Measles questions.
Let’s be clear- when the Governor comes into our county and holds a press conference with PA Department of Health and Penn Medicine Lancaster general Health and states there were two “measles-associated deaths” here, with the underlying assertion that the two people died FROM measles, and they are the first deaths from measles in 35 years, and that announcement sets off numerous media reports uncritically repeating that two people died FROM measles in Lancaster County, and Lancaster County elected officials then get questions about this – it is totally fair for me to ask for relevant information on those deaths.
Asking questions is not “pro-measles.”
Asking for information that should have been provided at the press conference is not “anti-science.”
It is simply wanting the whole story for my constituents.
When officials who hold a big press conference and make big headlines – those officials owe us more than the headlines. They owe us the whole truth. They owe us accurate information by which the people of Lancaster County can make decisions about their health and safety.
It has been about 24 hours since the press conference. We do not have any answers. Of course journalists should also be asking these questions rather than uncritically repeating something.
Any deaths from measles are required by law to be reported to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. I have spoken at length with both a senior staff member from that office and the Coroner himself. They currently have zero measles deaths in Lancaster County. They have one death of a person who died WITH measles, but not from measles. We do not know if the state is counting that one. Nor do we know anything about the other death that officials reported yesterday.
Is there an unlikely scenario where a patient from here got measles and sought care outside of Lancaster County and died there and it was reported to another county coroner? Yes. I am open to that or other unlikely possibilities. But if one of these unlikely scenarios is the case, the people holding the press conference had, and currently have, a responsibility to provide that information.
The law DOES allow release of more information. Demographic information that does not identify the patient may be released.
I reached out to Penn Medicine LGH. No response.
I reached out the Governor’s office. No response.
I talked with our Lancaster County Department of Public Safety Director. He has no additional information from the state.
I asked questions this morning at our Board of Commissioners meeting of Commissioner Alice Yoder who was at the press conference yesterday and is a former official at Penn Medicine LGH. She did not have any answers. (This exchange is on video and will be available later today.)
So as of right now, we have ZERO information that corroborates the idea that there were two measles deaths in Lancaster County. Again, everything stated could be accurate. But no one in authority has been able to say that, nor have they even tried to say it.
To me it is a big deal if the Governor comes in and gives a press conference and then no one can or will identify simple details around what was stated and what then generated major news stories.
Transparency is owed to the people.
It is incumbent on those who held the press conference to clear this up.
Immediately.
Governor Shapiro's unseemly rush to Lancaster County to convene a national press conference and his giddy delight in announcing two measles deaths was a morose commentary on the contemporary political dialogue. The performance was a replay of the Democrats' COVID playbook: fearmongering, misinformation, finger-pointing, and the weaponization of infectious disease fears for political gain.
The announcement appears to have been premature, and the deaths may even have been altogether fabricated by one of the Governor's hopeful staffers. The Lancaster County Coroner says that it has no record of any measles deaths. State law requires that all measles deaths be reported to the coroner.
Governor Shapiro shattered tradition and violated standard public health policy by refusing to share information with the County Health Department or CDC.
Since I have been in office, CDC has had a superb record of cooperation, information sharing, and professionalism with blue- and red-state governors and health officials. Those collaborations have resulted in effective control of the global measles outbreak in this country.
Governor Shapiro got his headlines. He correctly gambled that the slavish mainstream media would dutifully amplify his scolding without any effort to check his facts.
WATCH: Josh Shapiro brags about fast tracking permits for his out of state data center developer donors who have contributed MILLIONS to his campaign.
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@FLVoiceNews Question: why am I seeing so many campaign ads for @DarrenSoto paid for by a company called Proximo @Proximo_Data . Not a PAC, an actual company purchased political ad for an individual congressman.
BREAKING: Governor Shapiro's Department of Health just submitted proposed regulations that would allow government officials to enter private residences without warrants and also seek private health information without consent.
READ Leader Topper's response HERE: 🔗https://t.co/I95sQhe0g9
@AGGancarski@GovRonDeSantis Presumably @GovRonDeSantis means that to apply to Flock's competition Axon, Motorola, Rekor, Genetec and others. This is an entire industry, not just one company
Pennsylvania is resisting a federal review of its voter rolls. Meanwhile, Chester County records are raising questions of their own. @AdaNestorWC examines the numbers—and why they deserve a closer look.
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July 2025: Josh Shapiro stands on stage and takes credit for Amazon’s $20 billion data center deal.
Then his administration fast tracked data center permits… and the political donations came in.
More than $5 million from people tied to data center projects.
Once Pennsylvanians learned about these projects, they didn’t like what they heard.
