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Banning the NY Times, building a wall, gun auctions in schools
Fake news?
From the Washington Post:
The librarians of Citrus County, Fla., had what seemed like a modest wish: A digital subscription to the New York Times. For about $2,700 annually, they reasoned, they could offer their roughly 70,000 patrons an easy way to research and catch up on the news.
But when their . . .
Posted in: fake newsgunstrump border wall
Senator Capito to attend "Save the Senate Retreat" this week
See if you can guess where it will be held
Here's the invitation
The location is not listed in the invite. Where will it be held?
Trump's Washington D.C. hotel.
The cost?
Guest staying at President Trump's hotel in Washington, D.C. during a Republican event being held there will be paying three times more than the usual room rates, . . .
Posted in: shelley moore capitotrump presidency
Our local congressman explains his vote on the impeachment inquiry
No surprises, here: McKinley simply repeats the Republican talking points
This morning’s Wheeling Intelligencer reports that all three of West Virginia’s representatives voted against the formal resolution to open impeachment hearings. In the article, local representative David McKinley once again quotes Alexander Hamilton to justify his opposition to impeachment:
“Our founding fathers never intended . . .
Posted in: alexander hamiltondavid mckinleyimpeachment
So sad! Trump tweets doctored photo
Is this what the president means by "fake news"?
Here's the president's tweet from this afternoon:
AMERICAN HERO! pic.twitter.com/XCCa2sGfsZ
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 30, 2019
A number of news sources are now covering this. The Guardian headlined their story with this:
Trump tweets fake photo of dog in recent Isis raid . . .
Posted in: fake newstrump presidency
From around the Twitter world
A collection of interesting tweets
Fox News covers the cult conducting the impeachment inquiry
Fox Business guest: "Here is how I see what we're calling the impeachment process, inquiry — I see it as a secret ritual conducted by a cult … And I think it's worthwhile thinking of Speaker Pelosi as the high priestess of the cult, and Adam Schiff as a high priest of the cult." . . .
Posted in: alex mooneytwitter news
Coal news
Murray bankruptcy and the continuing decline of the coal industry
Murray declares bankruptcy
From CNBC earlier this morning:
Murray Energy joins growing list of coal companies to declare bankruptcy
Today's Wall Street Journal sees this as a long-term trend:
In Pro-Trump West Virginia Coal Country, the Jobs Keep Leaving
Fixing the blame
. . .Posted in: murray energywar on coal
$21 million? Much more on Bransfield’s actions and excesses
The Washington Post delivers again
If you have been following the Bransfield story you need to read this article. Once again, the Washington Post delivers a thoroughly-documented article by reporters Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg about the abuses of the former West Virginia bishop. (Note -- emphasis in this post is mine.)
The article begins by describing a . . .
Posted in: bishop bransfield
