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As a stutterer myself, just want to say it’s not Biden not knowing things all the time when he speaks. He is stuttering. He just tried to say “making billionaires richer,” but had to adjust and say “making billionaires r- more wealthy.” This is how stuttering is like in real life
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Here is video of Pittsburgh Police shooting a projectile at a small group of protesters from close range. The protesters have their hands up. This is from June 1 in East Liberty. The police and city are being sued by protesters for their actions on this day.
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Former President Barack Obama has a “tough talk” at the Black voters for Harris event in East Liberty. He addressed that Black men have not been as enthused about Harris as during his first run, and he sought to encourage them to join Harris’ movement
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After losing the PA Senate race, Mehmet Oz is also apparently unable to get his daytime TV show back on air. radaronline.com/p/dr-oz-prod…
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Mt. Lebanon native and billionaire Mark Cuban attended Kamala Harris’ speech in Pittsburgh and he contrasted her economic agenda to Trump’s. Cuban has endorsed Harris
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Jason Isbell and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe are holding a free concert in Pittsburgh for the Kamala Harris campaign. Going after Pittsburgh's key GenX/elder millennial dude vote triblive.com/news/politics-e…
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Pittsburgh-area Steelworkers union leaders are upset with President-elect Trump for his vow to block the US Steel-Nippon deal. One of them spoke at a Trump rally earlier this year, and he said Tuesday that Trump's statements felt like a "gut punch." triblive.com/news/politics-e…
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at CMU in Pittsburgh talking about the importance of the youth vote in Pittsburgh and how it will shape the presidential race.
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Took this video of the Trump rally in Westmoreland County PA shortly before he said “people as far as the eye can see.” A lot of open space here. This is the smallest rally of his 5 in the Pittsburgh area he has held this year.
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It's official. John Fetterman has filed papers to run for U.S. Senate in 2022. PA seat is rated as toss-up by political prognosticators, which is currently Dems best chance at flipping a seat. Here's our story from when Fetterman announced exploring a run pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/…
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Conor Lamb standing up for AOC against criticism from John Fetterman, unthinkable in 2022, lol
You are collaborating with - rather than fighting - people who:
-destroyed union rights at Philly airport;
-singled out a huge employer in our state (Penn) for a $175m cut;
-announced closure of mine safety offices and even one for the Flight 93 memorial.
Just this week.
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Western PA Teamsters endorse Harris, breaking w/ national union. Joint Council #40 prez, a retired McKeesport cop, cited Harris' support for labor & saving Teamster pensions. He called Trump an “egotistical bully" who doesn't care about working people triblive.com/news/politics-e…
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Not just a day off. 29k of 35k left can't be legally counted until Fri. due to court order. 29k are replacement ballots bc a contracted company delivered wrong ballots last month. Election return board HAS to legally meet tmrw before counting can resume
🚨Allegheny County counting update🚨
Most 35k mail-ins to be counted are the 29k ballots that can't be legally counted until Friday. No mail-in ballot counting today.
But, 6 in person precincts will be tabulated in Braddock Hills, Homestead, Pittsburgh (2), Shaler & Whitehall
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This tweet is filled with incomplete information. it's not just a day off. County CAN'T LEGALLY COUNT 29k of 35k ballots today due to court order, bc a contracting company sent out wrong mail-in ballots last month and they needed to be replaced.
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Practically every inch under Florida is under water. The limestone bedrock beneath Florida is porous and basically all underwater caves, and can’t support tunnels. Level of naivety is astounding.
Cars & trucks stuck in traffic generate megatons of toxic gases & particulate, but @boringcompany road tunnels under Miami would solve traffic & be an example to the world.
Spoke with @RonDeSantisFL about tunnels last week. If Governor & Mayor want this done, we will do it.
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Former President Barack Obama arrives at Kamala Harris campaign office in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty neighborhood. This is a Black Voters for Harris event. A crowd of 40 in a tight space is buzzing
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Tim Walz arrived at rally inside Acrisure Stadium where hundreds of supporters have gathered. The former high school football coach said this is his first visit to Steelers Country.
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Pittsburgh is a perpetual state of complaining about Pittsburgh while simultaneously defending every aspect of Pittsburgh from outside criticism
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CNN has projected that Summer Lee has won PA-12. She withstands a late $1 million ad by by AIPAC to protect the Dem seat.
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The Kamala Harris campaign will be airing this ad tomorrow during the Steelers game, highlighting this maintenance worker with a thick yinzer accent, saying that Trump doesn’t understand working-class values and Harris will lower costs for groceries and healthcare.
