Run, Bernie, Run. Bernie Sanders officially threw his hat into the presidential race this week. His campaign raised $5.9 million from 223,047 individuals in its first 24 hours, millions of dollars more than any other Democratic party candidate thus far.
West Virginia teachers have another successful strike. They beat back attempts to introduce charter schools across the state. Oakland teachers walked out on Thursday demanding smaller classes, charter school oversight, more school nurses and guidance counselors. And they are demanding a 12% pay increase after years of austerity. Oakland is one of the epicenters of What’s going on? Well, rank-and-file, progressive caucuses have a lot to do with it.
North Carolina election board calls for a new vote in the congressional race in which the Republican candidate and his campaign committed what looks like to normal people as systemic voter fraud.
More conjecture on the status of the Mueller probe while Trump officials apparently tried to sell nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia. And as if to add insult to injury, Trump is preparing to launch a Presidential Committee on Climate Security to determine if climate change actually a national security threat like the Pentagon says it is. The Washington Post reports that Trump wants the committee to be led by climate denier, William Happer, who says CO2 is not a pollutant, it’s an asset. Back in 2014, Happer even compared CO2 to Jews in Nazi Germany, “demonization of carbon dioxide is just like the demonization of the poor Jews under Hitler,” he said.
A self-described white-supremacist Coast Guard officer is arrested for planning a terrorist attack to kill prominent Democratic lawmakers including AOC, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and several high-profile television anchors from MSNBC and CNN.
Daryl Metcalfe loves his vegetables. Chris Rabb calls out Tom Wolf for doubling on Natural Gas exploitation.
Sean ended up driving through Wednesday’s snowstorm to get to the America Votes conference in DC and will recap some of the speakers who attended it.
Kevin went to an amazing Labor Notes workshop on Saturday in Kutztown. Great discussion on building power in the union. And yes, we talked quite a bit about caucuses.
China’s moon landing on the dark side may just launch a new space race. China’s future plans include a new space station, a lunar base and possible sample return missions from Mars. And China’s military space program “continues to mature rapidly,” according to the Department of Defense.
Trump officially signs a directive to establish the Space Force. Space Policy Directive - 4 calls for a commander of the Space Force who will “lead space warfighting through global space operations that may occur in the space domain, the terrestrial domains, or through the electromagnetic spectrum.”
NASA is planning to put astronauts back on the moon by 2028. That was Trump’s Space Policy Directive - 1 if you’re keeping score at home. Space race indeed.
And, Mattel is launching Astrophysicist and Astronaut Barbie this year. Barbie has a 50-year history of space exploration, actually.
Facebook told me that one year ago today, my daughter and I finished the first stage of the 1,969 piece Lego NASA Apollo Saturn V rocket.
Today is National Margarita Day and Free Will has got a double release for you. Not only do we get the 5th of May - a sour ale aged in tequila barrels with key limes and Himalayan salt; but, we also get one my all-time favorites, Safeword - an Imperial IPA with mangoes and habanero peppers, 10.4% ABV and burns so sweet.
Sean makes his legendary return to Pizza Boy.
Out d’Coup LIVE | Karen Feridun, founder of Berks Gas Truth and co-founder of Better Path Coalition
Friday Politics Roundup | Trump indictments; UPS Teamsters deal; AAUP joins AFT; era of global boiling; electric car infrastructure; CBSD sweetheart deal; Pennridge secrets; Barbie; Sinéad O’Connor
Out d’Coup LIVE | Alexandra Bradbury, editor of Labor Notes on the impending Teamsters UPS strike
Friday Politics Roundup | Actors and writers strike; AZ heat; anti-teacher union conference; anti-teacher union bill; Pennrige teachers still no contract & how you can help
Out d’Coup LIVE | Alyssa Bowen from True North Research on ANOTHER far-right ”Moms” group attacking schools and elections
Friday Politics Roundup | Climate chaos,organizing is hope; Jordan Adams exposed at Moms for Liberty
Out d’Coup LIVE | We’re back from vacation! Woah, did a lot happy while we were gone.
Friday Politics Roundup | Moms 4 Liberty in Philly; SCOTUS guts affirmative action, LGBTQ rights, student loan relief; fight for democracy
Out d’Coup LIVE | Chris Ullery, Extremism and Social Justice Reporter for the USA Today Network in PA
Friday Politics Roundup | Oregon climate lawsuit; Atlantic Ocean temps; Bradley Foundations targets DOJ; Moms for Liberty Summit; Pennridge School Board and community resistance; and more!
Friday Politics Roundup | Trump trial; Republican priority to ban free school lunch in 2024; Pennridge SD; Vermillion; AI feedback loop; and, more
Out d’Coup LIVE | Aly Shaw, Research Analyst at LilSis on Big Oil’s big money play in PA
Friday Politics Roundup | Trump indicted; wildfires; SCOTUS surprise on voting rights; SAG-AFTRA authorizes strike; climate crisis; Pennridge dumpster fire; museum workers say no to M4L; more
Out d’Coup LIVE | Eleanor Goldfield on the clash between police authority and freedom of the press
Friday Politics Roundup | Debt limit bill; Big Oil; Gannett strike; climate crisis; wildfires; DePasquale announces; theater kids fight back with joy.
Friday Politics Roundup | Debt ceiling; DeSantis announces; IN abortion doctor disciplined; Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years; Ricki Chaiken gives Hilldale timeline; Bucks GOP fraudsters
Out d’Coup LIVE | Pennridge School District and the fight against billionaire-backed extremism
Friday Politics Roundup | Colorado school board takeover; FL passes anti-LGBTQ law; NYC is sinking; Cherelle Parker wins Philly Mayor; Innamorato wins big; Heather Boyd takes 163rd; & more!
Out d’Coup LIVE | Kathryn Joyce, investigative editor at In These Times and author
Out d’Coup LIVE | Award-winning journalist Kristina Marusic on her new book, ”A New War on Cancer”
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