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Former Coal CEO Launches Democrat W.Va. Senate Bid

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said again Tuesday that the high court should revisit a landmark 1964 decision that protects media outlets from defamation lawsuits, in a decision by the Supreme Court to not review the dismissal of defamation claims filed by former coal company CEO and U.S. Senate candidate Don Blakenship. 

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Tens of millions dollars. his swamp people are running negative ads against me. they are calling me challenging and mentally ill. i will beat joe mansion and ditch cocaine mitch for the sake of the kids. >> he's not running on personality. chris matthews will be hosting hardball. >> it's like a bartles and james ad. is this for real? in west virginia he's surging. it's possible we'll be talking about the victory of blankenship. he was put in prison for mine safety violations. >> he's still under probation. >> then he went to nevada for a while which is a violation of politics. you don't go liv...

Opportunity for republicans. west virginia voted more for trump than any other state in the union. it's still represented by a democrat, joe mansion who i know you know well. he's somebody who is well known, well liked across the state who comes across with charm but really has a very sharp political mind and understanding of his state. but, that said, the numbers really are against him. his state has swung the other way. this should be a place where republicans could pick up a seat. add to that extraordinarily narrow majority. any single seat could sing this one way or the other. the republic...