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Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
On this episode, I'll be talking with Jennifer Cohn about her article "Moms for Liberty and the Dominionist Assault on America's 'Education Mountain'," published in the Bucks County Beacon. Cohen unmasks the extremist, Christian nationalist agenda shared by Moms for Liberty and organizations on the radical Christian right. We'll also talk about significant losses by Moms for Liberty-backed school board candidates in this November's elections - both here in PA and across the country. Does this signal the beginning of the end of Moms for Liberty and Christian nationalists? Or, will they double-down on their radical agenda heading into the 2024 presidential election?
Jennifer Cohn is an attorney, election integrity advocate, and political essayist. In addition to writing on elections and Christian nationalism for the Bucks County Beacon, her writing has appeared in the New York Review of Books, Who What Why, The Independent, TYT Investigates, The Brad Blog, and Salon. You can follow Jennifer on the platform formally known as Twitter at @jennycohn1 and on Mastodon at jennycohn@toad.social.
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Friday Nov 10, 2023
Friday Nov 10, 2023
Raging Chicken's Friday Politics Roundup for November 11, 2023. This week I am joined by Cyril Mychalejko, Editor-in-Chief of the Bucks County Beacon. We'll be diving into the results of the election results from Tuesday. We say HUGE wins in school boards and county offices across Bucks County. Both Pennridge and Central Bucks school boards flipped! There were also significant wins in the State Supreme Court and other judicial elections. We'll get into it all.
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Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
It's Election Day Eve here in Pennsylvania. In Bucks County the future of our schools are at stake. Abortion rights are at stake. Our elections are at stake. Deep breaths everyone.
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Friday Nov 03, 2023
Friday Nov 03, 2023
Raging Chicken's Friday Politics Roundup for November 3, 2023. We're here to break down the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics. This week, we're focused on the critical election this coming Tuesday, Nov. 7 - at stake the future of school boards in Pennridge, Central Bucks, Council Rock, and others. Not only that, but protection for abortion and voting rights is on the ballot with control of the PA Supreme Court up for grabs. Also, the fight to keep a Democratic Party majority on the Bucks County Board of Commissioners is alive and well.
Key links:
- Vote for these Pennridge School Board Candidates: https://www.pennridgecommunityalliance.com/
- Vote for these Central Bucks School Board Candidates:
https://www.cbsdneighborsunited.com/ - Vote for these Council Rock School Board Candidates:
https://www.togetherforcouncilrock.org/ - Vote for these Bucks County Board of Commissioners & Judicial Candiates:
https://bucksdemocrats.org/candidates/
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Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
On this week's episode, I am talking with Kierstyn Zolfo from Bucks County Indivisible. Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is getting lazy this Halloween. He's dressing up as a "moderate" once again. Trick or treat? We'll let you be the judge.
We'll be talking about her new article in the Bucks County Beacon, “Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s Support for New House Speaker Mike Johnson Shows Voters Who He Really Is.” In that piece, Kierstyn writes about how Fitz was selling the new Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, to the so-called “moderate” Problem Solvers Caucus and big donors tied to No Labels. Fitzpatrick went to lengths to help rebrand Johnson as a 'Reagan Republican' and tried to lend some of his "moderate" vibes to Johnson, who we all know is a MAGA extremist
Kierstyn Zolfo is a resident of Bucks County and a volunteer organizer with Indivisible Bucks County. She also serves on the steering committee of Pennsylvania Indivisible as the Legislative Chair, and in that position edits and contributes to the Pennsylvania Member of Congress Tracking report, an effort that keeps an eye on the votes and quotes from the Commonwealth's 20 Members of Congress. Kierstyn is originally from New Jersey but moved to PA when she was an undergrad at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster and has stuck around the area ever since.
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Friday Oct 27, 2023
Friday Oct 27, 2023
UAW settled their contract with Ford this week - the gains in the contract show once again that organized, fearless worker organizing is what gets the goods.
House Republicans finally managed to elect a new speaker of the house. Introducing Mike Johnson, the anti-LGBTQ, election-denying, climate crisis-denying, right-wing Christian nationalist leader of the Republican-led House.
Amazon announces near-record profits after two straight years of eliminating jobs and tightening worker surveillance. Also in Amazon news, a new report shows that more than 4 in 10 Amazon workers report being injured on the job, and about 80% of workers feel the stare of Big Brother, surveilling them at work. Coincidence?
Biden’s strong support of the Israeli government - even during its indiscriminate, ongoing bombing of civilian areas in Gaza - is hitting him in the polls.
The Biden administration approved the bombing of targets in Syria after drone and rocket attacks against American forces stationed in Iraq and Syria.
And another mass shooting rocks the country, this time in Lewiston, Maine. At least 18 people have been killed and the killer remains on the loose.
Florida Gov. Ron Desantis’s solution to mass killings is to make guns easier to purchase and institutionalize more people against their will. Freedom rings.
Pennridge School District passes anti-trans policy in the name of “protecting girls sports,” providing a platform for Republican school board candidates to approve of the culture war before the Nov. 7 election.
Pennridge parent Darren Lausten won his lawsuit against Pennridge School District. The Judge ordered the District to hand over its book-banning records.
Council Rock School District is the next target of Moms for Liberty - hoping to bring the politics dominating Pennridge and Central Bucks to their district.
Pennsylvania’s Republican-led Senate passes state-wide book-banning bill.
And so much more.
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Pennridge parent, Darren Lausten, sued the Pennridge school board because he suspected they were banning books under the cover of lies and deceit. They didn't even follow their own book banning policy. Lausten won his lawsuit and tonight the school board meets for the first time since his victory. We'll tune in LIVE with you right here to catch some of the meeting. It promises to be a good one.
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Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Raging Chicken's Friday Politics Roundup for September 29, 2023. We're here to break down the good, the bad, and the ugly in state and national politics.
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Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Pretty laid back night tonight. Doing a casual little Out d'Coup LIVE tonight. What's on your mind tonight?
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Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
Tuesday Oct 10, 2023
On this week's Out d'Coup LIVE we bring you a pre-recorded interview with Joslyn Diffenbaugh. Joslyn is a 10th grade student at Kutztown Area High School. She is the founder of the Teen Banned Books club and an outspoken student advocate against book bans in her school district and school districts all around the region. This past spring, the Kutztown Area School District school board canceled a grant-funded, "One School, One Book," program that planned to read Alan Gratz's new book, Two Degrees. The reason? Because a few outspoken conservative parents didn't want students reading about climate change! We had Alan Gratz on this program to talk about the controversy and Joslyn had an opportunity to interview him at the Firefly Bookstore during his visit to Kutztown University for last year's Children's Literature Conference.
This interview was conducted on October 1, 2023 as a featured event during the PA Climate Convergence in Harrsiburg. Joslyn was supposed to interview Alan Gratz, but Alan unfortunately got COVID just a few days before the event. Karen Feridun from the PA Climate Convergence asked if I would be willing to step in and interview Joslyn. I was more than happy to step up.
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