Virginia Democrats Barely Get Their Gerrymander Referendum Passed, but a Virginia Judge Just Ruled it Unconstitutional

The referendum passed 51% to 49% in blue-as-ice Virginia. That doesn't sound like a coming Blue Wave to me.

But it did pass. And Democrats will use this power to increase their congressional delegation from six to five to 10 to one.

But a judge says hold on -- this was all unconstitutional.

Former Virginia attorney general and Homeland Security official Ken Cuccinelli II posted on X Wednesday about the gerrymandered map, "UPDATE on referendum lawsuits: The Tazewell Circuit Court just ruled the referendum unconstitutional. The Judge entered an injunction blocking certification of the election & denied a motion to stay pending appeal. A final order will be entered once drafted, & it will be immediately appealed."

The new map would almost certainly hand ten out of eleven congressional districts to Democrat control. This would impact not only Virginia, therefore, but the Republican-Democrat balance of power in the U.S. Congress.
Cuccinelli had already predicted that the election results last night were not the final say on Virginia Democrats' gerrymandering. He noted that the "[f]irst passage was invalid," as the "amendment was taken up during a special session convened in 2024 for budget purposes. The General Assembly's own call to the Governor (under Art. IV, §6 and Art. V, §5) and its governing resolution (HJR 6001) limited the session's scope. Expanding it to include a constitutional amendment on redistricting required a two-thirds vote that never occurred." In light of this, a Tazewell County judge ruled that this action was "void, ab initio."

So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.

There are additional procedural defects, which have to do with timing and so bore me, but you can click the link to read about those.

And finally, as a challenge to the proposed map, "Art. II, §6 requires that 'every electoral district shall be composed of contiguous and compact territory.' The proposed congressional maps violate this contiguity requirement (rather badly)," Cuccinelli wrote.

The Democrats created a giant lobster-shaped district to mix their ultra-blue northeatern voters with red voters in the south and west of the state. It's barely "contiguous" and not "compact" at all, sprawling, as it does, across half the state, a three hour drive from one end to the other.

Contenders for this seat to represent Shenandoah:

Dan Helmer - perpetual loser who DREW the district so he could win it

Terry McAuliffe's wife

Olivia Troy - Northern Virginia internet person

Saddam Azlan Salim - Bengladeshi born Democrat leading Spanberger gun-grabbing pic.twitter.com/0RexjZwyl1
— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) April 20, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:10 PM

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1 Foist?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (2Ez/1)

2 BOOM!!

Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (q177U)

3 I foisted!
That's a foist.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (2Ez/1)

4 Complete and totally fair. Just like the referendum said.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:13 PM (Dd38x)

5 "The referendum passed 51% to 49% in blue-as-ice Virginia."

That's suspiciously close.

Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2026 06:14 PM (q177U)

6 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 22, 2026 06:14 PM (SRRAx)

7 I doubt deep state CIA Barbie cares. Nor does the VA legislature that allowed this abomination to go through.

Good luck, VA. Nice knowing you.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at April 22, 2026 06:14 PM (jehhT)

8 Districts have tentacles now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (kbShR)

9 I wonder if Washington and Jefferson had known that Governor Abigheil Spanführer, her out-of-state sugar daddies and masses of donk idiots were going to make such a left-wing hash out Virginia politics, they even would have bothered.

Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (2L+MU)

10 I'm confused by the news that a judge ruled in favor of the right which is not supposed to happen

Am I in a different reality?

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (REq0p)

11 8 Districts have tentacles now.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (kbShR)

Look, kids!

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at April 22, 2026 06:16 PM (yMJWz)

12 Everyone has a little moustache.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:16 PM (kbShR)

13 Nice to see a judge on our side for once.

I'm picturing him on his porch in a rocking chair, sipping his 3rd whiskey while he's cleaning his shotguns....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 06:16 PM (Sco7b)

14 That's suspiciously close.

************************

The fact that the referendum was losing and then deep blue Fairfax farts out JUST enough votes to get it passed is merely coincidental

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at April 22, 2026 06:17 PM (REq0p)

15 Seems fair to me.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:17 PM (guGkK)

16 This IS good news - tired of these people misrepresenting the makeup of respective states. The last thing we need is another California on the East Coast.

