East Penn Democratic Club

04/06/2026

https://open.substack.com/pub/armchairlehighvalley/p/april-7-forum-to-feature-democrats?r=znse&utm_medium=ios

The four Democrats running in the May 19 primary election in the 7th Congressional District will meet at a forum at 6:30 p.m.

11/17/2025

11/16/2025

Save the date! I am holding a community town hall next week.

WHEN: 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 20

WHERE: Grace UCC Church, 623 Cleveland Street, Allentown.

Please join me to discuss any concerns about legislation, issues you may have with state programs, or to learn about the services my district office can help you with, like the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program. I hope to see you there!

11/15/2025

Database: https://couriernewsroom.com/news/we-created-a-searchable-database-with-all-20000-files-from-epsteins-estate/

11/14/2025

We all knew this guy was bad. Did the public know how bad? You know who DID know how bad? You guessed it. MAGA.

The national MAGAs have made a career of covering up rap**ts, and promoting predators.

The problem isn’t simply that they don’t care about our vulnerable people, the problem is they actively and happily inflict pain and trauma on our most vulnerable people.

Here’s what “freedom” looked like for Matt Gaetz: a teenage girl, forced to sell her body to buy braces, while a powerful congressman saw only an opportunity for himself.

According to a bipartisan House Ethics Committee report released this winter, investigators found “substantial evidence” that then-Representative Matt Gaetz paid cash to a 17-year-old girl for s*x at parties fueled by drugs and alcohol — all while she was scrambling to save for orthodontic work because her family couldn’t afford it. The girl, described in court documents as homeless and desperate for money to fix her teeth, told The New York Times that Gaetz—along with other powerful men—gave her a way out, but only through exploitation.​

The details are nauseating. At a 2017 party, after s*x, the girl received $400 from Gaetz — “which she understood to be payment for s*x,” according to the House probe, and corroborated by multiple witnesses. She was under 18. Investigators uncovered records of Gaetz paying more than $90,000 to a dozen women while serving in Congress. One of these girls explicitly testified she needed money for basic medical care — braces for her teeth.​

This isn’t about party lines or petty politics. It’s about power, predation, and who gets ignored when the powerful cover for their own. Where does a teenage girl turn when the only way to save her smile is selling herself to elected officials? When did survival become a luxury reserved for the wealthy?

As one witness told the House: “The parties were a blur of older men and young women, drugs everywhere. I couldn’t say no. I needed the money — I needed braces.” According to the BBC, almost every woman who spoke to investigators said drugs or alcohol left them unable to truly consent.​

Let’s name this for what it is: cruelty hiding behind privilege. The rules are supposed to protect our children, not allow the rich and powerful to buy their innocence. The fact that this girl’s only path to medical care was through exploitation is a national disgrace.

The America we believe in doesn’t sacrifice girls’ futures for a congressman’s pleasure. If you’re angry, you’re paying attention. Share this — not just to expose what happened, but to demand a world where no child has to sell herself just to afford a healthy smile. We deserve leaders who protect the vulnerable, not prey on them.

11/13/2025

…and so it begins…

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11/12/2025

Oh my

11/09/2025

11/09/2025

BREAKING: Pennsylvania is now driving out November SNAP benefits.

After we won in court yesterday, we moved quickly to start getting benefits loaded on EBT cards and out the door — and we're working to get every Pennsylvanian currently waiting for federal food assistance benefits what they're owed.

11/08/2025

Did you know some members of Congress are voluntarily having their paychecks held?

Let’s see if Mackenzie is getting paid. Please call his office and ask. We pay him. He works for us. Please report back.

484-781-6000

11/08/2025

Lower Mac Commissioners/Three Winning Democrats- Historic Win

ICYMI - Melissa Bosak, Stefanie Rafes, and Wesley Barrett won seats on the Lower Mac Board of Commissioners. The first Dems holding the seats in decades.

After working tirelessly for months, working as a team to knock on hundreds of doors and listen to neighbors, the voters elected these new voices to represent them.

Why these candidates, why now? Surely anger over the constant work of the national MAGA Republican Administration to destroy our country, disappear our neighbors, ruin education, get rid of affordable healthcare, literally STARVE our people, etc., had an effect on their win.

Some people are of the opinion that national politics shouldn’t play a role in local politics. Theoretically, I agree. However, at this moment, all politics are local. Every person is Impacted by the national politics, and no local Republican candidate distanced themselves from the national party. Why? Some even appeared on a MAGA podcast (poorly run, and weird).

Local voters chose the qualified candidates who came to their door, candidates who have beliefs more like their own.

Lower Mac will benefit greatly from the three Dem Commissioners.

https://open.substack.com/pub/armchairlehighvalley/p/something-historic-happened-in-lower?r=c8w5&utm_medium=iosrgtrdeerddn nrisdsd

On Tuesday, Democrats won three seats on the Lower Macungie Board of Commissioners, defeating two incumbents and turning the five-seat governing board blue.