Pottstown School District plans to spend $92.7 million to educate approximately 3,300 students. The average cost is around $28,000 per student. They are paying cyber charter schools $11,856 for a regular education student and $27,100 for a special education student. Without cyber charter schools, the Pottstown School District would have to provide teachers, classroom space and supplies for 240 more students. How much would this cost? Do they have classroom space for this many more students?
Violence employed by leftist Democrats continues to escalate. On Wednesday, a wonderful Jewish couple was murdered by a leftist Democrat. Yet, Democrat leaders remain nearly silent in their condemnation of these murders. Democratic leader Al Sharpton made outrageous comparisons. Ilhan Omar refused to condemn the murders in any way. In other words, Democrat leaders continue to tacitly endorse the violence.
Michael Stern
Glad to see the Democrats in Upper Pottsgrove have finally realized they, too, can win a commissioner seat and change the stagnant water that has been sitting for years. Let’s change things now.
Karoline Leavitt is an accomplished liar. That’s why she’s Trump’s press secretary. Lies just flow from her lips. When asked by a reporter if Trump is concerned about his Big Ugly Bill adding trillions of dollars to the deficit in the next decade (that’s true), she said, “On the contrary, it will save money.” How? She wouldn’t say. She doesn’t like people questioning her lies.
BLM did not start under Trump. It started under Obama. The war on police did not start under Trump, it started under Obama. This racial tension did not start under Trump, it started under Obama. Obama emboldened this hate through his administration and now we’re paying the cost. (quote from McKayla J) Isn’t it about time to credit Obama and acknowledge what he has done for our nation!!
H John
The horrific anti-Semitic murder in Washington, DC, was committed by a Democrat, a Biden donor. The Marxist-Islamist shot them a couple in the back. The man died immediately, according to the charging document, and the young woman started to crawl away and sat up. The terrorist reloaded his gun and shot her repeatedly. Meanwhile, in Florida, a 33-year-old female Democrat was arrested for beating up a 72-year-old man because he was wearing a MAGA hat.
Shirley Huck
Many MAGAs love to mock California as a liberal haven. Meanwhile, California surpassed Japan to become the fourth-largest economy in the world, trailing only Germany, China, and the U.S. California on its own reached $4.1 trillion in nominal GDP, growing 6 percent year over year, besting the U.S.’s 5.3 percent GDP growth. That’s more than Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama can say!
RealAmerica
Every day, we see a stark change between administrations. President Trump is answering question after question from reporters, while Biden hid from reporters. Trump is holding frequent cabinet meetings and Biden likely held fewer than 12 cabinet meetings in 4 years. Additionally, after the anti-Semitic murders in Washington, DC, AG Pam Bondi was immediately on the scene denouncing the violence. Biden’s AG would’ve waited for a week to comment.
Richard Paladino
Progressive priorities. In 2021, NYC extended voting rights to its 800,000 aliens. This past March, by a 6-1 vote, the NY State Supreme Court ruled the action unconstitutional. Concerning? The one judge who did not concur. In California, progressive pederasts unsuccessfully attempted to advance AB379. It would have reduced to a misdemeanor the solicitation of sex from minors. The abuse of children by progressives, routinely observed on school boards, has been institutionalized.
M. Furlong
Once again, we see the result of anti-Semitic rhetoric from our elite college campuses, members of the progressive Democratic Party (as per Talib, Omar, Presley, AOC, Kamala, and others), who are also anti-American! College professors who should never be allowed to teach! They hide behind free speech, which is hate speech; they are cowards who would never fight for America. How are these people ever put into positions of power? Vote them out!
“MARINE FOREVER”
Imagine being Bruce Springsteen and thinking people care about your opinions. Typical progressive elitist with an overinflated ego. He’s an American embarrassment.
Tuned In
With so much factual information so readily available, how can The Moderate still believe the margin of winning a presidential election is even remotely related to the popular vote? Trump won the 2024 election with 312 electoral votes to Harris’s pitiful 226, which is a margin of 16% (not 1%). Add to that carrying all 7 swing states, retaining the House, and flipping the Presidency and the Senate, and you have a landslide MAGA mandate.
Deal With It
Now that Peaches and MAGAts believe AP headlines, here are some recent ones: Trump’s latest tariff threats knock Wall Street, European stocks and Apple lower; South Africa police minister says Trump ‘twisted’ facts to push baseless genocide claims; Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over executive power; Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as the pope; Most Americans disapprove of Trump’s treatment of colleges, a new poll finds.
Patriot54
Mr Democracy, so every protester you disagree with is paid and all their signs lie, and violence is sure to follow? Americans (not just Democrats) have been protesting Trump for months now, and I haven’t seen any violence. On the other hand, who was it that stormed the capital again? Reclaim your brains MAGA and stop listening to that scumbag. Oh I’m sorry, President’s scumbag.
Diana
Michelle Obama, AOC and Ilhan Omar can also help Make America Great Again … by leaving and never coming back!
Missy Miss
Machinist’s Mate Hegseth has twice extended the deployment of the Harry Truman. Rotate the ships and crew out. We have 11 super carriers for just that reason. Rob Andrews, I have no problem with Republicans; it’s those who blindly follow Trump and his lies. Too many Republicans think bending the knee to Trump will keep them in office: MTG.
The Moderate
Another Congressional Democrat died in office, bringing the total to 6 Congressional Democrats who have died in office during the last year. What I don’t understand is why a 75-year-old person wants to take their last breaths on this earth sitting in a Congressional Oversight hearing.
Billy G.
I saw a classmate of mine from 60 years ago and said to him, “You look like a “million bucks!” He said, “Do you really think so?” I replied, “Sure, you’re all green and wrinkled!”
Jim Fitch
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