Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (6/28/26)

Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (6/28/26)

Gov. Spanberger offers 14 budget amendments; Sen. Kaine on Trump's "goofy word salad" about Dems; Rep. Subramanyam says democratic socialist candidates "would not have won in Virginia where I live"

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• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Says Trump Claiming Dems Are “becoming a Communist Party” Is “just goofy word salad”

• Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Says “Leon Black also has been accused of sexual abuse by multiple Epstein survivors, and he paid some of those survivors to sign NDAs”

• Housing Should Not Be Held Hostage to Voter Suppression

• With 6/30 Deadline Looming, Gov. Abigail Spanberger Recommends 14 Budget Amendments, Including on Data Centers’ Water Usage, Possession of Firearms in Public Areas, etc.

• Video: Rep. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10) Says “I’m happy with Hakeem Jeffries” as Leader; “those [democratic socialist] candidates would not have won in Virginia where I live”

• After Trump Threatens To “Take Over The Voting,” Leader Schumer, Senator Warner & Senate Democrats Warn Agency Heads: No Cover-Ups, Preserve Agency Records

• After Judge Issues Injunction Against Virginia’s New Assault Weapons Ban, AG Jay Jones Vows To “urgently file a motion to stay this ruling”

• Video: Sen. Mark Warner Expresses Grave Concerns About Interference in 2026 Elections “from people…who will bow down to any Donald Trump wish”

• Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Says Trump Thinks Making It Harder to Vote Is “more important than our bipartisan bill to make it easier for Americans to afford a home”

• Virginia AG Jay Jones Secures Victory in Lynchburg Circuit Court; Background Checks on Private Firearm Sales to Resume July 1

• Virginia Democrats on the Four-Year Anniversary of the Disgraceful, Far-Right-Extremist SCOTUS Decision Overturning Roe v Wade

• Video: Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Checks Out the Reflecting Pool, Finds That “when you give a no-bid contract to your Mar a Lago buddy who runs ‘Greenwater Services’, you get more green water!”

• Transcript: Reps. Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA10), James Walkinshaw (D-VA11) Question Bill Gates on Jeffrey Epstein Scandal

• Why Data Center Water Use Should Alarm Virginians

• A Tale of Two Visions: Liberty & Justice for All v. Hate

• Video: Gov. Abigail Spanberger Announces Major Virginia Department of Corrections Reforms, Creates New Community Partnership Council on Corrections

• Environment VA: Trump Administration’s Seabed Mining Proposal Would Put Virginia’s Coast at Risk

• Republicans’ Deep Cuts to Medicaid Could Force Closures of Up To 13 Virginia Hospitals, Beginning Next Year

• As VA General Assembly Considers Proposed Budget Compromise (Including $1.2B in New Revenues from Data Centers), Sen. Lucas Declares, “We have heard the people and we are responding”

• Virginia Press Conference on “next steps in implementing Virginia’s new [firearms] industry accountability lawa”

• Four Ways Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA02) Puts Virginians’ Health Care in Jeopardy