleged incidents involving his UVA Jewish housemate in Fall 2024, https://t.co/hkVXVkdUzK" / X
'One pill can kill' forum focuses on dangers of fentanyl, power of Narcan - Fredericksburg Free Press By Rick Horner
Teachers and staff sue VBCPS over double-digit health insurance increase | WAVY.com By Brett Hall
America First Legal Launches NEW Investigation Into Biden-Era Organ Transplant Policy: Which Outside Organizations Influenced the Development of this Racist Policy? - America First Legal
More Filipino cruise ship workers detained, deported from Norfolk-based Carnival Sunshine By Ryan Murphy
(5) NotKennyRogers on X: "8 years ago today, ESPN decided to remove play-by-play announcer Robert Lee from calling a Virginia football game for fear people would confuse him with Confederate Civil War General Robert E. Lee. https://t.co/k60q2ijFrM" / X
Admiral part of Navy experiment to get ships out of Norfolk Naval Shipyard faster By Steve Walsh
The number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. grew sharply from 2021 to 2023 … due to an increase of unauthorized immigrants with some protection from deportation | Pew Research Center
Interviews & Videos of Interest
John Reid, Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Reacts to VAERS Data By Peter A. McCullough, MD
(8) Winsome Earle-Sears on X: "Parents know boys are boys and girls are girls—and our kids deserve private spaces where they feel safe. Abigail Spanberger voted for this nonsense and now she’s hiding like a coward. Where are you, Abigail? https://t.co/Juf564ykiC" / X
WATCH: Preserving the past - Fredericksburg Free Press By Ted Schubel
One America News on X: "Tonight, on Real America w/ @DanNewsManBall - Candidate for Lt. Gov. of Virginia John Reid @JohnReid4VA - Is Title IX being exploited to protect mentally ill transgender students? Watch Here: https://t.co/UankyV6Buf https://t.co/2GhO14itTg" / X
Richmond’s extended academic year shows promise in boosting literacy By Keyris Mazanares
Graffiti-riddled Jefferson Davis statue headed to Los Angeles By Jamal Williams
1776, the Musical A Review By Dr. Mark Holowchak
The Constitution, Bill of Rights, and Liberty
The Concern Over Mail-In Ballots By Joe Thomas
2 + 2 = 5: The Left’s Newspeak Is Manipulating American Culture, Conservatives Must Respond Now – RedState By Steve Williams
(2) Samuel B. Parker on X: "City officials are looking into why some emailed FOIA requests are being flagged as spam, routed into junk folders, and ignored. Read about it — plus sky-high quotes, shoddy use of FOIA exemptions, and more — in our annual Richmond City Hall FOIA checkup: https://t.co/h45CCd0Sp4" / X
The Virginia Council has been blessed with unwavering support from the community since its founding a few years ago. And we decided to add some new ways to thank you for your ongoing assistance in our efforts to educate and inform Virginians.
"Announcing The Virginia Council membership reward program.
Sign up today on our website for the various levels of support!"
Member level: Simple membership is free when you sign up for our email newsletter or attend a monthly meeting.
Liberty level: For an annual contribution of $100 you get the newsletter, access to our monthly meetings and a commemorative Virginia Council lapel pin.
Patriot level: When you step up to make an annual contribution of $250 you receive first access to tickets to our annual Christmas and Patriot Parties, the commemorative Virginia Council pin, and the newsletter and monthly meeting access.
President's Council level: For a commitment of $1000 you receive the newsletter, access to our monthly meetings, 2 lapel pins, 2 invitations to both of our annual parties, and 2 VIP tickets to one Virginia Forum lecture of your choice.
We hope you'll find these rewards an added incentive to help fund our efforts to restore a full view of Virginia's history, monuments & role that government plays in our lives.
We appreciate all your support and encouragement and look forward to bringing you more compelling voices of liberty, freedom, and conscience over the next year.
To become a Liberty, Patriot, or President's Council member, please make a contribution here.
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