Jeffrey S. Allen

📷 Santa Cam Preview One of the most popular features of NORAD Tracks Santa is the Santa Cam. Beginning on December 24, NORAD will release video clips from around the world showing Santa as he passes key locations. These clips are produced using a combination of animation, satellite-based positioning, and NORAD’s global tracking data. Santa Cam videos are released throughout the day to help families follow Santa’s journey in a fun and educational way. They also support geography learning, since each clip highlights a unique region of the world. Santa Cam releases begin the morning of December 24. Follow along at noradsanta.org #NORADTracksSanta #NTS25 #SantaCam #HolidayTradition

As he was being arrested, Rev. Woolf asked police to loosen the restraints on his hands, as one of his hands was going numb. According to Woolf, an officer replied to the pastor: “Nobody wants to talk to you — shut the f–k up.” religionnews.com/2025/11/15/at-…

NEW: In his first interview since his arrest for protesting outside the Chicago-area ICE facility, Rev. Michael Woolf tells me he has "bruises all over my body." Even so, he said, “the cruelty that goes on that facility … must be 100 times worse." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/at-…

10M adults on ACA plans are self-employed or small business owners and employees. A restaurant owner in Virginia could see his monthly premium double, shooting up to $1400 a month. Small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities – and Republicans are shafting them. Hello?

So, Harper’s Ferry has been told to take down material depicting suffering of slaves following Trump order to remove signs or displays that “emphasize negative aspects of American history or historical figures.” wjla.com/news/local/har…

It's a bit jarring to go from the quotes in this article (the Chamber says WV's #1 economic problem is a lack of educated, healthy, workforce-ready workers) to the Chamber's proposed solutions in another (tax cut for corporations!) wvnews.com/news/wvnews/we…

West Virginia has been on a tax cutting spree since the Manchin administration, along with other "business friendly" policies like Right to Work, with little to show for it wvpolicy.org/state-of-worki…

BREAKING: Shelter in Place issued by Kanawha County Emergency Service for ammonia leak at Chemours Plant in Belle. Shelter in place in a quarter mile radius, but most of the exposure is blowing toward the mountainside and away from the population.

Today, I introduced the Ban Corporate PAC Act. From my very first campaign, I’ve refused to take corporate PAC money. I made that call, against the advice of every political insider I met, because I never wanted Michiganders to question why I was casting a vote.

When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of stress and anxiety; if I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without pain. From this I understand that what I want also wants me, is looking for me and attracting me. There is a great secret here for anyone who can grasp it.

She fired the call center workers DURING THE EMERGENCY! Unbelievable.

Join us at “Coal, Cuts, and Consequences,” a powerful gathering to hear firsthand from miners directly impacted by recent job losses and to examine how cuts to SNAP and Medicaid would deepen the economic and emotional toll on rural communities.

“You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.” - Ursula Le Guin

The New York Times: Emerging From a Collective Silence, Universities Organize to Fight Trump nytimes.com/2025/04/27/us/…

In the Energy and Public Works Committee, I voiced opposition to SCR 18, a blatantly political attempt to force coal plants to run more often, even if it causes our electric rates to go up. Despite a delegate’s repeated attempts to silence me via points of order, I persisted.

Committee is hearing testimony from a pediatric critical care doctor in Huntington who said a disproportionate number of children she treated had attempted suicide identified as transgender or nonbinary.

🔔 Minority Leader Hornbuckle introduces an amendment to place $50 million in the Flood Resiliency Trust Fund. “About 15 minutes ago, the gentleman asked us all to stand in prayer for flood victims. We all stood up and we prayed. Now we have the ability to do something earthly.”

Medicaid is a lifeline for WV families, seniors, people with disabilities, low-income adults & children. Nearly one in three West Virginians rely on Medicaid for their health care. Last week those West Virginians sent a clear message: Don’t cut Medicaid. westvirginiawatch.com/2025/04/07/wes…

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