Coronavirus perspectives (11/17)
West Virginia and Ohio County
The virus at this moment
Hospitalizations in West Virginia related to coronavirus have risen to a record 400 with 116 in intensive care and 43 on a ventilator, DHHR sayshttps://t.co/Jqx6uXt1RY
— Eyewitness News (@wchs8fox11) November 18, 2020
How quickly things have gotten worse
WV, which took 42 days to reach it's first . . .
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The Wheeling Intelligencer continues to carry fake news about the presidential election
The editorial cartoon in this morning’s Wheeling Intelligencer:
Gary Varvel cartoon, November 12, 2020 https://t.co/cAAUeZqnkw pic.twitter.com/4GcH58vSpt
— Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) November 12, 2020
Is there any evidence that dead people voted?
I could find no evidence of even one such occurrence. On Tuesday, the . . .
WV Republicans rally round Trump’s efforts to steal the election
The WV GOP, AG Morrisey and Governor Justice do their part as Capito and McKinley remain silent
From the West Virginia Republican Party
This fight is not over. President Trump will continue to fight for us, and we will continue to fight for him. The American people are entitled to an honest election. We must ensure every legal vote must be counted. We must investigate any allegations of fraud. pic.twitter.com/DrAcKkZu9e
— WVGOP . . .
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Senator Joe, couldn’t you have at least waited until after the Georgia senatorial runoffs to put your Republican suit back on?
West Virginia’s Joe Manchin was on Fox News yesterday committing to vote with Republicans on key issues:
Let me be clear: I will not vote to pack the courts & I will not vote to end the filibuster. The U.S. Senate is the most deliberative body in the world. It was made so that we work together in a bipartisan way. If you get rid of . . .
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Yesterday's Ogden paper told us “what a great thing it is for West Virginia that Republicans won big”
Here are some different points of view
From Phil Kabler, the Charleston Gazette-Mail’s political reporter, on the ramifications of that “big” Republican win:
In his one election debate, Gov. Jim Justice said he would sign the Fairness Act, extending state anti-discrimination protections to the LBGTQ community, if it reached his desk.
No chance that happens now, . . .
Hey, was there a presidential election this week?
You wouldn't know it by the Wheeling News-Register -- most of Saturday's weekend edition is devoted to celebrating West Virginia’s Republican specialness
Readers who have taken my “quizzes” before as well as those familiar with our local Ogden papers probably got both of these right: Biden does not appear anywhere in the 6-page front section, while Trump appears 14 times.
Today’s paper is not about news; it’s about propagandizing for the Republican Party. There is little . . .
You won your election, Senator. Why don’t you speak up?
One of the concerns raised during Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court was the possibility that President Trump was packing the court as an insurance policy in case he lost the general election. Here is an Associated Press report on September 30:
President Donald Trump’s stark expectation that the Supreme . . .
