Electoral College preserved founders' balance in 2016 vote
Daily Telegraph columnist James H. Smokey Shott argues the Electoral College protected minority interests and prevented direct democracy excesses. He notes seven faithless electors, with five abstaining from Clinton and two from Trump, and criticizes efforts to abolish the system while urging reform to remove formal elector ceremonies.
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Onald Trump
District of Columbia
Trump
Hillary Clinton
Clinton
Heritage Foundation
Hans von Spakovsky
Jarrett Stepman
Daily Signal
University of Buffalo
James Campbell
California
New York
Chicago
America
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Page
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists Randy Mooney as Publisher and Andy Patton as Sports Editor with Samantha Perry as Editor and Assistant Managing Editor. Charles Owens and Brian Woodson are named in the masthead along with a Bible verse citation from Psalms 1221 AKJV.
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Charles Owens
Brian Woodson
Opposition grows as Stream Protection Rule targets coal jobs
West Virginia and Virginia lawmakers blast the Obama administration for the Stream Protection Rule aimed at protecting streams and forests but risking coal mining jobs. Republicans vow to overturn it using the Congressional Review Act as Democrats warn of economic harm to coal communities in West Virginia and neighboring states.
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Barack Obama
Obama
U.S
Shelley Moore Capito
R-V.va
Donald Trump
West Virginia
Patrick Morrisey
Interior Department
Coal Country
Washington
Morgan Griffith
R-Va
OSM
Cmainaenes
Ward
Evan Jenkins
R-W. Va
Jenkins
Congress
Joe Manchin
D-W. Va
Mattis faces hard reform task linking tech, budgets, and rivals
In a complex shift, James Mattis must steer the Pentagon through interservice rivalries and slow weapon development while leveraging General Atomics RPAs and other technologies to boost lethality with lower costs. The piece notes the push for larger defense spending, rapid ISR, and the challenge of aligning new tech with aging entitlement pressures.
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San Diego
Defense
Marine Corps
James Mattis
General Atomics
Middle East
Gulf
Syria
Bashar Assad
Mattis
Pentagon
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