RIGHTWING EXTREMISM
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Conservative leaders want to make it harder to get divorced
No-fault divorce laws have contributed to lower national rates of intimate partner violence, particularly against women. Some conservative leaders want to reinstate barriers to divorce by requiring “proof” of abuse or infidelity.
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‘A dark day for America’: Josh Shapiro blasts Supreme Court’s ruling giving Trump immunity
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump has “absolute immunity” for official acts.
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Ceremony marks start of rebuilding for Pittsburgh synagogue
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro attended the groundbreaking Sunday for a new complex that will be constructed on the site of the Tree of Life synagogue, where 11 worshipers were murdered in the deadliest act of antisemitism in U.S. history.
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Judge orders Scott Perry’s Jan. 6-related emails, text messages be released
The York Dispatch reported on Friday that Congressman Scott Perry’s emails and text messages are one step closer to being released.
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Ex-Cop attacked on Jan. 6 responds to PA Republicans who heckled him
Former US Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn and Sergeant Aquilino Gonell were heckled by House Republican lawmakers on Wednesday.
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Conservative activist’s son sentenced to nearly 4 years for ‘relentless’ attack on Capitol
Leo Brent Bozell IV of Lebanon County was one of the first rioters to enter the Capitol. He was arrested after an FBI tipster recognized him in part from the “Hershey Christian Academy” sweatshirt that he wore on Jan. 6.
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PA lawmakers call out Dave McCormick’s investments in Rumble
Pennsylvania lawmakers and members of the Jewish community gathered in Harrisburg to highlight Dave McCormick’s hypocrisy on his stake in an extremist social media site.
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Pennsylvania’s richest billionaire could lose big on possible TikTok ban
Pennsylvania’s richest billionaire and largest Republican mega donor, Jeffrey Yass, stands to lose from US House Republicans’ attempt to ban the popular social media platform, TikTok.
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Election deniers make up one-third of the Pennsylvania legislature, new report shows
A recent report published by the States United Democracy Center found that Pennsylvania has the highest number of election deniers serving in office in the seven states they studied.
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Not just abortion: IVF ruling next phase in the right’s war on reproductive freedom
The Alabama Supreme Court directly cited the Dobbs decision—in which the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—in its ruling that effectively bans IVF in the state. But amid furious public backlash, Donald Trump and Republicans have raced to distance themselves from the ruling they made possible.
