Jul 15, 2026
An Invitation from Your Chairman
We are throwing the party: a celebration of 250 years of the Republic, and of the fight to take Virginia back.
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Jul 15, 2026
Momentum Is Building to Retire Mark Warner. Early Voting Open Now.
All three Republicans running for U.S. Senate came to Fairfax on July 12 and made their case. Early voting is open now through August 1 — here is where and how to cast your ballot.
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On August 4, the Justice Department Comes to Fairfax.
For years, the Fairfax GOP has raised the alarm on election integrity. Now, the DOJ is on the way.
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Is Fairfax County Doing Enough To Curb Phone Distracted Driving?
Drivers on Fairfax roads are on their phones and everyone can see it. In five years, Fairfax police have barely changed how many phone tickets they write — while nearly doubling their tickets overall. One case already reached the Commonwealth's Attorney: an 86-year-old man was dead, and Steve Descano's office made it a $125 ticket.
Read the full storyJul 7, 2026
Three Republicans Want Virginia's Senate Seat — Meet Them in McLean on Sunday, July 12
David Williams, Kim Farington, and Bert Mizusawa are all running for U.S. Senate. On Sunday, July 12, all three share one stage in McLean — and you're invited.
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851,000 Fireworks, the Blue Angels, and Lincoln's Flag: America Turned 250 in Our Backyard.
The largest fireworks show ever recorded, nine hours of American airpower, and the whole world lining up to visit for the World Cup. America turned 250 — and it has never looked more back.
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Richmond Democrats Just Gave Northern Virginia Democrats the Power to Raise Your Sales Tax.
Democrats in Richmond just handed Democrats on your local board a new way to raise your sales tax — up to a penny on every dollar, once they hold a referendum. Do you think they'll use it? Look at the record.
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The Democrats' Budget Will Cost Every Virginia Adult an Extra $3,880
Democrats hold every lever in Richmond, and a $205 billion budget passed with no opposition to edit it. They added a $1.2 billion data-center energy tax — and left a $1.9-billion-a-year tax break for those same data centers standing.
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Spanberger to Angry Northern Virginia: Being 'Upset' About Data Centers Isn't 'Good Policy.'
Governor Spanberger told Politico that being 'upset' about data centers is 'not how you make good policy' — even as regulators approved a Dominion increase adding about $11 a month to Northern Virginia power bills in 2026.
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VA Dems Are Coming For Your Guns. Thankfully, the DOJ Is Protecting Your 2A Rights.
Governor Spanberger's assault-weapons ban was supposed to take effect July 1. It never did — the Justice Department sued that morning and a Virginia judge had already enjoined it. The AR-15 is still legal in the Commonwealth.
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Jim Jordan Hauled Fairfax's Prosecutor to Congress. Arlington's Is Next — July 16.
House Judiciary compelled Arlington prosecutor Parisa Dehghani-Tafti to a sworn deposition on July 16 — weeks after Fairfax's Steve Descano couldn't answer for the sanctuary policy the Justice Department is now investigating as anti-citizen discrimination.
Read the full storyJul 4, 2026
Keeping Freedom Alive in Fairfax County
A July 4th message from Fairfax GOP Chairwoman Katie Gorka: from the Fairfax Resolves of 1774 to America's 250th, freedom is defended in local precincts and by neighbors who choose liberty over comfort.
Read the full storyJul 1, 2026
The World Cup and America 250
A veritable love fest between Europeans and Americans — and a grand reopening of the European mind about almost all things America. Reprinted with permission. By Austin Ruse.
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Fireworks and America 250: Your Fourth of July Guide for Northern Virginia
Where to watch fireworks across Fairfax County and Northern Virginia this Fourth of July, as the nation marks its 250th birthday.
Read the full storyJun 30, 2026
A Court Paused Virginia Democrats' Rifle Ban. Their Sanctuary Mandate and Payroll-Leave Program Take Effect July 1 Anyway.
Governor Abigail Spanberger signed three laws this spring that reach your paycheck, your police, and your hiring. On July 1, all three take effect — all but the one a court just paused.
Read the full storyJun 30, 2026
Virginia's Gas Tax Has Doubled Since 2020. Democrats Designed It So No One Ever Votes to Raise It.
Virginia's gas tax rises again July 1 — automatically. In 2020, Richmond Democrats tied it to inflation so it climbs every year with no vote and no fingerprints. It has doubled since.
Read the full storyJun 30, 2026
Virginia Democrats Passed a $207 Billion Budget 100 Days Late — and Put a New Tax on Your Power
On June 29, the Democrat-run General Assembly accepted all 14 of Gov. Spanberger's amendments and a roughly $207 billion budget became law without her signature — 100 days late. The fight that held it up was Democrat-versus-Democrat over data centers, and it ended with a brand-new tax on the electricity Virginians use.
