Sean Kitchen
@seankitchen.bsky.social
Born and raised in Philly. PA Political Correspondent with The Keystone and COURIER.
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Sean Kitchen
@seankitchen.bsky.social
· Aug 23
🚨🚨LIFE UPDATE 🚨🚨
I recently launched the Keystone Labor Report, a labor and progressive economic newsletter in Pennsylvania.
It's a twice a week newsletter and is one of the only political newsletters in Pennsylvania that focuses more on just that day's news.
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I recently launched the Keystone Labor Report, a labor and progressive economic newsletter in Pennsylvania.
It's a twice a week newsletter and is one of the only political newsletters in Pennsylvania that focuses more on just that day's news.
keystonenewsroom.com/pa-labor-rep...
If Pennsylvania Democrats want a legislative trifecta going into 2027, then they will need to hold onto this important Senate seat in Lancaster County.
I traveled to Columbia, Pa. for State Sen. James Malone's campaign kickoff yesterday. Story below 👇
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/02/l...
I traveled to Columbia, Pa. for State Sen. James Malone's campaign kickoff yesterday. Story below 👇
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/02/l...
Democratic trifecta hinges on Lancaster County Senate seat
State Sen. James Malone stunned with a special election win in Lancaster County. Now, his reelection could give Pennsylvania Democrats to flip the chamber and control the General Assembly.
keystonenewsroom.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
If Pennsylvania Democrats want a legislative trifecta going into 2027, then they will need to hold onto this important Senate seat in Lancaster County.
I traveled to Columbia, Pa. for State Sen. James Malone's campaign kickoff yesterday. Story below 👇
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/02/l...
I traveled to Columbia, Pa. for State Sen. James Malone's campaign kickoff yesterday. Story below 👇
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/12/02/l...
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Shout out to The Keystone and @seankitchen.bsky.social for covering the "We Ain't Buying It" boycotts!
#WeAintBuyinIt
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#WeAintBuyinIt
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“We Ain’t Buying It” boycotts target these Pa. retailers during holiday shopping season
The “We Ain’t Buying It” are aimed at Target, Home Depot and Amazon for their adherence to right-wing politics.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Shout out to The Keystone and @seankitchen.bsky.social for covering the "We Ain't Buying It" boycotts!
#WeAintBuyinIt
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#WeAintBuyinIt
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ICYMI: UPMC has had the Norma Rae union busting law firm on their payroll for over a decade.
Magee nurses became familiar with Ogletree Deakins in their successful union drive.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
Magee nurses became familiar with Ogletree Deakins in their successful union drive.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
UPMC hired powerful anti-union law firm to thwart Magee Women's Hospital elections
Ogletree Deakins, known for representing the textile manufacturer at the center of the real life Norma Rae story, had been hired to break UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital nurses and nurse practitioners.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
ICYMI: UPMC has had the Norma Rae union busting law firm on their payroll for over a decade.
Magee nurses became familiar with Ogletree Deakins in their successful union drive.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
Magee nurses became familiar with Ogletree Deakins in their successful union drive.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
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Magee nurses: "We would like better staffing so we can provide more personal care for patients."
UPMC: "No. Also we're going to give a bunch of money to the same union-busting firm that represented the Norma Rae cotton mill."
UPMC: "No. Also we're going to give a bunch of money to the same union-busting firm that represented the Norma Rae cotton mill."
Nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens hospital are pushing back against the hospital giant using Ogletree Deakins, a notorious anti-union law firm.
UPMC confirmed that they have been working with Ogletree Deakins for more than a decade.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
UPMC confirmed that they have been working with Ogletree Deakins for more than a decade.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
UPMC hired powerful anti-union law firm to thwart Magee Women's Hospital elections
Ogletree Deakins, known for representing the textile manufacturer at the center of the real life Norma Rae story, had been hired to break UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital nurses and nurse practitioners.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Magee nurses: "We would like better staffing so we can provide more personal care for patients."
