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Democrats’ reality check
Opinion, Сolumns
CARL P. LEUBSDORF 
Oct 08, 2021
It was the week that President Joe Biden and the Democratic majorities in Congress came face-to-face with reality. And that reality is that their narr...
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Abortion rises as major election issue
Opinion, Сolumns
JAY AMBROSE Tribune News Service 
Sep 08, 2021
After President Joe Biden’s tragic spectacle of administrative incompetence, pundits said Afghanistan was going to be the chief issue in the midterm e...
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Texas Dems insult voters
Opinion, Сolumns
CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service 
Jul 20, 2021
FORT WORTH, Texas (TNS) — Based on the fawning national media coverage, you’d think that Texas Democratic legislators are nothing short of civil-right...
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Filibuster frustration boils over
Сolumns
BYRON YORK 
Jun 10, 2021
New presidents have only so long to get big legislative initiatives done. It’s already June, and the clock is ticking for President Joe Biden. Big bil...
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The smear campaign against Joe Manchin
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Jun 09, 2021
Joe Manchin is being pilloried for the offense of being consistent on the filibuster. Back in 2017, when Senate Democrats were desperate to stop Donal...
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The key to changing the Senate is elections
Opinion, Сolumns
DOYLE McMANUS Tribune News Service 
Jun 08, 2021
The Democratic-led Senate is heading toward showdowns on two critical pieces of legislation: President Joe Biden’s ambitious infrastructure plan and a...
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Voting bill isn’t Jim Crow 2.0
Opinion, Сolumns
CYNTHIA M. ALLEN Tribune News Service 
Jun 08, 2021
FORT WORTH, Texas — Count me among the cohort of conservative writers who tired quickly of the claims that the 2020 election was illegitimate. It wasn...
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Democrats to meet
News
Marcie 
Jun 07, 2021
McKean County Democratic Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Otto Township Firehall, Duke Center. All Democrats are invited to attend.
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The Texas voting lie
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Jun 03, 2021
The Democratic opposition to legislative minorities using whatever leverage they have to block legislation is highly situational. In Washington, D.C.,...
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Yes, Democrats should fear the crime wave
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 31, 2021
On the anniversary of the death of George Floyd, dozens of gunshots rang out in the middle of the day at George Floyd Square in Minneapolis, forcing r...
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The GOP future is bright
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
May 24, 2021
Republicans have had a brutal news cycle over the past month, between the ouster of Liz Cheney from leadership and the intraparty jousting over a Jan....
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It’s the math, stupid
Opinion, Сolumns
GENE LYONS 
May 14, 2021
There’s a word to describe political movements that emphasize ethnic, racial and religious solidarity over citizenship and pluralistic values, but it ...
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Casey introduces police reforms
News
Marcie 
May 11, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., will introduce two bipartisan policing reform bills to address the high incidence rate of violence invo...
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Correction
News
Marcie 
May 07, 2021
In the section in The Era celebrating Nurses’ Week, U.S. Senator Bob Casey’s political party was incorrectly identified. Correctly, Casey is a Democra...
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Other Voices: Democrats are leading
Opinion, Сolumns
May 06, 2021
Thanks to President Joe Biden and the Democratic Congress, the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan was passed to immediately help Pennsylvanians weathe...
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Georgia and partisan falsehoods
Opinion, Сolumns
Apr 17, 2021
Democrats are decrying Georgia’s new set of laws tightening the mechanics of the state’s voting process as restrictive and racist, with some prominent...
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McKean Co. Dems to meet
Local News
Marcie 
Apr 12, 2021
The McKean County Democratic Committee will meet at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Lewis Run Firehall. All Democrats are welcome to attend.
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The dollar sign president
Opinion, Сolumns
RICH LOWRY 
Apr 03, 2021
So far, the defining word of the Biden era is “trillion.” The Joe Biden who portrayed himself as a moderate, old-school, bipartisan dealmaker during t...
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