AOC and Ed Markey roll out the Green New Deal! It’s the first big, bold initiatives the Democrats have had since I’ve been around. It’s got many Democrats, environmental activists, and people who want to avoid a dystopian future super pumped. Nancy Pelosi message tests dismissive “Green Dream” talking point...AOC does some jujitsu with that message.
Trump does Dr. Seuss during the state of the union. “If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation.” Nancy Pelosi lights up the internet, becoming the “Queen of Condescending Applause”
Ryan Grim reports that less than a month after the 2018 midterms, a top health care aide to Nancy Pelosi told executives from Blue Cross Blue Shield not to worry about calls for Medicare for All. He assured them that Democratic leadership will side with the insurance companies and campaign against Medicare for All .
Supreme Court halts Louisiana anti-abortion bill.
Cory Booker is the latest to announce that he’s running for president. Elizabeth Warren set to officially launch her campaign tomorrow in Lawrence Massachusetts. Amy Klobuchar set to announce whether she’ll run in an event on Sunday in Minneapolis. And old school Democrats on pins and needles to see if Uncle Joe will swoop in and Make the Democratic Party Neoliberal Again.
And what the hell Virginia. One hell of a house-cleaning coming up.
Bezos and National Enquirer.
Tom Wolf releases a no-frills budget and GOP Leadership is eager to work with him on his proposed tax cuts. Dems gonna Dem. Tom Wolf released his minimum wage proposal to raise the wage to $12/hr and work its way up to $15 by 2024, but Pat Harkins, the Dem chair of House Labor and Industry committee, wants to find a less ambitious plan.
Speaking about raising the wage, House Republicans invited two libertarian economists to speak in front of the Labor and Industry committee and they advocated for eliminating the minimum wage and claimed that minimum wage laws are “racist.”
Scumbag Daylin Leach sues three #metoo activists for bringing his allegations to light. He’s gone as far as sending a private investigator to try and harm one of the defendants living arrangements.
Sean gives us his take on this year’s Keystone Progress Summit in Pittsburgh.
Free Will Brewing is hosting a Pre-Valentine Beer Pairing with Tre' Locally Sourced on Wednesday, February 13th at the Perkasie Brewery. 5-course beer & food pairing in the heart of our brewery, the Sour Cellar. Tomorrow, Free Will is releasing Orange Colored Malcontent – Double IPA with Cara Cara Oranges & Milk Sugar – 9.5% ABV.
Sean crashes Pittsburgh fundraiser.
Out d'Coup | Tuesdays w/ Toomey; PA Student Power Fights for $15; Flynn Says Bye-Bye; Net Neutrality Fight's Strange Alliances; and, Drunken Capitol Break-In
Out d'Coup | PA Senate Passes Abortion Ban and Paycheck Deception Bills; White Nationalists Go to College; Trumplandia Files; Daylin Leach Launches #ShitGibbon; and, more!
Out d'Coup | Trump Fire Hose Still on Full Blast; War on the World; Protests Grow; PA Anti-Abortion Legislation; and a Stench-o-Meter?
Out d'Coup | Massive Protests Continue; Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight; Trump's State Run Media; PASSHE; Sanctuary Cities, and More
Out d'Coup | The Invasion has Begun - Trump's Inauguration Day; PA Dems Refuse to Learn Lessons of 2016; Big News for Rick Smith Show; Music &More!
Out d'Coup | Sean Kitchen Kicked Out of Wagner's Gubernatorial Event; PA Sen. Casey Shows His Big Pharma Cred; Media Unprepared for Raw Power Play by Trump Administration
Out d'Coup | Dark Money Backs Senator Scott Wagner's Bid for Governor; News from Trumplandia; Need for Independent, Media; and, beer!
Out d' Coup | PA's Right-Wing Governor-in-Waiting; Two Books for Organizing in 2017; and, Happy Holidays!
Out d'Coup | Winter is Coming! We're Back Talking Trumplandia, Normalizing White Supremacy, and new Raging Chicken Contributors
Rex Tillerson and Trump's Suicide Squad; Return of RCP Podcast; Expanding for the Fight Back!
Out d'Coup | Hillary Health Conspiracies; Democrats Seeking Love-Fest with GOP; PA Legislation Update; and, 93% of APSCUF Members Vote to Authorize Strike
Out d'Coup | Presidential Forum Flop, High Tech Wage Theft Still Hanging Around, APSCUF Faculty Strike Authorization Vote, & Much More!
Out d'Coup | Invasion of the Taco Trucks; Corruption in Philly District Attorney's Office; Philly Copy with White Nationalist Tatoos; APSCUF strike authorization vote and more!
Colleen Clemens on Gender & the Olympics | Clip from August 16, 2016 episode of The Sit Down
The Sit Down | Colleen Clemens is on talking gender and the Olympics; feministing in higher education; Trump and misogyny in the 2016 presidential election; and, more!
Out d'Coup | The Trump (De)Files; PA Attorney General Kathleen Kane Convicted; Senator Toomey Stays Cozy With Trump; APSCUF Sets Strike Authorization Vote; and, more!
Out d'Coup | Trump off the rails again; new polls good news for Democrats; police shooting in Harrisburg; craft beer now at PA farmers markets, and more!
Out d'Coup | Trump Tests Out Derailing His Campaign; Bernie Launches "Our Revolution"; Big Progressive Win in Washington State; New Poll Shows Hillary With Big Lead in PA
Out d'Coup | LIVE (sort of) We talk GOP Convention, DNC Convention in Philly, Protests, Social Movements and More! #DemsInPhilly
The Sit Down | March for a Clean Energy Revolution in Philly ahead of the DNC. Interviews with activists and commentary
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