"For too long, politics has become about a person as opposed to a platform." - @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Mamdani Platform:
I'm gonna freeze the - rent!
Buses fast and - free!
Universal - childcare!
When your platform becomes a rallying cry, you're #Winning
Nearly 2/3 of West Virginians on #Medicaid are already working. Another 29% are caregivers, students or have disabilities.
This ain't "fraud, waste & abuse!"
"These are people doing their best, often under incredibly difficult circumstances." #WV
westvirginiawatch.com/2025/06/17/w...
WV coal miners ask federal judge for injunction to keep NIOSH functioning to protect from black lung, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social buff.ly/dYnGw35
MSJ is honored to have filed a lawsuit challenging RFK Jr.'s #NIOSH cuts - particularly those impacting WV coal miners' health and safety - alongside @squarejustice.bsky.social and AppalMad. @westvirginiawatch.com westvirginiawatch.com/2025/05/07/w...
WV wouldn't have a single four-lane highway if it weren't for DEI! The Appalachian Regional Commission is one of the original diversity, equity, & inclusion programs. #dei #appalachia #wvpol #wv
We must Block the Billionaires who seek to control our society. Whenever they keep someone else down, they get richer & we all suffer.
The beloved community is under attack...
www.wvgazettemail.com/opinion/op_e...
The world's richest man is dismantling the top aid agency for the world's poorest people. This is today's Republican Party. Dangerous. Truly heartbreaking. The world's most vulnerable people are depending on you to live out your faith.
We are being "weighed on the scales, and found wanting."
Closing the top agency (USAID) that combats child poverty is as hostile as you can get to religious values of grace, love, & mercy. 💔
To all Bible-believing Christians & all people of good faith, please reflect deeply at what is happening in our name as Americans.
"...and we’re going to have to have people from the middle class and the middle of the political spectrum be willing to stand up and say, ‘America has never been based upon an executive [doing] whatever the hell he wants.”
#respect to Mr. Aaron Allred #truth
westvirginiawatch.com/2025/02/06/p...
"Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, you should expect a separation of power,” said long-time WV Legislative Auditor Aaron Allred as he attended a rally at the WV Capitol. “If Congress is not going to be a check on Musk and Trump, we’re going to have to have people peacefully protest..."
COMMENTARY: As a labor lawyer and community advocate in Southern West Virginia, I was inspired recently by visiting the coalfields in the south of Wales, writes @squarejustice.bsky.social.
My argument for investing in childcare as an economic diversification/transition strategy, based lessons from the decline of the regional coal industry in South Wales---very analogous to our current challenges in West Virginia.
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"Pride" -- the film about an historic alliance between the Welsh coal miners' union & the lesbian & gay community. Worth a watch for all of us in Appalachia & America who believe in a brighter future!
youtu.be/kZfFvsKDuUU?...
"If it is true ... that love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence, then any society which excludes, relatively, the development of love, must in the long run perish of its own contradiction with the basic necessities of human nature." - Erich Fromm
#ShopSmall also means trying (if/when possible!) not to go into debt for gifts. One unique gift can mean more than a bunch of Big Box items. A single thoughtful purchase can help avoid a high holiday tab. #NoCreditChristmas (Small Business Saturday is sponsored by Amex for a reason! #ShopWisely)
It's #SmallBusinessSaturday! Don't fritter away all your money at big retailers owned by private equity firms that are killing American jobs, local enterprises, & communities.
The trinkets aren't worth those harms!
#ShopSmall
#HappyThanksgiving
#NoCreditChristmas
The struggle between the #WorkingClass and Big Business is the root of all political struggle. No matter your party. No matter your place. Which side are you on?
#1u
The struggle between the #WorkingClass and Big Business is the root of all political struggle. No matter your party. No matter your place. Which side are you on?
#1u
Together, we’re building something better, and I couldn’t be prouder to stand with all of my coworkers as we take this next step forward.”
"Now that we’re unionized, we expect change. We expect fair wages for our work and a voice in the decisions that impact our lives and our community. This victory is about more than us; it’s about the patients we serve and the community we love. ...
“With our victory, we’ve shown the hospital, the community, and ourselves what it means to stand together and fight for what’s right,” said Canaan Varney, a registered nurse at Logan Regional Medical Center. “This isn’t just a win; it’s a turning point. ....
300 healthcare workers organized as members of @steelworkers.bsky.social at Logan Regional Medical Center #WV! m.usw.org/news/media-c...
“That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”
#gettysburg #notinvain
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/23/u...
"American Coup: Wilmington 1898" @pbs.org.web.brid.gy tells the story of a deadly racist massacre and carefully orchestrated insurrection against a multiracial governing coalition — the only successful coup d’état in the history of the US. Valuable historical insights.
We need to pay all workers a #LivingWage!
We need a #WageBoost, not a Tax Break!
#Fightfor15
Sitting at a fast food joint in #WV, the cook/cashier (a full-time worker!) says she is cooking her family's Thanksgiving stuffing at work since she doesn't have an oven at her house.
This is America, dammit. I am sick of watching our people suffer amidst such staggering wealth.
#RAISETHEWAGE
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