Trump and jobs

From local legislator, Shawn Fluharty:

West Virginia takes another hit from the Trump administration. 200 jobs in Morgantown. Not a peep from Morrisey, WVGOP or federal delegation. Cowards. https://t.co/pl1HcfZocU

— Shawn Fluharty (@WVUFLU) April 1, 2025

And then there is coal:

"Several coal company members have reported the loss of nearly all their export orders for the remainder of the year due to uncertainty surrounding the proposed action's service fee." National Mining Association https://t.co/Fuj95QW0Tk

— Taylor Kuykendall (@taykuy) March 31, 2025

Is there any buyer's remorse?

Yes, some:

JUST NOW: A self identified “MAGA junkie” says she regrets her vote and has taken down her Trump sign after she was fired by DOGE.

The firing took her completely by surprise because she had the highest job performance rating.

Do you think she deserves it? pic.twitter.com/852LwdGxFm

— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) March 28, 2025

And what do our senators say?

Shelley Moore Capito has said nothing about jobs (or, for that matter, the price of eggs) but she does remind us that the Trump Party is future oriented:

.@SenateGOP is committed to @POTUS’ agenda and making life more affordable, not only today, but for future generations in America. pic.twitter.com/vzF1U5SNly

— Shelley Moore Capito (@SenCapito) April 1, 2025

A note for those who don't watch that cable channel: our senior senator regularly appears on Fox where she knows that the reporter will toss softballs to her. And while I have twice seen her discussing business on CNBC, she has never (that I could find) been interviewed on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, ABC, NBC, or CBS. Capito doesn't want tough questions: on the national level, that means talking to Fox News. And on the state level, her occasional get-togethers with media are a closed teleconference limited to the state's reporters and stenographers. Okay, so tell me why I can't watch the proceedings on YouTube or some other media source?

On the other hand, Senator Jim Justice gives us Babydog:

👇👇 It's @BabydogJustice to the rescue in bridging the partisan divide in Washington! Well done, Babydog! https://t.co/nUO2s9vfLz

— Griff Jenkins (@GriffJenkins) March 30, 2025

Justice is an embarrassment; he has done nothing since he has been in Washington.

And from the WV legislature

So much for civil service:

The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed legislation that would strip civil service system inclusion and access to grievance procedures from a wide swath of state employees.https://t.co/5hfScixGGS

— Charleston Gazette-Mail (@wvgazettemail) April 1, 2025

And Medicaid:

As the end of the legislative session approached, West Virginia lawmakers proposed a bill to cut off about 165,000 residents – often referred to as the working poor — from health care.https://t.co/gPxTiRfgso

— Mountain State Spotlight (@mtnstspotlight) March 31, 2025

This is quite a state!

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4/2 Jobs update

Similar to what was done in Morgantown, the National Institute of Occupational Public Safety and Health also eliminated jobs at their Pittsburgh office. From the front page of this morning's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

Staff layoffs begin at NIOSH

From that article:

In total, about 200 workers at the federal research facility learned on Tuesday that their positions were being eliminated as part of the federal overhaul of Health and Human Services.

Apparently, the firings were done to make the country healthier:
 

Letters sent to NIOSH employees said the action was being taken to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order to cut the federal workforce and the health agency’s “broader strategy to improve its efficiency and effectiveness to make America healthier.”

Note -- there was nothing about the West Virginia NIOSH layoffs in this morning's Wheeling Intelligencer. However, Today's Intelligencer did feature a front-page story on the launch of a political action committee by David H. McKinley, the son of longtime Ogden favorite and former congressman, David B. McKinley. It's good to see that Ogden is keeping their priorities straight.