WV Politician wants to drop Sanders on Gaza Strip
Wow here in WV seems we are used to some racist statements by politicians, but the Republican mayor of the capitol city may have topped the lady in Clay County who called Michelle a gorilla.I realize...
View ArticleThe Red Canary in the West Virginia Coal Mines
Key coal country counties in West Virginia likely served as unheeded warnings about the crumbling blue wall from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania that allowed Donald Trump to circumvent the will of the...
View ArticleHelp! Please. Full frontal assault on academia in WV.
This diary is a desperate plea for help. I’ve been a member of the DKos club for a long time, mostly reading, sometimes bitching and complaining, but I am officially desperate for help. The fucking...
View ArticleManchin attends massive town hall in Morgantown; Capito hides
Our elected representatives have refused to meet with us, so we decided to hold our own health care town hall. We invited Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Captito and Representative David...
View ArticleMeetup Saturday, October 21 at West Virginia Bridge Day??
Howzabout a meetup at Bridge day in West Virginia, October 21? This idea originated with my response to JugOPunch, in a diary a few weeks ago.Since then with my local progressive group (Mountaineers...
View ArticleReporter arrested for shouting questions to Administration members
xMeanwhile, this is chilling. Reporter arrested in W Va for shouting questions as HHS sec Price https://t.co/OpABe5Qsemâ Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 10, 2017CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A...
View ArticleBreaking the addictions
This article by Vox’s Sarah Kliff will seem to some to be an indictment of Williamson, WV and all those backward hillbillies that call the place home. To some it will be an indictment of the medical...
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WTF Just Happened in Parkersburg, West Virginia?
My Facebook news feed popped up a story about a fire at an old factory that was being used to store chemicals. (Yes, I know Facebook and Fake News, but….) The pictures and the allegations were enough...
View ArticleHuntington WV, America's Heroin Capitol, Moves up to #3 position in murder...
Huntington WV is best known for Marshall University and the touching film, We Are Marshall. Lately, Huntington has taken on the unwelcome title of epicenter of the opioid epidemic. Netflix recently...
View ArticleWhen Bernie's Words Went to Washington (a true story)
I met Selina Vickers, who’s running for the state house in West Virginia, about two weeks ago at the Unrig the System Summit in New Orleans, where folks across the country got together to work on...
View ArticleWV Teachers and Public Employees Rally
We think of WV as a “Red” state but WV teachers and public employees are on the verge of an illegal strike to protest huge increases in their insurance cost and a very small pay raise, like the first...
View ArticleWV Teacher Strike: Sen Pres. Calls Teachers "Disgusting and Sad" While Att....
The ongoing battle in West Virginia between teachers and the state legislature has turned sour.The teachers and public service personnel strike moved into its second day on Friday. Public schools are...
View ArticleA Progressive Wave Swept WV Last Night
All the country heard about was Blankenship losing the WV Senate primary, but there was a wave of progressive victories yesterday- on both the Democratic and Republican tickets.Patrick Morrisey is a...
View ArticleWest Virginia Supreme Court justice arrested; faces 400 years in prison
WV is elated today that slime ball Supreme Court justice Allen Loughry was indicted and arrested today. Earlier this year he was forced to step down as Chief Justice. Presumably he will be out...
View Article“I agree.”Senate staffer’s response to today’s (6/20/2018) rant
I will never forget where I was the day after Election Day 2016.I was set to perform in a WWII themed USO show. It was an excellent show featuring acts that headlined during that time: Judy Garland,...
View ArticleWhat Would Have Happened?
I am consumed with this question after today. We live in an unsettled era, for the first time in many decades civic protest is becoming the norm and many are getting involved in democracy for the first...
View ArticleIs Senator Joe Manchin Lucky? Blankenship Running for Senate under...
I think that Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia caught a definite break: coal miner killer Don Blankenship is running for the U.S. Senate under the Constitution Party banner.fter a failed...
View ArticleRichard Ojeda (WV-03) got a questionnaire from the National Right to Work...
Ojeda is running in one of the most Trumpian districts in the country. He doesn’t give a damn about that.The National Right to Work Committee sent him a questionnaire to see if they should endorse...
View ArticleA Democratic Senate would never seat a judge accused of sexual assault on the...
Just a reminder of what’s at stake this November. Want to make this a reality?Donate to the Flip The Senate fund ($12,000 and growing)!https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bm2018ftsVolunteer for Bill...
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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