The headlines you don’t see in Western media.

In Bucks County, Democracy Dies in Silence: Election Forum on Education Canceled Due to Lack of Candidate Participation | Only 1 Republican & 5 Democrats agreed to join. The remaining candidates vying for 10 PA House seats apparently couldn’t be bothered. buckscountybeacon.com/2024/09/in-buc…

This is the Pennsylvania county where a political unknown ran for and shockingly won a seat on the county commission, after focusing his campaign on the deadliness of the Dauphin County Prison. Background on the commissioner and the prison in Bolts: boltsmag.org/dauphin-county…

Kamala Harris to camp out in Pittsburgh for next 5 days. Rather than fly back to DC or California, she intends to make Pittsburgh a “home away from home” during the campaign. cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/new…

Funny how the terms "Republican," "Russia" and "money laundering" keep showing up in the same stories.

Everything you've heard on TV about Pennsylvania and fracking is wrong Millions of Pa. voters are worried about climate and sick of the pollution. If Harris is hurt by changing positions, it's probably with voters who oppose fossil fuels. My column🎁inquirer.com/opinion/kamala…

Will Bunch CCJ Speaking for Chester County, a place where, you know voters actually live — people are pretty deeply against fracking. They hate the pipelines, the concern that Energy Partners/Sunoco will screw up again and a neighborhood will explode. So, no, pro-fracking is not a win.

The myth that fracking is overwhelmingly popular in Pennsylvania is a feedback loop btwn politicians—some heavily funded by oil-and-gas campaign dollars, some seeking endorsements of trade unions that have bought into the job-creation hype—& a lazy news media, writes Will Bunch

"Maybe a good question for Harris at Tuesday’s make-or-break debate here in Philadelphia would be not to yet again ask her why she briefly opposed fracking in 2019, but to prod her on how she can support it now when little kids are getting cancer."

All of this from Will Bunch + adding that horserace coverage really suffers from ignoring local elections. Opposition to fracking MOVES voters, esp in SEPA where legislative candidates who ran explicitly on environment flipped Delaware County & eventually the PA House

this has been my hobby horse for a while. even in western pa there are areas like the northern pittsburgh suburbs that have a ton of anti-fracking voters

"We have a man who is manifestly incapable of being president...it’s much worse than in 2016 because nobody was sure at the time whether it was an act. It’s not an act. The media failure this time is completely inexcusable." digby on "sane-washing" digbysblog.net/2024/09/05/the…

Good thread

NEWS NPR has identified the Trump staffer who pushed an Arlington National Cemetery employee. The staffer is Michel Picard, a member of former President Trump’s advance team. The other staffer involved in the altercation is Trump’s deputy campaign manager Justin Caporale.

imagine spending $100k/ week and seeing this outfit

MBS abused the Saudi sovereign wealth fund to bribe Jared Kushner Could you even imagine the corrupt things Trump would do if given control of a massive investment vehicle?

Amazing stuff, the French left teamed up with the centrists to prevent a far-right majority, now the elections are over the centrists are teaming up with the far right to appoint a right wing prime minister npr.org/2024/09/05/nx-…

“He is charged with the following four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children… these charges stem from him knowingly allowing his son to possess a weapon”