Tag: influence

Right-wing pandemic denier political event in Pennsylvania.

Important Context – Who’s Speaking At the 2024 Brownstone Institute Conference? This year’s fringe fest shows the extent of the anti-science group’s influence. Walker Bragman, Allison Neitzel, and Natalie Jonas Oct 28, 2024 The panel lineup of the 2024 Pittsburgh conference not only illustrates how wide Brownstone’s influence web has become, but how unifying—and animating—public […]

From pandemic denial conspiracy fictions, to anti-trans… extremists took over yet another school board in Pennsylvania.

This seems to be a recurring theme, and the school board anti-trans bathroom garbage and Black history book bans, is also tied up with pandemic misinformation, and it’s connected to the election disinformation and people involved in January 6th stuff. It all seems to be part of the same political movement in opposition to public […]

Republican state legislators in PA float punitive control of local governments forcing favour to fossil fuel.

Republican lawmakers want to punish municipalities attempting to protect local residents and public safety, and impede their compensation for environmental destruction by gas drillers. Saturday, October 12, 2024 Sen. Bartolotta, Sen. Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And […]