📖PolitykiPA Monday GuideThe discovered recordings appear to contradict Bresnahan’s stock trading claims. Who is running for Congress, PA Senate or PA House? ICE cooperation ready for debate in Pennsylvania. Haverford teacher, finalist for National Teacher of the Year
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The most crucial story
1. Discovered audio recordings appear to contradict Bresnahan’s stock trading claims
“Representative Rob Bresnahan (R-08), who faced a firestorm over hundreds of stock trades after his 2024 campaign over Congress’s stock trading ban pledge, insisted he was not talking to his financial advisor about the activity and that he had no influence on it.
But a little-noticed local radio interview from last April contradicts much of Bresnahan’s position on market movements.” | POLICY
Elsewhere
McCormick worries about terrorists and says the U.S. should avoid Iran’s rule. “U.S. Senator Dave McCormick strongly supported President Donald Trump’s decision to attack Iran, but also warned on Monday that the conflict ‘poses a threat here at home.'” | Questioner from Philadelphia
Trump’s mid-term plan? Pass the SAVE America Act. “House Republicans are defending a razor-thin majority in the face of an uncertain economy, ominous historical trends, a growing retiree list and a growing oil crisis sparked by the United States’ chaotic war with Iran. Among President Donald Trump’s advice to Republicans gathered here as the GOP legislative retreat in the House of Representatives passes the SAVE America Act.” | Punchbowl News
Perry among the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress in novel rankings. “In its latest ranking of House power, National Journal lists Rep. Scott Perry, who represents the 10th Congressional District, as the second most vulnerable House member in Pennsylvania, behind Republican Ryan Mackenzie of the 7th Congressional District.” | PennLive
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2. Who is running for Congress, PA Senate, or PA House?
“Tuesday is the deadline for filing nomination forms to place candidates on the ballot for the 2026 primary elections.
Who has already submitted their petitions? Who is the candidate? Take a look, courtesy of the State Department database.” | PoliticsPA
Elsewhere
HD-193: Wallen, Crawley Vie will complete Ecker’s term in the PA House. “In the 193rd Legislative District, Democrat Todd Crawley and Republican Catherine Wallen meet to fill the remaining term of Torren Ecker, who resigned his seat to become an Adams County Court of Common Pleas judge.” | PoliticsPA
HD-79: McCoy and Verobish want to replace Schmitt in Blair County special election. “In the 79th Legislative District, Democrat Caleb McCoy and Republican Andrea Verobish meet to fill the remaining term of Lou Schmitt, who resigned his seat to become a Blair County Common Pleas Court judge.” | PoliticsPA
His office says Shapiro has never browsed the Internet on state-owned devices. “Governor Josh Shapiro’s office says the governor never once browses the Internet using a state-owned cell phone, tablet or computer, a sweeping claim about his more than 1,100 days in office that, while technically possible, still defies common logic in the face of how work is typically done in the modern Internet era.” | Wide + Freedom
Pennsylvania officials say Trump’s policies worry women- and minority-owned businesses. “Approximately 1,400 small businesses in Pennsylvania owned by women or minorities face a difficult challenge: They must once again prove they qualify for a program designed to help disadvantaged business owners — only this time, without mentioning that they are women or minorities.” | THAT’S ALL
Around the Republic of Poland
3. ICE Cooperation for Pennsylvania Debate
“Immigration enforcement operations across the United States – and the backlash they have sparked in some communities – have prompted local officials and state lawmakers in Pennsylvania to advance competing proposals for asylum policies and cooperation with federal authorities.
Dozens of immigration-related bills have been proposed or introduced in Harrisburg, and the debate is largely divided along party lines. Democratic proposals generally aim to limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement agencies and expand protections for all residents regardless of immigration status, while Republican proposals go in the opposite direction. | Central Square
Elsewhere
O’Connor announces change to Pittsburgh’s permitting process. “City officials want to change the zoning code to remove obsolete sections, simplify height and other requirements and reduce the number of districts.” | Pittsburgh Postal Newspaper
Report: AP school districts face budget, mental health and special education challenges. “Budgetary pressures – especially from rising health care and special education costs – remain a top concern for the state’s public schools, along with declining math scores and rising mental health needs for students. That’s according to the 10th annual State of Education Report from the Pennsylvania Association of School Boards, which represents the vast majority of leadership in the state’s 500 public school districts.” | City and state
Allegheny County Democrats support primary election. “The list of approved candidates consisted mainly of officials with a few new names.” | Pittsburgh Postal Newspaper
Editorial
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5. This Haverford teacher had no black role models at school. Now he is a finalist for National Teacher of the Year
“Dozens of students in… Leon Smith The Advanced Placement African American Studies class explored Count Cullen’s conflicted emotions about his ancestral homeland, Africa, in his poem “The Inheritance.”
Smith challenged Haverford High School students to consider the intentions of a Harlem Renaissance poet. “You have to meet people where they are at,” Smith told students in class last month. “Once you do that, you can deliver the message you want to convey.”
Smith, a history teacher who has worked at Haverford High School for 25 years, has the opportunity to gain a much bigger platform: He is one of five finalists for National Teacher of the Year, an award presented by the Council of Principals of Primary Schools that would allow him to spend a year traveling the country promoting the teaching profession.’ | Questioner from Philadelphia
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