Politics PA

07/29/2024

👋 Just Another Manic Monday.

Black Women Quickly Joining Forces to Back Harris
Biden's SCOTUS Reforms
More on Shapiro and VP Chances
What Happens to Scranton Now?
Summerween

Here is the Playbook

Thousands of Black women organizers across the country are mapping out voter registration efforts and planning conference calls, campaign events and fundraisers.

07/26/2024

🥂 Working for the Weekend

🔴 Trump Returning to PA on Wednesday
🏛️ "13 Keys to the White House"
🏫 School Choice Advocates vs. Shapiro
↔️ Barr Involved in Misleading PA Investigation
🐔 Boneless Wings May Have Bones in Ohio
Here is the Playbook

Trump returns to PA for Harrisburg rally on Wednesday. Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook

07/25/2024

🤠 Howdy Thursday. Thanks for reading the PoliticsPA Playbook

Biden Uses Oval Office Address to Explain Decision
Democrats' VP Chatter Turns to Governors
PA Supreme Court to Hear Appeal Over Provisional Ballots
Should You Wait To Go Swimming After Eating?

https://www.politicspa.com/july-25-biden-explains/137531/

07/24/2024

🙂 Hello Wednesday

🏇 Shapiro and the Veep Stakes
💰 VP Prediction Markets
👮 PSP Commissioner Testifies re: Trump Shooting
📺 PA Dominates in Political Ad Spending
🔴 Bucks County Goes Red
📱 Welcome Back - the Flip Phone

Here is the Playbook
https://www.politicspa.com/july-24-the-veep-stakes/137460/

07/23/2024

What a dizzying news cycle!

🔵 Harris Secures Delegates For Nomination
❌ Would Shapiro Have to Resign to Run For VP?
🏭 $400 Million For PA Industrial Decarbonization
👀 Glaringly Obvious Issues in Butler
🍔 Meal Deal Lives On

The Tuesday Playbook
https://www.politicspa.com/july-23-harris-secures-delegates/137441/

07/22/2024

😯 What. A. Weekend. How did PA respond to Biden's announcement? We've got it here in the Playbook.

Who Is Kamala Harris?
Is Governor Shapiro on Veep Short List?
Heartbreak in Scranton
Are 'Night Owls' Sharper?

https://www.politicspa.com/july-22-biden-bows-out/137391/

07/19/2024

TGIF!

If Biden Steps Aside, Could Shapiro Be Under Consideration for VP?

Down-Ballot PA Democrats Look Past Biden to Run Their Own Races

Attempted Assassination On Trump Has Voters Thinking About Election Day Much Earlier Than Normal

Here is the Playbook
https://www.politicspa.com/july-19-a-shapiro-substitute/137319/

07/18/2024

🔵 2/3 of Dems Want Biden to Step Aside
👋 Vance Introduces Self to Nation
🌉 Bridge Funding Is 'Big Deal'
💰 Congressional Fundraising Numbers
🔴 Butler: 'Of All The Places'
🍻 Happy Hour Help Coming to PA

The PoliticsPA Playbook
https://www.politicspa.com/july-18-call-coming-from-inside-house/137255/

07/17/2024

Good morning! Here is Wednesday's Playbook

🎫 The significance of JD Vance on GOP ticket
🏛️ Biden to propose SCOTUS reforms
🔵 State House resignations
💰 Q2 fundraising numbers
🌉 Federal funding for I-83 South bridge
🥪 How did 'hoagie' get its name

https://www.politicspa.com/july-17-what-does-jd-add/137209/

07/16/2024

🔴 Trump Taps Vance For VP
🧑‍⚖️ SCOTUS and Judge-Shopping
📊 Trump, Casey Top NYT/Siena Poll
🔦 Shapiro In Spotlight Again
💰 Q2 Fundraising
🔍 Butler Under Pressure
🛒 It's Prime Day

https://www.politicspa.com/july-16-the-pick-is-vance/137147/

07/15/2024

The PoliticsPA Playbook for Monday
🔵 Biden: "It's time to cool down"
🔴 Inside Ziklag
🔴 Burgum Top PA GOP Delegates' VP Pick
🔴 McCormick: 'We Have to Dial It Down'
💰 Budget Winners and Losers
⁉️ Why Butler?
🐦 Angry Birds Play Game of Drones

https://www.politicspa.com/july-15-aftermath/137084/

07/14/2024

Pennsylvania lawmakers quickly and forcefully responded to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., just 35 miles north of Pittsburgh.

https://www.politicspa.com/pennsylvania-lawmakers-respond-to-attempt-on-trumps-life/137041/

07/12/2024

Is There A Path Forward For Biden, Democrats?

