Fortunately, the years from 1980 to 2000 witnessed a burgeoning Philadelphia legal community populated by a cast of distinctly vivid personalities that would have been the envy of any Hollywood movie mogul. And I had a front row seat for all of it.
Here then, on the Philadelphia Bar Association’s 220th anniversary are my 20 most unforgettable characters from that era.
Click here to read more, beginning with M. Mark Mendel (shown above) from the current issue of The Philadelphia Lawyer magazine.
CNN goes to Wyoming to ask voters if they're gonna vote for #LizCheney...
— Joe Dan Gorman🇺🇸 #UltraMAGA 1776 (@ThatJoeDanGuy) July 30, 2022
Hilarity ensues. 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 pic.twitter.com/vycOAhA1dd
Today's Holy Gospel:
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,
“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”Teacher who’s also a drag queen shows his classroom covered with LGBT decor which he turns into a “nightclub” pic.twitter.com/GGcMsHvz6x
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 24, 2022
Joe Rogan discusses Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with Harvard:
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) July 29, 2022
"They gave him [an office] at Harvard after he had been arrested for f---ing underage girls... He was arrested in 2006, after that, up until 2018 he still had an office there. That is WILD." pic.twitter.com/QKbMJ3rG3q
Do YOU have a special reason why you love summer? Let's hear about it!
Rep. Matt Gaetz grills Senior DOJ official: "Do you know where the Hunter Biden laptop is?" pic.twitter.com/9uYyahXBL7
— Real Mac Report (@RealMacReport) July 28, 2022
New Jersey State Senator Joe Pennacchio, Senator Kristin Corrado and Senator Steven Oroho today blasted Democrat leadership in Trenton for their response to the price of concert tickets.
Sens. Oroho, Pennacchio and Corrado said the Legislature should be focused on more important issues than concert ticket prices. (Pixabay)
“The priorities in Trenton are off the rails,” said Oroho (R-24). “There is more interest in investigating the price of admission to a Bruce Springsteen concert than there has ever been for unraveling the bureaucratic confusion that led to the deaths of almost 10,000 people in nursing homes.”
The New Jersey-native rocker and his band aren’t going on tour until next year, but tickets went on sale today for the Newark and New York shows scheduled for April. Tour sales have been marred by a new demand-based process that has skyrocketed the cost of some tickets to more than $4,000.
This week, the press reported Democrat leadership said it’s “our responsibility to investigate current pricing practices” and the Assembly will hold a hearing to “ensure fairness and affordability in the process.”
“There is a slew of more important issues for New Jersey residents. These ticket prices are ridiculous. I don’t know who would pay them,” said Pennacchio (R-26). “But that’s a choice. Nobody is forced to go to the concerts.
“It wasn’t an option when elderly residents were trapped in nursing homes filled with COVID. They had no option, and they had no voice. The Legislature should be investigating these silent tragedies. Instead, the focus in on placating the TMZ audience with an investigation into Ticketmaster,” Pennacchio noted.
“The residents of New Jersey had bigger things in mind when they sent us to Trenton on their behalf,” said Corrado (R-40). “We have families who lost loved ones and they deserve answers. We are on the brink of a health care insurance crisis. And the majority party is prioritizing concert prices.
“This cannot continue.”
- July 27, 2022 - |
Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America |
I have notified CNN of my intent to file a lawsuit over their repeated defamatory statements against me. I will also be commencing actions against other media outlets who have defamed me and defrauded the public regarding the overwhelming evidence of fraud throughout the 2020 Election. I will never stop fighting for the truth and for the future of our Country!
Read the letter here. |
VP: "I am Kamala Harris, my pronouns are she and her, and I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit." pic.twitter.com/gtBXTyHB4j
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 26, 2022
Click here for the full report from The Conference Board.
Teacher says she doesn’t gender students on their report cards because the student might be going by a different name and pronouns in school and at home pic.twitter.com/a2QjzW7w8g
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 25, 2022
WATCH: Philadelphia carjacking middle of day,busy area, Front St & Indiana Avenue, Wednesday 3:30pm. Reminder to ALWAYS keep car & suv doors locked. New Balance shirt on left, Nike on right, hoods on despite temps in 90s to disguise them as they get in back seat @fox29philly pic.twitter.com/nDFxVBj4QJ
— Steve Keeley (@KeeleyFox29) July 25, 2022
Twenty-three percent (23%) of likely U.S. voters think the country is heading in the right direction, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey for the week ending July 21, 2022. That's an absolutely dismal number and it's been that way for quite some time under the reign of Joe Biden.
