Earlier today, the House passed the Build Back Better Act
How will Ogden Newspapers react to the legislation? The answer may not be as obvious as one might think.
By a vote of 220 to 213, the House passed the Build Back Better Act earlier today. The $1.75 trillion bill now moves on to the Senate.
The vote, with one Democratic exception, was along party lines which means that all three WV representatives voted against the bill. Here is the statement by our local representative, David McKinley, . . .
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Blame Biden for everything!
A look at the Twitter account of West Virginia’s Trump Party
Job creation
The WV GOP regularly tweets about President Biden’s handling of the economy. In particular, they especially like to criticize his job creation numbers:
CNN On Jobs Report: “Way Less, Way Less Than Anybody Expected…Worst Of The Year”https://t.co/48NcCR8Ahh
— WVGOP (@WVGOP) October 10, 2021
And here is . . .
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Alex Mooney updates
Mooney play his Trump card which "seals the deal"
Trump formally endorses Mooney
Trump is wading into the member-vs.-member primary in West Virginia, endorsing Alex Mooney over David McKinley (who recently voted for the new infrastructure law) https://t.co/txXthlDFS6
— POLITICO (@politico) November 15, 2021
Mooney on Metro News claims that McKinley cannot win the primary
. . .Ogden goes all-in for McKinley
No subtlety here: One-third of the space in this weekend’s editorial pages was devoted to David McKinley's 2022 reelection campaign (and this followed two days of pro-McKinley coverage). Yesterday’s pages included an editorial, a McKinley op-ed, and a column by WV’s senators telling us all the good that will come from the infrastructure . . .
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Same story, different emphasis: A tale of two papers
Should the emphasize be on investment and jobs or Narcissistic Joe?
(Note -- we've had some problems with the RSS notification feed. It now appears to be working. This article, like the previous one, was written yesterday and refers to that day's editions.)
Which is more important? Toyota to invest $240 million in WV or Joe Manchin upset that the proposed Build Back Better gives a tax break . . .
WV Republican propaganda passing as news in the Wheeling Intelligencer (case #798)
From the front page of today’s Wheeling Intelligencer, here is the headline on a story about West Virginia’s Republican Secretary of State, Mac Warner:
Warner Seeks To Be ‘Good Referee’ Of Elections
And here is our “good referee” at a pro-Trump rally last December:
(I wrote about it here.)
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McKinley picks fight with John Kerry to prove that he can stand up to the Biden Administration
Hey, it’s day 2 of the Ogden campaign to reelect David McKinley
David McKinley is no Mr. Softee* when it comes to the Biden administration
At the top of the front page of today’s Wheeling Intelligencer:
McKinley Smoking Over Kerry Coal Comments
650 words later, we’ve learned from Steven Allen Adams that the congressman did not like what Kerry said at last week’s . . .
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