ICYMI: Tom Taft on Bucks County Democrats’ Efforts to Defeat Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in #PA01 | The great-grandson of President William Howard Taft spoke with Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social about politics, policy, the upcoming Democratic primary in May, and more. (Transcript included)

Rep Brian Fitzpatrick’s Statements and Actions on Iran Unmask His Political Vacuousness and Cowardice | His recent word salads on Trump’s war & his vote against House War Powers Resolution exposes how Fitzpatrick talks like a big "moderate" but shrinks when it comes time to actually stand up to MAGA

Perfect Homework, Blank Stares: Why Colleges Like the University of Pennsylvania Are Turning to Oral Exams to Combat AI | "We’re doing this because students are actually losing skills, losing cognitive capacity and creativity,” said Penn Associate Professor Emily Hammer.

“I learned the importance of ‘home.’ Your home is so much more than the four walls. Data clearly shows that owning your own home improves the mental and physical health of all who live in it,” said Habitat for Humanity Bucks County CEO Florence Kawoczka. READ: tinyurl.com/yrctbsfb

‘We the People’ Hold More Power. Here’s What to Know Before ‘No Kings’ Protests on March 28 | The @aclupa.org created a resource for Saturday's events: "Democracy Takes US ALL: Toolkit for Pennsylvanians to Move From Thought to Action." #NoKings

Good. AI is a useful tool, but if we let students replace their thinking skills with it we're going to have brainless young people. I fear that Republicans would love that. So much easier to manipulate.

Perfect Homework, Blank Stares: Why Colleges Like the University of Pennsylvania Are Turning to Oral Exams to Combat AI | "We’re doing this because students are actually losing skills, losing cognitive capacity and creativity,” said Penn Associate Professor Emily Hammer.

‘We the People’ Hold More Power. Here’s What to Know Before ‘No Kings’ Protests on March 28 | The @aclupa.org created a resource for Saturday's events: "Democracy Takes US ALL: Toolkit for Pennsylvanians to Move From Thought to Action." #NoKings

Rep Brian Fitzpatrick’s Statements and Actions on Iran Unmask His Political Vacuousness and Cowardice | His recent word salads on Trump’s war & his vote against House War Powers Resolution exposes how Fitzpatrick talks like a big "moderate" but shrinks when it comes time to actually stand up to MAGA

In Response to Another War, Harrisburg Must Finally Act to Break Our Addiction to Foreign Oil | By doubling down on clean, renewable energy, we aren’t just protecting our planet. We are delivering long-term savings that protect our communities from future price shocks. READ: tinyurl.com/3vjb72hf

A Mar-a-Lago flip: Dems win Trump's hometown Florida House district | Back in 2024, the GOP incumbent — then-state Rep. Mike Caruso — won House District 87 by 19 points.

In Response to Another War, Harrisburg Must Finally Act to Break Our Addiction to Foreign Oil | By doubling down on clean, renewable energy, we aren’t just protecting our planet. We are delivering long-term savings that protect our communities from future price shocks. READ: tinyurl.com/3vjb72hf

“I learned the importance of ‘home.’ Your home is so much more than the four walls. Data clearly shows that owning your own home improves the mental and physical health of all who live in it,” said Habitat for Humanity Bucks County CEO Florence Kawoczka. READ: tinyurl.com/yrctbsfb

A $50 Million Push Hopes to Make Child Care a Top Issue in the Midterm Elections in States Like Pennsylvania | The announcement comes as the cost of child care continues to rise and as waiting lists for federal child care subsidies, which support working families in poverty, continue to grow.

Supreme Court Will Decide Whether States Can Keep Counting Late Mail Ballots | All 50 states require ballots to be cast or postmarked on or before Election Day, but 14 states have grace periods for receiving and counting regular mailed ballots, ranging from a day to several weeks after the election.

Teach Our Children to Fly, Not Get Stuck in a Cuckoo’s Nest | Oftentimes the best teachable moments are found in students thrashing out ideas through discussions of real issues w/ their teachers helping them “craft compelling questions” & developing critical thinking skills they need for a lifetime.

A $50 Million Push Hopes to Make Child Care a Top Issue in the Midterm Elections in States Like Pennsylvania | The announcement comes as the cost of child care continues to rise and as waiting lists for federal child care subsidies, which support working families in poverty, continue to grow.

You know what's cute? Establishment Dems who still think they can work with anyone across the aisle. Or, believe the notion of "good faith" exists in the GOP.

To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt - a strategy they called “the Gamechanger.” 🧐 READ: tinyurl.com/3khb5tm3

Supreme Court Will Decide Whether States Can Keep Counting Late Mail Ballots | All 50 states require ballots to be cast or postmarked on or before Election Day, but 14 states have grace periods for receiving and counting regular mailed ballots, ranging from a day to several weeks after the election.

“Why The Trump-Backed SAVE America Act Threatens Election Security Nationwide *** Buried in the Act is a mandate requiring every state to funnel voter data into a centralized voter-purge system plagued by security & accuracy concerns and controlled by the Trump administration.” By Jennifer Cohn 1/

Teach Our Children to Fly, Not Get Stuck in a Cuckoo’s Nest | Oftentimes the best teachable moments are found in students thrashing out ideas through discussions of real issues w/ their teachers helping them “craft compelling questions” & developing critical thinking skills they need for a lifetime.

Support for LGBTQ Rights Holds Steady for Most—but Not All—Americans | @melissadeckman.bsky.social provides 5 takeaways from @prri.org's latest report: "Mapping Support for LGBTQ Rights Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI’s 2025 American Values Atlas."