I am sure they will try this in Texas at some point. Hopefully I won't be around to see it.

I am so tired of all of this crap.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 22, 2026 06:17 PM (SRRAx)

17 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.
---
But they can just deem it as it passed a two-thirds majority, right?

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (Fi81e)

18 The Democrats created a giant lobster-shaped district to mix their ultra-blue northeatern voters with red voters in the south and west of the state.

Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (guGkK)

19 I'm so thankful my wife and I took our kids and got the hell out of NoVA when we did. Turns out that job offer in Texas was a blessing from the man himself.

Posted by: ballistic at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (oqH4h)

20 They can just put it up to a majority vote on whether it got a two-thirds majority, can't they?

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (Fi81e)

21 District map looks more like a scorpion.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (YBtcQ)

22 Funny looking lobster.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (n5tGW)

23 That has been happening since at least 2005 when they stole the Governorship from Jerry Killgore.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (kbShR)

24 Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (guGkK)

Crabs

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (0cOSz)

25 Lower courts already said the same about even having the referendum, and then the higher court said, nah bro, we have to vote for it before we can judge on it. hehe! I assume the same higher court will now just say "MOOOOOT!!!" hahaha can't do anything now the vote already occurred! SUCKERS! And the vote will stand.

I had a pretty epic rant about the whole thing ready to hit post in the last thread but I'll allow it to be lost in time, like tears in rain.

Posted by: banana Dream at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (3uBP9)

26 Saw someone on YouTube with the opinion that Trump could use an executive order to take Arlington back into the DC district, therefore, taking out the entire crux of the redistricted map. No idea if that's really valid, but I sure would love to see it happen.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (uK5B+)

27 Wait, are those fallopian tubes?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (n5tGW)

28 What follows now will be multiple courts and judges over-ruling and enjoining each other in an orgy of jurisprudence, ipso facto and corpus delecti, bon appetite and happy trails

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (ZxPkt)

29
"Law! What do I care about law? Ain't I got the power?" - Cornelius Vanderbilt

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (tgvbd)

30 Districts have tentacles now.
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (kbShR)

Japan hentai influence?

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (wVcYX)

31 Just a clump of cells.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (kbShR)

32 There is also Virginia law that a referendum must use neutral language... which this clearly did not.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (mP0Kj)

33 Unconstitutional? Unconstitutional? Unconstitutional?...

Posted by: Chief Asshead Roberts at April 22, 2026 06:20 PM (QCEpb)

34 Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (guGkK)

++++

LOL!

Posted by: washrivergal at April 22, 2026 06:21 PM (rt1xc)

35 Leave me alone! I'm trying to become New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at April 22, 2026 06:21 PM (2Ez/1)

36 Gonna be a lot of lawyerin' over this one

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 06:21 PM (ZxPkt)

37
Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:18 PM (guGkK)

__________

Getting a bit crabby there, shrimp.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:21 PM (tgvbd)

38 I hate to be an eeyore but I have a feeling the Dems will find another judge to overturn this judge and they’ll get their desired gerrymander

As much as I hated the result I don’t wanna be a hypocrite and say “hooray one single judge” when I like what he does

A better argument against this gerrymander is I bet a lot there was cheating that put yes over the top…. Look into cheating

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (/iXAp)

39 There's always the West Virginia option: "West Virginia invites 27 Virginia counties to join the Mountain State".

https://tinyurl.com/yxcbx9ac

Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (2L+MU)

40 Crabby would be more fair.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (kbShR)

41 In other news, I got my new tooth this afternoon, and I think I have figured out a systems which will work to get me and my luggage from Point A to Point B with a minimum amount of fuss.

It involves flat bungee cords and a finger compression contraption to keep it held together in a neat little package. Quite ingenious, if I do say so myself 😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (SRRAx)

42 But muh demookracy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (RIvkX)

43 Any amendment is supposed to be passed in two successive GAs before going to a popular vote.
This one had one (this one).
Had they had two thirds on the first sketchy try, they could argue they kinds sorta did it right.
But they didn't.

Posted by: barbarausa at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (enw9G)

44 Down, down down . . .

Posted by: The B-52's at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

45 if you die for allah, you get 72 Virginias.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (n5tGW)

46 CIA Barbie…

This contemplates she is attractive. While her looks are not her fault, it is more CIA Elphaba than Barbie.

