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Abigail Spanberger Democrat Governor of Virginia
January 18, 2026, 09:43 AM
redstoneAbigail Spanberger Democrat Governor of Virginia
Here is the VCDL bill breakdown. I have always loved this service as it gives a nice single place to read up on the various bills.
VCDL Legislative Tracker
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson January 18, 2026, 04:46 PM
vthokyThank you for the link, redstone.
GOA also has a fillable-form page right now, referenced in
my thread in the Gun Control Discussion section.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America. January 20, 2026, 10:47 AM
mrapteam666I watched bits and pieces of the inauguration online.
Even though the Capitol has been remodeled, the layout of the festivities were the same.
My first day as a Rookie Police Officer was working the inauguration for Mark Warner.
(In reality being a gofer and parking delegates cars).
I saw one of the first things she did was rescind the order of LE working with ice.
Of all the politicians to be the first woman governor, I was hoping it wouldn't be her.
I think riding a brama bull will be less bumpy.
January 20, 2026, 10:52 AM
PASigHoly crap. Elections have consequences
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Democrats now control the legislature and Governor's office in Virginia.
Here are just a few of the bills they've introduced
- New 4.3% sales tax on Uber Eats, Amazon, etc deliveries.
- New sales tax on admissions to a wide variety of businesses.
- Create two new higher tax brackets of 8% and 10% on people making over $600K.
- A new 10% tax bracket for anyone making over $1M.
- 3.8% investment tax on top of state income taxes.
- Raise the hotel tax.
- New personal property tax on landscaping equipment.
- Ban gas powered leaf blowers.
- Guarantee illegal aliens free education.
- Make it illegal to approach somebody at an abortion clinic.
- Extend the time absentee ballots can be received after election day to three days
- Allow people to cast their votes electronically through the internet.
- Expand ranked-choice voting.
- Extend the deadline for ballot curing to one week after election day.
- Redact the addresses of political candidates from FOIAs.
- Add Virginia to the National Popular Vote Compact for presidential electors.
- Make it illegal to hand count ballots.
- $500 sales tax on firearm suppressors .
- "Assault weapons" and large capacity magazine ban.
- 11% sales tax on all firearms and ammunition.
- Prohibit outdoor shooting of a firearm on land less than 5 acres.
- Lower the criminal penalties for robbery.
- Ban the arrest of illegal aliens in courthouses.
- Remove mandatory minimum sentences.
- Allow localities to install speed cameras.
- Replace Columbus Day with "Indigenous Peoples Day."
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January 20, 2026, 11:40 AM
mrapteam666That bill guaranteeing free education for illegals makes me boil among the others
I have been trying to go back to school for the past couple of years, and the cost is outrageous.
Especially out of state vs in state tuition.
So, I work my butt off, serve my country etc.. but I have to pay tuition but illegals don't have to pay crap.
In the years past, Virginia (among other states like Denver) gave them, the in state tuition rate. Now they want it to be free.
January 20, 2026, 12:08 PM
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January 20, 2026, 12:48 PM
mikeyspizzaquote:
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Originally posted by 229DAK:
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Originally posted by PGT:
Phil Van Cleeve is the head of VCDL and got tricked / duped into being in Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Who Is America?”
Somebody this dumb and idiotic doesn’t ever get the chance to represent me.
This was almost 8 years ago. Hold a grudge?
Is he still in charge?
Yes, since 2001.
January 20, 2026, 03:57 PM
vthokyThank you, PASig for posting the list.
Someone who campaigned on "affordability"... look at all the things on that list that will make life more expensive, not to mention the stupid (1), cumbersome (2), and ridiculous (3) things....
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1: Internet voting, expanded ranked choice, etc.
2: Can't shoot on less that 5 acres? Really?
3: Lower penalties for robber, can't arrest illegals in courthouse, and renaming Columbus Day
A grouchy German man I once worked for used the term, "DFS." Damn F*****g Stupid.
I believe the term applies well to our new so-called "leadership."
Virginia can count on no longer being my home state upon my retirement, if this kind of mess actually takes hold. Dang ridiculous.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America.
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January 21, 2026, 09:22 AM
egregoreOnce again, the big cities screw it up for the rest of the state.
Some counties in the pointy end -through which I travel through occasionally - are so deep red they're burgundy. But they are sparsely populated.
I wonder if this will affect its "shall issue" CCW, or reciprocity. I do have a permit (since 2021,
enhanced permit).
"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke January 21, 2026, 09:22 AM
downeastnc1"- Remove mandatory minimum sentences." Is that like a double negative.
January 21, 2026, 09:47 AM
mrwElection fraud in blue counties and a weak DEI REP candidate did it in for VA.
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Originally posted by egregore:
Once again, the big cities screw it up for the rest of the state.
Some counties in the pointy end -through which I travel through occasionally - are so deep red they're burgundy. But they are sparsely populated.
I wonder if this will affect its "shall issue" CCW, or reciprocity. I do have a permit (since 2021,
enhanced permit).
January 21, 2026, 03:59 PM
uvahawkHere in coastal SC, there are a number of people who left Virginia several years ago when the drift towards Democratic control of the Commonwealth became clear. Unfortunately, there is probably no path back from this situation since NoVa and the Tidewater (not to overlook Albemarle County) regions seem solidly Democratic. I wish the best to those freedom lovers who remain in what was once the great Commonwealth of Virginia!
January 21, 2026, 05:27 PM
vthokyI’d like to give NoVa and Tidewater to Maryland.
Or Neptune.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America. January 21, 2026, 05:31 PM
229DAKquote:
Originally posted by vthoky:
I’d like to give NoVa and Tidewater to Maryland.
Or Neptune.
Pluto would be better.
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January 21, 2026, 05:59 PM
vthokyCaroline Downey on FoxNews just a moment ago:
“Abigail Spanberger was a trojan horse,” and, “if a Democrat campaigns on being a centrist, go ahead and assume they’re lying.”
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America. January 21, 2026, 06:27 PM
egregorequote:
Election fraud in blue counties and a weak DEI REP candidate did it in for VA.
Why does there have to be fraud? Maybe ~292,000 VA voters are just damned fools. And DEI?
"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke January 21, 2026, 06:29 PM
vthokyquote:
Originally posted by egregore:
Why does there have to be fraud?
Because that’s what rotten Dems
do?
Admittedly, a lot of VA voters may be “just damned fools.”
But, IMO, a lot of them (NoVa in particular) are part of The Swamp and couldn’t stand to see a non-Swamp candidate elected. Covering their own tails, so to speak.
My own county turned blue. Why? Because so many NoVa refugees have moved in down here, bringing their crappy politics with them.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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God bless America. January 21, 2026, 07:14 PM
egregore^^^ Well, I've never heard of fraud, or allegations of fraud, favoring the Republican anywhere, and there's this new law - or shortly to become law - prohibiting hand counting of ballots, so there may be something to the fraud business. I haven't heard any such allegations on this one. The fact is that the country - and state - has a very large swath of people who have bought into leftism.
"The Almighty, He put some livin' things on this earth so a man can eat." - Festus Haggen, Gunsmoke January 21, 2026, 07:40 PM
vthokyYou’re not incorrect, friend.
Politicians seem to have forgotten that they work for us, not the other way around.
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