A 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...
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...
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