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Very Important Congressman Guy Reschenthaler Stages Photo-Op at Border, Hopes to Star in “CSI: White Nationalism” Spin-Off

June 13, 2019 1 Comment

Congressman Guy Reschenthaler, a Republican representing Pennsylvania’s 14th District, recently traveled to the United States/Mexico border to take photos designed to make him look important as a way to compensate for his shortcomings as a legislator, his lack of compassion for people of color, and presumably, a small penis. Reschenthaler and several Congressional colleagues visited Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facilities in McAllen, Donna, and Los Fresnos, Texas, where they saw firsthand the security and humanitarian crisis currently unfolding due to the inhumane actions of the Trump administration, (which Reschenthaler blindly supports). “This Crisis at the Border is Deeply Troubling, Even Though I Totally Support Trump Putting Brown Kids in Cages.” “What I witnessed in the Rio Grande Valley was deeply troubling,” said Reschenthaler. “Even…

Jon Stewart Blasts Congress on Behalf of 9/11 First Responders

June 11, 2019 No Comments

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart blasts Congress during highly emotional testimony in support of reauthorization of the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund. During his nine-minute speech before a largely empty House Judiciary Committee, Stewart said, “There is not a person here — there is not an empty chair on that stage that didn’t tweet out, ‘never forget the heroes of 9/11; never forget their bravery; never forget what they did, what they gave to this country.” Stewart then pointed to the group of first responders sitting behind him and told the committee members, “Well, here they are.” Watch Stewart’s full testimony below (courtesy of C-SPAN): Your browser does not support HTML5 video.

To Impeach, or Not to Impeach Trump? The Answer is Yes, and Why it Matters for 2020 and Beyond

June 6, 2019 1 Comment

To impeach, or not to impeach? That is the question currently being posed by pundits, politicos, and increasingly by Democrats in Congress. Lest anyone remain unconvinced, the answer is yes- Congress must open an impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is playing her cards exceptionally close to her designer vest, going as far as to suggest that President Trump is daring her to impeach him. This theory is bolstered by the Trump Administration’s steadfast refusal to comply with any Congressional subpoenas. Many believe the House must begin Impeachment proceedings based on the recent public statement by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who all but presented Congress with an engraved invitation to act. And it’s hard to deny that short of wearing a t-shirt saying “Impeach the Mother F*cker”…

“Part of a Larger Project”- Is Cecil’s ABB Property Deal About Environmental Cleanup or a Secret Plan for Private Development?

May 5, 2019 No Comments

A secret meeting with the County Redevelopment Authority. A grant application with a road to nowhere. An implication, if not an outright accusation, that a supervisor’s signature was forged on that grant application. And a signature page of seemingly increasing importance that has gone mysteriously missing. Welcome to Cecil Township, where the politics are apparently dirtier than the industrial cleanup sites. The curious case of a minority faction of the Cecil Township Board of Supervisors’ infatuation with acquiring an 87-acre parcel of land known as the ABB Property continued during a public meeting on April 25. After over three hours of public comments almost universally opposed to moving forward with the deal and numerous confrontations among members of the Board of Supervisors, some previously unknown details came into focus while…

Secret Meeting Reveals Secret Truth About Whitewashing of Cancer Cluster

April 22, 2019 No Comments

The recent discovery of a potential child cancer cluster centered around the communities near the Canon McMillan School District in Washington County, Pennsylvania is finally generating widespread public interest as anxious parents search for the root cause behind multiple cases of a rare form of cancer known as Ewings Sarcoma. But the announcement of a closed-door public meeting of elected officials (including State Senator Camera Bartolotta and State Representatives Tim O’Neal and Jason Ortitay) and public health experts are raising serious concern among residents and the media alike. These concerns about the private nature of the meeting are not only legitimate but are also correctly questioning the need for secrecy on this issue. Based on the statements already made by the politicians involved, holding this meeting “in an undisclosed location”…

State Rep. Tim O’Neal Whitewashes Child Cancer Cluster with Secret Meeting

April 22, 2019 No Comments

The recent discovery of a potential child cancer cluster centered around the communities near the Canon McMillan School District in Washington County, Pennsylvania is finally generating widespread public interest as anxious parents search for the root cause behind multiple cases of a rare form of cancer known as Ewings Sarcoma. But the announcement of a closed-door public meeting of elected officials (including State Senator Camera Bartolotta and State Representatives Tim O’Neal and Jason Ortitay) and public health experts are raising serious concern among residents and the media alike. These concerns about the private nature of the meeting are not only legitimate but are also correctly questioning the need for secrecy on this issue. Based on the statements already made by the politicians involved, holding this meeting “in an undisclosed location”…

The Cecil Township/ABB Property Mess: A Deep Dive into a Toxic Township’s Toxic Deal

April 14, 2019 2 Comments

Let’s start by stating the painfully obvious. For the past several years, the Board of Supervisors of Cecil Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania has been led by possibly a few of the dumbest human beings on Earth. Over the past several years, the Township has pursued policies ranging from pointless to regressive to downright moronic, garnering repeated headlines for their never-ending parade of missteps. But it is the latest toxic pickle the Township finds itself in that may prove to be the most costly and consequential of all for the Second-Class Township with a population of approximately 13,000. The ABC’s of the ABB Property At issue is the controversy over what we commonly refer to as the “ABB Property,” an 80-acre tract of land in the Muse portion of Cecil Township.…

UPDATE: Washington County Cancer Cluster is Officially a Thing. So Now What?

March 27, 2019 2 Comments

One month ago today, we published a story about a potential cancer cluster in Washington County, Pennsylvania, specifically centered around the Canon-McMillan School District. The article asked why no elected leaders or media sources had even mentioned the cancer cluster. Many of the comments received via this site and social media were quick to deny the existence of any problem and accuse this writer of making it up because… well, they didn’t really have an answer for that part. Anyhow, over the past month, the Canon-McMillan Cancer Cluster has finally started to garner media attention. Washington Observer-Reporter: “State Department of Health Investigating Potential Cancer Cluster in Washington County” The Washington Observer-Reporter, a media outlet specifically called out in the original post, ran two stories; one about Mitch Barton specifically and…

Cash and Cowardice: Why the Media and Politicians are Ignoring the Growing Child Cancer Cluster in Washington County, PA

February 27, 2019 10 Comments

Ten children in one school district contracting such an extremely rare form of cancer is statistically impossible. The odds of contracting Ewing’s Sarcoma are approximately 1 in 370,000 nationwide; for a student living in the Canon-Mac school district, it’s 1 in 530. This is, by definition, a cancer cluster.

Trump on Blackface / KKK Yearbook Photo: “Man, I Wish I Had Thought of That.”

February 3, 2019 No Comments

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]President Donald J. Trump broke his silence on the scandal roiling Virginia Governor Ralph Northam (D) in the aftermath of a photo in Northam’s medical school yearbook showing a person in blackface standing with another dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe. “Damn, that is one cool move. I wish I had thought of that back at Wharton,” said Trump, who tweeted the following in support of Northam: Trump said he could not remember whether or not he had posed for any offensive photos that were included in his yearbook at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, but he did assure reporters that his yearbook photo was, “without a doubt the most amazing photo ever printed since Gutenberg invented the wheel.” Shortly after the scandal broke, White House…