And suddenly, more than a year later, with just a few months until the election, Josh Shapiro miraculously discovers that these out of state data center developers are “predatory.”
He didn’t have a change of heart. He had a change in polling.
The money is still in his account, so I have two questions for Josh Shapiro:
Whose side are you on?
When will you be returning these donations?
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#DataCenters #JoshShapiro
In Unalaska, Alaska, I went directly to the remote island Sen. Lisa Murkowski cited while raising concerns about the SAVE Act and what its documentary proof-of-citizenship requirements could mean for rural Alaskans.
Murkowski argued that a resident in Unalaska, such as a fisherman or teacher, could have to travel roughly 800 miles to Anchorage to present documentary proof of citizenship.
So I went to Unalaska to find out what residents would actually have to do.
At the local DMV, I asked whether we would have to travel to Anchorage to obtain an ID. The employee told me, “No, you can come here.” When I brought up claims that residents would have to make the trip to Anchorage, the employee responded, “That’s strange.”
At the Unalaska Public Library, an employee confirmed voter registration services are available on the island. The library also provides passport services and directed us to the local DMV for Alaska identification.
We then went to City Hall, where the city clerk confirmed that Unalaska remains a polling location. When I asked whether residents would have to go to Anchorage to vote if the SAVE Act passed, she responded, “No, because we still remain as a polling place here.”
A local resident separately confirmed that voting takes place at City Hall and said residents “don’t have to go to Anchorage.”
We also visited the local post office and spoke with residents and fishermen to document what voter registration, identification, and voting services are actually available in this remote Alaskan community.
After visiting the DMV, library, City Hall, post office, and speaking directly with people on the island, I found the people we interviewed contradicted the claim that Unalaska residents would have to travel 800 miles to Anchorage to register to vote or obtain identification.
Sen. Murkowski’s State Director, Karina Waller, accused a member of OMG of “voter fraud” following our previous Anchorage investigation and said she would include the journalist’s name in a complaint to the Alaska Division of Elections and Department of Law.
OMG went to Unalaska to document firsthand what services are available to rural Alaskans and compare what we found on the ground with what Sen. Murkowski said about the SAVE Act.
We have reached out to Murkowski for comment.
If you’ve witnessed fraud in your community or have information, contact us at [email protected] or message us on Signal at 914-491-9395.
SCOTUS just cleared the path for Trump’s mail ballot security rules.
Less than 24 hours later, Obama-appointed Judge Indira Talwani is back at it.
She just ruled that the U.S. Postal Service “feigned complete compliance” and violated her injunction by finalizing the new rules.
Same judge. Same playbook. Different day.
The Supreme Court speaks. A district judge digs in harder.
This is exactly why Americans have lost trust in the system.
Secure elections shouldn’t be this hard.
Time to start naming names and holding these activist judges accountable.
@RaheemKassam Meloni seems to be involved in a lot of she said/he said/she said tiffs recently with English speakers. Maybe she needs to brush up on her English.
NBC10 just looked at a 2.5-block radius around Sunday’s Center City AR-15 robbery.
More than 7,400 crimes reported in that tiny area so far this year. 2025 is the only year in the last twenty with higher numbers. 48 gunpoint robberies citywide in 2026 already.
That is the same area where my unarmed loved one was killed.
That murder is the exact reason I began carrying a firearm.
I did everything the legal way. I got the permit. I spoke publicly about the failure to prosecute. I spoke about the gun scandals. I spoke about Krasner.
Then they took my rights. Left me disarmed. Ignored my police reports. And now AR-15s are being pointed at people’s heads in the same blocks where Sean was murdered.
This was never about public safety. It was about silencing a crime victim who refused to stay quiet.
I still cannot legally carry. The data does not lie. The timeline does not lie.
Accountability is coming.
@NBCPhiladelphia
https://t.co/MGDWISakBV
#Philadelphia #2A #JusticeForSean
@freedomcaucus@lisamurkowski Why don't you just do what everyone else does to get a vote from @lisamurkowski , bribe her. Seriously, that woman doesn't care unless there's a satchel of cash involved.
🚨 It’s official the “Stop Nick Shirley Act” AB 2624 is now law in California. This bill was created by the Attorney General’s WIFE after I exposed widespread fraud inside immigrant communities in America and now they want to penalize journalists and citizens for looking into potential fraud inside of “immigration support service providers”.
Enough is enough, how much longer will you let these people get away with this? Show up to the Sacramento Capitol on Wednesday at 11am, see you there 🫡 Share this around.
Fun fact, Newsom has directed over $300 million to nonprofits while governor and AG Rob Bonta when he was an assemblyman directed over $500,000 to nonprofits associated with his wife 🤔