And if she is reading this, because she is a bit touchy about criticism, she should stop standing with her legs like she does. It does not offset her hips, which I think is the goal. It makes her look even hippier.

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (hftzA)

47 51-49?
So. Within the margin of cheat.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (2WIwB)

48 It's all patently unconstitutional.

Except when they do it.

The people living in Shanendoah are as disenfranchised as I am.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (RIvkX)

49 I knew this was gong down in flames when Obozo lisped his congratulations to the people of Virginia.

ShitMidas speaks.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (guGkK)

50 A Commassar Judge will change that

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (Ia/+0)

51 Down, down down . . .
Posted by: The B-52's at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

I thought that was Springsteen…

https://youtu.be/3fdZWbIsrFk

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (/iXAp)

52 "three-hour drive"

In the context of Virginia, I'm sure that's long, but that's pretty normal for districts west of the Mississippi. So maybe focus on the bizarre shapes and ideological differences?

Posted by: pookysgirl thinks the number of Representatives should increase at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (Wt5PA)

53 West Virginia doesn't want the College towns. Carved around them.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (kbShR)

54 I believe the western 3 counties in MD were looking at West aVirginia.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (HinvH)

55 Disenfranchising people is what the Democrats do best

Posted by: Accomack at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (AZXeW)

56 We are supposed to believe:
1. Voters voting early went narrowly 52.7% yes
2. Voters on election day went narrowly 53.1% no
3. mail-in ballots went overwhelmingly 72.5% yes

Without the overwhelmingly disproportionately yes mail-in ballots it loses.

They reran the Biden fake mail-in ballots play and rubbed our noses in it.

Posted by: TITP at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (OUE/9)

57 DC needs to take back the land that was illegally taken before the Civil War, how many voters would they lose in Virginia and it might tip the scales

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (ubCxQ)

58 The Constitution (state or federal) is for chumps.

The Will to Power is all that matters.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (gnNyN)

59 This contemplates she is attractive. While her looks are not her fault, it is more CIA Elphaba than Barbie.

And if she is reading this, because she is a bit touchy about criticism, she should stop standing with her legs like she does. It does not offset her hips, which I think is the goal. It makes her look even hippier.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (hftzA)

She’s not attractive at all… and I as a full fledged admirer of the female sex am a generous grader…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:26 PM (/iXAp)

60 Virginia Democrats Barely Get Their Gerrymander Referendum Passed, but a Virginia Judge Just Ruled it Unconstitutional
—Disinformation Expert Ace
The referendum passed 51% to 49% in blue-as-ice Virginia.

Fairly certain the point of democracy is for the majority, no matter how slim, to subjugate the minority to their will. Slavery and mass-murder is good too if that is the way the vote goes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:26 PM (/lPRQ)

61 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (/iXA

He didn't put a stay on an issue that obviously would be overturned at a higher level like Leftist judges do just to delay. He ruled clearly that it was unconstitutional. It will go to a panel of judges now.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:26 PM (0cOSz)

62 >I hate to be an eeyore but I have a feeling the Dems will find another judge to overturn this judge and they’ll get their desired gerrymander
-----
of course they will
but then another judge will over rule THAT guy
then another judge will over rule THAT guy
then another judge will over rule THAT guy

it will be judges overruling each other until the cosmos falls

Posted by: Don Black at April 22, 2026 06:26 PM (ZxPkt)

63 Since it involves other States it should be Federal.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:27 PM (kbShR)

64 Okay, then what crustacean shapes would be permissible to you, smart guy?

If I were drawing it, it would be a hand flipping the bird.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 06:27 PM (2WIwB)

65
The Will to Power is all that matters.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at April 22, 2026 06:25 PM (gnNyN)

____________

"Those goody-good people who worked shitty jobs for bum paychecks and took the subway to work every day and worried about their bills were dead. I mean they were suckers. They had no balls. If we wanted something, we just took it. If anyone complained twice they got hit so bad, believe me, they never complained again."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at April 22, 2026 06:27 PM (tgvbd)

66 Down, down down . . .
Posted by: The B-52's at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

I thought that was Springsteen…

https://youtu.be/3fdZWbIsrFk

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (/iXAp)

skip to 4:32
https://youtu.be/n4QSYx4wVQg

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (wVcYX)

67 "three hour drive" is how long it took to beach SS Minnow.

Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (TJtMh)

68 Crabs
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (0cOSz)

Trilobite.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 06:29 PM (utfVc)

69 56 We are supposed to believe:
1. Voters voting early went narrowly 52.7% yes
2. Voters on election day went narrowly 53.1% no
3. mail-in ballots went overwhelmingly 72.5% yes

Without the overwhelmingly disproportionately yes mail-in ballots it loses.

The State of Washington laughs.

Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2026 06:29 PM (2WIwB)

70 And they told two friends,
And they told two friends,
And they told two friends,
And they told two friends,...

Posted by: Body on Tap Shampoo at April 22, 2026 06:29 PM (RIvkX)

71 LOL!

FAFO!

HA - HA!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (VyBeY)

72 Today I am playing songs that allude to conversations I hear from the living room. I just heard my kid ask, "What's that smell?". So I'm playing Skynyrd now.

Posted by: banana Dream - I think it's dinner? at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (3uBP9)

73 skip to 4:32
https://youtu.be/n4QSYx4wVQg
Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (wVcYX)

Heh…. I’d never heard that. Thx

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (/iXAp)

74 Down, down down . . .
Posted by: The B-52's at April 22, 2026 06:22 PM (wVcYX)

I thought that was Springsteen…

https://youtu.be/3fdZWbIsrFk

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:24 PM (/iXAp)

Down (doobie-doo) down down

— Neil Sedaka

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (NZIuw)

75 Even though the judge clearly spelled out how the law was broken, another judge will overrule this judge.

Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 06:30 PM (TJtMh)

76 "The fact that the referendum was losing and then deep blue Fairfax farts out JUST enough votes to get it passed is merely coincidental"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:31 PM (VyBeY)

77 I am the Law.

Posted by: District Court Judge Maizie Johnson-Kimono Macadamia at April 22, 2026 06:32 PM (RIvkX)

78 re 72: you know no one in the biden family says that any more

Posted by: gnats local 678 at April 22, 2026 06:33 PM (CWTWj)

79 And if she is reading this, because she is a bit touchy about criticism, she should stop standing with her legs like she does. It does not offset her hips, which I think is the goal. It makes her look even hippier.
Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:23 PM (hftzA)

Classic case of the old "secretary spread", eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 06:33 PM (utfVc)

80 More good news.

>>@JustTheNews
·
6m
>>Breaking: Trump admin settles Carter Page lawsuit for $1.25 million

Posted by: JackStraw at April 22, 2026 06:34 PM (viF8m)

81 "The fact that the referendum was losing and then deep blue Fairfax farts out JUST enough votes to get it passed is merely coincidental"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:31 PM (VyBeY)
====
Why that's how I cast my ballot too! Of course now that I'm older I never take voting for granted.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 06:34 PM (RIvkX)

82 I don't remember who that was.

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:34 PM (kbShR)

83 Houston city council came to their senses. Not really but defunding them caused them to adjust their sanctuary status . Excellent job Abbott.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:35 PM (0cOSz)

84 I know math is generally disfavored but . . .

Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM (ndZc7)

85 Houston city council came to their senses. Not really but defunding them caused them to adjust their sanctuary status . Excellent job Abbott.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:35 PM (0cOSz)

It’s amazing the results when GOP pols display just a skosh of guts. Never saw it in between Reagan and Trump

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:38 PM (YobFY)

86 83 Houston city council came to their senses. Not really but defunding them caused them to adjust their sanctuary status . Excellent job Abbott.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:35 PM (0cOSz)

Lip service. These are Dems.

Still punish them. Make them choose between illegals or their other desired corruption.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog. Old, but full of life. at April 22, 2026 06:38 PM (Sco7b)

87 A trial court-level judge's ruling only determines who gets the first and last word on appeal on a de novo review standard. I'd rather be the appealing party under those circumstances.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 06:38 PM (W5mpo)

88 I know math is generally disfavored but . . .

Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM (ndZc7)

Math is clearly disfavored by Sunny Hostin; said another way: she’s a blithering idiot

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at April 22, 2026 06:39 PM (YobFY)

89 If you flip the district upside down, it has a different resemblance.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (W5mpo)

90 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.

