Be a Part of the Conversation Hosts Course in Warrington for Parents and Guardians With Loved Ones Struggling With Addiction | The free Family Recovery Course will take place Saturday mornings for three weeks — Sept. 27, Oct. 4, Oct. 11 — from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Thank you for everything you do Cyril @cmychalejko.bsky.social @buckscountybeacon.com Reports Real News All The Time This local publication has integrity and guts. Very Proud!

Pennsylvania Was Once a National Leader in Renewable Energy. What Happened? | Natural gas was pitched as a stopgap between fossil fuels and renewables. Instead, it has derailed PA’s energy transition, reports @insideclimatenews.org. Second in a series about rising electricity prices in Pennsylvania.

Does anybody truly believe that Tom Homan's $50,000 payday was a one-off? (Presumably the FBI didn't, or why would they have launched their investigation?) I hope investigative journalists and others with the ability to dig into his whole range of activities will pick up the torch

OPINION: Exposing the Republican Party’s Shell Game | Bensalem Township's Barbara Stakes wants Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick to be more transparent and accessible to his constituents.

The High Holy Days begin this year on Sept. 22 with Rosh Hashana — the Jewish New Year — and continue through Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, which ends at nightfall on Oct. 2.

For Many US Jews, High Holy Days Will Be a Mix of Anxiety and Determination | Rabbis say many of their congregants are worried by a surge of antisemitism, yet are all the more determined to worship together in the coming days.

Fracking’s Broken Promise to Pennsylvania | Fracking was supposed to lower Pennsylvanians’ electric bills. Instead, they’re higher than ever—and they’re about to get worse, reports @insideclimatenews.org. This is the first article in a series about rising electricity prices in Pennsylvania.

The journalism inside baseball here is what an amazing hire Carol Leonnig has been for MSNBC (part of the mass exodus from the Washington Post)

Why @washingtonpost.com fired me, by @karenattiah.bsky.social | Here is the reasoning in the official termination letter that was sent to me last Thursday — which I categorically reject.

"“One of my first interactions with local government was going to a public meeting for the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge and asking, ‘When will the Bike and Hike trails be done?’ Now I’m one of the people in charge of continuing to build it out."

I have a long drive home from Eden’s wedding tomorrow - so glad I’ll have something thought provoking to listen to on the road. You listen too, and then tell me what you think. #talkitover

Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social joins The Signal as a guest w/ @rcpress.bsky.social hosting to reflect on the Charlie Kirk murder, Turning Point USA's disturbing history, the failure of the mainstream media to meet our authoritarian moment & @buckscountybeacon.com's role in these turbulent times.

Pressure works. Let's keep it up.

Right-Wing Extremist Violence Is More Frequent and More Deadly Than Left-Wing Violence, Data Shows | Based on government and independent analyses, right-wing extremist violence has been responsible for approximately 75% to 80% of U.S. domestic terrorism deaths since 2001.

. @byjordangreen.bsky.social on Why the Neo-Nazi Movement Is an Escalating Threat to US Democracy

Dan Wood and Christina Maida Offer a New Generation of Leadership for Doylestown Township | Together, the two candidates are ready to meet the needs and concerns of residents in the township where they grew up and are now raising their own families. #BucksCounty

This is AmeriKKKa: Forest Lake school leaders are considering repealing the ban on wearing clothing that displays the Confederate flag, swastika and KKK signs. www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesot...

Injustice in Plain Sight: The AI and Crypto Boom in Pennsylvania | It’s time to demand a fair system that protects the people who keep our communities alive, not the corporations driving our rates through the roof, write @repsteele.com, @billmckibben.bsky.social & EI Solar President Joe Morinville.

AP-NORC Poll: Growing Number of Republicans Pessimistic About Direction of the Country | Today, only about half in the GOP see the nation on the right course, down from 70% in June. The shift is even more glaring among Republican women and the party's under-45 crowd. Here's why.

This is exactly the kind of outspoken leadership we need from local Democrats in #BucksCounty right now.

You don’t say: Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

This is AmeriKKKa: Forest Lake school leaders are considering repealing the ban on wearing clothing that displays the Confederate flag, swastika and KKK signs. www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesot...

This is exactly the kind of outspoken leadership we need from local Democrats in #BucksCounty right now.

Look at Kimmel -- it's Goebbels all over again bsky.app/profile/cmyc...

You don’t say: Goebbels Ends Careers of Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime www.nytimes.com/1939/02/04/a...

State @senatorstevesantarsiero.com: American Democracy Is the Frog and the Water Is Starting to Boil | We should boycott ABC and all things Disney. Corporate America needs to feel the disapproval of the American People, writes the chair of the Bucks County Democrats.

