Phil Kabler
@philkabler.bsky.social
Semi-retired statehouse columnist for the Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette-Mail. Otherwise, you'll find me at baseball games or riding trains.
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Biden: Fewer than 100 days into this new administration, they have done so much damage and destruction. It is kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon.
April 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Biden: Fewer than 100 days into this new administration, they have done so much damage and destruction. It is kind of breathtaking it could happen that soon.
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Charleston #WV Statehouse Beat by
@philkabler.bsky.social
is (or should be, at least) a must-read for West Virgnians #westvirginia
@philkabler.bsky.social
is (or should be, at least) a must-read for West Virgnians #westvirginia
Statehouse beat: West Virginia GOP proves again they are anti-worker
It never ceases to amaze me how significant numbers of American voters, and a majority of West Virginians, have been persuaded to believe that the Republican Party is the party
www.wvgazettemail.com
April 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Charleston #WV Statehouse Beat by
@philkabler.bsky.social
is (or should be, at least) a must-read for West Virgnians #westvirginia
@philkabler.bsky.social
is (or should be, at least) a must-read for West Virgnians #westvirginia
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Wall Street whispers Trump might be clinically insane, mortgage rates spike, Tesla halts orders in China, and Trump's trade war makes the U.S. a global pariah. Meanwhile, he's waiting by the phone hoping Xi will call. Today's bulletin →
Today in Politics, Bulletin 110. 4/11/25
… Wall Street fund managers are concerned that Trump might be clinically insane.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Wall Street whispers Trump might be clinically insane, mortgage rates spike, Tesla halts orders in China, and Trump's trade war makes the U.S. a global pariah. Meanwhile, he's waiting by the phone hoping Xi will call. Today's bulletin →
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As President Trump signed several executive orders this week meant to bolster America’s struggling coal industry, miners in Central Appalachia who are responsible for digging up that coal are being left with fewer resources to protect them, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.
As Trump calls for more coal, WV miners remain vulnerable due to delay of silica rule, NIOSH cuts • West Virginia Watch
Miners in Central Appalachia who are responsible for digging up that coal are being left with fewer resources to protect them thanks to federal policies and cuts.
buff.ly
April 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
As President Trump signed several executive orders this week meant to bolster America’s struggling coal industry, miners in Central Appalachia who are responsible for digging up that coal are being left with fewer resources to protect them, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.
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To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
April 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
To the world:
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
We are fighting back. Our movement has been silenced by the media here—but we are not backing down. This is what our streets looked like across multiple cities. Tomorrow, there will be more of us! Raise a glass to freedom.
—With love,
Your American allies.
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Fox removed the stock market ticker from their broadcasts.
April 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Fox removed the stock market ticker from their broadcasts.
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Interesting how Trump is slapping tariffs on countless allies but gives a completely free pass to Russia. Yet another sign of this administration’s endless fealty to Putin… and this time, it’s raising your prices in the process.
April 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Interesting how Trump is slapping tariffs on countless allies but gives a completely free pass to Russia. Yet another sign of this administration’s endless fealty to Putin… and this time, it’s raising your prices in the process.
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Tens of thousands of my constituents devote their careers to public service. They go to work every day to help America, often passing up lucrative opportunities in the private sector. They are patriots and we should thank them, not vilify them and drive them from public service.
April 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Tens of thousands of my constituents devote their careers to public service. They go to work every day to help America, often passing up lucrative opportunities in the private sector. They are patriots and we should thank them, not vilify them and drive them from public service.
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The West Virginia House of Delegates is considering a bill that would allow the Legislature to write its own rules for disclosing public records, but House Speaker Roger Hanshaw said the intent is not to hide records, reports @amelianews.bsky.social
& @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
& @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
West Virginia House of Delegates considers changes to public records access • West Virginia Watch
The House is considering a bill that would allow the Legislature to write its own rules for disclosing public records.
westvirginiawatch.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The West Virginia House of Delegates is considering a bill that would allow the Legislature to write its own rules for disclosing public records, but House Speaker Roger Hanshaw said the intent is not to hide records, reports @amelianews.bsky.social
& @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
& @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
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What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist “bottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury
March 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
What was dumber: including a journalist on a signal chat about your bomb plans or then calling that journalist “bottom scum” while he still had the screenshots available to publish as your colleagues were already committing perjury
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This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This guy is in one of the worst prisons in the world with no way out and may spend the rest of his life there because, it appears, he has an autism awareness tattoo in honor of his little brother.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Put my final mortgage payment in the mail this afternoon, so my housing costs will drop to nominal.
