Barr’s testimony shows that we are one step closer to full-blown authoritarianism.
House Dems troll Barr’s no-show with chicken.
The Sunrise Movement gets profiled in Rolling Stone as young activists gear up to ensure that climate action is front and center in the Democratic primary debates and the 2020 election. The first-ever hearing on Medicare for All took place in this House this week. Pramila Jayapal gets it done. Stacey Abrams passes on a Georgia Senate run.
Cecile Richards, Alicia Garza, and Ai-jen Poo join forces to launch a new PAC called Supermajority. Supermajority will partner with different groups to educate and train two million women in activism and political participation across the country. According to a press release sent to ELLE.com, Supermajority not only aims to ensure a women's agenda is represented at the ballot box in 2020, but also to drive change around issues like the wage gap, childcare costs, maternal mortality rates, family leave, and family separation at the border.
Old School Labor makes a strong, white showing for Biden in Pittsburgh this week. Michael Bennet is running for president. Googling “who is Michael Bennet” now. Eric Levitz of New York Mag nails it in his piece, “Why I — a Bland White Guy You’ve Never Heard Of — Am Running for President.”
Knock Down the House is now out on Netflix. The film is directed by Rachel Lears and it follows the 2018 primary campaigns of four progressive Democrats taking on entrenched, big money politicians - Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amy Vilela, Cori Bush, and Paula Jean Swearengin.
Navy sailors aboard the USS. Harry Truman in Norfolk, VA encouraged to greet Vice President Mike Pence by “clapping like we’re at a strip club.”
Harrisburg may have actually hit Peak Stupid this week.
On Tuesday, Daryl Metcalfe invited roughly 150 anti-vaxxers and their disease-carrying, unvaccinated, children to the Pennsylvania Capitol and gave their conspiracy theories a platform by hosting a press conference and introducing legislation to protect anti-vaxxers.
If that wasn’t enough, on Wednesday, the Senate Republican Policy Committee tried to one-up Metcalfe by hosting another sham climate change hearing that had Koch Brother funded geographers, meteorologists, and geologists. One big takeaway from the hearing is that Senator Scott Martin added “novice Hurricane tracker” to his resume.
Summer Lee along with PA House and Senate Dems held a police accountability rally in the wake of the Antwon Rose verdict. Speakers included local community leaders and Antwon’s mother, Michelle Kenney.
Looking forward to next week, March on Harrisburg will be arriving on Monday fighting for gift bans.
Galactic Capitalists test the waters, joining Vice commander of Air Force Space Command Lt. Gen. Thompson to make the case that the Space Force is going to be awesome for business. That case was made at this past week’s Future of War Conference in D.C.
China plans on building a moon base in the South Polar region, once again confirming that if you want to know the direction of space exploration, you need to read Kim Stanley Robinson. His latest, Red Moon, features China’s dominance on the moon...centered in the South Polar region.
Virgin Galactic clears another hurdle on its way to its first round of space tourism. Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo completed its fifth successful test flight. The $250,000 tickets are going fast now.
Free Will has got ANOTHER double-can release on Saturday:
Shout out to friend-of-the-show Mike, who gave me two of his latest homebrew stouts: Rogue Bear Chocolate Stout and Old Rumpole Chocolate Stout. I’m breaking them open this weekend. Thanks, Mike!
Sean has a recap from Forest and Main’s 7th Anniversary Party and an awesome photo shoot in the coming week.
Out d’Coup LIVE | Jennifer Cohn on Moms for Liberty and the Dominionist assault on public education
Friday Politics Roundup | PA & Bucks County 2023 Election Roundup with Cyril Mychalejko, Editor-in-Chief, Bucks County Beacon
Out d’Coup LIVE | Election Day Eve 2023. Deep breaths. Here we go.
Friday Politics Roundup | Critical elections in Pennridge, Central Bucks, and Council Rock school district; PA Supreme Court and judicial elections; Bucks Co Commissioner election
Out d’Coup LIVE | Kierstyn Zolfo from Bucks Co. Indivisible unmasking Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick this Halloween
Friday Politics Roundup | UAW win at Ford; Christian nationalist House speaker; Amazon sucks; Biden’s polls slip after Israel trip; another mass shooting; Pennridge SD extremism metastasizes
Out d’Coup LIVE | Darren Lausten, wins lawsuit. Tonight Pennridge school board meets LIVE - we’ve got a little watch party
Friday Politics Roundup | Jim Jordan and GOP chaos; Biden’s trip to Israel; Sidney Powell turns; UAW FB live today; Bucks County Beacon fund drive; more!
Out d’Coup LIVE | There’s less than a month until school board & municipal elections; a week in the wake of mass killing in Israel & Gaza; regaining humanism.
Out d’Coup LIVE | Joslyn Diffenbaugh, founder of Kutztown-based Teen Banned book club, recorded at PA Climate Convergence
Friday Politics Roundup | Voices from the PA Climate Convergence on October 1, 2023
Out d’Coup LIVE | Reflections on PA Climate Convergence and what’s your mind
Friday Politics Roundup | Diane Feinstein dies; GOP gov’t shutdown; student loan payments resume; PA auto-voter registration; Pennridge Board crazies still at it; PA Climate Convergence begins!
Friday Politics Roundup | UAW expands strike; GOP to shut down gov’t; Biden announces Climate Corps; Pennridge lawsuit to begin; APSCUF still without contract; and more
Out d’Coup LIVE | Cyril Mychalejko and Emily Smith from the Bucks County Beacon on building fearless, independent media
Friday Politics Roundup | UAW’s historic strike; SAG-AFTRA and WGA strike continues; childhood poverty doubles; SPLC report on Pennridge; APSCUF contract; Bucks County Beacon fall member drive
Friday Politics Roundup | UAW preps to strike; climate crisis deepens; WVU guts faculty and programs; Musk plays king; Christian nationalist gather in York; Pennridge tests extremism; new podcast
Friday Politics Roundup | Pennridge school board steamrolls democracy; NJ public schools climate curriculum; Prof. Oross wins ADA suit against Kutztown U; and more
Out d’Coup LIVE | Back from break just in time for the full Pennridge crazy to break out.
Out d’Coup LIVE | It’s a MONDAY politics roundup. Trump’s crimes; Biden’s student debt plan halted; FL bans AP psy class; Project 2025; KOSA; and AI meets D&D
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