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Thompson’s retirement is overdue

Patty Satalia State College Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson’s weekly newsletter is a reminder of what he chooses to say—and what he carefully avoids. This week’s lone “Bad News” spotlighted misconduct in Congress. Yet Thompson named only a Democrat, omitting serious allegations involving two Republicans. Representative Tony Gonzales resigned following a House Ethics Committee investigation into an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. Representative Cory Mills is under investigation for alleged sexual misconduct, dating violence and campaign finance ...

Selective outrage

Bob Potter Boalsburg If a Democratic president had done even a fraction of what Donald Trump has done, Republicans would be screaming for impeachment hearings. Imagine the reaction from Republicans if Barack Obama or Joe Biden had run for office with 34 felony convictions and a trail of bankruptcies. Or if either tried to overturn a presidential election and incited a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol. What if a Democratic president talked about suspending constitutional rights, deployed federal forces into states over governors’ objections or bypassed Congress’s constitutional ...

Iran: Winning ourselves into another defeat?

Tim Mannello Williamsport Iran doesn’t need to defeat the United States outright to win a long war. It only needs to make the cost of staying in the fight unbearable. That is the uncomfortable truth at the center of any extended conflict with Tehran. Iran can strike American positions across the Middle East through proxy militias, launch waves of cheap drones that force the United States to burn expensive interceptors and threaten the Strait of Hormuz, a vital artery for global energy supplies. The imbalance is stark. Iran can spend thousands to launch a drone; the United States ...

Tiny little hypocrisies, untruths, and war propaganda?

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross Recently we have been reminded of tiny little hypocrisies of the Trump administration. With the firing of Pam Bondi, one news outlet took us back to an earlier testimony before Congress, where she said in no uncertain terms that in her tenure at the Justice Department, “The partisanship and the weaponization of justice will be gone.” However, from the moment she was confirmed to the moment of her dismissal, she undertook the most obvious and flagrant partisanship and weaponization of justice ever seen in America. She hung a huge banner of the ...

Thompson vs Planned Parenthood

Maggie Waggoner Lewisburg Congressman Glenn Thompson sent another misleading e-mail to his constituents on April 10, attacking Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). His newsletter states that PPFA “received more taxpayer dollars than ever before, and continues to prioritize abortion over true health care services.” First, abortion care is part of full health care. Furthermore, the 2024-2025 PPFA Annual Report states: “Though Planned Parenthood Federation of America did everything we could to prevent it, in July 2025, the Trump administration and Congress forced ...

What’s the plan?

Willow Eby Fischer Northumberland What is the difference between Vietnam and Iran? Trump had a plan for getting out of Vietnam. Dark humor, but it points to a very real and tragic reality. People died, our soldiers died, children died. Mothers, fathers, people died. Now people are dying again. Little girls at their school, our soldiers, the same list of people are dying again. Yes, there have been a few very evil men killed also. Do you know who is not dying? The same people who are not concerned with the price of gas and food. The same people with golden healthcare plans. Trump, ...