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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 30/09/2026
We’re going to flip a Senate seat in Florida! Join us tomorrow to meet @angieforfl.bsky.social and learn about her people-powered campaign. RSVP: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
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Not pragmatic in the centrist sense @pragmatcradical.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Bernie Sanders is digging into his ~$23M war chest to aid Dems ahead of November. He’s planning to spend to boost Peggy Flanagan and Keith Ellison in MN, Angie Nixon in FL. Also hiring more organizers in MI, MN, FL, planning more GOTV text campaigns." www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
politico.com
Sanders ramps up his midterm play with cash boost for candidates
Sanders is putting hundreds of thousands of dollars toward key campaigns and has raised $2.8 million for his preferred candidates this cycle.
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 30/09/2026
“Let’s not let the paletero cart just sit in the street and be forgotten about … Let’s build speakers, let’s build a voice, and let’s push it to create the Contra-ICE sound system.” A new anti-ICE compilation album benefits immigrants' rights organizations: www.npr.org/2026/09/28/n...
Kathleen Hanna (left) and Adrian Quesada are two artists featured on the benefit compilation
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If nothing else, watch minutes 4-7. Senator Eric Schmitt, exposed for one of the more embarrassing mistakes I've ever seen in my life, responds by lashing out.
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TribLive @triblive.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Allegheny County Board of Health passes paid parental leave program
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Allegheny County Board of Health passes paid parental leave program
The Allegheny County Board of Health on Monday approved an updated paid parental leave program that would require businesses with 15 or more eligible employees to provide at least 12 weeks of paid leave to new parents. The Board of Health approved the proposal in a unanimous vote. The board
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Glenna Prowant 🚫👑 @brewitchin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Shock answer catches Darline Graham off guard as she tries to pin down Jack Smith www.rawstory.com/darline-grah...
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Shock answer catches Darline Graham off guard as she tries to pin down Jack Smith
Sen. Darline Graham (R-SC) got more than she bargained for while questioning former special counsel Jack Smith.The South Carolina Republican pressed the former Department of Justice appointee to expla...
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Dempsey O'Dwyer @dempseyodwyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
😂🤣What a Schmitt Show!!😂🤣 slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com
This Mortifying Attempt to Trap Jack Smith in Perjury Was Like Something Out of The Office
The whole exchange has to be seen to be believed.
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Conservation Voters of PA @conservationpa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
AI data centers are putting so much strain on our grid, that we could see more blackouts as early as 2030 unless action is taken now. Add your voice to demand more battery storage on our grid to prevent blackouts, lower costs, and put clean solutions in place. loom.ly/hfxoTOQ
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Conservation Voters of PA @conservationpa.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Valerie Gaydos has voted against commonsense data center regulations. We're backing Hadley Haas in #Pennsylvania House District 44!
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Danielle Gross, laughs at funny public comment @danipa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
When you’re seeing tweets tomorrow about Olivia Rodrigo in PGH just remember… (disanto lost his election in 2024)
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Cracker Steve @goodcrackersteve.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Experimental Guitar Night #71 at Bantha Tea Bar Wed Sep 30. 7:30 pm. All ages welcome. $10 cash at the door 5002 Penn Avenue, Friendship/Garfield Drinks and light food fare available at the tea bar Event by The Consortium and Bantha Tea Bar www.facebook.com/theconsortiu... www.banthateabar.com
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Steel City Stonewall Democrats @stonewallpgh.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Moreover, while libraries usually buy new hardbacks at a discount — say, $15 or $20 per copy — a two-year e-book license can cost $55 or more. Thus the price of keeping one e-book title for, say, six years might cost the same as buying 8 to 10 new print books."
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E-books among budget challenges facing Pittsburgh libraries
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, like public libraries around the nation, are struggling with the cost of e-books.
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R M @rm0001.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
WESA has: 1) critical thinking caps; and 2) the institutional knowledge to highlight the flimsiness of Zappala’s investigation. www.wesanews.org/politics-gov...
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Pittsburgh officials weigh in on Zappala affidavit alleging financial impropriety
An unsealed application for a search warrant filed earlier this year by the office of District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. has roiled Pittsburgh city government this week — as some of those named ...
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Pennsylvania's Megaphone @pamegaphone.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As Pennsylvanians pay higher prices for gas, groceries, and everyday necessities, PA Democrats are fighting to make our lives more affordable. We're LIVE tomorrow at 1:30PM with Kennedy Andara from @americanprogressaction.org & Jennifer Partyka, nurse and patient advocate to learn more.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Whomst among us does not love a gigantic, out-of-scale “triumphal arch” in the obviously ubiquitous triumphal arch tradition (????), that is also full of well-advertised ammunition
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Winnable California Democratic Races 💙 @winnablecademraces.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
California’s 22nd Congressional District is ranked Toss-Up by @cookpolitical.com 64% of the residents in Randy Villegas' district are Medicaid recipients, a higher proportion than for any other district held by a House Republican. 26% receive federal food assistance. wapo.st/4cvi8Nk
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Democrats try a novel path to defeat a battleground Republican: Moving to the left
Antiestablishment candidate Randy Villegas is testing the conventional wisdom about what it would take to unseat Rep. David G. Valadao in California.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 12/09/2026
Looks like the original web article about Canada rushing to our defense after Sept 11 was archived, here is a pdf: archives.nato.int/uploads/r/na...
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Lotta people this weekend are gonna have a karaoke mic in their hand when they find out that Dolly was a SINGER singer and even the songs she made sound easy are very hard. Keep your head on a swivel.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Yeah, I’ll just say that we, the Jews of Michigan, rarely have had an easier choice than Abdul over Mike Rogers. Rogers is only running because Trump told him. He’ll serve the fascist fundamentalism that denies us control of our bodies, loots the poor to serve the rich, and hunts our neighbors.