UPMC: "No. Also we're going to give a bunch of money to the same union-busting firm that represented the Norma Rae cotton mill."
UPMC: "No. Also we're going to give a bunch of money to the same union-busting firm that represented the Norma Rae cotton mill."
Nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens hospital are pushing back against the hospital giant using Ogletree Deakins, a notorious anti-union law firm.
UPMC confirmed that they have been working with Ogletree Deakins for more than a decade.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
UPMC confirmed that they have been working with Ogletree Deakins for more than a decade.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
UPMC hired powerful anti-union law firm to thwart Magee Women's Hospital elections
Ogletree Deakins, known for representing the textile manufacturer at the center of the real life Norma Rae story, had been hired to break UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital nurses and nurse practitioners.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Nurses at UPMC Magee-Womens hospital are pushing back against the hospital giant using Ogletree Deakins, a notorious anti-union law firm.
UPMC confirmed that they have been working with Ogletree Deakins for more than a decade.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
UPMC confirmed that they have been working with Ogletree Deakins for more than a decade.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/24/u...
US Rep. Ryan Mackenzie likes to boast his pro-worker credentials but didn't sign onto a discharge petition to reinstating collective bargaining rights for federal workers.
#Allentown #LehighValley #1u
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/19/d...
#Allentown #LehighValley #1u
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This Pa. lawmaker refused discharge petition to restore federal workers’ union rights
There is a bipartisan push to restore union rights for 1 million federal workers, but this vulnerable Pennsylvania lawmaker is sitting on the sidelines.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
US Rep. Ryan Mackenzie likes to boast his pro-worker credentials but didn't sign onto a discharge petition to reinstating collective bargaining rights for federal workers.
#Allentown #LehighValley #1u
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/19/d...
#Allentown #LehighValley #1u
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/19/d...
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LIVE TODAY AT 1 PM ET - @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomes the Keystone's political correspondent @seankitchen.bsky.social for another edition of First Draft, your look at the headlines with the ones who write them!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
LIVE TODAY AT 1 PM ET - @sjdemas.bsky.social welcomes the Keystone's political correspondent @seankitchen.bsky.social for another edition of First Draft, your look at the headlines with the ones who write them!
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Centrist Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are going to doom the Democratic Party with these type of disapproval ratings.
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Centrist Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are going to doom the Democratic Party with these type of disapproval ratings.
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Would love to see someone from the moderate, Majority Dem faction really address and wrestle with the political effects of what Labour has been up to.
Latest YouGov government approval ratings, 15-17 November 2025
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Approve: 11% (-2 from 8-10 Nov)
Disapprove: 69% (-1)
Net: -58 (-1)
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 18, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Would love to see someone from the moderate, Majority Dem faction really address and wrestle with the political effects of what Labour has been up to.
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lmaoooooooo
THUNE SAYS EPSTEIN BILL COULD PASS US SENATE BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, POSSIBLY LATER ON TUESDAY
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
lmaoooooooo
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Let's GOOOOO
NEW: Pennsylvania Working Families Party is calling for a primary challenge against US Sen. John Fetterman and is looking to recruit potential 2028 primary candidates.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/18/f...
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/18/f...
Progressive organization calls for primary challenge to Fetterman
A major organization launched an effort to train and recruit potential primary candidates for the commonwealth’s 2028 US Senate primary against John Fetterman.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Let's GOOOOO
NEW: Pennsylvania Working Families Party is calling for a primary challenge against US Sen. John Fetterman and is looking to recruit potential 2028 primary candidates.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/18/f...
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/18/f...
Progressive organization calls for primary challenge to Fetterman
A major organization launched an effort to train and recruit potential primary candidates for the commonwealth’s 2028 US Senate primary against John Fetterman.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
NEW: Pennsylvania Working Families Party is calling for a primary challenge against US Sen. John Fetterman and is looking to recruit potential 2028 primary candidates.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/18/f...
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/18/f...
Working Pennsylvanians are going to get a tax credit when they file their taxes.
Here's what it means
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/17/w...
