Pennsylvania Local​

• Neighbors sue Gov. Shapiro over property dispute; Shapiro team calls it 'political stunt'
• Luzerne County Republican Party blasts NEPA Republicans leader for 'hateful' anti-Hispanic video
• Investigation of Incident Involving Norristown Police Officer Concludes; Officer Charged •
• Lehighton Area School Distric Book Audit Responsive Documents • MuckRock
• Norristown police officer charged after hitting naked man with patrol vehicle

Rotten Trump Cabinet​

• Carney speaks to Trump after president erupts over Gordie Howe Bridge | CBC News
• Trump administration’s changes to the CFPB cost Americans $19B, a new report says
• Trump loyalist Sen. McCormick defends controversial White House aide Stephen Miller

Everybody vs. ICE​

• ICE's Masks Are All a Lie
• Exonerated PA man’s immigration case to be reopened
• Subu Vedam: Deportation order vacated for State College man | Centre Daily Times
• Judge blocks California’s ban on federal agents wearing masks but requires badges be clearly seen
• Pennsbury High School Students Plan Walkout Friday to Protest ICE
• Congresswoman Houlahan talks AI data centers, ICE and federal shutdown in annual address
• Montgomery County elected officials condemn ICE raid in Trooper

Immigrants Build ULINE​

• ‘They always gave us the heaviest work’: how Maga billionaires relied on Mexican labor | US immigration | The Guardian

Election 2026​

• Garrity says she’d work with Trump administration on Pa.'s elections | WITF
• Judge dismisses Trump administration lawsuit over Michigan’s voter rolls

Transgender Rights​

• 'There's no reason to ban us from playing': Analysis debunks notion that transgender women have inherent physical advantages in sports | Live Science

Immigrants Built America​

• Cato Study: Immigrants Reduced Deficits by $14.5 Trillion Since 1994 | Cato at Liberty Blog

Health Crisis​

• Public Health Workers Are Quitting Over Assignments to Guantánamo | WIRED
• Schedule Policy/Career will ruin our civil service

Everybody vs. ICE​

• Moderate Senate Democrat ‘Absolutely’ Expects a Partial Shutdown - NOTUS — News of the United States
• Fetterman Shares Concerns Over Proposed ICE Detention Centers in Schuylkill, Berks Counties

Except These Judges​

• Fifth Circuit panel authorizes mass incarcerations

Election 2026​

• What did Trump mean by ‘nationalize the voting’? No one is sure.
• What did Trump mean by ‘nationalize the voting’? No one is sure.

Pennsylvania Local​

• ‘Children will be what they see’: A longtime Philly book fair puts Black stories — and young readers — at its center
• Why Gov. Shapiro wants to scrutinize electric utility profits
• New Jersey’s homeless population is growing. So too are concerns about federal assistance program budgets being slashed
• Fitzpatrick among Republicans who want nothing to do with conservative efforts to ban same-sex marriage
• Pennsylvania Must Act to Limit Greenhouse Gases, Lawyers Argue

Black History​

• Why James Forman Still Matters

The Big Game​

• The Right Is Terrified of Bad Bunny
• Watch 404 Media’s Super Bowl Ad

Software Development​

• Is the craft dead?

War in Ukraine​

• Russian Parents Pull Children From Schools Amid Rising War Propaganda

Racist Donald Trump​

• Trump posts a racist video and then lies about it.
• Drive Racists Out of Public Life Forever, and Other Lessons From Black History
• Montco officials issue joint statement in response to video shared by the Trump administration on Thursday
• "Later tonight on Air Force One, Trump said that he had posted it himself."

