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SCOOP: Stacy Garrity launches Republican campaign for Pennsylvania governor

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FIRST ON FOX: Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity announced her Republican campaign for governor Monday, teeing up what could be a competitive race against incumbent Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro in 2026.
Speaking exclusively with Fox News Digital ahead of her campaign launch, the Republican candidate said she is challenging Shapiro in next year’s gubernatorial election because he «has failed the state,» on critical issues, including energy production, education and job creation. She said the state’s vast oil and gas resources are the keys to its economy.
«I have a much different vision for the Commonwealth,» Garrity, 61, said in a phone interview before announcing her campaign for governor. «We really need to take advantage of what we have right under our feet, which would create a lot of financial breathing room for the Commonwealth that we desperately need.»
Garrity said her position on energy puts her right in step with President Donald Trump and Sen. Dave McCormick, who both called for unleashing American energy in battleground Pennsylvania during the 2024 presidential election.
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State Treasurer Stacy Garrity speaks during a rally for Dave McCormick, Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Pennsylvania, at Beerded Goat Brewery in Harrisburg, Pa., on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
«We have so much natural gas under our feet,» Garrity said, calling the energy «billions of dollars in economic opportunity.»
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Pennsylvania, a reliable swing state, experienced a red wave in 2024, as Trump won at the top of the ticket and McCormick unseated former longtime Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., on the Senate line.
Garrity said Pennsylvania voters delivered a message loud and clear last year.
Pennsylvanians want «more money in our pockets» and less of the «government’s hands in our pockets,» the treasurer, who said she travels to all 67 counties in the Commonwealth each year, said.
Keystone State residents also want school choice, safe communities and no «boys competing against girls in sports,» Garrity said.
The Republican hopeful took aim at Shapiro’s policies on school choice, arguing that «he might be able to play political games with education, but our kids certainly can’t.»

Governor of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro is seen at the Celebration of Freedom Ceremony during Wawa Welcome America on July 04, 2023 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC Images)
Shapiro recently told reporters that the Commonwealth doesn’t need «extremist politicians» trying to legislate student participation in sports, in reference to a recent bill in the Pennsylvania legislature that would prevent transgender athletes from playing in women’s sports, according to WITF.
«He’s with radical liberals that are pushing a political agenda,» Garrity said, before adding, «As far as I’m concerned, that’s not fairness, and it’s not leadership. It’s really, in my opinion, a betrayal of common sense and the integrity of women’s athletics.»
Garrity also criticized Shapiro for what she described as flip-flopping on school choice and «fail[ing] the state» in delivering a state budget.
Shapiro, who presides over a politically divided state legislature, missed the Commonwealth’s deadline to pass its budget this year.

Pennsylvania State Treasurer Stacy Garrity speaks at a Republican Victory Party. (Photo by Aimee Dilger/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
The Democratic governor captured national attention last year when he was short-listed as a potential running mate for former Vice President Kamala Harris, after former President Joe Biden suspended his re-election campaign.
«I’m not as well polished as Josh Shapiro,» Garrity admitted to Fox News Digital. «I’m definitely not as good of a politician as Josh Shapiro, and he’s a prolific fundraiser. This is going to be a tough race.»
But despite Shapiro’s potential advantage as an incumbent governor with national recognition, Garrity said, «I am a really tough worker.»
Garrity touted that in her first race for state treasurer, she managed to upset a popular incumbent, and «then the second time around, I got more votes for this election than any statewide candidate in Pennsylvania’s history, including Josh Shapiro.»
«I have been an underdog my whole life, in the army and in business and in politics, and that’s why I’ve been able to succeed when the odds are stacked against me,» Garrity said.

Pennsylvania state treasurer, Stacy Garrity, poses alongside then-candidate President Donald Trump during the 2024 presidential election. (Courtesy of the Garrity campaign)
«State treasurer is my first role in public office, but not my first in public service,» the Republican hopeful said. «I did spend 30 years in the Army Reserves. I was deployed three times to the Middle East.»
Garrity also served in the private sector, at Global Tungsten & Powders, where she worked her way up to becoming one of two female vice presidents.
Now, as state treasurer, Garrity said, «Every day that I get to wake up and serve hardworking Pennsylvanians is truly a blessing.»
Garrity has been teasing her gubernatorial run for months. Fellow Trump-ally Rep. Dan Meuser, R-Pa., was considered a potential Republican candidate as well.
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His announcement last month that he would not run for Pennsylvania governor cleared a path for Garrity’s announcement on Monday morning.
Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial primary is set for May 19, 2026, and the midterm election is slated for Nov. 3, 2026.
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The only map you need to see to understand how serious Trump is about Iran

