Lisa Von Ahn
@blueviator.bsky.social
I just published "Thanks to all who bring us the truth" on Medium. medium.com/@vonahnlisa/...
Thanks to all who bring us the truth
I often find myself fact-checking a social media post about a shocking quote or action from Donald Trump or one of his Project 2025ers.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I just published "Thanks to all who bring us the truth" on Medium. medium.com/@vonahnlisa/...
An article about how 19th-century coal miners had to work in underground surroundings that they could barely see made me think of the way Trump and his Project 2025ers are trying to restrict the field of vision of all Americans.
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OPINION: Trump And Project 2025ers Aim For Darkness And Smoke In ’26 - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump and his Project 2025 allies are working to extinguish truth and silence those exposing their authoritarian agenda.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
An article about how 19th-century coal miners had to work in underground surroundings that they could barely see made me think of the way Trump and his Project 2025ers are trying to restrict the field of vision of all Americans.
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Donald Trump and his Project 2025ers are CREATING crises that may bring opportunities to themselves while hurting many Americans. coalregioncanary.com/2025/10/19/o...
OPINION: Flirting With Disasters - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump and his Project 2025 allies are deliberately creating crises to consolidate power, enrich the elite, and weaken public accountability.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Donald Trump and his Project 2025ers are CREATING crises that may bring opportunities to themselves while hurting many Americans. coalregioncanary.com/2025/10/19/o...
In these dystopian times, I want to share whatever hope Ican find. Several days ago, I found it in a poem that takes a very differentapproach to the famous post-Nazi confession/warning "First TheyCame." coalregioncanary.com/2025/09/27/o...
OPINION: We Must Keep Speaking Up - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says it's important not to go silent in what she feels is a time of oppression.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In these dystopian times, I want to share whatever hope Ican find. Several days ago, I found it in a poem that takes a very differentapproach to the famous post-Nazi confession/warning "First TheyCame." coalregioncanary.com/2025/09/27/o...
September 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Well, I had to say something about Charlie Kirk's murder and the way the White House is exploiting it. medium.com/@vonahnlisa/...
Charlie Kirk: Divisive In Life, Even More So After Death
The Charlie Kirk case is a textbook example of why neither violence nor hate speech is the answer to our society’s problems.
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September 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Well, I had to say something about Charlie Kirk's murder and the way the White House is exploiting it. medium.com/@vonahnlisa/...
As many GOP members of Congress have, Dan Meuser (PA-9) got an earful last week from constituents who are angry and worried about what his real boss (Donald Trump) is doing to our country. He responded by essentially calling us lunatics. Here’s my account. coalregioncanary.com/2025/08/17/o...
OPINION: A Brief Trip Out Of The MAGAverse Sends Meuser Into A Snit - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn recounts US Rep. Dan Meuser's interactions with demonstrators in Pottsville last week.
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August 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
As many GOP members of Congress have, Dan Meuser (PA-9) got an earful last week from constituents who are angry and worried about what his real boss (Donald Trump) is doing to our country. He responded by essentially calling us lunatics. Here’s my account. coalregioncanary.com/2025/08/17/o...
We absolutely cannot let Pennsylvania's Supreme Court sink to the depths that SCOTUS has. coalregioncanary.com/2025/07/26/o...
OPINION: We Must Vote Yes For PA's Supreme Court - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says it's important to vote Yes on Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention questions on this year's ballot.
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July 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
We absolutely cannot let Pennsylvania's Supreme Court sink to the depths that SCOTUS has. coalregioncanary.com/2025/07/26/o...
On this Fourth of July weekend, are we still the United States of America, or are we now the United States of Oligarchs? Or even the United States of Trump? coalregioncanary.com/2025/07/06/o... #Trump #bigbeautifulbill
OPINION: What Has The U.S. Become? - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says preserving American democracy means resisting Trump and the Project 2025 agenda that undermines its founding principles.
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July 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
On this Fourth of July weekend, are we still the United States of America, or are we now the United States of Oligarchs? Or even the United States of Trump? coalregioncanary.com/2025/07/06/o... #Trump #bigbeautifulbill
The outcome of the attack on Iran is murky as the GOP gets ready to fire shots at most of the American people. coalregioncanary.com/2025/06/29/o...
OPINION: The Fog Of Wars Abroad And At Home - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump’s rush to sign H.R. 1 and strike Iran reflects a dangerous grab for power at home and abroad.
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June 29, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The outcome of the attack on Iran is murky as the GOP gets ready to fire shots at most of the American people. coalregioncanary.com/2025/06/29/o...