Mission Accomplished: The State Budget is done.

"Johnny Doc" sentenced.

And ... the running of the bull.

Here is the Playbook for Friday.
https://www.politicspa.com/july-12-mission-accomplished/136998/

07/11/2024

John Fetterman has become one of President Biden's staunchest defenders.

Budget must include school funding plan or advocates will go back to court.

Costco raises membership fees.

The Playbook for Thursday.
https://www.politicspa.com/july-11-defending-biden/136944/

07/10/2024

The temperature is not only rising around the Commonwealth, but at the Capitol as well over budget talks.

The Pretzel City in the national spotlight.

PA Says 'Let Freedom Ring'

The Playbook for Wednesday.

https://www.politicspa.com/july-10-statebudgetafterdark/136904/

07/09/2024

Political advertising in Pennsylvania for 2024 presidential election is predicted to reach $360M, the highest level in the nation.

Lawmakers are finalizing details of new way to fund public education and nearing budget deal.

And, Caesar salad turns 100.

https://www.politicspa.com/july-9-not-going-anywhere/136871/

07/08/2024

Hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend.

President Biden visits Philly, Harrisburg.
PA Capitol Evacuated Due to Bomb Threat
Why No Decision in HD-117?
Ice Cream Truck Music Monopoly

Here is the Playbook

President Joe Biden Visits Philly, Harrisburg. Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook

07/03/2024

Joe Biden and the GOP Agree - Stay On The Ticket.

Casey Leads McCormick. Cabell Loses Write-In Appeal. Rubik's Cube Turns 50.

Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook

Biden, GOP Agree - Stay On Ticket. Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook

07/02/2024

The SCOTUS presidential immunity decision and its fallout around the country and the state.

What's next for the state budget now that the deadline has passed?

Shady Maple voted best buffet in America.

All this in the PoliticsPA Playbook

https://www.politicspa.com/july-2-scotus-immunity-fallout/136729/

07/01/2024

👋 Hi, July. Promises to be an eventful holiday week

The Trump immunity case drops today. More Biden debate fallout. PA budget talks continue. And Happy Bobby Bonilla Day!

https://www.politicspa.com/july-1-the-second-half/136635/

06/28/2024

Oh! What. A. Night.

Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook with all the day's headlines about "The Debate," and much more.

https://www.politicspa.com/june-28-the-morning-after/136582/

06/27/2024

There was the 'Fight of the Century' in 1971 ... and the 'Thrilla in Manila' in 1975 between Ali and Frazier.

This one doesn't have a name (Argument in the ATL?) but the stakes are just as high when Biden and Trump hit the debate stage tonight.

https://www.politicspa.com/june-27-its-debate-night/136517/

06/26/2024

“More than half of Black voters in Pennsylvania oppose banning books from public school libraries and most want African American history taught in schools, according to a recent exclusive USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll."

Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook

https://www.politicspa.com/june-26-honoring-history/136454/

06/25/2024

The Supreme Court has yet to issue opinions this term in about a dozen major cases that could rock the country’s politics and reshape the law.

Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook

https://www.politicspa.com/june-25-crunch-time-for-supreme-court/136389/

06/24/2024

It's time to get serious as the PA budget is due by June 30 and both presidential campaigns hold PA rallies ahead of Thursday's debate.

Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook

https://www.politicspa.com/june-24-lets-get-serious/136363/

06/21/2024

Many Democrats have used Temple's Main Campus as a platform for political activism, but Donald Trump may be the first presidential GOP candidate to campaign at the Liacouras Center on North Broad Street.

Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook

https://www.politicspa.com/july-21-trump-and-temple/136309/

06/20/2024

“Abortion rights, suddenly a potent political force in the aftermath of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to leave such matters to the states, have found an unlikely champion in swing state Pennsylvania."

Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook
https://www.politicspa.com/june-20-an-unlikely-champion/136240/

06/19/2024

“Whether it’s a grinning Joe Biden as “Dark Brandon” or Donald Trump’s face superimposed onto a scene from HBO’s “Game of Thrones,” both presidential campaigns this year have embraced digital memes."

Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook
https://www.politicspa.com/june-19-the-politics-of-memes/136228/

06/18/2024

"The Biden administration will, in the coming months, allow certain spouses of U.S. citizens without legal status to apply for permanent residency and eventually, citizenship."

Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook

https://www.politicspa.com/june-18-bidens-immigration-move/136159/

06/17/2024

☀️ Good Morning! It's going to be a hot one out there this week. Stay cool!

The road to understanding Donald Trump's appeal to a segment of Black voters. Here is the PoliticsPA Playbook.

https://www.politicspa.com/june-17-seeing-strength/136086/