Ken Baldonieri
@baldonieri.bsky.social
Greensburg to Budapest to Rome to Pittsburgh!
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40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
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South Side. Hot Metal Street Bridge. There is a protest shutting down the Hot Metal Street Bridge. They are also on South Water Street.
November 17, 2025 at 11:18 PM
South Side. Hot Metal Street Bridge. There is a protest shutting down the Hot Metal Street Bridge. They are also on South Water Street.
Stopped into Vinegar Syndrome fur the first and picked up this gem. @whmpodcast.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Stopped into Vinegar Syndrome fur the first and picked up this gem. @whmpodcast.bsky.social
Tax the goddamn rich. It’s not that difficult a concept.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Tax the goddamn rich. It’s not that difficult a concept.
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He is the first Pirate to be a unanimous selection
Paul Skenes has become the third Pirate to ever be voted Cy Young
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
He is the first Pirate to be a unanimous selection
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-You had the support of the country.
-Republicans had been widely (and rightfully) blamed.
-We are coming off of elections in which dems went undefeated.
-People had sacrificed a great deal.
*You had either been complicit in those 8 yes votes or too weak and ineffective as a leader.*
-Republicans had been widely (and rightfully) blamed.
-We are coming off of elections in which dems went undefeated.
-People had sacrificed a great deal.
*You had either been complicit in those 8 yes votes or too weak and ineffective as a leader.*
November 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
-You had the support of the country.
-Republicans had been widely (and rightfully) blamed.
-We are coming off of elections in which dems went undefeated.
-People had sacrificed a great deal.
*You had either been complicit in those 8 yes votes or too weak and ineffective as a leader.*
-Republicans had been widely (and rightfully) blamed.
-We are coming off of elections in which dems went undefeated.
-People had sacrificed a great deal.
*You had either been complicit in those 8 yes votes or too weak and ineffective as a leader.*
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Centrist dems are feckless assholes. I guess I should’ve know they’d cave.
Centrist dems are feckless assholes. I guess I should’ve know they’d cave.
US Senate takes steps toward vote to end historic federal shutdown
Senators plan to vote on advancing House-passed stopgap funding bill, suggesting end to 40-day shutdown in reach
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Centrist dems are feckless assholes. I guess I should’ve know they’d cave.
Centrist dems are feckless assholes. I guess I should’ve know they’d cave.
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
You still have an hour to vote if you’ve not gotten to yet! Also, Pittsburgh has the best stickers.
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
You still have an hour to vote if you’ve not gotten to yet! Also, Pittsburgh has the best stickers.
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It's been over a month since Speaker Johnson has brought the House back into session.
Our jobs can't get done if he won't bring us back.
Republicans have dragged this shutdown on for too long. We must negotiate a bill to protect healthcare & reopen the government. Folks are hurting.
Our jobs can't get done if he won't bring us back.
Republicans have dragged this shutdown on for too long. We must negotiate a bill to protect healthcare & reopen the government. Folks are hurting.
October 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
It's been over a month since Speaker Johnson has brought the House back into session.
Our jobs can't get done if he won't bring us back.
Republicans have dragged this shutdown on for too long. We must negotiate a bill to protect healthcare & reopen the government. Folks are hurting.
Our jobs can't get done if he won't bring us back.
Republicans have dragged this shutdown on for too long. We must negotiate a bill to protect healthcare & reopen the government. Folks are hurting.
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Pennsylvanians are facing a Supreme Court retention vote that has major implications. GOP billionaires want to flip the PA Supreme Court & gut worker rights, abortion rights, & voter access.
Help spread the word: Vote YES to retain pro-democracy judges!#PACourtsMatter social.demcast.com/s/iVprIWRa
Help spread the word: Vote YES to retain pro-democracy judges!#PACourtsMatter social.demcast.com/s/iVprIWRa
September 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Pennsylvanians are facing a Supreme Court retention vote that has major implications. GOP billionaires want to flip the PA Supreme Court & gut worker rights, abortion rights, & voter access.
Help spread the word: Vote YES to retain pro-democracy judges!#PACourtsMatter social.demcast.com/s/iVprIWRa
Help spread the word: Vote YES to retain pro-democracy judges!#PACourtsMatter social.demcast.com/s/iVprIWRa
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Today in 1968 The Night of the Living Dead, directed by George Romero, premiered in Pittsburgh.
October 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Today in 1968 The Night of the Living Dead, directed by George Romero, premiered in Pittsburgh.
