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VAPLAN(@vaplan2018) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Not taking your fear-mongering 'survey,' but suffice to say we do NOT feel safe bc GOP politicians like YOU want to take our rights away, interfere with our health care decisions & our school curriculum, and want to tell us who to love & what books to read. Now THAT is a crime!

Not taking your fear-mongering 'survey,' but suffice to say we do NOT feel safe bc GOP politicians like YOU want to take our rights away, interfere with our health care decisions & our school curriculum, and want to tell us who to love & what books to read. Now THAT is a crime!
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Blue Virginia(@bluevirginia) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Coalition for Smarter Growth: ā€œDonā€™t let Governor Youngkin slash key funding for Metro!ā€ ('in one of his over 200 budget amendments,Ā Governor Youngkin slashed the needed funding by 76% ā€“ to nothing in FY25 and just $35 million in FY26.') bluevirginia.us/2024/04/coalitā€¦

Coalition for Smarter Growth: ā€œDonā€™t let Governor Youngkin slash key funding for Metro!ā€ ('in one of his over 200 budget amendments,Ā Governor Youngkin slashed the needed funding by 76% ā€“ to nothing in FY25 and just $35 million in FY26.') bluevirginia.us/2024/04/coalitā€¦
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TCI(@TCIFiscal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You don't have to sift through all 230+ amendments proposed by the governor.

We've updated our 'side-by-side' to show key proposals and how they compare to the gov's introduced budget & the budget passed by in March.

Get yours here ā¤µļø thecommonwealthinstitute.org/research/sessiā€¦

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Don Scott(@DonScott757) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Governor continues to veto good bipartisan legislation that gives communities the option to provide solutions for our crumbling schools. Iā€™m hopeful that Republicans in the legislature will help us override this veto. Will 16 Republicans stand up to the Governor?

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Helpful map courtesy of Bill Stanley of exactly where skill games would be prohibited under the governor's recommendations (inside the large black circles), and how many businesses would be affected. Whatever policy you prefer, picking winners/losers like this seems wrong.

Helpful map courtesy of @BillStanley of exactly where skill games would be prohibited under the governor's recommendations (inside the large black circles), and how many businesses would be affected. Whatever policy you prefer, picking winners/losers like this seems wrong.
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Alyssa Leader(@alittleleader) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Virginia has one of the WORST expungement laws I can imagine. Not only are things YOU ARENā€™T CONVICTED OF not automatically removed from your record, if those things are felonies you have to actively fight and show ā€œmanifest injusticeā€ to get the charges removed.

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VAPLAN(@vaplan2018) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Wouldn't want people to be avoiding the 'full consequences' of things they didn't do, that a prosecutor just used to coerce them into take a plea on a thing they (maybe?) actually did do!

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Looks to me like Northam and the Democratic trifecta *finally* increasing the minimum wage and giving workers better benefits is paying off in a strong labor supply! Good work, Dems! Too bad that progress now grinds to a halt by Youngkin vetoing further minimum wage and benefits.

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WAVY TV 10(@WAVY_News) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Despite a recent report showing more than half of Virginiaā€™s schools are more than 50 years old, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has vetoed two bills that could have given localities more money to address aging school infrastructure.

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Despite a recent report showing more than half of Virginiaā€™s schools are more than 50 years old, Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) has vetoed two bills that could have given localities more money to address aging school infrastructure. trib.al/ncKgNtr
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VAPLAN(@vaplan2018) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It should absolutely be illegal to use your official Administration account to run what are essentially campaign ads for your run for re-election or governor or whatever he's running for now.

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Especially a re-enactment clause where the money was included in this year's budget; stripped out with the addition of the re-enactment clause, and next year... šŸ¤·šŸ»ā€ā™€ļø

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Shawn Weneta(@ShawnWeneta) 's Twitter Profile Photo

COUNTERPOINT: you donā€™t stand on the side of victims. You use them as political props and threaten to cut their funding (see link below) which, based on Mondayā€™s budget amendments, you successfully slashed $4M in funding for victims services.

richmond.com/news/state-regā€¦

COUNTERPOINT: you donā€™t stand on the side of victims. You use them as political props and threaten to cut their funding (see link below) which, based on Mondayā€™s budget amendments, you successfully slashed $4M in funding for victims services. richmond.com/news/state-regā€¦
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VAPLAN(@vaplan2018) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It seems to be the one true talent this governor has--throwing away money.

Marijuana sales tax revenue: šŸ—‘ļø
RGGI funds: šŸ—‘ļø
Federal clean energy money: šŸ—‘ļø

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Gov recommends re-enactment clause on Senator Scott Surovell Clean Energy Innovation bank; but given timeline to take advantage of Inflation Reduction Act federal clean energy loans, waiting to July 2025 to get going effectively = throwing away the money. Background: virginiamercury.com/2023/12/11/fedā€¦

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Ghazala Hashmi(@SenatorHashmi) 's Twitter Profile Photo

ā€œGovernor Youngkinā€™s substitute would effectively make it a suggestion rather than a law and leave our rights up to the whims of the people in power. Both chambers should reject the substitute, and the governor should sign the original bills.ā€
news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-andā€¦

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Delegate Candi Mundon King(@CandiMundonKing) 's Twitter Profile Photo

For the third year in a row, Glenn Youngkin is attempting to remove funding for women in Virginia experiencing exactly what Amanda went through.

Thank God our Democratic leaders will continue to stand up to him and not allow him to sentence these women to death.

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Jonathan Yglesias(@josayglesias) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This Gov/administration that claims to be tough on crime and support victims rights is proposing to slash $7.4M from agencies providing crisis services to sexual assault and domestic violence survivors and child trafficking victims. Make it make sense. šŸ¤”

This Gov/administration that claims to be tough on crime and support victims rights is proposing to slash $7.4M from agencies providing crisis services to sexual assault and domestic violence survivors and child trafficking victims. Make it make sense. šŸ¤”
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TCI(@TCIFiscal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

TCI is greatly concerned about the governorā€™s proposed amendments that would reduce funding for our students.

Compared to the passed by , the gov cuts:
āœ‚ļø$162 million for students from low-income families,
āœ‚ļø$47 million of support for ,
āœ‚ļø& more

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TCI(@TCIFiscal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Data shows have always been inefficient revenue sources.

Sadly, they're effective at tethering people to the legal system because court debt can be collected for up to 60 yrs in .

Statement on gov's veto of bill to reform this ā¤µļø
thecommonwealthinstitute.org/newsroom/goverā€¦

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