Rick Saccone’s signature achievement in the Pennsylvania House was to get “In God We Trust” posted in every public school. Actually, he didn’t even get that. He wrote a successful bill that merely allowed public schools to post that – if they wanted. To my knowledge not a single school in the Commonwealth has taken him up…
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PASSHE Budget Games Exposed – Again: “Bunsis Report” Pushes Back Against Austerity
PASSHE Budget Games Exposed – Again: “Bunsis Report” Pushes Back Against Austerity A new report released to Kutztown University faculty Tuesday evening, promises to cause headaches for PASSHE administrators and university presidents who have used a narrative about a State System “budget crisis” to jack up tuition rates, gut faculty, and close academic programs. A…
Former PASSHE Chancellor Frank Brogan Joins Betsy and Donny in DC
Look who got his gig in the Trump administration! It’s none other the former Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Frank Brogan. Go, Frank, Go! He just keeps on failing upward. Announced today by the U.S. Department of Education: Frank Brogan: Delegated the authority to perform the functions and duties of Assistant…
Pizzagate Conspiracy Theorist Attended Lou Barletta’s Campaign Kickoff in the Lehigh Valley
Pizzagate Conspiracy Theorist Attended Lou Barletta’s Campaign Kickoff in the Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Senate Candidate Lou Barletta has a decision to make. Does he want to be the Senator of Pennsylvania or does he want to be the Senator of the Alt-Right? This past week it was revealed that Lou Barletta sat down with holocaust…
#PASen: Here’s Lou Barletta’s Connections to Richard Spencer’s White Supremacist Movement
#PASen: Here’s Lou Barletta’s Connections to Richard Spencer’s White Supremacist Movement Well, some at least, but I am sure there will be many more. Last week, CNN reported that Pennsylvania Congress, and Senate challenger to Bob Casey, Lou Barletta conducted an interview with the holocaust denying publication, the American Free Press, in 2006. The CNN…
Who Is Trump Going to Turn Me Into?
There has been an uncomfortable thought nagging at the back of my mind for some time now. It bobs at the surface again every time I read another headline about the Cheeto. I think to myself, “He’s an idiot. He’s a traitor. He’s going to get us all killed. He’s only out for himself and…
No one asks “why didn’t he?”
No one asks “why didn’t he?” We are daily bombarded with yet another sexual assault or sexual coercion scandal announced by headlines designed to inspire sympathy for those poor, poor men who got caught committing those acts. As a society, we are meant to question the victims’ stories, their value, and worth as trustworthy human…
A Snowflake’s Lament
A Snowflake’s Lament Has every generation that preceded mine felt as attacked and betrayed by their government as I’m feeling now? I’m sure in many ways they have…when they were forced to go to war. When their country told them to kill innocent people. When their banks didn’t give them their hard earned money back….
Coalition Launches Opposition to PASSHE’s Corporate Agenda: Why CACHE, why now?
Coalition Launches Opposition to PASSHE’s Corporate Agenda: Why CACHE, why now? On September 12, 2016, APSCUF (the union of PASSHE faculty and coaches) filed an unfair labor practice against the Office of the Chancellor (OOC), then Chancellor Frank Brogan and the State System, for refusing to bargain with APSCUF in good faith. Despite this filing,…
#PA7: DCCC Wants Privileged Wealthy White Dudes to Replace Daylin Leach
Not like the Pennsylvania Democratic Party has been unresponsive to a string of recent sexual harassment allegations or incidents going back to the DNC Convention in Philadelphia or anything, but the D-Tripple-C is looking at two privileged, and wealthy, white dudes who’ll greatly benefit from Donald Trump’s tax cuts as Daylin Leach’s replacement in the Pennsylvania 7th…
Juicy Pumpkin Juice 