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"Local know-it-all attorney"- Philly Inquirer. "Professional troll"- spouse. Civil rights attorney at the Public Interest Law Center. Sixers sufferer. He/him. Views mine only.

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After Prison Release, Disgraced Philly Sportscaster Don Tollefson Says He Did ‘Terrible Things' But Isn't a ‘Terrible Person' Disgraced Philly sportscaster Don Tollefson speaks out for the first time since being released from prison after serving 14 months for ripping off hundreds of people through his charity.

Man, the 2000s Eagles post-game crew has really been through it. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/d...

06.03.2026 02:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Billy V: “We are a discriminated against minority in Philadelphia called landlords.”

Councilwoman Gauthier: “You’re a very scary man.”

05.03.2026 17:24 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

This is a day we need Dan McQuade:

The fella spitting mad here about some basic protections being proposed for Philly renters is supposedly… Billy V, Philly sports anchor of the aughts.

x.com/PatLoeb/stat...

05.03.2026 17:04 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Another Victory for Young Patients Targeted by Trump Administration’s Attack on Gender-Affirming Care | The Public Interest Law Center The Public Interest Law Center uses high-impact legal strategies to advance the civil, social, and economic rights of communities in the Philadelphia region facing discrimination, inequality, and pove...

“The time for muscle-memory genuflection, or benefit of the doubt, is over.”

pubintlaw.org/cases-and-pr...

03.03.2026 16:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Order – #66 in A. (W.D. Pa., 2:25-mc-01069) – CourtListener.com ORDER. The terms of the Order dated 12/24/2025 (Doc. 52 ) are reaffirmed, there will be no anonymized production, and a Rule 58 Judgment will issue. Signed by Chief Judge Cathy Bissoon on 3/2/2026. (d...

Decision here.

03.03.2026 02:33 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Federal judge shuts door on DOJ effort to wrest transgender care data from UPMC A federal judge in Pittsburgh on Monday denied a request by the U.S. Department of Justice to force UPMC to turn over anonymized records for minor patients who received gender-affirming care and sharp...

Hey-o.

03.03.2026 02:30 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

A fair guess.

01.03.2026 18:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Window with two signs, with the top one saying “I.C.E out of Philly!” Over an old school Eagles logo.

Window with two signs, with the top one saying “I.C.E out of Philly!” Over an old school Eagles logo.

Two signs side by side, one with a number to call if someone sees ice, and another that says “FUCK ICE FOREVER” nine times vertically.

Two signs side by side, one with a number to call if someone sees ice, and another that says “FUCK ICE FOREVER” nine times vertically.

Window with “ICE out South Philly” sign.

Window with “ICE out South Philly” sign.

Window with child’s written sign: “No secret police! Stop”

Window with child’s written sign: “No secret police! Stop”

More South Philly rowhouses.

01.03.2026 17:01 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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More South Philly rowhouses.

28.02.2026 22:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Bob Dylan - Let Me Die In My Footsteps (Studio Outtake - 1962 - Official Audio)
Bob Dylan - Let Me Die In My Footsteps (Studio Outtake - 1962 - Official Audio) YouTube video by BobDylanVEVO

“There’s rumors of war, and wars that have been.
The meaning of life has been lost in the wind.”
youtube.com/watch?v=eiPP...

28.02.2026 12:56 👍 49 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0
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Being able to drive as ourselves and use the correct bathroom are essential to basic everyday life — they aren't privileges afforded to only people who aren't transgender.

We're suing the state of Kansas.

27.02.2026 17:27 👍 1329 🔁 344 💬 19 📌 8

Law Dork is your favorite lawyer’s favorite courts beat.

26.02.2026 14:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Rowhouse with sign that repeatedly says “ICE OUT”

Rowhouse with sign that repeatedly says “ICE OUT”

Rowhouse with flowers in the window and “ICE out of Philly” sign

Rowhouse with flowers in the window and “ICE out of Philly” sign

Rowhouse with “ice out of Philadelphia” sign

Rowhouse with “ice out of Philadelphia” sign

More South Philly rowhouses.

