Roughly 6% of direct care workers in Pennsylvania operate outside of an agency in a participant-directed model, which comes without guaranteed benefits like paid time off and health insurance.
From @wdownard.bsky.social
Multiple oil spills are visible from space after Iranian and US-Israeli strikes hit oil facilities and ships in the region, with experts warning of an impending environmental catastrophe. https://cnn.it/3Ovxzwk
WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?
KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed
Americans have collectively spent ~$17.6 billion dollars more on gasoline than they did on March 1, roughly $15 billion more, in my estimation, due to the US attacks on Iran. Today added ~$388 million more to the total, down from a peak of $455 million more on 4/8.
From @jonshorman.bsky.social
Trump Fed pick Kevin Warsh won't say if Trump lost the 2020 election (he did).
From @kelciemmorris.bsky.social
Good morning, friendos.
I'm a little late with the best song I heard on my commute today, so without further ado:
(IYKYK)
"Makin' their way the only way they know how
That's just a little bit more than the law will allow"
Geisinger and Risant Health are asking the Pennsylvania Insurance Department to lower the amount of money they have to keep in reserves, which could give the health system access to another $100 million.
From @radio.wpsu.org.web.brid.gy
Greedflation is so back, you guys: "Beef industry faces Trump DOJ criminal investigation, reports say" www.axios.com/2026/04/20/t...
Pennsylvania’s Constitution grants the fundamental right to reproductive autonomy, a state court ruled Monday in a long running challenge to the commonwealth’s ban on Medicaid subsidies for abortion.
From @petehallpa.bsky.social
Lawmakers heard testimony from advocates and experts like Shepard about the impacts of potential legislation on those convicted of or serving time for cannabis-related charges.
From @iankarbal.bsky.social
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection tariff refund system is live, marking what small business advocates call a “complex” first step for entrepreneurs to recoup $166 billion in import taxes accrued under President Donald Trump’s emergency tariffs.
From @statesnewsroom.com
Following in the footsteps of more than two dozen other states, Pennsylvania Republicans in the state Senate are again trying to push a bill that would ban transgender female athletes from playing for a team aligned with their gender.
From @wdownard.bsky.social
Good song choice.
Well played.
The Trump admin's SPR releases are ramping up- the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve fell by 4.2 million barrels in the last week according to the DOE- that's the largest weekly drop since 2022 when the SPR was being released to counter the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Beck is back! On this special ep of All Songs Considered from @npr.org talk about his glorious new song, "Ride Lonesome." ❤️
Pa. GOP Congressman Scott Perry pushed for Clark to become attorney general as part of Donald Trump's unprecedented efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
It came as Trump only had a few weeks left in his term after his loss to Joe Biden.
Defending champ John Korir broke the Boston Marathon course record, winning in an unofficial 2 hours, 1 minute and 52 seconds for his second straight victory:
I can't believe it's been 27 years.
A reminder that Bartiromo amplified efforts to overturn the 2020 election:
"We have to go to a full on war. They have used all systems to defraud," she wrote. "The country needs to survive. We have to keep this president. Noone thinks anyway that people voted for Biden."
Underestimate the power of audio journalism and storytelling at your own risk.
Here’s FBI Director Kash Patel’s complaint against the Atlantic regarding the magazine’s reporting about his drinking habits: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
ICE took Daphy Michel Michel, a 31-year-old Haitian immigrant with an active asylum claim, from the Washington County jail, without notifying her family.
Three days later, she was found unresponsive inside a bus shelter and later pronounced dead at a hospital.
From @publicsource.org
Back it on a Monday, friendos.
Time for Sabbath for the best song I heard on my commute:
"Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?"
Rep. Brian Rasel (R-Westmoreland) has offered a bill that would ensure local governments and organizations that provide services for the state can continue to receive funding through an impasse.
Lawmakers have missed the budget deadline six of the last ten years.
From @iankarbal.bsky.social
Some of the Trump administration’s controversial new warehouse immigration detention centers are getting scaled back and postponed as states and cities fight back and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin reviews actions taken by his ousted predecessor, Kristi Noem.
From @stateline.org
Jake Mangum spots kid in the crowd, tosses the ball, and her brother catches it and gives it to her. Dudes rock.