Here's what it means
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/17/w...
Working Pennsylvanians are about to get a tax break. Here’s what that means
Working Pennsylvanians can expect some tax relief once they file their taxes after the New Year with the Working Pennsylvanians Tax Credit.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Working Pennsylvanians are going to get a tax credit when they file their taxes.
Here's what it means
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/17/w...
Here's what it means
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/17/w...
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has mamdani gone full fetterman yet
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 AM
has mamdani gone full fetterman yet
HACC professors and faculty members have faced 5 years of union-busting tactics from their administration.
Today, they went on strike. My story below 👇
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/03/h...
Today, they went on strike. My story below 👇
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/03/h...
HACC professors strike after years of anti-union pushback
HACC staff have been organizing for over five years. Now, they’re on strike.
keystonenewsroom.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
HACC professors and faculty members have faced 5 years of union-busting tactics from their administration.
Today, they went on strike. My story below 👇
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/03/h...
Today, they went on strike. My story below 👇
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/11/03/h...
Health care costs will significantly increase for close to 500,000 Pennsylvanians at the start of open enrollment this Saturday as insurers prepare for the expiration of the ACA tax credits at the end of the year.
#ACA #Healthcare #Openenrollment
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#ACA #Healthcare #Openenrollment
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/10/30/h...
Why health care costs will skyrocket in Pennsylvania
Thousands of Pennsylvania residents are set to see their health care premiums increase as Republicans fail to extend critical tax credits.
keystonenewsroom.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Health care costs will significantly increase for close to 500,000 Pennsylvanians at the start of open enrollment this Saturday as insurers prepare for the expiration of the ACA tax credits at the end of the year.
#ACA #Healthcare #Openenrollment
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/10/30/h...
#ACA #Healthcare #Openenrollment
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/10/30/h...
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Outside the administrative building, chanting FAIR CONTRACT NOW
Have never seen this many security guards on campus as there are now.
Have never seen this many security guards on campus as there are now.
October 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Outside the administrative building, chanting FAIR CONTRACT NOW
Have never seen this many security guards on campus as there are now.
Have never seen this many security guards on campus as there are now.
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Harrisburg Area Community College Education Association rally for a fair contract
October 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Harrisburg Area Community College Education Association rally for a fair contract
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What's instructive about #2 in this new report is the admission that Dems see their job as representing a snapshot of public opinion (thermometer) rather than fighting on principle to persuade the public (thermostat).
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What's instructive about #2 in this new report is the admission that Dems see their job as representing a snapshot of public opinion (thermometer) rather than fighting on principle to persuade the public (thermostat).
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
www.politico.com/f/?id=000001...
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Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
October 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot."
Philadelphia International Airport launched a food pantry on Monday to help federal airport workers affected by the government shutdown.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/10/22/p...
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/10/22/p...
Food pantry for federal workers at Philadelphia International Airport federal gains steam
The airport is setting up food aid for federal workers who are affected by the government shutdown.
keystonenewsroom.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Philadelphia International Airport launched a food pantry on Monday to help federal airport workers affected by the government shutdown.
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/10/22/p...
keystonenewsroom.com/2025/10/22/p...
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Fetterman is who he always has been. We don't know what Platner is, but no reports thus far that he's a narcissist asshole who is in politics primarily because he was bored and daddy made him get a job after wasting his money at Harvard.
October 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Fetterman is who he always has been. We don't know what Platner is, but no reports thus far that he's a narcissist asshole who is in politics primarily because he was bored and daddy made him get a job after wasting his money at Harvard.
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If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2
Trump’s Orders Targeting Anti-Fascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition
Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.
www.brennancenter.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2
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Jeffries: “ And then you got Karoline Leavitt, who's sick. She's out of control. And I'm not sure whether she's just demented, ignorant, a stone-cold liar, or all of the above"
October 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Jeffries: “ And then you got Karoline Leavitt, who's sick. She's out of control. And I'm not sure whether she's just demented, ignorant, a stone-cold liar, or all of the above"