Opinion
Masters of the Media, Warped by Their Own Creation
What Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg all have in common.
Melissa Ryan
March 3, 2025
Melissa Ryan
Opinion
Elites Won’t Lead the Opposition to Trump
Now is the time to start showing up, making connections, and organizing in your community.
Melissa Ryan
February 17, 2025
Opinion
OPINION: Elon Musk’s Smash-and-Grab Coup
As Musk attempts to take apart the Federal government piece by piece, we’re all about to get educated about what the Federal government does and how it impacts everything from healthcare to public education.
Melissa Ryan
February 9, 2025
Opinion
Militias and Mafias: Two Factions Loyal to Trump and the Danger They Pose to Us All
One cohort promises revenge and almost certainly ensures more political violence in Trump’s name. The other has taken a wrecking ball to the federal government, risking the reliability of every service Americans rely on daily.
Melissa Ryan
February 2, 2025
Opinion
Tomorrow, Donald Trump Becomes a Lame Duck President
This reality limits Trump’s political capital and will be limited further should voters do the usual course correction in the next midterm elections.
Melissa Ryan
January 19, 2025
Opinion
Hold the Line: Organizing Resistance in Your Blue State or City
Our elected officials need to know what their constituents expect, and that we’ll have their backs when shit hits the fan.
Melissa Ryan
November 11, 2024
Opinion
Jack Smith’s Unsealed Brief Exposes a Violent MAGA Playbook Americans Will Likely Have to Confront Again
The brief does an incredible job outlining how Trump and his cronies wielded targeted harassment, threats, and incitement to violence strategically all through their attempt to overthrow the election.
Melissa Ryan
October 7, 2024
Opinion
Russian Interference Is in the News Again. Here’s What You Need to Know.
Considering how David Rubin, Tim Pool, and Benny Johnson loved to denounce and mock the idea of Russian interference in American politics as the “Russia Hoax,” it’s incredibly entertaining to watch them all describe themselves as victims of a Russian influence operation.
Melissa Ryan
September 8, 2024
Opinion
Project 2025 Exposed: What Leaked Videos Tell Us About MAGA’s Plan for a Second Trump Administration
Project 2025 is the MAGA blueprint for reshaping the American federal government and ensuring that America becomes an authoritarian state under its control.
Melissa Ryan
August 18, 2024
Pennsylvania Homeless Advocates Condemn Trump’s Plans to Punish the Unhoused, Involuntarily Commit Them
August 7, 2025
“Homelessness is caused by poverty,” said Estelle Richman, HUD Chief Operating Officer during the Obama administration. “These are poor people … Many of them are working. They just don’t have enough money to pay the rent.”
80 Years After the US Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Nuclear Threat Remains Grave
August 5, 2025
Nuclear war is a real and present danger that we must acknowledge and confront, writes Ira Helfand.
Rivot Magazine Provides Bucks County a Much-needed Print Music and News Publication With a Punk Rock Ethos
August 4, 2025
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
DOJ’s Demand for State Voter Lists Are a Major Battleground in Fights Over Access to the Polls
August 4, 2025
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
New Pennsylvania Project Opens Office in Bensalem, Its First in Bucks County
August 2, 2025
The nonpartisan voting rights organization wants everyone in the county to be registered, educated, engaged and active voters.
