Imagine for a moment that I have a time machine
Imagine, if you will, that I have a time machine. Not any old time machine, mind you, but a very special time machine targeted to a specific moment in time with a specific mission in mind. What if...
View ArticleObama springs his trap on the GOP (now with poll)
Many of the liberals and progressives who helped Obama get elected have been frustrated in the first three weeks of his administration. They saw Obama's opening move of soliciting bi-partisan support...
View ArticleBarack Obama is not slighting progressive Democrats
A few days ago I wrote a diary pointing out that Barack Obama's failed attempt to reach out to Republicans for bi-partisan support was not the end of the world. Obama obviously had a "plan B" that I...
View ArticleMr. Nolove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Eric Cantor
I've always suspected that Representative Eric Cantor would seriously damage the Republican Party. I am happy to see that my predictions have come true.Cantor is the Republican Whip for the 111th...
View ArticleVirginia Governor's Race: RK alums' bizarre flip flip on Big Coal
I must confess that for the first time in a long time I am confused by something I saw in Virginia's lefty blogosphere. Yesterday it was announced that three key Raising Kaine alumni who were...
View ArticleControversial endorsement sparks inevitable blog war in Virginia Leftysphere
Earlier today, a controversial endorsement by a prominent Virginia Democratic blogger has served as the spark for the more or less inevitable blog war in Virginia's Leftysphere. While regrettable...
View ArticleRepublican member of Congress commits sedition (with poll)
The Republican Party stands on the edge of a cliff. It has been brought to this moment of supreme hazard by the complete failure of its leadership, at both the national and state levels. On this past...
View ArticleA letter from a militia man (with poll)
Today I received a disturbing comment on my home blog, The Richmond Democrat, and I'd like to share it with you. The comment was a response to my diary "Republican member of Congress commits sedition"...
View ArticleMeet McAuliffe supporter Ed Rogers (with poll)
Some will no doubt accuse me of "guilt by association," but sometimes the old adage is true: "We are known by the company we keep."Ed Rogers is a supporter and "friend" of Terry McAuliffe. He is a...
View ArticlePR disaster for the GOP: Republicans bet against the United States and lose
Earlier today we found out that the standoff with Somalian pirates had come to a happy end for American Captain Richard Phillips. Patriotic Americans have good reason to rejoice this Easter Sunday:...
View ArticleDaniel Knight Hayden: The new face of the Republican Party
The Tea Bag movement has proven to be a disaster for the already badly damaged Republican Party. The Republican Party couldn't resist the temptation to associate itself with this movement, and indeed...
View ArticleThe Republican brand crumbles (with poll)
Blogging against the Republican Party is becoming too easy. After utterly blowing the first 100 days of the Obama administration the Republicans have launched an attempt to re-brand themselves that is...
View ArticleObama's first big mistake
Yesterday the consequences of Barack Obama's first big mistake became obvious: depending on which set of numbers you use unemployment has risen to something like 9.5 to 16.5%.What was Obama's first big...
View ArticleHomeless and Jobless Americans urge Obama to be patient
Homeless and jobless Americans have a new reason to worry tonight: it is beginning to look like President Barack Obama might be slightly defensive over the results of his stimulus package. On behalf...
View ArticleMust Read: "Our Jobless Recovery" (with poll)
There was a must read article in the July 13, 2009 issue of The Nation magazine. "Our Jobless Recovery" by Leo Hindery Jr. and Leo W. Gerard is a skillful and principled critique of the Obama...
View ArticleWhy Virginia Democrats are likely to lose in 2009 (poll)
I am a Virginian. Virginia is unusual in that in three out of every four years we have a statewide election. In the fourth year we have General Assembly elections, and the outcomes of those elections...
View ArticleThe Problem of Terror by Proxy
This diary was prompted by a couple of different things I've seen online in the past couple of days. The first is the really very poor and amateurish forgery of Barack Obama's alleged Kenyan birth...
View ArticleRemember the Greensboro Massacre
By now we are all aware of the threats made by right wing activist Scott Oskay.The template for a violent encounter between armed right wingers and other demonstrators already exists. On November 3,...
View ArticleThere's no way I will ever admit that Donald Trump was born in America (poll)
Donald Trump has been traveling around for the last week trumpeting the Birthers talking points and trying to cast doubt on whether President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii and whether he is an...
View ArticleSend a message: No more Trump! Boycott NBC
I just saw a clip of Donald Trump on the Today show--I was staggered by the lies Trump was peddling. I can no longer tolerate NBC giving this Glenn Beck-wannabe a platform. I'm boycotting NBC. I'll...
View ArticleMedicare, and why Democrats fail (Poll)
Like most of you, I was very pleased and excited by the results of the special election in New York's 26th Congressional District. I think we can all agree that Democrat Kathy Hochul's victory in this...
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Eric Cantor has a challenger: Meet E. Wayne Powell
Meet E. Wayne Powell, a Democrat running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Eric Cantor for Virginia's 7th Congressional DIstrict House seat. I am convinced that Powell is the kind of serious...
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Help Wayne Powell challenge Eric Cantor
Meet E. Wayne Powell, a Democrat running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Eric Cantor for Virginia's 7th Congressional DIstrict House seat. Wayne Powell is the kind of serious candidate we...
View ArticleMe, Myself, and (Hurricane) Irene
Okay, downtown Richmond, Virginia lost power at about 5:13PM EST. It was far too early to go to bed, so I went out to find an establishment that served refreshing beverages and had wi-fi access. I'm at...
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Join us for "An American Intervention: Jon Huntsman, Jr."
On September 30, 2011 the people of the United States will gather online and in small gatherings around the United States to carry out an intervention: help us tell our friend Jon Huntsman, Jr. that...
