Alex Pretti was not shot by Federal officials. He was executed in cold blood. His permitted gun had been removed from its holster, and he was facing the ground. He was not then, nor had he been at any time, acting in a threatening manner to anyone. ICE should be dismantled in its current form, […]
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Fitzpatrick misleads us again! Brian Fitzpatrick is working to introduce a bill into Congress called “Fuel the Force Act.” It is an excellent bill that will encourage young men and women to join their police force by offering a substantial tax break after five years of service. What infuriates me about this, as so many of Fitzpatrick’s actions do,
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Fitzpatrick misleads us again! In his latest newsletter Brian Fitzpatrick took credit for the reopening of the Randall Avenue Bridge in Bristol Township. Almost too farcical for words. The funding for the project was secured by Democratic State Senator Steve Santarsiero and Democratic State Representative Tina Davis through a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED).
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This article appeared in the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2013. It continues to accurately convey my belief about both non-profit and public management. I work for the Board of Trustees, teachers, staff and students of Germantown Academy (GA), and our collective reach exceeds our grasp. Always has. Always will, and we are proud of that.
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The neat rows of simple white crosses stretch much too far in American military cemeteries across Europe — marking the graves of young and brave American soldiers. There are few who can walk among those graves without tears flowing freely. They gave their lives for our country and died much too young. As Colin Powell
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Congressman Fitzpatrick’s recent statement on Venezuela demonstrates what an impossible position he finds himself in. He has completed 9 years in Congress, and for every one of those years he has presented himself as a moderate, thoughtful, caring Congressperson. He has followed Republican orthodoxy for the most part, but has taken periodic, independent stands as “proof
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U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick cares deeply about Ukraine and endorses strong military weapons support for its Freedom Fighters. But the congressman fails to grasp a crucial piece of important information: In order to accomplish anything in Congress, one needs to build coalitions. The budget Republicans called the Big Beautiful Bill went from the House to
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“Defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger”. – JFK I was 12 when I watched JFK’s inaugural address and tonight watched it again on YouTube as a 76 year-old. In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger.
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Deficit ExplosionThe forever promise of Republicans has been that tax cuts would generate so much economic growth that the government would take in more dollars than it would have through increased taxes. They do not even pretend that this claim has ever proven to be true, and now they are just pushing to make Donald
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As used by the Republican Party, the words “job creators” are jarring and hypocritical. The quality of life of millions of Americans has been deeply damaged by the implementation of policies driven by those words. That was the entire premise behind the 2017 corporate tax cuts: More jobs. Did they create more jobs? They did
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