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ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj:Live in USA? The time to go solar is NOW.If you have roof or ground space, you're going to want to use it. Electric rates are skyrocketing. I've had solar since 2017, so I didn't realize how high the rates are here in MD. You don't need a wad of cash either. With the utility rates this high, even a zero-down loan or lease-to-own program can put you ahead.Lastly, if you don't have space for solar, look into your local community solar projects and see if you can get a share.The anti-climate idiots will try to get rid of the tax credit. So start researching now. EnergySage is a good start to help avoid scam installers. If you're local to WV panhandle, MD, PA or VA, the company I work for has exceptional ratings.PS: Have gas or oil heating? Get a high efficiency heat pump (there are often programs to assist with the cost). You can't make gas, but you can make electricity!!<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solar</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#energy</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/prices" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prices</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/potomacedison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#potomacedison</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/maryland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#maryland</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#virginia</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westvirginia</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pennsylvania</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#renewables</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#renewableenergy</a>

NonilexThe email said their duties were "identified as either unnecessary or virtually identical to duties being performed elsewhere in the agency." But the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/genetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genetic</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tracing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tracing</a> that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CDC</a>'s lab performs is not conducted by any lab in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> or the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#world</a>….While it remains shuttered, ongoing investigations of current <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/hepatitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hepatitis</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/outbreaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#outbreaks</a> have been stalled, not just in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Florida</a>, but also in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oregon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oregon</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Pennsylvania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pennsylvania</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Massachusetts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Massachusetts</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewMexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewMexico</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Wisconsin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wisconsin</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Georgia</a>….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Rex_Tail‼️ 🚨 Right-wing West Virginia Representative Riley Moore recently took a trip to a Salvadoran mega prison to mock the imprisoned and show his unwavering, unquestioning support for Donald Trump’s racist attacks on immigrants. Not only does U.S. imperialism undermine the democratic processes and workers’ rights in countries like El Salvador, it strips rights from people at home! We need ICE out of our communities! Now!Credit: @psl.wva on Instagram <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RileyMoore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RileyMoore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westvirginia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPolitics</a>

Democracy Matters :verified:This will not age well, Rep. Riley Moore! Enjoy your one term in the House!<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RileyMoore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RileyMoore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/PutinApologist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PutinApologist</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NoRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoRepublicans</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a>

Charles Gaba📣 By request, I've added HIGH-DEF PDF versions of my healthcare enrollment pie charts for both House districts in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WESTVIRGINIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WESTVIRGINIA</a>!Scroll past the web version to download; suitable for printing to a 24" x 36" poster board for your next town hall or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HandsOff</a> protest!<a href="https://acasignups.net/cd-pie-charts/wv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://acasignups.net/cd-pie-charts/wv</a>

Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!Tim Walz is still charging around the country holding town halls in districts where AWOL <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> Congress critters are too scared to face their constituents. Most recently, he went to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ohio</a>. Here's a compilation of voters' questions from a bunch of town halls he has held. These are voters in red districts with urgent questions about how their families are going to survive. And they are seeing that only a <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrat</a> will even talk to them.<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHrtGNwsA6r/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/DHrtGNwsA6r/</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History April 5, 2010: Twenty-nine coal miners were killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia. In 2015, Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship was convicted of a misdemeanor for conspiring to willfully violate safety standards and was sentenced to one year in prison. He was found not guilty of charges of securities fraud and making false statements. Investigators also found that the U.S. Department of Labor and its Mine Safety and Health Administration were guilty of failing to act decisively, even after Massey was issued 515 citations for safety violations at the Upper Big Branch mine in 2009, prior to the deadly explosion. So, the U.S. Dept of Labor, back when the U.S. staffed and funded its regulatory agencies, allowed a murderous boss to get away with 515 safety violations, resulting in the deaths of 29 miners, without any consequences for its bosses. And the courts gave the murderous CEO of Massey Energy a year in a Country Club prison for those same 29 worker deaths. But they’re gonna try Luigi Mangione for first-degree murder and seek the death penalty because he supposedly killed a murderous white-collar crook?As they say, there is no Justice for the working-class; but there’s plenty of “Just Us” for the wealthy, as in court rulings just for them; subsidies and tax right-offs just for them; elite clubs and resorts just for them; and the right, just for them, to kill their workers and consumers in the pursuit of profits.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/explosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#explosion</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workplacedeaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workplacedeaths</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/coal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coal</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westvirginia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workplacesafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workplacesafety</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/profits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#profits</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workersafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workersafety</a>

