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doing leg stuff at pa working families
philadelpian by choice new yorker by birth
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Starbucks workers this Thursday 11/13 are starting a long strike to win a first union contract

*** NOBODY SHOULD BUY ANYTHING FROM STARBUCKS AS LONG AS WORKERS ARE STRIKING ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY***

Consumer boycotts are very powerful when combined with workplace militancy
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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BREAKING: We won!

Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.

pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Tonight, Senate Republicans — aided by eight Democrats — passed a funding bill that will raise healthcare premiums for millions of Americans and leave some families without health care at all.

Let's discuss.
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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This is a bad deal for Americans.

Voters turned out in record numbers last wk to elect Democrats believing they would fight for working families.

We urge Senate Dems to vote NO on the reported GOP budget package, which fails to address the devastating health care crisis.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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This is a good time to join the WFP @workingfamilies.org I'm a broken record and if they ain't going to learn they need to learn by us not cooperating with their party anymore and building a political force that is so big that can hold different tenants but still have values.
November 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
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“tom homan is a bitch” is a winning message
November 5, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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JUST IN: Democrats have swept the 3 supreme court elections in Pennsylvania.

They beat back a concerted GOP effort to erase their majority; instead, they'll keep a 5-2 edge on this very important court.
Democrats Retain Control of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court with Three-Seat Sweep - Bolts
Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have defeated an unusually high-profile Republican bid to unseat them. They secured large statewide victories on Tuesday, following an histo...
boltsmag.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins the New York City mayoral race, NBC News projects. nbcnews.to/4nIzNUC
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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A big win for progressives, and criminal justice reformers, in Philly.
Democrat Larry Krasner, a national figurehead for reform prosecutors, has won reelection as Philadelphia’s district attorney.
November 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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The name is Mamdani
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November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Be like Zohran. Vote down the Working Families Party line if you're in New York (or Connecticut).

A vote on the Working Families ballot line (Row D) is a vote to tax the ultra-rich to invest in universal childcare, affordable housing, healthcare, and a city where working people win.
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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Update: Independent expenditures on retention are now at $8.6 million and counting, per the DoS system. The newest addition is approximately $3 million in spending by Commonwealth Partners, the Yass-linked dark money group, on TV, mail, digital and texting opposing the justices.
Update: Reported IE spending jumped to $5 million overnight because Citizens for Term Limits is now in the system. It's first and only report so far is for $1.8 million in TV, digital, mail and text advertising against retention dated to 9/16/25 from Matt Brouillette.
Update: As of ~2 p.m., there is now $2.8 million in reported independent expenditures on the Supreme Court retention elections. That's $1.2 million more since we first published. Much of it is digital ads from pro-retention groups.
November 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!

I know how hard you worked for this.
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
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Watching New York and Illinois fund their transit systems from Pennsylvania
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Absolutely deadly behavior causing another crash on Spruce Street at 5th st early this morning. This is on the busiest bike lane in Philly with over 1,500 riders who use it daily.

We deserve so much better than paint and flexposts, we deserve real protection.
October 26, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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So who’s the hater and who’s the waiter?
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Everybody in #Pennsylvania, Sen. Dave McCormick’s office had live people answering the phones this morning as of a minute ago. Flood his lines! 202-224-6324
October 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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A group funded by conservative megadonor Jeff Yass is falsely insinuating that the gerrymandered congressional map the court invalidated in 2018—which had been drawn by Republican lawmakers—was actually imposed by the court.
Democrats enjoy a huge spending advantage in this fall's crucial races for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ... but the state's richest man is opening his wallet to help the GOP oust three Democratic justices.
Morning Digest: Democrats have a wide spending edge in the battle for Pennsylvania's Supreme Court
But the richest man in the state could tip the balance with a single check
www.the-downballot.com
September 29, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Please join us tonight, rain or shine, for a mass mobilization to make clear:

We want ICE out of New York City.

We won’t stop showing up until they stop abducting our neighbors.
September 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
me and my favorite data journalist 🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝🤝 having amon ra st. brown on our fantasy teams
amon ra st brown is a god
September 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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Did a car write this
Breaking News: Voters on San Francisco’s west side ousted a politician who helped close a beloved coastal highway and turn it into a park.
San Francisco Politician Recalled Over the Great Highway’s Closure
Supervisor Joel Engardio was ousted by voters who were angry that he helped turn a thoroughfare into a park.
nyti.ms
September 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Choose your fighter.
September 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM