Personal Lord and Savior Manchin is a tricky personality, to say the least. He has an ego far larger than the state of West Virginia. He's not that bright either. The combination of these two things make him very difficult to handle. In a sense,...
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As best I can tell, no one posted about Leach Stokes' essay in The New York Times. So I guess that I should. Stokes is an important scholar of the.
Our personal lord and savior doesn't think climate change is a big deal so he doesn't care if the planet burns. He can live on his yacht--perfect for a disappearing.
Our personal lord and savior can act in the way he does because what is left of the Democratic voting working class in West Virginia is pretty damn nostalgic about the past of good wages and jobs (understandably I guess) and really bitter that the...
President Manchin sides with Republicans. Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, said on Sunday that he could not support President Biden鈥檚 signature $2.2 trillion social safety net, climate.
Our personal lord and savior has been as disappointing as expected. He definitely doesn't listen to Joe Biden. Or Chuck Schumer. Or any of his other colleagues. So who does.
This story about people in West Virginia trying to push Joe Manchin to the left came out in early February. It's interesting to read it now given Manchin's actions of the last month. So what will? Smith is co-chair of West Virginia Can鈥檛 Wait, an...
Assuming things continue in this direction, welcome to the peak of what is possible in American politics: Joe Manchin as the most powerful politician in the nation. Bend the knee!
When the Democrats took the deal on CHIP to end the shutdown almost immediately, I said it was a good deal and might be smart politics. Theoretically, I still agree.
We had a good discussion last night over what to do about Joe Manchin. It's worth noting in context of that conversation that the other statewide elected Democrat, Governor Jim Justice, is the type of Democrat who zeroes out state funding of public television and...
Joe Manchin is as close to useless as a Democrat can get. I get that he has to survive in the intensely racist and right-wing climate of West Virginia. And.
Why doesn't West Virginia have decent environmental regulations? Because the state legislature has to approve each one! West Virginia imposes an unusual hurdle for its Department of Environmental Protection: Regulations.