ELC staff atty Ashli Giles-Perkins introduces ELC community partners & to ire’s honorees Karen Downer, NAACP Bucks County president, & Adrienne King, founder of the PairUP Society. Both orgs played key leadership roles as advocates & complainants in our Pennridge SD complaint.

So it was not a total loss.

#Phillies bullpen has pitched in nine innings in this series. One was scoreless, in the other eight, runs scored. Asking Sarah Langs, is that a historically bad performance for postseason?

We're proud to join with clubs across MLB in going purple for #SpiritDay as we take a stand against bullying of LGBTQ+ youth 💜

“We want the bureaucrats to be traumatically affected. When they wake up in the morning we want them to not want to go to work bcs they are increasingly viewed as the villains. We want their funding to be shut down so the EPA can't do all of the rules against our energy industry"

How to #VoteLikeARadical.

I am happy to report that at this division in Norris Square, the in-person vote today now matches the total vote in 2020. Kudos to.⁦Riverwards Votes!⁩ for all the on-the-ground work on turnout!

Some good election news for a change this morning: PA still has a Democratic majority in the House! No doubt the Republicans are feeling emboldened but the actual balance of power in the state is as it has been, so the Dems should not be cowed. inquirer.com/politics/elect…

Philly City Council is holding hearings about the wrong issue. SEPTA officials predict service cuts & a "death spiral," eg, minimal weekend service. The system's in peril. Yet Council is consumed with 8 hearings on a fast-tracked arena plan that unravels without a working SEPTA.

Philly folks are saying there’s finally a critical mass over at Bluesky. Jumping on the bandwagon though I still have to be here for work.

Dropping by with personal news: After 7 exciting years managing comms for Education Law Center, I'm retiring next spring. ELC was the right place to finish my professional career. A wonderful team & some big wins! Also there's a great job opening. Please share: elc-pa.org/wp-content/upl…

The scheduled committee vote has been delayed until 4 p.m. - gives Council more time to negotiate a deal with the Sixers. See ya'll later

Watch. Speaking truth to power. And the reactions are remarkable.

a rending plea from a public school principal over three school children and their mother taken by ICE at least one of whom, by his account, is a third grader