Pittsburgh Dave
@davetarrant.bsky.social
Writer. Former newspaper reporter. Currently narrative nonfiction. Pittsburgh guy in Texas, hiking Hill Country. Irish & US citizen. #Steelers, #HereWeGo, #Sober, ENFJ.
Happy 130th birthday to Bill W, who along with Dr. Bob, helped change the lives of millions of alcoholics.
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Happy 130th birthday to Bill W, who along with Dr. Bob, helped change the lives of millions of alcoholics.
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DOJ memo: Trump and Giuliani pressed Members of Congress to delay certification—even after the Capitol was under attack
Jack Smith had “ample predication” to subpoena their phone records.
The DOJ is on the record.
The Members who took those calls still aren’t. History is watching #BlueSky #NewsSky
Jack Smith had “ample predication” to subpoena their phone records.
The DOJ is on the record.
The Members who took those calls still aren’t. History is watching #BlueSky #NewsSky
November 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Dear God, I hope you can keep Sen Kelly safe. He’s one of the good ones and our country needs leaders like him right now.
Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is. And we know what causes it, too."
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Dear God, I hope you can keep Sen Kelly safe. He’s one of the good ones and our country needs leaders like him right now.
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I stand with Senator Mark Kelly
November 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I stand with Senator Mark Kelly
Pittsburgh unions. You gotta love the strength of this one, in particular. Amazing. A book should come out of it.
This is so incredible. You have to see the photos. These workers held the line for THREE YEARS www.publicsource.org/post-gazette...
November 25, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Pittsburgh unions. You gotta love the strength of this one, in particular. Amazing. A book should come out of it.
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ppl are talking about the doge shutdown as tho it means something positive.
it was a smash and grab. a successful one.
it was a smash and grab. a successful one.
November 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
ppl are talking about the doge shutdown as tho it means something positive.
it was a smash and grab. a successful one.
it was a smash and grab. a successful one.
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They are all vile, dangerous fucks.
November 22, 2025 at 3:39 PM
They are all vile, dangerous fucks.
People should be required to vote, like they're required to pay taxes. But the mechanics of that would be impossible without massive investment in voting machinery, personnel etc.
Do you think every person of voting age should be required to vote by law?
I truly believe the majority of human beings want a better world and aren’t voting for it
I truly believe the majority of human beings want a better world and aren’t voting for it
November 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
People should be required to vote, like they're required to pay taxes. But the mechanics of that would be impossible without massive investment in voting machinery, personnel etc.
Hilarious. When I read the lengthy bamboo musings in Part 1, I kept thinking “Block That Metaphor! Block That Metaphor!”
Ryan Lizza hasn't published his Part 2 on Olivia Nuzzi yet because he really wants to work in more bamboo metaphors.
November 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Hilarious. When I read the lengthy bamboo musings in Part 1, I kept thinking “Block That Metaphor! Block That Metaphor!”
Trump today called a female reporter “Piggy.” Who is she? Catherine Lucey of Bloomberg. What’s amazing is that none of her colleagues in the scrum spoke up. What if they’d all said: “That’s not acceptable!” I was a news reporter for 40 years. You don’t give up your humanity for access.
This is the reporter that Donald Trump called "Piggy." She is Catherine Lucey, currently with Bloomberg.
I don't think it is a coincidence that, back in 2018, Lucey was the first reporter to ask Trump about Stormy Daniels. Trump responded with a lie, but, clearly, did not forget the question.
I don't think it is a coincidence that, back in 2018, Lucey was the first reporter to ask Trump about Stormy Daniels. Trump responded with a lie, but, clearly, did not forget the question.
November 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Trump today called a female reporter “Piggy.” Who is she? Catherine Lucey of Bloomberg. What’s amazing is that none of her colleagues in the scrum spoke up. What if they’d all said: “That’s not acceptable!” I was a news reporter for 40 years. You don’t give up your humanity for access.
How can a journalist who achieved top-rung national status be so damn gullible? The city hall reporter in Davenport, Iowa, wouldn’t accept this BS. Gimme local news reporters over these national prima donnas any day.