Read the full storyJun 30, 2026
What's So Great About America?
For years we've heard America is the world's main problem. This year's World Cup visitors are reminding us otherwise.
Read the full storyJun 25, 2026
A Citizen Would Be in Prison. Descano Freed the Illegal Immigrant — Who Then Allegedly Attacked Two Women.
In Steve Descano's Fairfax, the same felony gets a citizen years in prison and a criminal illegal immigrant a pass — by written policy. The Justice Department calls it discrimination. A murdered woman's mother calls it preferential treatment. Here is the latest proof.
Read the full storyJun 24, 2026
Are You Ready to Celebrate America's 250th?
America's 250th birthday is here. Fairfax GOP Chairwoman Katie Gorka rounds up the ways to celebrate — from the Great American State Fair and the July 4th Salute to America on the National Mall to hometown parades and fireworks across Fairfax County, plus the Fairfax County Freedom 250 Gala on September 19.
Read the full storyJun 24, 2026
Spanberger Said a Shutdown Was 'Never an Option.' Her Party Spent Three Months Marching Toward One.
Democrats control the Governor's office, the Senate, and the House — and still walked Virginia eight days from its first government shutdown before passing a budget on June 22. Then Abigail Spanberger called the crisis her own party manufactured "never an option."
Read the full storyJun 24, 2026
Spanberger Came for Your Rifle in May. Her Party Came for Your Wallet in June — $1.2 Billion.
In one session, Virginia's Democrat trifecta signed a ban on AR-15-style rifle sales and passed a new $1.2 billion tax on Northern Virginia's data centers. No Republican veto, no divided chamber — and the only people fighting back are in a Spotsylvania courtroom and the legislative minority.
Read the full storyJun 24, 2026
Youngkin Made Virginia Stop Lying to Parents About Their Schools. Spanberger Just Started Again.
Virginia told parents 76% of its eighth graders could read at grade level. On the national test, the honest number was 33%. Youngkin's board voted unanimously to close that gap. Abigail Spanberger's administration just froze the lowest-in-the-nation standards for two more years — until after she's gone.
Read the full storyJun 24, 2026
Youngkin Made Fentanyl His Fight. Virginia Cut Those Deaths 59% — and Led the Nation.
Fentanyl deaths in Virginia have fallen 59% since Glenn Youngkin took office in 2022, and the CDC ranked Virginia first in the nation for cutting overdose deaths. In Fairfax, the toll dropped from 117 to 56. Behind the numbers: a Republican governor who made fentanyl his fight, and a plan that worked.
Read the full storyJun 24, 2026
VA Dem Leader Louise Lucas Will Profit From the Weed Market She Just Helped Legalize.
A conservative think tank made the taxpayer case against Virginia's new retail-weed market — profits privatized, costs socialized, tax gains paid by the poor. They were too polite to name the conflict. A state senator who owns a pot shop helped write the law. A governor who vetoed it in May bought it in June.
Read the full storyJun 24, 2026
Fairfax County Restaurants Have It Tougher Than Ever, Thanks to Jeff McKay, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors.
Fairfax voters rejected a meals tax at the ballot box twice. So in 2020 Richmond deleted the requirement to ask them — and in 2025 Jeff McKay's board passed a 4% tax on the one industry that can least afford it, 9 to 1. Pat Herrity was the only no.
Read the full storyJun 17, 2026
Fairfax Schools Floated Cutting Christmas for Class Time — But Left Their Own Days Off Untouched
Christmas and religious holidays now on the FCPS cutting board?
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The IRS Says Taxpayers Are Fleeing Fairfax. The Census Says It's Growing. Both Are Right.
Fewer taxpayers plus more people equals Fairfax County in 2026.
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Spanberger Removed Virginia Tech's Rector With No Stated Reason — and Handed His Seat to the President of Dominion Energy.
John Rocovich is suing the governor over a mid-term removal she never explained. It fits a pattern: when a Republican governor named university board members, Senate Democrats blocked 22 of them — six at our own George Mason. When a Democrat wanted a seat, she took one. Whoever controls the boards controls the campuses.
Read the full storyJun 17, 2026
Virginia's Top Senate Democrat Mocks Her Own Governor as the 'Data Center Diva' — a July 1 Shutdown Looms.
Senate Finance chair Louise Lucas is calling Gov. Spanberger the 'Data Center Diva,' calling the House Speaker 'Amazon Don,' and admitting the governor won't even return her calls. Democrats run all of Richmond and still can't pass a budget — and Virginia has until July 1 before the government shuts down.
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