A Democratic Senate would never seat a judge accused of sexual assault on the...
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View ArticleWV Supreme Court - Part II: Fighting in the War Room
This is a follow-up to a post I wrote a few weeks ago about trouble on the WV Supreme Court (here: www.dailykos.com/...). Since that time, there have been new developments in the story, and I will...
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Do Not Give Up on Rural Virginia
Election night brought a lot of mixed emotions for all of Democrats across the nation. On one hand, we took the House of Representatives back. That is huge, it is something that not so long ago many...
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Meet Tina Russell, challenger to WV legislature's homophobic monster
Tina Russell filed for the state house seat currently filled by Eric Porterfield. Porterfield has been reveling in national coverage of his increasingly disgusting comments on gays. I don’t want to...
View ArticleWV Teachers are out on strike!
During last winter’s teacher’s strike the Republicans in the legislature caved and promised the teachers everything they were asking for. But having survived the election with their majorities intact...
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I attended Elizabeth Warren's rally in WV
Elizabeth Warren visited Kermit, West Virginia this morning. I just got back from the rally. Kermit is on the WV/KY border, a long way from anywhere you would want to be. (See Joan Carter’s diary for a...
View ArticleIncarcerated people in West Virginia to be charged 3 cents a minute to read...
Incarcerated people in some West Virginia prisons will reportedly be charged to read ebooks. The magazine Reason reports that inmates will have to pay 3 cents per minute to use tablets that have been...
View ArticleDemocratic Senate Candidate Paula Jean Swearengin Picks Up Momentum
COAL CITY, WV— For its April 15, 2020, FEC reporting, 2020 Democratic U.S. Senate Candidate for West Virginia Paula Jean Swearengin’s Campaign reports a total of $224,776.68 from 9600+ individual...
View ArticleWorkers Must Continue Fight for Rights and Protections
Labor activist Mary Harris “Mother” Jones once said, “Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.” Those words resonate today, just as they did at the turn of the 20th Century. Even before...
View ArticleWe Must Put Our Support Behind Progressive Candidates
I know many of you are disappointed over the suspension of Bernie Sanders’ campaign. I know I am. Bernie brought a movement to the mainstream that supports progressive policies that will benefit those...
View ArticleLet's See Your Furry Best Friends!
I know this isn’t a normal political blog post, but I just felt like lightening the mood a little bit.We love animals in our house, but our dog Issy has always hated cats. She wanted absolutely NOTHING...
View ArticleWV postal worker commits mail-in ballot fraud. Guess which way...
A West Virginia postal worker has been charged with changing the party affiliation of five West Virginia voters. Anybody wanna guess who got defrauded? Yeah...A postal carrier in Pendleton County is...
View ArticleAs pandemic roars on, cluster of 28 novel coronavirus cases tied to West...
As protests for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and countless other Black folks who have been the victims of police violence continue across the nation, many have questioned how such large...
View ArticleFlip Everything: A Downballot Guide To Create a Blue Wave Everywhere!
It’s been a while since I’ve written any diaries for both personal and other reasons, but in my lurking across different Democratic supportive websites I’ve always seen the same question over and over...
View ArticleFlip Everything: Help Turn the Country Blue!
It’s been a while since I’ve written diaries for both personal and other reasons, but in my lurking across different Democratic supportive websites I’ve always seen the same question over and over...
View ArticleFlip Everything: A Down Ballot All in 1 Activism Guide to Make a Blue Wave...
In the 2020 election let’s do all we can to Flip Everything!It’s been a while since I’ve written diaries for both personal and other reasons, but in my lurking across different Democratic supportive...
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Rei's 2020 Fair Districts - Part 1: DE, MD, VA, WV
Hi. Long time lurker but it’s my first diary here. I would like to make a series that demonstrates how districts would look like come 2020 redistricting. As usual, I drew the maps using Dave’s...
View ArticleLate Breaking Opportunities to Make a Difference - New Candidate
As we reach election day, there are new developments in the news and polling that greatly improve candidates chances.These newly important candidates need funding since their races were not on large...
