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Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters on Election Night - Bucks County Beacon
Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the “Blue Wave” that washed away local Republican office holders.
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Bucks County’s ICE-Loving, MAGA Sheriff Fred Harran Got What He Deserved: A Pink Slip From Voters | Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the Blue Wave that washed away local GOP office holders, writes Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social.
“The level of need we are serving at has now surpassed what we experienced at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic...For many, food assistance has shifted from a short-term support during emergencies to a regular part of making ends meet,” said Bucks County Opportunity Council's Elizabeth Zbinden.
Here’s How Governor Shapiro’s Budget Proposal Addresses Anti-Hunger Programs and Food Insecurity in Pennsylvania | “Hunger exists across every part of Bucks County and is often invisible,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, food program manager at Bucks County Opportunity Council
Here’s How Governor Shapiro’s Budget Proposal Addresses Anti-Hunger Programs and Food Insecurity in Pennsylvania - Bucks County Beacon
“Hunger exists across every part of Bucks County and is often invisible,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, food program manager at Bucks County Opportunity Council.
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February 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
“The level of need we are serving at has now surpassed what we experienced at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic...For many, food assistance has shifted from a short-term support during emergencies to a regular part of making ends meet,” said Bucks County Opportunity Council's Elizabeth Zbinden.
State Rep. Aerion Abney: We Must Face, Not Erase, Black History | The real story of America’s diversity, a story that is painful, heroic, and complicated — is certainly worth preserving.
State Rep. Aerion Abney: We Must Face, Not Erase, Black History - Bucks County Beacon
The real story of America’s diversity, a story that is painful, heroic, and complicated — is certainly worth preserving.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:31 PM
State Rep. Aerion Abney: We Must Face, Not Erase, Black History | The real story of America’s diversity, a story that is painful, heroic, and complicated — is certainly worth preserving.
Here’s How Governor Shapiro’s Budget Proposal Addresses Anti-Hunger Programs and Food Insecurity in Pennsylvania | “Hunger exists across every part of Bucks County and is often invisible,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, food program manager at Bucks County Opportunity Council
Here’s How Governor Shapiro’s Budget Proposal Addresses Anti-Hunger Programs and Food Insecurity in Pennsylvania - Bucks County Beacon
“Hunger exists across every part of Bucks County and is often invisible,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, food program manager at Bucks County Opportunity Council.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Here’s How Governor Shapiro’s Budget Proposal Addresses Anti-Hunger Programs and Food Insecurity in Pennsylvania | “Hunger exists across every part of Bucks County and is often invisible,” said Elizabeth Zbinden, food program manager at Bucks County Opportunity Council
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We have an event on Presidents’ Day 😀
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
We have an event on Presidents’ Day 😀
Are there any similar Valentine's Day celebrations in #buckscounty? If not, do you think there should be? Will you organize one? Let us know in the comments!
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Are there any similar Valentine's Day celebrations in #buckscounty? If not, do you think there should be? Will you organize one? Let us know in the comments!
Tracy Hunt Wants to Bring His Pragmatic Optimism to Washington as PA-01's Next Congressman | Tracy speaks with Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social about his background, the story behind his switching of political parties, a range of policy issues and how he would govern. LISTEN: tinyurl.com/449xhe6e
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Tracy Hunt Wants to Bring His Pragmatic Optimism to Washington as PA-01's Next Congressman | Tracy speaks with Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social about his background, the story behind his switching of political parties, a range of policy issues and how he would govern. LISTEN: tinyurl.com/449xhe6e
Pennsylvania Must Act to Limit Greenhouse Gases, Lawyers Argue | Citing the state’s environmental rights amendment, a new petition contends the government has an obligation to fight climate change, reports @insideclimatenews.org.
Pennsylvania Must Act to Limit Greenhouse Gases, Lawyers Argue - Bucks County Beacon
Citing the state’s environmental rights amendment, a new petition contends the government has an obligation to fight climate change.
