I applaud the Pottstown Borough for its decision to support the restoration of the Old Nester Warehouse on North Hanover Street. That, along with the restoration of the Lastik and old JCPenny buildings (turning them into living units), will be a plus for Pottstown. And as Tom Hylton always champions, it helps to make Pottstown a great walking community.
George Wausnock
Chrissy Houlahan is all in on the illegal immigration plaguing our country. She prefers open borders to impeaching Alejandro Mayorkas. She threw her support behind Jose Iberra and turned her back on Laken Riley and her family. She is profoundly pro-illegal immigration and anti-American. It would be difficult to find a more duplicitous and untrustworthy person to represent PA-6. Time to impose term limits PA-6. Vote her out this November.
Many things can preclude the casting of ballots at polling stations on Election Day – work, travel, illness, weather, etc. By a 4-to-1 margin, Democrats have mastered mail-in balloting. That noted, per a Rasmussen survey, 20% of such ballots violated some aspect of election law in 2020. If all voters are to remain relevant, they must become comfortable with the mail-in ballot process. Upcoming primaries provide an opportunity to do so. Visit vote.pa.gov.
M. Furlong
I read on the internet that Joe Biden wants to imprison Donald Trump and his entire family if he wins the election in November. He is saying that Trump and his family are being promoted by Russia and the only way they can win is by cheating and fraud. So if they win he is going to put them in jail.
V. S.
Foreign policy was supposed to be a strong suit for Joe Biden, but as Robert Gates said, “Never underestimate Joe Biden’s ability to mess things up.” So here we have another mess that Joe Biden should have proactively been working on, but now instead they are reacting to the mess in Haiti. Of course, we will be footing the bill for it, so far they are talking $300 million. Thanks again Biden voters.
Michael Stern
Joe Biden should be apologizing to the American people for opening the borders and letting illegals in to kill innocent citizens like Laken Riley! But instead, he is apologizing for calling the murderer an illegal! He said he wouldn’t disrespect anyone who comes into this country. Are you kidding me? Let an illegal bludgeon his son to death and see how much respect he has then. Close the border!
Dot
The transcript of Joe Biden’s interview with the Independent Counsel Robert Hur was insightful. The transcript reveals that Biden likes to veer off-topic and talk about cars. When he does so, he likes to make car noises like my grandson — Vroom, Vroom. But as Biden’s Democrat congressional defenders like to say, he sat for 5 hours with Robert Hur and therefore he is still competent … Vroom, Vroom.
R. M.
Looks like this lying business is contagious. The J6 committee lied when it presented Cassidy Hutchinson as a truthful witness. The transcripts show that everyone else contradicted Hutchinson’s testimony. More to follow on the J6 committee lies.
Twenty-twenty
Donkeys like President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders are again whining that “Rich People” need to pay their fair share of taxes. What’s a fair share? Biden and Bernie won’t say. The top 10% already pay 76% of all income taxes, and the top 50% pay a whopping 98%. This is fair-share and then some. Out-of-control spending (a.k.a., Biden and Bernie buying votes) is the problem.
Robert Minninger
Are you better off today than you were four years ago? Four years ago this week the Dow closed at 19,200. It’s currently trading at 38,700. Check your 401(k).
Jay Miller
Just as it would be interesting if someone in the media would do a story on foreigners who went through the legal citizen process of becoming an American Citizen and what they think today … I think it would also be interesting to do a story on folks who had abortions 20, 30, 50 years ago and see what they think of it today. It might give us all a different perspective on what’s happening today.
H John
There it goes again. New inflation numbers are out for February and as we all know inflation is climbing again. The annualized rate for February was 5% and that is understated because most food costs are not included. Bidenomics is really helping us little guys.
Matt
Trump now believes Bud Light deserves a “second chance.” Sheer coincidence: Six hours before, Bud Light announced a $10,000-a-plate Trump fund-raiser. Now says banning TikTok (which he tried to do as President, by executive order) would help “enemy” Facebook. Sheer coincidence: Major TikTok investor and billionaire invited to Mar-a-Lago, seeking campaign support. Steve Bannon (!) suggests he’s been bought. To quote Rachel Maddow, “Ka-ching!”
In the 13 March paper, Katharine Rampell had an editorial once more demonstrating how deliberately out of touch liberals are with history. She said that unemployment soared under Pres. Trump’s last year. She, as the Sound Off lib faction is wont to do, completely ignored Covid. Deliberately ignoring facts is their raison d’etre.
Cato
All those who want abortion to be illegal should be required by law to adopt 2 babies unwanted by their mothers. I bet that would quickly change things
We have a tale of 2 consumers in this country … the wealthy who prosper during periods of high interest rates and inflation, and the poor to middle-income people who suffer. But the aggregate numbers look good, so Joe Biden and Janet Yellen keep telling us how great we’re doing. The closing of 1,000 Dollar Tree stores says a lot more about the state of US consumers than the tone-deaf comments from Biden and Yellen.
Greg Levengood
Any elected official who does not tell the truth belongs in jail not office. Will I lose my home because I cannot pay my property tax?
Night Light
We’re well into the Biden/Harris economic Dumpster fire they started 3 years ago. Prices are still up an average of nearly 20% over Trump’s last year in office. Prices may be rising more slowly than a year ago, but they’re not coming down. Americans of all socioeconomic classes are struggling under Democrat policies. You can’t put lipstick on that pig no matter how hard the left tries to push their false narrative.
Patriot45
One of Bidens biggest accomplishments is stealing an election. He is number 14 on a list of best presidents? Everyone knows he replaced Carter, in last place. As for Retired Pappy, yes one monster can destroy our country. We are seeing that every day. Yes, it is about our future, and under Biden, we have no future! “Take America Back.”
Ernman
The catastrophic Covid policies showed us that most Western governments have no qualms about forcing their agenda upon their people, even if it means the suppression of civil liberties and coercion of people to force them to do what they want. A similar thing is happening with the climate change hysteria, and don’t you dare complain. The lunacy about change or global warming has gone way over the top and needs to end.
Stinger
JB in Limerick I admire the way Democrats protect women’s rights. You know, like pushing for having men pretending to be a woman going into the ladies’ room. Or having men pretending to be women competing against females in women’s sports. Or having open borders and having illegal immigrants rape and kill female citizens. Or allowing crime to run rampant in our cities. Democrats are so protective of women.
Jane Batdorf
For those who thought that the Resident House Plants SOTU was so good, I have the following comment: Our nation is failing, and the Idiot is yelling about Ukraine, January 6th, and COVID-19 vaccines. Not a single mention of the hardships Americans are facing or the humanitarian crisis at the border. This isn’t a SOTU, it’s a declaration of war on the American People.
J Dog
JR, I guess you are too young to have seen Pistol Pete play. Caitlin Clark’s accomplishments are unbelievable and should not be diminished by anyone. Here are a few stats that you failed to include. Maravich scored his points in 50 fewer games without the 3-point goal. He did it in 3 years on a team that was under 500 his first 2 years. Clark has made 520 three-point goals. Enough said?
Imagine a US President making peace in the Middle East. If you don’t know what the “Abraham Accords” are you should never talk politics to anyone. Ever. Trump would have saved millions of lives if he was still in office. Ukraine never happens. Hamas never happens. It’s time to grow up. A sweet President is not what we need. We need a major prick right now to get serious stuff done.
Wellington
If stupid people had their own president, he’d look and act much like Joe Biden.
The Snarky Conservative
Reelecting President Joe Biden again would be like the “Titanic” backing up and hitting the iceberg again!
Jim Fitch
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