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This graduation season, let’s not forget the students left behind buff.ly/tasK3wZ

This is a pretty incredible spoof, & while folks complain of housing prices today, its a good reminder how unaffordable housing was in the late 70s. Bosom Buddies shows two professional ad men pretending to be women to find a two-bedroom apt they could afford. Threes Company tells us of successful chef Jack Tripper pretending to be gay for many years just to split the rent on a two-bedroom apartment with two women.

Gov. Shapiro's kowtowing to union leaders and their campaign contributions will double the cost of broadband development--and limit how many households will be served. See: realclearpennsylvania.com/articles/2024/…

Important study dives deep into how the teacher unions have become a fundraising arm of the Democratic Party, bankrolling a slew of radical causes and left-wing groups, and supporting antisemitism.

"Under Shapiro’s proposal, the state would spend $1.7 billion on corporate welfare programs. Overall, his budget spends $3.2 billion more than last year, setting up Pennsylvania families for tax hikes" buff.ly/MXlBMQr

"That several big-name progressive nonprofits now call for a moratorium on data center construction—Bernie Sanders’s group Our Revolution, Greenpeace USA, Friends of the Earth, among others—does not surprise." buff.ly/XZWsgds

Corporate Hand-outs Cost Billions, Yield Minimum Return  buff.ly/Ixh24jY

Fracking Has Saved U.S. Consumers $3 to $4 Trillion buff.ly/9p0tdrf

OK, let's use 66% as the threshold for "most." "Most" want school choice - across party, race and age demographic. You had the bill on your desk. Why was it veto'd out?

Letters: School Choice Benefits Low-Income Families wsj.com/opinion/school… via @WSJopinion

New Report: Less than 1% of Pa. Workers Earn Minimum Wage buff.ly/oKPDpRJ

"The longer these governors wait, the longer they leave kids trapped in failing schools. Refusing to opt in would be, in the words of Arne Duncan (President Barack Obama’s education secretary), a 'moral failure.'" dailycaller.com/2026/05/19/opi… via @dailycaller @AndrewLewisPA

"Yet data centers have proved an extraordinary boon for Loudoun residents; they now generate nearly half the county’s tax revenue. Thanks to them, Loudoun enjoys smooth roads, lavish schools, and low tax rates for homeowners. " buff.ly/7Ps4K5P

"A 2023 study by a researcher at the University of Alabama School of Law found that letting nurse practitioners work without physician supervision—thereby making it easier for them to see patients and open their own practices—reduced deaths that could have been prevented through healthcare by 2%." wsj.com/health/healthc… via @WSJ

"More than 300 workers last year collected more than $100,000 in overtime and 11 made more than $200,000." buff.ly/P5X2ACm

A new report claims teachers’ unions are operating more like Democratic funding machines than groups advocating for their members. thefp.com/p/how-teachers…

School choice will help many students & PA’ians don’t have to pay a cent. It’s all for show w/ @GovernorShapiro. I hope he changes his mind & does the right thing. @DawnStensland @1210WPHT

"For the first time in its history, EITC—in conjunction with its partner, Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) — awarded more than 101,000 scholarships in the 2023–24 school year—an almost 20% increase over the previous year. Since their inception, both programs have offered more than 1 million scholarships to children across our great commonwealth." @MeganMartin815 in @RealClearPA buff.ly/J1N8SAy

RGGI Hurt Pennsylvanians. Shapiro’s Lightning Plan Will Be Worse - @andrewlewisPA in @realclearPA buff.ly/melJUx7

How Teachers’ Unions Became Political Big Spenders thefp.com/p/how-teachers…