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Sam Shirazi
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This week’s episode of the Federal Fallout podcast from @samshirazi.bsky.social.
We are coming up on Labor Day when the Virginia election will kick into high gear, and this episode sets the table nicely for where the #VAGov race is right now.
samshirazi.substack.com/p/episode-26...
Episode 26: Roanoke College Poll and Winsome Earle-Sears' New Strategy
Hi, everyone.
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Here’s the link to it go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlingt...
https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/arlington/Board.nsf/files/BDNQEE68DE84/$file/J-2%20PIP-2%20Transgender%20Students%20in%20Schools.pdf
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Should have made clear support was those who are behind current Arlington Public School policy
Oppose is those who want to change it
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Was curious so went over public comment at Thursday Arlington School Board meeting
Besides Winsome Earle-Sears here was breakdown of speakers on trans policy
21 Support
4 Against
My sense is most people more worried about getting clothes and supplies for back to school
School Board Meetings
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Yeah, right now APS parents are focused on school supplies, bus stops and car pools. And if your kids are out of APS, you tend to forget about it. But we gotta do better about the election awareness.
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This is also good test of Elon era “Twitter is not real life”
It’s back to school tomorrow in Arlington
Actually living here, most people aren’t even aware this whole debate is going on
Frankly most people aren’t even aware one way or another there is a Governor’s election
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Cold water thrown on “signgate” from unlikely source
American Conservative also highlights challenges of anything other than Trump dominating news
Usually an issue for Dems to get their message across
But also hard for GOP campaigns trying to run on something other than Trump
"But 2025 is not 2021. And though the threat of transgender bathrooms will always loom large for the socially conservative wing of the Virginia electorate, the greatest concern facing voters in the state is the cost of living" - @amconmag bluevirginia.us/2025/08/sund...
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Flawed poll, but it does show a lot of people who dislike Trump, like Spanberger, but also like Glenn Youngkin. Strange as it may seem to a dedicated partisan or Blue Sky poster.
It helps that Youngkin's biggest, most unpopular goals were blocked by the legislature.
ODU Poll of only Hampton Roads w field dates July 7-24
Governor
Spanberger (D) 48% Earle-Sears (R) 27% Not vote 18%
House of Delegates
Dem 50% GOP 26% Note vote 18%
Trump Approval
33% Approve 66% Disapprove
Youngkin Approval
48% Approve 51% Disapprove
Caveats next post
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Bill Bolling needs to brush up on Friedrich Hayek
samshirazi.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
Fmr. VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R/Trump Voter) on Trump Deal to Give US Government 10% Share of Intel: “Isn’t government ownership of the means of production one of the basic tenants of socialism?”; "BTW, Bernie Sanders supports this, while Rand Paul opposes it." bluevirginia.us/2025/08/fmr-...
Fmr. VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R/Trump Voter) on Trump Deal to Give US Government 10% Share of Intel: “Isn’t government ownership of the means of production one of the basic tenants of socialism?”
Yes, former VA Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling (R/Trump voter) is correct: wanting the government to own the means or production is "one of the basic tenants of socialism," and Trump is very much practicing tha...
