On this edition of the Delaware Valley Journal podcast, longtime GOP operative Michael Caputo — described as a “longtime acolyte of Republican mischief-maker Roger Stone and ardent former aide and attack-dog defender of Donald Trump” — talks to DVJ’s Linda Stein about his fight to bring voting in PA back in line with the state’s […]
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MASTRIANO: How Pennsylvania Democrats Hijacked Act 77
In October 2019, Senate leadership brought SB 421 (later Act 77) to the full floor for a vote. I was in my fourth month as a senator after a career of serving 30 years in the US Army. Act 77 passed the Senate by a 35-14 vote along near party lines. Every single Republican senator […]
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MASTRIANO: Christmas Miracle
It was the summer of 1776 in New York when Commander in Chief George Washington readied his troops for an attack by the British. The attack came on August 27th, 1776. British General William Howe won that battle, resulting in heavy losses for Washington’s Continental Army. Though the situation had seemingly crippled Washington’s Army, on […]
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Mastriano Campaign Begins Airing TV Commercials This Week
Better late than never. Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s gubernatorial campaign has been hammering opponent state, Sen. Doug Mastriano, with television ads for months. Shapiro has spent a whopping $34.6 million saturating the airwaves with commercials. On Tuesday came news Mastriano’s campaign was finally going on the air with its own ads. The Mastriano campaign announced […]
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Veteran GOP Operative Caputo Says PA Supreme Court Playing Politics With Act 77
The Pennsylvania state Supreme Court on Tuesday voted 7-2 to overturn a lower court ruling that found Pennsylvania’s Act 77 violates the state’s constitution. In a recent Delaware Valley Journal podcast, veteran GOP operative Michael Caputo, an outspoken opponent of Act 77, explained why he believes the Supreme Court is putting partisan politics ahead of […]
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If Shapiro Believes Mastriano Is Dangerous, Should He Have Elevated Him With Advertising?
On the evening of the primary election, the Democratic nominee for governor Josh Shapiro said of his Republican opponent, Doug Mastriano: “Republicans just nominated a dangerous extremist who wants to take away our freedoms.” The following day, in a text message to supporters, Shapiro said Mastriano was “anti-democracy.” If those things are true, does it […]
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PA’s Mastriano Subpoenaed to Testify by Jan. 6 Committee
The Democrat-controlled congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol has subpoenaed a Pennsylvania state senator to testify. Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Franklin), who is running for governor, attended the rally for former President Donald Trump, but he did not participate in the riot or enter the Capitol building. “Based on publicly […]
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Act 77 That Opened the Floodgates for Mail-In Ballots Remains Controversial
How did an election-reform measure in Pennsylvania that was almost universally supported by Republicans become a rallying point for conservative protesters who believe the 2020 election was stolen? The answer is, in part, Republicans’ dismay in the way the Democratic governor and the Democrat-controlled state Supreme Court enacted procedural changes, based on interpretations of the […]
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Shapiro Slams Bill Protecting Girls-Only Sports, Calls Supporters ‘Extremists’
Protecting girls-only sports from biological males may be popular with the voters, but potential 2028 presidential candidate Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) shows no sign of backing away from his progressive position on the issue. Not only does he oppose legislation that would ban boys from participating in girls’ sports in Pennsylvania, he also labeled legislators […]
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McMONAGLE: Dobbs One Year Later: Mixed Results, Renewed Challenges
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court, with its Dobbs decision, reversed its intellectually dishonest and morally bankrupt January 22, 1973, Roe v. Wade decision, which invented a “constitutional right to abortion” under a “right to privacy” and a “trimester scheme.” As a result, as reported by the state Department of Health (DOH), abortions […]