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For weeks, the U.S. military has quietly amassed what President Donald Trump has described as an «armada» in Iran’s backyard. Mapped out across the Persian Gulf and beyond, the deployment tells its own story — one of calculated pressure backed by credible capability.
The latest signal of escalation is the movement of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, the U.S. Navy’s USS Gerald R. Ford, and its strike group from the Caribbean toward the Middle East.
The buildup coincides with indirect negotiations between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s disputed nuclear program. Trump has warned that the regime must fully dismantle its nuclear infrastructure — or face consequences.
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President Donald Trump has demanded that the Iranian regime dismantle its nuclear weapons program. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images)
At the heart of America’s force projection is another carrier strike group: the USS Abraham Lincoln — a mobile fortress at sea, guarded by destroyers and equipped to unleash precision strikes at a moment’s notice. On deck, F-35 fighters and F/A-18 attack aircraft sit within range of dozens of key Iranian military and nuclear targets.
Meanwhile, in the Eastern Mediterranean, the destroyers USS Bulkeley and USS Roosevelt provide additional strike capability and missile defense coverage — and could potentially assist Israel in defending against any Iranian counterattack.
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Farther south, in the Red Sea, the USS Delbert B. Black adds another layer of firepower along one of the world’s most important shipping lanes. The Red Sea links the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean through the Suez Canal, a corridor that carries a significant share of global trade and energy supplies.
A U.S. destroyer there not only protects commercial traffic but also gives Washington the flexibility to respond quickly to threats moving between the Middle East and Europe.
Even closer to Iran’s coastline, in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, the USS McFaul and USS Mitscher are operating in one of the most strategically sensitive waterways on the planet. Roughly a fifth of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz each day. Their presence signals that the U.S. can both defend that vital choke point and, if necessary, strike Iranian targets from close range.
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Alongside the warships in the region are advanced aircraft such as the F-35 fighter, a jet designed to slip past air defenses and hit targets with precision. (Cpl. Isaac Cantrell/U.S. Marine Corps)
Beyond naval forces, U.S. air power is spread across multiple Middle Eastern bases, giving commanders the ability to strike, defend and sustain operations quickly.
Several types of combat aircraft are operating from regional bases, including F-15s, F-16s and the radar-evading F-35. The A-10 specializes in close-air support missions against armored threats.
Those fighters are backed by a network of support aircraft. KC-135 and KC-46 tankers refuel jets midair, allowing them to fly farther and stay aloft longer. EA-18G electronic warfare aircraft can jam enemy radar and communications. E-3 Sentry aircraft serve as airborne command centers, tracking threats across wide areas. P-8 Poseidon planes patrol and monitor maritime activity.
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Additionally, heavy transports — including C-5 Galaxy and C-17 Globemaster aircraft — move troops and equipment, while MQ-9 Reaper drones provide surveillance and can carry precision weapons. The assets give U.S. commanders flexibility to operate across air, sea and land.
Taken together, the air and naval deployments create overlapping strike capability, missile defense coverage and control over major maritime routes. For Iran, it means U.S. forces are not concentrated in a single vulnerable location — they are distributed, layered and positioned to operate from multiple directions at once.
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“Cumbres borrascosas”: por qué Joyce Carol Oates no enseñaría la novela a sus estudiantes

“Los comentarios sobre Wuthering Heights resultan tan tristes. Es evidente que muchos, la mayoría, solo han leído la primera parte y no la segunda; la novela es de una ambición enorme porque dramatiza un arco de experiencia que en realidad abarca décadas”, publicó Joyce Carol Oates —autora estadounidense referente y activa usuaria de X—, reabriendo el debate en torno a la polémica por Cumbres borrascosas tras el estreno de la versión cinematográfica dirigida por Emerald Fennel. La discusión, centrada en el legado de Emily Brontë -autora de la novela- ganó impulso en redes sociales, al reunir un agudo cruce generacional sobre la recepción de los clásicos del siglo XIX.