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This guy runs the editorial department at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, just to end any notion that the paper’s endorsement matters. pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/…
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It was a bit. “We’ve been trying to do something a little different this year with something humorous going on in the background … trying to make it a little more interesting,” said a Seven Springs official.triblive.com/local/regional/…
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Obviously, read this if you haven’t theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are at the new Sheetz on University Ave in Moon, not to be confused with the old Sheetz on University Ave in Moon. So this is the Sheetz where the drive thru coffee place used to be, the one near the river
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New from me: A mail-carrier from Baldwin, Pa. currently under investigation for allegedly throwing away garbage bags full of mail is an apparent QAnon conspiracy theorist pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/…
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Truly amazing that several national publications/media supposedly spent effort and ran stories trying to discredit a doctor's story about a 10-year-old getting raped, then basically didn't follow up or do on the ground reporting and were disproven by one local newspaper reporter
I was the ONLY reporter in the courtroom this morning as the man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl, impregnating her, leading to an abortion in Indiana, was arraigned.
This confirms that the case exists.
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NEW: Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto has conceded to Ed Gainey.
PA state rep Ed Gainey will almost certainly become the first Black mayor in Pittsburgh history. Truly historic in a city with only 25% Black residents.
I just called @gainey_ed and congratulated him on earning the Democratic endorsement for Mayor of the city of Pittsburgh. Wishing him well. Thank you Pittsburgh for the honor of being your Mayor these past 8 years. I will remain forever grateful.
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Doug Mastriano, who still hasn't officially conceded the PA gov race, is taking the loss well it appears...
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More of Barack Obama having a serious talk at a Black voters for Harris event in Pittsburgh’s East Liberty. He addressed that Black men have not been as enthused about Harris as during his first run, and that has to change to beat Trump
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PA Dems had incredible midterms
▪️ Shapiro blows out governor race, means 3 straight Dem terms for gov, unprecedented in modern history
▪️ Fetterman coasts to victory, flips R Senate seat
▪️ Hold all toss-up Congress seats
▪️ May flip state house for 1st time in 30 years
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Kamala Harris took a few questions from the press outside of Primanti Bros. in Moon. She was asked about her campaign in Pennsylvania, a ceasefire deal in Gaza, and other topics. Will post second half of video in thread
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Harris-Walz last stop is Primanti Bros in Moon, where they are being greeted by a group of Trump supporters
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Amtrak Station
The US has a rich history of rail travel. While American passenger rail may be falling behind other countries when it comes to passengers and daily departures, its beautiful stations are no slouch.
Here are 10 of America's most beautiful Amtrak stations...
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NEW: The AP has called the Allegheny County Executive race for Sara Innamorato, a progressive lawmaker. She joins several other progressives who have won in the Pittsburgh area over the last few years. She is taking the stage now
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Also just to be a nerd here, but Californians DO have accents & unlike other states it’s more prevalent among young people than old, bc young people are more likely to be native Californians while older people like Livingston (from Iowa!) are transplants kcrw.com/news/shows/kcrw-fea…
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Pennsylvania's vote-by mail-law was approved in 2019 by a Republican-held legislature. If Republicans didn't want it, they just had to not create it and support it.
New: The state of Missouri + 9 other states have filed a brief in support of PA GOP. Goes hard on the notion that voting by mail is especially susceptible to widespread fraud, which election experts who study voting trends and behavior say is unfounded
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Kamala Harris is buying a bag of nacho cheese Doritos, her favorite snack, at the Sheetz in Moon Township, PA.
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Tim Walz at Telesz Farms in Lawrence County PA. He is talking about the importance of family farms. The owner of the farm is a former Trump supporter but it now backing Harris-Walz
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Basically everything stated here is false. Muni budgets don’t pay for lion’s share of bridge repairs, need state of fed funds first. Bike lanes are 1/1000th cost of bridge repairs. Green energy programs are rules companies have to adhere to and self-driving is privately funded.
The bridge that just collapsed in the city of Pittsburgh was set to be restored in 2016. Instead of replacing the completely rusted out supports, they diverted the money to bike lanes, green energy programs and lanes for self driving cars.
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UPDATE: Trump now not likely to attend funeral Friday for Corey Comperatore. Earlier sources had indicated he would. Via @jacktroywrites triblive.com/local/valley-ne…
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In Pennsylvania we frack meth from the Allegheny Mountains. It provides 80 million good union jobs. The Democrats want to end it with communism.
Sen. Steve Daines: “Twenty years ago in Montana, meth was homemade. It was homegrown. And you had purity levels less than 30%. Today the meth that is getting into Montana is Mexican cartel.”
