SCOTUS rules against workers. Workers must abide by forced arbitration clauses. Welcome to the privatization of our court system. Justice Neil “Elections-have-consequences” Gorsuch wrote for the majority. The ruling has potentially significant implications for #MeToo movement. The highlight of the ruling was Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s blistering dissent.
Trump formally announces new gag rule barring family planning clinics that receive federal funding under Title X from providing abortions or referring patients to abortion services. And court challenges are dubious because...say it with me...elections have consequences. On the positive side of the ledger. court rules that Trump can’t block people on Twitter. No troll-free zone for your highness.
Last week we learned of Trump’s bromance with Kim Jong Un and their meet-up in the Philippines. Now, North Korea is yanking Donald’s chain, warning of a nuclear showdown and calling Mike Pence a “political dummy.” And this just in this morning...Trump cancels the Philippine summit. There goes the Nobel Peace Prize.
We were not recording last Friday when the latest school shooting went down in Santa Fe, Texas. The NRA death cult has been feverishly going through their post-child sacrifice rituals. Guns don’t kill people...guns don’t kill people...guns don’t kill people.
A report released earlier this month by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found an unexpected increase in emissions of CFC-11, a chemical banned under the 1987 Montreal Climate Protocol. Scientists say this suggests someone may be secretly manufacturing the pollutant in violation of the international accord. Who wants to bet we’ll find out in the end that Jared Kushner and the Emir of Qatar will be involved in some way.
Huge news out of Georgia. Stacey Abrams becomes the first African American woman to ever win a major party nomination for governor. Not only that, she won her primary running against a centrist Democrat - Stacey Evans who ran on the typical corporate Democrat line of shifting to the right.
A former executive of Frisco Hospice in Texas admitted to overdosing patients to “hasten their deaths” so the company could rake in the bucks. The $60 million scheme with Nova Health Services owner Bradley and Amy Harris made patients “go bye-bye” when the company could no longer profit. Also in Texas, Texas Lt governor Dan Patrick thinks that banning doors on school buildings will stop mass shooters. He clarifies his statements later saying that guns don’t kill people, video games and movies kill people.
NFL bans taking a knee during the national anthem, because freedom. And in other sports news, City of Milwaukee releases video showing rookie NBA player getting tased for parking in a handicapped spot.
PA legislators want their nothing burgers medium rare with a side of per diems. #PAHouse not expected to vote on much on this rare Thursday session day because @PAHouseGOP caucus can't get enough support on some controversial bills. PA Senate passed the pipeline protest criminalization bill with the happy support of several Democrats. Word has it that the House doesn’t have the energy to take it up. PA Democrats all shaky after DSA wins.
Scarnati pushing hard for open primaries in PA now. What’s going on with that? Poor people’s campaign back in the Capitol loud and proud. Several demonstrators arrested for...what...tug-o’-war? Sean was there and got some great pics and vids of the action.
In a secret process. Daniel Greenstein, a former director of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Postsecondary Success program, was chosen to be the next Chancellor of PASSHE. Everyone is jumping on the positive PR blitz...and that may pan out. But right now there’s few specifics and lots of fawning over Dr. McDreamy...just look at that hair. [he’s a doctor]. Look, Greenstein might turn out to be great...but we’re going to hold off on that until we’ve “done our research” and see some specifics.
And, Colleen Bradley readies her writ of certiorari for the U.S. Supreme Court.
In today’s Last Call, the Syfy channel cancels The Expanse just when it’s getting good. Amazon may play hero.
Does craft beer have a worker problem? A great new piece in Splinter about the issue.
Kevin was in Chicago last weekend...which is why we went a little early last week. I got to see an awesome comedy show at Up Comedy Club of Second City in Chicago. The show was an all-women show, #SheThePeople. It was an awesome feminist review.
I got to sample some great beer from Revolution Brewing while in Chicago. I had their tasty American IPA, Anti-Hero - Their Flagship IPA. That went nicely with some great grub at Corcoran’s Grill and Pub in Old Town. I also had Yum Yum by 3 Floyds Brewing at Corcoran’s. That was a light session Pale Ale.
My favorite, though, was The Defender American Stout by Haymarket Brewing. Brewed with Roasted Barley, Chocolate Malt, Dark Crystal Malt and Oats then hopped and dry-hopped with Cascade, Chinook, and Amarillo. It was nice drinking that on the 10th-floor balcony of Cindy’s rooftop restaurant in the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, overlooking Millennial Park.
Philly beer week kicks off from June 1 - 10.
Friday Politics Roundup | CNN fails; George Santos arrested; Carlson gets Twitter show; Writers Guild Strike; Pennridge School Board is a problem; PA primary; RIP Ryan Padovani
Friday Politics Roundup | Proud Boys convicted; SCOTUS corruption; more abortion bans; child labor; summer of right-wing conferences targeting schools; PA LGBTQ bill; AI is coming for us all
Out d’Coup LIVE | Pennridge School District hires far-right Vermillion Education to rewrite social studies curriculum
Friday Politics Roundup for April 28, 2023
Out d’Coup LIVE | François Furstenburg on his article, ”Higher Ed’s Grim, Soulless, Ed-Techified Future”
Friday Politics Roundup | House GOP goes after the poor and climate; gun violence; Rutgers strike; Lower Merion restricts guns; satellite crashes; Starship goes boom
Out d’Coup LIVE | Chris Ullery, extremism and social justice reporter for the Bucks County Courier Times
Friday Politics Roundup | FL passes 6-week abortion ban; Air Force leaker arrested; Fort Lauderdale flooding; religious law firm infects PA schools; Temple ; DnD Movie, book recs; and, more!
Out d’Coup LIVE | ProPublica exposes Clarence Thomas; TN Republicans remove Black reps for gun reform protest; Catholic priest abuses; Ashley Ehasz announces; abortion pill ban coming; school boards
Out d’Coup LIVE | Karen Feridun, founder of Berks Gas Truth on the ”hydrogen economy” diversion and the PA Climate Convergence 2023
Friday Politics Roundup | Trump indicted; Waco speech; migrants killed in fire; 15m people set to lose Medicaid; no ”Rainbowland” for 1st graders; Martino’s PAC readys; Summer Lee; D&D movie!
Out d’Coup LIVE | Cyril Mychalejko, Editor-in-Chief of the Bucks County Beacon, extremism on school boards and supporting independent media
Friday Politics Roundup | IPCC alarming climate report; Biden OKs Willow Project; Iowa passes anti-trans bills; woke capitalism; Trump warns death and destruction
Out d’Coup LIVE | Alan Gratz on his latest book ”Two Degrees,” climate change, and controversy
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Out d’Coup LIVE | Rohan Montgomery writing in In These Times on the epic victory of D&D community over corporate greed; and, voice actors organizing for fair wages & better working conditions.
Out d’Coup LIVE | Patricia Roberts-Miller, Prof. Emeritus Rhetoric & Writing U of Texas - Austin on Demagoguery and Democracy
Out d’Coup LIVE | Robyn Underwood from KOFEE (Kutztown Organized for Educational Excellence) on book bans and reclaiming our schools
Friday Politics Roundup | Majority of Republicans fans of Christian nationalism; state courts attack LGBTQ & abortion; student debt forgiveness threatened; Central Bucks; Temple grad strike; more!
Out d’Coup LIVE | Alyssa Bowen, Senior Researcher & Manager Editor for Truth North Research, on expanded right-wing strategy to dominate school boards
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