Tag: West Virginia

Trump Supporter Urges ‘Armed Conservatives’ To Shoot Protesters At Upcoming Rally

This Thursday, President Trump will hold a rally in Huntington, West Virginia, and one of his supporters is now urging those who support the...
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West Virginia Cop Sues For Being Fired Over Refusing To Shoot...

In America today, we sentence to prison people who chuckle at the Attorney General. We incarcerate more people than any other nation on the...
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Poor, Minority WV Students Face Warlike Conditions That Betsy DeVos Threatens...

Going to school in Harrison County, West Virginia, can be a great experience full of hope and a bright outlook for the future. The...
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Poverty-Stricken WV Trump Voters Will Suffer BIGLY From Their God’s New...

The weather-beaten ‘Trump 2016’ signs that litter my home state of West Virginia are in your face daily. People in WV showed up in...

Living Liberal In Coal Country- Trump’s Appeal To West Virginia Voters...

Being a liberal, I am a loyal fan of Real Time with Bill Maher. The last two episodes contain references about West Virginia. In light...

BREAKING: Woman Who Made ‘Ape In Heels’ Posting About FLOTUS Gets...

Pamela Ramsey Taylor, who posted an offensive racist slur against First Lady Michelle Obama on her Facebook page will be looking for a job...

‘An Ape In Heels’: Trump Has Empowered Racists To Attack The...

I don't know about you, fellow Liberal Americans, but I have had countless Republican friends and relations telling me that I am overreacting to...

9-Month-Old Infant Died From ‘Worst Case Of Sexual Assault’ (VIDEO)

A 9-month-old baby in West Virginia has died from a sexual assault. The alleged attacker, 32-year-old Benjamin Taylor, is currently in jail after being found...

Police Officer FIRED For NOT SHOOTING A Black Man – WTF...

In most every occupation out there, not killing someone during your shift is considered to be a positive thing. For example, if you work...
Heather Bresch at a 2009 Center for American Progress panel discussion (image courtesy Center for American Progress, available under a Creative Commons BY-ND license)

Pharma Sis Had MBA Given To Her Out Of ‘Thin Air’...

Karma is a lovely thing. For instance, had Martin "Pharma Bro" Shkreli not been brazen enough to gouge the prices of not one, but...

The Progressive Nomad: The Perseid Meteor Shower Brings A Life Changing...

The end of this week brought the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, an event many people look forward to all year. This year’s...
Michael Folk on the campaign trail with Shelley Moore Capito in 2012 (image from Folk's Facebook)

WV Delegate Who Called For Hillary’s Lynching Gets Suspended From Day...

Yesterday, I told you that Michael Folk, a Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, was in hot water for sticking his foot...
Screenshot of Folk's tweet from his since-private Twitter account

WV Republican Delegate: I Didn’t Mean To Call For Hillary To...

A Republican state delegate from West Virginia briefly became the talk of the political world when he called for Hillary Clinton to be tried...

West Virginia Democrat Candidate Beaten With Brass Knuckles Before Primary (VIDEO)

A Democratic candidate for the West Virginia Senate was brutally attacked this weekend. The police are considering it a politically motivated crime because the...

Donald Trump Wears A Hard Hat As He Mocks Coal Miners...

Donald Trump held a rally in West Virginia after winning the Indiana primary. During which he pissed off some conservatives by saying that he...

GOP Lawmaker Tweets Out ‘N**ger,’ Then Claims He’s Not A Racist

You probably recall that shortly after the 2012 election, when President Obama crushed GOP challenger Mitt Romney, the Republican Party sat down and took...
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Find Out What This Middle School Teacher Was Watching In His...

It's a tale as old as time -- middle school teacher watches explicit material in class, gets busted, goes apeshit on the student who...

Coal Baron Sentenced For Deaths Of 29 Miners–You Will Not Believe...

Don Blankenship, in case you aren't familiar with him is sometimes call the "coal king." As President and CEO of Massey Energy, his negligence led...

You’ll Never Guess the Law That’s Already Been Passed in 3...

West Virginia, a state with a far from progressive reputation, now has something in common with the pioneering states of Oregon and California: automatic...
Don Blankenship addressing a National Press Club luncheon in 2010 (courtesy Rainforest Action Network's Flickr)

Mine Boss Convicted For Massacre Of 29 Miners, But Only Faces...

Five years ago, a massive underground explosion at the Upper Big Branch mine in Montcoal, West Virginia killed 29 miners--the largest mining disaster to...