#Virginia House of Delegates: Democrats 38, Repugnikans 31 as of 9:36 PM EST.

#MrsBettyBowers Top 10 Predictions for 2024
https://youtu.be/vTgmtNbLg3g

#CoSoMusic Billy Strings w/ Duane Trucks ‘’Enter Sandman’’ https://youtu.be/dLa9BNlrHPA

#TraeCrowder Liberal Redneck - New Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson
https://youtu.be/jfPr80295ns

I've been visiting Bill Armstrong in Heathsville, VA, and one of his hobbies is making replicas of US Revolution rifles and pistols. Today, he let me shoot one of them.

Today, I explored the Northern Neck area of Virginia.
The first picture is Christ Church, built by Robert "King" Carter, who was a very rich man, in 1735.
The second picture is Morris House in Reedville, on the Chesapeake Bay. It was built in 1895.
The third picture is Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church in Heathsville, built in 1881.

I visited Kenmore today. It was the home of Fielding Lewis, a major supporter of the US Revolution. Not on the battlefield, but by supplying guns and ships at his own expense. Kenmore got a lot of famous visitors, including Lafayette.
Just two blocks down the street from Kenmore is a monument to the drafting of the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom by Jefferson and four other movers and shakers in 1783. Remember that in 1783, religious freedom was a revolutionary concept.

This picture is in the Fredericksburg (VA) Area Museum. One of my earliest childhood memories is of a woman carrying a sign with the same message at the corner of William and Caroline Streets, where there was a whites-only lunch counter. (J. J. Newberry, I think.)

I visited Chatham, across the river from Fredericksburg, today. The first picture is the main house, built in 1771.
It was the Union army's headquarters during much of the Civil War, and was visited by Lincoln and Walt Whitman. Clara Barton and Dr. Mary Walker worked there.
The two trees on the left were there during the Civil War.
The second picture is the view of downtown Fredericksburg from Chatham.

#LincolnProject The Breakdown with Tara Setmayer and Rick Wilson - Gym Jordan's Big Fail, GOP Speakers Race Chaos, President Biden leads the free world
https://www.youtube.com/live/b05CRVhNHr0?si=hF8ys3zUGqpjpXEP

#TraeCrowder Liberal Redneck - The House GOP is Incompetent
https://youtu.be/t_UM3dfQpzk

I've been traveling in Virginia for the past week. I toured Tuckahoe Plantation, west of Richmond, today. It was the boyhood home of Thomas Jefferson.

#CoSoMusic #KennedysMusic The Kennedys livestream: "It's my party, and I'll sing what I want to." Sunday, 2 PM EDT, 11 AM PDT.
https://www.youtube.com/live/1Y2vhNP86_s?si=tF5LTWXNqAXntZJU

#TraeCrowder Liberal Redneck: #RFKJr runs as independent. No new information here, but I like the way Trae explains it.
https://youtu.be/H5_C7hSBQec

#SteveSchmidt A warning to America. A fact-based analysis of the Israel situation that is well worth reading.
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/a-warning-to-america

The writers of Curb Your Enthusiasm really outdid themselves with the RFK Jr. launch episode.
(In case you didn't know, Curb cast member Cheryl Hines is married to #RFKJr )
https://twitter.com/i/status/1711462980485820538

Republicans Launch Coordinated Lie Campaign Following Attack on Israel, by Brett Meiselas.
https://www.meidastouch.com/news/republicans-launch-coordinated-lie-campaign-following-attack-on-israel

#CoSoCanucks Romana Didulo has surfacecd again, threatening people in a small Saskatchewan town, including the mayor, with executions.
We need to find out who is financing these crazies.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kx7q9/death-threats-closed-playgrounds-qanon-queen-wreaks-havoc-in-small-town-canada

#Caturday Arenita has a new condo. It was a gift from friends who are packing up and moving to Mexico, and couldn't take it with them.

#SteveSchmidt explains why Donald Trump wants Jim Jordan to be Speaker of the House.
https://youtu.be/odvs96R5zwg