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Rural GroundGame retweeted
“This election is about our values and our priorities.”
@RaphaelWarnock at Loaves and Fishes with @MarkWarnerVA @timkaine and @ClyburnSC06 today. 1 in 3 families in Cville can’t afford the increasing costs of food and fuel, and they deserve a federal partner who will help them.
Rural GroundGame retweeted
Early voting is open and we are getting souls to the polls! This morning Diamond Hill Church was fired up to go vote. Keep it up! – at Lynchburg, VA
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Students from NC A&T (the largest HBCU) marching back from going to vote. The county closed the polling place on campus. Students marched to town to vote anyway. A&T is where @RevJJackson went to school. His legacy lives on. linkedin.com/posts/todd-simm…
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The Dominion merger is an 80/20 issue. If the SCC has any accountability at all to the public, they should reject this merger, or at least dismiss the pending case without prejudice to give our elected officials an opportunity to weigh in.
INBOX: A new poll from Communities for
Affordable Power finds "77% of Virginia voters oppose @nexteraenergy's proposed $67 billion acquisition of @DominionEnergy."
Top lines👉drive.google.com/file/d/1BKb…
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I asked Danville business leaders this morning to name the greatest threat to Southside’s economic recovery. Before I could even finish the question, a major employer shouted “Medicaid cuts and McGuire gutting our local clinics and hospitals!”
Be sure to get out and vote early!
Rural GroundGame retweeted
" I want to hunt you down."
" Go back to Africa..."
"How the **** did you get to America?"
Those were just some of the words I received last year in voicemails during our 2025 reelection campaign.
The recent NYT article highlights how threats to elected officials have been rising.
I'm thankful that after I contacted the Va Beach Police Dept., they were able to speak with the gentleman in person, who subsequently apologized to the officers.
To put the threatening tone used toward elected officials into context, here is the full voicemail from Oct 2025, unedited.
Serving in public office in the U.S. is dangerous. A new normal of violent threats is making it worse, dozens of elected officials told the New York Times. nyti.ms/3VHM0Az
Rural GroundGame retweeted
I refuse to let John McGuire and corporate interests destroy our home. I'm fighting to protect our land, our wallets, and our values from those who are attacking them.
Rural GroundGame retweeted
Hi @MikeRogersForMI. Here’s a message from me and 783 of my friends in R+32 Ionia County. Good luck out there, habibi.
Rural GroundGame retweeted
Honor the history. Recognize the sovereignty. Celebrate the future.
On #IndigenousPeoplesDay, NCAI honors Indigenous peoples and calls for meaningful action to respect Tribal sovereignty.
Read our statement: hubs.la/Q04zVfv60
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In honor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, the word of the day is “tradition.” Together with our friend Zahn McClarnon we honor Indigenous people around the world and the many ways they share their culture and traditions every day. #IndigenousPeoplesDay
Rural GroundGame retweeted
This is such a fascinating story about lack of transparency in local news and what happens when long-time journalism is eliminated. vcij.org/stories/in-winchest…
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As we mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we celebrate the cultures, contributions and resilience of Indigenous communities across the United States.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day also serves as a critical day of reckoning – a recognition of the forced displacement of Indigenous Peoples from their land. As we confront the atrocities of settler colonialism and the injustices committed by European/U.S. colonizers, we must also work towards ending the systemic violence that Indigenous women continue to face today.
Rural GroundGame retweeted
"What we're approaching is a perfect storm of challenges"
Farmers are FED UP with this administration's hostile policies. It's time to stand up for our rural communities and vote them out. – at Charlottesville, VA
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Now this, THIS is how you respond to Rightwing culture war bullshit. Don’t capitulate. Don’t take up their framing.
Expose the absurdity. Turn it right around and shove their own hypocrisy right back in their face. Let’s go, @SherrodBrown.
Rural GroundGame retweeted
Oct. 23 is the last day to register or make updates to your voter registration to vote with a regular ballot in November.
If you have questions about registration, polling places, or voting options, we have the official answers at vote.virginia.gov
#VoterRegistration
“Over 400 workers at the Molson Coors facility in the Shenandoah Valley have voted to join Teamsters Local 29.”
teamster.org/2026/10/molson-…
Rural GroundGame retweeted
JON STEWART: “So in the FUTURE we WILL use A.I. to cure diseases… but right now it’s mostly murder, surveillance, and surge pricing for the McRib — What a trade! I’m getting the sense you guys might be full of shit.”
Rural GroundGame retweeted
Today, I released the Energy Costs Listening Tour Report.
My conclusion: the proposed takeover of Dominion Energy by NextEra is not in the best interest of Virginians.
The full Energy Costs Listening Tour Report is available at VAEnergyTour.com.