The final push of a campaign runs on optimism which deflates when the votes come in like the experience on election day 2024 in Johnstown. The video above I took with my phone is of volunteers who drove canvassers to different neighborhoods in Johnstown. The canvassers were bussed in from safe states like Maryland and […]

On Saturday, October 19, 2024 the annual John Murtha Dinner was held by the Cambria County Democratic Party. The dinner was to honor the late congressman, John Murtha. Speakers included PA Attorney General candidate Eugene De Pasquale, Auditor General candidate Malcolm Kenyatta, Congressional Candidate Beth Farnham and keynote speaker Olivia Troye. The video above shows […]

Another author I met at the Festival of Books in the Alleghenies is political thriller author Michael Fedor. We spoke about his experience as a political operative and how it has shaped his writing today. He was first a schoolteacher and then a political operative. Our conversation can be heard below. Fedor has worked as […]

Each year the Northern Appalachian Folk Festival is celebrated in Indiana, PA. Musicians, vendors and local activists were present. The video below is from the event. The first 8 minutes were livestreamed with my GoPro. I’m still getting the hang of it. First, I met activists from Friends of Yellow Creek State Park in the […]

In the Morning before the Rally On Friday, August 30, Donald Trump made a campaign stop in Johnstown. I mounted my GoPro on my bike to get a sense of the carnival atmosphere surrounding it. The above video was taken around 11:30am, 2 hours before they opened the doors to the rally. I took footage […]

Democratic Candidate Eugene DePasquale The Democratic candidate for PA Attorney General Eugene DePasquale spoke to me this evening. He served 3 terms in the PA state house serving York County and 2 terms as PA Auditor General. As Auditor General he brought attention to untested rape kits and to over 58,000 calls to the state […]

More than a week has passed since the debate between Trump and Biden. Even with the 4th of July holiday there has been a wealth of polls on the race showing Biden losing ground. Since June 27, Trump’s lead has grown from 1.5% to 3.4% in a 2 way race according to Real Clear Polling. […]

Last Saturday I went to the annual Cambria County Democratic Pancake breakfast in Cresson, PA. Speakers there included former State Senator John Wozniak, Lt. Governor Austin Davis, and Congressional Candidate Beth Farnham. There were also speakers for State Representative Frank Burns, for State Treasurer Candidate Ryan Bizzarro, for Attorney General Candidate Eugene DePasquale, and for […]

On March 11 Theda Skocpol and Lainey Newman of Harvard University spoke at Watershed Books on their book Rust Belt Union Blues: Why Working Class Voters Are Turning Away from the Democratic Party. The book began as a senior thesis project for Lainey Newman under her advisor, Theda Skocpol. Thirty minutes of the talk can […]

Erin McClelland is running for State Treasurer in Pennsylvania. Previously she ran for the U.S. Congress twice against Keith Rothfus. I interviewed her about her experiences, her platform, and exactly what the State Treasurer does. She spoke of her background in industrial/organizational psychology. Later we spoke of how she worked with the former head of […]