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Over the last year, many wonderful folks have reached out to ask what can be done to stand for democracy, protect our neighbors, and create a more vibrant and compassionate community.
www.pahouse.com/friel/whatca...

24.11.2025 21:23 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
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"Homeownership should be within reach for the people who teach our children, protect our neighborhoods, and keep our local economy moving — but right now, it’s not. We owe it to them to fix that.”

More info: More info: pahouse.com/PolicyCommit...

09.12.2025 21:42 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Starter housing is in short supply, and the price is out of reach for too many people. @repfriel.com brought the committee to Phoenixville today to talk with housing advocates and experts about what can be done to put more Pennsylvanians in homes.

09.12.2025 21:42 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 1

By the way, we should never be surprised when media companies like Paramount, Disney, Facebook, or any of the rest of them cave to this would-be-Authoritarian.

Their ethos is money, not free speech.
Their path is convenience, not character.

18.09.2025 13:30 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I thought we were supposed to get rid of cancel culture, not put it on steroids. #kimmel #colbert

18.09.2025 13:30 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Education Dept. warns schools: Eliminate DEI programs or lose funding The department sent a letter to state leaders threatening the loss of funds for K-12 schools that don't follow its interpretation of civil rights laws.

This is garbage. Programs that celebrate diversity, pursue equity, and promote inclusion don't discriminate or violate Title VI. It's a straw man argument.
www.npr.org/2025/04/03/n...

04.04.2025 11:58 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Two Transgender Girls, Six Federal Agencies. How Trump Is Trying to Pressure Maine Into Obedience. Maine said it wouldn’t break state law to follow President Donald Trump’s order barring transgender girls from playing girls’ sports. Then came a barrage of investigations and threats targeting the…

“The president is trying to crush the opposition. He’s trying to crush Maine,” civil rights attorney David Webbert said.

To him, it’s as if Trump is saying: “‘Maine believes in transgender rights? Well, you’re going to see what happens to you.’”

With @bangordailynews.bsky.social

16.03.2025 00:00 👍 1024 🔁 307 💬 46 📌 27
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I am in shock at the stupidity of @gavinnewsom.bsky.social inviting Steve Bannon on his podcast. Many of us on the right sacrificed careers to fight Bannon, and Newsom is trying to make a career and a presidential run by building him up. Unforgivable and insane

12.03.2025 13:52 👍 18508 🔁 3025 💬 1562 📌 297
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Extra funding for 100s of PA districts at risk. See if yours could be affected. Pennsylvania Republicans push back on Gov. Shapiro’s school funding plan, questioning the “adequacy gap” formula.

We will really need to fight for fair funding in this budget.

Reach out to your state rep and state senator today to make sure they know that education funding matters for pa students.
@pafairfunding.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org @edvoterspa.bsky.social
www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/03...

12.03.2025 15:39 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Your wallet shrinks, your 401(k) tanks, but Trump's first thought is to help Elon.

11.03.2025 13:08 👍 11446 🔁 3519 💬 858 📌 219
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How it started How it's going

11.03.2025 19:52 👍 324 🔁 90 💬 12 📌 2

Al Green stood up. Would like to see more people stand up.

05.03.2025 02:26 👍 5480 🔁 582 💬 111 📌 27
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This says it all.

02.03.2025 00:05 👍 44380 🔁 8332 💬 734 📌 279
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President Zelenskyy was the only adult in the room, and definitely the only true leader.

02.03.2025 03:01 👍 43 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1
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Could not agree more. The Prez & VP are shameful, embarrassing Putin puppets & a disgrace to our country. 🤮

#SlavaUkraine 🇺🇦

28.02.2025 21:40 👍 65625 🔁 12471 💬 1611 📌 438
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To President Zekenskyy and the people of Ukraine: we are so very sorry.
@english.nv.ua @ukraineworld.bsky.social

28.02.2025 23:03 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The flushing of public investment, of talent, and of trustworthiness is breathtakingly inefficient.

It's like burning down the house because you need to make some updates.

It is so much quicker to destroy than build, and we will be paying for this for generations.

#DOGE #Trump

23.02.2025 05:01 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think this is a list of companies who have somehow complied with Trump's agenda, right?
I honestly believe we need to be more targeted in order for it to be effective.

22.02.2025 16:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think we need a well coordinated #boycott of companies owned (in whole or in part) by #Musk, #Trump, and their high ranking political loyalists.

Is anyone aware of research and organizing being done related to that?

22.02.2025 16:26 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

22.02.2025 01:56 👍 8925 🔁 3796 💬 420 📌 275
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The cards.

22.02.2025 02:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I said this just this morning- we are turning into the bad guys.

From former GOP congressman @adamkinzinger.bsky.social

20.02.2025 01:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We need Pete Buttigieg as a clear messenger, more than ever.

17.02.2025 16:05 👍 75913 🔁 15988 💬 1191 📌 489
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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president

15.02.2025 18:39 👍 97798 🔁 21307 💬 5353 📌 2358
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LETTER: Why public education matters: Preserving democracy We must protect and strengthen our public schools and ensure that each and every child has access to a quality education.

Public education is foundational for maintaining a free country. To quote Thomas Jefferson, “Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”
@pafairfunding.bsky.social @paschoolswork.bsky.social
www.pottsmerc.com/2025/02/11/l...

13.02.2025 01:44 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Cuban has it right in this one statement!!

09.02.2025 23:34 👍 885 🔁 173 💬 8 📌 6

I know pointing out hypocrisy doesn’t matter anymore, but if there’s one person I wouldn’t want to be the judge of who goes into locker rooms, it would be the man who openly boasted about walking into dressing rooms of underage girls

06.02.2025 00:53 👍 43387 🔁 5921 💬 593 📌 144
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Welp… less than 1 day later…

Leadership! 🎪
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/b...

05.02.2025 13:59 👍 488 🔁 89 💬 29 📌 12
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A reminder that the BBC can still do accurate, informative analysis when it wants to.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

05.02.2025 07:30 👍 15852 🔁 4174 💬 423 📌 129
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What are you even doing @fetterman.senate.gov ?
It's time to stand up for the people you went to DC to serve.

05.02.2025 14:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0