Welcome To The Norwin Penn Trafford Area Democrats!
We are a grassroots organization dedicated to building a more inclusive, equitable, and forward-thinking community. We work to elect Democratic leaders who share our values and champion policies that uplift working families, protect our environment, defend voting rights and ensure justice and opportunity for all.
Norwin Penn Trafford Area Democrats
PRESENTS
Spaghetti Disco
Sunday, May 17th, 3:00pm-6:00pm
CLICK HERE to Register and Learn more!
gift baskets
silent auction
WHAT YOU CAN DO AS A DEMOCRAT​
You can only make a difference IF you get involved
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Write to your representatives. Now more than ever you need to contact your representatives. Contact info is under "Our Representatives" or click on our "Message Of The Week".
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You can also go to https://5calls.org/ for a daily game plan to let your representatives know how you feel by calling them.
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Write a Letter to the Editor. Send your letter to Opinion@triblive.com. Include your name and address.
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Attend our meetings to find a way you can help move us forward.
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Consider working at the polls on Election Day. To apply scroll down this page.
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Vote and talk to neighbors and friends to make sure they have "a plan" to vote.
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Attend local meetings that affect your community. For local meeting schedules click here.
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Do you have questions about voting itself? Go to https://www.us.vote/ It's a great website that provides many answers in the art of voting!
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Representative Summer Lee
Has Accomplished A Lot For Our Area And For Our Country. To See Some Of Her Work Click Here
Book of the Month:
Dark Money
by
Jane Mayer
The hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right​​​
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
below is the letter of the week
for past letters that were written and sent to local publications for consideration
Click Here
YOUR MAIL IN BALLOT IS ON IT'S WAY!
You need to mail in your ballot as soon as you receive it. IF you do not receive your ballot next week please call the Election Board at
(724)-830-3150
Unfortunately Commissioners Chew and Kertes have ignored our requests for a dropbox.
*Cartoon Of The Week*
Did You Know....
On April 1st (April Fools Day) President Donald Trump said it’s “not possible” for the federal government to fund Medicare, Medicaid and child care costs, arguing that it should be up to the states to “take care” of those programs while the federal government focuses on military spending.
​“It’s not possible for us to take care of day care, Medicaid, Medicare, all these individual things,” Trump said. “They can do it on a state basis. You can’t do it on a federal. We have to take care of one thing: military protection. We have to guard the country.” To Learn more go to:https://truthout.org/articles/trump-budget-proposal-shreds-health-and-food-programs-to-feed-the-war-machine/
Weekly Great Podcasts
to keep you in the "Know".
The Lincoln Project
Trump & Epstein's Shared Network Problem: This Isn’t Coincidence Anymore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ViTiNUlok
Letter of the Week
The New Frontier....​
Trib article (“Southwestern Pa. Scouting digital frontier,” 3/31/26) put a positive spin on advancing AI. For a different perspective read TIME magazine’s 4/6/26 article “The Most Disruptive Company in The World”. It tells of a company that is on the frontier of AI development and the concerns its staff has for balancing the benefits of AI with its enormous risks. For each new advance, there is the danger of disruption to entire categories from law to software development to the future of work. The hazards include; enabling mass surveillance, widespread job losses, even permanent loss of human control.
In July 2025 the Pentagon awarded this frontier AI company a military contract. But the contract did not last long, for by February 2026, the company, Anthropic, and the Pentagon were at an impasse. Anthropic had two red lines it would not cross. One was that a human being had to give the command before a fully autonomous weapons system engaged . The second was no mass surveillance of American citizens. The Trump Administration insisted these were unnecessary guardrails and that a private company should not dictate how the military waged war.
The government cancelled Anthropic’s contract which was then given to two companies, one run by Elon Musk and another by Sam Altman. These two men do not have the same ethical concern as Anthropic.
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Joanne Garing
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Become a
Poll Worker
Make a difference in the Electoral process and ensure that every vote counts by being a poll worker.
We also need poll watchers to ensure every vote counts!
Apply now for 2026
​We always need Poll workers!
Training Will Be Provided
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Contact Us!
Our next Norwin PT Area Democrats Meeting will be in May