Bernie Sanders has called for an investigation into Big pharma companies who make huge profits selling large amounts of highly-addictive opioids to rural communities in West Virginia. Big pharmaceutical companies have been pumping highly addictive and dangerous opioid based pain-killers into small towns in West Virginia, pushing up addiction and overdose fatality rates to epidemic proportions.
For those following today's Electoral College vote, here is the latest vote tally as of 3:15pm ET:
So far that's in line with That's right in line with the results in the 26 states that have already cast their official Electoral College votes. On election day, Trump won 306 electoral votes on Election Day to Clinton's 232.
Pamela Taylor, the director of the Clay County Development Corp in West Virginia, who got some unwelcome fame for calling Michelle Obama an "Ape in Heels" on Facebook has just been cleared to go back to work. According to the Chareleston Gazette-Mail, Taylor will return to work on December 23rd at the CCDC which received nearly $2.0mm in state and federal funding in 2014.
Locals from Mason County, West Virginia, have been told to be on the lookout for the mysterious ‘mothman’ after a man pictured the winged beast on Sunday evening. A man spotted the legendary ‘mothman’ while driving out in his car, and pulled over to capture the beast which appears to have red eyes and 10ft wings. Mirror.co.uk reports: The man, who declined the opportunity of an interview, said he pulled over on State Route 2 to take pictures of the strange creature after seeing it jumping between trees. It is described as having red eyes and 10ft wings, with the body of a human.
A reader, bless him, sent in this excellent essay from West Virginia native Jedediah Purdy, analyzing the primary election results from his home state, which voted for Trump and Sanders. Excerpts: