Town halls and our congressional representatives
Joe Manchin
Senator Joe apparently loves them
According to the WV Metro News, the senator attended two town halls on Thursday:
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., addressed two packed town halls Thursday, with topics ranging from the future of health care to marijuana. . . .
The first town hall was Thursday . . .
How would Trump's proposed budget affect West Virginians?
Wheeling "newspapers" give us very little information on that critical question
Last November, the state of West Virginia overwhelmingly supported Donald Trump for president. What does the president's budget do to repay the state? If you read this morning's "newspaper" you did not learn very much about how Trump's proposed budget will affect West Virginians.
The Intelligencer used two AP . . .
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Two upcoming events
ACLU Director and "Blood on the Mountain"
WV ACLU Director Joseph Cohen tonight at 7 PM at the Wheeling Public Library
The Director of the West Virginia ACLU will be speaking tonight in Wheeling. Here is the Facebook write-up for the event:
Civil liberties are under attack at both the state and federal level. The onslaught is so intense, and coming at such an . . .
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Town hall update
Manchin to do four this week, Capito and McKinley none
The AP is reporting that Senator Manchin will take part in four town hall meetings this week in Martinsburg, South Charleston, Huntington and Morgantown.
Representative McKinley and Senator Capito continue to avoid them. Capito has been making noises that she may not support the current Republican health care proposal but I don't . . .
Which is more important? The CBO report or Representative Bill Johnson's speech to Bridgeport High?
Examining the Intelligencer's news priorities
Look to this morning's Intelligencer for an answer
Here are this morning's top-of-the-front-page headlines for major U.S. newspapers as illustrated by Kiosko.net:
New York Times:
24 Million More Among Underinsured Under G.O.P. Plan
USA Today:
ACA repeal may boost uninsured . . .
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"Safeguarding Our Liberty, Prosperity"
Hey, its News Sunshine Week and so we get to read yet another self-congratulatory editorial
Three or four times a year, our local "newspapers" praise themselves for unselfishly doing what is right for their readers (at least as they see it). Anniversaries of both papers' founding are sure things as well as "Newspaper Sunshine Week." With Sunshine Week upon us, today's editorial, "Safeguarding Our . . .
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The locals continue to lie about health care
A sign of desperation?
Two more days worth of editorials in the Wheeling News-Register demonstrates that last week's attack upon Obamacare's popularity was just the beginning of our local papers' repeal efforts. So desperate are they to see Obamacare ended that they are clearly willing to lie about its passage and how it relates to the current . . .
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