“The Koch Brothers don’t fund me.”Koch Brothers talking head Matt Brouillette went on This Week in Pennsylvania to discuss the Janus v. AFSCME case. In addition to spewing his usual anti-worker talking points, Brouillette used the opportunity to...
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The alt-right is coming to Pennsylvania thanks to the Commonwealth Foundation, Scott Wagner’s gubernatorial campaign, the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Association and a handful of others. The Pennsylvania Leadership Conference will be the conduit for...
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The #55Strong West Virginia teachers’ strike captured the nation’s attention unlike any other labor strike in recent history over the last few weeks. Despite its long history of union power, West Virginia is an anti-worker state having recently...
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On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, a case that revolved around the administration of collectively bargained contracts for public sector union members. The outcome of this case could potentially have devastating effects on wages, benefits, and protections for working families.
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Next time you see posts populating #PAPolitics or #PAGov from WatchDog.Org, remember they are actually just the biased media lapdogs paid to push out misleading analysis from the Commonwealth Foundation.
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With the Commonwealth Foundation calling for privatized trash services and Brouillette appearing at Wagner’s campaign kick-off, all this reeks of the type of influence and political insider peddling that both pretend to be against.
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We are not surprised by the latest moves from the Commonwealth Foundation to not only distance themselves from their past support of redistricting reform in Pennsylvania, but to completely go 180 degrees in the opposite direction and advocate against it.
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A pair of recent Pennsylvania court cases made news last week resulting in a loss for the Fairness Center and skeptical Supreme Court justices questioning their arguments in another. The Fairness Center are an Oklahoma based organization suing...
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This article originally appeared in the York Dispatch on October 10, 2017. By Eric Rosso.With the Pennsylvania House of Representatives returning last month, all eyes were on Speaker Mike Turzai and the approach his caucus was taking to the budget...
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When most Pennsylvanians think of fair treatment, the first image that pops into their head is probably not Oklahoma based organizations funded by billionaires suing public school teachers here in the Keystone State.
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The Commonwealth Foundation, which claims to be a think tank, runs a year-round multi-million dollar right-wing political pressure operation right here in Pennsylvania.
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This op-ed initially appeared in the York Daily Record on May 24, 2017.By: Joshua HenneThe day of Donald Trump’s inaugural, I penned an op-ed detailing how Sen. Scott Wagner and our 45th president are two peas in a self-serving pod.Like Trump,...
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