Cyril Mychalejko

2 months ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

The presidents of 23 Pennsylvania colleges and universities have joined 457 other higher education leaders from across the country to condemn the Trump Administration’s attacks on academic freedom. “As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education,” states the letter organized by the American Association of Colleges and Universities.

2 months ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

Melinda Rizzo contributed reporting to this article. Roughly 2,000 miles away from the Mexico border, Bucks County will soon officially become the next battlefield in the Trump administration’s war on undocumented immigrants.

2 months ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

GOP Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick claims he is “firmly committed to protecting” Medicaid. But when the opportunity arose to join a dozen of his Republican Congressional colleagues who signed a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson stating they would not support a final GOP budget that guts Medicaid, Fitzpatrick’s signature was conspicuously missing.

2 months ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

It didn’t matter to Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick that the SAVE Act is “a direct attack on the fundamental right to vote and a dangerous step backward for our democracy,” as Celina Stewart, CEO of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of the United States, points out. He voted for it anyway. And it didn’t matter that, as Stewart added, the SAVE Act “is based on misinformation and fearmongering rather than facts” about imaginary widespread non-citizen voter fraud.

2 months ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Cyril Mychalejko

On this week’s episode of The Signal, we welcome Larissa Hopwood, also known widely as “Lolly,” to the show. Larissa has lived in Bucks County since 1999. In addition to being a local activist and Democratic Committee Person, she’s also a children’s musician, author, teacher, designer, and proud mother of a trans son. Recently, Larissa co-founded the Doylestown Action League, which has been organizing rallies and community forums in the County Seat.