James Willem
@willempa.bsky.social
Employment and labor lawyer posting about the law and Pennsylvania courts. Formerly legal aid. KNVB fan. Allentown, by way of Boston, DC, Gujarat, New Haven, and Chicago, but Berkshires at heart.
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Temple president John Fry sees Terra Hall as the main anchor at one end of what he’s calling an innovation corridor that would stretch past Temple’s main campus to its health sciences campus farther north on Broad Street.
Broad and Walnut grew lonely after UArts closed. Soon, Temple students will bring it back to life
Temple purchased Terra Hall, which was the main academic building for the now-closed University of the Arts. It will become Temple's Center City campus.
www.inquirer.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Temple president John Fry sees Terra Hall as the main anchor at one end of what he’s calling an innovation corridor that would stretch past Temple’s main campus to its health sciences campus farther north on Broad Street.
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Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Donald Trump knew about the girls that Epstein was accused of victimizing, according to emails released on Wednesday by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
House Democrats release Epstein papers saying Trump ‘knew about the girls’
The Democrats cite exchanges with author Michael Wolff and Ghislaine Maxwell, a British socialite and Epstein’s former girlfriend who is serving a 20-year prison sentence.
www.inquirer.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Donald Trump knew about the girls that Epstein was accused of victimizing, according to emails released on Wednesday by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Majority Forward -- group aligned with Dem leaders -- spending $1 million going after Hinson, Husted, Collins and Sullivan on expiring ACA tax credits (TBD on Senate negotiations producing an extension)
Those states plus open NC probably Dems' current best path to majority
Those states plus open NC probably Dems' current best path to majority
November 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Majority Forward -- group aligned with Dem leaders -- spending $1 million going after Hinson, Husted, Collins and Sullivan on expiring ACA tax credits (TBD on Senate negotiations producing an extension)
Those states plus open NC probably Dems' current best path to majority
Those states plus open NC probably Dems' current best path to majority
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A Chorus Year continues 🎉
Equity celebrates the chorus workers who helped define Broadway’s rhythm—onstage and off. In the 1960s, their advocacy helped shape the rehearsal and performance standards we know today.
Equity celebrates the chorus workers who helped define Broadway’s rhythm—onstage and off. In the 1960s, their advocacy helped shape the rehearsal and performance standards we know today.
November 12, 2025 at 4:14 PM
A Chorus Year continues 🎉
Equity celebrates the chorus workers who helped define Broadway’s rhythm—onstage and off. In the 1960s, their advocacy helped shape the rehearsal and performance standards we know today.
Equity celebrates the chorus workers who helped define Broadway’s rhythm—onstage and off. In the 1960s, their advocacy helped shape the rehearsal and performance standards we know today.
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Wow! A new low for Ken Paxton. His deranged press release claims that there cannot be any legitimate purpose for legal defense for people facing deportation — effectively saying that removal defense is not legitimate and only “radicals” would want people to have lawyers.
Horrid stuff from him.
Horrid stuff from him.
November 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wow! A new low for Ken Paxton. His deranged press release claims that there cannot be any legitimate purpose for legal defense for people facing deportation — effectively saying that removal defense is not legitimate and only “radicals” would want people to have lawyers.
Horrid stuff from him.
Horrid stuff from him.
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The episode is the latest sign of frustration from City Hall progressives with Gov. JB Pritzker’s opposition to the head tax, which they want to use to balance the 2026 budget by targeting Chicago’s bigger companies.
Alderman yells at Gov. JB Pritzker over opposition to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s head tax plan
Southwest Side Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez stopped Gov. JB Pritzker after a Veteran’s Day ceremony in Little Village, demanding the governor explain how he would “tax the rich.”
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The episode is the latest sign of frustration from City Hall progressives with Gov. JB Pritzker’s opposition to the head tax, which they want to use to balance the 2026 budget by targeting Chicago’s bigger companies.
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1. Trump is in the files.
