Brett Pransky
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In New Ad, Shapiro Highlights His Record Of Fighting For The Working Class
In the United States, there are many forms of theft, but the single largest source of theft is not robbery. It is wage theft. Each year, employers steal billions of dollars from working people in a variety of ways, including working them off the clock, failing to pay the minimum wage, or cheating them out…
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Shortly After FBI Seizes Scott Perry’s Phone, Subpoenas Rain Down On Pennsylvania GOP Legislators
On Tuesday, the FBI seized Republican Congressman Scott Perry’s phone. The next day, the FBI served several subpoenas to Pennsylvania GOP state legislators. The actions appear to be linked to a probe into a scheme to install fake electors as part of Donald Trump’s plot to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. “This morning,…
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In An Increasingly Divided America, Joe Biden Just Keeps Stacking Up Wins
Joe Biden signed the CHIPS bill into law yesterday, making a massive investment in US manufacturing and bringing billions in new investment to American shores and an estimated 70,000 to 90,000 family sustaining jobs to American working families. It is the first of many new bills he will be signing in the coming weeks, a…
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Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act Passes, But Senate Republicans Block Insulin Price Cap, Delivering Big Win For Big Pharma
After voting to keep an insulin price cap out of the Inflation Reduction Act, Pat Toomey was one of several Republican Senators calling on the Finance Committee to “evaluate” the measure, a political ruse if ever there was one.
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Extreme Is The New Mainstream: Every Pennsylvania GOP Congressman But One Endorses Radical Candidate Doug Mastriano
The attempts to round off Mastriano’s extreme edges fall flat when you consider the eight Republican US Reps. who just endorsed him voted against certifying the 2020 election.
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Jon Stewart Takes Aim at Pennsylvania GOP Senator Pat Toomey Over Anti-Veteran Vote
Republicans “haven’t met a war they won’t sign up for and they haven’t met a veteran they won’t screw over.” This statement was made by comedian Jon Stewart just after the GOP blocked the PACT Act, a bill designed to help toxin-exposed veterans, a bill that passed a procedural vote just a couple days ago…
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Pennsylvania Republicans Choose Party Over Working Families… Again
The whole thing reads a bit like the script of a bad daytime drama. Mitch McConnell, playing the familiar role of lead villain, wanted to stop Democrats from passing a reconciliation bill that would invest in climate action, lower healthcare costs, and reduce the national deficit. None of these goals are very popular with GOP…
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Dr. Oz Joins the Right-Wing Attack on Public Education
In today’s right wing political universe, there is no easier target than educators – especially those working in public schools. And one could easily argue that the attacks on public education are more intense in Pennsylvania than in any other state in America. And Dr. Oz has just joined the attack: What’s important to understand…
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Wild Campaign Holds Fundraising Lead in Pivotal Pennsylvania Congressional Race
With just a few months to go before election day, opinions on who will control the House in 2023 are beginning to shift. Early polls projected that Republican control of the chamber was a near certainty, but now that Americans are staring down the barrel of a post-Roe world and dealing with the very real,…
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Oz Hopes to Shake Off Snake Oil Salesman Label to Become a US Senator
Dr. Mehmet Oz is facing credibility issues in his current run for US Senate in Pennsylvania. The attacks continually target the legitimacy of his recent move from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, and whether or not he really plans to represent Pennsylvanians should he win in November. But credibility issues are nothing new for Dr. Oz.…
