Dad. Husband. Lawyer for worker health & safety, better pay, benefits, schools, & recovery. @DNC & @WVDemocrats. 🪕⚒✊ Micah 6:8.
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Jun 15
"I owe my soul to the company store." Have you ever heard of scrip? West Virginians know what a scam this is. We've got to fight the billionaires and get this country back on track to a democratic economy that's fair for workers---collective bargaining, fair pay, & safety/health.
Jun 15
The official broadcast for Trump's UFC fight announces that fighters will be paid in crypto from the Trump family's crypto company
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Jun 11
Mark Zuckerberg’s $300 MILLION yacht arrived in Seattle the same day Meta cut 1,400 jobs—part of a larger round of 14,000 job cuts.
Nothing says our economy is broken like billionaires sailing around on yachts while workers are left out to dry.
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EDITORIAL: Life for a family living paycheck to paycheck can come to a screeching halt when utility rates skyrocket or an unexpectedly high medical bill shows up.
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With more than 28,000 kids without access to childcare in West Virginia, another center is closing, and it’s in House Speaker Roger Hanshaw’s district.
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May 27
Ken Paxton is the most corrupt politician in America.Â
He embodies the broken system we’re running against.
It’s time to come together: The People vs. Ken Paxton
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May 26
Jim McKay with Prevent Child Abuse WV said, “These programs help children stay safely at home with their families, which is the core purpose of TANF. WV leads the nation in the rate of children in foster care. We should be investing more in keeping families together, not less.”
May 26
West Virginia leaders are still assessing recent comments by Gov. Patrick Morrisey, who indicated the state has a $40 million structural gap in funding for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
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May 21
Here's how the corruption works:
Thursday: RJ Reynolds donates $5M to Trump
Saturday: Trump invites RJR execs to Mar a Lago; execs ask to loosen regs on flavored vapes; Trump calls up RFK Jr. and tells him to change it
Friday: FDA changes the policy
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OSHA doesn’t have to regularly inspect most dangerous workplaces. In WV, many chemical plants and factories go years without federal inspections unless a worker files a complaint or someone is seriously hurt or killed on the job.
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May 19
It's not just adults losing SNAP benefits. Children are too. #WIC, #schoolmeals, and other child nutrition programs are critical, but can't make up for losing SNAP.
May 19
🚨SNAP tracker update: Data through February is now available for all states. In the 7 months since H.R. 1 enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history last summer, we estimate that SNAP participation fell by more than 3.5 million people nationwide. cbpp.org/research/food-assis…
ALT Did you know? The Republican megabill enacted the deepest SNAP cuts in history in July 2025. By February, more than 3.5 million fewer people were receiving SNAP benefits.
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The Trump administration has made deep cuts to federal miner safety and health resources.
Evidence is mounting that risks and costs have increased for active and retired miners as a result of those cuts.
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The Trump admin is hacking away at the agency tasked with handling legal disputes around mine worker safety.
“Every day of delay is another death sentence for our communities,” said Rebecca Shelton of @AppCitizensLaw.
@GrimKim reports the story.
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May 15
Despite commitments from WV members of Congress that no one 'deserving' will be impacted, new projections from CBO estimate that 3 million *children* will lose Medicaid as a result of HR 1/One Big Beautiful Bill changes. cbo.gov/system/files/2026-05…
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May 12
this is a pretty staggering stat I’ve never seen
And we know those labor force exits are not all from parents (moms) who wanted to
May 12
an excellent, detailed report from @bd_econ on what kind of investments the U.S. would need to make to build a Nordic-style childcare system. Notably it’d be a lot less of GDP than decades earlier.
One big key is higher wages for childcare workers
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🔥 Polls are open! Tuesday, May 12, 6:30 am until 7:30 pm, vote at your precinct polling place.
🗳️ Details: govotewv.com
👉 You need a photo ID to vote.
âś… Nonaffiliated voters, you must ask for a Democratic ballot.
#WestVirginia
#StrongerTogether
#election2026
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Let’s go Vote West Virginia!
Find your polling location:
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May 11
In a new decision, the Supreme Court's conservative justices have opened the door to Alabama eliminating one of their two majority-Black congressional districts.
For the 2026 midterms, Alabama will now push to revert to a 2023 map that was previously struck down for violating the Voting Rights Act.
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The governor of West Virginia stood against established scientific consensus in Washington, D.C., last month.
Read more from energy & environment reporter @Mike__Tony👇
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May 9
You gotta love Morrisey's argument here: "after 15 years of me being a statewide incumbent & successfully reshaping our public policies in my image, we urgently need change in West Virginia!" To a point, I do agree.
Gov. Morrisey in the @IntelligencerWV this morning with an op-ed defending his involvement the legislative GOP primary contests.
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May 8
West Virginia Republicans are touting 12,000 "projected jobs" that they have created, meanwhile in the real world, the actual number of jobs has declined. Typical MAGA BS
#VoteBlueWV
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