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On April 15, 2025, Governor Patrick Morrisey stood in Ripley Elementary School surrounded by fifth-graders and signed Senate Bill 199 into law. The bill’s sponsor, Senator Amy Grady—herself an elementary school teacher—smiled for the cameras. It was a feel-good moment: a teacher-legislator helping other teachers deal with disruptive students.What the cameras didn’t capture was the invisible hand that had been orchestrating this moment for years. Behind the wholesome optics stood a sophisticated

Remember when political parties actually stood for different things? When “Republican” and “Democrat” meant something beyond which color tie someone wears while disappointing you?Those days are dead. Murdered. Buried in a shallow grave marked “Thoughts and Prayers.”Here’s what we’ve got instead:Republicans roll up promising “parental rights” and “fiscal responsibility” while schools can’t afford tissues. They’re out here defending your right to have opinions about education while systematically

West Virginia’s Hope Scholarship program, celebrated as the nation’s first “universal” education voucher system, was not a grassroots West Virginia innovation. It was the product of a sophisticated national dark money network connecting the Koch family foundations, ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council), and donor anonymity organizations like DonorsTrust—a coordinated infrastructure that funnels millions through untraceable channels to state legislators and advocacy groups. Americans for

Patrick Morrisey carried more campaign debt longer than any politician in West Virginia history—and energy companies that bankrolled his debt retirement now benefit from his policies as governor. Over 13 years, Morrisey transformed personal campaign loans into a continuous fundraising pipeline connecting him to coal, gas, and utility executives while systematically dismantling environmental protections as Attorney General and expanding fossil fuel dominance as Governor. His signature 50x50 Plan,