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Jeffries: hey the GOP controls the government, absolutely nothing i can do, gonna work on my personal book tour Sanders: brb i am going to personally barnstorm strategic GOP house districts and try to peel off 2 votes so we can block Trump's cuts to Medicaid www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

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Music question of the day: what is the biggest band you saw in the smallest venue?

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yearning for bagpipes again

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This is the right message. What we're witnessing is a socioeconomic sickness. Megalomania brought on by severe concentration of wealth. It will destroy everything if it's not addressed

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lol today I'm reminding you that remaining on Twitter is a bad idea. Delete your account.

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🤣🤣🤣

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"you really think lp3 is the best american football album?" "i'll allow it"

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You can't hide from your constituents forever, Dave. Side note for Pittsburgh pals: Cadence Clubhouse is an extension of Pro Bike & Run. Stop giving them your money if you haven't already.

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Tom Lehrer made fun of hippies for thinking they could fight fascism with folk music but today's liberals consider folk music too divisive

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Been in Pittsburgh for two days now and that ballpark deserves a WAY better team playing in it

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I debated a long time on whether to include this classic on the album. It's been done a lot. But, not for a while at least. Ultimately, I felt like it was something of a right of passage for folk musicians to work up a rendition of it. Now go do yours. open.spotify.com/track/5x7E5x...

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History is cool, because imagine needing to be more specific about which defenestration in Prague you're talking about.

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100% and I need everyone to understand right now that there is only one solution: people need to start getting their asses kicked in public again

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It needs to warm up fast. My gas company is way too happy.

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When I first ran for office, I listened to RATM before doorknocking to get puuuuumped. It was us against the world.

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I feel like a lot of very normie very moderate liberals prefer AOC to most other congressional Dems and there’s something there, something to build on.

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Does @pghcitypaper.com do op-eds, @colinbwilliams.com? I have an idea that's so crazy it just might work...

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"Hey baby, wanna share vessels?" #severance

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Former Fetterman staffers: The book deal will cover the cost of breaking the NDA. Spill. The. Tea.

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Happening now: protesters are outside the Fine Arts Building on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago this evening. People are in line to see House of Reps Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for an event tonight promoting his recently released book. Crowd chanting at them, "we don't need a book tour!"

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Twitter is now an American right wing disinformation machine interfering in global politics. Your participation in it, is collaboration and nothing less.

submitted 2 days ago • 250 comments

gravedigger of american democracy. a more malign influence than john c calhoun.

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If only I had voted 120,267 times Kamala would have lost the electoral college 293-245 instead of 312-226. The guilt keeps me up at night.

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RIP Mike Lange, the voice of my childhood

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the right controls the entire government, control over information and what gets censored by the government, the mainstream media, every economic institution and the right is still pissed off about some people putting pronouns in emails

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Update: prototype is looking good. Still didn't need to ask for any donations.

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I personally don't think that Pittsburgh musicians should be seeking the validation of a man who is notable for being one of the only critics that Wikipedia could find who gave "Hey Soul Sister" a positive review.

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Remember when they used to commission songs for superhero movies? I need another track like "Vindicated" by Dashboard Confessional for Avengers: Doomsday

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The PG, full of scabs and giving attention to bigots. Sounds about right.

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The company you keep...

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Hi gang

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The sun will rise in #Pittsburgh #Pennsylvania tomorrow at 7:08, 81 seconds earlier than the day before. It will set at 17:59, 70 seconds later than the day before.

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Having a house in Middle Of The River would be baller AF. It's the ultimate moat!

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Pittsburgh famously has 90 neighborhoods including Bridgeland, Cliff Hazard, Pirohitown, Redevelopment Opportunity, Discovery Zone, Bridgeland II, The Tower Of Latria, Bigfootville For Some Reason, East North Southside, and Middle Of The River

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An index fund that sends you printed out memes with your statements is actually not a bad idea

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