News & Brews March 10, 2026
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Shapiro’s office claims no records of his browser history
This is interesting. Broad + Liberty submitted a Right-to-Know request to Gov. Shapiro’s office asking for “a copy of Shapiro’s browser history on any state-issued device.” In response, his office claimed that no records exist. Come again? The Office of Open Records also had questions, including “what devices were searched and who searched them.” Shapiro’s open records officer dodged this question but then claimed “the Governor does not use and has not used Commonwealth-owned or Commonwealth-managed information technology resources to ‘browse’ the internet.” Not only is this odd to say the least, but B+L notes, “if the governor is avoiding using any state-issued devices to access the internet in its most simple form such as reading news reports, it then becomes one of the most extreme examples of a public official trying to build habits or infrastructure to avoid creating a paper trail.”
Pa. gas prices rose 47 cents in one week
WKOK reported yesterday that “[a]verage gasoline prices in Pennsylvania have risen 47.3 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.59/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 5,269 stations in Pennsylvania. Prices in Pennsylvania are 47.3 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 34.5 cents per gallon higher than a year ago.” Some Democrat lawmakers have called for an investigation into the gas prices, blaming it on the conflict in Iran. But not everyone agreed on the reason, as prices in neighboring Ohio and West Virginia averageabout 20 cents cheaper.
ICE cooperation point of debate in Pennsylvania
The Center Square reports that controversial ICE operations “have prompted local officials and state lawmakers in Pennsylvania to advance competing proposals over ‘sanctuary’ policies and cooperation with federal authorities.” In general, “Democratic proposals … seek to restrict cooperation with federal immigration enforcement … while Republican proposals tend to push in the opposite direction.” Yet, “One area where state lawmakers have shown strong bipartisan support though is the federal employment authorization system E-Verify.”
Bucks teens charged with terrorism after NYC attack
Two Bucks County teenagers have said they were inspired by ISIS to lob IEDs at a NYC protest over the weekend, with the intent to kill lots of people. 18-year-old Emir Balat, a Neshaminy High School senior, said he wanted to inflict more deaths than the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. And 19-year-old Ibrahim Kayumi, a 2024 Council Rock High School graduate, also claimed affiliation with ISIS. Thankfully, the IEDs failed to detonate. By the way, if you read mainstream media reports on the attack—or comments from NYC’s socialist mayor—you might miss that it was ISIS terrorism and think it was right-wing inspired violence. More on that here.
‘Are moderate Dems becoming extinct?’
The Liberal Patriot argues that moderate Democrats still exist, “but their influence on the party is clearly waning.” The story argues that “[w]hereas the base of the party not long ago was older, working-class, moderate black voters, it increasingly comprises college-educated white liberals.” However, among rank and file voters, a 2004 Gallup survey “found that a large plurality (45 percent) wanted to see the party become more moderate against only 29 percent that wanted it to become more liberal.”