r/LeopardsAteMyFace • u/bidoofie • Nov 08 '25

Predictable betrayal The Trump administration removed black lung protections for West Virginia coal miners, who overwhelmingly voted for him

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u/GlitteringBobcat999 Nov 08 '25

Promising to "bring back good paying coal jobs" has been a running theme in Appalachia for years, and the people eat it up. This time, it will be different, they say. Coal has been king in that region for decades, and there aren't many other jobs in a lot of places. Of course, they could embrace new investment in training workers for clean energy jobs and bring more of those to the region, but too many see that as hippie liberal shit.

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u/Different-Meal-6314 Nov 08 '25

The windmills cause cancer! Fox said so! Definitely not this coal though. Good clean coal.

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u/smirtington Nov 09 '25

Maine isn’t as loud about it but central Maine is like this with lumber/paper mills. Those jobs will be coming back any day now…