…In early 2010, Sestak obtained nothing but approvals and pledges of financial support when he announced he would take on Specter. Then a funny thing happened on the way to the forum. Specter announced he would change parties and run as a Democrat to hold his Senate seat.
Walking While Black
This is not my neighborhood, not my state and not my home. I am an outsider. I am in a middle class neighborhood in Hamden, Ct. 
Pa. Supreme Court’s tarnished rep tough on sole female justice
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE: … “It breaks my heart that the public’s view of our court is based on what happens in isolated cases,” [Justice Debra] Todd, a Democrat from Cranberry, told the Tribune-Review in an exclusive interview. “It bothers me greatly. It has been a troubled time for the court.” The Supreme Court, the oldest appellate […]
Poll: Trump leads, Carson drops and Cruz moves up
POLITICO: Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican presidential race grew tighter on Friday as the standing of Ben Carson fell in the latest NBC News/Survey Monkey online poll of Republican and Republican-leaning voters nationwide. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, meanwhile, is moving closer to the top. The Manhattan business mogul picked up 28 percent, followed by […]
After 30 Years in Prison, Jonathan Pollard to Be Freed — but Not to Israel
NEW YORK TIMES: Jonathan J. Pollard, the American convicted of spying on behalf of Israel, will walk out of prison on Friday after 30 years, but the Obama administration has no plans to let him leave the country and move to Israel as he has requested. Mr. Pollard, who as a Navy intelligence analyst […]
KEISLING: In social flip, men forced to run office for a woman in state AG’s office
More Mexican Immigrants Leaving U.S. Than Entering, Report Finds
NEW YORK TIMES:… The shift marks the first time since immigration from the neighboring nation began to rise in the 1970s that fewer Mexicans came into America than returned home, the Pew report found. The reversal is primarily the result of a steep drop in Mexicans coming into the country. While the border debate, especially […]
More evidence that Supreme Court should interimly restore Kathleen Kane’s law license
“The board’s secrecy, [Judge Eakin] wrote, “has led to unfortunate and wholly misguided accusations against the integrity of its process, as well as the integrity of the Board’s members and staff.
Marriott expansion plan would include 105 new hotel rooms, demolition of 3 downtown buildings
LANCASTERONLINE: The city’s Historical Commission got its first look at plans for a 12-story, 105-room expansion of the Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square. The addition would address an identified shortage of hotel rooms needed to attract larger conventions to the Lancaster County Convention Center, which adjoins the Marriott, Thomas Smithgall, a representative of Penn Square […]
PAcourt says porn emails aren’t public records but does not prohibit their release
YAHOO / AP: A Pennsylvania court says pornographic emails on attorney general’s office computers are not public records under the state Right-to-Know Law, but the judges aren’t stopping Attorney General Kathleen Kane from releasing them. Commonwealth Court ruled 6-to-1 Thursday against a request by The Philadelphia Inquirer to release the emails, saying “public records” under […]
Capitolwire: Kane’s suspension creates ‘enormous challenges’ for OAG, top deputy says.
By Kevin Zwick Staff Reporter Capitolwire HARRISBURG (Nov. 18) – Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s law license suspension is putting both internal and external pressure on the office that “requires constant vigilance,” four of her top deputies testified Wednesday. “The confluence of the internal and external problems is really significant. It’s hard to overstate the issue,” […]
Russian’s attitude towards ISIS
On Tuesday, November 17, 2015, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officially announced that the crash of A321 plane en route to St. Petersburg in Sinai was caused by a terrorist attack. When the Metrojet Flight 9268 crashed on October 31, killing all 224 people aboard, Russian media didn’t even list terrorist act as one of the possible causes of the catastrophe.
Philadelphia Inquirer twists logic to try to have it both ways
“Given the shared confidences and cozy connections among judges and the body that is supposed to police them, there can be no mystery about the kid-gloves treatment of Eakin or any of the commonwealth’s other wayward jurists. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court’s deeply unsatisfying response has been to order the conduct board to investigate Eakin again.”
Obama: GOP refugee opponents ‘scared of widows and orphans’
THE HILL: … “Apparently they are scared of widows and orphans coming into the United States of America,” [President] Obama said of Republicans. “At first, they were too scared of the press being too tough on them in the debates. Now they are scared of three year old orphans. That doesn’t seem so tough to […]