Blue Virginia Weekly News Roundup (8/2/26)

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R.I.P. to fmr. VA Sen. Janet Howell; Gov. Spanberger restores 66k Virginians' voting rights; Guide to Tuesday's primaries; Sen. Kaine condemns "3 illegal wars"; Youngkin - VA's "Pretty Darn Blue Blue"

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• Former VA State Senator Janet Howell Dies at 82; Was “a true giant of the Senate of Virginia,” “the first woman to co-chair the Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee”

• Trump Is Running a Government of Extortion and Retaliation — And Kamala Harris States Like Virginia Are a Target

• NAACP Virginia Commends Gov. Abigail Spanberger for Restoring Voting Rights to More Than 66,000 Virginians

• Guide to Virginia’s US Senate, US House and Local Primaries on Tuesday (8/4): Who Are You Voting For?

• VA Gov. Abigail Spanberger: “The Trump Administration and Republicans in Washington have made the largest cuts to Medicaid in the program’s history, threatening the health and well-being of 300,000 Virginians”

• Virginia AG Jay Jones Announces Creation of Regulated Products Enforcement Unit

• Video: Sen. Tim Kaine Floor Speech Condemns “three illegal wars – in Iran, Venezuela, and the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean”

• Far-Right-Extremist/Insurrectionist Rep. John McGuire (R-VA05) Caught Trading Stocks on Insider Information Again

• Video: At Reagan Foundation, Fmr. Gov. Glenn Youngkin Says Virginia Now “Purplish Blue” or Even “Pretty Darn Blue”

• Video: Sen. Mark Warner Says He’s a NO on Defense Appropriations BIll, NO on Jay Clayton, Not Sure Yet on Government Funding...

• Social Media Companies Harming Kids’ Mental Health

• VA House Democratic Caucus Leadership Endorses Sonia Vásquez Luna for HD-20 (Manassas/Prince William) Special Election on 11/3

• Final Week of Early Voting for 8/4 VA Primaries: Dems FAR Outpacing Rs, Even Though Rs Have a US Senate Primary (and Dems Don’t)

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