Curated News from The Virginia Council 8/2/26

The reverse side of the Great Seal of Virginia proclaims "Perseverando," which translates to "by persevering."

• Libertas, the goddess of liberty (in center), holds a wand and a pileus—the cap of a freed citizen—signifying freedom and self-rule.

• Aeternitas, representing eternity, holds a globe and a phoenix, symbols of endurance and rebirth.

• Ceres, the goddess of agriculture, holds a cornucopia of plenty in one hand and a stalk of wheat in the other, signifying abundance

Virginia Government updates:

Judicial Watch action results in removal of 6,531 noncitizen registrations from voter rolls in Va. | Just The News By Just The News Staff

Jay Jones Defies DOJ: Virginia Won’t Hand Over Voter Rolls - YouTube By Uriah Kiser

A call to arms: Fredericksburg's gun giveback program becomes template for new state law - Fredericksburg Free Press By Joey LoMonaco

Virginia Department of Health rolls out new nursing home oversight plan By Taylor Bryan

Virginia moves to rewrite landfill rules after Shoosmith - Axios Richmond By Sabrina Moreno

Virginia study on groundwater, data centers calls for tighter water regulations By Sarah Rankin & AP news

(2) Virginia News Vanguard on X: "🚨 DRIVE-BY STATE? CNBC Ranking: Virginia’s Competitors Should Be Thrilled We Believe Our Own Press Release ... "According to the Bloomberg article, in 2021 and 2022, over 2,200,000 people moved to the American South with $100,000,000,000.00 in tow." "Virginia was largely https://t.co/Mi8kt5fzMD" / X

Homeless encampments are threats to public safety By Alex Villanueva

Independent report calls for campus safety overhaul at Old Dominion University after fatal shooting • Virginia Mercury By Nathaniel Cline

Kennedy: Virginia's next aviation chapter begins in Charlottesville - Cardinal News By Jack Kennedy

Virginia’s new pay transparency law changes the rules for job postings • Virginia Mercury By Markus Schmidt

Span of control: What your Virginia local government can (and cannot) do By Brian Pinkston

History, Tradition, & the 250th Anniversary of the United States of America:

Logan Circle opening

(1) Secretary Doug Burgum on X: "Celebrated ANOTHER park reopening this morning at Logan Circle, and we won’t stop until all of our memorials and monuments are BEAUTIFUL! https://t.co/DgHAxRXax9" / X

Radicalization Of Universities Behind Smithsonian’s Attack On History And Biological Reality By Michael Shellenberger

The Declaration of Independence was signed on Aug. 2, 1776, amid 'pensive and awful silence' - Cardinal News By Dwayne Yancey

How Critical Theory Redefines Good As Evil By Louis Markos

(3) Katie Miller on X: "Kelsey Grammer, dad of 8, on the US education system: “I think the educational community has really dropped the ball, probably deliberately in a lot of ways. They don’t like the idea that we are a great country. Somewhere along the way, our education system decided we aren’t, https://t.co/Yy4lA2XCbm" / X

TSA Discovers Civil War-Era Cannonballs In Checked Bag In “Indiana Jones-Esque” Stolen Artifact Case | The Daily Caller By Abigail Archer

Jamestown Virginia Colony - new developments on an old story - part 1 of 2 By Mark Summers, historian

The Mughals, the West, and Slavery | Bacon's Rebellion - By James A. Bacon

WATCH: A summer of history at Salubria - Fredericksburg Free Press By Ted Schubel

How Thomas Jefferson and European Architecture Shaped America | The Epoch Times By Lorraine Ferrier

Poplar Forest: Jefferson's Architectural Play-Toy By the Cap'n, the Colonel, and Courtney Crowly (CC), interview Poplar Forest's own David Dietrich, a long time friend of Dr. H. and a docent at PF for 10 years.

The Constitution, Bill of Rights, & Liberty:

(6) Philip Van Cleave VCDL on X: "https://t.co/cJuNmtgUlp" / X By VCDL: Punish the compliant, regulate the innocent.

DSA Citizen-Disarmament Agenda and Its Tyrannical Endgame By David Codrea

Administration asks US Supreme Court to uphold sweeping Trump order restricting vote-by-mail • Virginia Mercury By Jacob Fischler

Poll: Majority Of Americans Worried About 'Ineligible' Voters Voting By Brian Lyman

DOJ Memo Protects Religious Freedom, Parental Rights By Tyler O'Neil

Religious Liberty Commission lawsuit dismissed by federal judge By Zach Schonfeld

The Mark of Kaine: How a Senator’s Remarks Border on Constitutional Blasphemy – JONATHAN TURLEY

Rogue Judges Are Helping Temporary Migrants Sidestep SCOTUS By Shawn Fleetwood

Trump admin calls South Sudan TPS block defiance of Supreme Court | Fox News By Elaine Mallon

More than 3,000 Alaska voters asked to verify citizen ahead of midterm elections | Just The News By Kevin Killough

EXCLUSIVE: Kentucky Findings Add to Growing Concerns Over Noncitizen Voting - The Daily Signal By Fred Lucas

(1) Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱 on X: "The First Amendment is the most radical political statement ever put into law. Not the most philosophical. The most radical – because it does something no government in human history had done before: it explicitly prohibits itself from controlling what its citizens think, say, https://t.co/rj6l6QLW0w" / X

Articles, News, & Quotes:

Virginia 'assault weapons' ban on hold until US Supreme Court hears gun cases By Dean Mirshahi

Senator Warner announces this year is his last run By WDBJ7 Staff

The SPLC’s ‘Hate Map’ Still Targets Conservatives By Christopher Lynch

McGuire discusses ACPS investigation, veterans affairs and campaign trail - Cville Right Now By Jackson Hephner

Virginia set to become an early primary state in 2028. Here's why it matters (and also why it may not matter much). - Cardinal News By Dwayne Yancey

‘People movers’ out, more parking in: Trump announces $22.5B Washington Dulles makeover • Virginia Mercury By Sam Gauntt

Commonwealth Fusion secures $1B capital raise to set stage for Chesterfield power plant - Richmond BizSense By Jack Jacobs

(1) Virginia News Vanguard on X: "🚨NEW: Fidel Castro's daughter: 'Don't be fooled' by Socialism Daughter of Fidel Castro, Alina Fernández, former DSA member, Jake Altman, and Editor-In-Chief of Breitbart News, Alex Marlow comment on the Left's push to Socialism, the recent primary wins of candidates that seem https://t.co/PN6CZ1E9Yn" / X

Congressional primary campaigns reveal the fault lines that run through both parties - Cardinal News By Dwayne Yancey

Victor Davis Hanson: President Trump Sparked the Counterrevolution to End the Destruction of America

Gorsuch Abandons Originalism (Again) By Samuel Kimzey