ACTION ALERT: Education Activists Plan to Protest Corbett and Christie at Union League On Monday, June 9, hundreds of protesters will gather outside the Union League building at Broad and Samson at 4PM.
#ByeByeTom: It’s Corbett’s Education Record, Not Sandusky, Stupid!
#ByeByeTom: It’s Corbett’s Education Record, Not Sandusky, Stupid! To mimic Bill Clinton, it’s Corbett’s education record, stupid. While there is some merit that Kathleen Kane’s well timed Jerry Sandusky report, like a week before the election, will harm Tom Corbett’s reelection ambitions, Corbett’s fate has been sealed since his attacks on public education and public higher…
#ByeByeTom: Governor Vaginal Probe Endorses Governor Close Your Eyes This guy: He added that forcing women to undergo unnecessary vaginal probes gives their fetuses “the respect of recognition before their lives are tragically cut short.”
#ByeByeTom: Corbett’s Fiscal Arsonry Threatens State Parks and Forests for Little Return
#ByeByeTom: Corbett’s Fiscal Arsonry Threatens State Parks and Forests for Little Return Over the past few years, Governor Tom Corbett has handed out 1.2 billion in tax cuts to his wealthy, corporate donors, while not raising any taxes. To plug those holes, the governor has had to cut back programs, education and higher education. Now, the…
Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Safe?
Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Safe? “Hydraulic Fracturing 3D Animation”, is a good you-tube video that will give you an overview of the process if you aren’t familiar with it. Briefly, it involves drilling vertically to the Marcellus Shale level and then horizontally through the shale. Water is pumped into the drill hole. The water pressure causes fractures…
#ByeByeCorbett: Tom Corbett, the “War On Coal,” Saving Lives and Climate Denialism
#ByeByeCorbett: Tom Corbett, the “War On Coal,” Saving Lives and Climate Denialism President Obama took one of the largest steps on combating climate change? Huh? That means it’s time for Governor Tom Corbett to cue the Remember the Alamo War on Coal rhetoric that got Tom Smith elected to the Senate and Mitt Romney to the White…
March Against Monsanto and Local Fresh Food Movements Pushing for Reforms in Pennsylvania and United States
March Against Monsanto and Local Fresh Food Movements Pushing for Reforms in Pennsylvania and United States Last week, thousands of fresh food advocates hit the pavement and asphalt in hundreds of cities around the United States and the world as they demonstrated against Big Agriculture’s largest corporation, Monsanto, and in Pennsylvania, business owners, farmers, and environmentalists are pushing…
Daylin Leach’s Next Move: Recruiting Progressives to Run for Office
Daylin Leach’s Next Move: Recruiting Progressives to Run for Office After Daylin Leach’s 13th Congressional Primary defeat, the state senator from Montgomery County is turning that defeat into something useful. He wants to establish a Political Action Committee that recruits progressives to run for office. Since the end of my Congressional campaign, hundreds of people have…
Why Pennsylvania Will Be Progressive In One Chart
Why Pennsylvania Will Be Progressive In One Chart This chart… explains three things. 1) This chart shows the voter registration differences between Republicans and Democrats in the last four major presidential elections. 2) A republican will never win Pennsylvania is a presidential election. Republicans haven’t won Pennsylvania since Reagan and will never win the state again. 3) This…
#FrackFreeParks: Hundreds of Pennsylvanians Upload Photos Telling Corbett “Don’t Frack Our Parks and State Forests”
#FrackFreeParks: Hundreds of Pennsylvanians Upload Photos Telling Corbett “Don’t Frack Our Parks and State Forests” In response to an industry that didn’t pay their taxes and left Pennsylvania’s forests naked once their natural resources were depleted, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania created its first state park in 1893. No, the industry that was responsible for clear cutting most of…
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