This figure does not bode well for incumbent Democrats in the upcoming fall elections.
Plus, this week’s finding is once again .down two points from a week ago.
(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it's in the news, it's in Rasmussen polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
Man of the people, populist Marco Rubio, says unlike Pete Buttigieg, he is focused on real problems: “I’m not gonna focus on the agenda dictated by a bunch of affluent, elitist liberals, and a bunch of Marxist misfits.” pic.twitter.com/BnPUGmzyKd
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) July 25, 2022
Just as I predicted, after the man who tried stabbing me last night was charged with Attempted Assault in the Second Degree, a felony, he was then immediately released under the state’s insane cashless bail law, which MUST be repealed! My full statement⬇️ pic.twitter.com/mdPAOowcAu
— Lee Zeldin (@leezeldin) July 22, 2022
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that, if the elections for Congress were held today, 49% of likely U.S. voters would vote for the Republican candidate, while 39% would vote for the Democrat. Just four percent (4%) would vote for some other candidate, but another eight percent (8%) are not sure. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
The Republican lead is up two points from last week, when they led 48%-40%. The GOP has led the Generic Congressional Ballot all year.
In July 2018, before voters handed Democrats their first House majority in eight years, Democrats held a seven-point advantage (47% to 40%) in the generic ballot question. As the November 2018 midterms neared, the margin was a statistical dead heat – Republicans 46%, Democrats 45% – in the final poll before Democrats won a slim House majority while Republicans gained Senate seats to maintain control of that chamber.
(Want a free daily e-mail update? If it’s in the news, it’s in Rasmussen polls). Rasmussen Reports updates are also available on Twitter or Facebook.
The survey of 2,500 U.S. likely voters was conducted on July 17-21, 2022 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/-2 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.
The Republican lead on the congressional ballot is due both to greater GOP partisan intensity and a 17-point advantage among independents. While 89% of Republican voters say they would vote for their own party’s congressional candidate, just 79% of Democrats would vote for the Democratic candidate. Among voters not affiliated with either major party, however, 44% would vote Republican and 27% would vote Democrat, while 10% would vote for some other candidate and 20% are undecided.
Fifty-five percent (55%) of whites, 27% of Black voters and 41% of other minorities would vote Republican if the election were held today. Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Black voters, 34% of whites and 44% of other minorities would vote Democrat.
The so-called “gender gap” has widened in the latest findings, with men (53%) now eight points more likely than women voters (45%) to prefer Republican congressional candidates. The gap was five points last week.
Voters under 40 favor Democrats by a 13-point margin, 48% to 35%, but 55% of voters ages 40-64 and 54% of those 65 and older would vote Republican if the election were held today.Republican support is highest among retirees, while Democrats do best among government employees.
Republicans lead 52%-37% among voters with incomes between $30,000 and $50,000 a year, while Democrats have the same 15-point advantage, 52% to 37%, among voters with annual incomes over $200,000.
Video of @leezeldin’s attempted attack at a campaign rally in Monroe County earlier tonight.
— Kate Lisa (@KaitlynnLisa) July 22, 2022
Courtesy of Cody Crippen pic.twitter.com/1mTgUXIHVJ
The latest figures include only 18% who strongly approve of the job Biden is doing and 49% who strongly disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -31. (see trends).
There was a free and open election. The Republicans of Maryland voted. They selected their candidate for Governor.
But all that doesn't seem to matter to Hogan. Because, ya see, Hogan's guy didn't win. And Hogan is still peeved about Trump. Yes, Trump. STILL!
Now, look: those who call themselves Republicans but do not support the freely and fairly elected nominee of the party are NOT Republicans -- and that includes Larry Hogan!
Republican leadership in the New Jersey Senate and General Assembly called for the formation of a special legislative committee to investigate massive health care premium increases that will be paid by active and retired public employees and taxpayers.
