New indictments against Trump announced. The ditch keeps getting deeper.
UPS Teamsters announced a “historic” contract win a week before what could have been one of the largest strikes in American history. The details of the contract will be the proof to that claim. Since the announcement some UPS Teamsters are saying the unions 180,000 part-time workers may not get as good of a deal as suggested.
In what could prove to be a sign that higher education faculty are willing to step up and fight to a greater degree, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) voted to affiliate with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The alliance will be the largest union of higher education faculty - about 300,000 strong.
Following new scientific data from the World Meteorological Organization on this summer’s record heat, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres, proclaimed that the era of global warming has ended and the “era of global boiling has arrived.”
It’s been so hot in Arizona that the state’s famous Saguaro cacti are literally collapsing.
Ocean temperatures of over 100 degrees in waters around Florida could be a global record.
Something else that climate change is giving us to worry about. More Americans are developing a rare meat allergy - Alpha-gal syndrome - which is linked to bites from the lone star tick. New data from the CDC find a steep increase in cases of alpha-gal. Alpha-gale can give you “stomach cramps, diarrhea, hives, and shortness of breath that could trigger fatal anaphylaxis,” according to the BBC.
GM and other major automakers announce they will build 30,000 electric vehicle chargers to help build out the electric vehicle charging network.
While Republican politicians and media personalities make is seem as though all parents are up in arms about their public schools, about 80% of parents responding to a new Gallup poll say they are somewhat or completely satisfied with their child’s school. That confirms what a string of other polls conducted during the pandemic have shown. There’s a gap between the political propaganda and real schools.
And Mitch McConnell suffers a medical incident in the middle of a press conference. The party line is that “he’s fine” but no information about what actually happened has been released.
Central Bucks school board votes to give their superintendent, Dr. Abram Lucabauh, an $86,000 raise and a new 5 year contract after he joined with the board's new right-wing board to enact book bans, anti-LGBTQ politics, and more. He will now be one of highest paid public school administrators in PA.
Pennridge School District board members are enraged over “secret” curriculum meetings between Vermillion Education’s Jordan Adams and select members of the board. Christening Batycki, a member of the curriculum committee, found out “by happenstance” that Jordan Blomgren and Megan Banis-Clemens were meeting secretly with Adams to discuss the direction of the curriculum.
Barbie breaks box office records as the right-wing loses it’s collective mind (again).
Sinéad O’Connor dies at age 56. Morrissey writes a passionate tribute to her and condemns the music industry for their treatment of her.
The Wednesday Show with Cyril Mychalejko for June 1, 2022
Out d’Coup LIVE | Kierstyn Zolfo, PA Indivisible Legislative Chair, unmasking Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in #PA01
Friday Politics Roundup for May 27, 2022 - Horrors of the Uvalde school massacre; the Mastriano threat; Biden prepares to move on student debt; book chat
Out d’Coup LIVE | Sara Aniano, social media misinformation researcher, on right-wing extremist rhetoric from the People’s Convoy to the Buffalo shootings
A THURSDAY Politics Roundup with special co-host, Amy Knecht. Talking PA Primaries and What’s Up with Bucks
The Wednesday Show with Cyril Mychalejko for May 18, 2022
Out d’Coup LIVE | The Night Before the PA Primary - what’s on your mind?
Friday Politics Roundup | Inky no GOP endorsements; Doylestown Abortion Justice Rally; Lenape MS crackdown on students; emerging Christian Nationalist orgs; and, so much more.
Out d’Coup LIVE | Jonathan Kassa - North Penn School Board Director on effective organizing against extremism and rebuilding democracy
Out d’Coup | Friday Politics Roundup for May 6, 2022 - SCOTUS draft to end Roe, Democratic Party Fails, and PASSHE’s slow destruction
Out d’Coup LIVE | Garen Meguerian - Civil Rights and Free Speech Lawyer
The Wednesday Show with Cyril Mychalejko for April 27, 2022
Out d’Coup LIVE | Union organizer Daisy Pitkin on her new book, ”On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women’s Epic Fight to Build a Union”
Out d’Coup | Friday Politics Roundup for April 22, 2022 with Guest Host Amy Knecht
Out d’Coup LIVE | Brett Wilkins - Democracy ’Under Seige’ in GOP War on Black Voters; Ilham Omar calls on US to join ICC; Lula promises to end illegal mining on Indigenous lands
Out d’Coup LIVE | Shanna Danielson on PA and national teacher shortage, school board extremism, and the 2022 mid-term elections
Friday Politics Roundup for Friday April 8, 2022
Out d’Coup LIVE | David Backer - Ending ”Toxic Financing” of our public schools
Out d’Coup LIVE | Rick Smith - A ”Which Side Are You On” moment for PA’s labor movement
Out d’Coup | Amazon Labor Union; Don’t say gay bill; OK’s abortion ban; West Chester Dem school board members removed; Pennridge ends DEI; Moment of reckoning for PA labor movement; The Dungeon Run
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