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PA’s economy, environment, & communities are all on the line.

CVPA Exec Director Molly Parzen: “Our public transit systems power Pennsylvania… Yet our entire state’s economy is being put in jeopardy.”

Reliable, affordable, and sustainable public transportation isn’t partisan — it’s essential.

The day is here! The qualifiers for our 2028 Nightmare Bracket is here. We're recording tonight so we can't wait to see how you all vote. Voting for round 1 closes on Sunday May 18 at 5pm! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

🚨 Governor Shapiro is suing the Trump Administration for their illegal attempt to cut off Pennsylvanians’ access to federal funds intended to create union jobs, support local businesses, and protect our environment! 🚨

Think USAID only gives money to foreign countries? Think again. Here's how USAID helps support agriculture right here in PA

PETA thought we should replace Phil with a weather reveal cake, but Josh Shapiro knows we take our groundhog seriously. Happy Groundhog Day!!! (Again)

Congress approves Sen. Sherrod Brown’s bill to eliminate public worker Social Security penalties It now goes to President Joe Biden for a signature.

Great news: The Social Security Fairness Act has passed! It now heads to President Biden’s desk for his signature.

Thank you to workers everywhere who showed solidarity and made calls to help ensure all workers get the full retirement they earned.
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Biden, Headed to the Exit, Sets an Aggressive Climate Goal for the U.S. The promise of deeper emissions cuts will very likely be ignored by the Trump administration, but officials hoped it would send a signal to the world.

🚨 BREAKING: President Biden just announced a new goal to reduce U.S. climate pollution by 61-66% by 2035.

Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act and continued state and local leadership, we are in position to meet this target.

But it’s going to take all of us. We must fight for our planet.

Remind me how many Republicans worked with him while he was in office? Like, I don't disagree necessarily but we can't sacrifice our values while doing that and we already know there are plenty of Dems that will happily do so for the sake of appearing reasonable...

I heard this is a good place to talk about taxing the rich, breaking up big tech, and ending Washington corruption.

Hear me out: carbon neutral professional assassins with actual muppets. Ms Piggy is getting revenge.

Cool. That means @politicsmom.bsky.social isn't in a foul mood when I text her in a few 😉

'Gut punch': Trump upsets local union leaders by opposing U.S. Steel-Nippon deal On Monday night, President-elect Donald Trump reiterated his opposition to the proposed $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to Japan’s Nippon Steel Co., vowing to block the deal when he takes offic...

NEW - 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/politic...

They’re calling it the “Grzybek Glow-up.”

Windmills on hills

Now, more than ever, we could all use some good news to cheer us up and give us hope.

Here is this week's #GoodClimateNews Top 5, a roundup of the best climate and environmental stories from around the U.S. and world. 🌎👇

College football!
PSU wins bc of course it was against MD, Michigan beats OH - still laughing, Iowa beats Nebraska
Go Hawkeyes and thanks @dnalawyer.bsky.social for the Herky pix, sorta sorry you lost, if you bring me back chips I'll actually be sorry 😁

"Oh no, we took TOO MUCH climate action!" Said literally no one ever.

Once again, @dangrzybek.bsky.social and @bethanyhallam.bsky.social are real MVP’s, and this county is lucky to have them and Anita Prizio on council fighting the good fight.

Also, losing $14m in state matching funds to save just $4m is a WILDLY asinine fiscal decision…

This is fully what I expect Thursday will be like while trying to enjoy Thanksgiving with my parents at their retirement community 🫠

PC(USA) has earth care congregations on their website - looks like at least three in the county and a decent place to start!

Salute to this man right here. He isn't perfect, but he'd have been a hell of a lot better than Senator Carpetbagger McHedgefund, Connecticutt's new third Senator.

Today in Oversight, Republicans argue essentially that any opportunity extended to women or marginalized people is an existential threat to white conservative men's ability to remain "king of the mountain."

I asked v simply is America not greater when ALL Americans have the opportunity to succeed?

THIS.

*ahem* contact @politicsmom.bsky.social

This time around, the Kennedys are assassinating us.

I need this important question answered asap

College football Saturdays are the best days. Especially when my Hawkeyes (24l are doing a good job holding back PSU (7) #GoHawkeyes