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"Eric Cantor's War on American Jobs" by E. Wayne Powell
Meet E. Wayne Powell, a Democrat running for the Democratic nomination to challenge Eric Cantor for Virginia's 7th Congressional DIstrict House seat. Wayne Powell is the kind of serious candidate we...
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Eric Cantor's Staggering Hypocrisy
Historian and novelist Shelby Foote liked to relate a story about Confederate General Braxton Bragg to illustrate how stubborn and perverse that general could be. The story went that in the pre-war...
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Convicted criminal spotted in OWS crowd
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor claims to be afraid of the crowds at Occupy Wall Street, and maybe he has a point. After all, several witnesses at the event spotted a convicted criminal moving...
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E. Wayne Powell has a great week!
E. Wayne Powell, a candidate for the Democratic nomination to take on Eric Cantor in Virginia's 7th Congressional District, has had a really amazing week. It all started last Thursday when Powell...
View ArticleThe lies Republicans tell
The Republican Party isn't so much an association of like minded people devoted to promoting a certain political ideological point of view so much as a complex and surprisingly elaborate spider web of...
View Article"HB9: A Threat to Virginia's Voters"
I visited the Virginia General Assembly yesterday and attended the meeting of the Elections Subcommittee of the Privileges and Elections Committee of the House of Delegates. The room where the...
View ArticleVideo of the Candlelight Vigil Bob McDonnell deployed a SWAT team against
There have only been a handful of times since I started blogging six years ago that I've covered a story that made me really, deeply, viscerally angry. Monday, February 27, 2012 was one of those...
View ArticleVideo: Peaceful protesters arrested on steps of Virginia's Capitol
The Virginia Capitol Police and Virginia State Police deployed massive forces against peaceful demonstrators protesting against the Republican War on Women today. Basically the entire Capitol Police...
View ArticleVideo: "Bob McDonnell's Virginia" (with poll)
Hi everyone, my name is J.C. Wilmore. I'm a Democratic activist and a member of the Richmond City Democratic Committee ("RCDC"). I live in the heart of Richmond, Virginia, at the foot of Virginia's...
View ArticleRedistricting leads to shakeups in Central Virginia Congressional Races
The recent dismissal of a lawsuit challenging the GOP-led redistricting of Virginia's congressional seats has Democrats in Central Virginia scrambling to adjust their campaigns to the new boundaries....
View ArticleWatch Wayne Powell take on Eric Cantor!
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy If you want to understand why Congress is so unpopular right now, you need look no father than Eric Cantor. Eric Cantor is...
View ArticleRomney campaign lied in response to Ryan insider trading story
I am J.C. Wilmore, and I am the Richmonder.When I posted early Saturday afternoon about the possibility that Paul Ryan may have traded on insider information on September 18, 2008, the day key members...
View ArticleMitt Romney's comical Bill's Barbecue ad is another lie
I nearly did a spit take at work today when I glanced at the Richmond Times Dispatch at lunch. I had to wait until I got home to write about what I'd read.Mitt Romney has an internet ad up claiming...
View ArticleIs Ken Cuccinelli's campaign driver being paid by Virginia taxpayers?
Last week the Richmond Times Dispatch breathlessly reported how Ken Cuccinelli helped a trucker who wasn't aware her rig had caught fire. In their eagerness to do a puff piece on Cuccinelli, the...
View ArticleA White House Petition: Dismiss Lt General Craig A. Franklin
Some of you may have heard about this case on The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell tonight:The epidemic of rape in the military may have finally reached a turning point with the case of Lt. Colonel...
View ArticleBoycott Florida (with poll)
So here's the thing. In Florida, if someone doesn't like the way you look, they can stalk you, provoke a fight with you, and then shoot you. All perfectly legal in Florida. So here's the question: why...
View ArticleKen Cuccinelli's special session blunder
On Monday, August 5, 2013, Virginia's Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli took the extraordinary step of calling on embattled Governor Bob McDonnell to call a special session of the Virginia General...
View ArticleThe Republican Party blunders on an epic scale
The Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives has decided to force a shutdown of the government of the United States of America. It's hard to imagine a greater political blunder.It's...
View ArticleBehind the scenes video from Eric Cantor's "Victory" Party
Last night I was tipped off that an immigrant advocate organization was planning on protesting at Eric Cantor's victory party for today's Republican primary in Virginia's 7th Congressional District. I...
View ArticleMore Cantor footage: The CASA de Virginia protest
Last night I posted a diary entitled "Behind the scenes video from Eric Cantor's 'Victory' Party" which focused on the reactions of Cantor's supporters to the news of his loss and Cantor's concession...
View ArticleMeet Jack Trammell, candidate for Congress
A few days ago I posted a video I shot at Eric Cantor's "victory party" showing a shocked Cantor delivering his concession speech after losing his primary to Tea Partier David Brat.Brat will face off...
View ArticleWhat if we've been looking at the Puckett scandal backwards?
What if we've been looking at the Phil Puckett scandal backwards?From the moment that Virginia State Senator Phil Puckett resigned on June 9, 2014, many commentators--myself among them--have raised the...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Nurtures, or How We Destroyed Iraq
I've been sitting around most of today, reading the news online and watching it on MSNBC. I had no agenda when I started this morning, there was nothing in particular I wanted to write about. Rather,...
View ArticleOn Meeting a Neo-Confederate in Richmond Today
Hello fellow Kossacks, it's @JCWilmore. It's been almost a year since last I posted, but I had a rather jarring experience today related to the events in Charleston, South Carolina last night, and I...
View ArticleA Brief History of the Assault Rifle, for Journalists and Legislators
There have been far too many mass shootings in the recent History of the United States. Two common factors in these crimes have been “assault rifle” style firearms and for the press and politicians to...
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