Republican leadership in the N.J. Legislature called for the formation of a special legislative committee to investigate massive health care premium increases that will be paid by active and retired public employees and taxpayers. (©iStock.com)
“Governor Murphy has completely failed to control health care premiums paid by the state, local governments, and active and retired public employees,” said Senate Republican Leader Steven Oroho (R-Sussex). “The 24% premium increase proposed for most active employees will take thousands more out of their paychecks annually and lead to huge costs for local governments that will translate into higher property tax bills for struggling families. We must investigate the failures that led to these catastrophic premium increases to develop an effective plan going forward.”
Premiums for active employees covered by the State Health Benefits Plan (SHBP) are set to increase by 24%, while those for school employees and teachers covered by the School Employees’ Health Benefits Program (SEHBP) are set to rise by 15.6%
Similarly, SHBP retirees are set to pay an additional 15.6% for health care, while SEHBP retirees will pay 13.6% more.
“Taxpayers, employees and retirees living on fixed incomes cannot afford the anticipated cost increases for state health benefits on top of what they are paying just to live, eat and work in New Jersey. Much of the blame rests with the Democrats who failed to address the record-high inflation in this year’s massive $50.6 billion spending plan and the Murphy administration for making New Jersey less affordable,” said Assembly Republican Leader John DiMaio (R-Warren). “It’s time we peel back the onion to find out exactly how we got to where we are with the health care premiums so we can hold those responsible accountable.”
The legislators said an investigative committee with subpoena power should be established to investigate the increases, including allegations published by Bloomberg that the Murphy administration squashed an attempt to recover $34 million paid to Horizon for a failed program to lower costs. Outside consultants confirmed that “the program yielded no apparent savings,” also according to Bloomberg.
Horizon administers the health care plans for hundreds of thousands of state and local government employees and retirees in New Jersey.
“It’s distressing that the massive health care premium increases are coming on the heels of the shocking report that the Governor’s Office pressured state officials to stop an attempt to claw back tens of millions of dollars from Horizon after they failed to deliver on a contract to lower costs,” said Senate Republican Budget Officer Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth). “It’s absolutely scandalous that high-level administration officials would intercede to prevent Horizon from being held accountable as premiums are set to skyrocket. Employees, retirees, and taxpayers deserve to know why.”
The legislators also pointed to a failed 2020 health benefit reform that Governor Murphy said would lead to massive savings for school districts but has backfired and is driving up costs for many districts and property taxpayers.
These are some of the failures they say a special legislative committee should investigate.
“Raising costs for the hardworking people of New Jersey has been the Murphy administration’s modus operandi. It’s all gimmicks and when it comes time to deliver any real relief, they fail miserably,” added Assembly Republican Budget Officer Hal Wirths (R-Sussex). “Now our local governments, seniors, and taxpayers are on the hook for their broken promises to deliver savings and major missteps with Horizon. We can’t and won’t let them get away with it.”
Fuel oil +98%
Gas at the pump +61%
Used cars +40%
Air fares +34%
Margarine +34%
Eggs +33%
Men's suits +25%
Public transportation +24%
Butter +21%
Chicken +19%
Lunch meat +18%
Soups +16%
Milk +16%
Cookies +15%
Electricity +14%
Baby food +14%
New cars +13%
Bacon +11%
Pet food +10%
Ham +10%
"How come it's wrong to produce our own oil and gas here, but you can go to Saudi Arabia and fist-bump to try to get it from Saudi? I mean, it makes no sense... We have the opportunities here to be energy independent." - @GovRonDeSantis today pic.twitter.com/lCeemGPGDt
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) July 18, 2022
100 seconds of Joe Biden showing he's totally fit to be president. pic.twitter.com/o0JBRgEhWA
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 18, 2022
REPORTER: “Do you regret the fist bump, Mr. President?”
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 17, 2022
JOE BIDEN: “Why don't you guys talk about something that matters? I'm happy to answer a question that matters.” pic.twitter.com/yUnl1N3VA7
ABC: "After promising during the 2020 presidential campaign to make Saudi Arabia 'a pariah' ... the president traded tough talk for fist bumps." pic.twitter.com/OEqFE3RmyX
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 17, 2022
People are doing the #BidenBikeChallenge where he fell in Delaware
— Sue (@SueM2022) July 16, 2022
😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/qWuBJGC35K