Rotting Cabinets​

• Shipyard Bosses Forced to Pay Overtime to Get People to Stay for Pete Hegseth Speech
• NSA detected foreign intelligence phone call about a person close to Trump | US national security | The Guardian

Concentration Camps in PA​

• Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages
• OPINION: Too much ICE ahead
• U.S. Senator John Fetterman seeks DHS answers on new ICE facilities' impact in Schuylkill and Berks Counties | wnep.com

Election 2026​

• Mail ballot application error adds to Chester County’s woes
• INTERVIEW: Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 With a Victory in the May Democratic Primary?
• Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House
• Trump Is Pushing to Federalize Elections in Pennsylvania and How Delco Can Push Back
• Norristown community’s lack of trust in police on full display in response to police vehicle hitting naked man

Resistance​

• How Minneapolis Taught America to Fight Back

Health Crisis​

• Trump policies at odds with emerging understanding of COVID’s long-term harm

First Amendment​

• The Bloodbath at Washington Post Is All Jeff Bezos’s Fault
• Homeland Security Spying on Reddit Users

Epstein Files​

• DOJ Deleted an Epstein Prosecution Memo About Possible Co-Conspirators. We Saved It.

Datacenters and AI​

• New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers

Baltimore County​

• Health department closed the Perring Plaza Dollar Tree due to a rodent infestation : r/BaltimoreCounty

Racist Donald Trump​

• Trump says "I didn't make a mistake" after racist video of Obamas removed
• Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates
• ‘There’s No Bottom’: Trump Shares a Racist Video That Depicts the Obamas as Primates in a Jungle
• Trump Posts Video That Depicts Obamas as Apes
• Shapiro Condemns Trump’s Post of ‘Racist’ Video
• Democrats erupt in fury over Trump demanding Schumer help rename Dulles, Penn Station
• OPINION: Republican Silence on Trump’s Racist Attack on the Obamas Is Complicity

Asset Tulsi Gabbard​

• Senator, who has repeatedly warned about secret US government surveillance, sounds new alarm over 'CIA activities' | TechCrunch
• Republicans reject complaint about Gabbard as Democrats question time it took to see it

Election 2026​

• Pennsylvania criminal case highlights problems with third-party voter registration drives
• INTERVIEW: Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 With a Victory in the May Democratic Primary?
• Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House

Epstein Files​

• “If you want this fight . . . let’s have it . . . in public.”
• When Jeffrey Epstein Was the World’s Leading Expert on Getting Away With It

Everybody vs. ICE​

• How to Resist Like Minneapolis
• Inspector General Investigating Whether ICE's Surveillance Tech Breaks the Law
• North Penn High School students walk out in anti-ICE protest
• North Penn students share thoughts behind walk out against ICE
• Testing Kristi Noem’s Transparency Claim
• Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages

Pennsylvania Local​

• Residents demand 'accountability' after naked man struck by Norristown police vehicle
• Who owns Pa.’s digitized history? We’re a step closer to an answer.
• Governor Shapiro’s Call for Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Earns High Praise from Pennsylvania Cannabis Advocates
• Can the infrastructure in Schuylkill county deal with the ICE Facility? : r/Pennsylvania

Health Crisis​

• Newly obtained emails undermine RFK Jr.’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip before measles outbreak
• The Trump admin keeps citing unreviewed vaccine trial proposals in its call for ‘better science’

First Amendment​

• DOJ Over-Seized Hannah Natanson’s Garmin Device and Other Reporting Materials

Transgender Rights​

• Boy Scouts Threatened By Pentagon Over "Gender-Fluid Ideological Stances"
• “Magic: The Gathering” Gathers for Trans Lives, Raises $450,000 in Less Than Two Days

Trump Administration​

• Trump shares video depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes in late-night Truth Social posting spree | The Independent
• The tide is turning as Trump hides from the public.

