The Importance of Online Organization
Tomorrow or the next day I hope to have a piece out about Katie McGinty and her candidacy. I'm mid-article on that one. While I was writing it and looking at information on the various gubernatorial...
View ArticleKatie McGinty: On My Radar
Until last week my full attention in the upcoming Democratic gubernatorial primary was focused on Allyson Schwartz, John Hanger, and whether or not Rob McCord has freaking announced already. This all...
View ArticleBack to School Policy
It's back to school, kids, and the policy of the moment is education. From Head Start to higher education and all the shockingly ill-funded students in between, Democrats smell blood in the electoral...
View ArticleFox News In My Face
I don't watch television at the gym. I'm sure you're wondering where this is going, but I'll get there, I promise. When I'm at the gym I listen to podcasts. Smartest Man in the World, The Nerdist,...
View ArticleNewsflash: Being Gay Doesn't Legally Inhibit Adult Decision-Making
I've got a chapter of Astronomy to take notes on, some Spanish to review and a Gay-Straight Alliance meet and greet to get to at Penn State Altoona tonight, but I had to take a few minutes to talk...
View ArticleSwing And A Miss For the Corbett Campaign
I like to be up on the latest political...well everything...and I have some specific Google Alerts set up to that end. Right now I've got separate alerts for all the PA Democratic gubernatorial...
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Matt Baker Thinks You Need More of "The Man" In Your Life
You know, I never cease to be amazed at how often Republicans talk about how they want to get government out of our lives and then they propose things like the Prescription Drug Monitoring Program....
View ArticleThe Social is Economic
I wish there were more hours in the day. As I was going through my epic and extensive RSS feed list, I came across an article about Pennsylvania and women. Specifically, Pennsylvania is failing women....
View ArticleKathleen Kane Is My Hero
Kathleen Kane is my hero. Let me back up a minute. Did you know that Daryl Metcalfe is (or maybe was) trying to get support for filing articles of impeachment against Kathleen Kane? He's doing that....
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Demanding A Fair Shake From Integrated Delivery Networks
Yesterday morning I had the pleasure of working again with nurses from the SEIU on some grassroots community political action. This past spring Altoona community members were forced to accept that the...
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Go Vote!
Have you voted yet today? I did. I always take my son with me to vote because voting is important. When I first started voting I was so insanely excited to get to do my civic duty. I was thrilled....
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2013 Blair Democrats Fall Banquet
I'm just going to start with one of the highlights of my evening...My husband and I with fmr. Congressman and ret. Admiral Joe SestakI would have thought that on an off-year things wouldn't be terribly...
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The Sky is Blue and Republicans Are Slut-Shaming
So here, apparently, is one of the new ads meant to encourage young people to get health insurance. I just read this fun article about the right's insane reaction to the ad.Let's go over a couple...
View ArticleDaryl Metcalfe Wants to Defund Planned Parenthood
...I hope I haven't shocked you. I know, how startling that a dyed-in-the-crazy, ultra-conservative, registered vagina regulator like Metcalfe would want to shut down Planned Parenthood. It's almost...
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Stop Letting Republicans Create the Narrative
I am so far beyond tired of Democrats' inability to change the narrative. While perusing my RSS feed, I read a story from yesterday on Keystone Politics about Democratic Senator John Yudichak. He was...
View ArticleThe "Former First Lady" and Her "Shadow Campaign"
I get a lot of email updates from various news outlets. One of them is Politico, and this evening I got this update -"In a special report, POLITICO offers a behind-the-scenes account of the extensive...
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Altoona Nurses Stand Up For Standards
Since last spring, I've had the pleasure of standing with people like Paula Stellabotte and Maria Wickstrom doing my very small part to help bring community awareness to the impact that UPMC would have...
View ArticleEvery Student Apartment Is Not Nittany Pointe
Nittany Pointe made the Altoona Mirror again. Logan Township is apparently considering a student rental inspection program that consists of things like this:"In the rules outlined in a 25-page...
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Early Casualties of the Primary Season
Anyone paying attention already knows that candidate filing deadlines have already passed in Pennsylvania and some candidates have fallen by the wayside. Jo Ellen Litz didn't make the filing...
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Republicans Say The Darndest Things
Let me kick off by saying that I've been away for awhile. It's been a busy semester, but I'm back because I just sat through the US 9th District Republican Primary debate sponsored by the Bedford...
View ArticleRepublicans Talk Abortion in PA's US 9th District
Friday evening I published a summary of my notes from that evening's Republican debate between the candidates for the Republican nomination to run for the US 9th District seat. Today, after a little...
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The New Chair of the Blair County Democrats
I've been extremely busy lately and I hope you'll understand why when you check this out...Click on the picture to go to the full blog article.So yes, I am the new Chair of the Blair County Democratic...
View ArticleThe Language of Politics: Why Every Word Counts
This morning I came across this article in my Facebook feed, about funding for Philadelphia schools. School funding is a hot-button issue right now, especially in Philadelphia, and rightfully so. The...
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In Which I Get A B.S. Form Letter From Pat Toomey...
I was checking my email just now when lo and behold, I had an email from Senator Pat Toomey. "That's weird," I thought, "why am I getting an email from Pat Toomey?" The no reply email in question was...
View ArticleToomey BS Form Email Update: The Unnamed Second Report
You may recall that two weeks ago I wrote about a b.s. form email that I received from Senator Toomey's office. In the email, two studies were referenced to support Sen. Toomey's claim that raising...
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