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Natural gas benefits communities

How often do you look at a local community project and appreciate how the money to fund the project came to be? The natural gas impact fee (which is really just a tax on the industry) is helping to fund important projects throughout the state. Via a set formula (that is clear and transparent) money is allocated each year to every county in the state (regardless of whether or not drilling occurs within the county) and certain municipalities. These funds are used to pay for a wide range of projects including: infrastructure upgrades, road and bridge improvements, grants for first ...

Wake up

The Democratic Party is so full of self-created hatred for Trump they believe what they create in their minds. Democrats make no effort to listen to what he says or research what the truth is. Democrats won’t listen to facts and some mention the lies their own party spits out, not to the stupidity and disinformation from CNN, ABC, NBC, etc. The Democratic Party leaders lie at the expense of our country to win elections. Now their favorite saying is imminient threat. Democrats don’t care that more than 40,000 have been gunned down or tortured, more terror and death spred in the ...

Selling national security

It’s no longer enough to say this administration blurs ethical lines. It’s erasing them. While ordinary Americans struggle with rising costs, those closest to power continue to profit. Consider Jared Kushner: while serving as a chief Middle East negotiator, he was also seeking to raise $5 billion for his private equity firm from governments in that region. That’s not a gray area. It’s a blatant conflict of interest—once unthinkable. And he’s not alone. From Don Jr. and Eric’s drone venture to Stephen Miller’s private prison investments, the pattern is clear: proximity ...

Not meeting the definition

Our two U.S. Senators and Representative must believe their constituents are stupid. Each took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, yet all three do nothing to secure the right and legal obligation of Article I section 8 clause 11 which mandates that only Congress has the power to declare war. In the past few days I have heard them describe what is happening in Iran as an excursion, kinetic activity and conflict.They refuse to utter the word “war” because their inaction will become obvious.War is defined as “a state of armed conflict between two different nations” ...

Who does Thompson serve?

Voters across Pennsylvania’s 15th Congressional District are dealing with rising costs, shrinking health care access, and growing uncertainty about the future. Yet Congressman Glenn Thompson seems focused on something else entirely. Thompson wants another term representing this district. We shouldn’t re-elect him to a job he isn’t doing. His record shows he represents the interests of wealthy donors and large corporations—not the people of central and northern Pennsylvania. Too often, he’s out of touch with the concerns of the people he was elected to serve. Last week, ...

Noem’s real mistake

Kristi Noem should have been fired a long time ago. For more than a year, Noem presided over some of the most outrageous law enforcement actions in modern American history. She deployed thousands of masked agents on immigration raids in American cities, claiming they targeted the “worst of the worst” – but tens of thousands of people with no criminal record, including American citizens, were swept up. Noem kept her job. She ordered illegal arrests without warrants and deportations without due process. She separated parents from children. She sent detainees to mass incarceration ...