Dennis McDermott @dpmpgh.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Excuse my ignorance, but why can’t they go double box #tdf 010 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottJanet 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!triblive.comLetter to the editor: O’Connor nearly killed paid sick leaveCorey 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 ... 34017 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 30/04/2025April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps. 7594191014507 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottMatt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Re: U.S. CECOT detainees, the main q is NOT 'did they ever allegedly commit a crime?' Rather: Is the US allowed to deliver them into lifetime imprisonment in a notorious Salvadoran prison camp without charge, trial, sentencing, or consideration of international/asylum/anti-torture law? Clearly no! 652905796 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottJon Hanrahan @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Some personal news tucked in here: I'm running to fill this vacancy on Allegheny County Council. More on that TK!!!wesa.fmAllegheny County Councilor David Bonaroti to resignThe first-term Democrat announced Thursday he is moving out of state for work. 3285 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottMal (unwell to begin with) @thehudsonbay.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I don't think I'm going to vote for the guy who my college slumlord wants to be the Mayor of Pittsburgh. www.pghcitypaper.com/news/corey-o...pghcitypaper.comMayoral candidates point fingers on developer donations and affordable housingO'Connor's campaign fundraised with Walnut Capital, bringing in over $90,000, but Gainey's campaign accepted thousands from area construction firms. 1189 0
Dennis McDermott @dpmpgh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025I think this is obvious by now, but nothing this administration is doing indicates they care about winning elections legitimately anymore 000 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottRep. Summer Lee @repsummerlee.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Another illegal kidnapping by the Trump admin by masked, plain clothes agents. They’re terrorizing students to squash dissent because that’s what an authoritarian does. Rumeysa is now in a detention center like Mahmoud Khalil—both political prisoners who must be released. 413327 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/03/2025The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again. This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like. 483199017356 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottCharlie Wolfson @chwolfson.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Team Gainey isn't shy about being less accessible to developers. Deputy Mayor Jake Pawlak: “What they are talking about is ... calling in political favors to get preferred treatment. That’s something that’s been done a lot in the past that we absolutely don’t do.” 1199 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025WE'VE RAISED $100,000 IN LESS THAN SEVEN HOURS!!!! I'm SO grateful to the thousands of grassroots donors who've contributed so far -- and none of them are corporations or lobbyists! Help us build a different type of campaign: secure.actblue.com/donate/abu-b... 402070239 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I'm Kat Abughazaleh and I'm running for Congress. 23385554012223 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 20/03/2025The numbers speak for themselves. 518628 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 18/03/2025NEBRASKA CROWD: “TAX THE RICH! TAX THE RICH!” @USRepMikeFlood: “So your proposal to solve (the debt) is tax the rich?” NEBRASKA CROWD: *CHEERS WILDLY* (not sure this went quite as he planned 😬) 24937536618638 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 15/03/2025ICE stripped a German green card holder naked, drove him from Boston to Vermont to Rhode Island, put him in a cold shower, deprived him of medication, sleep and food until he collapsed. No one knows why he was detained.nhpr.orgGreen card holder from New Hampshire 'interrogated' at Logan Airport, detainedFabian Schmidt’s family said they are unsure of why he is being held. They said he has a recently renewed green card, and no active issues in court. 19563047212472 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottChris Rosselot @northsidecowboy.bsky.social · 14/03/2025As someone who works in the housing and community development space, local policies to grow housing opportunities is an important part of the pi (see what I did). O’Connors plan lays out policies that are either already in place or in process. There is nothing new that I can see. 3157 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Cool so what happens if GOP attach a national abortion ban to a CR? You'll vote for that too? 🚮 49798534613734 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottBarb Warwick @barb4pgh.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Including lot-size reform in the affordable housing package let developers build more & make more $ in exchange for 2 of every 20 units being priced for folks earning ~$17/hr. Carving it out gives them everything while getting nothing for Pghers struggling to pay rent. www.wesa.fm/politics-gov... 753 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottᵉᵐᵐᵃ @litupemma.bsky.social · 11/03/2025bless the chatter for letting me know we can upload videos over a minute on here now WOOOOO YALL ABOUT TO BE SICK OF MEEEEE 2186 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 06/03/2025DOGE “seemed unsure” of what USAID programs they cut and is now attempting to reverse some of the cuts, says @propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy. “This is the opposite of a careful review." 733187775425 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottSantiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 04/03/2025🚨🚨🚨 A MAGA mega donor is putting his thumb on the scale in the Democratic primary for Pittsburgh Mayor. Jeffrey Yass tried to do this last year and failed. We gotta beat him again. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...independent.co.ukA Trump megadonor leans into a tight swing-state Democratic primaryPennsylvania’s biggest Republican donor may be trying to put his thumb on the scale of a Democratic primary 11230102 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottJon Hanrahan @hanrahanrahanra.bsky.social · 03/03/2025one would hope that corey would be able to smell these sick fucks a mile away, to not take their meetings, to denounce their support, but if we can’t even count on him to do that…theguardian.comRepublican donors trying to unseat Pittsburgh’s progressive Black mayorDemocratic primary battle promising to be biggest test for progressive movement since Trump’s presidential victory 1145 0
