Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) urged drug industry executives and advocates this week to personally reject anti-science politicians. Speaking before the BIO International Convention in Boston on Tuesday, the rising Democratic star took aim at President Donald Trump’s Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him “completely …
Read More »Paul Rudd Hands Out Water to Pennsylvania Students Waiting in Lines to Vote
Paul Rudd took to the voting lines at Pennsylvania universities to hand out water to students waiting for hours on Election Day. The Ant-Man star was seen carrying a large pack of water bottles at Temple University by MSNBC National Correspondent Jacob Soboroff, who ran over to Rudd and asked …
Read More »Oprah, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry Join Kamala Harris on Star-Powered Election Eve
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered her final campaign rallying call in Pennsylvania Monday evening in Philadelphia. The event was fueled by major celebrities who showed up to speak and perform in support of the Democratic presidential nominee with Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, will.i.am, Fat Joe, the Roots, and Oprah taking …
Read More »The Campaigns Are Ignoring Pennsylvania's Health Care Crisis
This article was copublished with The Lever, an investigative newsroom. If you like this story, sign up for The Lever’s free newsletter. At 5:30 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 19, with the sky still pitch black, the parking lot of the Executive Education Academy in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was unusually active. The …
Read More »Anxiety, Joy, and Rosie Perez: On the Ground With Queers for Kamala
“A Katy Perry marching band? This is going to be the gayest day ever,” says the curly-haired woman watching as a 17-piece group works their way through “Firework,” and then follows it up with a jaunty rendition of Kesha’s “Timber.” She chuckles. “I must be in the right place.” It’s …
Read More »Musk Said $1 Million Lottery Would Be Random. His Lawyers Say It's Not
Elon Musk, the most important mega-donor of the 2024 presidential election, has spent the final stretch of the campaign awarding $1 million from his Super PAC to a different swing state voters daily in order to boost his favored candidate, Donald Trump. Such a giveaway is unprecedented in American politics, …
Read More »Donald Trump Is Relying on Men. Will They Show Up for Him?
PHILADELPHIA — The city’s oldest bar, McGillin’s Olde Ale House, is perennially festooned with Eagles ephemera, but on the night of the first presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, which happens to be taking place just down the street at the National Constitution Center, the televisions at McGillin’s …
Read More »Trump Is Already Crying Election Fraud. It's Going to Get a Lot Worse
Donald Trump isn’t waiting until Election Day to accuse Democrats of running a large-scale voter fraud operation in Pennsylvania, despite local election officials assuring voters that the systems in place to prevent fraudulent voting are working. For days now, the former president has been stoking claims of electoral fraud in …
Read More »DA Suing Musk Over $1 Million Election Prizes Is Facing Threats
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner is requesting enhanced security measures at a Friday hearing related to the state’s lawsuit against MAGA billionaire Elon Musk after being inundated in threats of violence. Earlier this week, Krasner sued Musk’s pro-Trump America PAC, accusing them of “running an illegal lottery in Philadelphia” through …
Read More »These Pennsylvania Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Conspiracists
Alyssa Fusaro believed that two Latina women working in the Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, elections office the day after the November 2022 election were throwing away ballots. She went to a nearby desk, made a phone call, and allegedly called one of the women a racial slur. The women “were incredibly …
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