John Brown Type Beats"On March 7-9 of this year, the neo-fascist American Freedom Party (AFP) held what it billed as its “National Convention” at a location that organizers kept secret from the public. Participants later said that it was in West Virginia without specifying where, however they did post photos from the conference online. A close examination of these images reveals that the conference took place at the Berkeley Springs Castle, which is owned by the people who ran the now-defunct white nationalist website VDARE."A Fascist Gathering in West Virginia <a href="https://alasbarricadas.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/31/a-fascist-gathering-in-west-virginia/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://alasbarricadas.noblogs.org/post/2025/03/31/a-fascist-gathering-in-west-virginia/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Appalachia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteNationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antifascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Antifa</a>

The One<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farmers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westvirginia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> Source ;<a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/federal-funding-cuts-ripple-through-heart-trump-country-2025-03-29/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/federal-funding-cuts-ripple-through-heart-trump-country-2025-03-29/</a>

RealJournalism<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> House rejects vaccine exemption bill, a priority for Morrisey <a href="https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/03/24/west-virginia-house-rejects-vaccine-exemption-bill-a-priority-for-morrisey/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://westvirginiawatch.com/2025/03/24/west-virginia-house-rejects-vaccine-exemption-bill-a-priority-for-morrisey/</a>

John Brown Type BeatsPublic water in Mingo County, WV<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Appalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Appalachia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Flooding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Flooding</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a>

Rex_Tail🚨 VICTORY! 🚨 The people have defeated the Mountain Pure water bottling project!This massive facility would have extracted a proposed 1.7 million gallons of water every day FOR FREE and then sold the end product back to people for profit.This would have driven up consumer costs and put even more immense pressure on an already distressed water table.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/partyforsocialismandliberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#partyforsocialismandliberation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PSL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PSL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westvirginia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MountainPure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MountainPure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#water</a> <a href="https://pslweb.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pslweb.org</a>

Charles Gaba📣 NEW STATE ADDED: I've completed pie charts breaking out total population enrollment in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MEDICAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MEDICAID</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CHIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CHIP</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MEDICARE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MEDICARE</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ACA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ACA</a> exchange plans for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WESTVIRGINIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WESTVIRGINIA</a>:<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SaveMedicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaveMedicaid</a><a href="https://acasignups.net/cd-pie-charts/wv" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://acasignups.net/cd-pie-charts/wv</a>

Gentleman of LeisureWhat the…?!? So the West Virginia governor is getting involved with the state attorney general b/c the 19-13 WVU b-ball team didn’t make it into March Madness? C’mon man — this is some really weak ass stuff. Way to focus on only the lives of your citizens gov! 🙄<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westvirginia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MarchMadness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarchMadness</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/basketball" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#basketball</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NCAATournament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NCAATournament</a> <a href="https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/44292738/west-virginia-governor-lashes-ncaa-tournament-snub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/44292738/west-virginia-governor-lashes-ncaa-tournament-snub</a>

