Out d’Coup Podcast

Out d’Coup LIVE | What’s on your mind? We talked education, 2022 election, lunch debt cancelation, and more.

Welcome to another Out d'Coup LIVE. Tonight we're looking at you. Can things get crazier? Yes. Yes, they are about to. What's on your mind and what's happening in your neck of the woods? We'd love to hear!

Links from tonight:

• PA-01 Indivisible Postcard effort sign up: https://t.co/AMqLzIplsh
• Bucks Cancel Lunch Debt Coalition: https://buxmontdsa.org/events/bucks-cancel-lunch-debt-coalition/2022/06
• WHYY: "A Bucks County school district just canceled over $20,000 of student lunch debt" https://whyy.org/articles/pa-bucks-county-school-district-canceled-student-lunch-debt/
• Support the Bucks County Beacon. Become a supporter during their September fundraising push: https://buckscountybeacon.com/2022/09/we-the-media-the-bucks-county-beacons-future-is-in-your-hands/

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Out d’Coup LIVE | Jennifer Cohn on dangerous, little-known New Apostolic Reformation

This week I welcome Jennifer Cohn to the show. We'll be talking about her new article in the Bucks County Beacon, "Underreported And Massive Theocratic Movement Joins Forces With Michael Flynn And Roger Stone." She sounds the alarm about the New Apostolic Reformation, a Christian Nationalist, authoritarian movement that believes that "Christians must take control of government, business, and culture in order for Jesus to return to Earth." We might dismiss this movement as the lunatic fringe if they were not building strong connections with right-wing power and money, including former Trump National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn,  longtime Trump advisor, Roger Stone, and PA gubernatorial candidate, Doug Mastriano. Following Cohn's Bucks County Beacon article, Elle Hardy, writing in The New Republic, amplified the alarm about the rising influence of the New Apostolic Reformation and connections with Mastriano. 

Jennifer Cohn is an attorney, election integrity advocate, and political essayist whose articles have appeared in the New York Review of Books, Who What Why, The Independent, TYT Investigates, The Brad Blog, Salon, and the Bucks County Beacon. You can follow Jennifer on Twitter at @jennycohn1.

Article links: 

• Jennifer Cohn | "Underreported And Massive Theocratic Movement Joins Forces With Michael Flynn And Roger Stone," Bucks County Beacon: https://bit.ly/3AnIGMx
• Jennifer Cohn’s Twitter thread onFrank Scavo, Teddy Daniels, and J6 Commission: https://twitter.com/jennycohn1/status/1564277932452786176 

Additional resources:

• Elle Hardy | "The Right-Wing Christian Sect Plotting a Political Takeover," The New Republic: https://bit.ly/3KpJs0n

Follow on Twitter: Bruce Wilson - @brucewilson; @LeaLovesUSA; & @VisionSurreal

Don’t Let Paul Martino & His Oligarch Friends Buy Our Schools and push extremist politics in our community. Raging Chicken has teamed up with LevelField to launch a truly community rooted PAC to invest in organizing, support local and state-wide progressive candidates, and unmask the toxic organizations injecting our communities with right-wing extremism. We’re putting small-dollar donations to work to beat back the power of Big Money.  You can get more information and drop your donation at  https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/.

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Out d’Coup LIVE | Cyril Mychalejko, Editor-in-Chief of the Bucks County Beacon

This week I welcome Cyril Mychalejko to the show. Cyril is, of course, the Editor-in-Chief at the Bucks County Beacon. Cyril and I will be talking about a growing right-wing movement to call for a Constitutional Convention. Some supporters like Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick are calling for Pennsylvania to sign on to a Constitutional Convention. While publicly shopping a “reasonable” case for such a move, such a convention could fundamentally remake our democracy, ushering in an era of right-wing minority rule. We’ll also check in to see what else is happening at the Bucks County Beacon and in our communities.

Check out all the great work at the Bucks County Beacon at https://buckscountybeacon.com/

and you can sign up for Cyril’s newsletter on Substack: https://cyrilmychalejko.substack.com/

Article link:

• Cyril Mychalejko, "Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick Wants To Change The US Constitution And Radically Transform The Country," Bucks County Beacon https://bit.ly/3dNQRKm

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Don’t Let Paul Martino & his Oligarch Friends Buy Our Schools and push extremist politics in our community. Raging Chicken has teamed up with LevelField to launch a truly community rooted PAC to invest in organizing, support local and state-wide progressive candidates, and unmask the toxic organizations injecting our communities with right-wing extremism. We’re putting small-dollar donations to work to beat back the power of Big Money. You can get more information and drop your donation at https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/.

