Trump’s new ‘Coalie’ mascot and myth of ‘clean, beautiful coal’ have a long history in advertising
By Annie Persons, University of Virginia If you follow the Trump administration’s social media posts, you might spot its new mascot: a cartoon lump of coal with big eyes and babylike features. “Coalie” sparked a backlash almost as soon as Interior Secretary Doug Burgum debuted it for the Office of Surface Mining and Reclamation Enforcement…
Killer’s conspirator contributed to Bloomfield political insiders facing progressive challenge
The campaign finance report landed like a dirty secret at a church social. Three establishment candidates for the Bloomfield Town Council had raised $121,165.70 as of May 21, much of it from government jobholders and contractors who do business with the very town they seek to govern. That is a substantial amount of money for…
Denise Wilkerson lies and denies link to Sousa’s campaign & other facts
The woman who lost a City Council election by a margin of 5,052 votes to 351, who was accused of using a municipal children’s account as a personal checkbook, and who later received a $130,000 taxpayer-funded job after voters rejected her, is now on the offensive. The reason: Her name has surfaced in connection with…
Sherrill is betting voters want more of the same, where challengers offer change
For voters who believed the election of former federal prosecutor and Navy helicopter pilot Gov. Rebecca “Mikie” Sherrill would break the grip of New Jersey’s notoriously insular political machinery, the first year of her administration has delivered a bitter lesson in the staying power of the status quo. With less than two weeks before the…
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