Pittsburgh Dave
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Pittsburgh Dave
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Writer. Former newspaper reporter. Currently narrative nonfiction. Pittsburgh guy in Texas, hiking Hill Country. Irish & US citizen. #Steelers, #HereWeGo, #Sober, ENFJ.
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Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. chose new leaders on Tuesday. The new president is an archbishop from Oklahoma City who issued a statement two days after President Trump’s inauguration calling on Catholics to remember that Jesus was once a refugee, and to support immigrant families.
Archbishop Paul Coakley Is Picked to Lead American Bishops
“We face a growing worldview that is so often at odds with the Gospel mandate to love thy neighbor,” the group said in a letter to Pope Leo.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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If you want to understand how we got here it’s bc of stupid MFERS like this:

“I MAY NOT VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS”
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
We could do this in Texas. But the Republicans must protect the Christo-fascist billionaire oilmen.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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The wrapper didn't split so they had to acquit.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
White House aides quietly removed ketchup bottles and packets prior to the polls closing yesterday.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
NY Times Pitchbot
ah well, it was fun while it lasted
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Or a MAMdate.
I can’t believe they called prop 50 the moment polls closed. That tells you something. Most of these races were called within 45 minutes. It’s a BLOWOUT, y’all. THAT is what we call a MANDATE.
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Watch out! The pinko menace is spreading across the map like the commies in a 1940s newsreel. If he looks like a commie and smells like a commie, and walks like a commie, then he’s probably a commie.
How to Spot a Communist (1950)
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November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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BREAKING: Democrat Corey O’Connor is elected Pittsburgh mayor, defeating Republican Tony Moreno.

Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Ju-jitsu endorsement. Trump secretly wants Mamdani, so he can scream Communists and threaten to send in the military to NYC for the next 12 months.
Wow. That seals the deal. Cuomo should concede.
November 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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In @nytopinion

“When your country pursues abhorrent policies, when the face it turns to the world is the face of a monster, what does that say about you?” our columnist M. Gessen writes after speaking with Jewish Israeli dissidents.
Opinion | These Israeli Dissidents Can Show Americans How to Be a Good Citizen of a Bad Country
And why it matters so much to try.
nyti.ms
November 4, 2025 at 4:45 AM
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November 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
He’s got to sue them again, obvs
November 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
His hate is vast and abundant
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people

if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Post a book you love from the 80s. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #booktok #bookish #books
November 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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All the thinkpieces about Bluesky don't account for the fact that it's occasionally 100% wall-to-wall baseball on here
November 2, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Woe Canada, Our hearts give out for thee.
November 2, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Miguel Effing Rojas is the new Bucky Dent.
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 AM
You can fool some of the people all the time and all of the people some of the time. But you can’t fool all the people all the time.
— Abe Lincoln
Trump’s America: FBI Director is taking govt jets to watch his girlfriend sing, president is in Palm Beach holding Great Gatsby balls after golf, we are murdering people in boats while refusing to show proof of guilty, govt is shut down, airports are a disaster, prices are up.
November 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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40% of live births in America are paid for by Medicaid.

Slash that shit and then what?

Babies die. Mothers die. We all pay more for every kind of medical care and hospitals go belly up.

How. Is. That. Winning?
November 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This, except substitute November for September
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)
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November 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Ghislaine Maxwell is getting VIP sexual deviant treatment.

Breakfast is delivered to her each morning in her prison dormitory.

She is allowed private meetings with hidden guests.

Next stop: Pardon-ville or a comfy house arrest suite with private chefs and a Peloton.

Trump-Epstein cover-up.
'What the hell?' Ex-RNC chair gobsmacked by this shocking prison privilege for Maxwell
MSNBC anchor and former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele was gobsmacked Friday over reports that Ghislaine Maxwell is receiving preferential treatment at a federal prison — and that ...
www.rawstory.com
November 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Post a perfect album from 1989, a perfect music year.

In the Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM