Callie and Chuck discuss Don Blankenship's ridiculous bid for senate running as a Democrat in West Virginia, and why "pussy" was being shouted in the West Virginia legislature this week.
[This show is an opinion show. The hosts merely express their opinions, and are not acting as a news source. Any opinions expressed about people like, say, Don Blankenship, are derived from reporting on the topic. Some sources are included in the show notes below]
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Don Blankeship article: https://archive.thinkprogress.org/flashback-don-blankenship-warned-west-virginia-that-he-believes-in-survival-of-the-fittest-9b4cdb423e66/
Other Blankenship article: https://www.npr.org/2010/04/13/125864847/other-massey-mines-showed-a-pattern-of-violations
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