Troy N. Miller

The 53 cars at the Hagerstown Maryland warehouse this morning, appearing a few hours after we left, are NOT the 100 on their way from Minneapolis.

Detention center is more MASSIVE than you can imagine. All this “moving in” while there’s a law suit from MD & other actions to keep from opening.

Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course? The human subconscious is such an interesting thing. No matter how much you think you’ve got it figured out, it’ll always spit out the most random stuff. Take me, for example. After coming home from a...

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Data Centers Are Reshaping Local Politics in the Great Lakes Across the Great Lakes region, data center proposals have exploded in the past year as builders seek to tap into the region’s fresh water and reap tax breaks.

Love to see big corporations being rewarded with tax incentives for shit they were going to do anyway. 'Why don't we have more money in the budget' because you left it on the table you ding-dongs.

Today is the anniversary of one of West Virginia's worst industrial disasters (and there have been plenty!). Reminder that Arch Moore brokered a sweetheart deal for Pittston coal and now his daughter is a US Senator and his grandsons are a congressperson and an appointed federal attorney now

Delegates look at bill to change school funding, but governor is cool to extra spending on that right now - WV MetroNews Gov. Patrick Morrisey, speaking at a press conference today, expressed financial caution about additional state support for schools.

Delegates are considering a bill that could revamp state financial support for public schools, but Gov. Patrick Morrisey again expressed caution about that kind of spending priority right now.

I'm pretty sure former U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney (WV) wants his family's sugar plantation back and he's not the only one who feels that way about getting back stuff deeded their families by the King of Spain. Oligarchy wearing the corpse of democracy indeed.

yah but at what cost??? clear sidewalks and people have a little bit more money to spend??? how much more socialism can America bare???

So I keep talking about how the problem with our technologies is our culture and how we split the atom and then immediately built a big bomb and then decades later were like "ohhh we can treat cancer with this"

same trend seems to appear here timeline-wise re: nuclear holocaust and curing cancer

I actually want the door to hit him on the way out too

Tomorrow marks the 54th anniversary of the Buffalo Creek disaster

Social Security = Disability insurance, life insurance and the most effective retirement insurance

This is exactly why its so important for Democrats to adopt a 21st century Economic Bill of Rights that is *universal* and why we need to fight for *universal* policies; everybody in, nobody out. e.g. trans people also deserve rights to a living wage, a job, healthcare, housing, education, etc!

I guess a war with Iran would solve this

Huh that seems like more than the insignificant amount that the data center proponents always say it actually is

Reminding us once again why Social Security is *so so so* important.

Reason #892: You can outlive your retirement savings (especially if you have to cut back on your retirement or dip into it because of a Republican cost of living crisis) but you can't outlive Social Security.

What a novel idea to try to win in more districts and to try to flip districts that might require taking on Republicans

ICE officers violate Constitution when making arrests while masked, writes federal judge in West Virginia - WV MetroNews Judge Joseph Goodwin's order was filed in one of a series of cases in the Southern District with people seized in immigration sweeps contesting the basis of their arrests and subsequent incarceration.

A federal judge from West Virginia concluded that when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers use masks and unmarked cars for arrests, it breaches the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution, removing accountability and undermining due process.

The immigration thing was never about better jobs for Americans. If it were they wouldn't turn around and start pushing to let your kids steal your jobs by working for below minimum wage.

Social Security workers are issuing a warning: higher-ups at the Social Security Administration are ordering workers to hand over sensitive information to ICE.

This COMPLETELY undermines the trust Americans place in Social Security, a bedrock institution for our families.

Y'all I may have an unprecedented opportunity

They want to sell it.
Which means they’ll destroy it.

The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building — home to The Meaning of Social Security, an 80-year-old New Deal mural — is under threat.

This is how history gets erased.

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Somehow the monarchy is demonstrating more accountability than our republic which I think is evidence that the republic has flat-lined.

What a great album both in its production quality and it's song content combining celebratory community and social justice.

Perfect for Mardi Gras 2026.

Neville Brothers -- Yellow Moon

#nowspinning

While it may not technically be a carnival/Mardi Gras album I think Los Lobos "How will the wolf survive" is very carnival/Mardi Gras coded. Whaddya think?

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‘Suicide is only one option:’ Social Security staff newly assigned to phone duties raise concerns over training Experts and SSA employees question wisdom of telling callers in crisis that suicide is an option.

This is outrageous.

Americans often call Social Security at the most stressful times of their lives, such as when they've lost a loved one or become disabled.

They need fully trained experts (like the thousands DOGE forced out) on the other end of the line.

This is evil.

Last year alone, the seven largest insurers raked in $1.5 TRILLION in revenues and reported $71 BILLION in profits, all while delaying/denying care you’ve already paid for.

This year, they’re raising premiums AGAIN to boost their bottom line.

Can we build 'truck mine consciousness"?

There used to be “truck mines” in Appalachia — small, coal seams run by a few locals.

Automation wiped them out.
Big owners consolidated power.
Everything centralized.

Now?

We’re the coal seams.

Big Tech is the mine owner.

w/ @eskow.bsky.social