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Elizabeth Beyer

@bethabeyer

Virginia politics @CardinalNewsVA. Formerly @USATODAY, @WiStateJournal & @LaCrosseTribune. Send tips and jokes: [email protected]

 Richmond, Virginia
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Joined May 2017
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Mornin' all! Super excited to share that I've joined @CardinalNewsVA as Virginia's statehouse politics reporter! I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of this amazing team and to report on stories that affect the south and southwestern parts of VA ❤️🐦 cardinalnews.org/2024/09/23/…
Cardinal News introduces our new Richmond-based political reporter

Cardinal News introduces our new Richmond-based political reporter

Cardinal is the only news organization west of Richmond with a full-time reporter based in the state capital.

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POV: you woke me up when I asked you to
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Chuck Grassley
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The American ppl are so caring. I hv offer of a used Hoover fr a good Iowan in Sioux City. IT WONT SURPRISE ANYBODY BUT I ACCEPTED. BETH IS BACK BUT NEWER MODEL
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.@ChuckGrassley’s vacuum cleaner Beth got an NYT obit
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Applications opened over a year ago for the Virginia Disaster Assistance Fund to help SWVA residents recover from Hurricane Helene and the Feb 2025 floods. $43 million still remains in the $50 million fund as folks struggle to recover cardinalnews.org/2026/08/03/…
As $43 million for Southwest flood relief remains unspent, residents who can’t afford to fix their...

As $43 million for Southwest flood relief remains unspent, residents who can’t afford to fix their...

A year ago, the General Assembly appropriated $50 million for recovery following widespread floods that devastated Southwest Virginia in 2024 and 2025. Disbursement has been slow.

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The Virginia Disaster Assistance Fund is only accessible to “real property” owners, meaning homeowners or landlords. For renters, finding assistance to recover from the Feb. 2025 floods can be difficult. cardinalnews.org/2026/08/04/…
For renters locked out of state assistance, the road to flood recovery is long

For renters locked out of state assistance, the road to flood recovery is long

The $50 million set aside by the General Assembly for recovery following floods that devastated Southwest Virginia in late 2024 and early 2025 apply only to “real property,” meaning renters are out…

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DirtbagDemocrat@DirtyDemocrat05Aug 3
Just heartbreaking and seems like a real, genuine, bipartisan failure
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Applications opened over a year ago for the Virginia Disaster Assistance Fund to help SWVA residents recover from Hurricane Helene and the Feb 2025 floods. $43 million still remains in the $50 million fund as folks struggle to recover cardinalnews.org/2026/08/03/…
As $43 million for Southwest flood relief remains unspent, residents who can’t afford to fix their...

As $43 million for Southwest flood relief remains unspent, residents who can’t afford to fix their...

A year ago, the General Assembly appropriated $50 million for recovery following widespread floods that devastated Southwest Virginia in 2024 and 2025. Disbursement has been slow.

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Friend, It’s Odysseus. We’re WINNING on the plains of Troy, but we still haven’t received your donation. Can you chip in just 27 drachmae to make sure our crew can get back to Ithaca?
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Goad Gatsby@GoadGatsbyJul 29
Facui deception. He said he was pleading the 5th Amendment but actually he was pleading the 3rd Amendment because he didn't want soldiers quarter in his home.
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Fauci gave off 'signals of deception' during Senate hearing, body language expert says trib.al/lF04yiG
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KALYJAY
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Your services will never be forgotten Mr Slavko Vinčić. History will be kind to you
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🚨JUST IN: The referee who officiated the 2026 World Cup final has just announced his retirement The Slovenian Football Association has confirmed Slavko Vinčić has formally ended his career
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The FBI sent a letter to Attorney General Jay Jones informing him that they will not be following the new Virginia law that requires them to render aid to severely injured people when it will interfere with a mission. virginiascope.com/fbi-tells-…
FBI tells OAG they will not follow new law

FBI tells OAG they will not follow new law

The FBI’s Richmond field office sent Attorney General Jay Jones a letter to inform him that its agents will disregard a new Virginia law requiring law enforcement officers to render aid in certain...

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Brandon Jarvis@JaaavisJul 24
Plot twist! The FBI messed up when reading code. They just sent the OAG a letter saying they meant to say they are not following the new mask law, that was blocked by a federal judge already.
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The FBI sent a letter to Attorney General Jay Jones informing him that they will not be following the new Virginia law that requires them to render aid to severely injured people when it will interfere with a mission. virginiascope.com/fbi-tells-…
FBI tells OAG they will not follow new law

FBI tells OAG they will not follow new law

The FBI’s Richmond field office sent Attorney General Jay Jones a letter to inform him that its agents will disregard a new Virginia law requiring law enforcement officers to render aid in certain...

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Thank you, Justin Bieber, for absolutely destroying the mood.
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Jude Bellingham’s World Cup campaign will go into the history books.
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Hard disagree
Tyler Englander (@TylerEnglander) profile pictureTyler Englander@TylerEnglanderJul 18
Mbappé winning the Golden Boot and setting the World Cup goal scoring record in a glorified friendly should be illegal
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If I was @DjedSpence I’d be getting this framed
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Tyler Englander@TylerEnglanderJul 16
What am I supposed to do this afternoon without the World Cup on?
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Tyler Englander@TylerEnglanderJul 13
They don’t call her Scoops Seltzer for nothing @KateSeltzer
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Sen. Louise Lucas’s phone was wiretapped by FBI, journalist’s records intercepted, court records show: pilotonline.com/2026/07/13/l…
Louise Lucas’ phone was wiretapped by FBI, journalist’s records intercepted, court records show

Louise Lucas’ phone was wiretapped by FBI, journalist’s records intercepted, court records show

A U.S. District Court judge authorized the FBI to monitor state Sen. Louise Lucas’ phone communications between March 6 and April 6 of this year, according to sealed federal court records. 

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@emzanottiJul 13
We should have granted him immediate citizenship on the grounds that he bought that raccoon alone
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Erling Haaland
@ErlingJul 13
Goodbye 🇺🇸 It’s been emotional!
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