A look at an evidence-free editorial on “Getting Kids Back to Class”
Is it laziness or is there so little evidence to support its conclusion?
Since April, our Ogden papers have been in favor of quickly reopening the American economy that was shut down by the coronavirus. Early on, they published a a number of columnists (most of them from Town Hall) who argued for adoption of the Swedish model in which the government did not close down the country’s businesses as most European . . .
Posted in: coronaviruswheeling news-register editorial
The Trump campaign doctors a photo of Biden
Is this a Republican thing?
Alone? Hiding? Diminished?
You may have seen the original Trump campaign ad:
Deep in the heart of Delaware, Joe Biden sits in his basement.
— Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) August 5, 2020
Alone. Hiding. Diminished. pic.twitter.com/0QVsbp2iis
The original Biden pictures in this ad have been altered and a . . .
Yes, it’s time for another Ogden article/editorial praising Senator Capito
In today’s editorial, the Wheeling News-Register criticizes members of Congress who are “more interested in scoring partisan points than in serving all Americans.” The editorial then praises West Virginia’s two senators, Democrat Joe Manchin and Republican Shelley Moore Capito because they “worry about people first, politics second.”
. . .No shame what-so-ever
Representative McKinley and the WV GOP continue to tout his "support" for the Great American Outdoors Act
This morning, Congressman McKinley retweeted this post from the White House of President Trump signing the bill (HR 1957) that he voted against
This morning, President @realDonaldTrump will sign The Great American Outdoors Act!
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) . . .
Watch LIVE at 10:30 a.m. ET: https://t.co/EmsdctGWtd pic.twitter.com/XzNkK5WVsg
Posted in: conservationdavid mckinley
August 1 odds and ends
Health care, Trump, golf, unemployment benefits, Capito
Did I miss something on health care?
Two weeks ago today: President Trump told Chris Wallace he would be "signing a health care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health care plan"
— Ben Gittleson (@bgittleson) July 31, 2020
So what is President Trump doing today?
President Donald Trump is on the golf course at . . .
Representative McKinley has a "holy shit, I didn’t think that anyone would notice" moment
Some follow-up on our congressman’s “no” vote on the Great American Outdoors Act
From the Congressional Record, one day after Representative David McKinley voted against the Great American Outdoors Act:
Mr. McKINLEY. Madam Speaker, Yesterday, I mistakenly voted against the Great American Outdoors Act As cosponsor of the House companion to this bill, I support permanent, full funding for the Land and . . .
Posted in: conservationdavid mckinley
She’s “still the same old politician she used to be”
Senator Capito and the new Republican coronavirus aid bill
Yesterday, the Republican Senate unveiled its new coronavirus aid bill. One of the key provisions in the GOP plan deals with the jobless benefits provided to the unemployed:
In the new GOP plan, Senate Republicans propose cutting weekly emergency unemployment benefits from $600 to $200 until states can bring a more complicated . . .
Posted in: coronavirusshelley moore capito