DoomsdaysCWAmerica’s Forgotten History of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForcedSterilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForcedSterilization</a> By Sanjana Manjeshwar on November 4, 2020"In early September, a nurse working at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICE</a>) detention center in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Georgia</a> came forward with shocking allegations of medical neglect and abuse, claiming that numerous involuntary <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hysterectomies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hysterectomies</a> (uterus removal surgeries) were performed on detained <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrantWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImmigrantWomen</a>. This allegation understandably evoked fury and outrage among the general public, with numerous people denouncing it as a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanRights</a> violation and yet another example of the current administration’s cruelty towards women and immigrants. Many people, including prominent liberal politicians and public figures, viewed it as something distinctly un-American and at odds with our country’s values — a common refrain that echoed in response to the allegation was 'This isn’t the America I know.' There were countless comparisons to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaziGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaziGermany</a> and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/totalitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#totalitarian</a>, human rights-abusing regimes, as well as a pervasive sense that the United States was engaging in a uniquely cruel and unprecedented act. Unfortunately, this is a misleading impression. "While the allegations against ICE are undoubtedly horrific and must be investigated, they are not at all unprecedented or un-American — in fact, they are very American. The United States has a long, egregious, and largely unknown history of eugenics and forced <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sterilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sterilization</a>, primarily directed towards <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoorWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoorWomen</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabledWomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisabledWomen</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomenOfColor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WomenOfColor</a>. "The American <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eugenics</a> movement originated in the late 1800s and has always been undeniably based in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nativism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nativism</a>. The word 'eugenics' originally referred to the biological improvement of human genes, but was used as a pseudoscience to justify discriminatory and destructive acts against supposedly undesirable people, such as extremely restrictive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImmigrationLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ImmigrationLaws</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiMiscegenationLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiMiscegenationLaws</a>, and forced sterilization. The ultimate goal of the eugenics movement was to 'breed out' undesirable traits in order to create a society with a 'superior' genetic makeup, which essentially meant reducing the population of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NonWhite</a> and the mentally ill. The eugenics movement was widely accepted in American society well into the 20th century, and was not at all relegated to the fringes of society like one might expect. In fact, most states had federally funded eugenics boards, and state-ordered sterilization was a common occurrence. Sterilization was seen as one of the most effective ways to stem the growth of an 'undesirable' population, since ending a woman’s reproductive capabilities meant that she would no longer be able to contribute to the population."The Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell (1927) decided that a Virginia law authorizing the mandatory sterilization of inmates in mental institutions was constitutional. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CarrieBuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CarrieBuck</a>, a 'feeble minded woman' whose mental illness had been in her family for the past three generations, was committed to a state mental institution and was set to undergo a sterilization procedure which required a hearing. The Supreme Court found that the Virginia law was valuable and did not violate the Constitution, and would prevent the United States from 'being swamped with incompetence…Three generations of imbeciles is enough.' The Court has never explicitly overturned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuckVersusBell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BuckVersusBell</a>."California’s '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AsexualizationActs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AsexualizationActs</a>' in the 1910s and 1920s led to the sterilization of 20,000 disproportionately <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Black</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Mexican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mexican</a> people who were deemed to be mentally ill. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hitler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hitler</a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nazis</a> were reportedly inspired by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#California</a>’s laws when formulating their own <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/genocidal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocidal</a> eugenics policies in the 1930s. When discussing the Asexualization Acts of California, Hitler wrote, 'There is today one state in which at least weak beginnings toward a better conception [of citizenship] are noticeable. Of course, it is not our model German Republic, but the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a>.'"Throughout the 20th century, nearly 70,0000 people (overwhelmingly working-class women of color) were sterilized in over 30 states. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Black" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Black</a> women, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Latina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Latina</a> women, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NativeAmerican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NativeAmerican</a> women were specifically targeted. From the 1930s to the 1970s, nearly one-third of the women in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PuertoRico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PuertoRico</a>, a U.S. territory, were coerced into sterilization when government officials claimed that Puerto Rico’s economy would benefit from a reduced population. Sterilization was so common that it became known as '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaOperaci%C3%B3n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaOperación</a> (The Operation)' among Puerto Ricans. "Black women were also disproportionately and forcibly sterilized and subjected to reproductive abuse. In <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthCarolina</a> in the 1960s, Black women made up 65 percent of all sterilizations of women, although they were only 25 percent of the population. One Black woman who was subjected to a forced hysterectomy during this time was <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FannieLouHamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FannieLouHamer</a>, a renowned <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> activist. Hamer described how nonconsensual sterilizations of working-class Black women in the South were so common that they were colloquially known as a '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MississippiAppendectomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MississippiAppendectomy</a>'. "Additionally, many Native American women were sterilized against their will. According to a report by historian Jane Lawrence, the Indian Health Service was accused of sterilizing nearly 25% of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> women during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1973, the year that Roe v. Wade was decided by the Supreme Court, supposedly ensuring reproductive rights for all American women, the reproductive rights of thousands of Indigenous women were entirely ignored as they were forcibly sterilized. "Forced sterilization, especially in exchange for a sentence reduction, occurs often in the criminal <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LegalSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LegalSystem</a> today. Government-sanctioned efforts to prevent incarcerated people from reproducing were widespread in the 20th century, and still continue today. In 2017, a judge in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Tennessee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tennessee</a> offered to reduce the jail sentences of convicted people who appeared before him in court if they 'volunteered' to undergo sterilization. In 2009, a 21-year-old woman in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> convicted of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/marijuana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#marijuana</a> possession underwent sterilization as part of her probation. In 2018, an <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Oklahoma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oklahoma</a> woman convicted of cashing a counterfeit check received a reduced sentence after undergoing sterilization at the suggestion of the judge. According to a report by the Center for Investigative Reporting, almost 150 women considered likely to return to prison were sterilized in California prisons between 2004 and 2003. Although they had to sign 'consent' forms, the procedure, when posed as an incentive for a reduced sentence, generates an ongoing debate about whether or not consent actually exists in these situations. Proponents of the sterilization of incarcerated individuals often cite a lack of 'personal responsibility,' when in reality, many of these individuals face a lack of support and resources. Even if incarceration was somehow the singular determinant of one’s morals and character, sterilization as part of a prison sentence is still a fundamental violation of the right to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReproductiveAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReproductiveAutonomy</a> — something judges and prison officials choose to ignore."Read more: <a href="https://bpr.studentorg.berkeley.edu/2020/11/04/americas-forgotten-history-of-forced-sterilization/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bpr.studentorg.berkeley.edu/2020/11/04/americas-forgotten-history-of-forced-sterilization/</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reproductiverights</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BodilyAutomony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BodilyAutomony</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WhiteNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhiteNationalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Genocide</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️"West Virginia is... a poor state... it pays very little in federal income taxes — less per household than any other state...<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Medicaid</a> now covers more than a quarter of the state’s population: And Medicaid covers 45% of the state’s <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a>.But now the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> helped put in power are preparing to impose savage cuts on a program that has literally been a lifeline for many" <a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cruel-and-usual-republicans-prepare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/cruel-and-usual-republicans-prepare</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Health</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Healthcare</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Climate crisis | The GuardianUS anti-pipeline activists say charges against them ‘meant to intimidate’ <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/25/mountain-valley-pipeline-activists" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/25/mountain-valley-pipeline-activists</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Climatecrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climatecrisis</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environment</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Worldnews</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Virginia</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/Protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Protest</a> <a href="https://halo.nu/tags/USnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USnews</a>

Voting is Your POWERHey YOU! YES, YOU!Do you see YOUR STATE LISTED BELOW? If so, YOUR STATE Legislators are trying to destroy CHILDREN’S LIVES by ending protections for students with special needs.CALL YOUR STATE Legislators and DEMAND that they OPPOSE ALL EFFORTS to do this! <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/alaska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alaska</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/alabama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alabama</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/arkansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arkansas</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/florida" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#florida</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Georgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Georgia</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/indiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indiana</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Iowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Iowa</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/kansas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kansas</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/louisiana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#louisiana</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/missouri" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#missouri</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Montana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Montana</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nebraska" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nebraska</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/southcarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#southcarolina</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/southdakota" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#southdakota</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#texas</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#utah</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westvirginia</a> <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2025/02/13/17-states-sue-to-end-protections-for-students-with-special-needs/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergreene/2025/02/13/17-states-sue-to-end-protections-for-students-with-special-needs/</a>

Firestorm BooksIn the early-20th century, strikes and union battles were common in industrial centers throughout the US. But nothing compared to the class warfare of the West Virginia Mine Wars.To celebrate the release of "Black Coal and Red Bandanas," an illustrated history from PM Press, we're exciting to host a virtual evening with author Raymond Tyler and illustrator Summer McClinton. They'll be joined by Shaun Slifer and Kenzie New-Walker of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum!Register for this free online event and find a copy of "Black Coal and Red Bandanas" at <a href="https://firestorm.coop/events/3342-the-west-virginia-mine-wars.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://firestorm.coop/events/3342-the-west-virginia-mine-wars.html</a>. Can't make the event but still want to listen in? Sign up and we'll send you the recording to stream at your convenience!<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorkingClassHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WorkingClassHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClassWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassWar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalMiner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoalMiner</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WestVirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WestVirginia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MineWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MineWars</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FeministBookstore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FeministBookstore</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirestormCoop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirestormCoop</a> (- L)

LASSO GAMESPeng Wars update 1.0.4 has been released! Featuring three save files, a new menu for hotkeys, balance changes, and more!Check it out here: <a href="https://flowersnek.itch.io/peng-wars" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flowersnek.itch.io/peng-wars</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/westvirginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#westvirginia</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/huntington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#huntington</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/itchio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#itchio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indiegame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indiegamestudio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indiegamestudio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pengwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pengwars</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/penguins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#penguins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/towerdefense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#towerdefense</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixelart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/penguin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#penguin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/game" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#game</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogames</a>

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