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Lying lips: If politicians say it, it must not be true

How do you know when a politician is lying? Answer: when his lips are moving. It’s an old joke, but it fits the Biden administration.  The president went to Atlanta last week where he made claims that would have sent a lie detector off the chart. With a tableau of mostly Black ...

Keep the filibuster

President Biden went to Georgia Tuesday to try to drum up enthusiasm for federal “voting rights” legislation. The dark symbolism cannot be avoided — the president making his case for a “lost cause” in the heart of the south. The Freedom to Vote Act, or whatever incarnation the ...

Jan. 6 insurrection a dress rehearsal for something far worse

It was an act of country love. This is what we have repeatedly been told about the insurrection at the Capitol, one year ago this week. The claim began, as brazen lies so often seem to, with Donald Trump. “These are the things and events that happen,” he said, “when a sacred ...

When states take away voting access, Congress must act

When speaking to members of the press late last week, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito offered the following rationale for the GOP filibuster of the Freedom to Vote Act — voting rights legislation crafted by Sen. Joe Manchin as a compromise to the For the People Act, specifically to garner ...

Residents, representatives rally and relay for voting rights

MORGANTOWN -- Supporters of Senator Joe Manchin’s voting rights reform Freedom to Vote Act rallied in front of the Zackquill Morgan statue on Spruce Street Wednesday afternoon. About 40 people were in attendance, including several state delegates, university activists and community ...