By Mark | January 13, 2020
While I’m tempted to make the case that my family’s Wise line goes all the way back to Colonel John Wise (1617-1695), who is thought to have arrived in the Virginia Colony from England in 1635, I think it’s probably more likely that the first Wise in my family to step foot in America was […]
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By Mark | November 12, 2019
I’d like to think that there’s still a place for non-veteran Democrats to serve in the age of Trump, but this ad for Elaine Luria, who is running for reelection in Virginia’s second congressional district, really demonstrates just how powerful of an argument candidates can make when they’re coming from a place of deep national […]
By Mark | January 13, 2019
Since we first launched Landline Creative Labs, I’ve been wanting to start a series of interviews with our tenants, asking what they’re up to, and, through them, trying to get a better sense as to the direction in which Ypsi’s creative energy may be flowing. Here, in our first installment, I talk with Juliet Hinely, […]
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By Mark | August 28, 2018
Back in 2014, with the rabid support of the Tea Party and far-right talkshow hosts like Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, and Ann Coulter, Dave Brat, an econ professor at Randolph–Macon College with an Ayn Rand fetish and a talent for riling up crowds of angry voters, somehow managed to win the Republican primary for Virginia’s […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Abigail Spanberger, Alexandria, Ann Coulter, anti-government, CIA, Congressional Leadership Fund, Dave Brat, Eric Cantor, Girl Scouts, Hostile Intelligence Service, Islamic Saudi Academy, John Schindler, Koch brothers, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Muslim, Paul Ryan, race baiting, racism, Saudi Arabia, security clearance, SF86, Super PAC, tea party, Terror High, Valerie Plame |
Democratic #PA18 candidate Conor Lamb declares victory: “It took a little longer than we thought, but we did it” https://t.co/UaL9pCcksi — CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) March 14, 2018 Now that Lamb has done the unthinkable and won the special election in Pennsylvania, Republicans are scrambling, saying that Saccone’s defeat was more of a referendum on Saccone […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alabama, blue wave, Conor Lamb, Donald Trump, Doug Jones, Pennsylvania, Rick Saccone, Roy Moore, special elections, Tim Murphy |