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Semi-retired statehouse columnist for the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette-Mail. Otherwise, you'll find me at baseball games or riding trains.

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Biden: Fewer than 100 days into this new administration, they have done so much damage and destruction. It is kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon.

15.04.2025 22:33 πŸ‘ 4228 πŸ” 1030 πŸ’¬ 219 πŸ“Œ 224
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Statehouse beat: West Virginia GOP proves again they are anti-worker It never ceases to amaze me how significant numbers of American voters, and a majority of West Virginians, have been persuaded to believe that the Republican Party is the party

Charleston #WV Statehouse Beat by
@philkabler.bsky.social
is (or should be, at least) a must-read for West Virgnians #westvirginia

12.04.2025 12:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today in Politics, Bulletin 110. 4/11/25 … Wall Street fund managers are concerned that Trump might be clinically insane.

Wall Street whispers Trump might be clinically insane, mortgage rates spike, Tesla halts orders in China, and Trump's trade war makes the U.S. a global pariah. Meanwhile, he's waiting by the phone hoping Xi will call. Today's bulletin β†’

11.04.2025 23:00 πŸ‘ 2035 πŸ” 432 πŸ’¬ 123 πŸ“Œ 29
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As Trump calls for more coal, WV miners remain vulnerable due to delay of silica rule, NIOSH cuts β€’ West Virginia Watch Miners in Central Appalachia who are responsible for digging up that coal are being left with fewer resources to protect them thanks to federal policies and cuts.

As President Trump signed several executive orders this week meant to bolster America’s struggling coal industry, miners in Central Appalachia who are responsible for digging up that coal are being left with fewer resources to protect them, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.

09.04.2025 23:50 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
Portland OR Hands Off Rally

Portland OR Hands Off Rally

Oh wow: Portland Oregon is NOT KIDDING
#handsoff

05.04.2025 20:14 πŸ‘ 80765 πŸ” 15476 πŸ’¬ 1015 πŸ“Œ 797
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The people are awake. The people are angry. And the people are organized. πŸ“ Chicago, Illinois #HANDSOFF

05.04.2025 21:51 πŸ‘ 23598 πŸ” 4247 πŸ’¬ 307 πŸ“Œ 155
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media hereβ€”but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.

β€”With love,
Your American allies.

05.04.2025 22:03 πŸ‘ 83381 πŸ” 19514 πŸ’¬ 1880 πŸ“Œ 1133
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Fox removed the stock market ticker from their broadcasts.

03.04.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 19890 πŸ” 5000 πŸ’¬ 1578 πŸ“Œ 689
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thanks?

03.04.2025 23:21 πŸ‘ 135 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1

Interesting how Trump is slapping tariffs on countless allies but gives a completely free pass to Russia. Yet another sign of this administration’s endless fealty to Putin… and this time, it’s raising your prices in the process.

02.04.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 315 πŸ” 89 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 2

Tens of thousands of my constituents devote their careers to public service. They go to work every day to help America, often passing up lucrative opportunities in the private sector. They are patriots and we should thank them, not vilify them and drive them from public service.

02.04.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 6088 πŸ” 1087 πŸ’¬ 123 πŸ“Œ 24
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West Virginia House of Delegates considers changes to public records access β€’ West Virginia Watch The House is considering a bill that would allow the Legislature to write its own rules for disclosing public records.

The West Virginia House of Delegates is considering a bill that would allow the Legislature to write its own rules for disclosing public records, but House Speaker Roger Hanshaw said the intent is not to hide records, reports @amelianews.bsky.social
& @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.

26.03.2025 23:58 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist β€œbottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury

26.03.2025 15:11 πŸ‘ 12556 πŸ” 2084 πŸ’¬ 315 πŸ“Œ 102
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

26.03.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 56377 πŸ” 21318 πŸ’¬ 1991 πŸ“Œ 1365

Put my final mortgage payment in the mail this afternoon, so my housing costs will drop to nominal.
On top of that, everybody wants to give me discounts, even though my total income is higher now than when I was working full-time.
It's great to be a Boomer!

26.03.2025 00:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Senate wields power over WV cities with bill overturning local anti-discrimination ordinances β€’ West Virginia Watch Anti-discrimination ordinances would be overturned in dozens of West Virginia cities, according to a bill passed Monday by the Senate.

Anti-discrimination ordinances would be overturned in dozens of West Virginia cities, according to a bill passed Monday by the Senate, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.

24.03.2025 23:52 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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asked about texting war plans to a Signal group, Pete Hegseth deflects by attacking Jeffrey Goldberg as a "discredited so-called journalist."

(MAGA's only plays are whataboutism and attacking the messenger. Every. Time.)

24.03.2025 23:16 πŸ‘ 3840 πŸ” 677 πŸ’¬ 581 πŸ“Œ 211
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America Chose the Monster We all make mistakes.

America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of colorβ€”and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...

22.03.2025 04:06 πŸ‘ 23166 πŸ” 6160 πŸ’¬ 1607 πŸ“Œ 510

The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA.

Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.

This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.

15.03.2025 21:01 πŸ‘ 11131 πŸ” 3411 πŸ’¬ 366 πŸ“Œ 178

How did the United States go from being the leader of the free world to a pariah in six weeks? I count 77 million reasons.

14.03.2025 00:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Stock market down 7.30% in the last month.

Stock market down 7.30% in the last month.

How long until Trump signs an executive order that makes it illegal to look at your 401K

12.03.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 155 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
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A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security.

More of this please.

12.03.2025 19:26 πŸ‘ 24651 πŸ” 6322 πŸ’¬ 1049 πŸ“Œ 863

In which the Republican majority is concerned that West Virginia voters might actually vote for the most qualified judicial candidates, and not vote straight Republican...

13.03.2025 00:23 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride misgendered by Republican colleague during committee hearing Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., the first transgender person elected to Congress, faced attacks from her Republican colleagues, who have repeatedly misgendered her.

As @philkabler.bsky.social has written numerous times in his Charleston (WV) Gazette Statehouse Beat column, cruelty is the point

12.03.2025 13:19 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pretty solid first impression. Welcome

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Initial impression: Bluesky is Twitter/X without the assholes...

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