West Virginia
I Tracked America’s Cryptid Obsession, From Bigfoot to Sentient Pants
Says author J.W. Ocker, “The pursuit of cryptids is the pursuit of wonder. We’re hoping for something new.”
‘Turgid’ Penises and ‘Anal Clefts’: New Bill Seeks to Outlaw Adult Businesses in West Virginia
Introduced in the House this week, a bill to create the Sexually Oriented Businesses Regulation Act has serious implication for adult establishments in the state.
Watch 12-Year-Old Explain to GOP Why She Doesn’t Want to Be Pregnant
West Virginia could pass new legislation as early as this week that effectively bans all abortions, save for a few narrow exceptions.
Joe Manchin Wants Democratic Leaders to Keep Guessing What He Wants
The proposed reworking of Build Back Better has seen almost no movement since Manchin said he couldn’t support it in December.
Joe Manchin Wants to Let Companies Keep Polluting in Private, Thanks
Manchin came out swinging against a plan to make companies disclose their role in causing climate change.
Suddenly There’s a Rush of 15-Week Abortion Bans. Here’s Why.
“Abortion opponents will not stop with a 15-week ban,” one expert told VICE News.
Anti-Abortion Group Targeted a Black Lawmaker With KKK Graphic, Lawsuit Says
The lawsuit called the messages “the modern-day digital equivalent of burning a cross.”
How Big Oil Used Facebook to Push Joe Manchin to Kill Build Back Better
The American Petroleum Institute bought Facebook ads urging residents of Sen. Joe Manchin’s state to “thank” him for being a “champion” of U.S. energy.
West Virginia Governor Flashed His Dog’s Butthole Before God and C-SPAN
Gov. Jim Justice brought his bulldog, appropriately named Babydog, to his State of the State address Thursday night to tell off the haters.
Joe Manchin Makes $500K a Year From One of the Dirtiest Coal Plants in West Virginia
That’s more than twice his salary as a U.S. senator.
Free Guns Are Now a COVID-Vaccine Incentive in the US
Some lucky vaxxed people in this state will win one of 10 custom-made rifles and shotguns in a Father’s Day drawing.
The Next Presidential Election Just Got a Little Bit Easier for the GOP
But they didn’t benefit as much as earlier Census estimates had suggested.