Opinion | Virginia may be losing its love for mask mandates, but it remains enamored of its grocery tax

Feb 10, 2022 View Original Article
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"We had a bit of both in the past few days: A swift change of partisan hearts on mask mandates in public schools, a renewed dedication to corporate welfare and an ingrained aversion to eliminating the tax on groceries."
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"The atmosphere has even found Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.)"
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"Congress's relatively small contingent of consistently antiwar voices, meanwhile, has been (with some exceptions) appallingly quiet (to his credit, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made a forceful and timely intervention in the Guardian this week)."
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"On the heels of what was initially a more measured response from the Biden administration, prominent Democratic figures have spoken openly about helping Ukraine impose military costs and the use of American power to roll back Russians."
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49% : We had a bit of both in the past few days: A swift change of partisan hearts on mask mandates in public schools, a renewed dedication to corporate welfare and an ingrained aversion to eliminating the tax on groceries.

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