More hypocrisy from Congressman David McKinley
A look at franking and earmarks
Franking hypocrisy
Franking is the “privilege of sending mail without payment of postage” that allows members of congress to send mail about government business without paying for it.
Last month, I described how our local congressman, David McKinley, made term limits a part of “The McKinley Plan for Congressional . . .
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What’s Joe Manchin been doing as Democrats consider presidential candidates?
Doing a town hall at the University of Charleston
Yesterday, Manchin spoke at a town hall about a variety of subjects. On his impeachment vote, Manchin explained his reasoning:
On the subject of impeachment, Manchin said he made his decision to vote to convict Trump after listening to Alan Dershowitz, the . . .
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Lowlights from this week’s Wheeling Intelligencer
Intelligencer breaks its own one-day record for most PR releases passing as news stories
On Monday of this week, the front “news” section of the Wheeling Intelligencer published six public relations releases disguised as news reports. Three of them were from West Virginia University, and there was one each from a local realtor, . . .
Now that the Trump Administration has become “the swamp,” Ogden Newspapers have gone silent
The top-of-the-page headline featured this morning in major national newspapers was yesterday’s pardons by President Trump. Typical was the Washington Post’s:
Trump grants clemency to high profile names
Similarly, here is the AP story that made it into 2,300 news sources:
11 big and not-so-big names . . .
Posted in: mike myerogden biastrump presidency
Two 24/7 Wall St surveys on retiring in West Virginia
Yesterday, 24/7 Wall St, which does surveys on a number of economic topics, released a new survey:
The Best (And Worst) States for Older Americans, Ranked
Here is there methodology:
Using data from sources including the U.S. Census Bureau and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 24/7 Wall . . .
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Breaking news: WV Senate reaches 21st century
Passes state's first solar bill
From the Associated Press:
The West Virginia Senate on Friday passed a bill encouraging power companies to use solar energy in a bid to lure businesses to the state. But they’re making it clear that they don’t want the coal industry to feel left out.
The proposal, which would create a regulatory program for utilities to use . . .
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Senator Capito joins the “he’ll learn from this” cult
She then rationalizes and enables Trump's behavior: “he is who he is"
Yesterday, West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito was quoted in an article by Business Insider on whether President Trump has learned any lessons from his impeachment. Capito’s response was like those of a number of Republican senators:
"I think he's learned that he has to be maybe a little more judicious and . . .