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February 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Pennsylvania Must Act to Limit Greenhouse Gases, Lawyers Argue | Citing the state’s environmental rights amendment, a new petition contends the government has an obligation to fight climate change, reports @insideclimatenews.org.
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Why James Forman Still Matters | This #BlackHistoryMonth, let’s reflect on the work of this civil rights leader and how he helped shape the Black freedom struggle into something more militant, internationalist, democratic, and explicitly revolutionary.
Why James Forman Still Matters - Bucks County Beacon
This Black History Month, let’s reflect on the work of this civil rights leader and how he helped shape the Black freedom struggle into something more militant, internationalist, democratic, and expli...
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February 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Why James Forman Still Matters | This #BlackHistoryMonth, let’s reflect on the work of this civil rights leader and how he helped shape the Black freedom struggle into something more militant, internationalist, democratic, and explicitly revolutionary.
Why James Forman Still Matters | This #BlackHistoryMonth, let’s reflect on the work of this civil rights leader and how he helped shape the Black freedom struggle into something more militant, internationalist, democratic, and explicitly revolutionary.
Why James Forman Still Matters - Bucks County Beacon
This Black History Month, let’s reflect on the work of this civil rights leader and how he helped shape the Black freedom struggle into something more militant, internationalist, democratic, and expli...
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February 8, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Why James Forman Still Matters | This #BlackHistoryMonth, let’s reflect on the work of this civil rights leader and how he helped shape the Black freedom struggle into something more militant, internationalist, democratic, and explicitly revolutionary.
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Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 w/a Victory in the May Democratic Primary? | She discusses her work in academia, as a climate policy advisor in the US Senate & as an organizer w/ local @indivisible.org chapter & how it all sets her apart from other candidates.
INTERVIEW: Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 With a Victory in the May Democratic Primary? - Bucks County Beacon
Simonelli discusses her work in academia, as a climate policy advisor in the U.S. Senate, and as an organizer with a local Indivisible Chapter, and how it all sets her apart from the other candidates.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 w/a Victory in the May Democratic Primary? | She discusses her work in academia, as a climate policy advisor in the US Senate & as an organizer w/ local @indivisible.org chapter & how it all sets her apart from other candidates.
Cassie Owens Steers Philadelphia’s New Indie Black-Centered Newsroom | “There still aren’t enough Black Philadelphians who receive opportunities to produce journalism, and the journalism we have often comes from voices who don’t really know us like that,” says the editor of The Philly Download.
At the Helm: Cassie Owens Steers Philadelphia’s New Indie Black-Centered Newsroom - Bucks County Beacon
“There still aren’t enough Black Philadelphians who receive opportunities to produce journalism, and the journalism we have often comes from voices who don’t really know us like that,” says Owens, exe...
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February 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Cassie Owens Steers Philadelphia’s New Indie Black-Centered Newsroom | “There still aren’t enough Black Philadelphians who receive opportunities to produce journalism, and the journalism we have often comes from voices who don’t really know us like that,” says the editor of The Philly Download.
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Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages | Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account. #AbolishICE
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages - Bucks County Beacon
Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages | Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account. #AbolishICE
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Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House | The former Bensalem Township council member and chief of staff for state Rep. Tina Davis wants to unseat Republican incumbent K.C. Tomlinson in Bucks County’s House District 18.
Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House - Bucks County Beacon
The former Bensalem Township council member and chief of staff for state Rep. Tina Davis wants to unseat Republican incumbent K.C. Tomlinson in Bucks County’s House District 18.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House | The former Bensalem Township council member and chief of staff for state Rep. Tina Davis wants to unseat Republican incumbent K.C. Tomlinson in Bucks County’s House District 18.
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These strategic targeting ideas come from this essential interview with Sunrise Movement's Aru Shiney-Ajay about Minneapolis' offensive against ICE. I overlaid the Target boycott, Disney/Kimmel, and UAW strike parallels to show we already know how to do this.
