All PA Electors Vote for Trump Despite Protests Today is the day that the president of the United States is actually chosen. Yes, the Electoral College votes today. Pennsylvania’s twenty electors met in Harrisburg today to cast their votes for president. Electors were called by name to walk to the front of the PA House chamber and deposited their…
Trumping the Environment
Whether Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump was elected, the environment is going to suffer. Both have supported horizontal fracking, the destruction of the earth to extract oil and gas. The use of fracking is so harmful to the environment and public health that numerous banks refuse to lend funds to individuals who wish to build…
Does Eating a Free School Lunch Give Kids “an Empty Soul?”
Does Eating a Free School Lunch Give Kids “an Empty Soul?” Just about everyone admits the importance of eating lunch – especially for growing kids in school. But if you get that lunch for free, does it leave you with “a full stomach and an empty soul”? Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan…
Scarves for Justice on Etsy – By Louzilla Lovegood
Scarves for Justice on Etsy – By Louzilla Lovegood When America elected Trump as president, I knew I had to take action to protect the marginalized groups he’s repeatedly promised to disenfranchise. I also have a yarn stash that’s accumulated over the years from gifts, unfinished projects, and unstarted projects. So I’m crocheting my way through…
AccessNow.org’s Open Letter To Top Tech Executives
AccessNow.org’s Open Letter To Top Tech Executives This is too important not to post. Recently, Brett Solomon, the co-founder and Executive Director of AccessNow.org wrote an open letter to the top tech executives imploring them to stand behind a free, open, and neutral Internet. Here’s are the main points of the letter: 1. Encryption and government…
Did Senator Wagner Shut Down Unemployment Centers Because He Has “Big Balls?”
Did Senator Wagner Shut Down Unemployment Centers Because He Has “Big Balls?” Tis was the week before Christmas and State Senator Wagner gave a giant lump of coal to hundreds of state workers and thousands of unemployed Pennsylvanians. This Monday four of the Commonwealth’s eight unemployment call centers are going to start handing out layoff notices…
Our Media or Their Media: It’s Our Choice
Our Media or Their Media: It’s Our Choice My big holiday wish. Sustainability. Five years ago I started Raging Chicken Press – homegrown progressive, activist media for PA and beyond. From the beginning, Raging Chicken has covered regional activism, PA politics, climate change, strikes, education policy and more. We’ve been called media activists, muckrakers, and troublemakers…
Busting Myths: Pennsylvania CAN replace fossil fuels with renewables
Busting Myths: Pennsylvania CAN replace fossil fuels with renewables NEWS RELEASE: Delaware Riverkeeper Network Delaware Riverkeeper Network published in October “Envisioning Pennsylvania’s Energy Future; Powering the Commonwealth’s Energy Needs with 100% Renewables by 2050”, a groundbreaking report authored by Synapse Energy Economics and EQ Research. The report lays out a road map for how the state…
Don’t Be Fooled: Betsy DeVos Still Loves Common Core
Don’t Be Fooled: Betsy DeVos Still Loves Common Core Poor Betsy DeVos. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Education Secretary has spent her entire adult life advocating for Common Core, but now she has to pretend like she doesn’t like it. In fact, if you point out any of the multiple projects that she supports boosting Common…
GOP’s Recount Rhetoric in Emails to Constituents
GOP’s Recount Rhetoric in Emails to Constituents A few weeks ago, I started getting emails from donaldjtrump.com and the GOP. I had no idea why until I remembered that I’d filled out the GOP’s 100-day plan of action survey, which will supposedly guide Trump’s focus during his first 100 days in office. If you haven’t filled…
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