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A weekly newsletter bringing you the latest local political news from the left in Philadelphia—a project by Philly DSA members.
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Get the Flock out of here (opens the original)
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City NewsCity Council passed a resolution on Thursday calling for the state to regulate automatic license plate readers and Flock cameras, which law enforcement officers have been found using for personal reasons, like stalking their ex-girlfriends.
Council duels over burning trash (opens the original)
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City NewsCity Councilmembers are back to work and have subsequently returned to dueling over how the city deals with its trash. Councilmember Jaime Gauthier is trying to stop the Parker Administration from renewing its contract with the trash incinerator in Chester, while Councilmember Mark Squilla has a long-term strategy that would allow the city to continue trashing the air.Workers at five restaurants at t
Hot air and higher bills (opens the original)
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City NewsThe US war of aggression on Iran is punishing Philadelphia commuters, who continue to be ravaged by ever-increasing gas prices.Members of the PA Solidarity Project <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia/southwest-philadelphia-blight-illegal-dumping-20260911.html?_gl=1*15pu649*_up*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQjwk5nVBhDiARIsAHNGqafEmNjex01U-bM1iMDIwnf6aqOfXaZ8nyChrhz5X3Hx-TvcryFAr7caAoByEALw_wcB&gbraid=0AAAAA
PA lawmakers “Flock” to lobbying positions (opens the original)
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City NewsWilliam Dunbar, a Philadelphia-based lobbyist with strong ties to Mayor Parker, Governor Shapiro, Corey Booker, and several members of Philadelphia’s City Council, has pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges.The Philadelphia City Planning Commission </
Here You Come Again (Workers of the World) (opens the original)
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City NewsThe Justice Department is once again suing the city to challenge ICE OUT legislation. The lawsuit attempts to overturn the ban on local law detaining immigrants past their eligibility for release in order to turn them over to ICE.The third-circuit federal court in Philadelphia ruled that ICE’s policy of detaining nearly all undocumented immigrants is<a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/na
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