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Mark Dent is a reporter/curator for Billy Penn.

Featured Statements

Martina White
stated on August 31, 2017 in In a statement to the Northeast Times:

"It is shocking to me that Police Commissioner Richard Ross and Mayor Jim Kenney allowed this illegal occupation to go on for hours without taking any action to enforce the law…"

By Mark Dent • September 1, 2017
Jeff Sessions
stated on July 21, 2017 in In a speech:

Preliminary murder rates in Philadelphia "will put the murder rate at the highest of this decade in the city."

By Mark Dent • July 24, 2017
Pat Toomey
stated on July 5, 2017 in At a "town hall":

"Sanctuary cities are extremely dangerous."

By Mark Dent • July 8, 2017
Pat Toomey
stated on June 25, 2017 in On "Face The Nation":

"Remember, Obamacare created a new category of eligibility. Working-age, able-bodied adults with no dependents for the first time became eligible for Medicaid if their income is below 138 percent of the poverty level. We’re going to continue that eligibility. No one loses coverage."

By Mark Dent • June 27, 2017
Tariq El-Shabazz
stated on April 28, 2017 in In a statement responding to a news article:

"In my 30 year career including dozens of capital cases, not a single client of mine has ever been sentenced to death."

By Mark Dent • May 2, 2017
Brian Sims
stated on March 31, 2017 in In a fundraising message:

"Finally, I will continue to fight against Republicans like Martina White, who like Trump, wants to deport all of our hard working immigrant brothers and sisters and white wash America."

By Mark Dent • April 5, 2017
Bloggers
stated on February 18, 2017 in In an article:

Says former Sen. Rick Santorum said, "Sometimes pregnancy is God’s way of comforting rape victims."

By Mark Dent • April 2, 2017
Ax The Bev Tax
stated on March 22, 2017 in In a tweet:

"We offer a tremendous amount of low calorie, no calorie options, like waters, unsweetened products, low calorie diet items. All of which unfortunately are taxed by this tax."

By Mark Dent • March 24, 2017
Mike Kelly
stated on March 4, 2017 in In front of a crowd in Northwestern PA:

He’s only there for one purpose and one purpose only, and that is to run a shadow government that is gonna totally upset the new agenda.

By Mark Dent • March 14, 2017
Wick Moorman
stated on February 15, 2017 in In front of a Senate subcommittee:

"More than ever our nation and the traveling public rely on Amtrak for mobility."

By Mark Dent • February 21, 2017

Fact-checking fake news on International Fact-checking Day

By Allison Graves • April 2, 2017
Here's what Donald Trump did his first week as president of the United States

By Miriam Valverde • January 27, 2017
Trump, Clinton win big in Northeast primaries

By Linda Qiu • April 26, 2016