On top of that, everybody wants to give me discounts, even though my total income is higher now than when I was working full-time.
It's great to be a Boomer!
On top of that, everybody wants to give me discounts, even though my total income is higher now than when I was working full-time.
It's great to be a Boomer!
March 26, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Put my final mortgage payment in the mail this afternoon, so my housing costs will drop to nominal.
On top of that, everybody wants to give me discounts, even though my total income is higher now than when I was working full-time.
It's great to be a Boomer!
On top of that, everybody wants to give me discounts, even though my total income is higher now than when I was working full-time.
It's great to be a Boomer!
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Anti-discrimination ordinances would be overturned in dozens of West Virginia cities, according to a bill passed Monday by the Senate, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Senate wields power over WV cities with bill overturning local anti-discrimination ordinances • West Virginia Watch
Anti-discrimination ordinances would be overturned in dozens of West Virginia cities, according to a bill passed Monday by the Senate.
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March 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Anti-discrimination ordinances would be overturned in dozens of West Virginia cities, according to a bill passed Monday by the Senate, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
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asked about texting war plans to a Signal group, Pete Hegseth deflects by attacking Jeffrey Goldberg as a "discredited so-called journalist."
(MAGA's only plays are whataboutism and attacking the messenger. Every. Time.)
(MAGA's only plays are whataboutism and attacking the messenger. Every. Time.)
March 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
asked about texting war plans to a Signal group, Pete Hegseth deflects by attacking Jeffrey Goldberg as a "discredited so-called journalist."
(MAGA's only plays are whataboutism and attacking the messenger. Every. Time.)
(MAGA's only plays are whataboutism and attacking the messenger. Every. Time.)
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America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
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America Chose the Monster
We all make mistakes.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
America was given a choice between a lawless, amoral monster and a qualified, intelligent, joyful woman of color—and it chose the monster. We need to reckon with the reality of what that says about so many of us here.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/america-ch...
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The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
March 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The FBI is trying to criminalize Habitat for Humanity for receiving climate grants from the EPA.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
Yes, the nonprofit that builds houses for low-income people.
This clearly demonstrates just how absurd and extreme the Trump regime has become.
It's targeted harassment.
How did the United States go from being the leader of the free world to a pariah in six weeks? I count 77 million reasons.
Portugal has now ruled out buying the US-made F-35 fighter jet because of Trump’s attacks against Europe and NATO.
This will cost America tens of millions of dollars.
This will cost America tens of millions of dollars.
Nuno Melo afasta compra de F-35 aos EUA por causa de Trump. “O mundo já mudou”
Ministro da Defesa e líder do CDS diz que o seu partido está ao lado de Montenegro “de corpo inteiro” no caso Spinumviva e espera que não haja interferências da Justiça durante a campanha eleitoral.
www.publico.pt
March 14, 2025 at 12:34 AM
How did the United States go from being the leader of the free world to a pariah in six weeks? I count 77 million reasons.
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How long until Trump signs an executive order that makes it illegal to look at your 401K
March 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
How long until Trump signs an executive order that makes it illegal to look at your 401K
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A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security.
More of this please.
More of this please.
March 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A top Democratic congressman goes off during a DOGE hearing and calls out Elon for trying to cut Social Security.
More of this please.
More of this please.
In which the Republican majority is concerned that West Virginia voters might actually vote for the most qualified judicial candidates, and not vote straight Republican...
The state’s Republican-dominant Senate approved a measure that would require judicial elections to become partisan races, with the bill sponsor saying West Virginians are “concerned about liberal judges slipping through the cracks," reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
WV Senate approves making judicial races partisan, cites concerns about electing ‘liberal judges’ • West Virginia Watch
The Republican-dominant Senate approved a measure that would require judicial elections to become partisan races.
buff.ly
March 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
In which the Republican majority is concerned that West Virginia voters might actually vote for the most qualified judicial candidates, and not vote straight Republican...
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As @philkabler.bsky.social has written numerous times in his Charleston (WV) Gazette Statehouse Beat column, cruelty is the point
Delaware Rep. Sarah McBride misgendered by Republican colleague during committee hearing
Rep. Sarah McBride, D-Del., the first transgender person elected to Congress, faced attacks from her Republican colleagues, who have repeatedly misgendered her.
abc7.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
As @philkabler.bsky.social has written numerous times in his Charleston (WV) Gazette Statehouse Beat column, cruelty is the point
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Pretty solid first impression. Welcome
March 12, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Pretty solid first impression. Welcome