Pennsylvania is on the edge of losing what little common sense we have left. The Lincoln Institute just released a report showing that nearly half the businesses in this state are thinking about leaving. Not because they hate cheesesteaks or the Phillies, but because the people running Pennsylvania are making it impossible to live, work, and build a future here.
Read it here: https://www.lincolninstitute.org/worsening-business-climate-prompts-businesses-to-consider-leaving-pa/
If our courts fall this year and Josh Shapiro wins re-election next year, we’ll be stuck with four more years of one-party rule. The same group that has been turning this state into California East will have complete control.
You don’t need a chart or a report to see what’s already happening. Prices keep climbing. Jobs that pay enough to live on are getting harder to find. Young families can’t afford to buy a home in the same towns they grew up in. Small business owners are buried in red tape while Shapiro keeps throwing money at climate projects and corporate buddies.
The Lincoln Institute survey says forty-three percent of Pennsylvania businesses have looked at packing up and moving somewhere else. That means fewer jobs, less money flowing through our towns, and higher taxes for everyone who stays behind.
The courts matter more than people realize. This year voters will decide whether to keep three of the Democratic justices on our state Supreme Court. It is the same court that has been backing every power grab and overreach coming out of Harrisburg. If those justices stay and Shapiro gets another four years, we can forget about balance or fairness. It will be open season on your wallet, your property, and your freedom.
The courts decide everything from election rules to how far the state can reach into your business, your home, and your personal life. If we lose judicial independence, we lose the last guardrail we have left.
Look at California and New York if you want to see where this road leads. Crime has exploded. Taxes are so high that people are fleeing. Homeless camps fill what used to be public parks. The middle class is crushed under policies that protect the well-connected few. New York is even on the verge of electing a socialist mayor. That is what happens when the same crowd stays in charge for too long. Once radicals take full control of the courts and the governor’s office, the damage is not easily undone.
In my recent Broad + Liberty article on the upcoming Pennsylvania Supreme Court retention elections, I broke down exactly how high the stakes are this November.
Voters will soon get their say on Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court
Voters will decide whether to retain three sitting justices — Christine Donohue, Kevin Dougherty, and David Wecht — for another ten-year term. These are not new campaigns but simple “yes” or “no” votes on whether each justice deserves to stay on the bench.
In that piece, I detailed how these justices failed Pennsylvanians during Covid, fueled distrust in our elections, and refused to protect our daughters’ right to safety and fairness in schools and sports. Stay tuned, because I am going to expose how national Democratic organizations are pouring massive funding into these races, with the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee both investing six-figure sums to keep control of the court’s 5–2 liberal majority.
If voters approve all three justices, that majority will be locked in for another decade. It would secure the court’s influence over redistricting, election law, and nearly every major issue that shapes our daily lives. The left knows it, and they’re spending like it.
Pennsylvania is standing at a fork in the road. We can fight back now by keeping our courts balanced and stopping another Shapiro term, or we can sit back and watch our state become another failed liberal experiment. This is not a distant threat. It is already happening. Businesses are leaving. Families are leaving. People are losing hope.
We can stop it, but only if we wake up and start voting like it matters. When you hear someone say the courts don’t affect them or that one more four-year term won’t make a difference, remind them what is at stake. Once you lose control of your courts and your government, it does not come back.
California didn’t fall apart overnight. It happened vote by vote, law by law, one bad election at a time. Pennsylvania doesn’t have to repeat that story. But if we keep ignoring the warning signs, we will.
Pennsylvania doesn’t need to be saved from outsiders. It needs to be saved from apathy. The slow decline starts when people stop paying attention, stop voting, and stop believing their voice matters. That’s how California fell. That’s how New York fell. And that’s how Pennsylvania will fall if we keep pretending someone else will fix it.
We still have time to turn this around. But time is running out, and the next election might be the last one that truly decides what kind of state we’re going to be.
One Last Thing
Luckily, there is a simple, fast, and pain-free way to stop Pennsylvania from becoming California with snow. It doesn’t require protests, petitions, or saving the republic single-handedly.
It just takes about five minutes.
You walk into your local polling place, say hello to the neighbors you’ve known for years, fill in a few circles, and feed your own ballot into the tabulator. No mail delays. No complicated envelopes. No excuses.
That’s it. You get your little “I VOTED LOCAL” sticker and the quiet satisfaction of knowing you just did your part to keep this state from circling the drain.
So yes, the fight for Pennsylvania’s future is serious. But the solution is easy. Vote local, vote smart, and vote while we still have a state worth saving.
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