OPINION: Tax Corporate War Profiteers Making a Killing on Iran Conflict | As oil executives profit off the war in Iran, Congress must once again push for a windfall profits tax on the largest oil companies.
The Soundtrack to Philly’s Waning Gun Violence | Teens in Philadelphia are trying to make safer neighborhoods. Many are starting with music, reports @chalkbeat.org & @nytimes.com. READ: bit.ly/4szwyRF
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Helps House Reject War Powers Resolution 214-213, Trump Can Continue War on Iran Unchecked by Congress | This is the second time Fitzpatrick voted against a War Powers Resolution since President Trump launched his war on Iran. #PA01
Great bar:
“Dance like a butterfly, hips like a bee / Killin’ these moves like Muhammad Ali” – Tacori Aaria Mateen
The Soundtrack to Philly’s Waning Gun Violence | Teens in Philadelphia are trying to make safer neighborhoods. Many are starting with music, reports @chalkbeat.org & @nytimes.com. READ: bit.ly/4szwyRF
Bucks County Punk Rock Flea Market Returns to Warminster on Saturday | If you are going to shop, shop punk rock with 70 vendors, live music, progressive politics – and no AI.
A billionaire-backed Christian nationalist movement is turning apocalyptic theology into state power, using Project 2025 to embed religious control across government, education, & media, as figures like Russell Vought & Pete Hegseth advance a sweeping push to remake U.S. democracy into a theocracy.
"War Is a Racket."
OPINION: Tax Corporate War Profiteers Making a Killing on Iran Conflict | As oil executives profit off the war in Iran, Congress must once again push for a windfall profits tax on the largest oil companies.
A Win for Democracy! Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Will Stay Open After Journalism Nonprofit Purchases It | The newspaper dates its history to 1786, and if it had been closed, it would have left Pittsburgh as the nation’s largest community without a city-based newspaper.
What SCOTUS’ Decision to Overturn Colorado’s Conversion Therapy Ban Means for Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ+ Youth | “This ruling sends a message, and it’s a cruel one,” Planned Parenthood Keystone's Rainbow Room Director Marlene Pray told @patlamarche.bsky.social. #BucksCounty
“The kids we serve are watching. From my 26 years running the Rainbow Room — and as a NAMI Bucks board member, professional sex educator, and advocate for LGBTQ+ youth — I can tell you that LGBTQ+ youth are acutely aware of what some in this country thinks of them,” said Marlene Pray.
Pennsylvania's Delaware County Bans Poll Workers From Using Election Prediction Markets | State law already prohibits poll workers from betting on elections, but prediction markets argue they are not betting operations, reports @votebeat.org. #Delco
Bucks County Punk Rock Flea Market Returns to Warminster on Saturday | If you are going to shop, shop punk rock with 70 vendors, live music, progressive politics – and no AI.
“The kids we serve are watching. From my 26 years running the Rainbow Room — and as a NAMI Bucks board member, professional sex educator, and advocate for LGBTQ+ youth — I can tell you that LGBTQ+ youth are acutely aware of what some in this country thinks of them,” said Marlene Pray.
Should be state law. But in the meantime @bobharvie-pa.bsky.social
“The most fundamental worry that comes to mind for me is that prediction markets could create financial incentives to influence outcomes rather than just predict outcomes,” said Jennifer Morrell, CEO of The Elections Group.
Pennsylvania's Delaware County Bans Poll Workers From Using Election Prediction Markets | State law already prohibits poll workers from betting on elections, but prediction markets argue they are not betting operations, reports @votebeat.org. #Delco
So who’s the next marginal group to be targeted?
What SCOTUS’ Decision to Overturn Colorado’s Conversion Therapy Ban Means for Pennsylvania’s LGBTQ+ Youth | “This ruling sends a message, and it’s a cruel one,” Planned Parenthood Keystone's Rainbow Room Director Marlene Pray told @patlamarche.bsky.social. #BucksCounty
Love to see this. Published my first grown-up newspaper op-ed in the Post-Gazette.
A Win for Democracy! Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Will Stay Open After Journalism Nonprofit Purchases It | The newspaper dates its history to 1786, and if it had been closed, it would have left Pittsburgh as the nation’s largest community without a city-based newspaper.
https://www.momsclubfilm.com/ 4/16/26 6:30pm
Hey! If you’re an LA-based journalist, there is a free screening of our documentary about school moms taking on Proud Boys and the far-right machine happening this Thursday in downtown LA at the LA Press Club. Moderated by @adamrose.bsky.social
State House Committee Republicans Split on Democrat Proposals to Bolster Pennsylvania Housing | The proposals that drew the fiercest debate are among the most common requests from housing advocates, reports @wdownard.bsky.social @penncapital-star.com.
Keep Calm & Vote as Usual: What Pennsylvania Voters Need to Know Ahead of the May 19 Primary | The volume and pace of executive actions, legislation, and legal battles around elections has been extraordinary.
State House Committee Republicans Split on Democrat Proposals to Bolster Pennsylvania Housing | The proposals that drew the fiercest debate are among the most common requests from housing advocates, reports @wdownard.bsky.social @penncapital-star.com.
I love Sug Daniels' music! What a way to kick off the convert series 🔥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Xb...
Stage United Announces Doylestown’s ‘Concerts in the Commons’ 2026 Schedule for May | Philly-based Sug Daniels kicks off the new concert season on May 7.
Alleged White Supremacist Pleads Guilty in Arson Attack That Destroyed Tennessee’s Historic Highlander Center | Highlander is known as a place where civil rights activists and icons such as Rosa Parks and John Lewis received training in organizing & civil disobedience. READ: tinyurl.com/y2652zs3
An affidavit filed in federal court in East Tennessee last year said Regan Prater’s posts in several group chats affiliated with white supremacist organizations connected him to the crime. A white-power symbol was spray-painted on the pavement near the site of the fire.