24.02.2026 13:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Rowhouse with sign “no secret police in America”

Rowhouse with sign “no secret police in America”

Rowhouse with four signs, including “ICE out of South Philly” and handmade “no ice / wooder ice” sign

Rowhouse with four signs, including “ICE out of South Philly” and handmade “no ice / wooder ice” sign

Rowhouse with sign with number to call re ICE

Rowhouse with sign with number to call re ICE

Rowhouse with “ICE out of South Philly” sign

Rowhouse with “ICE out of South Philly” sign

More South Philly rowhouses.

24.02.2026 13:35 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Many Philadelphians are not fans of the weather.

23.02.2026 18:21 👍 72 🔁 16 💬 2 📌 1

Fact check: ☑️

My children currently eating mozzarella sticks, cheeseburgers, and brownies.

23.02.2026 00:06 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NWS forecast that shows Brooklyn getting an unholy amount of snow on Sunday and Monday.

NWS forecast that shows Brooklyn getting an unholy amount of snow on Sunday and Monday.

I am going to hunt down Punxsutawney Phil. I will find him and then I will grind his bones to make my bread.

21.02.2026 13:11 👍 638 🔁 85 💬 5 📌 15
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Inside the Hidden Network of Resistance in Minneapolis Waves of federal agents forced countless Minnesota residents into hiding. Countless more responded with a movement unlike any other. A deeper look reveals the heartbeat of resistance—and the soul of t...

The kind of story that will stay with you.

20.02.2026 13:54 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

That corner has definitely been missing a good hot dog and quilts spot.

19.02.2026 21:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Fundraiser flyer: JOIN HOSTS JENNIFER KATES, ANDREW STOBER, AND DAN SYMONDS FOR A FUNDRAISER IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER NIC OROURKE

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19 6 - 8 PM
HIVE CAFE
1444 S BROAD STREET
RSVP & DONATE: NICWFP.COM/SOUTHPHILLY

Fundraiser flyer: JOIN HOSTS JENNIFER KATES, ANDREW STOBER, AND DAN SYMONDS FOR A FUNDRAISER IN SUPPORT OF COUNCILMEMBER NIC OROURKE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19 6 - 8 PM HIVE CAFE 1444 S BROAD STREET RSVP & DONATE: NICWFP.COM/SOUTHPHILLY

Philly, if you want a little salve in these dark times, come to this small dollar fundraiser in South Philly for one of Philly’s Working Families Party council members.

secure.actblue.com/donate/hive0...

19.02.2026 13:00 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Their PowerPoint says right now 57 percent of K8 schools will have adequate space. And when they are done modernizing, it will be… 70 percent.

19.02.2026 04:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Screenshot from article, which says:

Several members of Council raised questions about the plan’s price tag. Prior district and city estimates put the cost just under $8 billion, but members of Watlington’s team said they could they could actually do the work for $2.8 billion — $1 billion from district capital funds, and $1.8 from yet-unpromised state and philanthropic sources.

In the past, the district had made public detailed facilities condition assessments for every school in the district, Councilmember Rue Landau noted. 

Residents could look up their school and see exactly what the condition of every system in the building was, and how much money would be required to fix those that needed repair.

“We don’t have any of those details,” said Landau, who went so far as to say she believed the district should be spending more than $2.8 billion on the plan. “What is the increased investment, and why don’t we have any of those details? They are not out there in the public for us, so none of us have any understanding as to why this is happening, This should all be public so all of the public can see.”

Screenshot from article, which says: Several members of Council raised questions about the plan’s price tag. Prior district and city estimates put the cost just under $8 billion, but members of Watlington’s team said they could they could actually do the work for $2.8 billion — $1 billion from district capital funds, and $1.8 from yet-unpromised state and philanthropic sources. In the past, the district had made public detailed facilities condition assessments for every school in the district, Councilmember Rue Landau noted. Residents could look up their school and see exactly what the condition of every system in the building was, and how much money would be required to fix those that needed repair. “We don’t have any of those details,” said Landau, who went so far as to say she believed the district should be spending more than $2.8 billion on the plan. “What is the increased investment, and why don’t we have any of those details? They are not out there in the public for us, so none of us have any understanding as to why this is happening, This should all be public so all of the public can see.”

