Mayor Nutter Keeps Up Blistering Mitt Romney Attacks
Did I mention Mitt Romney once curb stomped a toddler? While some populist, moderate Democrats like Trenton, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker, former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Virginia Senator Mark Warner nervously support President Obama (and sometimes even criticize him), Mayor Michael Nutter continues his full court press against the former Massachusetts...
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DAILY GRINDER: 50 Democrats Sign Brief Supporting Voter ID Challenge
Fifty House Democrats signed a brief in support of the challenge to the Voter ID law. Many claim the law violates the Pennsylvania constitution’s “protection of the right to vote and oversteps the powers vested in the General Assembly.” As we’ve reported before, it also unfairly brutalizes women, minorities, the elderly and college students. Governor...
Continue ReadingPennsylvania Rep. Introduces Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood
Earlier today, State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) introduced what he’s calling the Whole Woman’s Health Funding Priorities Act. The bill would essentially defund Planned Parenthood in Pennsylvania. Even though tax money that goes to Planned Parenthood goes toward cancer screenings and other services, not abortion, Metcalfe insists this not true. He notes...
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Firefighters’ Union Calls on Commissioner Lloyd Ayers to Resign
Union President Bill Gault speaks to reporters. During a press conference at the Philadelphia Firefighters Union Local 22 headquarters, union president Bill Gault and others called on Philadelphia Fire Commissioner Lloyd Ayers to resign “or be suspended pending a full investigation” into what led to the deaths of Lt. Robert P. Neary and firefighter Daniel...
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DAILY GRINDER: PPA Aide to Collect $522 Thousand DROP Payment
Fer Gregory / Shutterstock Philadelphia Parking Authority Aide Carl Ciglar will retire from his position next year with a six-figure pension and $522,183 in DROP cash. Hey, remember DROP? Defense has begun in the Philadelphia sexual abuse case, and the first witness, Msgr. Joseph Garvin, said Lynn recommended an abusive priest be transferred, but that the cardinal...
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Q&A: Former NFL Player, Current LGBT Activist Wade Davis on Obama Support
After four years in the NFL, Wade Davis came out of the closet. He currently works as a mentor with LGBT youth and is a member of the GLSEN Sports Advisory Board. “His past professional career within a hypermasculine sport juxtaposed with his activist work and current occupation working with LGBTQ ,” according to his Huffington Post bio, “has enabled him...
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GOP Wants You To ‘Stand With’ Gov. Rendell AGAINST Obama
Remember we asked you the definition of “unbelievable sleaze,” and you said…what did you say, again? Oh, right. In light of some Democrats weirdly coming out in favor of Mitt Romney’s former predatory management firm, Bain Capital, the GOP has begun using some of that criticism of the president’s criticism to “slam” the president. Their latest...
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Sen. Bob Casey Compared to Nazis for Facebook Bill
Conservatives got all riled up years ago when then-Sen. Joe Biden said paying taxes is “patriotic.” Because it’s really not! Or something. So we can only imagine their heads are exploding a la Scanners in the face of the latest piece of legislation put out by Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and your very own Bob Casey. Their bill, titled the “Ex-Patriot”...
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DAILY GRINDER: 7 Counties To Determine Pennsylvania Vote, Possibly Election
Pennsylvania pollster Terry Madonna says there are seven Pennsylvania counties that will determine whether Obama or Romney wins the state—and, based on how things go elsewhere, the election. Those counties do not include Philadelphia, but do include Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware. Pearl Jam is one of the 28 bands that’ll be playing the Made in America...
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Dr. Jill Stein Wins PA Green Party Presidential Caucus
In spite of the Philadelphia Delegation’s surprise endorsement of Roseanne Barr for president last month, the Pennsylvania Green Party has given a majority of its delegates to presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein. The endorsement came on the party’s Super Saturday, in which Stein won a majority of delegates in New York, Mississippi, Tennessee, Minnesota and...
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