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atreides1

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5. This article might explain it

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Aug 10, 2017, 03:37 PM

Aug 2017

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-09/trump-is-said-to-be-really-interested-in-coal-payments

"West Virginia Governor Jim Justice said Donald Trump is “really interested” in his plan to prop up Appalachian mining by giving federal money to power plants that burn the region’s coal."

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Why did Jim Justice switch from the GOP to the Dems in the first place? [View all] Ken Burch Aug 2017 OP

He couldn't get the Republican nomination Cicada Aug 2017 #1

Did not know that about Panetta. Ken Burch Aug 2017 #4

Go a few threads down in the West Virginia Group TexasTowelie Aug 2017 #2

Thank you! Real-world facts are always better than conjecture. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #7

Bernie Made Him? Me. Aug 2017 #3

Sounds reasonable... all things considered. NurseJackie Aug 2017 #8

Yeppers Me. Aug 2017 #9

This article might explain it atreides1 Aug 2017 #5

Ding Ding Ding you got it. The Wheeling WV paper this morning said it doc03 Aug 2017 #6

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