West Virginia
Paula Jean Swearengin Seems Like A Pretty Ideal Senate Candidate, Right?
There's a fantastic candidate running for the U.S. Senate in West Virginia: Berniecrat Paula Jean Swearengin. And she's running against the worst Democrat in the Senate, Joe Manchin. Under normal circumstances, we'd be urging everyone to get on board the Swearengin train immediately. Normal circumstances? Remember them?
Good Cop who didn’t Shoot Suicidal Man with Unloaded Gun Sues West Virginia City for Firing him Over it
A good cop who decided to negotiate with a suicidal man with an unloaded gun instead of killing him filed a lawsuit against the West Virginia city that fired him over it.
The Weirton police officers who did shoot and kill the suicidal man kept their jobs.
According to the suit, officer Ryan Kuzma, who fired the fatal shot that killed 21-year-old Ronald William, sent text messages to the fired officer, Stephen Mader, calling him a “coward” who “didn’t have the balls to save his own life.”
Will The Anti-Trump Tsunami Be High Enough To Reach Appalachia? How About WV-03?
At an RNC meeting in California today, members watched a video message from Trump that is as unattached to reality as any of his lunatic tweets. He's promising to campaign for Republican candidates during the midterms. I wonder how many will invite him. "I'll be going around to different states. I'll be working hard for people running for Congress and the people running for the Senate. We can pick up a lot of seats, especially if it keeps going the way it's going now," he said.
Cop Fired and Harassed for NOT Shooting Suicidal Man Files Lawsuit
(ANTIMEDIA) Fatal officer-involved shootings don’t usually cause a break in the thin blue line, but one former cop is suing to get his job back after he used de-escalation tactics with a suicidal man before another officer killed the man nearly instantly.
Reporter Arrested for Asking Health Secretary Tom Price About Healthcare
(COMMONDREAMS) A reporter said he was arrested Tuesday in Charleston, West Virginia for asking Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price a question about the GOP healthcare bill that passed the U.S. House last week.