2. Trump spent time with the victims and understood their relationship to Epstein & Co.
3. Epstein and Maxwell couldn't understand why Trump wasn't "barking" about what he knew, and wanted to keep it that way.
2. Trump spent time with the victims and understood their relationship to Epstein & Co.
3. Epstein and Maxwell couldn't understand why Trump wasn't "barking" about what he knew, and wanted to keep it that way.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
1. Trump is in the files.
2. Trump spent time with the victims and understood their relationship to Epstein & Co.
3. Epstein and Maxwell couldn't understand why Trump wasn't "barking" about what he knew, and wanted to keep it that way.
2. Trump spent time with the victims and understood their relationship to Epstein & Co.
3. Epstein and Maxwell couldn't understand why Trump wasn't "barking" about what he knew, and wanted to keep it that way.
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We're about to vote on the Epstein files. This should be an easy vote.
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We're about to vote on the Epstein files. This should be an easy vote.
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trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 PM
trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
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I feel like this point is weirdly under-discussed in the discourse! Acosta himself approved Epstein's notorious sweetheart non-prosecution agreement. By elevating Acosta to the cabinet later, Trump seemed to ... pretty clearly reward that?
trump made the prosecutor who gave epstein a pass the secretary of labor!
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I feel like this point is weirdly under-discussed in the discourse! Acosta himself approved Epstein's notorious sweetheart non-prosecution agreement. By elevating Acosta to the cabinet later, Trump seemed to ... pretty clearly reward that?
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On Lawfare Daily, @klonick.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com spoke to @superwuster.bsky.social about about his new book, “The Age of Extraction," how platforms have evolved, and what he sees as the future solution set for the problems that have developed in the digital era. youtu.be/SBTOdJpaZNY
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
On Lawfare Daily, @klonick.bsky.social and @alanrozenshtein.com spoke to @superwuster.bsky.social about about his new book, “The Age of Extraction," how platforms have evolved, and what he sees as the future solution set for the problems that have developed in the digital era. youtu.be/SBTOdJpaZNY
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🎧 On the #BrokenLaw podcast, Donald Sherman of @citizensforethics.org joins @lindsaylangholz.bsky.social to discuss the threat of Trump seeking a third term, and why in spite of clear constitutional text, history cautions us to take the threat seriously.
Episode 187: Trump's Threats of a Third Term and the 22nd Amendment | ACS
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November 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🎧 On the #BrokenLaw podcast, Donald Sherman of @citizensforethics.org joins @lindsaylangholz.bsky.social to discuss the threat of Trump seeking a third term, and why in spite of clear constitutional text, history cautions us to take the threat seriously.
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Join us on Sunday at ETHS for emergency food and mutual aid drop off and distribution. We’re in need of volunteers! Let’s keep turning out!
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November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Join us on Sunday at ETHS for emergency food and mutual aid drop off and distribution. We’re in need of volunteers! Let’s keep turning out!
Sign up to volunteer here: m.signupgenius.com#!/showSignUp...
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Cruciale duels om WK-tickets: Italië moet aan de bak, Suriname en Curaçao nog in de race
Cruciale duels om WK-tickets: Italië moet aan de bak, Suriname en Curaçao nog in de race
Komende week vallen veel beslissingen in de strijd om tickets voor het WK voetbal van 2026.
nos.nl
November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Cruciale duels om WK-tickets: Italië moet aan de bak, Suriname en Curaçao nog in de race
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I will make sure every single person remembers that the same Republicans who did everything in their power to make tax breaks for billionaires PERMANENT refused to even negotiate ONE YEAR of health care tax credits for working families, at a tiny fraction of that cost.
November 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I will make sure every single person remembers that the same Republicans who did everything in their power to make tax breaks for billionaires PERMANENT refused to even negotiate ONE YEAR of health care tax credits for working families, at a tiny fraction of that cost.