Dennis McDermott @dpmpgh.bsky.social · 03/03/2025Fighting fascism starts here at home. We will not work with ICE. We will not be sold to fascists. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... 050 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottJeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Massive encroachment by Bezos into The Washington Post’s opinion section - makes clear dissenting views will not be published I still have not felt encroachment on my journalism on the news side, but if Bezos tries interfering with the news side I will be quitting immediately and letting you know 68087662093 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottCNN @cnn.com · 21/02/2025The US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials familiar with the matter told CNN.cnn.itElon Musk’s private security detail gets deputized by US Marshals Service | CNN PoliticsThe US Marshals Service has deputized members of Elon Musk’s private security detail, giving them certain rights and protections of federal law enforcement agents, three law enforcement officials fam... 169360225 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 19/02/2025The root that tears apart your foundation begins as a seed of distrust, hate, and blame. The seed that grew into a dictatorship in Europe didn’t arrive overnight. It started with everyday Germans mad about inflation and looking for someone to blame. 7793852210116 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottEd Gainey @gaineyformayor.com · 19/02/2025CommUnity. I am proud to fight every single day to make Pittsburgh work for real people, not just the rich + powerful I've taken on big fights against greedy corporations, union busters, gentrifiers, + so-called charities to make our city safe and affordable. Excited to be on BlueSky to share more 0158 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Go ahead. Let the people see you for what you are. 562610648316694 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottRyan Deto @ryandeto.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Scoop: Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey gets backing of United Steelworkers, the first major endorsement of the 2025 mayoral race. USW has 12,000 members in the Pittsburgh area. www.axios.com/local/pittsb...axios.comScoop: Steelworkers back Gainey in mayor's raceEd Gainey earned the first big endorsement of the 2025 Pittsburgh mayoral contest. 0114 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottMatt Rubin @mattirubin.bsky.social · 02/02/2025the tool someone setup that you can subscribe to which adds top donor labels to politicians below their name really helps you remember how their shortcomings come down to priorities not just ineptitude 142 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 01/02/2025NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it. 58832868612987 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottChris Rosselot @northsidecowboy.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Or the Dems that didn’t engage with Palestinian constituents (or even acknowledge), and Dems supporting a corrupt and war mongering Netanyahu regime. 042 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottRep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3) 9275170928514 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottBarb Warwick @barb4pgh.bsky.social · 20/01/2025So deeply disappointed by the blatant misinformation and racist dog whistles in this recent mayoral primary poll. We have two candidates with more than a decade each of experience in local politics. Surely that's enough to focus on their own records of getting things done for the people of Pgh. 4298 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/01/2025(i say potentially because there are income based waivers!) in the rage against congestion pricing on tiktok, however, the conversation is about a hypothetical poor new yorker who drives their car into midtown every day for work. but this person is so rare as to effectively not exist! 322834134 0
Dennis McDermott @dpmpgh.bsky.social · 19/12/2024To the tune of Paint it Black: Millennials: I see an apartment and I want to paint it grey 030 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 13/12/2024BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time. The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout. Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract. www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI1k...youtube.comHow Amazon Ruined ChristmasYouTube video by More Perfect Union 553172354206 0
Dennis McDermott @dpmpgh.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Mark Cuban sounds like a naive idiot talking about introducing AI into our bureaucracy and regulatory systems on John Stewart’s weekly show, and John is doing a great job of making him break it down to the barest components of what that will actually mean. Billionaires will not save us! 000 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 10/12/2024This is what happens when one major party makes Mass Deportations central to their presidential campaign, and the other major party essentially doesn't respond. 43719118 0
Dennis McDermott @dpmpgh.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I feel like it is very telling which rich folks and executives are offended by the rhetoric surrounding this. Same thing goes for those hiding the names of their leadership and increasing security. 010 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/12/2024We waste hundreds of billions a year on health care administrative expenses that make insurance CEOs and wealthy stockholders incredibly rich while 85 million Americans go uninsured or underinsured. Health care is a human right. We need Medicare for All. 511392253 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottJeff Stein @jeffstein.bsky.social · 20/11/2024www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... 149625310 0
Reposted by Dennis McDermottAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 16/11/2024A lot of people responsible for poor decisions are on a press tour right now because if they didn’t, people would rightfully be questioning THEIR leadership and they know it. It’s weak even by normal left-punching standards. Zero evidence more Liz Cheney would have won this. The opposite, actually. 1311235792955 0
