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Ben Loyola Wins the GOP VA Senate Nomination for the 6th District

Congratulations to Ben Loyola for becoming the official republican candidate in the 6th district VA Senate race! Ben was the Tea Party Alliance PAC endorsed candidate for the convention, and we would like to offer congratulations to all of Ben’s supporters and delegates that provided the manpower and enthusiasm to secure the nomination. Well done! [...]

Meet the Candidate Event: “An Evening in the Garden” with Jamie Radtke

Please Join Nationally-Renowned Decorator And Owner of “The Wallpaper Place” Karen Farrow For “An Evening in the Garden” In Support of Jamie Radtke, Chairwoman Emeritus of the Virginia Tea Party Patriots Federation and Republican Candidate for United States Senate. Come spend the evening with Jamie to learn about her and her candidacy. Jamie would like [...]

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Virtue and Accountability – what’s all the fuss about?

When people speak of virtue they often think of religion and more and more people are believing that there should be no connection between government and religion. The fallacy of this argument is that virtue and religion are not necessarily the same thing. Virtue is just another word for morality, and morality simply means doing [...]

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Republicans Shouldn’t Take Tea Party for Granted

Here’s an interesting story from BigGovernment.com. Of course, “anonymous sources” are always suspect, but this is extremely troubling if there’s a sliver of truth in here. Let’s hope….no, rather INSIST that the Republican leadership act with conservative principles and take ACTION, rather than just offering fake platitudes and kicking the can down the (very long) [...]

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Once You Take The Streets, Don’t Stand Down Until You Get What You Want

This is not a moral judgment about the quality or goals of the Egyptian protests. That will be for history to decide. The world watched in awe as Egyptians doggedly protested their government. Egyptians fought police in the streets and finally cheered as the military intervened. Mubarak fled the country. The people celebrated, and some [...]

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Engaging in debates – our rights and responsibilities under the Constitution

The First Amendment of the Constitution provides “the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” There are two words in this statement that are important to for us remember. As citizens of the United States of America we have a Constitutional “right” to assemble for [...]

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Senate chairmen breaking their own rules

(As discussed on WRVA’s Doc Thompson Show, Friday, Feb. 4) Is it OK for state senators to break the rules when conducting General Assembly business?  More specifically, does a Senate subcommittee have the authority to take final action on a bill referred to it by a committee chairman? Last year and this year, bills in [...]

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