Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf vetoed a bill on Thursday that would have banned abortions based on prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis. Why? Because he believes women “must be able” to abort such babies. The bill was...
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Kelvey Vander Hart
Overlooked Elections from Tuesday Provide Some Surprises
All eyes on Tuesday were on marquee races of the 2019 general elections in Virginia, Kentucky, and Mississippi. In Virginia, another blue wave devastated the GOP. In Kentucky, the incumbent Republican governor trails in...
Thomas Valentine
Pa. Democrat Callously Compares Miscarried Baby to “Mess on a Napkin”
Pennsylvania State Rep. Wendy Ullman (D-Bucks) revealed the dehumanizing sentiment that drives the pro-abortion movement in a comment made last week regarding miscarriages. Speaking on a bill before the Pennsylvania...
Who Will Win the Senate in November? A Glance at Each Battleground Race
With just over 100 days to go before election day, what’s the state of the battleground Senate races? The party which controls the White House usually loses seats in Congress in the first midterm after the presidential...
Independence Day? Firework Laws Limit Liberty in Some States
Today, Americans across the nation will continue a tradition that was first sparked in 1777: lighting fireworks. In the earliest days of aerial explosions memorializing our nation’s birth, firework explosions were...
Bridget Starrs
Pa. GOP Candidates Wagner, Ellsworth Tout Support for Transgender Bathroom Bill
In the race for Pennsylvania governor, two Republicans — state Senator Scott Wagner and lawyer Laura Ellsworth — have endorsed legislation that would allow boys to use girls’ locker rooms, showers...
Terry Schilling
Pa. GOP’s Scott Wagner Accepts Money from “George Soros of LGBT Movement”
Conservatives are well aware of the corrupt nature of politicians and their pay-to-play schemes. Many politicians will support legislation or policy changes for the right price. Often times special interest groups...
Pennsylvania Is Ground Zero for Social Conservatives in 2018. Here’s Why.
This article was originally posted at Townhall. I’m at a loss. What is the point of a social conservative movement that remains on the sidelines for the toughest and most important fights? What good are social...
Frank Cannon
New Poll: Crucial Penn. GOP Primary Race a Virtual Dead Heat
With midterm primary battles now heating up nationwide, one race conservatives should pay close attention to is in Pennsylvania, where three Republicans are vying to take on the incumbent Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf. The...
3 Reasons Why 2018’s Most Important Election Will Be in Pennsylvania
This article was originally posted at Townhall. Conservative news sources were shaken up for a few days this summer when several outlets picked up Rolling Stone Magazine’s story on Tim Gill, “Meet the Megadonor Behind...
Anna Anderson
Hypocrisy: GOP Congressman Resigns After Telling Mistress to Get Abortion
Congressman Tim Murphy (R-PA) has resigned from the House of Representatives after the recent revelation that he encouraged a woman with whom he was having an extramarital affair to get an abortion. The Pittsburgh Post...
What About Privacy? 4 Students Take on Their School’s Transgender Bathroom Policy
Should a student be allowed to use a school locker room or restroom designated for classmates of the opposite biological sex? This question has dominated the debate over transgender rights for several years now, with...
Andrea Moury
This State’s Democrat Governor Is in Trouble… with His Own Voters
Today the Keystone Report, a popular “Drudge-style” blog focused on Pennsylvania politics, published a new poll commissioned by American Principles Project suggesting that Gov. Tom Wolf (D-Pa.) will likely...
Ready, Set, Go: States Rush to Defund Planned Parenthood After Senate Vote
Last week, the Senate voted to overturn an Obama-era HHS rule which restricted states from directing funds away from Planned Parenthood, moving one step closer to cutting off the abortion giant’s considerable taxpayer...
Diana Valentine
Sen. Bob Casey Goes Full Leftist, Rejects Gorsuch
In case there was any doubt that Senator Bob Casey Jr.’s (D-Pa.) transformation into a hard leftist was real, it’s been confirmed by his announcement this past week that he will vote against confirming Neil...
Six Days Left: Trump Has a Lot of Outs
When poker players are drawing to a straight or a flush, they will often talk about having a certain number of “outs” — i.e. how many cards are left in the deck that can make their hand, allowing them...
Trump’s Path to 270 Is Easier Than You Think
“It’s over. Trump can’t win.” That’s the narrative the Clinton campaign and the mainstream media have relentlessly promoted over the past several days. The problem with that narrative is...
Is Trump Giving Up on Pennsylvania? Is That a Bad Thing?
The Associated Press has a very cool interactive tool that allows you to see where Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump — and the various super PACs supporting or opposing them — are spending money on TV ads...
Jon Schweppe
New Polls Show Trump Needs Just One More State to Win
A new Florida poll from Suffolk University was released today showing Donald Trump with a slim, single-point lead over Hillary Clinton. But while this was only the latest poll showing a close race in the Sunshine State...
Paul Dupont