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Dozens of Bob Ross paintings will be auctioned to help public TV after funding cuts Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s.

Thirty of Ross' trademark landscapes will be sold at a series of auctions starting in November. He painted many of them live on The Joy of Painting, which started airing on PBS in the 1980s. n.pr/474wJvJ

📣 Vote Local PA Spotlight: We're highlighting Democratic candidates up and down the ballot in Allegheny County. Learn more at alleghenydems.com and be sure to 🗳 VOTE ✅ YES to RETAIN Donohue, Dougherty, Wecht, Dubow, and Wojcik on NOVEMBER 4! #VoteLocalPA #PoweredbyPADems #PADems

The group behind a misleading mailer targeting the Pa. Supreme Court retention elections The conservative political action committee is closely associated with two other groups urging voters to reject new terms for Supreme Court justices.

A conservative political action committee is behind a mailer, described by one good-government advocate as “incredibly dishonest,” that urges voters to reject new terms for three state Supreme Court justices.

If ICE agents are proud of what they're doing, then why do they cover their faces like cowards, refuse to identify themselves, and hide behind anonymity?

It Sure Looks Like This MAGA Influencer Is Committing Voter Fraud Jack Posobiec keeps voting in a swing state he doesn’t live in.

Jack Posobiec, of “Pizzagate” fame, has been voting in Pennsylvania for nearly a decade while living in Maryland. trib.al/6U04ArE

i lost my leaf of lorien pin in the dave & busters in pittsburgh so whoever found it enjoy

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US Congress members enjoy "Cadillac" healthcare coverage paid for by millions of Americans that will be left to fend for themselves and left to die without healthcare. The End.

#USPol #Healthcare

I do love that the people who built bluesky learned nothing about running a social network beforehand and are thus committed to making all the same social network mistakes as everyone who came before them, from first principles

WATCH: He’s bragging about fucking you over. #TrumpShutDown

Image caring more about stopping a memorial for people killed in a mass shooting than stopping mass shootings. #Priorities

Old Soviet joke for today:

A man walks into a newsstand every day, looks around, and leaves.

After a long time of this, the owner says “Can I help you find something?”

“I’m looking for the obituaries.”

“The obituaries are in the back of the newspaper, comrade.”

“Not the one I’m looking for.”

This is so indefensibly insane: Speaker Johnson is refusing to seat Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva because she'll be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files. Johnson swore in Rep Walkinshaw (VA) w/in 24 hours.

Johnson is abandoning his job to instead protect a convicted child sex predator

Add alt text PA Judicial Election Phone Banks Virtual Phone Bank Hosted by Red2Blue.org VOTE YES TO RETAIN OUR JUDGES Make sure to look for "RETENTION ELECTION" on your ballot. NOTE: Your ballot will not look exactly like this. JUSTICE Christine Donohue Yes Yes JUSTICE Kevin Dougherty JUSTICE David Wecht Yes JUDGE Alice Beck Dubow Yes Fill in all 5 JUDGE Michael J. Wojcik Yes We must keep our good Judges so our Constutional Rights are SAFE. TUE NOV 4 Descriptive alt text Alt text Save 2000

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

I canvassed hundreds of working class (and some extremely wealthy) people in Pittsburgh this summer. Countering Trump was top of list for Every. Single. Person. Regardless of color, religion, economic status, sexual orientation. People are paying attention. Mamdani is right.

HEY CORPORATE MEDIA,

Say it with me. Your headline is REPUBLICAN CONGRESS FAILS TO FUND GOVERNMENT: SHUTDOWN IMMINENT

Let me know if you need any help with this

A reminder that the Senate is controlled by Republicans (as is the House, White House, and Supreme Court), so any shutdown was caused by Republicans, and Republicans only.

Oh gee, look, I live in one of the bright yellow places.

Pittsburgh factory billowing black smoke from multiple smokestacks. early 1900s

pollution in Manhattan obscuring the Chrysler building entirely.

just a reminder of what the air used to be like before environmental regulation. These images are of New York and Pittsburgh but every place was like this.

Back in the late 60's I got to see Henry Mancini conduct the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra outside at Three Rivers stadium. The first half of the show was all his music and the second half was the 1812 overture with cannons and fireworks. That was one hell of a concert.

Violent crime is down in Allegheny County. Here's why, according to leaders. KDKA Investigates looked into what's behind the county's success in preventing deadly crime.

Republicans said that electing Sara Innamorato would be a disaster for public safety.

So far she has overseen a more-than-40% decrease in homicides -- with Allegheny County on track for its fewest murders in decades.

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Neo-Fascist Mass Murders

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#GunViolence

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at lea...

Sen. Warnock called Georgia’s Medicaid work requirement program “the real waste, fraud, and abuse.”

“This report shows that Pathways is incredibly effective at barring working people from health coverage and making corporate consultants richer.”

Stop the scapegoating and start dealing with America’s real gun crisis.

HOMEGROWN‼️

A protester outside an ICE detention facility marches through clouds of irritant gas carrying American flags. A sign lying on the pavement by his feet reads “EVERY ICE AGENT WILL BE HELD TO ACCOUNT.”

I hope some newspapers use a crop where you can easily read the sign.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia transferred to Pennsylvania detention facility | CNN

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported from the United States to his native El Salvador and whose case became a flashpoint over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, has been moved from a Virginia detention center to a facility in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvanians run on spite and rage.

Like, all of us.

I hate Penn State but I fundamentally understand this response.

We've had two mailings so far in Pittsburgh, both deceptive "we need common sense term limits, just vote no" which if you weren't paying attention seem like a good idea. There's nothing on them to indicate a Republican sender but it's clearly the GOP.

Why a Pennsylvania Court Election This November Could Matter in 2028

In my opinion, the 2nd most important election this November (after CA Redistricting) is the trio of Pennsylvania State Supreme Court retention elections.

Many in PA are unaware, and we need to fix that.

All 3 Justices MUST be retained.

GIFT ARTICLE to read/share.

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