Virginia Political Newsletter

This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email or reach out to me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com. Meteorologist Sean Sublette launched his campaign for...

I talked to WTOP’s Nick Ianelli on Monday about President Donald Trump’s potential endorsement of Winsome Earle-Sears for governor. Check it out at the top of the newsletter. Related: Trump comments on possibly endorsing Earle-Sears This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-pa...

Brad Kutner from Radio IQ and I provide a behind-the-scenes look at our coverage of the recent Chesterfield ICE situation. * For context on the situation: Chesterfield becomes focal point in Virginia Immigration enforcement debate This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiapoliticalnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe

This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email or reach out to me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com. Today’s Sponsor: Planned Parenthood Advocates of Virg...

I talked to Randolph-Macon College political science professor and the host of VPM’s RVA’s Got Talent, Richard Meagher, about the primary results last night. This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter...

Here is my latest conversation with Tom LoBianco about Virginia politics. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiapoliticalnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe

Listen to Republican lieutenant governor nominee John Reid as he guest hosts the John Frederick radio show until 10 a.m. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiapoliticalnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe

John Reid, the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor just released a new statement making accusations against the governor and his team. Watch the full statement from Reid at the top of this newsletter. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiapoliticalnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe

Thank you to everyone who tuned into my live video! Join me for my next live video in the app. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit virginiapoliticalnewsletter.substack.com/subscribe

This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email or reach out to me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com. Today’s Sponsor: Monday deadline : Tell Gov. Youngkin...

This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email or reach out to me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com. Today’s Sponsor: Monday deadline : Tell Gov. Youngkin...

This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email or reach out to me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com. Today’s Sponsor: Monday deadline : Tell Gov. Youngkin...

This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting non-partisan, independent news and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email or reach out to me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com. Today’s Sponsor: Monday deadline : Tell Gov. Youngkin...

I talked to Danny Kedem from DK Strategies about his time working for successful Richmond mayoral candidate Danny Avula and the process of creating ads for the campaign. We talked about his job working for Avula, how to reach voters in this evolving media landscape when many people don’t use broadcast TV, tactics on spending, responding to attacks from the Roday campaign, and a lot more. Listen at...

I talked to Nate Benforado from the Southern Environmental Law Center about his win today as the lead attorney in the case against Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the removal of Virginia from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, or RGGI. We discuss what this means for Virginia, the timeline for when Virginia will reenter RGGI, what the possible appeals process will look like and more. For context: A Ci...

This is the Virginia Scope daily newsletter  covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting  non-partisan, independent news  and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email or reach out to me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com. This is the second episode of the Virginia Politic...

In this episode, I talk to Rep. Abigail Spanberger about her decision to leave Congress and her campaign for governor. She contrasts a Spanberger administration with a Sears administration, she talks about how she would support getting Virginia back into RGGI, how she thinks Youngkin has done as governor in more. I also talk to Randolph Macon College political science professor Richard Meagher abo...

Democratic state Sen. Joe Morrissey seems unhappy in the audio recording at the top of this newsletter. Morrissey asked me to record the phone call. The situation is still developing but on Thursday in court, the judge agreed to quash (reject) the subpoenas that Morrissey served me with in regard to his custody case. Sources say that the custody case was closed today (Friday). Morrissey is still t...

This is a  daily newsletter  covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting  non-partisan, independent news  and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email, or email me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com Listen to my conversation with Sam Shirazi, an observer of Virginia polit...

This is a  daily newsletter  covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting  non-partisan, independent news  and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email, or email me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com The rundown * Some Democrats are considering filing a lawsuit over the no...

This is a  daily newsletter  covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting  non-partisan, independent news  and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email, or email me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com I talked to former Nascar driver Hermie Sadler about his campaign for the...

This morning I talked with Richard Meagher, a political science professor at Randolph Macon College about the midterm results and what that might mean for Virginia's political landscape moving forward. We discussed the election results, Chase v. Anderson, Youngkin v. Trump, the pushback from Earle-Sears against Trump, and abortion’s impact on races like Spanberger v. Vega. Meagher also told me whi...

This is a  daily newsletter  covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting  non-partisan, independent news  and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Have a tip? You can reply to this email, or email me directly at Brandon@virginiascope.com Today’s Sponsor: Meet Our Moment Meet Our Moment is an effort spearheaded...

I recently interviewed Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA07) with Marques Jones ahead of the 2022 midterms. We talked about Spanberger’s efforts to ban members of Congress from actively trading stocks, her desire for new Democratic leadership in Congress, abortion and using this issue for her campaign, and more. Listen to the full interview at the top of this newsletter. This is a  daily newsletter  co...

This is a  daily newsletter  covering Virginia politics from top to bottom. Please consider becoming the ultimate political insider by supporting  non-partisan, independent news  and becoming a paid subscriber to this newsletter today. Today’s Sponsor: Virginia campaigns have a new secret weapon, thanks to Virginia's Favorite Union Printers ! Check out Gibson Print's new online print-ordering stor...