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Danielle Gensler @daniellegensler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Here are the three crochet projects that I am currently working on. I am about halfway done making the granny squares for my Halloween blanket. That project is going really fast, and I’m getting a good amount of granny squares out of these skeins of yarn. The waistcoat stitch scarf is slow going.
Halloween granny squares Teal green crochet scarfGreen granny cluster blanket
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James Santelli @santelli.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
And that’s a Pitt SWEEP! Man did this place get loud in the 3rd. Now I gotta run down for interviews.
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Janet Civitelli @janetcivitelli.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Let’s Streisand effect this interview. #JamesTalarico #JimmyKimmel youtu.be/WLDE9LrGpNk?...
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Interview with James Talarico That the FCC Doesn’t Want You To See
YouTube video by Jimmy Kimmel Live
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 12/09/2026
i am incredibly excited to share our research about how paying people’s rent through mutual aid made an impact on minnesota this year we accidentally collected more data than anyone ever has for an effort like this, and can very seriously say we prevented an eviction bubble that everyone expected
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Ray Roberts @ray604.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not normal. Never before. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Think of the parable of a frog in boiling water. That’s us dithering as the ‘unprecedented‘ weather becomes more extreme | Helen Pilcher
The complacency is staggering: just another hot summer, a flooded street, a crop failure. We are accepting this extraordinary deterioration as normal, says science writer Helen Pilcher
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David Morales @davidmoralespvd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thank you, Providence. 🫶🏽
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PA HDCC @pahdcc.com · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day! ✊ Today, we’re taking the time to celebrate the workers who keep our communities and commonwealth moving forward every day. No matter how you’re spending the holiday, we hope you get a well-deserved break!
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Tory Wegerski @producertory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Rep. Chris Deluzio was at today's Labor Day Parade in Pittsburgh, where he says he's gotten a lot of encouragement to primary Sen. John Fetterman in 2028.
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Deluzio says he's thinking about running against Fetterman in 2028 Democratic primary
Congressman Chris Deluzio says he's thinking about running against Sen. John Fetterman in the 2028 Democratic primary in Pennsylvania.
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Ray Roberts @ray604.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
This meeting of mayors was almost canceled due to extreme heat: about how to manage extreme heat. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We’re the mayors of Paris, Milan and Phoenix. The heat crisis has us all facing the same question | Emmanuel Grégoire, Giuseppe Sala and Kate Gallego
Our three cities are learning from each other about how to protect residents. These climate policies are also public health measures
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Rich Lord @richelord.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Know anybody who is at risk of eviction in PA, or dealing with a landlord-tenant complaint? Please consider sharing this @publicsource.org guide with them www.publicsource.org/eviction-in-...
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The risk of eviction may be higher than you think. Here’s what you should know.
Housing attorneys and advocates give tips for tenants avoiding or enduring Allegheny County's eviction process, from notice to quit to appeal.
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 03/09/2026
The decision from the Missouri Supreme Court to allow a referendum on the state legislature's mid-cycle redistricting nets Democrats one seat. Democrats are now favored in the Kansas City-based MO-05.
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Aaron Black @aaronblack.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🚨Breaking: In a shocking turn of events the Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new US House map backed by Trump from being used in the Midterm election and has ordered a state wide vote on whether to uphold or reject the new map! This is a big loss for team Trump. : apnews.com/article/redi...
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Missouri court blocks Trump-backed US House map and orders it to be put to a vote
The Missouri Supreme Court has blocked a new U.S. House map backed by President Donald Trump from being used in the November election.
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Not pragmatic in the centrist sense @pragmatcradical.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is the darkest daytime sky I can remember seeing before outside of a solar eclipse. It was like the sun set at 6:15pm
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 02/09/2026
As data centers suddenly emerge as a major political flashpoint, Councilman John Perkins has been recalled from office in Independence, Missouri, a city of 123,000, following his vote to approve a multibillion-dollar data center project.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 31/08/2026
Tomorrow is Election Day in MA-08 and Patrick Roath’s people-powered campaign needs our help to defeat a 25-year corporate-backed incumbent in a safe blue seat.
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MapQuest @mapquest.com · 27/08/2026
We’re not changing it.
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
There are powerful forces out there working to divide us. It's our job to make sure they don't win, to make sure that hate doesn't win.
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El-Sayed Talks Bridging Black, Arab Communities
El-Sayed Talks Bridging Black, Arab Communities
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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“Lake Ontario has been called Lake Ontario since at least the 1600s.”
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Trump signs executive order to rename Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’
The move comes as Trump and Canada have become embroiled in a trade war.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 26/08/2026
A democratic socialist AND a member of the Chickasaw Nation?!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
No new data centers until we have federal guardrails.
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Patrick Roath @patrickroath.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
THE BOSTON GLOBE HAS ENDORSED OUR CAMPAIGN I'm honored, humbled, and deeply committed to the mission of service. We've got 9 days left to win this thing. Join us at patrickroath.com
Boston Globe Endorses Patrick Roath for Congress
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
We have a result in this race. Taylor, who wanted to bring theocracy to Oklahoma schools, has lost in the GOP primary.
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
NASHVILLE, TN (August 25, 2026) – Global icon and humanitarian, Dolly Parton, known to the world as a beloved singer, songwriter, philanthropist, actress, playwright, and author died peacefully today in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 80 years old.