Find the right libbie judge, and the referendum will survive. Just like how the Dems illegally constructed their committee to investigate Trump for impeachment by excluding Repubs picked by other Repubs to be on the committee, yet it went forward...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (ynpvh)

91 SecNav Phelan out. No details. Hmmm. Not sure I am happy with this one.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (2jLYo)

92 Can't be math when the premise does not compute.

Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (DIbRX)

93 The Misfit Patriot retweeted
Shawn Farash
"@Shawn_Farash
3h
Well.... What have we here?

SPLC staged Charlottesville... Charlottesville gives rise to Fuentes.

Fuentes is an op trying to demoralize and divide the right...

NAW... The SPLC would never.."

Interesting!

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (GD0B3)

94 68 Crabs
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:19 PM (0cOSz)

Trilobite.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 06:29 PM (utfVc)

Cenobite!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (kpS4V)

95 "three hour drive" is how long it took to beach SS Minnow.
Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (TJtMh)

Ackshully, the Minnow was supposed to have gone out for three hours. The song doesn't say how long they were trapped in the storm.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (ExV1e)

96 89 If you flip the district upside down, it has a different resemblance.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 06:40 PM (W5mpo)

"Hurry, put some food in his mouth!"
"Um, that's his ass..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (ynpvh)

97 "The fact that the referendum was losing and then deep blue Fairfax farts out JUST enough votes to get it passed is merely coincidental"
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

I doubt there were any latest votes at all, they just pencil in whatever they need to win and then maybe, maybe, gin up some ballets after the fact.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (/lPRQ)

98 Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 06:38 PM (W5mpo)

The judge's decision is as strong as anything the appellant will file.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (0cOSz)

99 Houston city council came to their senses. Not really but defunding them caused them to adjust their sanctuary status . Excellent job Abbott.
Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:35 PM (0cOSz)

The Green Dildo of Consequence was about to arrive, unlubed as per usual.

Posted by: Count de Monet at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (wVcYX)

100 Fuentes is an SPLC OP? If the shoe fits..

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (GD0B3)

101 Hell, I knows a constitutional when I see one and I took one this morning and agains this afternoon and I sure don't believe that there vote about that Salamander fella was a constitutional I reckon.

Posted by: Virginia Hillbilly at April 22, 2026 06:42 PM (QCEpb)

102 Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM

Gah! Make the stoopid stop!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

103 Has the Abigail Spanberger skin-suit of the horrible alien creature she is made a statement yet?

Posted by: Gref at April 22, 2026 06:43 PM (5rh/l)

104 Why are the all the fake leasers of fake organisations poofters?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:43 PM (kbShR)

105 102 Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM

Gah! Make the stoopid stop!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at April 22, 2026 06:42 PM (Wnv9h)

"90 Billion people can't be wrong!" --something seen on a shirt promoting weed

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (ynpvh)

106 Fuentes is an SPLC OP? If the shoe fits..
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:41 PM (GD0B3)
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People have been saying he's a fed for some time.

So, it doesn't matter either way. He's probably a straw man.

Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

107 My girlfriend dumped me, so I stole her wheelchair. Guess who came crawling back...

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)

108 91 SecNav Phelan out. No details. Hmmm. Not sure I am happy with this one.
Posted by: rhomboid

Phelan has no experience with military and is primarily a donor/businessman. My guess is that the need of the service during a blockade and war is to put someone in with prior service like Hung Cao. Most likely he was probably doing the work already as Undersecretary.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (E4rtv)

109 107 My girlfriend dumped me, so I stole her wheelchair. Guess who came crawling back...

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (ndZc7)

LOL, that's so bad...LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (ynpvh)

110 PreCafe vid

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/UMmhgBPcKMY

Posted by: toby928(c) at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (4NO2D)

111 Has the Abigail Spanberger skin-suit of the horrible alien creature she is made a statement yet?
Posted by: Gref at April 22, 2026 06:43 PM (5rh/l)

I think Abigail is Hillary on Ozempic.

Posted by: Dr. Zaius at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (QCEpb)

112 Sunny Hostin claims the war with Iran has cost $50 billion, then asserts that amount "is more money than this country has spent since world War II."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at April 22, 2026 06:37 PM

If I were Emperor, I would go on The View - multiple times - just to spend the entire duration of the show slapping one of the witches on it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (ExV1e)

113 People have been saying he's a fed for some time.

So, it doesn't matter either way. He's probably a straw man.
Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

he is a ...different kind of Fed !

Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (GD0B3)

114 SecNav Phelan out. No details. Hmmm. Not sure I am happy with this one.
Posted by: rhomboid

Trump tried to take the helm and Phelan body checked him. So he is out.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)

115 97, they're getting bolder every day, might be right ... actually faking up ballots in realtime is so 2020 ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:46 PM (VyBeY)

116 9 I wonder if Washington and Jefferson had known that Governor Abigheil Spanführer, her out-of-state sugar daddies and masses of donk idiots were going to make such a left-wing hash out Virginia politics, they even would have bothered.
Posted by: Paco at April 22, 2026 06:15 PM (2L+MU)

It’s a republic if we can keep it. The price of liberty is eternal vigilance. Some things are on us.

Posted by: Cow Demon at April 22, 2026 06:46 PM (pKv0r)

117 Hey, y'all!

I praise God every day that His will brought me to Florida, less than a mile from my brother and SIL, the latter of whom is my best friend.

I am still teaching after retiring from PA. I was APPALLED that my seniors had not read an entire novel in high school (the curse of "standards-based assessment". I am making them read "1984." Yes, they are cheating and just reading the Sparks Notes, but at least that is sometime.

Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom at April 22, 2026 06:46 PM (USyCi)

118 BREAKING

Jussie Smollett has been named interim CEO of the SPLC

Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2026 06:47 PM (RIvkX)

119 "three hour drive" is how long it took to beach SS Minnow.
Posted by: torabora at April 22, 2026 06:28 PM (TJtMh)

Ackshully, the Minnow was supposed to have gone out for three hours. The song doesn't say how long they were trapped in the storm.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

The length of the series suggests they were out for years.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:47 PM (/lPRQ)

120 I'm back from having my car's headlight bulb replaced. Grrr at the cost of the part, but the labor was not bad. I've had a little dinner and will maybe go out for some ice cream later. Tomorrow, unless it's pouring rain, I'll head down to Wichita to see the pipe shop there.

It's been overcast today and got up to 75. If it rains, things will be a bit cooler tomorrow -- and this weekend it's forecast to rain as well as I head back to Fort Scott, Arkansas, and Da Swamp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at April 22, 2026 06:47 PM (+2QQb)

121 I wonder if Sunny knows we spent 6 trillion in the first six months of the pandemic for 'Covid relief' . And that is 3x as much as we spent on the Afghan/Iraq war over 20 years.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (0cOSz)

122 Find the right libbie judge, and the referendum will survive. Just like how the Dems illegally constructed their committee to investigate Trump for impeachment by excluding Repubs picked by other Repubs to be on the committee, yet it went forward...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Doesn't work that way. By issuing an injunction against certification, it requires it to go to a multi member appellate court rather than another trial court. VA only has one Court of Appeals and Supreme Court. FWIW, I think this judge was the one that issued an injunction already in the case before the vote which was overturned by the VA Sup. Ct. as premature. This is why he was the go to guy after the election for opposition forces.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (E4rtv)

123 People have been saying he's a fed for some time.

So, it doesn't matter either way. He's probably a straw man.
Posted by: Axeman at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (Fi81e)

he is a ...different kind of Fed !
Posted by: runner at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (GD0B3)

He's a different kind of Fed, all together.

Posted by: Dr. Rumack at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (wVcYX)

124 90 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.
_____

Not sure how Judging works, but I think the judge who overturn this ruling has to at least address the actual law and come up with pretzel logic as to why the applicable law doesn't apply in this one special case. Mild entertainment in pointing and laughing at the idiot judge's 'logic' anyway.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (Dv3i1)

125 Phelan has no experience with military and is primarily a donor/businessman. My guess is that the need of the service during a blockade and war is to put someone in with prior service like Hung Cao. Most likely he was probably doing the work already as Undersecretary.
Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:44 PM (E4rtv)

Cao was EOD. He has exactly zero experience in fleet operations. Not that it makes any difference. Service Secretaries deal primarily with the budgets and shit.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (ExV1e)

126 LOL, SFp!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (VyBeY)

127 Couldn't you go out in a raft and let the current take you to the Aleutian Islands?

Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:49 PM (kbShR)

128 Trump tried to take the helm and Phelan body checked him. So he is out.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Could be connected to the upgrade in honors for the Marines holding the gate in Afghanistan.

