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Pat Toomey — Katie McGinty elevator ad
City Life

New McGinty Ad Calls Toomey “Senator Elevator”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCalJ2ZjLH0 Republicans running for office have a major problem this year, and his name is Donald Trump. While Trump is popular, this is his first […]

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City Life

Swing State Poll: Clinton and Trump Neck-and-Neck in Pa.

A Quinnipiac University poll found the contest between presumptive presidential nominees Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump too close to call in Pennsylvania. In Pa., 42 […]

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump
City Life

Monmouth Poll: Clinton Leads Trump by 7 Points Nationally

A new poll from Monmouth University has Hillary Clinton out in front in the presidential race. Clinton leads Donald Trump nationally, 47 percent to 40 […]

fart-in
City Life

Philly Activist Staging World’s Largest “Fart-in” for Hillary Clinton

Prepare yourselves, Philadelphia. You might need to hold your breath during the DNC. Cheri Honkala of the Poor People’s Economic Human Rights Campaign is organizing the world’s largest […]

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City Life

Amish-Targeted Dark Money Group Wants to Beat Hillary Clinton

A Pennsylvania dark money group is trying to mobilize Lancaster’s Amish community — the largest Amish community in the country — to vote for  presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump […]

Run Jimmy - still
City Life

New Anti-McGinty Ad Suggests She’ll Kidnap Your Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzMAw0MWrTs It’s only June, but I can’t imagine anything tops the Pat Toomey–Katie McGinty Senate race in TV commercial quality. First, we had a Democratic […]

City Life

Chris Christie: I Didn’t Fetch McDonald’s for Donald Trump

Chris Christie says he didn’t fetch McDonald’s for Donald Trump. In yet another great moment in the 2016 presidential campaign, yesterday The New Yorker reported […]

Donald Trump, Chris Christie
City Life

Report: Chris Christie Fetched Trump’s McDonald’s Order

The New Yorker has a fascinating article this week on the Republican Party’s Donald Trump dilemma: What should Republicans do about the outsider who has […]

The Phillie Phanatic and Donald Trump - split photo
City Life

Poll: Phillie Phanatic More Qualified to Be President Than Donald Trump

Don’t want to vote for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this November, but not quite ready to push the button for Hillary Clinton? You […]

City Life

AP Says Hillary Clinton Has Basically Clinched the Nomination

The Hillary Clinton campaign will host a watch party tonight in Center City. Pennsylvania 6 will host the event for supporters as the Democratic presidential primary […]

Pat Toomey Kittens
City Life

Weird New Anti-Pat Toomey Ad Compares Him to a Kitten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK1lbXvL_ak The ad above was released late last month, but it’s now airing on Philadelphia-area TV stations. (I saw it yesterday during the Extra/Access Hollywood block […]

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WATCH: Donald Trump Ribs Chris Christie With Oreos Joke

Last night, Donald Trump held held a $200-a-head fundraiser for Chris Christie in New Jersey. Yes, the New Jersey governor has long-since dropped out of […]

Bernie Sanders - Solidarity is Power
City Life

Could Sanders’ Continued Fight Mean Chaos for the Philly DNC in July?

A month ago, Republicans looked primed to have a contentious summer political convention. There were still multiple candidates in the race for president. Donald Trump was […]

Tom Ridge, Donald Trump
City

Former Pa. Governor Tom Ridge: I’m Not Voting Republican This Year

Former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge has voted Republican every four years since his 18th birthday. He says that streak will end in 2016. In an […]

City Life

Face It, Sen. Toomey, You’re a Cafeteria Catholic Like the Rest of Us

“I was born and raised Catholic. I am a practicing Catholic. We are active members of our church. Our kids attend Catholic school, so my […]