"I know nothing."
As described by the Charleston Gazette-Mail, here is Senator Joe Manchin's position on the designation of Stephen Bannon from Breitbart News to be Trump's senior counselor and chief strategist:
Trump’s selection of Bannon, who has been a major voice of a fringe wing of the Republican Party, was immediately . . .
McKinley to head EPA?
Politico floats his trial balloon
One of my regular stops in looking for material for the blog is Politico's "Morning Energy" (or ME as it refers to itself). On a daily basis, the site carries relevant news as well as interesting rumors and gossip that deal with the politics of energy in the U.S. This morning's ME carried the following:
ME . . .
Posted in: david mckinleyepatrump presidency
Following-up on some previous posts
(with Nov 18 update)
Documentary "Blood on the Mountain"
I wrote about "Blood on the Mountain" most recently here. From today's LA Times review of the documentary which just opened in Los Angeles:
Using interviews, archival clips, and a timeline of headlines and news footage, it tells a tale of violent capitalism on . . .
An interesting choice for commerce secretary
Is Trump saving the secretary of labor job for Don Blankenship?
From yesterday's online edition of the Nation:
After campaigning as a champion of coal miners, Donald Trump is reportedly close to choosing for commerce secretary a New York billionaire who owned a West Virginia mine where a dozen miners were killed in 2006. Trump’s favored candidate, Wilbur Ross, also engineered buyouts . . .
Posted in: donald trumpwilbur ross
WV election spending? "A ton of ads"
I wish they would have just sent me the $9.50
Ohio Valley Resources cites the Center for Public Integrity in reporting what most of us already knew about political advertising in the state this year:
“There’s been a ton of ads in West Virginia,” said data reporter Ben Wieder at the Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit journalism outlet.
The Center analyzed TV ads in . . .
Posted in: money in politicspatrick morriseywv politics
Even if we assume that he will try, can Trump revive coal? (Part 2)
Last week's election would certainly suggest that experts can be wrong. That said, as I found last week when I first searched, it's hard to find economists who believe that the coming Trump administration can bring back the coal industry. Googling "Trump revive coal" yields lots of sources that use economic analysis -- . . .
Posted in: coaltrump presidencywar on coal
"History is written by the victors." (Winston Churchill)
Mike Myer begins the writing process
Today's Mike Myer column, "Take Him Seriously, Not Literally," argues that Trump supporters don't believe that he will actually carry out what he promised to do:
Meanwhile, a vast formerly inactive majority of Americans took Trump very seriously — but not literally.
He spoke for them, but in many cases, . . .
