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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 1d

"Every community should have a Bucks County Beacon."

When I first became a journalist, 1986, for Maine's Brunswick Times Record most communities had local journalism.

Before long the corporate media bought up or pushed out most of them. BCB remains. Support our paper, maybe more will come back?!

Maurice T. Cunningham @masspolprofmo.bsky.social · 2d

Christina nationalist Tina Descovich, a Christian Nationalist with a major 9th Commandment problem, attacks @buckscountybeacon.com for the sin of accurately quoting Moms for Liberty weirdos. Every community should have a Bucks County Beacon. Support them if you can.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 2d

Moms for Liberty CEO & Co-Founder Tina Descovich verbally attacked the @buckscountybeacon.com at Harrisburg-area event last week while introducing Bucks Chapter Chair Jamie Tromba. Our crime? Journalism. Read more here: bit.ly/46XkOQh (And don't forget to support progressive, independent media!)

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 1d

" Every community should have a Bucks County Beacon." Truth.

Thanks.

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 1d

My mom used to say, "Patty, you aren't just judged by the company you keep - the people who shun you matters too. Piss off the people who deserve it - never pick on the people who don't."

Guess we done Genevieve proud!

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 2d

Bucks County Beacon doing the investigations that benefit the entire country. Good journalism is expensive, y'all, and worthy of support.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 2d

Moms for Liberty CEO & Co-Founder Tina Descovich verbally attacked the @buckscountybeacon.com at Harrisburg-area event last week while introducing Bucks Chapter Chair Jamie Tromba. Our crime? Journalism. Read more here: bit.ly/46XkOQh (And don't forget to support progressive, independent media!)

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Kris Brown | President, @BradyUnited.org @krisbrown.bradyunited.org · 2d

When a 10-year-old who has already lost 3 relatives to gun violence has to beg for action, it’s political negligence. When will our leaders listen? #MOleg

10-year-old Jennings boy becomes a voice against gun violence

Prince Jones, a Hanrahan Elementary student, dreams of being a governor or a football player. He's speaking out after losing his father and other relatives.

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 2d

MFL kicked this Bucks County Beacon journalist out for "journalisting"

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 2d

Being kicked out by them for committing journalism was certainly a career highlight of mine.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 2d

Moms for Liberty CEO & Co-Founder Tina Descovich verbally attacked the @buckscountybeacon.com at Harrisburg-area event last week while introducing Bucks Chapter Chair Jamie Tromba. Our crime? Journalism. Read more here: bit.ly/46XkOQh (And don't forget to support progressive, independent media!)

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 2d

"Never before has access to so many stories been stolen from so many children." We continue our #BannedBooksWeek coverage with @penamerica.bsky.social's Sabrina Baêta. She joins Editor @cmychalejko.bsky.social to discuss PEN's new report "The Normalization of Book Banning." LISTEN: bit.ly/3KHHVXy

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 3d

Storming an apartment complex by helicopter as families slept. Deploying chemical agents near a public school. Handcuffing a Chicago City Council member at a hospital. This is what Trump and ICE's War on Chicago looks like.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 3d

Using Black Hawk Helicopters and Chemical Agents, ICE Agents Turn Chicago Into a ‘War Zone’ | “ICE acted like an invading army in our neighborhoods. Helicopters hovered above our homes, terrifying families and disturbing the peace of our community,” said Democratic State Rep. Lilian Jiménez.

Using Black Hawk Helicopters and Chemical Agents, ICE Agents Turn Chicago Into a 'War Zone' - Bucks County Beacon

Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city.

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 2d

I'm using that excuse for the rest of my life!

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 3d

As State Budget Deadlock Continues, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence Calls for Waiving Bridge Loan Interest Fees | “Domestic violence victims & survivors count on the work of programs & shelters. They are essential services that need to be treated as such,” said @pcadvorg.bsky.social

As State Budget Deadlock Continues, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence Calls for Waiving Bridge Loan Interest Fees - Bucks County Beacon

“Domestic violence victims and survivors count on the work of programs and shelters. They are essential services that need to be treated as such,” said PCADV's Michael Waterloo.

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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 3d

Just last month, Freeport Township declared a disaster emergency, stating that the frac-out had “endangered or will endanger the health, safety and welfare of a substantial number of persons residing in Freeport Township.”

