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Pennsylvania American Water needs to just stop with the pathetic PR.
PA American Water keeps reminding me with their many commercials, now the ads on Youtube seem to be claiming that they Scranton from the EPA or some…
Hundreds turn out in small town meeting to oppose a data center; township politicians vote for it anyway.
Someone should be looking into what kind of financial interests these township supervisors have in the proposed 500 acres to be used for this planned ginormous data center power plant.
Pennsylvania AI boondoggle summit as full of BS and unwanted garbage as expected.
I listened to Trump at the Republican data center power plant “summit” in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and read about Josh Shapiro’s involvement so you don’t have to. (You can thank me later.)
PA Gov. Shapiro to summit with Trump and Dave McCormick, to push power plants motivated by AI hype fabricated demand and to shut out locals from what happens in our neighborhoods.
These boondoggles to build the data centers for the AI investment bubble seems at its root a reason to keep burning more fossil fuels.
Rep. Rob Bresnahan in Pennsylvania noted to benefit with defense stocks from a war with Iran.
It’s ironic because he campaigned on stopping Congress from trading stocks, and introduced legislation to that effect in May 2025, but he’s continually in a position to be criticized for doing it himself.
Conflict of Interest: Rep. Rob Bresnahan campaigned on stopping congress stock trades and then dumped medicaid-related stock before voting for the big boondoggle bill.
It’s a little ironically insulting because he actually introduced a bill in Congress to supposedly ban stock trades. I guess he has to make a show of it because he campaigned on the issue.
“Get over it” typically means “Shut up and go away because I don’t care.”
Mitch Mcconnell literally said people would “get over” losing Medicaid. I don’t think that’s true.
Good guys could easily take advantage of the fact Peter Thiel named his company after the bad guy weapon.
The Letterhack provides Democrats with some needed remedial tips.
Conservatives are being tricked.
If you were wondering why republican voters seem to persistently believe things are looking up.
Minnesota assassin’s background is in international private security work.
MPR NEWS Peter Cox and Tom Scheck June 14, 2025 3:14 PM Updated: June 14, 2025 3:29 PM Suspect in Hortman’s assassination visited international hotspots, has ties to private security firms According to Boelter’s LinkedIn page, he is listed as the CEO of Red Lion Group, which is based in Congo, and he’s listed as […]
Normalcy bias is a known problem.
And more and more people remark upon this as time goes on.
John Fetterman hangs out at known MAGA hangout and then says meeting with Steve Bannon wasn’t intentional.
The Hill: Fetterman spotted with Bannon…
Do voters really want right-wing Dem representatives?
It’s troubling to regularly hear about people who talk to Dem politicians and Dem operatives who are seemingly completely out of step with the Dem base entirely.
By law all sorts of things aren’t supposed to happen.
“By law, Social Security cannot be touched in the budget reconciliation process.”
The “Genius Act” is financial corruption.
The pseudoscience eugenics apparent in the idea that crypto tycoon profiteering is a sign of genius is horrendous. The New Republic – Jeff Hauser / May 16, 2025 Are Some Dems About to Cave to Crypto? It Wouldn’t Be the First Time As the Senate considers a GOP-backed stablecoin bill, it’s a good time to […]
Tricksters trying to sign people up for inappropriate hospice via a Medicare fraud scheme.
The commercials for Medicare beneficiaries advertising “free stuff” are often sketchy or outright fraud attempts.
The American president shouldn’t be able to take envelopes full of cryptocurrency from moguls and foreign agents attempting to curry favour.
Moguls are polluting communities to print cryptocurrency while providing no power to the grid, some even get tax breaks or at least are promoted by politicians.
Pope Leo XIV throws down the gauntlet against AI hype.
At his first “working meeting”, the pope outlined his priorities to include defending “human dignity” against the threat of AI, citing the dehumanizing effects of the industrial revolution.
Weird constituent treatment by Tennessee Republican.
The story that Kristi Burke tells about Rep Diana Harsbarger’s staff constituent contacts is just so outside what could be considered or should be considered normal.
PA State Rep Abigail Salisbury speaks about the harms of RFKJr’s remarks on autism.
Salisbury: Defending Those on the Spectrum – Pa. House Video Apr 23, 2025 Listen to Pennsylvania House of Representatives state Rep Abigail Salisbury explain the harm of RFKJr remarks. Abigail Salisbury is the 2nd (known) autistic member of the Pa. House. Rep Salisbury also gives a good history lesson as well as a personal history. […]
No, half of Americans are not actually so attached to Donald Trump.
Stop repeating MAGA troll propaganda that’s not true about half of Americans as hopped up Trumpies. Think of all the toddlers who don’t follow politics – they’re Americans too! I was listening to Conspirituality Podcast from very recently about Curtis Yarvin, and they ended the episode saying something that’s absolutely not true, and is actually […]