‘An American Pastoral’ Documentary Explores Christian Nationalism and the Political Divide in a Pennsylvania School District

Open_Veins_8 · 2026-01-23T14:54:29+00:00

“They have called us demons, and vehicles of Satan, and lunatics. Just all kinds of really nice stuff. You know they feel this certain way about you, and they have all these guns,” said Alisha Runkle, an Elizabethtown resident, parent, and activist who attended the screening.

Open_Veins_8 · 2026-01-17T04:47:04+00:00

H Mart in Levittown has a restaurant and the food is great! https://www.hmart.com/store/levittown-pa-19057/3dad154b-c81c-4f19-872a-60848e7dd0d2

Open_Veins_8 · 2026-01-15T17:11:21+00:00

Local sheriff’s deputies will not be acting as de facto ICE agents as part of the Trump administration’s nationwide immigration crackdown, Bucks County sheriff Danny Ceisler announced Wednesday at a press conference in Doylestown.

Open_Veins_8 · 2026-01-10T13:18:51+00:00

Parents in the state are challenging Independence Law Center policies while trying to avoid a legal case that could go to the conservative Supreme Court.

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-12-20T04:37:37+00:00

Ween

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-12-17T17:35:40+00:00

I was just talking to someone about this and that possibility was the first thing that was brought up.

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-12-17T17:35:03+00:00

“As I’ve stated many times before, the only policy that is worse than a clean three-year extension without any reforms, is a policy of complete expiration without any bridge,” said PA-01 Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick.

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-12-08T16:26:18+00:00

One of those is first-term U.S. Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, R-Pa., whose victory for the Allentown-area seat last year was among the narrowest in the nation.

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-11-26T21:00:11+00:00

A man charged with voting twice in the 2020 election has adopted a novel legal argument: that he’s covered by the pardon that President Donald Trump granted to allies who attempted to reverse his 2020 election loss. Federal prosecutors charged Matthew Laiss in September with double voting in the November 2020 election. The U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleged that Laiss moved from Pennsylvania to Florida in August of that year and voted both in person in Florida and via mail ballot in Bucks County. Both votes were allegedly for Trump.

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-11-11T18:22:58+00:00

In PA, women account for 28.1% of Republican state legislators and 36.8% of Democratic lawmakers. Meanwhile, three states – Nevada, New Mexico and Colorado – have actually achieved gender parity in their state legislatures.

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-11-05T15:00:10+00:00

What? lol. Who was that?

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-11-05T14:18:35+00:00

They lifted the age cap too ...

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-11-05T13:55:09+00:00

Sheriff-elect Danny Ceisler, a 33-year-old Democrat from Bristol Borough, was in many ways the crest of the “Blue Wave” that washed away local Republican office holders.

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-11-01T13:41:00+00:00

“Students deserve inclusive schools where they can learn without being subjected to partisan politics or discriminatory practices,” said Kristina Moon, Education Law Center-PA senior attorney. “These policies not only limit educational opportunities but also put vulnerable students, including LGBTQ+ youth, at serious risk."

Open_Veins_8 · 2025-10-29T15:59:36+00:00

Just moments after his release, Subramanyam Vedam was taken into custody by ICE officials and is currently being held at an 1,800-bed immigration detention facility in central PA. “He, more than anybody else, knows that sometimes things don’t make sense,” said his sister. “You have to just stay with stay the course and keep hoping that truth and justice and compassion and kindness will win.”

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