 

Dolly is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years Carl Thomas Dean (1942 – 2025), her mother Avie Lee Caroline Owens (1923 – 2003), and father, Robert Lee Parton, Sr. (1921 – 2000). 

 

A rhinestone life that shone bright enough for the world to see, Dolly will forever stand as an inspiration not only through her timeless music and prolific songwriting, but also her wit, warmth, and kindness that made us all feel like family. Dolly Parton’s legacy is one of love, compassion, and resilience. With a seven-decade career, she inspired multiple generations of artists and fans with her music and an unwavering commitment to making the world a better place. Her songs will continue to resonate with people of all ages, and her philanthropic work will have a lasting impact.

 

At Dolly’s request, a small, private service will be held for immediate family. Dolly’s fans and friends from around the world are encouraged to pay tribute to Dolly on social media by tagging @DollyParton or by leaving a message at www.dollyparton.com.         

 

In lieu of flowers the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com.
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Nicole LaFond @nicolelafond.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Americans across the political spectrum are outraged and staunchly opposing the development of new AI data centers — and the fossil fuel-burning gas plants that run them — in rural and urban communities across the country alike.
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Trump’s EPA Clamps Down on Public Outrage Over Data Centers — the One Issue Sparking Bipartisan Revolt
Americans across the political spectrum are outraged and staunchly opposing the development...
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A Heaping Spoonful of Allegheny County Political Data @acpoldata.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
A total of 2,075 Republicans returned a mail-in ballot, which means a minimum of 277 Republicans, or 13.3%, voted for Dukes in the special election.
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A Heaping Spoonful of Allegheny County Political Data @acpoldata.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Of the 5,347 mail-in ballots cast in the recent special election for the Pennsylvania 12th House district, 3,549 were cast for Democrat Brandon Dukes, and 1,787 for Republican Scott Timko, with 11 write-ins. 1/2
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