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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Poverty is a choice… (TAX THE RICH)
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Larry Moss @larrycmoss.com · 05/04/2026
@kellycheatle.bsky.social and I, with support from Michael Abrahamson and Fiona Eagle, just finished working on the balloons for this project. youtu.be/aamoxof1uyQ
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Fill Them With Fear: Hero Balloon Coming Soon!
YouTube video by Clash Royale
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.
Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.
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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Fascinated at how news coverage in #roc is reticent to mention how Joe Morelle’s son’s lobbying of Monroe County for AirBNB included sending MC the first draft of opt-out legislation, that they sat on for 200 days before pushing it through at the last minute.
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Rachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart.com · 09/12/2025
I requested this info from Bello admin right before Thanksgiving. Typically, they reply to all legislators. Less than 24 hours before the vote, they have not provided any of this. Providing it day of (if they do at all) is not acceptable. Damning. Another reason to vote no.
• Please provide all agreements and amendments between Monroe County and any short-term rental platforms to date.
• Please provide all payment data, reports, and any other materials submitted by short-term rental platforms under those agreements.
• Please provide all communications and records of meetings between the County and Nicholas Morelle and other lobbyists for Airbnb since the state law was enacted. State records show Ostroff Associates, Inc. where Morelle is listed as one of 16 lobbyists on the account, directly lobbied Monroe County officials repeatedly this year.
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Democracy dies in darkness- so why are we going to trust a lobbying firm that fights public power? Monroe county should take advantage of the tools the state has given them to ensure we’re collecting the data and tax revenue we need to keep things running smoothly.
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Monroe County shouldn’t give Airbnb a special exemption - Rochester Beacon
If the county Legislature opts out of a new state requirement to create a short-term rental registry, it will be a vote against basic transparency, enforcement tools, and fair taxation.
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Rachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart.com · 08/12/2025
Could use some support - pulling out all the stops. Join us!
Neighbors Demand Monroe County Create Short-term Rental Registry

Legislature to vote Tuesday on opting out of state law

Congressman Morelle’s son is lobbyist for Airbnb



Monroe County residents are holding a press conference at 5:30 p.m. today outside the County Office Building to demand the Legislature vote against opting out of the state requirement to create a short-term rental registry.


A registry would provide crucial data on short-term rental units and their impact on the housing market, fair taxation for all short-term rentals, and additional enforcement tools.


Monroe County is the only large Upstate county that is opting out. That’s because Congressman Joe Morelle’s son is a lobbyist for Ostroff and Associates, the Upstate lobbying firm for Airbnb, which state records show spent thousands of dollars to extensively lobby Monroe County officials over the past year. Morelle is extremely close to County Executive Adam Bello.


The legislature votes tomorrow. The legislation was introduced as a Matter of Urgency, bypassing the committee process.


“Airbnb had months of access behind closed doors, while residents get one rushed hearing at the eleventh hour. Instead of being upfront, the County kept this away from the public until the last possible moment. ‘Trust us to fix it later’ is not enough when the process has already shown us otherwise.” said Kelly Cheatle, a Park Ave. neighborhood resident and local housing advocate.


