Andrew Donaldson
@four4thefire
Made in West Virginia | Occasional talking head | Frequent VA patient | Editor @ordinarytimemag | Commentary @wv_watch/@statesnewsroom | @heardtellshow Substack
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Thank you to the WV Dept. of Education (@WVEducation) for helping me with this data. I wanted to understand how President Trump freezing $6 billion in fed education $ would impact WV students and teachers.
New from me: The Trump admin unexpectedly froze $25M in West Virginia’s federal education funding. Now, already struggling school districts must figure out how to cover costs — like salaries, school safety and mental health counselors — this school year. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/07/23/tru…
RV Nautilus Finds Ship's Bell of Lost WWII Destroyer USS De Haven maritime-executive.com/article/rv-nau… #maritime #maritime-news
The Bears are going to be one of the stories of this NFL season. If yiu aren't already follow our friend @JoshGBuck so you are already up on them when the national guys duck in with a headline
#Bears TE Cole Kmet says they are much further going through this 2nd installment period. #DaBears
☀️@punchbowlnews AM: What 7 months revealed about the House 1) House Republicans did a big thing. Can they do more? Let’s give Johnson and the House Republicans credit where it’s due: They did get their massive reconciliation bill through the House and Senate by July 4. We all…
🚨 If you’re going to Putnam County, Hurricane, or other points west today … … no you aren’t. 🤦🏻♀️
Kanawha County: The left two lanes of I-64 WB at MM 58 Eugene Carter/ Fort Hill Bridge. will be closed for bridge deck repairs. Motorists traveling through Charleston should expect long delays.
By the way, this is why orthodontics cost so much. To pay for tropical fish tanks in the waiting room.
"Tariffs at 15% to 20% mean it’s still profitable for US companies to import from abroad rather than produce similar goods at home, she said." So, it'd be just a big, distortionary tax hike on American companies/consumers. Great. bloomberg.com/news/newslette…
Glad I am done at the Pentagon. Can you imagine how bad this is going to be? 76-slide decks with 150 words/slide and confusing graphics? Nightmare
PPT is DEAD. Welcome to Full Agentic AI Slides Creation!
You would fail a college student if they wrote this on an exam and yet the NYT publishes it as if it’s insightful
Would Americans be better off without Costco? Zephyr Teachout says yes. I say no. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…
Oh shut up
Ozzie Osbourne made the world darker with his work. I don’t care if everyone else loves him.
Flood assistance approved for Ohio and Marion County flood victims from Father's Day high water wvmetronews.com/2025/07/22/tru…
This Saturday’s WV GOP Summer Meeting – where a new party chair will be elected – has reignited debate, and for some, outright anger, over Independent voters no longer being allowed to vote in Republican primaries. Full commentary here: wvmetronews.com/2025/07/23/may…
Card of the Day is the latest addition to my Brooklyn Dodgers pc. #CollectWhatYouLike
Some must listen to stuff for politicos this morning on @JoeCats19 show
The Hot Talk Morning Show! LIVE: 6-10a; 99.5FM #MyrtleBeach LISTEN: wrnn.net *8a: Ryan McDermott | Veteran/Author* *835a: South Carolina @AGAlanWilson* *935a: @RepNancyMace (SC-1)* *.@GtCounty shelves surf fishing ban* *.@MyrtleBeachGov $22.3M theatre taking shape*
.@OG_Jaybird remembers Ozzy "You kinda wanted him to be able to stop before his rock & roll lifestyle killed him. And we kept being surprised that it didn’t...by the time 1991’s “No More Tears” album rolled around, Ozzy was practically adult contemporary." ordinary-times.com/2025/07/23/the…
*was told to
Breaking News: Representative Mike Lawler, Republican of New York, plans to seek re-election next year rather than run for governor. nyti.ms/3IFT8aa
There's a sure fire way to make sure this doesn't happen, but Traitor McTraitor here went the other way
Texas Dad Who Fled 'Woke' U.S. for Russia Sent to Frontlines: 'Thrown to the Wolves' mediaite.com/media/news/tex…
So an American can do 15-16ish before it gets real...
So the limit is 13.