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Oates identifica una distancia radical entre la experiencia lectora actual y la que requiere una obra como Cumbres borrascosas.Por eso, dijo, le resultaban tristres los comentarios. La autora de Blonde, Mamá y Memorias de una viuda habló de cómo fue, en su momento, el debut de Emily Brontë: “Es un logro para una novelista que publica por primera vez, igual que Jane Eyre de la hermana de Emily, Charlotte Brontë”, compartió Oates en X.
Oates reflexionó acerca de la viabilidad, hoy, de conectar con la literatura del siglo XIX: “Quizá se ha vuelto imposible en el siglo XXI para los lectores asimilar una obra del siglo XIX; como profesora de literatura, creo que no intentaría ‘enseñarla’ hoy salvo a estudiantes universitarios muy interesados en literatura, quienes no tendrían dificultades para comprenderla”, agregó en la misma red social.
Al recordar su experiencia escolar, Joyce Carol Oates comparó su formación con el clima educativo actual: “Resulta desconcertante, al mirar estas publicaciones sobre Cumbres borrascosas, que en nuestros institutos de Williamsville, Nueva York —escuelas públicas reconocidas por su enfoque humanístico—, los profesores realmente enseñaban a las Brontë, Dostoyevski, Thoreau y muchos otros autores cuyos libros probablemente hoy se considerarían demasiado exigentes y se descartarían como ‘basura’”, relató Oates en X.

Añadió que los estudiantes leyeron esos libros y aprendieron mucho, igual que los estadounidenses del siglo XIX, quienes “escribían cartas tan elocuentes entre ellos”, destacó Oates.
En referencia a la nueva película, Oates apuntó en X la posibilidad, nunca realizada, de una lectura renovadora: “Sería emocionante ver una interpretación radicalmente nueva de Cumbres borrascosas en la que Heathcliff sea, o pueda ser, el hijo no reconocido del terrateniente Earnshaw: un heredero de la nobleza británica de piel oscura, marginado”, argumentó la autora.
Contrastó dicha posibilidad con el enfoque de la versión dirigida por Fennel: “Pero la nueva película, a juzgar por las críticas —algunas difundidas en medios de cine y portales de reseñas especializados—, parece ser simplemente un romance apasionado entre personajes blancos, lo cual puede ser bueno para la taquilla, aunque no resulta interesante en otros sentidos”, añadió Oates en la plataforma.
Joyce Carol Oates ya había abordado, en una publicación realizada en X en 2024, el impacto de las redes sociales sobre la imaginación y creatividad, dando contexto al universo de las Brontë: “¿Y si las hermanas Brontë hubieran tenido TikTok? Tan solitarias e incomunicadas en la rectoría junto al cementerio, solo podían contarse historias entre ellas, que plasmaron en libros en miniatura de los cuales nacieron años después Cumbres borrascosas y el héroe romántico Rochester”.

Cuestionó el rol de las plataformas digitales en la vida creativa: “En el corto plazo, las redes sociales fascinan; a largo plazo, secan la imaginación y debilitan el alma”, afirmó Oates en la misma red social.
En mensajes previos, la autora evocó la escritura de Mary Shelley: “Releyendo Frankenstein; o, el moderno Prometeo de Mary Shelley. Solo tenía dieciocho años cuando empezó a escribirlo, diecinueve cuando lo terminó, en una especie de trance de inspiración y concentración. Un logro, como Cumbres borrascosas de Emily Brontë: primeras novelas”.
A modo de ironía sobre la corrección contemporánea, escribió en 2016: “‘Withering Heights’, (Cumbres marchitas) corrección moderna de Wuthering Heights. Menos mal que Emily Brontë no contó con la ayuda del autocorrector”, ironizó Oates en Twitter.

Finalmente, dejó planteada una observación sobre la diferencia entre Brontë y Jane Austen: “Cumbres borrascosas es la versión bad-boy-Byroniana de todas las novelas de Jane Austen, con sus damas y caballeros elegantes”, afirmó Oates, estableciendo un contraste provocador entre dos tradiciones narrativas inglesas: mientras las novelas de Jane Austen suelen centrarse en relaciones atravesadas por normas sociales, ironía y códigos de cortesía dentro de un mundo ordenado, Cumbres borrascosas de Emily Brontë lleva el amor y el conflicto a un terreno mucho más oscuro, pasional y desbordado, encarnado en la figura casi salvaje de Heathcliff; al decir “bad-boy-Byroniana”, Oates alude al arquetipo romántico del héroe atormentado y rebelde, sugiriendo que la novela de Brontë sería como una versión extrema, tormentosa y emocionalmente violenta de las historias de amor socialmente reguladas que asociamos con Austen.
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