Pennsylvania Local​

• PECO profits skyrocket almost 50% after rate hikes - WHYY
• New police officers introduced in Lower Salford – thereporteronline
• Lower Salford man faces decades in prison for sex abuse of girl, 10
• Dying Pa. coal town a ‘blank slate’ for minority newcomers. Can they spur a rebirth?
• Poconos man who ‘needed to kill the spiders’ sets fire to his house that spread to 3 others, police say
• Citizen Gaines
• Philadelphia congressman authors bill to ‘protect history’ from censorship

Quakertown Student Protest​

• Quakertown police chief on leave after violent confrontation with student protesters
• Lawyers Say Pennsylvania Student Protesters Did Not Know a Man Who Joined Scrum was the Police Chief
• Lawyers say Quakertown student protesters did not know a man who joined scrum was the police chief
• Quakertown Community School District ICE Protest Response Dominates Public Comment at Board Meeting
• Quakertown parents demand action from school board following violence and arrests at student anti-ICE walkout

Election 2026​

• Scheuren announces reelection bid in PA 147th House Dist.
• GOP enthusiasm is flagging; now is the time for Democrats to "pump up the volume."
• ICE won’t be at polling places in 2026 election, Trump administration official says

Datacenters and AI​

• Bet against the bubble: Goldman Sachs’ non-AI stock index
• West Rockhill Supervisors advance data center regulations
• Leaked Documents Show Meta Cracking Down on Access to Abortion Information
• FBI Got Grok to Hand Over Prompts Used to Create Nonconsensual Porn
• Trump said data centers should build their own power source, but offers few details

Everybody vs. ICE​

• ICE officer training is ‘deficient’ and ‘broken,’ former agency lawyer tells congressional forum
• Trump administration sues New Jersey over restrictions on immigration arrests
• ICE Took Their Papers—and Won’t Give Them Back
• Crowd rallies at first protest against planned ICE center in Upper Bern
• Residents want local governments to end contracts that let ICE train on their gun ranges
• Watch: Gregory Bovino Asks Our Journalist to Bake Him a Pie
• DHS Abducts Columbia Student From College Housing
• Governor Shapiro Doubles Down on Opposition to ICE Detention Centers Proposed in Pennsylvania After Visit With Berks and Schuylkill County Leaders
• Shapiro Says No to ICE Detention Facilities in PA
• Scoop: Noem burning deportation cash on luxury jets

Epstein Files​

• Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
• Three Head-Spinning Epstein Developments
• We Now Know What Trump’s “Locker Room Banter” Looks Like
• Inside Epstein’s Very Own “Oval Office”: Power, Peacocking, and Printer Toner
• How Todd Blanche Gave Ghislaine Maxwell Blackmail over Donald Trump

Affordability Crisis​

• Affordability Is a Vanishing Promise for the Middle Class

Transgender Rights​

• Fact Check: Jesse Singal Lies About Trans Care At The New York Times
• American Psychological Association Reaffirms Support For Trans Youth Care, Pushes Back Against NYT
• Democrats Should Never Again Rise to Trump’s Anti-Trans Bait
• Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses

Software Development​

• Two Kinds of Attestation
• Google quantum-proofs HTTPS by squeezing 15kB of data into 700-byte space

Science Stuff​

• US Government Is Accelerating Coral Reef Collapse, Scientists Warn
• Scientists Reveal the Surprising Sex Lives of Neanderthals and Early Humans

War With Everybody​

• Trump and His White House Tried to Throw Ukraine Under the Bus in 2025, But Europe Stepped Up
• Gov. Shapiro, Rep. Dean issue statements regarding Trump administration’s attack of Iran
• Philadelphia protesters condemn U.S. military attacks on Iran as some Iranian Americans in the region express hope
• Trump Is Betraying His Base By Waging War on Iran
• “Massive” War Launched by a Man With No Plan. Again.

• ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Kansas Trans Drivers License Revocations, Bathroom Bounty Hunter Law
• SecDef Hegseth Announces Trans Scouts In Scouting America Will Be Outed, Segregated
• PowerSchool, Chicago Public Schools to settle student data privacy lawsuit for $17 million | The Record from Recorded Future News
• Philadelphia’s slavery exhibit is being restored at the President’s House
• Slavery Exhibit Removed by Trump Administration Is Returning to Independence Mall in Philadelphia
• Upper Darby Council limits local law enforcement collaboration with ICE
• Oil Markets Brace for Disruption After U.S.-Israel Strikes on Iran
• What to know about U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran
• Fool Me Twice: The Case for War With Iran Is Even Thinner Than It Was for Iraq
• Trump’s call to heavily restrict mail ballots draws a lukewarm response
• CISA replaces acting director after a bumbling year on the job | TechCrunch
• Towamencin sees new plan for 207 units on Freddy Hill site
• Quakertown police chief on leave after chokehold video - WHYY

• What’s the Point of School When AI Can Do Your Homework?
• How Border Patrol ALPRs are changing life on California border- CalMatters
• Kansas Sends Letters To Trans People Demanding The Immediate Surrender Of Drivers Licenses
• Muncy Township’s transparency and objectivity questioned in wake of delayed development | News, Sports, Jobs - Williamsport Sun-Gazette
• Trump regrets not calling up troops after the 2020 election. What stops him in 2026?
• Bucks Co. Sheriff explains ending 287(g) ICE Agreement: Full interview with Danny Ceisler
• How ICE Will Spy On Protesters, And How You Can Protect Your Privacy
• Upper Darby Council limits local law enforcement collaboration with ICE

• Trump administration to appeal ruling restoring slavery exhibit at Philadelphia’s President’s House Site
• Penn graduate workers reach historic tentative agreement with university, averting strike
• Despite Recent Victories, Many Democrats Are Still Down on Their Party, a New AP-NORC Poll Finds
• “Who the Fuck Are These Men?”
• John Roberts Wrote the Permission Slip for the Fulton County Fiasco
• Costs, local backlashes cause GOP state legislators to cool on national data center push
• New network of 76 air monitors throughout Philadelphia provides detailed look at air quality
• Trump administration is erasing history and science at national parks in Philadelphia and other cities, lawsuit argues
• Could the Looming Specter of ICE Detention Centers in Pennsylvania Bring Republicans and Democrats Together?
• Palantir, Which Is Powering ICE, Says Immigration Crackdown May Hurt Hiring
• New Jersey Catholic diocese agrees to $180M settlement of clergy sexual abuse allegations
• Bucks County commissioners unanimously oppose use of warehouses for ICE detention
• Hess on ICE Detention Center: “I’m Not OK With It”
• Upper Darby Council limits local law enforcement collaboration with ICE
• Man Opposing Data Center Arrested for Speaking Slightly Too Long

• Tiny northern Pa. hospital prepares to shut down | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
• Documents Show a Controversial Vaccine Study’s Path to CDC Approval

• Atlanta's Historic Prince Hall Temple Reopens After $14 Million Renovation
• Major corporations bankroll political ad featuring white supremacist slogan
• They Just Wanted to Grow Food. Their Suburban Neighbors Declared War.
• Communities Fight ICE Detention Centers, but Have Few Tools to Stop Them
• 4 potential places for journalists to lead walking tours
• Trump administration ordered to restore George Washington slavery exhibit it removed in Philadelphia
• Telford Borough Council approves property maintenance fees
• Thanks to Republican Medicaid and ACA Cuts, Pennsylvanians Find Themselves in a Health Care Crisis
• [Eugene Volokh] Defendant's Own AI Legal Research Isn't Protected by Attorney-Client Privilege
• CBS Didn’t Want Colbert to Talk to This Democratic Candidate. He Did It Anyway.
• Why Shapiro Appearing On ‘The Late Show’ Did Not Trigger FCC’s Equal Time Rule
• Aqua Responds to Shenandoah’s Critique of Water Emergency
• 24 Parents And Activists Blockade HHS Headquarters In Protest Against New Trans Youth Care Ban, Arrested

• How dark web agent spotted bedroom wall clue to rescue girl from abuse
• ICE memo sheds light on timeline, purpose of new detention centers • Spotlight PA
• What’s behind your soaring power bill? We broke it down by region. | Grist
• Watchdog Says FAA Lacks Resources to Properly Oversee United Airlines

Pennsylvania Local​

• Gov Shapiro Secures $1 Billion Investment from J&J to Build New Facility | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Election 2026​

• Pennsylvania to test out internet-connected e-pollbooks this spring - Votebeat

AI and Security​

• Microsoft says Office bug exposed customers' confidential emails to Copilot AI | TechCrunch

Everybody vs. ICE​

• J. Doe v. DHS - ACLU of Pennsylvania
• Judges Have Rebuked Trump’s Mass Detention of Immigrants Thousands of Times
• Homeland Security reportedly sent hundreds of subpoenas seeking to unmask anti-ICE accounts
• Tom Homan: Minnesota Should Say “Thank You” for DHS Operation
• With ICE using Medicaid data, hospitals and states are in a bind over warning immigrant patients

