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Top Story
1. Defiant Trump Riffs On Criminal Trial Gag Order, Biden In Lehigh Valley Rally
âAn adoring crowd braved strong winds and dipping temperatures to cheer on former President Donald Trump at a rally Saturday night outside the Schnecksville Fire Hall.
Trump spoke for over an hour with a mix of bluster and insults.
He blasted President Joe Biden over rising inflation, his support of alternative energy and the spiking number of illegal crossings at the Southern border.â (LehighValleyNews.com)
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McCormick Gets Trumpâs Endorsement In Pennsylvaniaâs Senate Race Despite Awkward History. âTrumpâs endorsement came two years after he successfully helped sink McCormick in Pennsylvaniaâs Senate GOP primary, creating an awkward dynamic between the two men who will share the ticket in a state that is critical to control of the White House and Senate.â (AP)
Bob Casey Knows You Think Heâs Boring. Thatâs Why He Thinks You Should Reelect Him. âWhile other senators seek the limelight, the Pennsylvania Democrat is pitching himself as quietly hard at work over the last 18 years. His Republican challenger, Dave McCormick, says heâs too passive.â (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Biden Cancels Student Loan Debt For 10,800 More Pennsylvanians. âThe Biden administration on Friday announced its cancellation of an additional $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers, including 10,800 more people in Pennsylvania.â (The Keystone)
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2. Patel Stands Between Lee and a Second Term In Pittsburgh Congressional Race
âIt has all the elÂeÂments of a high-proÂfile conÂgresÂsioÂnal race in NoÂvemÂber: proÂvocÂaÂtive ads, milÂlions of dolÂlars in fundÂraisÂing and camÂpaign spendÂing, and two canÂdiÂdates â a faÂvored inÂcumÂbent and deÂterÂmined chalÂlenger â who have exÂchanged verÂbal blows over naÂtional hot-butÂton isÂsues, inÂcludÂing the IsÂrael-âHaÂmas war, dark money and supÂport for PresÂiÂdent Joe Biden.
ExÂcept itâs the DemoÂcratic priÂmary in April.â (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
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PA-12: Democratic Primary For Pittsburghâs Congress Seat Flooded By Money From Afar, Including Conservative Yass. âThe biggest political spender in the Democratic primary for Pittsburghâs congressional seat is a Libertarian from the Philadelphia suburbs. Meanwhile the vast bulk of the money raised by the incumbent comes from other states.â (Public Source)
- A Pittsburgh Congressional Race Could Test Democrats Who Have Criticized Israelâs Handling Of War. (AP)
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PA-10: OâBrien Has Highest Q1 Fundraising Total; Stelson Has Most In Hand. âAs the contest for the Democratic nomination in PA-10 heads into the home stretch, it looks increasingly likely that two candidates have separated themselves from the other four.â (PoliticsPA)
10th District Democrats Test Their Mettle With Wary Muslim Voters. âHalf the primary field in the race for the Democratic nomination in Pennsylvaniaâs 10th Congressional District said unequivocally Sunday that they would not support a pending military aid bill for Israel based on its execution of its war against Hamas to date.â (PennLive)
Congressional Primary Preview: PA-14. âA pair of Democrats square off for the right to take on Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, the House Majority Deputy Whip, in November. Both candidates are veterans, both support a womanâs right to choose, and both agree that aligning with former President Trump and his policies are dangerous for the country.â (PoliticsPA)
Big Hike In Minimum Wage Sought by Pennsylvania Democrats. âSen. Christina Tartaglione is introducing legislation to bump the minimum wage to $20. It would also set tipped wages at 70% of the minimum wage. Currently, tipped employees earn $2.83 per hour.â (WESA)
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Around The Commonwealth
3. Elections 101: How PA Secures Mail Ballots, Prevents Fraud, And More
âYou may be one of the hundreds of thousands of Pennsylvanians who plan to vote by mail during the 2024 election. Or maybe itâs an option youâve considered but havenât pursued because you distrust the process or have concerns about fraud.
Pennsylvania election officials have safeguards in place to verify the identity of people who request and cast mail ballots. Many counties also follow guidance from the Department of State to secure ballots and track who handles them.â (Votebeat)
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Philly-Area Jewish Communities Prepare For A Primary Election That Conflicts With Passover. âState lawmakers tried to move Pennsylvaniaâs primary to avoid the overlap. After those efforts failed, outreach work began.â (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Among PA Attorney General Candidates, Philadelphia Crime Woes Are a Springboard For Exploring Issues. âAmong the hundreds of politicians clamoring for public attention in Pennsylvania are eight who are caught up in an intensifying debate over Pennsylvaniansâ personal and economic safety, because each wants to be the stateâs next attorney general.â (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
How the Mifepristone Case Before SCOTUS Could Affect Abortion in Pennsylvania. âMedication abortion includes mifepristone as the first drug and misoprostol as the second. The two-drug regimen accounted for about 63% of abortions within the United States in 2023.â (Penn Capital-Star)
Kitchen Table Politics: Brendan Boyle. âAri Mittelman speaks with Congressman Brendan Boyle about the federal budget, prospects for Democrats flipping the House, the Presidentâs reelection campaign and more.â (Broad + Liberty)
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Editorial
4. Whatâs On Your Mind
- Donald Trump Has Cheated His Way Through Life. Will This Election Be Any Different? (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- âTrumpstockâ Brings Peace, Unity And A Ton Of Disinformation To Schnecksville. (Will Bunch)
- A Bill In The Pennsylvania House Would Stifle Free Speech With Paperwork. (Tiffany Donnelly)
- Being a Democrat Means Never Having To Say Youâre Sorry. (Guy Ciarrocchi)
- Despite What Happened In Arizona, Medicine And Law Can’t Roll Backward. (Lori Falce)
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5. Pennsylvania’s Sweetest Festival To Be Held In Meyersdale
âThe 77th Pennsylvania Maple Festival will showcase the sweetness of Somerset County maple syrup.
Billed as Pennsylvaniaâs sweetest festival, the event will be held April 20 and 21 and April 24 through 28 at sites around Meyersdale.
Those who tour the festivalâs sugar camp will learn how to tap a tree, boil sap into syrup, observe a sugar-off, make sugar cakes and twirl spotza, a clear taffy formed when maple syrup boiled down to a soft stage is poured over crushed ice.â (Tribune-Democrat)
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Trump has to do rallies within easy commute from his criminal trial in NYC. LOL. When did we last have a criminal defendant running for POTUS? Never.