DAILY GRINDER: City Council Passes Resolution Supporting ‘Clean Air Act’
"Global warming just never stopped!" Philadelphia City Council passed a resolution yesterday supporting the use of the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. We’re now the 24th city in the United States to call on the EPA to work to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. According to CommonDreams, “Climate change in Pennsylvania will cause...
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DAILY GRINDER: Another Unrelated Incident Leads to Pot Arrest
Philadelphia firefighters responded to a West Philly fire yesterday afternoon and found “at least 100 marijuana plants in the house,” with a growing room taking up the entire second floor. That’s at least three police/fire incidents which have led to the discovery of marijuana growing and/or selling in less than a month. Black Madam news: She allegedly...
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DAILY GRINDER: Bill Would Allow Online Voter Registration
I'm registering to vote...and tumblring. Senator Lloyd Smucker of Lancaster County, who, with a name like that, has to be good, has introduced a bill that’d allow state residents to register to vote online—and, if you can believe it, Smucker’s fellow Republicans seem to be on board. “Based on the experience in other states, online voter registration...
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DAILY GRINDER: Northeast Philly Woman Threatens Sen. Casey
A Northeast Philly woman was charged on Wednesday with threatening Senator Bob Casey. Ruby Marconi, 57, allegedly called Casey’s Washington office and told the Senator’s machine, “Hello Casey, you are going to pay for this … What the hell are you in office for, to go against President Obama?” She also noted, “You don’t think people are planning...
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Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson on Philly Parents: Send Them to Jail
Internet headlines and social media shares lit up purple with clicks recently when a video showing Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson on the Sean Hannity show from May 1 went viral. In the video, Hannity intends to incite more Fox News fake outrage for President Obama taking credit for killing Osama Bin Laden. But before that conversation could happen, Fox News Democrat...
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DAILY GRINDER: Nutter Helps Launch ‘Latinos For Obama’
Did I mention Mitt Romney once curb stomped a toddler? Yeah, that happened. Probably. Mayor Michael Nutter and Democratic National Committee Vice Chair R.T. Ryback were in North Philly yesterday to launch what they’re calling the grassroots organizing effort of ‘Latinos for Obama.’ It’s meant to “promote the President’s accomplishments on behalf...
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DAILY GRINDER: Philly Pols Jump in Attorney General Campaign for TV Ad
I endorse candidates for higher office now, too! A new Patrick Murphy for Attorney General Campaign ad touts endorsements from some Philly Phaithful, like Mayor Michael Nutter, District Attorney Seth Williams and former Gov. Ed Rendell. Those are some big endorsements, especially when compared to his opponent, Kathleen Kane, who’s only got the support of…Bill...
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DAILY GRINDER: Mumia Blasts Philly Schools
Convicted Philly cop killer Mumia Abu Jamal is not happy with this Philadelphia School System we’ve got and thinks it needs to be changed. In a recent interview from the Frackville correction facility in Northeast Pennsylvania to Russia Today, a Russian government-owned website often dedicated to conspiracy theories in the United States, he said, “The...
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Mayor Nutter Rips Mitt Romney on Conference Call
Oh, sorry. What I said was, 'Don't fuck with me.' If Mitt Romney somehow manages to become President of the United States, don’t expect him to get all bipartisan with Mayor Michael Nutter on an education initiative or some shit. Because during a Democratic National Committee conference call today in support of closing tax loopholes for the “super...
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Nutter Says Tainted Spinach Gets More Attention than Black Violence
Mayor Michael Nutter was in Washington DC yesterday to speak at the Youth Violence Prevention Forum. While there, he noted that black-on-black violence gets less attention in the national media than tainted spinach, and called for a “national investigation” into the trend. He called black youth violence “a disease… It’s a rash, and if there were a rash...
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