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INTERVIEW: How to Block ICE In Your Community - Bucks County Beacon
Minneapolis organizer Aru Shiney-Ajay speaks with Eric Blanc at Labor Politics on effective tactics to disrupt ICE — and the need to target corporate collaborators.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM
These strategic targeting ideas come from this essential interview with Sunrise Movement's Aru Shiney-Ajay about Minneapolis' offensive against ICE. I overlaid the Target boycott, Disney/Kimmel, and UAW strike parallels to show we already know how to do this.
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Everyone should read this. 👇
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages | Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account. #AbolishICE
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages - Bucks County Beacon
Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account.
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February 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Everyone should read this. 👇
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Do you know how hard and how many times you have to hit someone to fracture their skull 8 times?
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages | Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account. #AbolishICE
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages - Bucks County Beacon
Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Do you know how hard and how many times you have to hit someone to fracture their skull 8 times?
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These need to get just as much attention as the protestor killings. I know I personally need to read up more. Please read and reshare.
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages | Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account. #AbolishICE
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages - Bucks County Beacon
Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account.
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February 7, 2026 at 11:08 PM
These need to get just as much attention as the protestor killings. I know I personally need to read up more. Please read and reshare.
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages | Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account. #AbolishICE
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages - Bucks County Beacon
Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account.
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February 7, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Immigrant Beaten by ICE Agents Suffered 8 Skull Fractures and 5 Life-Threatening Brain Hemorrhages | Officers claimed he ran into a wall, but medical staff at a Minneapolis hospital where Alberto Castañeda Mondragón was taken immediately doubted that account. #AbolishICE
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“The U.S. is clearly echoing previous history with these warehouse acquisitions,” @andreapitzer.bsky.social told @willbunch.bsky.social. “Dachau—not a death camp, to be sure, but one of the earliest Nazi concentration camps—took over a converted factory when it began its heinous existence in 1933."
The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...
From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch
A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.
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February 7, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“The U.S. is clearly echoing previous history with these warehouse acquisitions,” @andreapitzer.bsky.social told @willbunch.bsky.social. “Dachau—not a death camp, to be sure, but one of the earliest Nazi concentration camps—took over a converted factory when it began its heinous existence in 1933."
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Congressman Lloyd Smucker’s Defamation Lawsuit Against @lancasteronline.bsky.social May Run Straight Into Pennsylvania’s New Anti-SLAPP Law | PA’s statute declares courts should guard against lawsuits that chill speech on matters of public significance & should dispose of meritless claims early.
OPINION: Congressman Lloyd Smucker’s Defamation Lawsuit Against LNP | LancasterOnline May Run Straight Into Pennsylvania’s New Anti-SLAPP Law - Bucks County Beacon
Pennsylvania’s statute declares that courts should guard against lawsuits that chill speech on matters of public significance and should dispose of meritless claims early, writes free speech lawyer Ga...
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February 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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Excellent explainer:
“The word “lying” is closer to the line, but also not actionable in context. Accusing someone of a lie can, in some circumstances, imply a factual claim about what the speaker knew and intended. But, in defamation claims, context is everything”
“The word “lying” is closer to the line, but also not actionable in context. Accusing someone of a lie can, in some circumstances, imply a factual claim about what the speaker knew and intended. But, in defamation claims, context is everything”
A sitting Congressman suing a local newspaper over an editorial criticizing his messaging on a national policy fight is almost a textbook example of a frivolous, nuisance SLAPP suit, writes free speech lawyer Garen Meguerian. @freedom.press @rcfp.org @aclupa.org @columjournreview.bsky.social
Congressman Lloyd Smucker’s Defamation Lawsuit Against @lancasteronline.bsky.social May Run Straight Into Pennsylvania’s New Anti-SLAPP Law | PA’s statute declares courts should guard against lawsuits that chill speech on matters of public significance & should dispose of meritless claims early.