What: Press Conference Opposing Opt-Out Bill

When: 5:30 p.m. TODAY

Where: 39 W. Main St. in front of the County Office Building

Who: Neighborhood leaders and local elected officials
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Rachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart.com · 26/11/2025
I Ryan Lizza'd this by saving the best for last. TLDR: Joe Morelle's son is a lobbyist for Airbnb, which probably wrote this legislation. And now, we get no meaningful discussion. Public hearing is same day as vote, also the only time legislators can get to ask public questions.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 12/11/2025
I am on my way home to Toronto and the aurorae are absolutely phenomenal. If you are anywhere in the northern half of the continent, get outside and look up! Or better still, put your camera on a 10 second exposure and point it up.
Gorgeous red and green aurorae over a lighted city below.Gorgeous picture of red and green aurorae over a lighted city below.
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Don’t be a blockhead Charlie!
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
So- not bad for my first run!! If you voted for me in #rochester I would love to stay connected so that next time we find eachother sooner :) forms.gle/uFuNc1kaMrow... #roc
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I voted for Kelly Cheatle!
While I can see who voted, your vote is private. Thanks for letting me know about your support!
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
If you want to tune into the live results here in Rochester #roc, app.enhancedvoting.com/results/publ...
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Election Results
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Republicans who think your seat is safe: no it's not
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Less than an hour left to vote here in #roc if you’re waiting for the last minute, well- it’s the last minute!! Get out there!!
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Vote Local! #rochester
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
So I know folks in Rochester are bummed that they can’t vote WFP for @zohrankmamdani here- BUT you can vote for me on the Working Families Party Line right here in #rochester! Tuesday is your last day to cast a ballot - Find your polling place at www.voteforkelly.com/vote
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It's time to vote for Kelly! - Kelly Cheatle
EARLY VOTING OPEN OCT 25-NOV 2 If you’re registered to vote, you can vote at any of the early voting locations in Monroe County. Spanish interpreters available live on location. County Office Building...
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
🔥🔥🔥
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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This.
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Get Out The Mid Term Vote @gotmtv.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Happy b’day, “American Idiot” — released as a single 21 years ago today, and written in the wake of the Iraq War. “The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”
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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
We found our Bizarro for the sequel!
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Superman star enlists in ICE as fans say he's 'lost his mind'
Dean Cain joined the ranks of ICE as he proudly declared his dedication to deporting undocumented immigrants from the United States.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
We don't know who needs to hear this. #ResistTrump
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
What are we waiting for?
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Donald Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
That last part
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Not the outcome I’d hoped for in the Democratic Primary- but we had some hella victories along the way. You know our Democracy is in danger, if you want to put your skills to work in an organized fashion - let’s stay connected, kellycheatle.com/peoplepower
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
And if you need to find your polling location voteforkelly.com/vote has all of the details. including a video on the new voting machines
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VOTING INFORMATION - Kelly Cheatle
How to Vote for Kelly Cheatle in the Democratic Primary this June If you’re a registered Democrat you can vote by mail, vote early, or vote on Election Day. 🗳 Early Voting: June 14 – June 22, 2025🗳 El...
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Your last day to vote in the #roc Democratic primary is Tuesday June 24 (tomorrow!) I know you’re tired. I know it’s going to be hot. But I also know that your vote could change the future of our city… So get to your assigned polling location between 6am and 9pm vote & get your sticker!
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Jason Linkins @dceiver.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
it has not gone unnoticed
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Micah @rincewind.run · 22/06/2025
the thing with Mamdani is that he’s obviously an incredible political talent - the campaign he’s run has been extremely impressive even if you don’t like his policies the party should be delighted, and that they’re instead pulling out all the stops to beat him speaks volumes
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
No money for Medicaid or SNAP or museums or schools or sidewalks or gun violence prevention or art or libraries. Always money for war.
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22/06/2025
AOC: “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
The President's disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers.
He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations.
It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.
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Jeffrey Keese @jeffreykeese.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Meant to mention this last week, but if you have a young person in your life who’s into history or graphic novels or just good books, buy them George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy.” My oldest couldn’t put it down.
Cover of George Takei’s They Called Us Enemy” showing a young Japanese American boy in a line of people being sent to an internment camp guarded by a uniformed American soldier
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Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Don't miss @julialurie.bsky.social's latest, in which she went to a small city outside of Boston to see how immigrant communities are documenting—and shielding themselves from—Trump's deportation force www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Inside the scrappy network of volunteers protecting their neighbors from ICE