View ArticleLate Breaking Opportunities to Make a Difference - New Candidates
As we reach election day, there are new developments in the news and polling that greatly improve candidates chances.These newly important candidates need funding since their races were not on large...
View ArticleLate Breaking Opportunities to Make a Difference - 2 Days to Go!
As we reach election day, there are new developments in the news and polling that greatly improve candidates chances.These newly important candidates need funding since their races were not on large...
View ArticleLate Breaking Opportunities to Make a Difference - Last Chance to Donate...
We are reaching the final deadline to support candidates.Last minute money does help them on the final push!As we reach election day, there are new developments in the news and polling that greatly...
View ArticleWest Virginia
West Virginia will trend blue over the next four years based on the growth that I’m seeing in the Eastern Panhandle. Folks in MD, DC and Virginia are fed up with the high costs of housing which are...
View ArticleOpen letter to Senator Joe Manchin
8 December 2020Senator Joe Manchin306 Hart Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510Dear Senator Manchin:As you can see from the return address, I am not one of you constituents. However, please do...
View ArticleYet another state Senate passes legislation that pretends to care about...
Just a few months into 2021, we’re already facing a pile of anti-trans legislation from around the nation. Some bills focus on making it harder, if not impossible, for transgender people of all ages to...
View ArticleRepublican governor signs anti-trans sports bill into law amid pandemic
On Wednesday, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican, signed yet another anti-trans measure into law. As has been the trend in recent months, this legislation focuses on the new Republican...
View ArticleWest Virginia governor stunned on live TV as MSNBC host grills him on...
Joining a handful of other states who have prioritized legislating trans girls and trans out of girls’ sports, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican, recently signed an exclusionary bill into...
View ArticleInfrastructure "Negotiations" Farce Continues. Republicans Reject Biden's...
So Biden offers to only go for a minimum corporate tax rate to financing his reduced infrastructure plan, and Republicans have rejected his offer already. Senate Republicans doubt they can offer...
View ArticleModern Day Seance With WV Robert Byrd: Joe Manchin Is Full of It On The...
I’m calling out. I feel a presence in the room from the spirit world. One of the dearly departed. I hear a voice. It’s faint, but I think I hear a name. Is that you Democratic Senator Robert Byrd...
View ArticleJoe Manchin Will Switch Parties If We Do Not Cater To Him? He Would Not...
Senator Joe Manchin — the bane of progressive Democrats — will not switch parties and become a Republican. The Media, the likes of Claire McCaskill, and some on Daily Kos swear if we are not nice to...
View ArticleLiving? in hell, er, I mean WV
I got frustrated a few days ago when I read this in a comment:”I predict that the high COVID death counties will see more Democratic party gains than just subtracting the dead from the Republican...
View ArticleJoe Manchin Cites Inflation Pain Of Average WV's at "Dollar General or...
So Senator Joe Manchin cited that prices at “Dollar General or General Dollar” Stores are no longer a dollar. They are $1.25 or higher now, according to the champion of the West Virginia common man....
View ArticleIf Joe Manchin Left The Democratic Party, What Differences Would It Make?
I used to take Joe Manchin at his “word” that he would never leave the Democratic Party, but Manchin has proven he is not a man of his word — see his actions on killing BBB. Also, I had thought it...
View ArticleDoes Huffington Post Story On Manchin And Senate Vote For BBB Signal A...
One can only hope that Senate Democrats have decided to TRY and make Manchin’s life a little uncomfortable now. Two encouraging signs are the Huffington Post article on Manchin’s calling his...
View ArticleOne WV "Grandmother"Told Joe Manchin That "Crackhead Daughter" Was Using...
This is being reported by the Huffington Post about our favorite dickhead senator from WV:Joe Manchin Said Constituent Complained Of 'Crackhead Daughter' Wasting Child Tax CreditThe senator's dislike...
View ArticleWV Elected Democrats and State Democratic Party Put On Potemkin Village...
