Ogden “newspapers” to its Wheeling readers: forget about that landfill outside Steubenville, we now have a new president to trash
The editor of the Wheeling News-Register gives us an editorial preview of the paper's next four years
My hunch is that, for our local Wheeling papers, Joe Biden’s election victory over Donald Trump was one of those “bad news, good news” situations. The bad news for Ogden is obvious: come January, Donald Trump will no longer be president. The good news is that, at long last, Ogden’s Wheeling’s editorial page will have something to criticize . . .
West Virginia coronavirus news
Nov 25
Vaccine update
GOV. JIM JUSTICE announced Wednesday that the first batches of COVID-19 vaccines for West Virginia are expected to arrive by mid-December. 1(@wvstatejournal) November 25, 2020
(Here is a direct link to the story.)
Virus update
From WBOY:
The West Virginia Department of Health . . .
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Answer – what we usually find: a rectal thermometer reference, attacks on liberals, two Ohio editorials, and words from a columnist who tells us what God thinks
Question -- What can we find on today’s Wheeling Intelligencer editorial page?
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Cal Thomas channels Justice Alito on liberties
Syndicated columnist, Cal Thomas, begins his column, “Basic Liberties Being Eroded,” by discussing product warnings:
Everywhere one looks there are warning signs, from labels on cigarette packs warning that smoking . . .
11/23/2020 at 3:23 PM: The presidential election is finally over!!!!
Trump has lost West Virginia's Senator Shelley Moore Capito
From a few minutes ago:
I have been clear that President Trump—like any candidate for office—has the right to request recounts and to raise legal claims before our courts. However, at some point, the 2020 election must end. My full statement on the 2020 election results: pic.twitter.com/56mgziwzSD
— Shelley Moore Capito (@SenCapito) . . .
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Odds and ends on a November day in the middle of a pandemic
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The President has his priorities
Trump appears to be skipping a side-event at the G20 virtual summit focused on pandemic preparedness. The President has just arrived at his golf course in Virginia. https://t.co/4045RD0SQj pic.twitter.com/YBlNpZIW40
— CNN . . .
Time for more alternate reality from the WV GOP
Apparently, Biden’s lead of 150,000 votes in Michigan meets the definition of “slim”
From the West Virginia GOP earlier today:
The margins are slim and there are a number of irregularities. As of 11/18, the Trump Legal Team has a combined 480 sworn declarations in- PA, GA, MI, NV, WI. Additionally, there have been over 13,300 reports filed in five states - PA, GA, MI, NV, WI - since Election Day.
— WVGOP (@WVGOP) November . . .
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Just in from NBC News: "GOP senators inch toward acceptance of Trump defeat”
Not all of them, however
From the NBC article:
President Donald Trump's refusal to concede electoral defeat has Republican Senate allies slowly inching toward acceptance that Joe Biden will be the next president.
These lawmakers are vacillating between loyalty to a president with the power to turn GOP voters against them and their duty . . .
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