The School District of Philadelphia is proposing a $2.8 billion school facilities plan to their school board, yet refuses to share with the public what that plan would actually mean for each school.

www.inquirer.com/education/ph...

18.02.2026 15:00 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1

They have a school-by-school number and description of repairs that gets to $2.8 billion. I have seen bits of it. They don't want to share it.

18.02.2026 15:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Presumably that is because it will become quickly apparent that a plan of this level is woefully insufficient for the needs of the district. For example, despite a district of 80 year old schools, they plan to build one school in the next ten years.

18.02.2026 15:01 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Screenshot from article, which says:

Several members of Council raised questions about the plan’s price tag. Prior district and city estimates put the cost just under $8 billion, but members of Watlington’s team said they could they could actually do the work for $2.8 billion — $1 billion from district capital funds, and $1.8 from yet-unpromised state and philanthropic sources.

In the past, the district had made public detailed facilities condition assessments for every school in the district, Councilmember Rue Landau noted. 

Residents could look up their school and see exactly what the condition of every system in the building was, and how much money would be required to fix those that needed repair.

“We don’t have any of those details,” said Landau, who went so far as to say she believed the district should be spending more than $2.8 billion on the plan. “What is the increased investment, and why don’t we have any of those details? They are not out there in the public for us, so none of us have any understanding as to why this is happening, This should all be public so all of the public can see.”

Screenshot from article, which says: Several members of Council raised questions about the plan’s price tag. Prior district and city estimates put the cost just under $8 billion, but members of Watlington’s team said they could they could actually do the work for $2.8 billion — $1 billion from district capital funds, and $1.8 from yet-unpromised state and philanthropic sources. In the past, the district had made public detailed facilities condition assessments for every school in the district, Councilmember Rue Landau noted. Residents could look up their school and see exactly what the condition of every system in the building was, and how much money would be required to fix those that needed repair. “We don’t have any of those details,” said Landau, who went so far as to say she believed the district should be spending more than $2.8 billion on the plan. “What is the increased investment, and why don’t we have any of those details? They are not out there in the public for us, so none of us have any understanding as to why this is happening, This should all be public so all of the public can see.”

The School District of Philadelphia is proposing a $2.8 billion school facilities plan to their school board, yet refuses to share with the public what that plan would actually mean for each school.

www.inquirer.com/education/ph...

18.02.2026 15:00 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 1
Two signs on inside glass of first floor window of a home, one says “protect your neighbors, abolish ICE,” other is a 8 by 14 poster that says “ICE out of South Philly.”

Two signs on inside glass of first floor window of a home, one says “protect your neighbors, abolish ICE,” other is a 8 by 14 poster that says “ICE out of South Philly.”

One signs on inside glass of first floor window of a second home, handmade, says “Melt ICE”

One signs on inside glass of first floor window of a second home, handmade, says “Melt ICE”

Third house, behind a flower box says “fuck ICE forever,” repeated over and over.

Third house, behind a flower box says “fuck ICE forever,” repeated over and over.

Three adjoining rowhouses of South Philadelphia.

15.02.2026 15:49 👍 97 🔁 18 💬 2 📌 1

Interesting. From an outsider’s perspective, that article seemed planted by some in the organization with an agenda. But you know how the kelly green sausage is made better than anyone.

11.02.2026 15:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

On DeSean, cutting him doesn’t even fully describe how nuts that was.

For an organization that seems to generally care about its players, it’d be great to hear them say “we probably shouldn’t have suggested that our WR is a crip.”

11.02.2026 13:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Here’s the situation in the Twin Cities:

Random Bovino-style tear-gassing: Way down

Relentless persecution of immigrants: Unchanged

Thuggish violence against observers: Way up

08.02.2026 21:30 👍 9921 🔁 3992 💬 170 📌 89

I told my crying son that it’s cool his boy is gone and his overpriced bday present of a jersey is ruined, because we are all in this for the ultimate reward, him included: a little scratch for our friends at Apollo.

06.02.2026 00:45 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0