First Amendment​

• News photographer suffered broken bone after federal officers fired into crowd of anti-ICE protestors downtown Los Angeles
• Emergency grants to assist journalists in crisis
• Pa. House panel approves bill to limit exceptions to Sunshine Act notice requirement
• [Eugene Volokh] Tennessee Appeals Court Rejects Argument That Covenant Shooter Manifesto Must Remain Concealed to Avoid Copycats
• OPINION: Congressman Lloyd Smucker’s Defamation Lawsuit Against LNP | LancasterOnline May Run Straight Into Pennsylvania’s New Anti-SLAPP Law

Pennsylvania Local​

• UPDATE: Mercersburg Borough says they "stand firmly" with MMP&W, will address issues with Water Authority - Tri-State Alert
• Current Water, Sewer Systems Can't Handle Proposed 7,500 Bed ICE Detention Center in Schuylkill County - Coal Region Canary
• ICE warehouse plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Opinion
• Commonwealth Court weighs who owns PA’s digitized history • Spotlight PA
• Governor Shapiro Reiterates Support for Bell to Bell K-12 Cellphone Ban Across Pennsylvania
• Shapiro pick for Board of Pardons wins Pa. Senate approval despite opposition from public defenders, clemency advocates
• John Fetterman and Dave McCormick discuss their bipartisan US Senate partnership
• Takeaways From PA Governor Josh Shapiro’s 2026 Budget Address
• Everything you need to know about ICE’s plan to open a detention center in Berks County
• Protesters arrested after disrupting construction of CHOP parking garage in Grays Ferry
• Federal officials confirm arrest in Phoenixville was carried out by ICE

Epstein Files​

• Epstein Files Review Was Chaotic - Bloomberg
• David A. Ross resigns from School of Visual Arts after ties to Jeffrey Epstein surface
• The DOJ Redacted a Photo of the Mona Lisa in the Epstein Files
• Chairman of prominent law firm Paul Weiss resigns after release of emails linking him to Epstein

Gay and Transgender Rights​

• Greater Than Campaign Seeks To Overturn Obergefell V. Hodges
• Republican Senator Attacks Netflix Over “Trans Ideology” In Hearing

Election 2026​

• Supreme Court allows new California congressional districts that favor Democrats
• Arizona primary could move up 2 weeks under bipartisan legislation
• Wisconsin Elections Commission steps in to challenge Madison’s argument on absentee voting
• INTERVIEW: Rob Strickler Wants to Challenge the Status Quo in His Run for Congress in PA-01
• Trump’s FBI Raid Could Lead to a Takeover of Elections in Georgia’s Largest County
• PA-08: Shapiro Backs Cognetti in NEPA Congressional Race
• What causes long lines on Election Day — and how they can be avoided
• Why many Texans are still waiting for their voter registration cards

Everybody vs. ICE​

• 700 Immigration Officers Are Leaving Minneapolis. The Rest Will Depend on “Cooperation.”
• Exclusive: 300+ ex-DOJ lawyers demand transparent Minnesota shooting probes
• The Shadow Hearings On ICE Are A Compelling Must Watch
• Minneapolis Is the Violent Reckoning the Gun Rights Movement Has Long Wanted
• What Democrats Need to Know to Truly Reform ICE
• The detention of South Jersey kebab shop owners sparked change. Deportation still looms
• ICE Collapse: From the Top Down and the Inside Out
• Lawmakers Call on Meta to Stop Running ICE Ad Featuring Neo-Nazi Anthem
• Senate Dems Who Pushed Meatier ICE Reform Shy Away From Criticizing Schumer’s Softer Package
• ACLU of Pa., Parady La’s family seek records after Upper Darby man dies in ICE custody: ‘We need accountability’

Data Centers and AI​

• With Electricity Bills Rising, Some States Consider New Data Center Laws

Freemasons​

• BREAKING: GL of Arkansas Recognizes Arkansas Prince Hall

Health Crisis​

• Newborn dies after mother drinks raw milk during pregnancy - Ars Technica
• Officials warn of possible measles exposure at urgent care – NBC10 Philadelphia

Election 2026​

• Steve Bannon calls for immigration agents at polling sites during midterms | Steve Bannon | The Guardian
• Pennsylvania lawmakers unveil new election protection legislation | ABC27
• Marjorie Taylor Greene says 'MAGA was all a lie'

