That West Virginia race for U.S. Senate
Manchin, Justice and Mooney
You may have seen these U.S. senate poll results:
Gov. Jim Justice (https://t.co/qFXOTxIbbC.) is leading incumbent Sen. Joe Manchin (https://t.co/waPScvSVml.) by 22 points in a hypothetical U.S. Senate matchup in 2024. https://t.co/Laxr3UOZo3
— The Hill (@thehill) May 31, 2023
(By the way, that same poll showed Manchin losing . . .
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Some questions about the debt ceiling bill and the Mountain Valley Pipeline
How does a pipeline end up in a debt ceiling bill?
Let’s follow the money:
From Open Secrets: the pipeline’s builder, NextEra, gave $2,812,358 to legislators for the 2021-22 cycle which put them in the top 1% of all donors. Here are the top recipients of their 2022 senatorial political funding:
(Schumer . . .
More softballs from Ogden
This time around, they’re served up to Senator Manchin
You may have seen this article by Ogden's editorial director, John McCabe, on the front page of this morning’s Wheeling Intelligencer:
Wide-ranging interview with @Sen_JoeManchin: “My whole movement is basically how do you save the nation? We’ve got to save this nation. And it can’t be about one party doing it by themselves. We all . . .
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Keeping-up with the Justice/Mooney primary battle
Today: three more negative stories about WV’s Teflon governor
From today’s Wheeling Intelligencer:
Justice, Son Are Served in Civil Suit
The subheading tells us:
Company Seeks Almost $89,000 In Civil Suit
And from the top-of-the-front-page of today’s Charleston Gazette-Mail:
. . .What’s Riley Moore been doing lately?
Keeping tabs on WV’s #1 publicity hound
Riley Moore on the Durham Report
President Trump’s first term was wasted on a phony collusion investigation that should NEVER have taken place.
— Riley Moore (@RileyMooreWV) May 16, . . .
The fact that he was able to accomplish so much under those circumstances is remarkable.
The Durham report is just the first step. There must be consequences.
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What's happening it the WV senate race?
What have the two major Republican senatorial candidates been doing lately?
Mostly defending Donald Trump
Yesterday, the Durham Report was issued. Here is what the Associated Press concluded:
BREAKING: A special prosecutor has ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between . . .
It’s Hunter Biden: WV’s Secretary of State goes full “alternate reality” on the 2020 presidential election
Mac Warner now says the election was “stolen” and some actions by law enforcement, election officials, and media were “treasonous”
As has been documented by this blog, the AP, and other news sources, WV’s Secretary of State Mac Warner has consistently questioned the results of the 2020 presidential election despite holding a position that calls for neutrality. This week, Warner quit hedging:
“That election was thrown, it was stolen, and we should not rest . . .