Yesterday's No Kings demonstration in St. Clair, PA. I saw no out-of-state buses - no buses at all - in the shopping center parking lot. As one demonstrator's sign read: "Unpaid protester. I hate him for free."
June 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Yesterday's No Kings demonstration in St. Clair, PA. I saw no out-of-state buses - no buses at all - in the shopping center parking lot. As one demonstrator's sign read: "Unpaid protester. I hate him for free."
Donald Trump is nothing like the father of our country. Happy Father's Day to all you positive male role models. coalregioncanary.com/2025/06/15/o...
OPINION: The Wicked Stepfather Of Our Country - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump’s Father’s Day military spectacle reveals a dangerous desire for authoritarian control disguised as paternal leadership.
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June 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Donald Trump is nothing like the father of our country. Happy Father's Day to all you positive male role models. coalregioncanary.com/2025/06/15/o...
What happens when ICE comes to town. coalregioncanary.com/2025/06/07/o...
OPINION: Dreams Become Nightmares In This ICE Age - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says the detention of a longtime Pottsville resident by ICE highlights how even legally present immigrants who contribute to their communities are swept up in a cruel, p...
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June 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
What happens when ICE comes to town. coalregioncanary.com/2025/06/07/o...
coalregioncanary.com/2025/04/19/o... #congressmandanmeuser #SenatorDaveMcCormick #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk
OPINION: What Kind of America is the GOP Cheering? - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says GOP leaders like McCormick and Meuser are blindly backing a dangerous Musk-Trump agenda that undermines democracy.
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April 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Critics of the Musk-Trump administration were able to speak at GOP Congressman Dan Meuser and Sen. Dave McCormick's simultaneous town halls. They got the GOP party line in response. #congressmandanmeuser #SenatorDaveMcCormick #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk
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OPINION: GOP Lawmakers Phone in Responses to Mump Critics in Simultaneous Town Halls - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says US Rep. Dan Meuser and Sen. Dave McCormick phoned in their responses during recent telephone town halls.
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April 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Critics of the Musk-Trump administration were able to speak at GOP Congressman Dan Meuser and Sen. Dave McCormick's simultaneous town halls. They got the GOP party line in response. #congressmandanmeuser #SenatorDaveMcCormick #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk
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Cory Booker gave our country a much-needed dose of sanity just before the madness of yet another Trump “Liberation Day.” #liberationday #CoryBooker #DonaldTrump #AdamSchiff #tariffs
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OPINION: Booker’s Antidote to Trump-style ‘Liberation’ - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says Trump's so-called "Liberation Day" and his administration’s self-serving policies, backed by Elon Musk, amount to a destructive agenda that burdens everyday America...
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April 6, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cory Booker gave our country a much-needed dose of sanity just before the madness of yet another Trump “Liberation Day.” #liberationday #CoryBooker #DonaldTrump #AdamSchiff #tariffs
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Whether with strongarm tactics like the Mump administration's or more subtle ways like "my" Congressman Dan Meuser's, the GOP is moving ahead on erasing all but its own regressive views.
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OPINION: What First Amendment? - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn argues that the GOP is increasingly stifling criticism and suppressing dissent, using tactics like legal threats and evasion to silence opposition.
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March 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Whether with strongarm tactics like the Mump administration's or more subtle ways like "my" Congressman Dan Meuser's, the GOP is moving ahead on erasing all but its own regressive views.
coalregioncanary.com/2025/03/22/o...
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The GOP hasn't stopped its war on women even as it overwhelms us with other kinds of havoc. We can't forget that DEI is about gender as well as race. coalregioncanary.com/2025/03/15/o...
OPINION: Making Bad History for Women - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says the Trump administration is setting women back a few decades.
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March 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The GOP hasn't stopped its war on women even as it overwhelms us with other kinds of havoc. We can't forget that DEI is about gender as well as race. coalregioncanary.com/2025/03/15/o...
March 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
If we don't do everything we can to counter the volleys of lies, zigzags and mixed messages from the Mump administration, there will be even more consequences than we are seeing now. coalregioncanary.com/2025/03/08/o...
OPINION: Truth or Consequences - Coal Region Canary
Opinion columnist Lisa Von Ahn says the rise of Donald Trump has been brought upon by the demise of truthtelling in the media.
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March 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If we don't do everything we can to counter the volleys of lies, zigzags and mixed messages from the Mump administration, there will be even more consequences than we are seeing now. coalregioncanary.com/2025/03/08/o...