The level of corruption that Trump has engaged in and enabled in others is completely unprecedented – self-dealing that, as Trump would say, is like nothing anybody has ever seen before. America currently has a Republican president who, along with his family, has raked in billions, possibly close to $10 billion in personal gain from office in less than two years.
Has Kiggans done anything to stop the thieves?
US employers added 29,000 jobs in September, below expectations of 84,000 and down sharply from the 133,000 added in August. The unemployment rate also ticked up 10 basis points to 4.2%, according to the final jobs report before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. A poll published Thursday found that 61% of adults say the national economy is worse off since President Trump took office in 2025. (More)
A new rule from the White House Office of Management and Budget would prohibit anyone from using federal grant money for voter registration drives, including ones that help disabled Americans vote.
The proposed change — which wouldn’t go into effect until after the 2026 midterms — is part of the Trump administration’s broader assault on federal efforts to expand access to voting, especially among groups that have historically faced discrimination and disenfranchisement.
Dominion Energy President Bob Blue said tariffs added nearly $230 million to the multi-billion-dollar project in a second quarter earnings call Friday.
We pay tariff fees. People. Not countries. Not companies. People in the USA pay the tariff costs.
And while IT companies are building hundreds of data centers requiring electricity MAGA is paying companies not to build and use renewable energy.
Virginia Beach Congressional Rep. Kiggans votes Yes to continue funding unauthorized war against Iran.
How is this war making us safer in Virginia Beach?
How is this war improving our lives in Virginia Beach?
Voted NO- H.Con.Res. 89: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.
Who would not want universal healthcare for life?
HCA.
It doesn’t have to be this way.
Vote.
Most of the time, a massive oyster reef along Pleasure House Creek in Virginia Beach is hidden below the water.
A small clause in a proposed federal budget threatens long-term protection and funding for such reefs. The change is buried in a massive spending package passed by a House of Representatives appropriations committee:
“None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for oyster restoration, recovery, reef construction, habitat enhancement, or other related oyster activities in the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries unless oysters planted using such funds are made eligible for managed commercial harvest by licensed watermen after a period of three years from the date of planting.”
“If we spend the millions of dollars to make those sanctuary reefs, and then they're just harvested three years later, they can strip those clean very quickly. They could just wipe out everything that's been done.” - Brent James, oyster restoration coordinator with the nonprofit Lynnhaven River Now
Karen Forget, executive director of Lynnhaven River Now, said opening reefs to harvest would undermine the nonprofit’s engagement work.
“When we're building sanctuary areas, we have told the community these are areas that will never be harvested. These are areas that are there to ensure that we always have a healthy, thriving native oyster population in the river,” she said. “So if that changes, I feel like that's just a huge breach of trust that we have with the community.”
Vote MAGA out. As long as Trump & MAGA Congress is in control there going to continue screwing everyone but the billionaires.
https://www.whro.org/2026-07-09/gas-prices-are-swinging-how-to-budget-for-volatility
“Diana Marrero guides people in the Richmond area as they look for health insurance.
She said the expiration of federal assistance that lowered people's healthcare costs from 2021 to the end of 2025 has led to skyrocketing premium payments this year — which have left many with ‘impossible choices.’
‘Families that I work with were forced to choose either between basic necessities such as rent, groceries, utilities, over health insurance, Marrero said in an interview.
The top three causes of personal bankruptcy in the United States are medical expenses, loss of income, and divorce. Medical issues alone account for about 66.5% of all bankruptcies filed.”
A friend said to me recently, “who would not want free medical care for life?”
One in three households in Virginia Beach are cost-burdened, meaning 30% or more of their income goes to housing costs, according to a 2024 report by Virginia Tech. A lack of affordable housing combined with rising food, rent and gas prices increases the risk of housing insecurity, especially among senior adults.