Transgender Rights​

• California AG Bonta Files Groundbreaking Lawsuit Against Rady Children’s Hospital for Dropping Trans Youth GAC

Epstein Files​

• This Tool Searches the Epstein Files For Your LinkedIn Contacts

Murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good​

• Trump criticizes killing of Renee Good & Alex Pretti | Advocate.com
• Renee Nicole Good could have been me | PennLive letters

First Amendment​

• DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old U.S. Citizen Who Criticized Them in Email | The New Republic
• No Qualified Immunity for Arrest over "Fuck Trump" and "Fuck Biden" Flags
• FBI Couldn’t Get into WaPo Reporter’s iPhone Because It Had Lockdown Mode Enabled

Pennsylvania Local​

• Tremont Twp. Laments Loss of Nearly 60% of Its Property Tax Budget After Big Lots Sale to ICE - Coal Region Canary

Federal Government vs. Immigrants​

• Green Card Holders Banned From Small Business Loans - Joe.My.God.

Foxes in the Henhouse​

• Wyden Letter to D-CIA.pdf
• How to Get Away With Anything

Democrats vs. ICE​

• What Democrats are demanding in the fight over Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding
• What Democrats Are Demanding in the Fight Over ICE Funding
• Six Ways to Reform ICE and CBP

Bicycles​

• New Jersey’s new e-bike law deemed discriminatory by immigrant advocates and older adults

Cool Science​

• Scientists Keep Discovering Mysterious Ancient Tunnels Across Europe
• Scientists create the most detailed groundwater map yet — with big implications for the West | Wyoming Public Media

ICE in Phoenixville​

• Witnesses describe 'violent' arrests by federal agents in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania - 6abc Philadelphia
• ICE in PXV 2/3/26 : r/Phoenixville

Cruelty is the Point​

• Federal Agents Left Behind “Death Cards” After Capturing Immigrants

Wheels of Justice​

• DOJ Lawyer Says the ‘System Sucks’ at Immigration Hearing - WSJ
• US Justice Department removes lawyer who told judge in immigration case, 'This job sucks' | Reuters
• Judge seems skeptical of legal justification for Pentagon’s punishment of Sen. Mark Kelly

Epstein Files​

• JK Rowling Called Out After Inviting Jeffrey Epstein To A Children's Play — Years After His Child Sex Conviction | IBTimes UK
• Recreating uncensored Epstein PDFs from raw encoded attachments | The NeoSmart FilesThe NeoSmart Files

Pennsylvania Local​

• Commissioner: Tremont Twp. ICE Facility Will Be 7,500-person Detention Center - Coal Region Canary
• PRESS RELEASE: Norristown Officer Placed on Leave following Response Call • Norristown, PA
• Shapiro Proposes $53.3B Budget For FY27; Draws Battle Lines Heading Into 2026 Elections
• OPINION: Souderton Taxpayers Deserve Answers Before Another Tax Hike

Election 2026​

• Election officials draw on sobering 2020 lessons as Trump calls for nationalizing voting

Democrats Fight Back​

• Why This Shutdown Is Different - The Atlantic
• The moment of truth for congressional Democrats.

AI and Data Centers​

• Pa. Gov. Josh Shapiro wants more data centers but they need to bring their own power
• AI makes Microsoft’s Q4 2025 numbers weird and bad

Economy and Education​

• Princeton’s president says university will tighten budget because of endowment outlook

Health Crisis​

• A decade later, measles returns to Disneyland

Resistance​

• The Power of Mocking Trump’s Pathetic Monsters
• Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying | Electronic Frontier Foundation
• The Grammys Sounded Different This Year

