Meet the Top 24 Leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation in the U.S. | Get to know the under-the-radar leaders of a movement that helped organize January 6 and continues to pose a threat to American democracy. Reporting by @fredclarkson.bsky.social & @profgagne.bsky.social in @religiondispatches.org

Trump’s War on Iran Sparks a Global Fertilizer Shortage and Threatens Food Prices | Higher fuel prices can ripple through processing, transport and delivery.

Trump’s Save America Act Would End Voter Registration Drives Nationwide | In many states, civic groups have long provided applications to would-be voters that they can quickly fill out, reports @stateline.org.

In true Orwellian fashion, NewsMax has since scrubbed the interview from its website. www.newsmaxtv.com/Shows/Bianca...

Pennsylvania MAGA Congressman Scott Perry pushed the Great Replacement conspiracy theory this week when he told NewsMax that Democrats are refusing to fund parts of the Department of Homeland Security because "They don’t want any of their voters to be deported," reports @pennlive.com.

Here’s How Trump’s War on Iran Is Affecting Bucks County Farmers | Spiking fuel and fertilizer costs are putting a dark cloud over spring planting season.

Trump’s War on Iran Sparks a Global Fertilizer Shortage and Threatens Food Prices | Higher fuel prices can ripple through processing, transport and delivery.

Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick | Corporate consolidation in America’s food industry is making food more expensive and worse. What can we do about it? READ: bit.ly/4v32SyZ

The stuff coming out about the police chief in Pennsylvania that assaulted teenagers is wild and should be a national story. The police chief of Quakertown referred to “an evil sect” in emails AFTER the incident. Was the evil sect Quakers? Unbelievable stuff.

Democratic State House Candidate Kristin Egan Goes on Record to Oppose Controversial US 1 Project in Lower Bucks County | “We cannot ignore the safety concerns, environmental risks and impacts on quality of life,” said Egan. #BucksCounty

Since the 1980s we’ve been living in a Second Gilded Age where, as these firms amass power, they have been able to corrupt the system more and more to pad their bottom line. I think it says so much that Trump’s largest inauguration donor was my slaughter baron, JBS, said @austinfrerick.bsky.social.

Naming and Shaming Food Barons: A Q&A with Austin Frerick | Corporate consolidation in America’s food industry is making food more expensive and worse. What can we do about it? READ: bit.ly/4v32SyZ

Democrats Sue to Block Trump’s Executive Order Targeting Mail Ballots | “President Trump has tried again and again to rewrite election rules for his own perceived partisan advantage,” their lawsuit states.

Patriarchy, Purity & Power: How James Dobson Helps Explain MAGA Evangelical Silence on Epstein Files | “You can’t question authority in high-control environments & under patriarchy, men are the ones w/ authority. When men misstep, they can be absolved w/out any show of remorse or promise of change."

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Talking the Talk on Data Center Regulations. But Will They Walk the Talk? | As public opposition to AI data center development ratchets up in PA, politicians are promising to protect local communities, reports @insideclimatenews.org. But will they deliver?

Maternity Care Coalition Opens New Community Care Kiosk in Bristol | The kiosk will provide free essentials like diapers, formula, pregnancy tests, and menstrual products — helping expand access to critical resources and reduce barriers to care.

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Talking the Talk on Data Center Regulations. But Will They Walk the Talk? | As public opposition to AI data center development ratchets up in PA, politicians are promising to protect local communities, reports @insideclimatenews.org. But will they deliver?

“We have an administration and a government that is committed not to finding out the truth about the most appalling pedophilia, abuse, and corruption ring in recent memory, but to protect and defend the perpetrators. That in itself is really something,” said @katherinestewart.bsky.social.

Patriarchy, Purity & Power: How James Dobson Helps Explain MAGA Evangelical Silence on Epstein Files | “You can’t question authority in high-control environments & under patriarchy, men are the ones w/ authority. When men misstep, they can be absolved w/out any show of remorse or promise of change."

Bucks County Daily Newspaper Reveals Disturbing Emails by Quakertown Police Chief Who Put High School Kid in a Chokehold | Unfortunately, they buried the lede.

Absolutely gutted to learn my friend, Shelly Kittleson, has been kidnapped in Baghdad possibly by Kataib Hezbollah, according to initial reports. Shelly is incredibly kind, talented, and cares deeply about the region and its people. Praying for her safe return.

Supreme Court Rules Against Colorado Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’ for LGBTQ Kids | The ruling is expected to eventually make similar laws in other states unenforceable. [This will make this form of child abuse and torture legal again] #QuackScience #Bigotry

A Bucks County Bird Town Waits in the Wings and Wonders About Their Library’s Future | Morrisville residents are at risk of losing an incredible sanctuary and resource hub for the neighborhood.

