Predictable: without any evidence, WV’s Republican leadership quickly blames Democrats for the Supreme Court leak
At this point, the person who leaked the upcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion has not been identified. How, then, did any of the following West Virginia Republicans know who revealed the decision?
First up was WV’s Treasurer, Riley Moore. Without any evidence, Moore quickly blamed the Democrats. (Notice his definitive . . .
Yes, Riley, we would never want an energy resource to destroy the state's natural beauty
WV's treasurer lectures us on environmental vandalism
From West Virginia's treasurer, Riley Moore:
We can never let West Virginia look like this! https://t.co/7WTdVrTjjF
— Riley Moore (@RileyMooreWV) April 10, 2022
Especially when it looks like this:
Coal River mountaintop removal site Naoma, WV
((the second image reminds me of antiseptic applied before surgery)) . . .
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Given all that is happening in the Ukraine, isn’t it time for West Virginia’s treasurer, Riley Moore, to account for his previous lobbying efforts on behalf of the Russian-backed Ukrainian government of Viktor Yanukovych?
Yes it is, but who would ask him?
In 2013, current WV Treasurer Riley Moore went to work as a lobbyist for Paul Manafort and the Podesta Group. Here’s a screen shot from Open Secrets’ that list him as one of the lobbyists for the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine:
Who was/is the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine? They were supporters of the then . . .
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Governor Justice’s speech and the politicizing of public broadcasting
From the Charleston Gazette-Mail’s coverage of last night’s speech by WV Governor Jim Justice:
Gov. Justice on Thursday used his State of the State address as a victory lap for economic development and tourism in West Virginia, saying the state had avoided a lot of the partisan bickering that’s taking place in Washington.
Then came . . .
Back to the 20th century
WV’s Republican Party and the fossil fuel industry (with Thursday morning update)
Yes, let’s start by cutting the severance tax
If the state is not going to move on from fossil fuels, shouldn't they pay their fair share? Not in West Virginia. An explanatory video:
Lawmakers have proposed cutting the coal and natural gas severance tax during this legislative session. The tax, which helps ensure out-of-state . . .
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Hey, Riley Moore, name-calling is not a substitute for actual arguments
Nor is misrepresenting the president’s proposal
In just the first six sentences of his op-ed in this weekend’s Wheeling News-Register, West Virginia's treasurer, Riley Moore, uses twelve emotionally charged words/phrases/cliches to attack the Biden administration:
• wasteful spending
• raising taxes
• liberal allies
• pork-wish list
• radical socialist
• . . .
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Ogden Newspapers separate the important from the not-so-important
A look at today’s front pages
Obviously, only E is correct. (Note -- choice A did get some coverage on page 3 while B, C and D were ignored.)
That was too easy – as most local readers know, Ogden favorites always get front-page treatment regardless of the importance of other stories. (Notice that both Congressmen McKinley (WV) and Johnson (OH) also . . .
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