While Kyrsten Sinema is facing political backlash from AZ Democrats, the West Virginia Democrats and the state “Democratic” Party created a Potemkin Village display for the rest of us by the order of...
View ArticleWV governor Jim Justice demonstrating Republican policy creation
Maya Angelou:When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.The WV state legislature is in session. This photo says it all.
View ArticleAmerican Prospect: "The Fight To Save The Manchin Nursing Home."
This story sickened me for a very peronsal reason: my Mom has dementia, and I have to get her home nursing care when I finally land another job. I have been working from home, and I am her primary...
View ArticlePublic high school allowed notoriously anti-LGBTQ sports organization to host...
In addition to surviving the novel coronavirus pandemic, students at a public high school in Huntington, West Virginia, apparently also fight to have their basic freedom of religion respected while in...
View ArticleWest Virginia Republicans Did Not Listen To Joe Machin. Possible Harbinger of...
So the all powerful Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia cannot persuade Republican voters to vote for a man he endorsed. Who’d have thunk it? The Media loves to talk to Manchin about his actions to...
View ArticleConfirmation On No Gun Bill. Joe Manchin Is Suddenly For Raising Age For...
I take this latest development to being one of the ultimate cynical moves by a politician. Joe Manchin has announced that he is all for raising the age from 18 to 21 years old for buying an AR-15....
View ArticleAnd West Virginia Will Have A Jan 6th Insurrectionist Run For Federal Office...
Former West Virginia legislator and Jan 6th insurrectionist Derrick Evans told CBS News he will be running for federal office in 2024. And Evans hinted that he will probably run to take on our...
View ArticleJoe Manchin Teams Up With Ted Cruz To Save Gas Stoves, But GOP Still Has...
If you are someone who stakes your identity on owning a gas stove, Senators Ted Cruz and Joe Manchin are on their way to save the day. Both have a “bipartisan” bill entitled “The Gas Stove Protection...
View ArticleManchin will be tested... WV Gov. Jim Justice files for US Senate run
GOP West Virginia Governor Jim Justice, the turncoat who switched allegiances from Democratic to Republican to support the now indicted Trump, has announced that he is filing to run against Joe Manchin...
View ArticleJoe Manchin as a Third Party for Prez HELPS Joe Biden
It appears the most likely “no labels” candidate is none other than our good friend Joe Manchin.Manchin notes he has had a 12-year relationship with No Labels, the centrist political group that is...
View ArticleSexual Harassment of Patient by Former WV Republican Party Chair
While doctor was WV GOP chairman, medical officials scrutinized his behavior toward female patientThis stuff came out in a consent order signed by the perp and the WV Board of Medicine (you can find...
View ArticleWest Virginia Democratic Executive Committee Passes 21st Century Economic...
West Virginia Democratic Executive Committee Passes 21st Century Economic Bill of Rights ResolutionOctober 4, 2023West Virginia Democratic Executive Committee Passes 21st Century Economic Bill of...
View ArticleAnother Reminder How Far Down The Rabbit Hole WV Politicians Have Gone.
Josh Marshall has a good write up and link to a WV news story on the candidates running for WV governor next year. It’s another dispiriting example of how lost WV has become over the years, and it is...
View ArticleJoe Manchin Is Unhappy With Joe Biden's Decision To Use Green Hydrogen...
Poor old Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Capito of WV! President Joe Biden’s decision to use the Inflation Reduction Act’s tax benefits to only go to companies that use the green hydrogen production...
View ArticleI am supporting an independent over the Democratic nominee in WV-01
WV-01 (the southern half of WV) might be the weirdest congressional race in the country.The Republican incumbent, Carol Miller, is an election-denying maga nutcase. Her only redeeming quality is she is...
View ArticleSolar-Powered School District Shines Bright in West Virginia’s Coal Country
Nestled along the western border of West Virginia in a region with a long history in coal mining, Wayne County Public Schools (WCPS) is looking toward a clean-powered future. WCPS is installing the...
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