Bucks County Daily Newspaper Reveals Disturbing Emails by Quakertown Police Chief Who Put High School Kid in a Chokehold | Unfortunately, they buried the lede.

“It’s pretty uncommon for sitting senators to endorse against the Senate leader. Senators are reading the tea leaves and are getting feedback from the grassroots that they are dissatisfied with Schumer’s performance as leader.” – Democratic strategist Lis Smith

Democrats are fighting over whether the party’s traditional playbook still works in a country that elected Trump for a 2nd time & whether Chuck Schumer should remain in leadership

Maternity Care Coalition Opens New Community Care Kiosk in Bristol | The kiosk will provide free essentials like diapers, formula, pregnancy tests, and menstrual products — helping expand access to critical resources and reduce barriers to care.

Supreme Court Rules Against Colorado Ban on ‘Conversion Therapy’ for LGBTQ Kids | The ruling is expected to eventually make similar laws in other states unenforceable. [This will make this form of child abuse and torture legal again] #QuackScience #Bigotry

Is the 3rd Time a Charm? For the 3rd time in 4 years (thanks to @pahousedems.com), the PA state House has passed legislation to raise the minimum wage. The Republican-controlled state Senate however has refused to allow a vote. Pennsylvanians deserve to know where their elected officials stand.

A Bucks County Bird Town Waits in the Wings and Wonders About Their Library’s Future | Morrisville residents are at risk of losing an incredible sanctuary and resource hub for the neighborhood.

“It’s pretty uncommon for sitting senators to endorse against the Senate leader. Senators are reading the tea leaves and are getting feedback from the grassroots that they are dissatisfied with Schumer’s performance as leader.” – Democratic strategist Lis Smith

The question is not winning back the senate for a brief two year period while the GOP regroups. The question is putting forth a positive agenda that keeps both houses of Congress for decades. Schumer has been in Congress since 1981, and does not have the track record to do the second thing.

Dems not reading the room.

Chuck Schumer should definitely not remain in leadership. In fact, he should retire or be primaried.

Democrats are fighting over whether the party’s traditional playbook still works in a country that elected Trump for a 2nd time & whether Chuck Schumer should remain in leadership

Chuck Schumer Has a Plan to Win Back the Senate. But Some Democrats Aren’t on Board | “It’s really about, who do you trust? Establishment or not establishment. And frankly, the establishment hasn’t given us a lot to trust these past few years,” said Nan Whaley, a Democratic strategist.

Every time I see a wage poster or other reminder that PA still sets minimum wage at $7.25, it takes years off my life. SEVEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY-FIVE CENTS IS A CLOWN WAGE, A STIGMATA, A BADGE OF SHAME

Bucks County @senatorstevesantarsiero.com: Raising Pennsylvania’s $7.25 Minimum Wage Is About Economic Justice and Improving Economic Competitiveness | A wage hike would strengthen our entire economy from the ground up. @pasenate.com

Is it Smart to Let ‘Big Tech’ and Its Profit-Driven AI Tools Into Bucks County Classrooms? | Education reporter @palan57.bsky.social provides some questions educators, parents, students and taxpayers should be asking.

Where Tradition Meets Belonging: Celebrating Eid Mubarek in Bucks County | Locally, this Eid felt different. It felt recognized. It felt personal. It felt like progress, writes Olcay Ayata.

Is the 3rd Time a Charm? For the 3rd time in 4 years (thanks to @pahousedems.com), the PA state House has passed legislation to raise the minimum wage. The Republican-controlled state Senate however has refused to allow a vote. Pennsylvanians deserve to know where their elected officials stand.

Bucks County @senatorstevesantarsiero.com: Raising Pennsylvania’s $7.25 Minimum Wage Is About Economic Justice and Improving Economic Competitiveness | A wage hike would strengthen our entire economy from the ground up. @pasenate.com

Luddites of the world unite?

Is it Smart to Let ‘Big Tech’ and Its Profit-Driven AI Tools Into Bucks County Classrooms? | Education reporter @palan57.bsky.social provides some questions educators, parents, students and taxpayers should be asking.

Is Republican Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons an Election Denier? | Advocacy group All Voting Is Local says yes, while Parsons categorically rejects the charge stating he has always followed the law.

Evangelical Holy War: Why Some Christians Think Trump Will End the World—and Welcome it | Rhetoric about Donald Trump being divinely anointed and about to cause Armageddon indicate that U.S. policy is being promoted with violent religious fanaticism.

Georgia's GOP Hatched a New Plan to Win Elections in Metro Atlanta: Don't Let Voters Know Their Candidates Are Republicans. | The Republican-majority Georgia House on Friday gave final passage to a bill that would require nonpartisan elections in the five most populous counties in metro Atlanta.

When your brand is toxic…

The legal chicanery inspired by racism in that state is incredible. Shutting down schools. Creating new cities. Now this. Not many do it like Georgia.

They just don’t quit, do they?