Tech Industry​

• The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Pennsylvania Local​

• What some Philadelphia students will learn in the new MOVE bombing curriculum, and what’s not included
• Souderton School Board considers expansion of middle school world language offerings
• The Trump administration must restore slavery exhibit at Philly’s President’s House, federal judge rules
• Shapiro wants Pa. to be a ‘national leader’ on home construction

Health Crisis​

• CMS posts Proposed NBPP 2027. Be afraid; be very afraid (Part 1)
• Pennsylvania workers spend larger cut of income on employer-sponsored health benefits, new report shows

Election 2026​

• What if everyone had to prove their citizenship to register to vote?
• Election officials warn Trump-backed voting bill may be impossible to implement by 2026

First Amendment​

• Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu… - YouTube
• Growing the open social web

Organization​

• Pile technology

Everybody vs. ICE​

• As ICE expands, an AP review of crimes committed by agents shows how their powers can be abused
• Montco Activists Aim To Protect Residents From ICE: 'When In Doubt, Record' | Norristown, PA Patch
• Alberto Castañeda Mondragón, whose skull was broken during St. Paul, Minnesota ICE arrest, says beating was unprovoked - ABC7 Los Angeles
• DHS issues update following ICE incident in Lindenwold, NJ - 6abc Philadelphia
• ICE Wanted This Kansas City Warehouse. The People Resisted and Won.
• The people of Minneapolis show us the way.
• Neighbors of planned ICE detention center in Berks County say opposition crosses political lines
• Shapiro admin tells ICE to drop plans for Pa. detention centers, warns facilities may not get permits
• Leakers Helped Destroy Deportation Case Against Tufts Student

Election 2026​

• How Many Voters Could Be Affected By Earlier Mail Ballot Deadlines? We Ran The Numbers
• What’s next for Liberty Vote, the company formerly known as Dominion?
• Rumors Grow Over Possible Krasner Primary Bid Against Mayor Cherelle Parker
• What Is The SAVE Act and What Does It Mean For You?
• State Department orders nonprofit libraries to stop processing passport applications

Rotten Cabinet​

• Trump’s acting cyber chief uploaded sensitive files into a public version of ChatGPT - POLITICO
• Trump nominates a hospitality executive to lead the National Park Service
• The US Government Will Not Stop Sharing Nazi Propaganda
• Kristi Noem’s hastily-arranged Arizona visit stokes rumors in wake of feds’ unprecedented actions

Data Centers and AI​

• Pennsylvania man turns down $15 million to turn farm into data center | ABC27
• As Electricity Costs Rise, Everyone Wants Data Centers to Pick up Their Tab. But How?

Pennsylvania Local​

• Two crashes with entrapments, multiple patients shut down Sumneytown Pike in Towamencin Monday afternoon - North Penn Now
• Shapiro pitches $1B housing program to build new stock, reduce barriers to ownership in Pennsylvania
• Sen. Haywood publishes opinion piece regarding Trump administration’s removal of slavery exhibit in Philly
• As ICE expands its footprint, DHS is leasing a high-end office space on the Main Line
• Congressional Republicans hound Trump admin over ICE facilities planned for Pa., other states

Network Security​

• 2026-01-14: The Day the telnet Died – GreyNoise Labs

What the DOGE Did​

• All U.S. Social Security numbers may need to be changed following a massive breach that is already being investigated as a national threat

Health Crisis​

• Pennie has updated its website to include full county breakdowns for health insurance : r/Pennsylvania

Unions are Good Actually​

• Penn State research VP shares 'serious concerns' about faculty unionization effort | WPSU

Transgender Rights​

• Trans Bathroom Ban Bills Now Expanding To Private Businesses
• European Parliament Votes Overwhelmingly For "The Full Recognition Of Trans Women As Women"

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• Statement from BCA Superintendent Drew Evans on Alex Pretti shooting investigation | Minnesota Department of Public Safety
• The Woman Alex Pretti Was Killed Trying to Defend Is an EMT. Federal Agents Stopped Her From Giving First Aid.

Tariffs​

• US House Votes to Rescind Trump Tariffs on Canada

Epstein Files​

• Attorney for Epstein Survivors Warns That Justice Is Impossible With Bondi as AG

Cruelty is the Point​

• Moral Injury in Trump’s America
• ICE reveals $38B plan for immigrant mega-jails

Resistance​

• Taking the Wins
• Homeland Security asks social media companies to identify users that criticize ICE.