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The WV Dept. of Environmental Protection has issued one of Sen. Jim Justice’s coal companies notices of 11 delinquent penalties since July 21, extending the firm’s long history of owing the state after not paying fines for environmental failures, per DEP records. wvgazettemail.com/news/energy_an…

Yep! Hipppo Critz!

As we mark the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, we must take a stand to ensure access to the ballot box for all.

New from me: A new West Virginia law overturns a long-standing mandate that medical professionals treat newborns’ eyes with an ointment meant to prevent blindness if the babies. It became law without Gov. Morrisey's signature. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/08/06/new…

T.J. Meadows, Co-Host MetroNews Talkline If we are being fair, this really started in 2010 when a Democratic President tried to do something absolutely awful (i.e., helping people afford health insurance). I attended a town hall in Wheeling hosted by then-Rep. Alan Mollohan that the Tea Party made chaotic and uncivil.

Left: Trump claiming that he has "the best poll numbers he's ever had", citing CNN's pollster Right: CNN's pollster saying Trump was "not correct" about his polling, and that Trump has the "2nd lowest on record," compared only to his first term ratings

Sixty years after President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, Democrats are still fighting back against Republican attempts to disenfranchise voters.

The percentage of investor owned homes in the U.S. — in several states the number is 30% or higher.

American Companies and American Consumers Pay the Cost of American Tariffs. Free Trade with Free Nations🇺🇸reason.com/2025/08/05/for…

From Drain the Swamp to Raise the Swamp.

Trump's Treasury Secretary admits that Americans pay the price of tariffs: 'The check is written by the person who receives it at the dock in the US, and the importer can pass it on or not'

Our discussion on TX gerrymandering on TalkLine youtube.com/live/lL6llDuBH… via YouTube

The phrase "Lies, damned lies, and statistics" comes to mind here. A WV family could save $300 on income taxes and yet lose $1,600 in Medicaid and/or SNAP benefits, and the argument below would still be true. Meanwhile, a "billionaire" like our junior senator will save millions.

NEW: Chemours must immediately stop unlawfully polluting Ohio River, federal judge orders buff.ly/sx4z9RI

Federal DOGE cuts have now cost West Virginians at least $330 million & 400 jobs. Check out our tracker page, updated recently to include termination of Solar for All grants & defunding of SNAP Ed & Corporation for Public Broadcasting, to learn more: wvpolicy.org/tracking-doge-…

CNN summarizes Trump's failures over 200 days in office: "Republicans are finding their agenda might be harder to sell than originally thought. Trump's approval now at a second term low of just 37%"

🧵STAT(S) of the Week: Tariffed Enough Already Trump’s New Tax on America Trump’s tariffs are finally here—and they’re hitting your wallet like a second income tax. He promised China would pay. Instead, American families and small businesses are footing the $29.6 billion bill.

Good read on the WVGOP's contempt for WV cities. "[B]y the time the community had mobilized to get answers, [WV] lawmakers...had stripped what little power they had over such a project. Counties lost potential tax revenue. Localities lost oversight. And residents lost a say."