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The political views of this writer are not those of the Ridgeview News Submitted by Deirdre Purdy The mainstream media is finally catching on. A Trump second term may end American democracy. Atlantic magazine’s first 2024 issue has a single subject: IF TRUMP WINS. (It’s dire.) Robert Kagan in the Washington Post, “A Trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable.” The New York Times reports that Republican Project Read More…
Ridgeview News will forever stand in defense of the First Amendment. The opinion of this writers is not the opinion of the Ridgeview News – Shari Johnson, Publisher. Submitted by Deirdre Purdy, Chairwoman, Democrat Executive Committee I’m retired now, but for several decades I specialized in federal criminal defense, so people ask me about the Read More…
Submitted by Deirdre Purdy Goodbye, Joe, you gotta go, me oh, my oh Joe Manchin will not run for Senate. Is a destructive third party in his future? WV Democratic Senator Joe Manchin announced this week he would not seek another Senate term. In July, he flirted with the No Labels party. Now he’s traveling the country and speaking out to see Read More…
This post was submitted by Deidre Purdy of the Democratic Executive Committee and does not represent the views or beliefs of Ridgeview News SCIENCE, POLITICS, LIFE & DEATH I read this on page 2 of my local paper last week: “It was noted that the m-rna vaccines make the recipients GMO organisms, that is to say Read More…
Submitted by Deirdre Purdy Republicans Weaken Our Military Leadership When We Most Need It Hamas, the Islamist terrorist organization, attacked Israel on October 7. Rampaging across the border, Hamas militants committed unspeakable atrocities, raping women and parading them naked, beheading babies, and randomly, brutally, killing or taking hostage everyone they came upon. President Biden called it “an act of Read More…
Submitted by Deirdre Purdy Calhoun Democrats will be meeting Thursday, October 19 at 6 pm in the little courtroom of the county courthouse. All Democrats Welcome.
Submitted by Deirdre Purdy FUND UKRAINE! MAGA REPUBLICANS WEAKEN AMERICA – AGAIN In February 2022, Russia, unprovoked, invaded its neighbor Ukraine. Putin thought Ukraine would roll over. It hasn’t. Instead, the world now suffers the largest conflict since WWII. American support for Ukraine is critical to Ukraine’s fight against Russia, but 41 other countries have also joined the defense, supplying money, arms, security, and humanitarian help. President Biden leads these Read More…
Editorial Opinion by Shari Johnson, Publisher The West Virginia Voter Registration for Calhoun County as of August 31, 2023 shows the Republican Party down only 19 registrants from catching up to the decades of Democratic control. What could have possibly turned up the valve to create a running stream from the Democratic Party? As of Read More…
Submitted by Deirdre Purdy It’s not a “Government Shutdown,” it’s a MAGA Shutdown. MAGA Republicans, a small but disturbingly powerful group in the US House ofRepresentatives, have been on a steady march to shut down the United Statesgovernment. Their supposed leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, is afraid to crossthem and refuses to work with Democrats. There’s Read More…
By Deidre Purdy Child Poverty in America – Together We Can Fix This Most of the time it seems that politics in Washington, DC are far removed from our day-to-day lives. Powerful people are making decisions about issues that don’t touch our actual worries and concerns. Children living in poverty, though, is front and center Read More…
