Trump Republicans at work
Highlights of recent action by the WV GOP and Donald Trump
We’re about dividing people not helping them!
From The West Virginia GOP:
If you're viewing this on something that makes the GOP's words too small to read, the WVGOP says: "Perhaps training on the definition of "WIC" is in order for DHHR staff." (Note -- this is a screen shot. The . . .
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His "heart's in the right place”
The quality of news reporting in West Virginia just took a major hit
Four excellent Charleston Gazette-Mail reporters are now gone
From Eric Eyre, who won a Pulitzer Prize for reporting in 2017 when he worked for the Gazette-Mail:
A huge loss of journalism firepower in West Virginia. Their dedication to public service reporting is unmatched. Thank you, Caity, Ryan, Joe and Lacie. . . .
West Virginia odds and ends
Last month, I wrote about WV Senator Shelley Capito Moore’s backing of proposed legislation that would protect interracial and same-sex marriages. In the post, I noted how Capito’s support for the bill brought her a lot of angry online criticism. This morning, the Wheeling News-Register carried an Associated Press article about Republican . . .
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Baseball on the cheap #784
Another look at Bob Nutting’s profit-producing baseball team
It’s the same old story: the player gets good and then he asks Pittsburgh Pirates management to be paid what he is worth. Rather than paying, the Pirates then trade the player for (low-salaried) “prospects.” If any of these prospects develop into anything marketable, they are then traded for more prospects. Rinse and repeat. This year it is . . .
Keeping-up with Arch Moore's progeny
Another descendent of Arch Moore announces for 2024 while another suggests she won't be running in 2026
Announced this morning:
Join me as I seek my party’s nomination for Governor of West Virginia in ‘24. Together, we can build a West Virginia that makes our young people proud to call home and champions freedom to conduct business how you want. #WestVirginia #WestVirginiaGovernor pic.twitter.com/RJReiuQvj2
— Moore Capito (@MooreCapitoWV) . . .
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Delegate Pat McGeehan on guns and abortion
He’s not quite the constitutional conservative that he thinks he is
Last Tuesday, Bishop Mark Brennen of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston issued a statement calling for more action on gun violence. (The Wheeling Intelligencer carried it here.) From that statement:
“We have put our heads in the sand so that we don’t have to face the truth: the proliferation of guns is a strong contributing . . .
Covering Riley Moore’s running-for-Congress announcement
A look at how the Wheeling Intelligencer and WV Metro News covered the story
The Intelligencer: 1200 words for an Ogden favorite
Back in September, the Wheeling Intelligencer ran its one (and only) article about the Democratic candidate for Congress, Barry Wendell. Today, that same paper ran a top-of-the-front-page article about Republican Riley Moore, who announced yesterday that he is running for that same . . .