February 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Excellent explainer:
“The word “lying” is closer to the line, but also not actionable in context. Accusing someone of a lie can, in some circumstances, imply a factual claim about what the speaker knew and intended. But, in defamation claims, context is everything”
“The word “lying” is closer to the line, but also not actionable in context. Accusing someone of a lie can, in some circumstances, imply a factual claim about what the speaker knew and intended. But, in defamation claims, context is everything”
Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House | The former Bensalem Township council member and chief of staff for state Rep. Tina Davis wants to unseat Republican incumbent K.C. Tomlinson in Bucks County’s House District 18.
Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House - Bucks County Beacon
The former Bensalem Township council member and chief of staff for state Rep. Tina Davis wants to unseat Republican incumbent K.C. Tomlinson in Bucks County’s House District 18.
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February 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Bensalem’s Bryan Allen Wants to Help Democrats Expand Their Majority in the Pennsylvania State House | The former Bensalem Township council member and chief of staff for state Rep. Tina Davis wants to unseat Republican incumbent K.C. Tomlinson in Bucks County’s House District 18.
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What an excellent analysis of the details behind US Rep #Smucker not being able to handle the @lancasteronline.bsky.social editorial page. Glad that PA has a new bill to stop such frivolous lawsuits.
A sitting Congressman suing a local newspaper over an editorial criticizing his messaging on a national policy fight is almost a textbook example of a frivolous, nuisance SLAPP suit, writes free speech lawyer Garen Meguerian. @freedom.press @rcfp.org @aclupa.org @columjournreview.bsky.social
Congressman Lloyd Smucker’s Defamation Lawsuit Against @lancasteronline.bsky.social May Run Straight Into Pennsylvania’s New Anti-SLAPP Law | PA’s statute declares courts should guard against lawsuits that chill speech on matters of public significance & should dispose of meritless claims early.
February 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
What an excellent analysis of the details behind US Rep #Smucker not being able to handle the @lancasteronline.bsky.social editorial page. Glad that PA has a new bill to stop such frivolous lawsuits.
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Could @luciaforcongress.com be the next @analiliafornj.bsky.social, a progressive organizer from New Jersey who appears on the brink of cementing victory against establishment candidate and former Rep. Tom Malinowski? Lucia walks her talk and she knows what she is talking about.
Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 w/a Victory in the May Democratic Primary? | She discusses her work in academia, as a climate policy advisor in the US Senate & as an organizer w/ local @indivisible.org chapter & how it all sets her apart from other candidates.
INTERVIEW: Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 With a Victory in the May Democratic Primary? - Bucks County Beacon
Simonelli discusses her work in academia, as a climate policy advisor in the U.S. Senate, and as an organizer with a local Indivisible Chapter, and how it all sets her apart from the other candidates.
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February 7, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Could @luciaforcongress.com be the next @analiliafornj.bsky.social, a progressive organizer from New Jersey who appears on the brink of cementing victory against establishment candidate and former Rep. Tom Malinowski? Lucia walks her talk and she knows what she is talking about.
Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 w/a Victory in the May Democratic Primary? | She discusses her work in academia, as a climate policy advisor in the US Senate & as an organizer w/ local @indivisible.org chapter & how it all sets her apart from other candidates.
INTERVIEW: Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 With a Victory in the May Democratic Primary? - Bucks County Beacon
Simonelli discusses her work in academia, as a climate policy advisor in the U.S. Senate, and as an organizer with a local Indivisible Chapter, and how it all sets her apart from the other candidates.
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February 7, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Could Progressive Congressional Candidate Lucia Simonelli Shock PA-01 w/a Victory in the May Democratic Primary? | She discusses her work in academia, as a climate policy advisor in the US Senate & as an organizer w/ local @indivisible.org chapter & how it all sets her apart from other candidates.