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
Civil Liberties Groups Challenge Trump’s ‘Lawless’ Use of Alien Enemies Act for Deportations in Court
March 19, 2025
“Weaponizing a 200-year-old law to facilitate mass deportations is pure xenophobia and would repeat one of the darkest episodes in United States history,” said Erol Kekic, senior vice president of programs at Church World Service.
Trump’s Cuts to Federal Workers Have Taken Their Toll on Pennsylvania. More Are Coming
March 18, 2025
Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s First Congressional District has an estimated 5,201 federal employees.
Should Kids Have Access to Their Cellphones at School? Perkasie to Host Community Debate
March 17, 2025
The event, sponsored by The Braver Angels of Southeast Pennsylvania and League of Women Voters of Bucks County, is to promote dialogue and strengthen community relationships.
Advocacy Groups Say PIAA’s Transgender Athlete Policy Change to Appease Trump’s Executive Order Violates Pennsylvania and Federal Law
March 14, 2025
“The executive order is not law and cannot change existing law. The orders even say on them they do not have the force of law,” said Kristina Moon, a senior attorney at the Education Law Center.
Conservatives File Lawsuit to Rollback LGBTQ+ Protections in Pennsylvania
March 14, 2025
The right-wing law firm Thomas More Society, along with their plaintiffs which include South Side Area School District and Knoch School District, and Republican State Representatives Barbara Gleim and Aaron Bernstine, want to make discrimination OK again in the commonwealth.