Pennsylvania Local​

• Federal judge tours President’s House Site, confirms slavery exhibit panels were not damaged
• Towamencin: ‘Best case’ could see Welsh-Orvilla widening work in 2027
• ICE Activity in Pennsylvania & Delco Sparks Protests and Calls for Change
• Here's a summary of Gov. Josh Shapiro's $53.2 billion budget proposal h/t antifa super soldier gritty (@Notactuallyfromphilly@jawns.club) - jawns.club 🐘
• OPINION: Souderton Taxpayers Deserve Answers Before Another Tax Hike - Miniflux
• Berkheimer EIT paper filing instructions hidden now : r/Pennsylvania
• In a Safe Blue District, May Gay Scanlon's Caution Is a Choice
• Shapiro Proposes $53.3B Budget For FY27
• 'Let the building burn': Mercersburg Water Authority says firefighters cannot use hydrants
• Watch the Governor’s Budget Address
• GOP leaders must stop tying relief for childhood sexual abuse survivors to ‘pet projects,’ Shapiro says

Gun Boat Diplomacy​

• Rubio Dodges Accountability at Senate Hearing as Deadly Boat Strikes Continue | Truthout

Transgender Rights​

• Black Trans Trailblazers That You May Not Learn About in History Class

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• What a Former Undercover FBI Agent Sees in the Pretti Shooting Videos

Everybody vs. ICE​

• The Army Veteran Arrested for Protesting at a St. Paul Church Was Just Set Free
• Trump administration buys Berks County warehouse for potential use as ICE detention center
• Rep. Morrison details her oversight of the federal Whipple building - YouTube
• ICE tear gasses children in Portland | The Verge
• ICE Is Using AI to Find Targets. Do They Care If It Makes Mistakes?

Except Some Boot Lickers​

• Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps
• Judge Censored an ICE Agent’s Face Over “Threats.” His Info Was a Google Search Away.

Marginalized Native Americans​

• Great Falls woman says Target refused to accept her Tribal ID

Can't Spell CSAM without X​

• X offices raided in France as UK opens fresh investigation into Grok
• Elon Musk Under Investigation for Trafficking Child Sexual Abuse Material

Transgender Rights​

• 2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!

Election 2026​

• Half of Western U.S. counties have lost top election officials since 2020, report finds

ICE Accountability​

• Fetterman supports ICE agents’ mask use amid rising doxxing threats
• ICE buys $87M warehouse in Berks County • Spotlight PA
• New body camera footage shows aftermath of ICE officer allegedly attacking activist near Chicago - Chicago Sun-Times
• Where are ICE and Border Patrol agents coming from? – pbump
• They’re Losing the ICE Battle

Pennsylvania Local​

• Bucks County Treasurer Reminds Owners to License Their Dogs
• Shapiro expected to address housing costs, energy demand, and unfinished business in budget pitch
• With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’
• Two former employees accuse Pennsylvania Game Commission of toxic, retaliatory work culture
• Montgomery County launches new logo, seal for the first time in 25 years
• Tax that Yass: Advocates call for Pa. billionaires tax in this year’s budget

National Decline​

• Welcome to the Jade Helm Presidency

Murder of Alex Pretti​

• Trump Calls His Enemies Terrorists. Does That Mean He Can Just Kill Them?
• CBP Agents Jesus Ochoa, Raymundo Gutierrez ID’d in Alex Pretti Shooting — ProPublica
• Stephen Miller Paid Latino Thugs to Murder Alex Pretti

Election 2026​

• DraftKings and FanDuel spending millions on 2026 midterms, new filings reveal
• Trump Goes Public With Plan to “Take Over” Elections

Epstein Files​

• DOJ Released Unredacted Nude Images in Epstein Files

Too Many Satellites​

• Russian Spy Satellite Destroyed by Suspected Debris Strike in Graveyard Orbit

Federal Lack of Governance​

• Trump’s SNAP Rules Are About to Imperil Food Access for Millions
• In Scathing Ruling, Federal Judge Orders Release of Liam Ramos From Detention
• Mike Johnson warned by Jeffries not to count on Democrats' votes to end shutdown
• Accountability for ICE and CBP
• Car hits student during an anti-ICE protest outside a Nebraska high school | AP News
• Stephen Miller calls for a “labor class” excluded from citizenship and a voice in government