Out d’Coup Friday Politics Roundup | Guest host Amy Knecht joins to talk about right-wing organizing in Bucks County and more

<p>Today I welcome Amy Knecht as our guest co-host for this weeks Friday Politics Roundup. For the bulk of today’s show, Amy and I will be talking about right-wing organizing in Bucks County, PA. In particular, we’ll be focusing on Andy Meehan's organization, Right for Bucks. Meehan has built a well-organized, well-funded, and growing organization bent on taking control of the Bucks County Republican Party with a far-right "America First" agenda. In the lead up to the 2022 midterm elections and emboldened by the raging culture war battles in local, regional, and national school boards, Right for Bucks is front and center in the “America First,” election conspiracy, Trump cult. But, you’re going to be surprised at what it’s like inside Right for Bucks organizing meetings. How do we know? Well, this week Amy attended a public Right-for-Bucks Zoom event. She’s going to take us inside that meeting and let us all know why we have our work cut out for us. </p> <p>Before we get there a few headlines:</p> <p>It’s official, more than <a href='https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/900-000-dead-covid-deaths-are-surging-low-vaccination-states-n1288586'>900,000 people have died of COVID</a> in the United States. 100,000 people have died since December 13, 2021. And, as expected, the highest death rates are occuring in states with lower vaccination rates and minimal COVID mitigation efforts. Pennsylvania has the 5th highest death rate, according to an NBC News analysis. </p> <p>The United States turns to assassination again in it’s never-ending war on terror. <a href='https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/US-raid-in-Syria-kills-top-ISIS-leader-Abu-Ibrahim-alHashimi-alQurayshi/ar-AATr0ES'>Biden announced yesterday that a US raid on Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi’s home, led to his death</a>. Early reports say that at least 13 people, including six children and four women were also killed. </p> <p>A <a href='https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/04/carbon-footprint-gap-between-rich-poor-expanding-study?