News
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Votes Against Abortion Rights, Again
The anti-choice Republican voted against protecting girls and women’s rights to reproductive freedom and access to abortion.
Cyril Mychalejko
July 18, 2022
Cyril Mychalejko
News
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Votes Against Combatting White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi Activity in Military and Law Enforcement
The Pentagon has already raised alarms about white supremacist inroads into our armed forces. However, PA01’s Republican congressman is apparently unconcerned.
Cyril Mychalejko
July 14, 2022
News
These Bucks County Lawmakers Voted to Ban Abortion in the PA Constitution
Women’s rights and abortion rights are on the ballot this November. Local elections have never mattered more.
Cyril Mychalejko
July 11, 2022
Opinion
The Christian Right and Its Top Crusader Seek to Conquer Pennsylvania
I spoke with Frederick Clarkson about his recent profile of Doug Mastriano, the movement that carried the far-right state senator to this moment, and what his election as governor would mean for PA.
Cyril Mychalejko
July 10, 2022
Opinion
Local Journalism Is Critical To Saving Democracy in Our Authoritarian Era
A new report by the group Protect Democracy should be required reading for editors and reporters at the Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer newspapers.
Cyril Mychalejko
June 26, 2022
Opinion
Five Stories Gannett’s Bucks County Courier Times Refuses to Cover, But Should
Jan. 6 hearings, Bucks GOP leader a fake elector, a local “insurrectionist” elected, forged GOP signatures, and a horrible Fitzpatrick vote: Why aren’t these stories newsworthy?
Cyril Mychalejko
June 19, 2022
Education
Florida Teacher Shows Bucks County Educators How to Fight Back Against Book Banning
After he was ordered to take a Kurt Vonnegut classic off the shelves, this teacher raised over $25,000 to put “Slaughterhouse-Five” and other challenged books into the hands of students.
Cyril Mychalejko
June 12, 2022
Elections
PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill That ‘Encourages Voter Intimidation’
This should be seen as part of the GOP’s national plan to deploy “an army” of operatives as poll workers in key swing states.
Cyril Mychalejko
June 9, 2022
Elections
Three Weeks After Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Voted Against Domestic Terrorism Prevention Act, DHS Warns of Heightened Domestic Terror Threat
Candidates and election workers are among the targets in extremists’ crosshairs.
Cyril Mychalejko
June 8, 2022
Head Start in Bucks County Saved, Federal Funding Extended for Next 5 Years
June 30, 2025
“Head Start has been called one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in American history and continuing this comprehensive program is a reason for hope,” said Adam Clark, region advocacy coordinator for Pennsylvania State Education Association.
Regulatory Sandbox Proposed by Republican Pennsylvania Lawmaker Would Allow Businesses to Sidestep State Environmental Regulations
June 30, 2025
“This bill would allow you to set aside any state law, you could pollute the air as much as you want, you could pollute the water as much as you want, you could do anything essentially that you wanted that would ordinarily violate the law,” said former Secretary for PA’s Department of Environmental Protection David Hess.
It’s Farmers Market Season In and Around Bucks County
June 27, 2025
Look for ruby red strawberries and tomatoes, rich leafy greens, carefully crafted coffee, artisan breads, cupcakes, cookies, granola, field-grown flowers, local honey, and more at Bucks County’s farmers market offerings.
Democrats Are Trying to Figure Out What to Do About John Fetterman
June 27, 2025
At town halls across Pennsylvania, rank-and-file Democrats and allied progressive groups are inviting Conor Lamb, a former U.S Congressman who voters rejected in May 2022 when he ran against Fetterman in the Senate primary. Now he is serving as a stand-in for the embattled Senator.
7 State Senate Democrats Help Republicans Pass Bill That Critics Say Punishes Homeless Pennsylvanians
June 26, 2025
Senate Bill 780 will effectively ban people from sleeping outside, even if they have no other shelter available to them, and fines municipalities that don’t comply.
