We Don’t Want Your Trumpcare!
The Republicans gave progressives a huge gift from the GOP retreat, and now is the time to run with it and tell every GOP lawmaker “We don’t want your Trumpcare!” The Washington Post obtained leaked audio […]
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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 […]
PA AFL-CIO President Rick Bloomingdale Talks to Rick Smith about PA Republicans Paycheck Deception Legislation | February 25, 2015
Rick Bloomingdale, President of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO joins Rick to talk about the continuing attack on workers as the republican led General Assembly pushes to constitutionally make it illegal for state workers and their employer […]
Irwin Aronson Explains Why PA Republicans Are Trying to Get a Constitutional Amendment to Strip Away Workers’ Rights | February 25, 2015
Irwin Aronson, local Labor Attorney and Rick Smith Show contributor returns to explain the constitutional ins- and-outs of the latest Pennsylvania GOP scheme to end run the governor and what it means for We the […]
Goldwater Runs Deep: The 1964 Republican National Convention & The Rise of Conservative Extremism
Editor’s Note: Another awesome post from the wonderful world of Virally Suppressed: Muckraking for the Modern World out of Cincinnati, OH. This article was originally posted by Drew Gibson on Virally Suppressed. After you read this, head on over to […]
Edward W. Brooke & The Importance of Moderate Republicans in American Politics
Editor’s Note: Another awesome post from the wonderful world of Virally Suppressed: Muckraking for the Modern World out of Cincinnati, OH. This article was originally posted by Drew Gibson on Virally Suppressed. After you read this, head on over to […]
Koch-Tied Roots of Senator Vitter’s Green Billionaires Club Environmental Attack Report
Editor’s Note: This is Steve Horn’s latest piece that originally appeared over at DeSmogBlog. Check out more of Steve’s work from DeSmogBlog and give everyone at DeSmogBlog some love – visit their site for some of the best research debunking misinformation about […]
Pennsylvania Republicans’ Attacks on Endangered Species Part of National Trend
Citing legislation on both the state and now the federal level, state Rep. Steve McCarter, D-Montgomery/Phila., denounced the industry-driven effort to end legal protection of endangered species and the designation of wild trout streams. “These […]
Fracking Lobby ANGA’s Tax Forms: Big Bucks to Media Outlets, “Other ALECs”
Editor’s Note: This post is Steve Horn’s latest investigative piece that originally appeared over at DeSmogBlog. Check out more of Steve’s work from DeSmogBlog and give everyone at DeSmogBlog some love – visit their site for some of the best research […]
CPAC 2013: A Failure To Promote Conservatism
Raise your hand if you are simultaneously sick of CPAC coverage and 2016 speculation? Well, if you agree with both of them then this is likely not going to be an enjoyable article for you. […]