Dr Richards
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Political commentator with over 500 media spots from NYT to Fox - I go where I can talk to people, author (fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, whatever suits the story), music nerd
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Dr Richards
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· Oct 5
Jay Jones Does Not Have The Maturity To be Virginia’s Next Attorney General
October 5 2025 Revelations over the past week about Jay Jones’ speeding ticket and morbid, violent comments, both from three years ago, point to a common factor- a lack of emotional maturity to rea…
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· Sep 23
What the First Day of Early Voting Means, If Anything
September 22 2025 VPAP released the Virginia House of Delegates early voting totals from last Friday, the first day of early voting in Virginia. The map is interesting. It shows that there has been…
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· Sep 22
Why Won’t Trump Endorse Sears?
September 22 2025 Okay, so disclaimer out of the way first – for all I know, you may be reading this on Tuesday or even Monday lunchtime, shaking your head and muttering, “Richards really scr…
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· Sep 16
Hashmi is Making a Mistake by Not Debating Reid
Sepetmber 15 2025 Lately, Republican candidate for Virginia Lt Gov John Reid has been making much political hay over the fact that his Democratic opponent, Ghazala Hashmi, has not agreed to a publi…
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· Aug 27
Spanberger vows to scrap Youngkin’s immigration order if elected governor • Virginia Mercury
Democratic nominee for governor Abigail Spanberger says one of her first acts if elected would be to undo Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s February directive requiring Virginia law enforcement to help carry out ...
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· Aug 25
The Irony of John Reid – He Just Might Win This Thing
August 25, 2025 No, this is not a post about that kind of irony when it comes to the candidate for Lt Gov of Virginia, John Reid. Although it is tempting to explore more deeply how he squares with …
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· Aug 19
Spanberger Leads Sears by Seven Points- This is Bad News for the Democrats
August 19 2025 According to the latest statewide poll by Roanoke College, in the race for Governor, Lt Governor, and Attorney General. The GOP has narrowed the lead held by the Democrats. Spanberge…
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· Aug 19
Is John McGuire Running for School Board?
August 19 2025 Seriously. What. Is. He. Doing? He is a sitting member of the United States House of Representatives. There are only 435 of these folks out of a country with 330 million people. …
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· Aug 6
Does Sears Need Trump’s Endorsement?
August 6 2025 from: Boy, does she ever, and absolutely not. Both, at the same time. Sears may wish the polls were wrong, but it is pretty clear that she is on track to lose to Abigail Spanber…
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· Jul 30
AI-Generated Racist Nonsense and Also Some Winsome Sears Ads
July 31 2025 There are some terrible Reels on Facebook right now. Reels, I am proud to report, are short films that Facebook aggressively promotes to compete with TikTok, and YouTube, I assume. I …
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· Jul 29
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· Jul 26
Dr Richards
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· Jul 17
Is Lots of Money a Good Thing? Why Money Can’t Buy the Democrats Love
July 17 2025 So, two things yesterday- a new poll shows Abigail Spanberger still has a significant lead for the Governor’s race (all three of the statewide Democratic candidates do). GOP spinmeiste…
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