Lucia Simonelli Wants PA-01 Democrats to Vote Their Hopes, Not Their Fears - Bucks County Beacon This grassroots, anti-establishment congressional candidate believes a bold, progressive campaign offers the party the best chance to finally defeat Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick. Will primar...

Lucia Simonelli Wants #PA01 Democrats to Vote Their Hopes, Not Their Fears | This grassroots, anti-establishment congressional candidate believes a bold, progressive campaign offers the party the best chance to finally defeat Republican incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick. Will primary voters? #BucksCounty

The Strange Death of Orbánism Franz Pokorny

Hungarian taxpayers paid American “post-liberal” Rod Dreher $105,000 last year to produce propaganda for Orban’s regime. www.jaccusepaper.co.uk/p/the-strang...

They are not in the same district

It's Tuesday, which means I've been awake since 2:45 a.m., because that's what it takes these days to get The Will Bunch Newsletter out on time

Now it's time for you to do your part, by posing some great questions for the Ask Me Anything doodad. So, fire away!

PORTER MARTONE

Incredible scenes from the Flyers

It doesn't appear to be working. If anything, Donald's mental health seems to have gotten worse, if even possible.

“Closing time, one last call for alcohol
So finish your whisky or beer…”

It’s not media cluelessness – it’s cowardice and complicity But there’s another word starting with “C” that describes some journalists: courage.

Journalists might've once had the excuse that the didn’t realize how bad MAGA extremism would be. But they can't plead cluelessness now. What’s left are cowardice, complicity and courage. Pick one.
My Stop the Presses newsletter.

I was raised by Midwesterners!

This is way too spot on from the “eat your vegetables” party

The candidate whipping up rage over a $25 lunch at Five Guys is going to crush them

Pa. court recognizes ‘reproductive autonomy’ as a right, strikes down ban on public funding for abortion In a 4-3 ruling, the Commonwealth Court found that abortion access is a fundamental right guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution.

🚨 MAJOR BREAKING NEWS🚨

The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania strikes down a law restricting Medicaid from funding abortion, and in doing so recognizes a "reproductive autonomy" as a fundamental right in the state constitution. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

In Article About Horrific Shooting That Killed Eight Children, Forbes Lets Readers Place Bets About Gun Control In a story about a mass shooting that left eight children dead, Forbes is encouraging readers to bet on the news with fake money.

Forbes is gamifying news about the horrific mass shooting in Shreveport, LA this weekend, encouraging readers to bet on the likelihood of gun regulation with fake money via its "ForbesPredict" feature.

Eight children were murdered in the shooting.

futurism.com/future-socie...

This Kensington block was home to a ‘tyrannical drug trade.’ The city is now helping residents with household needs so they can rebuild. Most of the services offered to residents on the 3100 block of Weymouth Street are available to Philadelphians citywide, the public safety director said. But some have gotten extra help.

After a major drug enforcement operation on Kensington's Weymouth Street, a city pilot program is connecting residents with public services and, in some cases, helping with minor car repairs, appliances, and other household needs.

www.inquirer.com/crime/weymou...

Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Fed up with the state’s censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.

'Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson is leaving the university after administrators told him in January that he couldn’t teach Plato’s Symposium in his philosophy class; they said the ancient Greek philosopher’s work violated the system’s restrictions on gender and sexuality content.' 1/3

Chris Rabb in the Democratic primary for Pa. 3rd Congressional District | Endorsement At a moment when the nation’s fundamental values are under attack in Washington, the pugnacious Rabb is the kind of leader voters in the 3rd District need.

Link: www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

The Inquirer endorses Chris Rabb in that contested Philly congressional primary, a great choice

Meanwhile, 👀

The May 1 general strike is in only 10 days

There's been zero mainstream media coverage in the last week, about something that will take Herculean levels of planning

Did "No Kings" make its first goof? Should I write a column about this?

OK, that post is deleted. Time to get more coffee, obviously

And for $20 million you can buy the naming rights to "wife of LA Clippers owner Steve Balmer"

Why Yale’s term paper on what’s wrong with college gets a ‘D-’ | Will Bunch An Ivy League university's report on the loss of faith in higher ed ignores what really killed the American Dream of college.

Even at an Ivy drowning in grade inflation, Yale's report on what's wrong with college deserves no better than a "D-"

Problems from insane tuition to stifled speech didn't happen in a vacuum, but under sustained attack from an anti-learning right

My new column www.inquirer.com/opinion/yale...

Totally

The Philadelphia host committee for this summer’s World Cup has secured an agreement for fans to receive free travel when leaving Lincoln Financial Field via the city’s transit system.

Full story from @adamcrafton.bsky.social — free to read ⬇️

bit.ly/41N5tzB

Who knew that negotiating for world peace is nothing like cutting a deal for concrete with the Gambino crime family?

Also at the top, with AOC. After that, it gets murkier. I like some people who clearly aren't running, like Jamie Raskin. I also think Ro Khanna (who I know and like, with some quibbles) is more serious than he gets credit for

I guess, based on some of the comments, that I'm doing "this" wrong, since "this" was supposed to be 2011-Twitter level irony (which gets blank stares on Bluesky)

To be unironic, I think Murphy should be in the top 5 of 2028 contenders, and I'm baffled he doesn't rate with the lamestream media

Dammit, Pennsylvania!

"In the not too distant future, wars will be incredibly dumb, but there will be Robosprint..."

Death of Haitian immigrant still an unsettling mystery seven weeks later Haitian immigrant Daphy Michel was found in a Pittsburgh bus shelter on March 2. Federal immigration authorities denied blame, but the death has stoked fear.

Daphy Michel saw the misdemeanor charges against her dismissed, and normally would have gone home after six months in jail. Instead ICE briefly took custody. Her death days later continues to chill the Haitian community www.publicsource.org/death-haitia...