Episodes
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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Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
On October 1, 2023 we took our show to Harrisburg for the PA Climate Convergence. We talked with people all throughout the day and had a chance to interview some great people doing great work. On today's show you'll hear from:
- Heather Hulton Vantassel, Exec. Dir. Three Rivers Waterkeeper
- Liz Evans, Third Act Pennsylvania
- Heaven Sunski, Organizing Director, Center for Coalfield Justice
- Kate Proust, TIAA-Divest
- NaTisha Washington, Communications Director, Breath Project
- Julia Nakhleh, Climate Reality Project
- Kevin Long, Pastor of Intertwined
- Frank Fortino, Extinction Rebellion - Philly
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Monday Oct 02, 2023
Out d’Coup LIVE | Reflections on PA Climate Convergence and what’s your mind
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
Pretty laid back night tonight. I spent the day at the PA Climate Convergence yesterday for a great day of panels, music, discussion, and connection. What's on your mind tonight?
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Friday Sep 29, 2023
Friday Sep 29, 2023
Senator Diane Feinstein has died at the age of 90.
Republicans seem hell bent on shutting down the government as a deal to fund the government by the September 30th deadline is nowhere in sight.
Yesterday the government started notifying federal employees that a shutdown is imminent. We’ll start seeing government layoffs, military personnel will stop receiving paychecks, WIC payments will stop after a few days, many National Parks will shut down, and SNAP benefits will have to dip into emergency funds to keep assistance flowing for a short time.
No worries when it comes to student loans, however. Student loan payments will resume on Sunday, October 1, as scheduled.
Gov. Shapiro announced automatic voter registration for the Commonwealth.
More Pennridge School Board chaos as the Board passes anti-trans policies regarding sports and biological sex.
The lawsuit against the Pennridge School Board’s shadow book banning practices went to court on Tuesday. The mounting legal fees in the district caused more strife among board members. Jordan Adams gives a new “report” to the board which is mostly him defending himself against mounting criticism…and I assume taxpayers will foot the bill for that too.
PA Climate Convergence begins this Sunday.
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Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
UAW readies to expand their strike as noon deadline approaches.
Republicans ready to shut down the government because…well…just because.
Biden Administration announced the creation of the American Climate Corps.
Pennridge School Board now starts to face lawsuits in response to their unaccountable, extremist, and potentially illegal policies. Darren Lausten’s lawsuit against the school board for its secret book banning heads to court this Tuesday at Bucks County Courthouse in Doylestown.
APSCUF negotiations continue. As the PASSHE administration continues to do its best to invest in PR while gutting faculty and programs, we’ll take a quick look at some numbers for perspective.
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