More than 22,000 people have been killed by the devastating earthquakes that ravaged Turkey and Syria this week and the death toll keeps rising. There is a desperate need for humanitarian and medical assistance. You can help by donating to Doctors Without Borders (DoctorsWithoutBorders.org) or UNICEF (UNICEFusa.org).

Biden does some effective political theater of his own, by saying some Republicans wanted to cut Social Security. On the spot, Biden got all the Republicans to stand and cheer that they do not want to gut Social Security or Medicare. Well done sir.

And, AR-15 lapel pins accompanied American flag pins on Republican members of Congress at the State of the Union this week.

And, do we need to talk about that balloon?

Senator John Fetterman was admitted to the hospital after feeling light-headed during a Senate retreat on Wednesday. Tests found that Fetterman did not have another stroke, and were running additional tests.

PA Democrats swept the three special elections, giving them the outright majority in the state assembly.

The Zombie Fungus continues to spread as the voices of those infected by right-wing media and extremist politics flood a local Telford, PA council meeting. The Council wants to slash the public library’s budget and hand it over to the police. The police already receive half of the town’s resources. And, can you guess why they want to cut funds to the library? I bet you can.

Walter Masterson of political satire group The Good Liars, showed up at the Central Bucks School Board meeting as the district continues to be a laboratory for extremist politics.

And the Pennridge High School principal was arrested for a DUI this past weekend.

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