The Trump administration has abandoned the U.S. government’s long-standing commitment to protect and serve its veterans — a promise that dates back to the country’s founding.
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Bucks County Beacon reporter Pat LaMarche shares her thoughts on what solidarity and inclusiveness ought to look like on this important day – and year-round.
A single development application seeks a special use permit to turn Kittatinny Campground, an 84-year-old campground with 300+ tent camping sites, into an RV resort with a waterpark, mini golf course, and hundreds of new water, sewer, propane, and electricity hookups.
Pennsylvania has one of the highest percentages of residents over 65 in the country. Now the entire social security system and the benefits and services they depend on are at risk.
Donald Trump’s address before a joint session of Congress Tuesday night showed it.
Trump’s executive order last month reversing the federal government’s move away from single-use plastics is great news for the petrochemical industry, but toxic news for the environment and public health.
“When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work, because they are increasingly viewed as the villains … We want to put them in trauma,” said Trump’s Director of the Office of Management and Budget Russell Vought.
Trump’s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was horrible television and even worse politics, writes Bucks County military veteran Steve Nolan, author of “American Carnage: An Officer’s Duty to Warn.”
There are 480 higher education leaders from across the country who have signed a letter opposing “undue government intrusion in the lives of those who learn, live and work” on their campuses.
“We should be expanding access, not taking it away. Every child deserves a fair and equitable start, and I’ll fight in Congress to protect programs like Head Start that make that possible,” said Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, a Democratic candidate for Congress in PA-01.
The Bucks County Sheriff’s office has an application pending to participate in ICE’s 287(g) “task force model”, which essentially makes local law enforcement officers de facto ICE agents.
There were hundreds of rallies and protests against the Trump Administration across the country Saturday.
The goal of the proposed legislation is to protect women who receive abortions and the doctors and nurses who provide this reproductive health care.
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