“Some will just say they want more of a natural birth philosophy,” said Dr. Steven Abelowitz, founder of Ocean Pediatrics in Orange County, California. “Then there’s a ton of misinformation. … There are outside influences, friends, celebrities, nonprofessionals and political agendas.”

Support for LGBTQ Rights Holds Steady for Most—but Not All—Americans | @melissadeckman.bsky.social provides 5 takeaways from @prri.org's latest report: "Mapping Support for LGBTQ Rights Across the 50 States: Insights from PRRI’s 2025 American Values Atlas."

It’s Not Just Vaccines — Parents Are Refusing Other Routine Preventive Care for Newborns | Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other proven, routine, preventive care for babies.

Trump and the Return of the ‘White Man’s Burden’ | Juan Cole reminds readers of the role that White nationalism, an old favorite of colonial powers past, is once again playing in the Trump era in which so much that was old is new again.

Georgia Woman Charged With Murder After Police Say She Took Pills to Induce an Abortion | A 2019 Georgia law bans abortion after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy.

“Some will just say they want more of a natural birth philosophy,” said Dr. Steven Abelowitz, founder of Ocean Pediatrics in Orange County, California. “Then there’s a ton of misinformation. … There are outside influences, friends, celebrities, nonprofessionals and political agendas.”

Has even one of the insufferable gits who ostentatiously declared that people were "hysterical" for warning about fascism owned up to their gross wrongness, even internally?

Trump and the Return of the ‘White Man’s Burden’ | Juan Cole reminds readers of the role that White nationalism, an old favorite of colonial powers past, is once again playing in the Trump era in which so much that was old is new again.

Jesus. A newborn making it through the first 6 months of life shouldn’t have to rely on what is, in essence, survival of the fittest.

It’s Not Just Vaccines — Parents Are Refusing Other Routine Preventive Care for Newborns | Doctors across the nation are alarmed that skepticism fueled by rising anti-science sentiment and medical mistrust is increasingly reaching beyond vaccines to other proven, routine, preventive care for babies.

If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case would be one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancy in Georgia since it passed a 2019 law banning most abortions.

ICYMI: Tom Taft on Bucks County Democrats’ Efforts to Defeat Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in #PA01 | The great-grandson of President William Howard Taft spoke with Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social about politics, policy, the upcoming Democratic primary in May, and more. (Transcript included)

The AI Boom Has Plunged a Small Pennsylvania Town into Chaos | Data centers will swallow 14 percent of Archbald, evict a trailer park, and border many residential properties. Who's to blame is a matter of fierce debate, writes @rebeccamccarthy.bsky.social for @grist.org and @spotlightpa.org.

New op-ed from EQAT's Communications and Research Manager, Eve, and @stopmoneypipeline.bsky.social's Campaign Manager, Nancy, in the @buckscountybeacon.com!

It was a joy to interview each and every one of the people that I got to speak with for this story. Rep Andre Carol - a 35 year old man who grew up going to public school, with a dad in prison, is now a lawmaker working to change the lives of young everyday Pennsylvanians.

If state prosecutors decide to move forward with the murder charge brought by local police against Alexia Moore, her case would be one of the first instances of a woman being charged for terminating a pregnancy in Georgia since it passed a 2019 law banning most abortions.

Georgia Woman Charged With Murder After Police Say She Took Pills to Induce an Abortion | A 2019 Georgia law bans abortion after embryonic cardiac activity can be detected, typically about six weeks into a pregnancy.

“It hinders people’s ability to be able to get housing and be able to get employment, which hinders a person’s ability to be able to move forward in their life,” said @repandrecarroll.com. He has a bill in Harrisburg that is trying to change this.

Heavy-Handed Probation and Parole in Pennsylvania Prevents People from Moving Forward | The Keystone State has the highest incarceration rate in the Northeast and the nation’s second highest percentage of persons on probation and parole, reports @patlamarche.bsky.social.

Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war, Washington Post reports. How do you think the United States could better spend $200 billion? (Rather than on blowing up schools, destroying Iran's civilian infrastructure, and killing innocent civilians.)

Advocates Work to Reconcile César Chavez’s Labor Rights Legacy With Sexual Abuse Allegations | Latino leaders and community groups quickly condemned the alleged abuse by Chavez but emphasized that the farmworker movement was never just about a single man.

The Future Is Now? Bucks County School Districts Explore How AI Will Fit in Classrooms | At least four school districts do not yet have a formal policy as others launch pilots and test new tools. Where do you stand on this polarizing issue?

Why do we keep building data centers? Haven't they already exhausted the corpus of human creation to train these models? Why on earth do we need more of them?

The AI Boom Has Plunged a Small Pennsylvania Town into Chaos | Data centers will swallow 14 percent of Archbald, evict a trailer park, and border many residential properties. Who's to blame is a matter of fierce debate, writes @rebeccamccarthy.bsky.social for @grist.org and @spotlightpa.org.

OPINION: Health Care Is the Way for Democrats to Win | Health care costs now rank among voters’ top concerns in battleground districts in states like Pennsylvania.

It’s essential that teachers avoid suppressing spontaneous discussions about the Iran War & other tough topics and revamp how they approach difficult discussions about current events and other topics, writes Boaz Dvir, founder of Penn State's Holocaust, Genocide & Human Rights Education Initiative.

OPINION: Vanguard Caves to GOP Attorneys General, Sacrifices Our Climate Future in Legal Settlement | Vanguard has essentially agreed to abandon any future measures to fight climate change.