Sec of Army Driscoll may be on the chopping block as well as he has had some fights with the administration and Hegseth.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:50 PM (E4rtv)

129 Has the Abigail Spanberger skin-suit of the horrible alien creature she is made a statement yet?
Posted by: Gref a

She is a Reinhard Heydrich clone.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:50 PM (/lPRQ)

130 Aware there were grumblings in some circles about Phelan but substance was insider stuff beyond my ken. Enormous proposed Navy budget increase surely has some serious wrestling involved.and some casualties not a surprise I guess.

Posted by: rhomboid at April 22, 2026 06:51 PM (2jLYo)

131 Cao was EOD. He has exactly zero experience in fleet operations. Not that it makes any difference. Service Secretaries deal primarily with the budgets and shit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yes, but being in the military means you also have to take orders and know regular procedures. Phelan was the first non-service SecNav since 2006.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)

132 Posted by: I used to have a different nic at April 22, 2026 06:48 PM (ExV1e)

He served in theater. Phelan was never in the military.

Posted by: Harry Vandenburg at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (0cOSz)

133 90 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.
____

*pulls pencil from pocket*
*grabs clean cocktail napkin*
*furiously scribbles numbers on said napkin*
*carries the 1*

$50 billion is about one week of federal spending.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (Dv3i1)

134 Not sure how Judging works, but I think the judge who overturn this ruling has to at least address the actual law and come up with pretzel logic as to why the applicable law doesn't apply in this one special case. Mild entertainment in pointing and laughing at the idiot judge's 'logic' anyway.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

Not mere law but the Virginia Constitution itself. Legislature (and in theory even the Va Sup. Ct itself) is bound by that same constitution and the provisions are clear. VA legislature and Spanberger violated it.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 06:53 PM (E4rtv)

135 Yes, they are cheating and just reading the Sparks Notes, but at least that is sometime.
Posted by: goddessoftheclassroom

I love how every high schooler thinks this would go unnoticed by someone who has seen it 18 billion times. 😂

Posted by: Piper at April 22, 2026 06:53 PM (hftzA)

136 Hey, y'all!

I praise God every day that His will brought me to Florida, less than a mile from my brother and SIL, the latter of whom is my best friend.
===

Long cool spring this year.
Wait until it gets normal.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:53 PM (/lPRQ)

137 The early voting was about even. Same day favored no by a little. It was an overwhelming yes from the mail in that won it. Fraud much?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at April 22, 2026 06:54 PM (gu0hJ)

138 “Just” and “at least” are toxic, not conciliatory. “Lowered expectations” and “self esteem” have also done harm.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at April 22, 2026 06:55 PM (MGWFz)

139 114 SecNav Phelan out. No details. Hmmm. Not sure I am happy with this one.
Posted by: rhomboid

Trump tried to take the helm and Phelan body checked him. So he is out.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:45 PM (/lPRQ)

Trump reached towards Phelan and tried to take the ship's wheel! I was told by someone who was there!

Posted by: Madison Cornbread at April 22, 2026 06:55 PM (ynpvh)

140 Eh, the Somalians probably stole more money than spent in Iran

Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 06:55 PM (Ia/+0)

141
Republicans need to codify 9 justices asap. Democrats will pack that court to 13 the minute they can. I'm serious.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at April 22, 2026 06:56 PM (n7rxJ)

142 Not mere law but the Virginia Constitution itself. Legislature (and in theory even the Va Sup. Ct itself) is bound by that same constitution and the provisions are clear. VA legislature and Spanberger violated it.
Posted by: whig

Thanks for explanation.

But, what is Va. constitution in comparison to what is Fair ?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:56 PM (Dv3i1)

143 $50 billion is about one week of federal spending.

Not even enough to feed one Somali kid.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 22, 2026 06:56 PM (SVvGT)

144 Couldn't you go out in a raft and let the current take you to the Aleutian Islands?
Posted by: Boss Moss at April 22, 2026 06:49 PM (kbShR)

Option 1: stay indefinitely on a warm tropic island with Ginger and MaryAnne, or...