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Here’s how highways have hurt Black Pittsburghers: On left is Downtown and the Hill District (Pittsburgh’s historic Black neighborhood, once compared to Harlem in its influence on Black American culture) and on right, what it looked like before I-579 & the Civic Arena were built
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The British Financial Times not understanding exactly where and what Sheetz is, only outdone by its meekness in describing Pittburghers’ hatred of the Dallas Cowboys
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NEW: Pittsburgh Jewish, Black leaders call out GOP candidate Doug Mastriano for his ties to Gab, the far-right social platform used by the Tree of Life shooter. They called Gab a "festering cesspool of intolerance" triblive.com/news/politics-e…
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Jerome Bettis, legendary Pittsburgh Steeler “the Bus” is here with Bob Casey. He is here as part of Harris- Walz bus tour
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AOC takes the stage at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Crowd of over 200 cheers.
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What if season 2 of the The Pitt is a slow, winter Wednesday at the ER and there are hours of downtime where the medical staff is just arguing about who the Steelers should start at QB, complaining about the gloominess and debating if Primanti’s is actually good or not
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Every rural PA county listed here is bleeding population rapidly as they get redder, and one Latina immigrant says in this well-reported story there are few places in her town she feels safe. Conclusion: this is national liberals' and leftists' fault. triblive.com/news/pennsylvan…
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🚨Allegheny County counting update🚨
Most 35k mail-ins to be counted are the 29k ballots that can't be legally counted until Friday. No mail-in ballot counting today.
But, 6 in person precincts will be tabulated in Braddock Hills, Homestead, Pittsburgh (2), Shaler & Whitehall
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Pittsburgh #GeorgeFloydProtests crowd is massive, stretching longer and filling up more than an entire downtown block. And picking up more people as it moves through downtown.
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Allegheny County officials have announced more than 130,000 mail-in ballots have been scanned. Last week, county received 142,000 mail-in ballots, they anticipate receiving between 150,000 to 160,000 total. Seems safe to say Allegheny County will have all mail-ins counted tonight
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Allegheny County has processed 83% of its mail in over 222,000 ballots.
Harris: 72.1%
Trump: 26.6%
Casey: 71.8%
McCormick: 26.3%
Partisan breakdown of returned mails
Dem - 65.9%
GOP - 23%
Indy - 11%
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The funniest thing about the Jason Aldean controversy is that he also released a song in 2019 called “Rearview Town” about how he defiantly left a small town because it sucked
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Second half of Kamala Harris’ remarks to the press outside of a Primanti Bros restaurant in Moon, PA. She took a bus tour of the region today to rally support ahead of DNC that starts Monday.
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Summer Lee taking the stage, the campaign is declaring victory in PA-12. “We got here because of the power of the people”
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I have a stutter, was way worse as a kid. I can’t even imagine trying to give a speech in front of national audience at that age. It was amazing
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NEW: Pennsylvania state delegates to the DNC just held a virtual meeting and voted unanimously to support Kamala Harris as the nominee, delegates tell me. 159 more delegates for Harris.
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Here is Pittsburgh Steelers legend Jerome Bettis introducing Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff to the Aliquippa High School football team on Sunday. He said he is like Emhoff in that they both love football, being a father, and marrying strong women.
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The crowd at the Pittsburgh union hall is awaiting VP Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden. Harris is here. She arrived by motorcade 50 minutes ago (a great shot by @TribLive photog Massoud Hossaini). The pair should be speaking relatively shortly
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Um, why are these online ads calling Sean Parnell a "Congressman" in his endorsement of PA GOP senate candidate Dave McCormick? Parnell has never been elected to public office, let alone Congress, and he lost his 2020 race against U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb
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PA Dems will hold their state house majority on the back of a Blue Dog Dem holding a seat deep in the heart of Trump Country, during a red wave. Frank Burns does it again. Incredible
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After a controversial float depicting Kamala Harris in chains dragged behind a Donald Trump led golf cart during the town’s Halloween parade, Mt Pleasant PA held a unity rally to calm tensions. Westmoreland County Republicans skipped out. triblive.com/local/westmorel…
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PA MAIL-IN VOTERS: Don’t send ballots via snail mail anymore, it won't arrive in time. Allegheny County is encouraging those voters instead to return their mail-in ballots in person to one of the county's 10 ballot return sites. Check story for locations: triblive.com/local/dont-mail…
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Some reporters in the White House pool today were perplexed by John Fetterman's shorts. I told him shorts are pretty typically garb for him, though they are usually cargo. And then they nodded. Welcome to Pittsburgh.
