DAILY GRINDER: Free Booze For Smashed Bottles
CBS 3 decided to make some news of their own: They bought wine, poured it out, smashed the bottle, brought the glass back into the state store, and got a new bottle of wine – “no questions asked.” It sounds stupid, sure, but apparently stores are losing tons of money on the policy and taxpayers are footing the bill. Last year alone, the PLCB “lost $2.5...
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DAILY GRINDER: Bill Would Allow Online Voter Registration
I'm registering to vote...and tumblring. Senator Lloyd Smucker of Lancaster County, who, with a name like that, has to be good, has introduced a bill that’d allow state residents to register to vote online—and, if you can believe it, Smucker’s fellow Republicans seem to be on board. “Based on the experience in other states, online voter registration...
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UPenn Tangled Up In Massachusetts Senate Race
Anyone unfamiliar with the weirdness going on in the Massachusetts Senate race, it’s like this: Moderate Republican Scott Brown, who won former Sen. Ted Kennedy’s seat in a 2010 special election is being challenged by former Obama ‘consumer czar’ and Harvard professor Elizabeth Warren. Brown once posed naked in a woman’s magazine. Warren...
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DAILY GRINDER: Northeast Philly Woman Threatens Sen. Casey
A Northeast Philly woman was charged on Wednesday with threatening Senator Bob Casey. Ruby Marconi, 57, allegedly called Casey’s Washington office and told the Senator’s machine, “Hello Casey, you are going to pay for this … What the hell are you in office for, to go against President Obama?” She also noted, “You don’t think people are planning...
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Calls for Pennsylvania Gay Marriage Amendments Following Obama Announcement
Pennsylvania politicians and activists had all sorts of reactions to President Obama’s announcement yesterday that he supports gay marriage. Many of those have already been dissected by the media, but in some local instances, advocates have been using the president’s words as fodder to promote not just a political agenda, but enthusiasm for specific legislation. “[Obama]...
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Update: Following Rendell Smack, Obama ‘Mans Up’ on Gay Marriage
Whoa. President Obama has heard you loud and clear, and he has come out in favor of same-sex marriage. He gave an interview today to ABC News’ Robin Roberts and said as much. The interview will appear tomorrow on Good Morning America and ensures Obama will not officially be the last Democrat presidential candidate to fight against same-sex marriage. Here’s...
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FAKE OUTRAGE: White House ‘Fetus Registration’
Who knew the Presidential Smear Discourse would get this stupid, this fast? Yesterday, the right wing web, most of which feature the same headlines at any given time, went nuts over a standard White House email sent to those planning to take a tour of the president’s home in Washington. In that email, Ellie Schafer, the Director of the White House Visitor’s...
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Ed Rendell Tells Obama to ‘Man Up’ on Gay Marriage
After Vice President Joe Biden told the world he was “comfortable” with gay marriage on Sunday, a number of people in the media and elsewhere have noted President Barack Obama should perhaps clarify his position on marriage equality. The issue was discussed earlier today on MSNBC, where former Pennsylvania Governor/Philadelphia Mayor and current cable news...
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Rep. Tony Payton, PA Dems Hold Obama Campaign Call on Student Loans
Fer Gregory / Shutterstock The Obama Campaign held a conference call today with Philadelphia State Rep. Tony Payton and Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord over student loan rates, which are scheduled to increase in July. “If Congress fails to act by July 1st, the interest rates on those loans for those 7 million students is set to double—meaning 7 million...
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DAILY GRINDER: Virginia Man Threatens to Kill Obama, Bomb Philadelphia City Hall
A Virginia man named Christopher Hecker has been charged with a number of threats he made, mostly online. They include killing President Barack Obama, bombing the site of the former World Trade Center, hotels and Philadelphia City Hall. Some of his additional online rants include the following: “[Obama] is the one that is destroying patriotism in the U.S.A....
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