Option 2: drift 40 days at sea on a raft, only to fetch up on a windswept, frigid rock that nobody ever visits.

Tough one, alright.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 06:57 PM (utfVc)

145 Republicans need to codify 9 justices asap. Democrats will pack that court to 13 the minute they can. I'm serious.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

How about Trump adds 4 more then codify 13?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 06:58 PM (/lPRQ)

146 Alberta Oil Peon

My appreciation for Lovey increases as I get older.

Ginger - very high maintenance

Mary Ann - nice but lacks experience

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 06:58 PM (u82oZ)

147 133 90 So to even vote this into a referendum, they needed a two-thirds majority vote, which they never even tried to get, so the referendum was never legally before the public.
____

*pulls pencil from pocket*
*grabs clean cocktail napkin*
*furiously scribbles numbers on said napkin*
*carries the 1*

$50 billion is about one week of federal spending.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (Dv3i1)

But think of the number of state civil service hacks and Leftist fraudsters that would get rich quick, and the amount of their kickbacks to Democrat PACs, with that $50 Billion! Talk about lost opportunity costs!

Posted by: Sunny Hostin at April 22, 2026 06:59 PM (5rh/l)

148 Hey! Get a load of these!

Posted by: Ghislaine at April 22, 2026 07:00 PM (wBaIH)

149 My appreciation for Lovey increases as I get older.

Ginger - very high maintenance

Mary Ann - nice but lacks experience
Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 06:58 PM (u82oZ)

I'm sure Lovey is faithful to Mr. Howell.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (utfVc)

150 Eh, the Somalians probably stole more money than spent in Iran
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2026 06:55 PM (Ia/+0)

Biden gave away military equipment to the Taliban that was worth more than we've spent in Iran.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (guGkK)

151 Mary Ann - nice but lacks experience
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Nothing that being trapped on an island for years with four men won't correct.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (/lPRQ)

152 Quickie Noods up top

Posted by: Beartooth at April 22, 2026 07:01 PM (tYGL3)

153 *pulls pencil from pocket*
*grabs clean cocktail napkin*
*furiously scribbles numbers on said napkin*
*carries the 1*

$50 billion is about one week of federal spending.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at April 22, 2026 06:52 PM (Dv3i1)
When you grabbled the pencil and cocktail napkin I would have sworn your next words would be 'base of the skull.'

Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2026 07:02 PM (LHPAg)

154 "Ginger - very high maintenance"

Ginger actually doesn't strike me as high maintenance. She seems very low key. She's big into reminiscing too.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at April 22, 2026 07:02 PM (W5mpo)

155 Mary Ann - nice but lacks experience
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Nothing that being trapped on an island for years with four men won't correct.

Gilligan's Island: The Suppressed Episodes

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at April 22, 2026 07:03 PM (guGkK)

156 Itinerant Alley Butcher

Three men and Gilligan.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 22, 2026 07:03 PM (u82oZ)

157 Quick hits is up.

Posted by: Nazdar at April 22, 2026 07:06 PM (NcvvS)

158 Beartooth nooded first. *bows*

Posted by: Nazdar at April 22, 2026 07:07 PM (NcvvS)

159 150, ouch, also true!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at April 22, 2026 07:08 PM (VyBeY)

160 Thanks for explanation.

But, what is Va. constitution in comparison to what is Fair ?
Posted by: Chuck Martel

The problem for Va Sup. Ct. and its lawyers is that if they start playing Calvinball with the law they will FAFO like Delaware courts did. Businesses will stay away, law firms will lose business. Delaware is losing its bread and butter corporate law jobs and taxes from trying to screw over Elon Musk. So those incorporation dollars and corporate law jobs are going to Texas or elsewhere instead.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)

161 FWIW, dunno if true, but apparently on X there is news that The Atlantic retracted the story on Patel.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:09 PM (E4rtv)

162 Can't find the story elsewhere so probably not true right now.

Posted by: whig at April 22, 2026 07:11 PM (E4rtv)

163
What a day for Democrats. . Led Zepp lyrics come to mind:
"Lyin', cheatin', hurtin', that's all you seem to do..."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at April 22, 2026 07:24 PM (biEYB)

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