 

Out d’Coup LIVE | Mark Pinsley - Democratic candidate for PA State Senate’s 16th district

This week I welcome Mark Pinsley to the show. Mark is the Democratic candidate for PA State Senate for the 16th district. The 16th district was newly drawn to include portions of Northern Bucks County and Lehigh County. Mark is currently the Lehigh County Controller and is seeking to add to Democratic pick ups in the State Senate.

Following Republican Pat Browne's loss to his right-wing challenger in the Republican primary, Jarrett Coleman, there is even more at stake. Jarrett Coleman is an anti-abortion candidate that served on the Parkland School Board to push anti-masking policies during the pandemic and who stoked the flames of Critical Race Theory conspiracies. Mark Pinsley brings an experienced, progressive voice to this election with so much at stake. With enough people on the ground organizing by his side, Mark Pinsley has a good shot at turning the PA16 Blue!

We'll talk to Mark about his campaign and the stakes of this November's election.

LINKS:

• Mark Pinsley's campaign site: https://www.votemarkpinsley.com/

You can support this show by becoming a patron for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/rcpress.

Don’t Let Paul Martino & his Oligarch Friends Buy Our Schools and push extremist politics in our community. Raging Chicken has teamed up with LevelField to launch a truly community rooted PAC to invest in organizing, support local and state-wide progressive candidates, and unmask the toxic organizations injecting our communities with right-wing extremism. We’re putting small-dollar donations to work to beat back the power of Big Money.  You can get more information and drop your donation at  https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/.

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Out d’Coup LIVE | Alyssa Bowen from True North Research on right-wing dark money funding anti-abortion push to take over state governments

On this week's show, I welcome Alyssa Bowen back to the program. Alyssa is a Senior Researcher and Managing Editor at the progressive watchdog organization True North Research. Tonight our  focus turns to the right-wing dark money that is funding the anti-abortion movement's push to take over state legislatures and deepen the devastation wrought by the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. 

Alyssa received her PhD in History from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 2021 with an interest in fascism and antifascism, solidarity and social movements, immigration/exile and transnational history. She has bylines in the Nation and in Truthout, where she is a regular contributor. More of her public writing can be found on True North Research’s website and Substack. Follow Alyssa on Twitter @AlyssaAnnBowen.

We'll be talking about two of Alyssa's recent co-authored articles for TruthOut, "Dark Money Fuels the Anti-Abortion Movement's Push to Control State Legislatures" and "Right-Wing Dark Money is Coming for Reproductive Rights in Your State." Links to both articles are in today’s show notes.

Articles

• “Dark Money Fuels the Anti-Abortion Movement's Push to Control State Legislatures"  https://bit.ly/3zlU5gz 
• "Right-Wing Dark Money is Coming for Reproductive Rights in Your State" https://bit.ly/3RMoWdx

Resources

• True North Research: https://truenorthresearch.org/
• Documented: https://documented.net/
• Center for Media and Democracy: https://www.prwatch.org/
• Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s bill on public disclosure: https://bit.ly/3zzTEQ5

You can support this show by becoming a patron for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/rcpress.

Don’t Let Paul Martino & his Oligarch Friends Buy Our Schools and push extremist politics in our community. Raging Chicken has teamed up with LevelField to launch a truly community rooted PAC to invest in organizing, support local and state-wide progressive candidates, and unmask the toxic organizations injecting our communities with right-wing extremism. We’re putting small-dollar donations to work to beat back the power of Big Money.  You can get more information and drop your donation at  https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/.

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Out d’Coup LIVE for July 18, 2022 | William Horne on his new article about our fascism problem and the need to name it

On this week's show, I welcome William Horne back to the show to talk about his new article, "Why I Use the 'F' Word (and You Should Too)." Horne is an Arthur J. Ennis Postdoctoral Fellow at Villanova University & co-founder of the Activist History Review. He just launched a new newsletter on substack, In Case of Emergency, that will be a space to engage critical anti-fascist thinkers; expose the history and growing threat of fascism in the U.S.; and, amplify the ways disrupt systems of exploitation the far-right are actively working to permanently codify in American culture and governance.

You can check out his newsletter at https://drwilliamhorne.substack.com/ and you can check out all the great work over at the Activist History Review at  https://activisthistory.com/

You can support this show by becoming a patron for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/rcpress.

Don’t Let Paul Martino & Friends Buy Our Schools and push extremist politics in our community. Raging Chicken has teamed up with LevelField to launch a truly community rooted PAC to invest in organizing, support local and state-wide progressive candidates, and unmask the toxic organizations injecting our communities with right-wing extremism. We’re putting small-dollar donations to work to beat back the power of Big Money.  You can get more information and drop your donation at  https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/.

