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Center for Artistic Activism @thec4aa.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Your campaign deserves more than a polite clap. Let’s make it stick. The Action Energizer Lab = 60 mins, 9 tricks to energize your work. 🎯 Wed 6/25 @ 6pm ET | Zoom | Free RSVP: tinyurl.com/AELJune25... #ArtisticActivism #MakeChangeIrresistible #ProtestWithJoy #ToolsNotTakes

C4AA's Action Energizer Lab, Register Today, June 25 from 6pm to 7pm

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Jonathan Mayo @jonathanmayomlb.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

A few words on why I voted for, and volunteer for, @gaineyformayor.com

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Jonathan Mayo @jonathanmayomlb.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

When Louise Mayo (aka my mom) talks about supporting @gaineyformayor.com, we all should listen #gaineyformayor

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

As I admired people's beautiful gardens, I also reminded them that one of the things the Gainey administration did in Pittsburgh was to reduce the injuries in the Dept of Public Works by 59%, keeping people safe and saving $10M!

This little fairy house was in one front yard. I did not see any fairies, nor were they on my list of voters to canvass.

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

I was canvassing to re-elect Mayor Ed Gainey in Pittsburgh, and got to see SO MANY BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS. Please vote for Ed! The city has become safer and more equitable in his first term, and we should stay the course.

Ruffly pale pink and white herbaceous peony flowers.

A vivid, hot pink many-petalled herbaceous peony flower.

White herbaceous peony flower with a faint golden flush at the center.

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Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · 17/05/2025

In my first term we’ve made incredible progress building a Pittsburgh for all! Together, we’ve reduced gun violence by 45%, delivered 1600 affordable housing units, and made historic investments in our youth — and I’m just getting started. Read More: www.cityandstatepa.com/politics/202...

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Calling reparations ‘complaints about the past’ is not just ahistorical — it ignores the government-sanctioned injustices that persist today. Black America is owed repair, restitution, and justice.

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Chris Briem (www.briem.com) @chrisbriem.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

My markup of population change in Pennsylvania. (underlying map from the @PASDC_PSU)

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Chris Potter @cpotterpgh.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Gainey campaign understandably taking a victory lap over new Census estimates showing Pittsburgh gained more residents than any other Pa municipality: "In my second term I plan to ... bring back the best of Pittsburgh’s glory days." www.wesa.fm/economy-busi...

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Rep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Birthright citizenship isn’t some loophole. It’s a constitutional right, no matter how hard Trump and Republicans try to push their racist agenda. The Supreme Court must uphold the law of the land. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05...

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Supreme Court Seems Torn Over Judges’ Power in Birthright Citizenship Case

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Pittsburgh Arts Council @pghartscouncil.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

UPDATE: Read more on the lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Rhode Island against the National Endowment for the Arts for requiring that grant applicants agree to not promote "gender ideology" in alignment with President Trump's recent executive order

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Trump’s Impact on the Arts: A Running List of Updates

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PA Humanities @pahumanities.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

✅ PA cultural organizations: Your voice matters! Complete our federal funding impact survey by March 31. Results will directly shape our federal advocacy. In partnership w/ GPCA & @pghartscouncil.bsky.social. ➡️ Take the survey now: www.surveymonkey.com/r/artsfedfun...

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Arts and Culture Organization Federal Funding Survey

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

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Pittsburgh Arts Council @pghartscouncil.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

This is a time for courage. The arts have long been at the forefront of social and political resistance. In a new Demystifying the Arts column, CEO Patrick Fisher shares actionable ways that artists, cultural organizations, and supporters can take to prevent history from repeating itself

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When the Arts Are Attacked, Democracy Is at Risk

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WESA @wesa.fm · 17/04/2025

The Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka was informed that it would not receive the remainder of a $472,000 grant it was awarded in 2022 by the federal Institute for Museum and Library Services. That would leave them with a funding gap of up to $156,000 on the multi-year project.

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DOGE budget cuts hinder restoration of Pittsburgh's Maxo Vanka murals

Cuts to a federal cultural agency have hit the Society to Preserve the Millvale Murals of Maxo Vanka and the Children's Museum

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

"Despite enormous challenges in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mayor Gainey has accomplished a lot in his first term."

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Re-elect Mayor Ed Gainey

Join me in voting to re-elect Mayor Ed Gainey on May 20, 2025

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Ballot Return Sites: Allegheny County Emergency Services Building Avalon Public Library Boyce Park Four Seasons Lodge Carnegie Library Squirrel Hill CCAC Homewood County Office Building Lobby (Ross Street entrance) Dormont Pool Greater Pittsburgh Food Bank North Park Ice Rink South Park Ice Rink

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Ballot Return Sites

Allegheny County will host ballot return sites for the Primary Election on May 20, 2025. Ballot return sites are staffed locations where registered voters who received a mail-in or absentee ballot can...

