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18 Pennsylvania Candidates Who Spread Election Misinformation Are Poised to Oversee Local Voting in 2024

In Butler, Lancaster, and Schuylkill counties, these candidates will likely hold a majority on their board of election.

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In Bucks County, GOP Activists Handed Out Fake Ballots During Primary Election

Republicans in Region 2 were ordered to cease and desist distributing bogus Democratic ballot samples during the municipal primary election.

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Heather Boyd Wins in Delco, Democrats Keep Control of the House

Voters in Delaware County’s 163rd District made their voices heard and they weren’t buying what Republicans were selling.

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Voting Rights Advocates Prevail in Pennsylvania Voter Purge Lawsuit

"The League will continue to fight for Pennsylvanians and prevent anti-voter groups like Judicial Watch from bullying states and counties into excessive purging and voter disenfranchisement,” said League of Women...

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Dozens of Republican Candidates for Local County Offices Across Pennsylvania Are 2020 Election ‘Truthers’

If elected, they would make critical decisions shaping how elections are run and the access voters have to the ballot box.

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Race Matters Spotlight: Bursting the ‘Pennridge Bubble’

Kevin Leven caught up with Lauren Bradley, Laura Foster, and Adrienne King of the PairUP Society to talk about why they organized a protest against Pennridge’s school board.

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Pennridge School District To Eliminate Four Curriculum Supervisory Positions

Some parents and teachers are concerned that this is part of the school board majority’s plans to hand over more authority to conservative Christian Vermilion Education in order to overhaul...

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Pennridge Community Speaks Out Against the School Board’s Inept and Extremist Policies

Parents, students, taxpayers, and educators rallied prior to Wednesday’s meeting to demand school board directors allow teachers to teach and to pay them better.

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Central Bucks Voters Must Reject MAGA Millionaire Paul Martino’s Right-Wing Activist School Board Candidates

It’s really deceitful when candidates like Aarati Martino are not open about their politics and support of politicians like Donald Trump and Kathy Barnette to try to conceal their MAGA...

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The Signal (Episode 7) | Understanding Backlash Politics and Religious Conservatives Inciting School Board Wars, with PRRI’s Melissa Deckman

The ideology and worldview of conservative activist parents is creating and contributing to the ongoing school board wars.

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OPINION: The Hypocrisy of Bucks County ‘Outsider’ Paul Martino

The MAGA millionaire whose PAC bankrolled right-wing school board candidates in 55 school districts across Pennsylvania last election cycle thinks people need to “protect” Central Bucks School District from outsiders’...

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Greenwashed by Government: How Federal Agencies Are Lagging in Consumer Protection

It isn’t easy buying “green.”

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Brian Fitzpatrick Watch: Tracking the Congressman’s Votes in This MAGA-led Congress (Part 3)

The Bucks County Republican continues to champion the MAGA agenda at almost every turn, despite claiming to be a “moderate.”

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Poem: White Gloves

Steve Nolan, a 30-year military veteran and 25-year mental health professional, wrote this poem about his experience with bereavement counseling for the U.S. government.

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Memorial Day 2023: ‘Cooperate and Graduate’

This Memorial Day we honor those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice so that others can be free – but sadly this is a time where we as a nation...

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Doylestown Hosts Student-Organized ‘School’s Out: A Concert for School Board Justice’

Sunday's event will feature local bands, student speakers, school board candidates, and organizing efforts to support LGBTQ youth and oppose books bans.

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Photo Essay: Doylestown Kicks Off Pride Month with Flag Raisings

The ceremonies were led by LGBTQ youth from the Rainbow Room.

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Summer Reading: 5 Books That Explore LGBTQ Teen and Young Adult Life

Jonathan Alexander, who has just stepped down as the children’s and young adult fiction section editor for the Los Angeles Review of Books, put together a list of “must-reads” for...

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Red States Are Now Weakening Child Labor Laws While Defunding Public Schools

It’s no coincidence that advocates for loosening child labor restrictions also push for expanding charter schools and voucher programs.

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To Understand Groups Like Moms for Liberty and the Republican Party’s MAGA Base, Look to the John Birch Society

A review of Matthew Dallek's "Birchers: How the John Birch Society Radicalized the American Right."

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You’ve got just one Congressman, Bucks County. Here’s what he’s up to.

Recent Votes:

H.R. 2797: Equal Opportunity for All Investors Act of 2023 June 1, 2023
Vote: Passed 383/18 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
H.R. 3746: Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 June 1, 2023
Vote: Passed 314/117 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Aye This bill would enact a compromise reached by House Republicans and President Biden to avert an impending fiscal crisis related to the statutory debt limit. In exchange for the continued solvency of the federal government, sought by Democrats, Republicans secured in the bill across-the-board cuts to federal spending, […]
H.Res. 382: Recognizing the significance of Jewish American Heritage Month as a time to celebrate the contributions of Jewish Americans to the society and culture of the United States. May 31, 2023
Vote: Passed 429/0 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea
H.Res. 456: Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3746) to provide for a responsible increase to the debt ceiling. May 31, 2023
Vote: Passed 241/187 Rep. Fitzpatrick [R-PA1]: Yea

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Doylestown Hosts Student-Organized ‘School’s Out: A Concert for School Board Justice’

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Red States Are Now Weakening Child Labor Laws While Defunding Public Schools

To Understand Groups Like Moms for Liberty and the Republican Party’s MAGA Base, Look to the John Birch Society

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18 Pennsylvania Candidates Who Spread Election Misinformation Are Poised to Oversee Local Voting in 2024

In Bucks County, GOP Activists Handed Out Fake Ballots During Primary Election

Heather Boyd Wins in Delco, Democrats Keep Control of the House

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Education

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Pennridge School District To Eliminate Four Curriculum Supervisory Positions

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Red States Are Now Weakening Child Labor Laws While Defunding Public Schools

To Understand Groups Like Moms for Liberty and the Republican Party’s MAGA Base, Look to the John Birch Society

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