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Special Out d’Coup LIVE for Wednesday, June 15, 2022

It's a special Wednesday show that's not THE Wednesday Show. We've had some scheduling craziness this past week and a half, but we're finding out way through. Can things get crazier? Yes. Yes, they are about to. What's on your mind and what's happening in your neck of the woods?

LINKS:

• "The Future of Public Education in Pennsylvania Rests on the Governor's Race," Mindy Isser, Bucks County Beacon
• "White Nationalist Book Publisher Revealed," Hannah Gais, Megan Squire, Jason Wilson and Michael Edison Hayden, Southern Poverty Law Center.

You can support this show by becoming a patron for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/rcpress. 

Don’t Let Paul Martino & Friends Buy Our Schools and push extremist politics in our community. Raging Chicken has teamed up with LevelField to launch a truly community rooted PAC to invest in organizing, support local and state-wide progressive candidates, and unmask the toxic organizations injecting our communities with right-wing extremism. We’re putting small-dollar donations to work to beat back the power of Big Money.  You can get more information and drop your donation at  https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/.

Join our Discord to continue the conversation all week long: https://discord.gg/BnjRNz3u

Out d’Coup LIVE | Kierstyn Zolfo, PA Indivisible Legislative Chair, unmasking Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in #PA01

Tonight, I welcome Kierstyn Zolfo back to the show. Kierstyn is the PA Indivisible Legislative Chair and Bucks County organizer. We'll be ripping the moderate mask of Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick by digging into is anti-abortion record, his "election integrity" gaslighting, his use of "alternative facts" to cover his unpopular votes, and his relationship with the Philly Republican ballot harvester. 

What, that's not enough? Maybe we'll add in his "surprise" visit to Ukraine while still refusing to hold town halls for his constituents in the #PA01. We'll also highlight her latest article in the Bucks County Beacon, "Rep Brian Fitzpatrick's Use of Dirty Campaign Money is Shameful." And maybe, just maybe, we'll talk about why re-electing Brian Fitzpatrick this fall will bolster Republican's efforts to repeal many of the gains of the 20th century.

LINK:

• Channel Your Rage - Info and Resource session by Indivisible Lanbertville/New Hope: https://indivisiblelnh.com/
• "Rep Brian Fitzpatrick's Use of Dirty Campaign Money is Shameful," in the Bucks County Beacon.

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Out d’Coup LIVE | Sara Aniano, social media misinformation researcher, on right-wing extremist rhetoric from the People’s Convoy to the Buffalo shootings

On this episode of Out d'Coup LIVE, I welcome Sara Aniamo to the show. Sara Aniano is a researcher who recently graduated from Monmouth University with a master’s in communication. Her work on social media misinformation and the rhetoric of the far-right has garnered nationwide media attention. She aims to use her expertise in the future to clean up the information ecosystem online.

Her new article, "Deflection and Denial Following the Buffalo Terror Attack," published by the Global Network on Extremism and Technology," looks at right-wing media's response to the white supremacist that killed 10 people at a supermarket in a black Buffalo neighborhood. 

Aniano was one of the graduate student researchers featured in a recent CNET article, "The Unsung Force Digging Through Misinformation," who have been on the front lines exposing QAnon, anti-vax misinformation, and right-wing conspiracy theories. She also spent extensive time covering the "People's Convoy" of right-wing truckers this past March. 

Links:

• "Deflection and Denial Following the Buffalo Terror Attack," Sara Aniano https://bit.ly/3NvswG0
• "The Unsung Force Digging Through Misinformation": https://cnet.co/3kRX3Br
• Follow Sara Aniano on Twitter: https://twitter.com/coolfacejane

You can support this show by becoming a patron for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/rcpress/

If you want to help us end the domination of right-wing money tipping the scales to the extreme.on our school boards and in our communities, we’ve made that easy. Simply drop a donation to the Raging Chicken Community Fund at https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/. Help us support community organizing and school board candidates that our communities and our children deserve.

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Out d’Coup LIVE | The Night Before the PA Primary - what’s on your mind?

On this episode of Out d'Coup LIVE, we'll be taking a deep breath before tomorrow's PA primary. There is a lot at stake. I'm interested in what's on your mind and how you're going to be spending your Election Day. Taking your comments and thoughts.

You can support this show by becoming a patron for as little as $5/month at https://www.patreon.com/rcpress/

If you want to help us end the domination of right-wing money tipping the scales to the extreme.on our school boards and in our communities, we’ve made that easy. Simply drop a donation to the Raging Chicken Community Fund at https://ragingchicken.levelfield.net/. Help us support community organizing and school board candidates that our communities and our children deserve.

Join our Discord server: https://discord.gg/WMW98RQEYV