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Insider trading, Job Loss, Brain Drain

Insider trading, Job Loss, Brain Drain

Trump rolls out massive insider trading scheme         - Offers prior access to decisions affecting business and economic markets         - Destabilizes our "free market" system and regular, small investors         - A $100,000/month offer to get his Truth Social...

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More Corruption

More Corruption

💰  FINANCIAL FRIDAY  💰 💲More corruption - Sec. of Commerce Howard Lutnick moved $1.6B of our US Treasury $ into a rare minerals company, through investment bank, Cantor Fitzgerald, who earned massive fees from the gov't investment              Lutnick ran Cantor...

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Econ Facts – Ontario Tariff Rebuttal

Econ Facts – Ontario Tariff Rebuttal

🌟 FINANCIAL FRIDAY 🌟   ➡️ In Case You Missed It   📡 Ontario Premier canceled Starlink contract (satellite company owned by Musk), bans US companies from any gov't work. 30B of potential yearly spending plus 200B of infrastructure buildup. Other territories...

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Econ Facts – Trump’s Economy

Econ Facts – Trump’s Economy

💰  FINANCIAL FRIDAY  💰   🧒 Cost of Raising a Child (Compared to Dec 2023)              $303,148 total for 18 years              $16,857 annually cost              27.8% increase under T47   🇨🇦 New 50% Tariff Announced by T on Canada July 20 for certain items...

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Econ Facts – Trump Crypto Racket

Econ Facts – Trump Crypto Racket

  FINANCIAL FRIDAY         🤬 BONUS EDITION 🤬  The Trump Crypto Racket: A SCAM TO LINE HIS OWN POCKETS  Crypto is very unregulated, unlike other stock/bond investments Federal gov't was cracking down and investigating but T halted that In Jan 2025, the Trump coin,...

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Econ Facts – Housing Bill Becomes LAW

Econ Facts – Housing Bill Becomes LAW

FINANCIAL FRIDAY 🏠 Trump chooses not to sign the bipartisan Road to Housing Act Automatically becomes law anyway today He's pouting over his voter suppression SAVE Act failure Act aims to lower cost of housing and spur construction Reduces regulations, speeds up...

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Econ Facts – Conflicts of Interest

Econ Facts – Conflicts of Interest

FINANCIAL FRIDAY 🚨 THE FREE MARKET IS UNDER SIEGE   High Inflation. Corporate Conflicts. Legislative Hostage-Taking. What’s Happening in Washington & Why It Matters to Chester County   📈 1. Inflation Hits a 3-Year High (Core PCE: 3.4%) Despite the...

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Econ Facts – Two Approaches to IRAN

Econ Facts – Two Approaches to IRAN

Trump Iran War Debacle Price of oil is $76.6/barrel today in anticipation of Iran War resolution. Was $65 before the war and Americans have paid billions in higher gas prices in the meantime US oil reserves down to 4 week supply-would seize our economy w no movement...

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Econ Facts – Trump Effect

Econ Facts – Trump Effect

Inflation #s are up again - to 4.2%, highest in 3 years.               Was 3.8% in April               Federal Reserve goal is still 2%               Fuel oil up 59% is driving a lot of the inflation (gas up 41%)               Air fare up 27%               Fruits and...

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Econ Facts – May 22, 2026

Econ Facts – May 22, 2026

Higher Gas Prices? TRUMP DID THAT ↑↑↑ 1.8B slush fund that T wants to control and funnel to the "unappreciated" Jan 6 insurrectionists. DOJ deal w T and his family for no tax audits or penalties indefinitely, a true Al Capone dream to steal further from us.  But the...

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Water Merger Update

Water Merger Update

Recently Rep. Sappey testified on behalf of her constituents at the Public Utility Commission (PUC) public hearing on the potential merger of PA American Water Company and Aqua PA (Essential Utilities). This merger would create the largest private water utility in the...

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Econ Facts: May 2026

Econ Facts: May 2026

US National Debt exceeds 100% of our GDP (Gross Domestic Product) for the 1st time since 1946. Scary stuff! Servicing our debt is expensive and keeps us from investing in anything to help citizens or infrastructure or anything. Why is the national debt so high? Jerome...

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Important Upcoming Hearings on Water Merger

Important Upcoming Hearings on Water Merger

From Christina Sappey, PA State Representative: Pennsylvania has some of the highest water rates in the nation and two of the largest water providers in the state have proposed a merger-basically creating a monopoly.  If allowed to pass, a merger of PA American Water...

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We Are America March

We Are America March

More than a walk—a people's movement. ​Last fall, hundreds of Americans marched 160 miles from Philadelphia’s Independence Hall to the steps of Congress, carrying a copy of the Constitution. Along the way, communities came together—in rallies, teach-ins, and shared...

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Ches Co Board of Elections – Poll Book Report

Ches Co Board of Elections – Poll Book Report

Chester County Voter Services has released its first Action Plan update to address the Nov 4, 2025 Poll Book Error. Please read document at link provided below. Link to Action Plan Updates Information about the investigation and the County’s response to the Poll Book...

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