Go Bucs fur the last time this year. Hope next year is better. Likely not. 🤷🏽♀️
September 21, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Go Bucs fur the last time this year. Hope next year is better. Likely not. 🤷🏽♀️
Just learned and very excited to find out that a new brick and morter Vinegar Syndrome store is opening soon on East Carson in the Southside! @vinsyn.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Just learned and very excited to find out that a new brick and morter Vinegar Syndrome store is opening soon on East Carson in the Southside! @vinsyn.bsky.social
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Now: Union Station in Washington, D.C.
August 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Now: Union Station in Washington, D.C.
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Stay salty DC 🔥
August 11, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Stay salty DC 🔥
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Yesterday’s ICE raids at Emiliano’s is just another example of how the Trump admin is terrorizing our communities and ripping families apart.
This violence and cruelty has no place in Western Pennsylvania or anywhere in this country.
This violence and cruelty has no place in Western Pennsylvania or anywhere in this country.
'Lives shattered': Emiliano's vows to reopen after feds seize 16 in immigration raid
Federal immigration agents took 16 people into custody Thursday during coordinated raids at Emiliano’s restaurant locations in the North Hills and Butler County. The agents, led by U.S. Immigrat...
triblive.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Yesterday’s ICE raids at Emiliano’s is just another example of how the Trump admin is terrorizing our communities and ripping families apart.
This violence and cruelty has no place in Western Pennsylvania or anywhere in this country.
This violence and cruelty has no place in Western Pennsylvania or anywhere in this country.
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Pennsylvania is aging, shrinking, and stretched thin. We can’t tax-cut our way to growth. The way forward is to build: more housing, stronger schools, smarter transit, and real regional collaboration. We have the people and the tools, we just need the clarity of purpose and courage to act.
The Pennsylvania We’re Becoming
Pennsylvania is aging, shrinking, and stretched thin. We can’t tax-cut our way to growth or wait for federal rescue. The only way forward is to build: more housing, stronger schools, smarter transit, ...
www.andrewflynnpa.com
July 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Pennsylvania is aging, shrinking, and stretched thin. We can’t tax-cut our way to growth. The way forward is to build: more housing, stronger schools, smarter transit, and real regional collaboration. We have the people and the tools, we just need the clarity of purpose and courage to act.
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Having already decimated reproductive rights and rolled back LGBTQ protections, Christian nationalists are now aiming to eliminate every barrier to transforming the U.S. into an unrecognizable Christian theocracy.
👀 The Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy has just published an article by A3P Sr. Counsel Josh Hammer, Timon Cline, & Yoram Hazony. It calls on SCOTUS to reverse the 1947 Everson case, which held that the Establishment Clause applies to the states & requires a separation of church & state. 1/
July 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Having already decimated reproductive rights and rolled back LGBTQ protections, Christian nationalists are now aiming to eliminate every barrier to transforming the U.S. into an unrecognizable Christian theocracy.
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I’m a hardworking, taxpaying, churchgoing, grandkid-raising American citizen. And if I work all day long and want to go home, smoke a joint & just stare at the fireplace for 3 hours…that’s my civil liberty.
@sarapayan.bsky.social reports on my mission to end America's prohibition on marijuana:
@sarapayan.bsky.social reports on my mission to end America's prohibition on marijuana:
Rick Steves Talks Travel, Cannabis and Freedom
The celebrated PBS television host’s plant advocacy is legendary as is his take on the current state of international cannabis.
cannabisnow.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I’m a hardworking, taxpaying, churchgoing, grandkid-raising American citizen. And if I work all day long and want to go home, smoke a joint & just stare at the fireplace for 3 hours…that’s my civil liberty.
@sarapayan.bsky.social reports on my mission to end America's prohibition on marijuana:
@sarapayan.bsky.social reports on my mission to end America's prohibition on marijuana:
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Netanyahu began this war with his attack on Iran. In the process, he sabotaged US-Iran negotiations on nuclear issues and assassinated Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator.
The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.
The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.
June 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Netanyahu began this war with his attack on Iran. In the process, he sabotaged US-Iran negotiations on nuclear issues and assassinated Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator.
The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.
The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.
“Sugar”
i just watched a clip of stephen miller talking to hannity from a few days ago and my god is that guy a stone cold freak. like, everything about him is profoundly off-putting, like a bug in an eggar suit
June 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
“Sugar”
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June 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM