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PA Hate Group Secretly Wrote School’s Book Ban List

The Bucks County Courier Times reports: Copies of the Central Bucks School District’s administrative regulations for a library policy critics say opens the door to banning LGBTQ books have been reviewed and possibly edited by a statewide conservative group. Metadata of a leaked copy of the regulations made multiple noteworthy changes to an earlier draft written by the district’s library …

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PA Youth Pastor Gets 40 Years For Raping One-Year-Old

The Centre Daily Times reports: A State College man convicted of raping a child and pressuring a witness to recant the allegations was sentenced Tuesday to at least 20 years in state prison. Jackson C. Baker, 55, was sentenced to a maximum of 40 years in prison. A relative of the child painted Baker through a written statement as a …

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Cultists Just Forced PA County To Recount 2020 Ballots

The New York Times reports: On the 797th day after the defeat of former President Donald J. Trump, a rural Pennsylvania county on Monday began a recount of ballots from Election Day 2020. Under pressure from conspiracy theorists and election deniers, 28 employees of Lycoming County counted — by hand — nearly 60,000 ballots. It took three days and an …

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Pennsylvania GOP Launches Midterms Postmortem

Politico reports: The Pennsylvania GOP is trying to figure out what went so horribly wrong in 2022. After the party’s disastrous midterm races, Republicans in the critical battleground state are conducting a postmortem, holding focus groups throughout the state and interviewing thousands of voters. As a sign of the seriousness of the effort, the state party has enlisted Public Opinion …

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PA Pastor Sentenced To 20 To 40 Years For Child Rape

The West Chester Patch reports: A former teacher at West Chester Christian School was sentenced by Chester County Judge Patrick Carmody to 20 to 40 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a first-grader in 2007 to 2008. Randy Boston, 65, of Shickshinny, was convicted by a jury in August of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, unlawful contact …

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Pennsylvania Enacts LGBTQ Discrimination Protections

Yahoo News reports: Pennsylvania formalized nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people after a regulatory board approved new definitions of sex, race and religious creed in the commonwealth’s anti-discrimination regulations. The new regulatory changes provide a more comprehensive definition of the terms “sex,” “religious creed” and “race” as protected classes so that victims of discrimination can better understand how they are protected …

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Pastor Gets Six Years Probation On Child Sex Charges

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: The former pastor of a church in Chester issued a tearful apology to his wife, his family and his former congregants Tuesday as he was sentenced to six years’ probation for having a sexual relationship with an underage girl. Edward Lilly, 72, said he was “deeply, profoundly sorry” during the brief hearing before Delaware County Court …

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Philly City Council Imposes 10PM Curfew For Minors

Philadelphia’s CBS affiliate reports: Philadelphia’s summertime curfew could soon become permanent. City council passed a bill Thursday afternoon that would make the summer curfew permanent. Councilmember Katherine Gilmore Richardson proposed the legislation and is a mother herself. Gilmore Richardson says her goal is to protect Philadelphia’s young people who all too often fall victim to the city’s violence. “There are …

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Mastriano Finally Concedes Pennsylvania Gov Race

Philadelphia’s ABC affiliate reports: Republican Doug Mastriano has conceded the Pennsylvania governor’s race late Sunday, days after being defeated by Democratic challenger Josh Shapiro. “The results of the 2022 Mid-term Elections are not what we hoped, prayed, and fought so hard for, and yet there is so much for which I am grateful,” said Mastriano in a statement on Twitter. …

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Shapiro On Mastriano Not Conceding: “Who Cares?”

The Hill reports: Pennsylvania Gov.-elect Josh Shapiro (D) said on Sunday that his Republican opponent, Doug Mastriano, has not called to concede the race after major media outlets projected his loss on Tuesday night. “I mean, who cares if he calls, right?” Shapiro told CNN’s Dana Bash. “He doesn’t get to pick the winner, the people pick the winner,” Shapiro …

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Oz Calls Fetterman To Concede Pennsylvania Race

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Mehmet Oz called to concede the U.S. Senate race to John Fetterman at 9:30 this morning, Fetterman’s campaign said. With 93% of the vote reporting, Fetterman leads Oz by three percentage points and was declared the winner of the race late Tuesday, according to unofficial results. Oz had said at an election party earlier on Tuesday …

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Fetterman Projected To Win Pennsylvania Senate Race

Well, I wasn’t at all sure this would happen: John Fetterman, the state lieutenant governor, has won Pennsylvania’s high-voltage race for an open Senate seat, defeating celebrity TV doctor Mehmet Oz, bringing an end to one of the nastiest and most expensive campaigns of the year as both parties treated it as a potential tipping point for control of the …

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Oz To Rally At Venue That Bans Same-Sex Weddings

Jezebel reports: Per Oz’s campaign website, the rally will take place at 7 p.m. at Ironstone Ranch on the Stone Gables Estate in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The estate—which also features the popular wedding venue, Star Barn Village—prohibits same-sex marriage due to the owner David Abel’s religious beliefs. The venue’s website states that it “reserve[s] the right” to restrict events that …

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Fetterman +4 Over Oz In Post-Debate Senate Poll

The Hill reports: Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman (D) is still holding an edge over Republican Mehmet Oz in their Senate race, according to a new poll that follows the only general election debate last week in which Fetterman struggled at times to answer questions as he recovers from his stroke. A Monmouth University survey released Wednesday showed that 48 …

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Obama To Hold Rally For John Fetterman On Saturday

The New York Times reports: Former president Barack Obama will hold a second event Saturday with Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman — this one in Pittsburgh — in addition to rallying in Philadelphia the same day with President Biden and other Pennsylvania Democrats. The Fetterman campaign formally announced plans for the Pittsburgh rally on Tuesday morning, saying more details …

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Pennsylvania Dem Candidate Assaulted At His Home

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports: A candidate running for a state House seat called 911 Monday morning after being assaulted at his Fayette County home in what would be the third time in two weeks he has had to call police to his residence. Democrat Richard Ringer said he was bloodied and knocked unconscious by an attacker in his backyard around …

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Mastriano’s Wife Responds To Antisemitism Claims:
“We Probably Love Israel More Than A Lot Of Jews Do”

First, some background via the New York Times: The race between Mr. Mastriano, a state senator, and his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Josh Shapiro — a Jewish day school alum who features challah in his advertising and routinely borrows from Pirkei Avot, a collection of Jewish ethics — has also centered to an extraordinary degree on Mr. Shapiro’s religion. Mr. …

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New Dem Ad Blasts Oz For Selling “Snake Oil” [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) rolled out a new ad on Friday targeting Pennsylvania Senate candidate Mehmet Oz over medical views and products he promoted before running for office. The ad, titled “Snake,” is a part of the DSCC’s $33 million ad investment in competitive Senate races. The Hill was the first outlet to report on …

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Obama Cuts GOTV Ad Ahead Of Pennsylvania Rallies

Axios reports: Former President Barack Obama cut an ad for Democrats in Pennsylvania ahead of his plans to barnstorm the key battleground state with President Biden in the days before the midterm elections, Axios has learned. Driving the news: In the ad, the former president cites two key issues that Democrats have been hammering on this cycle: the willingness of …

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Fetterman Raises Over $1M In Hours After Debate

The Hill reports: Democratic Pennsylvania Senate nominee John Fetterman raised more than $1 million following Tuesday night’s debate with Republican Mehmet Oz, according to Fetterman’s campaign. The campaign said it raised the amount during the three hours between the debate’s conclusion at 9 p.m. and midnight. The closely watched event, which was held two weeks before the election, also drew …

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