BREAKING: Shots Fired in U.S. Capitol
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2013
Music for Day 2 of Government Shutdown [videos]
This song was actually posted in 2011 in the lead up to the last major Republican government shut down threat. Shutdown – Lost Water Boyz If all the political theater around the Federal government […]
GOP Shutdown
The Tea Party faction of the Republican Party has been successful in shutting down the government today. Feel free to use this graphic as you will.
Sustainable Shale Development: The “Middle Ground” That’s Newspeak for Fraud
The Fraudulent “Logic” of the “Middle Ground” Among the most pernicious and calculative strategies for extorting consent currently in fashion with the natural gas industry and their public relations agents—particularly the Center for Sustainable Shale […]
Still Confused about Obamacare? Kaiser Family Foundation Attempts to Cut through the BS [video]
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new video to try to explain Obamacare outside of the Democrat and Republican infighting in our state and federal government. The Kaiser Family Foundation is: a non-profit, private […]
Kutztown University Averts Deep Cuts – Joins California University in Resolving Immediate Budget Woes by Other Means
In an email sent late Friday afternoon to faculty at Kutztown University, local union president Paul Quinn reported that there will be “no new retrenchment” this academic year. This doesn’t exactly mean Kutztown will be […]
Lieutenant Governor Candidate Mark Critz Under Federal Investigation? My Heart Sinks
Mark Critz, the Conservadem who hates women, hates LGBTQ members, hates the environment but loves his guns, and Concurrent Technologies Corp. a company that is a benefactor of lucrative military contracts and the Marcellus Shale […]
BREAKING – Mansfield and East Stroudsburg Universities Added to List for PASSHE’s Budget Axe
Earlier today, administrators at Mansfield University informed the local chapter of the faculty union, APSCUF, that they are planning on cutting approximately 29 of their 170 permanent faculty members – just over 17% of the […]
Education Matters More Than Money: The APSCUF Anti-Extraction Resolution
After considerable protracted debate over a long Summer, the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculty—APSCUF—decisively passed by a vote of 68-31 a position statement with respect to SB 367—the PA Frack U Bill—and […]
Corbett-Care Defender and Medical Lobbyist has Financial Ties to Pennsylvania’s Democratic Primary Race
On September 19, 2013, Richard Schott of Cardiology Consultants of Pennsylvania penned an op-ed supporting Governor Corbett’s medicaid expansion plan – or Corbett-Care – for Pennlive.com. In the article Schott wrote: While the answers to […]