Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (4/19/26)

Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (4/19/26)

Redistricting referendum election Tuesday - make sure you vote (YES)!; “The ‘Trolley Problem’ and Why I Voted YES on the VA Redistricting Referendum”'; “Shy Yes Voters vs. Skeptical No Independents"

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• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says in Tuesday Redistricting Vote, Virginians Will Decide “whether they want to have a congressional delegation that will stand up against Trump’s tyranny”

• Video: On MSNOW, Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Says Anti-Corruption’s a Powerful Message for Dems, given that Trump “IS THE SWAMP”

• Photos: AAPI Leaders and Grassroots Activists Rally for “Vote YES” in Virginia

• VIDEO: Virginia Public Service Workers Call on General Assembly to Reject Anti-Worker Changes Gutting Collective Bargaining Bill

• With the Final Day of Early Voting TODAY and the Election on Tuesday, Sam Shirazi Looks at “Shy Yes Voters vs. Skeptical No Independents”

• President Barack Obama Releases GOTV Vote YES Message Ahead of Last Day of Early Vote and Election Day

• Video: With Just Two More Days of Early Voting Before 4/21 Election, Check Out the “Yes for Virginia Live Rally” at 7 pm

• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Catches OMB Director Russ Vought in a Series of Wild Lies About Tariffs Supposedly Not Being Taxes, Dept. of Defense Supposedly Being “Dept. of War”

• BREAKING: “An overnight murder-suicide has taken place at the home owned by former VA Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax in Annandale

• Unions Representing Hundreds of Thousands of Virginia Workers Call on General Assembly to Reject Anti-Worker Changes Gutting Collective Bargaining Bill

• Video: Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA03) to Russ Vought – “So everybody thinks [the Big Ugly Bill’s] going to add about $4 trillion to the debt & you think it’s going to save money”

• Multilingual Grassroots Coalition Outreach Campaign for “Fight Back Vote YES”

• New State Navigate Poll on Virginia Redistricting Referendum: YES 51%-NO 45%

• Virginia Senate Democratic Caucus Delivers on Affordability Legislation as Governor Signs Key Bills Into Law

• Sen. Mark Warner Demands DHS Accountability: Calls on New Secretary to Restore Oversight, Fully Cooperate with Congress and IG

• Freedom Virginia Says Gov. Spanberger’s Amendments to the Affordable Medicine Act “gutted this landmark legislation of its integrity and effectiveness”

• Gov. Spanberger Proposes Amendments to Keep Virginians Safe

• Gov. Spanberger Proposes Amendments to Protect Workers & Support Employers

• BREAKING: Governor Spanberger Does *Not* Sign Tax Bills the General Assembly *Never Passed*

• Why Worry? The Less We Know, the Safer Trump Seems: Lessons Not Learned from Past Financial Crises

• “The ‘Trolley Problem’ and Why I Voted YES on the Virginia Redistricting Referendum”

• A Few Thoughts on a Possible Olivia Troye Candidacy in (the New) VA07; For Instance, Could She Pass the “Jim Webb Test?”

• Sam Shirazi: “Nearly 69K early votes cast this weekend in Virginia; 925K early votes right now; 6 more days left”

• Lt. Gov. Ghazala Hashmi Announces Launch of Literature & Government Lecture Series Tour Across Virginia