Clouds on the horizon? The Biden American Rescue Plan Act filled Pennsylvania state/county/city/municipal coffers with $18.44 billion. Unbeknownst to many is that this one-time infusion of capital was factored into budgets through 2026. What will happen in 2027 when the ARPA well has run dry? This question should be central to political fortunes in the 2026 elections. Will budgets be cut? Will taxes be increased? Voters will need answers before casting ballots.
M. Furlong
It is a shame that Lefty uses his right of Freedom of Speech to disparage the National Guard. The National Guard put their lives on the line to protect ungrateful folks like Lefty. My cousin spent most of a year in the Middle East dodging bullets and IEDs while Lefty was chugging beers, slouched on his couch, probably rooting for the Dallas Cowgirls.
Craig
Eighty-four percent of Americans are in favor of presenting Photo ID before voting, according to a recent Gallup poll. In November, Pennsylvanians have a chance to remove a roadblock to voter ID laws in PA by voting ‘no’ to the retention of the 3 PA Supreme Court Judges. Vote ‘no’ to send a clear message that we want integrity back in our elections.
Michael Stern
Low-IQ MAGAts Levengood, Stern, and Furlong crying about gerrymandering is a joke. In 2021, Democrats proposed a bill to end it nationwide — MAGAts opposed. Then a stricter version with limits they claimed to like came up, and they blocked that, too. You don’t hate gerrymandering; you only hate it when you’re not the ones cheating the maps. Hypocrisy, plain and simple.
Patriot54
He didn’t come from Washington — he came from us. A builder, a fighter, a fearless voice for the forgotten. Donald J. Trump put America first, stood tall against the tide, and never backed down from a fight. He gave power back to “we the people” and reminded the world that this nation bows to no one. His legacy lives on — and the MAGA movement is just getting started!
Suzanne, not Susan
President Trump’s Border Czar, Tom Homan, announced that they have found 23,000 of the 300,000 migrant children who were lost during the Biden administration. Homan promised that every lead would be followed until all the children were located and confirmed to be safe.
Robert Minninger
When RFK Jr. was picked to control our health and the ability to stack his department with quacks, he never claimed to be medically competent. The Senate approved him. Now, those medical experts at the CDC are resigning or getting fired. Don’t blame Kennedy. He told us exactly how incompetent he is. We are at the mercy of his quackery!
Jay Miller
Remember when Trump promised congressional term limits and railed against crooked Wall Street and special interest lobbyists? Big PACs were bad and crooked! (hahaha) Now, they lobby Trump directly and pay millions upon millions to his PACs, which in turn contract his businesses and friends. And the crypto funds! Drain The Swamp!! Right Trumpers? Do you see it yet?
KC
Regarding Greg Levengood’s comment in Sound Off concerning Trump’s directive not to count undocumented immigrants in the 2030 census. Considering how the Constitution does not delineate who is clearly excluded from the count, it would be unconstitutional not to count undocumented immigrants. Article 1, Section II requires the enumeration of all individuals. But then it wouldn’t be the first time for Trump to attempt to remake our country to fit his image.
Joe Frank
Talking about that speed boat that Trump blew to Kingdom Come — I sure hope Trump is certain it wasn’t filled with a bunch of Maryland fathers. I wouldn’t want to hear that gnashing of teeth if it were a bunch of Maryland fathers, like Abrego Garcia.
Billy G.
Anti-Vaxxer lies: HHS “… just admitted mRNA vaccines are not safe and do not work …” No. RFK Jr., notorious anti-vaxxer, brain eaten by a worm, announced cutting future mRNA research contracts for certain respiratory viruses, because (in his opinion), they “fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections like COVID and flu”. RFK Jr. also made the true statement, “People shouldn’t take medical advice from me.” They shouldn’t from Anti-Vaxxer, either.
Democrats, before you continue to embarrass yourself by denying who orchestrated the Russian Collusion Hoax, get informed by going to odni.gov. And before posting anti-ICE comments, go to dhs.gov and read about all the evil illegal alien murderers, rapists, human traffickers, pedophiles, terrorists/spies/sleeper cells they’ve been rounding up.
Roger M
So Lefty Lucy … “The Art of the Deal is now mandatory reading for K-12 students”, huh? While I highly doubt that, I do find it interesting that you object to kids’ reading a book by a highly successful individual, but you have no problem with kindergarten kids being indoctrinated and confused about their gender. The former may contribute to successful adults; the latter might lead to more mass shootings like we have experienced lately in America.
Greg Levengood
Funny, Trump took 24 hours off from social media, and the TDS news media started a rumor that he was dead! Gov. Waltz said at a conference that he was sure Trump would be dead soon and should be arrested. But you didn’t hear from Biden for months, and no one questioned that!
Dot
Every accusation made against the left is actually a confession from the right.
Patricia
We need more Democrats to take solid policy positions like Zohran Mamdani. He wants to eliminate the enforcement of misdemeanor crimes. The enforcement of misdemeanors is class warfare, and we need to eliminate misdemeanors to level the playing field.
Adam
Trump: “We are now the only Country in the World that uses Mail-In Voting.” He’s right – except for the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, Canada, India, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Russia, and 22 other countries. Does he really try to sound like a fool, or does it just come naturally?
RealAmerica
If President Trump is “Taco” Don, does that make Biden “Burrito” Joe (Biden’s Unhinged Regime of Reckless Incompetence, Tyranny, and Overreach)?
The Snarky Conservative
Recently, I passed a construction site where all the workers were sitting on the grass eating their lunch. A shout-out to all the guys and girls who eat like this, so their families are able to eat at a table!
Jim Fitch
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