History’s path is never linear. But its turns can be very sharp. It is rare to be able to identify the moment when we can say “this is the point at which everything changed”... Has American democracy failed? Has the US descended into authoritarianism? Yes. It is happening. Right now.

Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is the Latest Sign We’re Witnessing the End of US Democracy | The widespread, coordinated suppression of dissent – and the extended chilling effect that suppression has – are ripping apart the fabric of American political life.

The Nation Can No Longer Ignore President Trump’s Mental Pathology | With people suffering from personality disorder like Trump, there is a consistency to their methods, their deviancy and their cruelty, writes military veteran Steve Nolan, author of "American Carnage: An Officer’s Duty to Warn."

Election Explainer: What’s a Sheriff? | This is the third in a weekly Thursday series of informational briefs to explain the roles and responsibilities of Bucks County Row Officers up for election in November.

Check out @conservationpa.bsky.social Executive Director Molly Parzen's latest column in the @buckscountybeacon.com about the importance of voting “Yes” vote to retain Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin M. Dougherty and David N. Wecht.

Bucks County Community College to Host Compassion for Animals and Environment Conference | The conference's goals are to respect animals' emotions and intelligence; increase reliance on plant-based foods; be kind to Earth, its inhabitants, and ourselves; and strengthen the human-animal bond.

"This tragedy forces people to show where they really stand." Apparently Philly MAGA radio mouth Dom Giordano seems to be peeved that Republican Senator James Lankford brought up the very real, present, and violent threat that white nationalists pose. Can't say I'm shocked though.

Mark Zuckerberg Doesn’t Want You to Read This Book. That’s Just One Reason Why You Must. | "Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism" very successfully flays the many layers of scar tissue that have accumulated around Facebook/Meta scandals over the past decade.

Check out @conservationpa.bsky.social Executive Director Molly Parzen's latest column in the @buckscountybeacon.com about the importance of voting “Yes” vote to retain Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justices Christine Donohue, Kevin M. Dougherty and David N. Wecht.

OPINION: Judicial Elections Key to Protecting Pennsylvania’s Democracy and Our Environment | In this critical moment in our nation’s history, state courts play an essential role in protecting our rights to vote, to express ourselves and to have access to clean air and pure water.

Exclusive: Leaked Messages from Charlie Kirk Assassin | Accused shooter’s “politics” is not what government and media say, reports @kenklippenstein.bsky.social

Bucks IU Opens New Special Education Services Location at Former Pearl S. Buck Elementary School in Levittown | “An educational environment such as this allows our highly skilled and trained staff to meet the complex and individualized needs of students enrolled at the school.”

TikTok’s Role in Modern Evangelism - @zdroberts.bsky.social  and @matthewboedy.bsky.social  Watch the full interview here: http://bit.ly/4nasGVw

The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...

PA Governor Josh Shapiro Says US Must ‘Turn the Tide’ Against Political Violence, Reject Vengeance | Shapiro referenced Trump, saying some people “in the dark corners of the internet, all the way to the Oval Office, want to cherry-pick which instances of political violence they want to condemn."

Watch @zdroberts.bsky.social interview @matthewboedy.bsky.social about his new book “The Seven Mountains Mandate” and how Charlie Kirk was the 'Face of Christian Nationalism' trying to conquer the education ‘mountain’ www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fc2...

"This tragedy forces people to show where they really stand." Apparently Philly MAGA radio mouth Dom Giordano seems to be peeved that Republican Senator James Lankford brought up the very real, present, and violent threat that white nationalists pose. Can't say I'm shocked though.

The AI Boom Is Coming for Pennsylvania. How Will Lawmakers Respond? | The Keystone State trails only Texas & Virginia in announced AI buildout. But policies to provide environmental & consumer protections lag further behind, reports @insideclimatenews.org. An AI data center is coming to Bucks County

By using their authority to define what corporations are—and what powers they hold—states can end the era of corporate and dark money in U.S. politics.

In 8 short months the Trump regime has already morphed the United States into a MAGA version of Victor Orban's Hungary. What's scary though is Trump's brain trust of fascists like Stephen Miller don't think this is going far enough.

White House Working to Criminalize Left-Wing Dissent as ‘Domestic Terror’ in Wake of Charlie Kirk Murder | Democratic @governor.ca.gov Gavin Newsom noted Monday on social media that Stephen Miller “has already publicly labeled the Democratic Party as a terrorist organization.” via @commondreams.org

We want to share this article written by @jennycohn.bsky.social back in November 2023 which sounded the alarm about how Moms for Liberty were similarly part of this Christian supremacist movement targeting education. Read Moms For Liberty And The Dominionist Assault On America’s ‘Education Mountain’

I asked two brilliant journalists, @annneumann.bsky.social & @audiosand.bsky.social, to think about Erika Kirk's public performance of grief with me. slowcivilwar.substack.com/p/the-mourni...