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We're less than a week away from Community Conversation: Political Pulse Live! @PBS39Channel surveyed locals about the issues that matter most to them heading to the midterms. We'd love if you joined our live audience and shared your experiences eventbrite.com/e/a-community…
Special thanks to @SenLisaBoscola and @JanneyScott1 for participating in our debate for PA's 18th Senate District. Things got down right friendly at times. Catch the replay here youtube.com/live/UJ58K7_OMAc…
Thanks to everyone who filled out our Political Pulse survey. The survey and its results will be the basis for Political Pulse Live! at the end of the month. We'll be inviting the audience to weigh in on their experiences. We'd love to see you there. eventbrite.com/e/political-p…
The Cook Political Report has long considered PA-7 a political toss-up. But as national polls get increasingly rough for Republicans, it's classifying the Lehigh Valley-based district as Leaning Democrat.
New @CookPolitical: 18 more House ratings move in Dems' direction, including four GOP incumbents from Toss Up to Lean D. Full analysis by @ercovey: cookpolitical.com/analysis/h…
Lehigh Valley Political Pulse wants to hear from you. Fill out this survey to tell us what issues are driving you to the polls this Election Day. We may use your answers for a future, special episode. forms.cloud.microsoft/r/9RBJ…
Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders was one of John Fetterman's earliest national supporters in '16. Progressives rallied around a severely ill Fetterman in '22. I don't see how John Fetterman wins another term unless he changes parties after tonight
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I hope everyone enjoyed their Labor Day weekend. Chris Borick and I got a chance to talk about America's relationship with the labor movement, how that's changed in recent decades and what AI may mean moving forward. youtube.com/watch?v=J8DBG8gr…
I figured Mackenzie would attend the event. He helped arrange Trump's visit to Mack Trucks this summer. Plus, PA-7 is a money pit and the president is sitting on a gold mine of campaign funds
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Thanks to @TShortell @fallonroth_ & @BKrawczeni2691 for joining me on the PA Pol. Digest podcast to chat about PA's 4 hot cong. races. Below is Tom on PA-7 and here is link to full pod: youtube.com/watch?v=kT9M-zr2…
A Green Party candidate with no ties to the party has entered the PA-7 race. Andrew Tupone has gathered over 9k signatures in less than a month but says he isn't receiving outside help. Democrats and the Green Party are suspicious, to say the least.
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About 150 on have to see Minority Leader Jeffries, Gov. Shapiro and PA-7 candidate Bob Brooks in Bethlehem. Today marks 100 days out from the election.
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BREAKING: @governorShapiro signs 2026-27 budget into law. $50.8B spending plan doesn’t raise taxes and doesn’t touch Rainy Day fund. Also doesn’t address skill games or raise minimum wage. @abc27news
More than a century ago, the last will and testament of founding father George Taylor disappeared. It's since showed up at the New York Public Library, and Northampton County is attempting to bring it home lehighvalleypublicmedia.org/…
For America's 250th anniversary, I figured it was a good time for the nation to go in for a check up. Chris Borick and I discussed the health of American democracy and Americans' health for the 4th of July. youtu.be/AMrIWOuLgtc?is=STxU…
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BREAKING: A federal judge has DISMISSED a case brought by the Trump Justice Department seeking access to Pennsylvania’s voter rolls, including voters’ sensitive information. Background story in next post.
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INBOX: Impact Research (D) PA-08 poll shows @PaigeGCognetti and @Rob4PA in a virtual tie in survey of 500 LV with +/-4.4 MOE. Cognetti has 46-45% advantage in district that Trump was +9 in 2024. #PoliticsPA @impactres