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 3d

Scientists Find Evidence That a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking | Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water, reports @insideclimatenews.org.

Scientists Find Evidence That a Pennsylvania Town’s Water Was Contaminated by Fracking - Bucks County Beacon

Three years after noticing discoloration and odors in their wells, residents in New Freeport are still fighting for clean water.

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 2d

Long past time for a discussion about gun violence
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Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 3d

Using Black Hawk Helicopters and Chemical Agents, ICE Agents Turn Chicago Into a ‘War Zone’ | “ICE acted like an invading army in our neighborhoods. Helicopters hovered above our homes, terrifying families and disturbing the peace of our community,” said Democratic State Rep. Lilian Jiménez.

Using Black Hawk Helicopters and Chemical Agents, ICE Agents Turn Chicago Into a 'War Zone' - Bucks County Beacon

Activists, residents and leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking violence and fueling neighborhood tensions in the nation’s third-largest city.

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 3d

We need to support local media again. I work for a truth giant getting stories out that detail the goings on around our community. @buckscountybeacon.com

We also take the federal situation and explain the local impact.

BlueVoter @bluevoter24.bsky.social · 4d

Not. One. #fascism #media

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Fred Guttenberg @fredguttenberg.bsky.social · 3d

While I disagree with @RepMTG on almost everything, I appreciate her stepping out on subsidies. I am an American who is self employed with preexisting conditions. I have health care because of ACA. Thank you Rep Greene for speaking up & protecting my ability to afford health care going forward.

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 3d

We're so thrilled to learn from Kim that Australia's warmth will be represented in Denver this year! Thanks to the donors who made shipping possible!

It's about the love, after all.

#MemorialBlanket

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s a radio interview with me snd Cathy Alderman of Colorado Coalition of the homeless about Trump tariffs impacting out foreign neibors who care about peeps in the US. Only sbout 6 minutes - listen and share, please! www.iheart.com/podcast/1248...

09 30 25 US Cathy Alderman and Pat LaMarche tariff impact on Homeless Memorial Blankets - KOA Headlines | iHeart

Interviews, audio and more from KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 4d

Picking on the vulnerable - first sign that you’re dealing with bullies.

Bucks County Beacon @buckscountybeacon.com · 4d

Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims | As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff & turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death, reports @patlamarche.bsky.social.

Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims - Bucks County Beacon

As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.

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Pat LaMarche @patlamarche.bsky.social · 4d

If I write the story, is it bad for me to say, "This is a gawddamned good story" ?

It has all the elements: impending peril, courageous characters - including politicians. & desperately sympathetic folks waiting 4 stronger, more powerful people 2 intercede.

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Pennsylvania Budget Impasse Is Just Another Form of Abuse for Domestic Violence Victims - Bucks County Beacon

As PA Senate Republicans hold the budget hostage, domestic violence shelters are forced to furlough staff and turn away victims putting Pennsylvanians at risk of injury or death.

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Common Dreams @commondreams.org · 7d

"This is murder. The US government must be held accountable," Amnesty International USA said of Trump's latest lethal boat bombing.

'This Is Murder': Trump Bombs Another Boat in Caribbean

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth bombed another boat in the Caribbean, claiming it was trafficking drugs. Critics say the strikes violate federal and international law.

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 7d

I am once again calling on state governors to mobilize their National Guards to escort congressmembers into ICE facilities so they can DO THEIR LAWFULLY ASSIGNED FEDERAL DUTIES

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 7d

Federal agents are overtly abusing their power to try to intimidate advocates and elected officials. We need ICE out of Illinois immediately and justice for people like Ald. Jessie Fuentes who are defending their communities.
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Federal Agents Handcuff Chicago Alderperson At Hospital ER

In another incident caught on video Friday, federal agents inside a car randomly threw tear gas into a Logan Square street while people — including a 2-year-old — were outside nearby.

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · 7d

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Nashville ruled that the Department of Justice’s criminal case against Maryland man Kilmar Abrego Garcia may be a form of punishment against him for legally challenging his abrupt removal to an El Salvador megaprison earlier this year.

Judge Says DOJ May Be Vindictively Punishing Abrego Garcia for Challenging Removal to El Salvador