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Philly Gets the Anti-Joe Bologna T-Shirt That It Needs
A roundup of Philly news. This post may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. It Didn’t Take Long for Somebody to […]
I Won’t Vote for Joe Biden, the Lesser Racist, Until I Have To in November
As a millennial black voter, I take every election very seriously. When my mail-in ballot arrived last week, it listed three Democratic presidential candidates: former […]
Pat Toomey Defends Impeachment Vote, Says He’ll Support Trump in November
Senator Pat Toomey had a smart plan for how to publicly explain his vote in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. He rolled it out last […]
I Went to Wildwood for the Donald Trump Rally and Lived to Tell the Tale
If you look forward to off-season day trips to the Jersey Shore as a chance to relax, restore and reset, Wildwood was not that on […]
Fact-Checking All of the Mysteries Surrounding Donald Trump and Penn
It was, it can be said without fear of exaggeration, a day that will live in infamy. When President Donald Trump emerged from his mysterious […]
Why Philly Mag Is Fighting the Kenney Administration’s Attempt to Undermine a Free Press
These aren’t the easiest of days for the news media in the United States. Not only has the business model that’s supported journalism been disrupted […]
When Donald Trump Blames Mass Shootings on Mental Illness, He’s Blaming People Like Me
Last week, Donald Trump responded to the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, by saying that “mental illness and hatred pulls the […]
Trump Wants to Recruit Women Voters, Starting in King of Prussia
Donald Trump wants more women to vote for him. Yes, this past weekend the president did in fact tell four freshman lawmakers — Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, […]
Scenes From the Planned Parenthood Protest in Philadelphia
They wanted to stop abortion. And quite a few of them wanted to make America great again, too. Hundreds of anti-abortion activists swarmed Planned Parenthood at 12th and […]
City Commissioner Candidate: We Must Fight 2020 Vote Suppression Efforts
Voting rights advocate and attorney Kahlil Williams is one of 13 Democrats running in the highly contested two-seat race for city commissioner. We chat with […]
Philly Pols Roast Trump After State of the Union Address
On Tuesday evening, President Trump gave his (delayed) annual State of the Union address. One could be forgiven for tuning out on account of political […]
We’ve Found the Ultimate State of the Union Watch Party for Trump Fans
If you’re looking for a bar where you can watch Donald Trump deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday night at 9 p.m. […]
Scenes From the Campaign Trail: A Black Trump Supporter Throws a Mayoral Kickoff Birthday
On Tuesday night, as news broke that the feds were set to indict longtime Democratic political kingpin John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty and other union officials […]
The Immigrant on My Couch
It’s 6 a.m. in Fairmount, and my fiancé, Anush, and I are tiptoeing around our living room, getting ready for a run before work. We […]
Richard Vague Says He Might Run for President in 2020
Earlier this week, we heard chatter that Philadelphia venture capitalist Richard Vague has spent the last year conducting focus groups across the United States and […]