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BREAKING: Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Donald Trump knew about the underage girls that Epstein was accused of victimizing, according to emails released by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives reut.rs/4hZV3nw
November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
BREAKING: Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein said Donald Trump knew about the underage girls that Epstein was accused of victimizing, according to emails released by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives reut.rs/4hZV3nw
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‘We have set money on fire’: Pennsylvania budget impasse costs Philadelphia school district millions
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Philadelphia schools on the hook for millions in interest as state budget delay drags on
The Philadelphia school district has borrowed more than $500 million to make up for missing state funding as Pennsylvania’s budget impasse has hit four months. Even once lawmakers reach a deal, the di...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
‘We have set money on fire’: Pennsylvania budget impasse costs Philadelphia school district millions
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Pennsylvania may finally resolve its budget impasse, but the agreement will kill efforts to have the state join RGGI. Forgoing $1 billion in potential proceeds for the state. Also it doesn't fix transit funding. www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
Harrisburg leaders nearing $50.1B budget deal, more than four months late
Leaders in Harrisburg appear to have agreed on the basics of a state budget deal, as both the state House and Senate prepared to meet Wednesday morning.
www.wesa.fm
November 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Pennsylvania may finally resolve its budget impasse, but the agreement will kill efforts to have the state join RGGI. Forgoing $1 billion in potential proceeds for the state. Also it doesn't fix transit funding. www.wesa.fm/politics-gov...
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Shapiro, top Pa. lawmakers reach $50.1B budget deal that could end impasse https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11/pennsylvania-budget-education-funding-rggi-climate-cyber-charter-capitol/
Shapiro, top PA lawmakers reach $50.1B budget deal
The plan, which must win the support of the PA House and Senate, would send more money to the poorest schools and end the state’s participation in a key climate program.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Shapiro, top Pa. lawmakers reach $50.1B budget deal that could end impasse https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11/pennsylvania-budget-education-funding-rggi-climate-cyber-charter-capitol/
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OPINION: "Last week’s election showed Republican candidates hip-deep in Trump’s muck. But it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to take that as a prompt to go back to business as usual with Latinos." — Inquirer columnist Sabrina Vourvoulias
Latino voters were crucial to the Democratic wins last week. Let’s leverage that, mi gente. | Sabrina Vourvoulias
Last week’s election showed Republican candidates hip-deep in Trump's muck. But it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to take that as a prompt to go back to business as usual with Latinos.
www.inquirer.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
OPINION: "Last week’s election showed Republican candidates hip-deep in Trump’s muck. But it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to take that as a prompt to go back to business as usual with Latinos." — Inquirer columnist Sabrina Vourvoulias
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu visits Halifax ahead of Lunenburg tree cutting www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu visits Halifax ahead of Lunenburg tree cutting
Michelle Wu visits Halifax ahead of tree cutting, highlighting the friendship between the cities despite federal conflicts.
www.saltwire.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu visits Halifax ahead of Lunenburg tree cutting www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Northern lights are popping off tonight!
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Northern lights are popping off tonight!
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Still thinking about this story. Imagine how cooked your brain has to be on Fox News -- how terrified you have to be, every day in your isolated suburban castle -- to start *shooting* when you see brown people at your door, before the door is even open. We're such a nation of terrified cowards.
Cleaning worker who mistakenly went to wrong home fatally shot: Police
The shooting victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, the coroner's office said.
abcnews.go.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Still thinking about this story. Imagine how cooked your brain has to be on Fox News -- how terrified you have to be, every day in your isolated suburban castle -- to start *shooting* when you see brown people at your door, before the door is even open. We're such a nation of terrified cowards.
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Nope. Tonight's not the night.
We'll try again tomorrow starting at 9:30 AM
We'll try again tomorrow starting at 9:30 AM
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Nope. Tonight's not the night.
We'll try again tomorrow starting at 9:30 AM
We'll try again tomorrow starting at 9:30 AM