I honor and respect this person - and all the folks - who bring us our food. Watching him work is humbling.

@blagueplague.bsky.social You had me at "Italian style meats"!

I got an idea - concentrate on safety and mind your own business on slippers. mkay?

My new story. @pasenatorsaval.com gave me a little time to talk about his new bill that is genius. Best legislation proposed for homelessness in the nation. But you don't have to believe me!

WOW, Congratulations to our Northern Neighbours. What is Mark Candy and Canada doing Right and What is Donald Trump and America doing Wrong 🤔😡👊🇺🇸😎

You can't be illegal on land stolen from your people." ~Rev. Barber talking about the Mexican American War.

INTERVIEW: ‘Disciples of White Jesus,’ Disciples of Trump | Pastor and author Angela Denker spoke with @barnraiser.bsky.social about what’s happening to white men and boys in Trump’s America.

Remembering this sweet boy today, who was shot and killed by cops within seconds of arriving at the park he was playing in. It was a toy gun. He was 12. 11/22/2014. Let’s say his name. 😭 #TamirRice #BlackLivesMatter #Pinks #SheShed

Gun violence is the number one cause of death for children in the USA. Here's our free audio book. Give it a listen and then let's discuss what the answers should be. Remember what Camus said, "Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth." www.americanroulettebook.com

If you've got blankets for the @memorialblanket.bsky.social project - and you're not from New England or PA - Here's how to mail them. (Or on the road from PA to Denver). If you're in New England, or between Harrisburg and Denver - let us know and we'll pick them up. More info at memorialblanket.org

Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up a network of resistance & detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained by ICE, leaving the children behind, reports @19thnews.org.

"Now imagine how he might speak to underage girls when there aren't any witnesses."

The Case for Trump Not Using US Military Force Against Maduro and Venezuela | Any act of war by the United States against Venezuela is a terrible idea.​

How about some hope, people! www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Everyone thought Nixon/Agnew would preside over the bicentennial - oops! Many a slip twixt the cup and the lip. www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Dignity in death for people denied it - far too often - when they were alive. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/11/the-...

Victimizing children and youth experiencing homelessness - oldest game in the book. In this case played by the people elected to protect them.

'Crisis of Elite Impunity': New Emails Show Jeffrey Epstein Scandal About More Than Just Trump

Matthew Best and I will be on WVON, live in Chicago, at 12:30 eastern time - talking about #AmericanRoulette - gun violence in America. Listen if you can. www.iheart.com/live/wvon-16...

Happy Kurt Vonnegut jr.'s bday. In honor of this great American author, one of my favorite of his quotations. “A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”

He released the Kraken. Their word for her, not mine. www.thedailybeast.com/trump-pardon...

Truth. The senate was created as a "House of Lords" - Originally it wasn't even directly elected by the people, only the house of reps was.

Mainers, please hammer Angus King's contact to tell him not to cave. The shutdown must have been for something! www.king.senate.gov/contact

One of the largest increases of SNAP was when Geo. W. Bush and his buddy Dick Cheney prepared to invade Iraq. They knew the fed masses rarely put up a fuss. Starving one's own people guarantees failure for unpopular policies leader would rather the masses ignored. #hungrypeoplegetwoke

WHAT?

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social Just read today's Zeteo first draft. As a former Maine columnist, I need to say - Jared Golden stepping away is great news. Break down the referenda votes for Maine Tuesday. Even deep Trump country voted to against voter ID & for red flag laws. @dunlapforcongress.bsky.social

My Irish Catholic mom would have called them getting paid, "the wages of sin." Why would they even take that job?

"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.” Gov. Andy Beshear

"True power comes from neighbors — not consultants — who understand local issues and are willing to fight for their communities. Reinvesting in grassroots leadership is not just an act of civic renewal; it’s a survival strategy."

@pasenatorsaval.com I'm working on a story for the Bucks County Beacon, if you could reach out to me at Pat at BucksCountyBeacon dot com or epicjourney10 at gmail dot com I'd especially appreciate it if we could chat this weekend, but Monday would do. But, I'm hoping to make contact before then.

...what? ...what was that?? ...what the fuck?!.

Updating my LEGO White House

Another piece of history to get chopped up?

‘Don’t Fall for It’: Pennsylvania Supreme Court Election Disinformation | Know the facts so that you can vote your real values, writes Amy Widestrom, executive director of the League of Women Voters of PA.

3-year survival twice as high with mRNA vaccine in lung cancer patients receiving immunotherapy www.medpagetoday.com/meetingcover...

FREE AUDIO BOOK. Attn. teachers, counselors, commuters, people hoping to engage in a conversation about gun violence. And friends who like a good mystery. Download at the website www.americanroulettebook.com Also available as a YouTube, here, www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT1a... just click the link.

OPINION: Pennsylvania Voters Must Not Sleep on This ‘Off-Year’ Election | Your vote is your voice, writes Renée Donahey. And on Nov. 4 there's too much at stake to stay silent. READ: buckscountybeacon.com/2025/10/opin...

This year's election is so, so important in Pennsylvania! Do not miss your chance to defend our Supreme Court. Here's some very helpful information from Bucks County Beacon about the statewide ballot measure. www.podbean.com/media/share/...

"On the most basic level, the public loses access to information it has a right to know, along with the right to ask questions of those entrusted with spending nearly $1 trillion from taxes and managing 3 million employees." ~Nancy Youssef, The Atlantic - on the pentagon bouncing the press.

After Local Judge Greenlights Bucks County Sheriff-ICE Pact, Voters May Be the Last Hope to Derail It | Democratic candidate for sheriff Danny Ceisler said if elected he vows to “end this deportation partnership once and for all.”

Chester county does an amazing job outreaching to folks in need. I wrote about it in Bucks County Beacon earlier this year. buckscountybeacon.com/2025/01/ches...

@amtrak.com thanks to Penny who took such wonderful care of us. And to all her co-workers on Amtrak 98. What a lovely way to travel.

Bucks County Sheriff Fred Harran’s Lawyer Calls @aclupa.org & Fellow Plaintiffs in ICE Lawsuit Part of ‘Violent & Radical Left’ | What’s next? They're Antifa. Local voters must deport this MAGA sheriff from his office Nov. 4 to finally end his ICE 287(g) agreement, writes @cmychalejko.bsky.social.

"Every community should have a Bucks County Beacon." When I first became a journalist, 1986, for Maine's Brunswick Times Record most communities had local journalism. Before long the corporate media bought up or pushed out most of them. BCB remains. Support our paper, maybe more will come back?!

Bucks County Beacon doing the investigations that benefit the entire country. Good journalism is expensive, y'all, and worthy of support.

When a 10-year-old who has already lost 3 relatives to gun violence has to beg for action, it’s political negligence. When will our leaders listen? #MOleg

Being kicked out by them for committing journalism was certainly a career highlight of mine.