Montour County Democratic Party

06/15/2026

Desecrating the place

06/14/2026

Happy Flag Day! You don't have to look far to see an American flag on the National Mall. 50 flags ring the base of the Washington Monument, and Old Glory flies above each military memorial. If you look closely, you can see an American flag carved out of stone draped over Abraham Lincoln's chair in the Lincoln Memorial.

June 14 is recognized as Flag Day because on that date in 1777, the Continental Congress approved a resolution for the design of a national flag. To date, there have been 27 official versions of the flag, but the arrangement of the stars varied according to the flag-makers’ preferences until 1912 when President Howard Taft standardized the then-new flag’s 48 stars into six rows of eight. The 49-star flag, as well as the 50-star flag, also have standardized star patterns. The current version of the flag dates to July 4, 1960, after Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959.

Photo by National Park Service.

06/14/2026

For generations, the American flag has represented the pursuit of liberty, justice, and opportunity.

It’s been flown on the moon and stitched onto uniforms. It flies above elementary schools and is waved at sports games. And since its adoption 250 years ago, it’s been modified and updated 27 times just as the fabric of our nation changed with it.

On this Flag Day, may the 13 stripes and 50 stars remind us of what we’ve accomplished together and the work that still needs to be done for every American to belong, thrive, and have a brighter future. 🇺🇸

06/14/2026

One year ago today, Minnesota Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were senselessly murdered in an act of political violence.

In their memory, we recommit ourselves to the values that Melissa and Mark exemplified: building a kinder, more just, and loving world.

06/14/2026

Members of PA Senate District 27 elected Jill Carlson from Columbia County to represent as our executive member to the state party.

06/14/2026

Beat the heat at PA state park swimming pools! 🥽

15 state parks have swimming pools (with lifeguards) for the public to enjoy.

Admission fees and operating hours/dates at Pennsylvania state park swimming pools may vary. Please contact the park office(s) for the most current information.

Learn more: https://www.pa.gov/agencies/dcnr/recreation/what-to-do/swimming

06/14/2026

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Trump’s $60 million UFC circus at the White House is blinding pilots landing at Reagan National Airport!

Powerful lights from Donald Trump’s ta**ry UFC birthday spectacle on the White House South Lawn are shining directly into the cockpits of planes approaching Reagan National Airport, creating a serious safety hazard for flight crews.

One pilot told Meidas Touch anonymously that he was flying into Reagan National on a recent flight when aircraft on approach encountered intense white light associated with the UFC event held on the White House South Lawn.

According to the pilot, the lights illuminated the cockpit during the final stages of landing, a critical phase of flight when pilots rely heavily on visual references, and were “10 times worse than any laser illumination event” he had ever experienced.

While laser strikes on aircraft are a known aviation hazard, the pilot emphasized that this incident did not involve lasers. Instead, the white event lighting that they said created a similar, and potentially more dangerous, effect by overwhelming pilots’ vision during approach.

The incident was so dangerous that reports were filed with both the FAA and NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System, a confidential reporting program used by aviation professionals to document safety concerns and hazards.

Earlier this year, a deadly midair collision less than three miles from the White House killed 67 people, including an entire youth figure skating team.

The fact that Donald Trump does not care about other human beings is well documented, but one would think that given the raw tragedy and horror of that January night might give him pause before lighting up the skies of D.C. like Vegas for his tasteless birthday w**k.

But no, he is happy to add even more risk to already congested and tricky airspace to achieve maximum spectacle on the steamy, bug-laden, and – if there is a God in Heaven – rain drenched White House lawn.

Nobody but Trump seems happy about this whole event. Even some of the competitors have likened the political vibe akin to the Hunger Games, and are none too pleased to be competing in an outdoor steambath inhaling gnats as they do the corporation’s bidding for the assembly of trashy dilettantes around them.

Let us hope the whole affair is over and done soon without incident in the skies, and that it puts into stark relief what Trump is doing to the country, and that it must stop now.

06/14/2026

06/14/2026

Preview of exactly what Stacey Garrity would do.

Governor hopeful says the unpopular data center next to the zoo should be “revisited” — as she says data centers are “good & important”

Trying to have her cake and eat it too, playing nice with tech billionaires. Fence-sitting is not leadership.

06/14/2026

While the world is watching the World Cup, we ask it to look at the children held only miles from the stadiums.