Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (7/5/26)

Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (7/5/26)

“The True Meaning of Democracy Ahead of America 250”; Kaine warns SCOTUS decision will have “grave consequences for America’s dedicated civil servants"; Trump regime sues VA over assault weapons ban"

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• Kenny Boddye on July 4, 2026: “Rights can be won. They can also be weakened, ignored, or taken away. Democracy requires participation.”

• Video: Gov. Abigail Spanberger Delivers Keynote Remarks at Monticello Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony

• Who Gets to Decide? How Virginia’s past sheds light on today’s debate over reproductive freedom.

• The 2026 Housing Act Passed by a Wide Margin; Trump Won’t Sign It. What’s Up with That?

• Senators Mark Warner, Tim Kaine: “One Year Later, Virginia Families Are Paying the Price for Trump’s Billionaire Tax Giveaway”

• ONE YEAR LATER: Wittman, Kiggans, and McGuire’s Big, Ugly Bill Remains Deeply Unpopular As Virginians Suffer

• Video: Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA04)’s Powerful Speech on “The True Meaning of Democracy Ahead of America 250”

• New Virginia Laws Take Effect July 1, Delivering Lower Costs and Creating Greater Affordability for Virginians Across the Commonwealth

• Hours After Virginia “first assault weapons ban in the South” Goes Into Effect, Author Dan Helmer Responds to “Outrageous Trump Administration Action” in Suing to Block It

• Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Says Hakeem Jeffries Is “an exceptionally strong leader”; Mike Johnson Faces “a rebellion in his own ranks”; “no evidence that Bill Clinton ever went to [Epstein’s] island”

• Video, Highlights: VA08 Democratic Primary Candidates Forum, Including Their Top Priorities If They’re Elected

• Political Winners and Losers: Virginia Democrats Pass a Budget Deal…After Months of Internal Disagreements and Discord

• Virginia Reactions to US Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Ruling, Also the Transgender Youth and Other Decisions

• Promises. Promises. Don’t Ask Virginians to Trust You. Ask Them to Measure You.

• Clean Virginia: Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s 14 Budget Amendments “Leave Virginians Exposed on NextERA’s Dominion Acquisition and Data Centers”

• Sen. Tim Kaine Says US Supreme Court Decision “Destroying Agency Independence” Will Have “grave consequences for America’s dedicated civil servants, as well as our economy, health, and safety”

• VA Speaker Don Scott on House Passage of Gov. Abigail Spanberger’s Budget Amendments: “Virginia has shown what responsible leadership looks like”