Curated News from The Virginia Council 8/9/26

Virginia Government updates:

Virginia Primary Election Results: U.S. House | VPAP | 8/4/26

Spanberger will intervene in review of Dominion NextEra merger | WVTF By Brad Kutner

Spanberger restores civil rights to more than 66,000 Virginians. But that doesn't mean we're getting 66,000 new voters. Here's some math. - Cardinal News By Dwayne Yancey

(2) Virginia News Vanguard on X: "🚨BREAKING: MEDICAID FRAUD: Nearly Half of Medicaid Expansion Enrollees — including Virginia’s — Likely Do NOT Meet Eligibility Requirements An estimated 276,463 individuals were improperly enrolled in Virginia in 2024, analysis says. ☑️$32 BILLION COST FOR ABLE-BODIED ADULTS https://t.co/d4EBy1FPNY" / X

Virginia moves toward regulating self-driving vehicles amid safety and liability concerns • Virginia Mercury By Nathaniel Cline

Virginia hemp businesses sue over THC rule change - Cardinal News By Matt Busse

Americans for Public Trust | APT Launches First Database Tracking Foreign Money in American Politics By Americans for Public Trust

RFK Jr., during Monday trip to Danville, says AI will transform rural healthcare - Cardinal News By Grace Mamon

Va. Candidate Dodges Photos With DSA Members By Joe Thomas

(2) ((( charlottesville ))) on X: "🚨Charlottesville PD installed cameras at Free Bridge Homeless Camp bc they're called down there so often 📸Now a runner reports being threatened 📹Has CPD adequately warned citizens about drug addicts, ex-cons, & MH cases who think they control the trail? Chances are this https://t.co/Z7ZsDqdqh1" / X

Statewide Republican Primary Turnout By VPAP.ORG

Virginia DMV launches first cannabis-impaired driving campaign | FOX 5 DC By Tyler Thrasher

Menhaden management board advances addendum with potential cuts to Chesapeake Bay fishery limits • Virginia Mercury By Shannon Heckt

Virginia banned phones for every K-12 student, all day long: here’s what changed and why it matters By Bella Walser

As $43 million for Southwest flood relief remains unspent, residents who can't afford to fix their homes wait for help - Cardinal News By Elizabeth Beyer

Democrats’ big Virginia plans were foiled, but it’s still at the center of the battle for the House By Annelise Hanson

Former Va. House candidate sentenced in $225,000 pandemic relief fraud scheme | WRIC ABC 8News By Ryan Nadeau

History, Tradition, & the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence:

United States One Dollar Bill (Famous Photo) - On This Day

Secretary Marco Rubio on X: "This is the American way. https://t.co/7nmMGAv2cZ" / X

(4) US Department of the Interior on X: "A cornerstone of America's early republic has reopened. Following a $43 million rehabilitation funded in large part by the Great American Outdoors Act, signed into law by @POTUS in 2020, the First Bank of the United States at @INDEPENDENCENHP has reopened to visitors. https://t.co/3OJ6wnuW0u" / X

First Bank of the United States - Independence National Historical Park (U.S. National Park Service)

The Hillsdale K-12 American History & Civics Curriculum | K12 American History & Civics

With Humanities at Risk, How Mellon Sees Its Role (opinion) By Phillip Brian Harper

Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱 on X: "I propose a Council of Western Civilization for Europe. The Council of Western Civilization. Europe has institutions for everything – fisheries, semiconductor supply chains, the harmonization of pillow labeling standards. It has no institution tasked with the defense of the https://t.co/Ocixseomoc" / X

Great American Outdoors Act Marks Six Years of Transforming America’s Public Lands | U.S. Department of the Interior

George Washington’s Providential Progress review by Edward Short of American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington, by H.W. Brands

Was America Founded on Christianity? - by Shaun Kenney

Why Jefferson Haters Refuse to Debate TJ's "Relationship" with Sally Hemings By Dr. Mark Holowchak & George Gori

ANOTHER VIEW LIVE at The African Landing Memorial Statue Tickets, Thursday, August 27 • 11:30 AM - 1 PM | Eventbrite

The Constitution, Bill of Rights, & Liberty:

Alito remains as Court agrees to review AR-15 bans in Illinois and Connecticut By Jonathan Turley

Think Of The Children! Flock Uses Emotional Blackmail To Sell Mass Surveillance | The Daily Caller By Abigail Archer

Democrats Lawfared Themselves Into a Supreme Court Showdown Over Mail Ballots - Flopping Aces

Three Ways Dishonest Pollsters Rig the Math (and the One Question They'll Never Ask!) - Joe Hoft

Ninth Circuit En Banc Delivers Massive Election Integrity Victory: Arizona Can Now Enforce Voter Registration Cancellation and Felony Provisions After Left-Wing Groups Lose Standing Battle * The Gateway Pundit * by Jim Hᴏft

Lack of FISA reform lets federal govt surveil 'entire communities' with AI | Just The News By Thérèse Boudreaux

How a Lawsuit Seeking to Silence Trump's Religious Liberty Commission Actually Proved Its Point - The Daily Signal By Tyler O'Neil

The Left’s Fake Conversion To Religious Liberty | The Daily Caller By Derek Vanbuskirk

Judge Takes Sledgehammer To National Firearms Act | The Daily Caller By Harold Hutchison

James Madison knew the antidote for Dr. Fauci's COVID tyranny By Josh Hammer

Articles, News & Quotes:

Virginia faces a collision of policy choices on data centers and energy - Cardinal News By Dwayne Yancey

Computer scientist: 'So, more data centers, then?' - Cardinal News By Christine Julien

(2) Virginia News Vanguard on X: "🚨HOW DID JUDICIAL WATCH FIND 6,531 NONCITIZENS ON VIRGINIA'S VOTER ROLLS? Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton recaps the process that he undertook to find out how many declared noncitizens registered and were removed in the last few years from Virginia's voter registration https://t.co/tI2g1UjISJ" / X

They Want to “Abolish Rent” By Any Means Necessary By Stu Smith

AFT's Neo-Confederate Opposition to Immigration Enforcement By Tyler O'Neil

(5) Xi Van Fleet on X: "Today I visited the Museum of Communism in Prague. While the museum in Budapest focuses largely on events in Hungary during the Communist era, Prague’s Museum is organized by themes and topics. What struck me most was how closely its story matched my own experience growing up https://t.co/5nMxcfOla9" / X

No Prosecution For Hacker Behind 2020 Breach Of 633K AZ Voters By Breccan F. Thies

As student loan repayments restart, Virginia sees increase in borrower defaults By Ashley White

(3) jay plemons on X: "Adam Carolla nails the Democrat playbook: sell undebatable goals (help the poor, good schools, clean environment), then when their methods make everything worse, claim you’re the one who doesn’t want those things. https://t.co/rITIFZ15Fs" / X