On the ground with the Fuerza rapid response team in Waltham, Massachusetts.
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Ben McAdams (The Resurrection Arc) @purrtah.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
A top staffer to Sen. Tina Smith emailed Sen. Mike Lee’s top staffers on Monday about “how much additional pain you’ve caused on an unspeakably horrific weekend” Via Sam Stein on twitter
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Rachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart.com · 17/06/2025
@13wham.bsky.social ‬⁩ this is propaganda. How could the reporter not mention that the mayor was caught in a lie about not doing these sweeps? And there’s no interview with an advocate who say that these sweeps are bad. And notably no use of word “sweep.”
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Rochester Police Department talks tackling homelessness with humanity
A small homeless encampment on Seneca Avenue off State Route 104 was recently cleared out by the New York State Department of Transportation.
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Worker Justice Center of New York @wjcny.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
BREAKING! Questionnaire shows broad support for raising Rochester’s minimum wage among mayoral and city council candidates! @cityofrochester.bsky.social 👉 Press Release on Questionnaire bit.ly/ROCWagesPress 👉Full responses to Questionaire bit.ly/ROCWageQuestionnaire #RaiseUpNY #ROCSolidWages
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Hey #roc it’s time to vote. #letsdothis Find your polling place, and even see a video of the new voting machines at VoteforKelly.com/vote (much love to Rob Rogalski, @magnusapollo.bsky.social and especially @larrycmoss.com)
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Rachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart.com · 03/06/2025
Monroe County Democrats closed ranks after @delgadoforny.bsky.social announced gov run. What bugs me is the notion that primaries are bad and disloyal and hurt efforts to fight Trump. Meanwhile, they have NO trouble primarying Dems who don't obey their orders. It's just about control.
Adam Bello tweet: Gov 
@KathyHochul
 has always put people before politics. From investing in JEDS to growing jobs and strengthening our infrastructure, she is a true partner in progress. I'm proud to stand with Governor Hochul to keep Monroe County and New York State moving forward - together!
MCDC Chair FB post: Today, Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado announced he is running for Governor. While I respect his service and dedication to New Yorkers, launching a campaign against a sitting Democratic Governor - while serving in her administration—is not the Democratic unity people are asking for in this critical moment. 
Governor Hochul is governing. She is delivering real, measurable progress for Rochester, for Upstate, and for all of New York. Her service is grounded in results - not rhetoric.
Here are just a few of the recent things she has accomplished:
✅ Rochester received $10 million in Downtown Revitalization funds to invest in housing, infrastructure, and small business development.
✅ She secured $50 million for a new psychiatric ER and inpatient facility at Strong Memorial Hospital - bringing critical mental health services to our region.
✅ Boosting School Aid $138M, including $115M increase in Foundation Aid
✅ Focusing on local roads and bridges, securing 106M for local projects. 
By contrast, Lt. Governor Delgado is asking voters to fire the very leader he's serving under. That’s not public service - it’s political posturing. If he intends to move forward with this campaign, the responsible and respectful course of action is to resign. New Yorkers deserve clarity and commitment, not conflict, from their leaders.
At a time when our country faces real threats to democracy and basic freedoms, New York must lead with unity, stability, and purpose. Governor Hochul has done just that. I’m proud to support her, and I look forward to continuing the work of building stronger, safer, more inclusive communities across our state.
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
#happypride
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Tune in tomorrow to connections at 1pm with Evan Dawson on @wxxirochester.bsky.social and you can hear from me as well as Luis Aponte and Victor Sanchez (its one of the few opportunities to hear from us before the primary so don’t miss these candidate episodes!)
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
If you’re curious about how we got to this wild timeline we’re on and what we can do to fix it- you dont want to miss this! This monday on zoom! mobilize.us/s/JQsL51
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🎨 Civic Imagination: Why Creatives and Caregivers Belong in Government · Friends of Kelly Cheatle
Join us for a conversation with Tom Tresser What if the people shaping policy were the same ones shaping care, culture, and connection in our communities? Join public theorist and commons defender T...
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Miriam Likes Pie ♡🟦 @miriamlikespie.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This 👇
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𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐤𝐨 & 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧 @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 12/05/2025
Crazy how long this conversation has been going on
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Ok- I’m going to be on the phone ALL WEEK next week to raise funds for mailers to reach the thousands of voters I’ll need to vote for me so I can be your next #roc City Council Member. $55 helps me reach 100 voters $550 helps me reach 1,000 voters… set a mom up secure.actblue.com/donate/kelly...
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We’re reaching out to our neighbors with a message that puts people first. Help us get it into their hands!
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Kelly Cheatle @kellycheatle.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Ugh. I know, and it makes it even harder for local candidates to use texts. I’ve taken to sending my own act blue in response! secure.actblue.com/donate/kelly...
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
The lack of skepticism really makes Trumpism possible—the pride in accepting hierarchies and ridiculousness. The Triumph of the Neokayfabe
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Welcome to Neokayfabe — Josephine Riesman // Writer
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