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BREAKING: Kamala Harris is holding a rally in Pittsburgh the evening before Election Day. Harris has visited the region several times already, and now will culminate her campaign in Pennsylvania with a large rally. triblive.com/news/politics-e…
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PA Senate candidate Mehmet Oz blamed President Biden for the closing of the Bethlehem Steel plant, which closed 27 years ago. wlvr.org/2022/01/senate-cand…
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[Pittsburgh experiences big flash floods, tons of property damage and power outages]
Everyone: Gosh I hope everyone is ok, let’s help clean up.
Wendy: I bet you dumb libs still like Biden 🥴
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Literally so many local restaurants across the country are asking Americans to NOT use Uber Eats, Grubhub, Postmates, etc. because those apps take money from small businesses. They actually want you to order through restaurant sites or call them directly on phone.
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Video of the confirmed tornado that touched down on Washington Boulevard in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood this afternoon. Video via Matt Butrovich on YouTube. Confirmed by @NWSPittsburgh nitter.app/mryannagy/status/17915…
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Vice President Kamala Harris says hello go to Hank the dog of the Aliquippa Fire Department. Harris gifted the fire department with a burnt almond torte from Prantl’s.
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NEW from @hanfranny: Controversial right-wing KDKA Radio host Wendy Bell has been taken off the air indefinitely, following backlash to her, on air comments encouraging park rangers to shoot monument protesters pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/…
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Pittsburgh, the Barstool Sports guy doesn't care one iota about our pizza or our sandwiches, he just wants to sell his new sports betting app. We don't need his crappy validation pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/…
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Sen. John Fetterman wearing a "McConnecticut" Halloween costume lampooning PA Republican senate candidate Dave McCormick with a Superbad movie reference. Fetterman is campaigning with Dem. Sen. Bob Casey in Western PA today.
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John Fetterman won all 67 Pennsylvania counties last night in his Democratic Primary election for US Senate. Even taking Philly by a few percentage points, where it was predicted he would do poorly triblive.com/news/pennsylvan…
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I feel like this same principle applies to Disneyland and amusement parks. People really like being able to walk around, shop, eat, see entertainment without worrying about cars, but in america, we think it’s only possible by driving to a massive parking lot, then doing it
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Several groups of people are starting to leave the Trump rally in Pittsburgh. He is about 50 minutes into his speech.
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Virtually all Allegheny County PA mail ins now in. Indies who voted by mail broke for Harris
Harris: 72.1%
Trump: 26.6%
Casey: 71.7%
McCormick: 26.4%
Partisan breakdown of returned mails
Dem - 65.9%
GOP - 23%
Indy - 11%
Virtually unchanged from first drop.
Allegheny County has processed 83% of its mail in over 222,000 ballots.
Harris: 72.1%
Trump: 26.6%
Casey: 71.8%
McCormick: 26.3%
Partisan breakdown of returned mails
Dem - 65.9%
GOP - 23%
Indy - 11%
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Can't repeat this enough. In Pittsburgh, Black Lives Matter protesters this Aug. were told by police to enter nearby park after protesting in front of Mayor's house. After they entered the park, police lied, said park was closed, then fired projectiles & pepper spray at them
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Pittsburgh: If you are not born and raised here, then your opinions don’t matter. Go back to California.
Also Pittsburgh: Omg, barstool guy ate at Mineo’s and Primanti’s. Tell us what you think. Hahaha, we love you. Validate us!!!
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Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn endorses Kamala Harris for president
I started two successful companies in Pittsburgh, PA (Duolingo and reCAPTCHA). I strongly believe @KamalaHarris is the better option for the US economy.
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The Port Authority bus now lifted high above the Pittsburgh collapsed bridge. Over the tree line. @TribLIVE
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INBOX: The PA Conference of Teamsters has also endorsed Kamala Harris for president. The conference represents 95,000+ Teamsters in PA, as well as Teamster members in Delaware and New Jersey, and sixteen divisions of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen
Western PA Teamsters endorse Harris, breaking w/ national union. Joint Council #40 prez, a retired McKeesport cop, cited Harris' support for labor & saving Teamster pensions. He called Trump an “egotistical bully" who doesn't care about working people triblive.com/news/politics-e…
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She literally just held a town hall in Mingo County, West Virginia, with dozens of Trump supporters. Do you ever operate in good faith? wvgazettemail.com/mountain_s…
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PA state Sen. Doug Mastriano's staff asked CP to retract our coverage of him at Jan 6 insurrection (we were one of the first), citing he didn't actually enter the Capitol grounds, and now videos contradict those claims. Via @HuffPost huffpost.com/entry/doug-mast…
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