Tornado Alley (PROG)

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MISidentifies works better. Engaging in false equivalencies undermines his claim as does his imperviousness to fact based rebuttals of his misinformation laden posts.

Why then, when B4 self identifies as an independent you keep lumpin' him in with a Trumpin'

And why weren't Trump and the GOP responsible for the following, why aren't Biden and the Dems given credit for, I dunno, ALL of it? Rural electrification? I'm pretty sure that FDR was a Dem.

West Virginia to receive $1.21B in federal infrastructure broadband funding

https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/business/2023/06/west-virginia-to-receive-1-21b-in-federal-infrastructure-broadband-funding/

The $1.21 billion for West Virginia is coming from the NTIA’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program for broadband expansion through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, with more than $42 billion in funding to be distributed nationwide by the NTIA.

Manchin attended Biden’s broadband announcement at the White House, receiving a shoutout from Biden.

“I’d like to thank Joe Manchin, standing all this time,” Biden said. “He’s a friend. Hi, Joe Joe.”

Later Monday afternoon, Manchin held a virtual briefing with reporters joined by Department of Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. Manchin compared Monday’s broadband announcement to the efforts in the 1930s to expand access to electricity to rural America.

“I heard my grandparents talk about rural electrification back in the ’30s after (President Franklin) Roosevelt got elected and maybe 10% to 15% of West Virginia had electricity because we were so rural,” Manchin said. “With that rural electrification, it changed people’s lives. It really did. The same thing’s going to happen with this. And that’s why we fought so hard.”

Raimondo said states can begin submitting their BEAD plans as early as July 1, but no money can be allocated until the Department of Commerce approves those plans. The state Department of Economic Development has been working on its BEAD plan since last year. States will have 180 days to submit their initial proposals.

“This is a huge day for West Virginia. West Virginia will be receiving more than $1.2 billion, which is enough money to finally connect every resident of West Virginia,” Raimondo said. “In order for us to approve the state’s plan, we need to be convinced that everyone will have internet at a price they can afford … we are putting a lot of pressure on the internet service providers.”