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

It's too late to drop your ballot in a mailbox -- it must _arrive_ by Tuesday. In Allegheny County, you can return it at one of 11 locations. 🗳️ You do have to bring your own ballot, yourself! Or you can take the entire ballot packet to your polling location on Tuesday, and vote in-person.

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Ballot Return Sites

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WESA @wesa.fm · 12/05/2025

The reports offer the most complete picture so far of the activities of Common Sense Change, which supports Corey O’Connor, and the Working Families Party, which has been advertising heavily on behalf of Mayor Ed Gainey.

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O’Connor outraises Gainey 3-to-1 in Pittsburgh mayor race this year; outside spending remains murky

The candidates running for mayor of Pittsburgh — and their allies — have filed their last complete financial reports before the May 20 Democratic primary.

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1Hood Power @1hoodpower.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Ed Gainey is for the people: He has delivered for this city: bringing the NFL draft to getting over $600 million for downtown investment to Increasing the representation of Minority, Women-Owned, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (MWDBE) by 35%, and supporting local business. 📷 @emmai_alaquiva

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Maria Montaño @themariamontano.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

O’Connor citing an NTSB report on the collapse of Fern Hollow bridge as proof that Mayor Gainey is letting our “bridges crumble” is one of the most ridiculous things I’ve seen come out from his campaign. Let’s be clear here - the collapse was the result of a failure of the Peduto admin who ignored

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DrSinBin @drsinbin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Yuuuup. And Gainey stood with the LGTBQ Community (literally) to protest UPMC canceling trans healthcare and O'Connor won't even sign a letter about it.

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Witamy Paçzki @hmullphoto.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Ed Gainey's opposition hand-puppet wants to equate the Working Family PAC with all his secret dark MAGA money donors who champion bad corporate landlords and know they have an easily manipulatable guy on Grant St, if they can ouster Gainey. #dontbelievethehype

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J. I. Swiderski, MURP @swiderski.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

When Fern Hollow Bridge collapsed, Gainey had been Mayor of PGH for less than a month. O'Connor, however, had been on Pittsburgh Council for 10 yrs, during which there were multiple inspections, reports & restrictions on FHB. Where was *he* in making sure the city wasn't "letting bridges crumble"…?

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The claims the O'Connor campaign makes against Mayor Gainey are proven wrong again & again. Now it's claims that the parks tax isn't all going to the Parks Conservancy. Correct! Because CITY COUNCIL VOTED NOT TO. All the money goes to parks assets & maintenance.

Path in Pittsburgh's Frick Park. Park is mostly deciduous woods, and this path has trees on both sides. Sunlight filters through the green leaves.

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Tanisha @tanishaevonne.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Mayor Ed Gainey spent his Friday with us feeding unhoused and formerly incarcerated people. He wasn’t campaigning. He rolled up his sleeves and pitched in because he cares about Pittsburgh. @gaineyformayor.com will always have my vote because he does the work.

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

“Corey O’Connor is claiming credit for Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave policy in TV ads and mailers in his campaign against Mayor Ed Gainey. But the truth is, he almost killed it.“ I’m voting to re-elect Mayor Gainey!

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Letter to the editor: O’Connor nearly killed paid sick leave

Corey O’Connor is claiming credit for Pittsburgh’s paid sick leave policy in TV ads and mailers in his campaign against Mayor Ed Gainey. But the truth is, he almost killed it. I know this ...

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Barb Warwick @barb4pgh.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

💐Look! It's Mother's Day deja vu! Here's to all the families out there letting Mom do her thing...we love you so much! And don't forget to vote for @gaineyformayor.com on May 20! 💐

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Yes! I’m voting to re-elect Mayor Gainey!

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

He's voting for Mayor Gainey: "In public meetings, O’Connor seemed to stay in the back glad-handing folks, rarely speaking up and never solidly siding with the neighborhood. By contrast, Gainey walked our streets, listened and made terminating the MOC a campaign promise — that he fulfilled."

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Letter to the editor: Gainey shows up, deserves vote

I’ll be voting for Ed Gainey in the primary because he showed up for Greenfield when Corey O’Connor, our city council person at the time, would not. Carnegie Mellon University wanted to pr...

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Janet Lunde @janetlunde.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

O’Connor introduced a bill for paid sick leave in Pittsburgh & it passed in 2015. It was tied up in legal wrangling, and was more or less dropped during COVID. Then Mayor Gainey started enforcing the law! Now local businesses provide paid sick leave, with support & training from the city.

