SITE MAINTENANCE – We’ll be back with full site soon
Thanks to several of our readers, we were alerted to the fact that sometime in the past two weeks someone managed to mess with our site, causing some virus programs to block our site. Some […]
January 2014
“Most Progressive” PA Gov Candidate John Hanger on Marijuana, Fracking & Campaign Finance *Interview*
In this video from Counterpoint PA, the only grassroots progressive newscast exclusively about Pennsylvania politics, I present an interview I did with Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Hanger, who portrays himself as “the most progressive candidate […]
PA Dems Back Anti-Choice & Pro-Choice Bills
In this video from Counterpoint PA, the only grassroots progressive newscast exclusively about Pennsylvania politics, I discuss rival abortion access proposals in Pennsylvania that both have Democratic support. One imitates a Texas law that shut […]
Governor Corbett Reacts to Governor Corbett Running Away from High Schoolers on Twitter
Like a couple hundred residents of the Philadelphia area who are angry about Governor Corbett’s attack on public education and public higher education, I ventured Broad and Olney to protest Governor Corbett speaking at a […]
Senator Bob Casey Wary on Trans-Pacific Partnership: “Previous trade agreements have failed to produce tangible benefits for everyday Americans”
Last week, I emailed Pat Toomey, Bob Casey and Allyson Schwartz telling them to back down from the Trans-Pacific Partnership – a trade agreement that makes the North American Free Trade Agreement that looks like […]
Major Reforms Hit PA Courts
In this video from Counterpoint PA, the only grassroots progressive newscast exclusively about Pennsylvania politics, I explain some recently announced major reforms to Pennsylvania courts including a ban on judges hiring family and campaign donors, […]
Grassroots and Dark Money Groups Building Media Campaign for Right to Work in PA
The never-ending push for Right to Work (for less) legislation in Pennsylvania is on the move again, but this time there’s more of a tangible campaign targeting the conservative base. For 14 straight years, State […]
Why Does Allyson Schwartz Keep Casting Bad Votes on the Affordable Care Act?
With liberals under the assumption that Allyson Schwartz is the “progressives’ pick” for the 2014 gubernatorial election, why does New Democrat Allyson Schwartz continue to take bad votes when it comes restricting the Affordable Care […]
Obama’s Promise Zone in Philadelphia; A Plan to Privatize Public Education?
NBC Philadelphia reported earlier today that the Mantua section of West Philadelphia will be designated as a “Promise Zone” – which is a program that President Obama introduced during last year’s State of the Union […]
Corbett’s 2014 Budget Will Be a Spectacular Failure, But Democrats Need to Pounce
If there’s one word that can describe Tom Corbett’s 2013-2014 budget it would be “failure.” The governor’s 2013-2014 relied on a 3 legged stool which consisted of lottery privatization, liquor privatization and pension reform. This […]