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Ordinance and Guidelines

The Pittsburgh City Council passed the Paid Sick Days Act on August 3, 2015. The City of Pittsburgh Mayor's Office provided guidelines to clarify the application and administration of the Ordinance. P...

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Jesse Walker @notjessewalker.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Last night @wfmu.bsky.social aired interviews with me, Uri Berliner, and Sue Matters about the latest effort to defund the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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The Unfunding of Public Radio with Jesse Walker, Uri Berliner and Sue Matters: Techtonic with Mark Hurst

Audio & playlist from April 21, 2025

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WFMU @wfmu.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Reminder: The WFMU ARCHIVE BUNKER app is available for your exploration! Browse the truly vast WFMU archives including EVERY SHOW going back to the year 2000 on your iPhone or iPad! (Sorry, no Android at this point.) Thanks to Scott Puhl (aka Muddlegeist) for creating this!

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world. A better world is possible.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Thank YOU for coming out! This is exactly why we do this. One objective of these rallies has been for people in red and swing areas to start seeing and finding one another. There is power in numbers. We also bring local organizers onstage to speak and highlight local issues. It’s been great 💜

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

AOC: Some of the Republicans whose districts we visited just warned their leadership that they’re not sure they can vote for Medicaid cuts now. We’ve got them on their back foot. But our job is not done. We will rally every corner of the U.S. We will not stop until they actually vote no.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 21/04/2025

Workers are not asking to get rich. They just want to afford three meals a day. In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should work for starvation wages. It is time to raise the disgraceful $7.25/hr federal minimum wage to a living wage of AT LEAST $17/hr.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Harvard, the world's wealthiest university, has sued the Trump administration. The 51-page complaint, filed in a US district court in Massachusetts, seeks to overturn Trump's $3.2 billion funding freeze, calling Trump's demands to reshape the university “unconstitutional conditions."

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HARVARD SUES TRUMP ADMINISTRATION | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard sued the Trump administration in federal court on Monday over its multibillion dollar cuts to the University’s research funding, accusing the White House of undertaking an arbitrary and uncons...

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Ed Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · 22/04/2025

Tune in @wtae4.bsky.social TONIGHT at 7 for the second Mayoral TV Debate. I've built a people-powered city government to deliver for our communities, not corporate interests. But our work to create a city for all is just beginning. Let's finish the job! www.wtae.com/article/pitt...

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Gainey & O'Connor to take part in democratic mayoral debate on WTAE

Current Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey and Allegheny County Controller Corey O'Connor will face off at the WTAE studio live Tuesday at 7 p.m.

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Rich Lord @richelord.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Journalism students and recent grads: Why not intern in Pittsburgh this fall? @publicsource.org is a nonprofit newsroom with a vigorous program of story production, fact-checking, training and mentorship. Apply here: www.publicsource.org/jobs/#editor...

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Explore PublicSource's open jobs, internships in Pittsburgh

Discover career opportunities in reporting, editing, visual storytelling and more. Explore our Pittsburgh job listings.

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Phat Man Dee @phatmandee.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Apparently, there’s a walking tour on Wednesday being led by my mayor @gaineyformayor.com of the 1600 affordable housing units that his administration has delivered to the city of Pittsburgh during his first term. If you don’t believe it, you can go see them for yourself.

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Carolyn P Speranza @carolynpsperanza.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

“If we don't stand up [against Trump], it's not about what they'll do-It's about what we will allow them to do,” Gainey said, blasting Elon Musk as “appointed president from South Africa.” Gainey, Lee & SEIU members spoke on how Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has had negative impacts

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Carolyn P Speranza @carolynpsperanza.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Are you interested how we're protecting Progress in Pittsburgh against Trump's attacks?

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Carolyn P Speranza @carolynpsperanza.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Affordable Housing is KEY ingredient in #Pittsburgh's Livability quotient.

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Carolyn P Speranza @carolynpsperanza.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

6000 people protested in Pittsburgh Saturday. Pat McCardle and Meg Pereira lead here with signs, followed by Carolyn Pandolfo anonymously shortly after. "This Pussy Bites Back" inspires me. I didnt know that I cared about our flag but I do. For non Pittsburghers Jaggoff is local for asshole.

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Keith Boykin @keithboykin.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Trump is reportedly targeting the slavery section of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture for possible removal. “Black people are not going to stand for this,” says Nikole Hannah Jones, the author of the 1619 Project.

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Trump Targets a Slavery Removal from the National Museum of African-American History and Culture

BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — The museum's slavery facts and substantiating artifacts of the 250 years of the enslavement of Africans in America, curated by historians, are the bull’s-eye for the Trump adm...

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