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
How can a journalist who achieved top-rung national status be so damn gullible? The city hall reporter in Davenport, Iowa, wouldn’t accept this BS. Gimme local news reporters over these national prima donnas any day.
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Definitely worth a follow.
America is not experiencing a rightward realignment as much as it is going through a de-alignment of the established order.
New piece:
New piece:
What is really going on in this society that elected Donald Trump president a second time?
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
I wrote about three stubborn myths about Trump’s support – and why America has experienced a de-alignment rather than a rightward realignment.
My new piece for @zeit.de – and some thoughts in English:
November 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Definitely worth a follow.
Good gawd, I can’t buy a pack of gum in a gas station without getting an email asking “Could you take 30 seconds to leave us a review.”
a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone and shouting .
ALT: a woman in a red dress is holding a microphone and shouting .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Good gawd, I can’t buy a pack of gum in a gas station without getting an email asking “Could you take 30 seconds to leave us a review.”
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This is exactly what I thought the nepo baby who wrote the Olivia Nuzzi article looks like
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
This is exactly what I thought the nepo baby who wrote the Olivia Nuzzi article looks like
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RFK:
There once was a man from Nantucket...
OLIVIA NUZZI:
I can't resist a man who knows poetry.
There once was a man from Nantucket...
OLIVIA NUZZI:
I can't resist a man who knows poetry.
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
RFK:
There once was a man from Nantucket...
OLIVIA NUZZI:
I can't resist a man who knows poetry.
There once was a man from Nantucket...
OLIVIA NUZZI:
I can't resist a man who knows poetry.
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Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio & years in a leg brace to become the fastest woman runner in the world! #inspiration
The first American woman, as well as the first Black woman, to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960. 🥇🥇🥇
She died #OTD in 1994.
The first American woman, as well as the first Black woman, to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960. 🥇🥇🥇
She died #OTD in 1994.
November 13, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Wilma Rudolph overcame childhood polio & years in a leg brace to become the fastest woman runner in the world! #inspiration
The first American woman, as well as the first Black woman, to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960. 🥇🥇🥇
She died #OTD in 1994.
The first American woman, as well as the first Black woman, to win 3 gold medals in a single Olympiad, Rome 1960. 🥇🥇🥇
She died #OTD in 1994.
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For more than 3 years, @pghguild.com members at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have shown incredible strength while on strike.
Their heroic persistence demonstrates the real power of our solidarity and what’s possible when we come together in a union.
Their heroic persistence demonstrates the real power of our solidarity and what’s possible when we come together in a union.
Third Circuit Court of Appeals rules for striking Pittsburgh journalists - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday morning ruled for the journalists of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh in the federal case behind their more than three-year strike at the Pit...
www.unionprogress.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
For more than 3 years, @pghguild.com members at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have shown incredible strength while on strike.
Their heroic persistence demonstrates the real power of our solidarity and what’s possible when we come together in a union.
Their heroic persistence demonstrates the real power of our solidarity and what’s possible when we come together in a union.
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The way the unionized Pittsburgh Post Gazette workers held out for THREE YEARS until they got what they deserved is exactly what organized resistance should be.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The way the unionized Pittsburgh Post Gazette workers held out for THREE YEARS until they got what they deserved is exactly what organized resistance should be.
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Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. chose new leaders on Tuesday. The new president is an archbishop from Oklahoma City who issued a statement two days after President Trump’s inauguration calling on Catholics to remember that Jesus was once a refugee, and to support immigrant families.
Archbishop Paul Coakley Is Picked to Lead American Bishops
“We face a growing worldview that is so often at odds with the Gospel mandate to love thy neighbor,” the group said in a letter to Pope Leo.
nyti.ms
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Roman Catholic bishops in the U.S. chose new leaders on Tuesday. The new president is an archbishop from Oklahoma City who issued a statement two days after President Trump’s inauguration calling on Catholics to remember that Jesus was once a refugee, and to support immigrant families.
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If you want to understand how we got here it’s bc of stupid MFERS like this:
“I MAY NOT VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS”
“I MAY NOT VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS”
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If you want to understand how we got here it’s bc of stupid MFERS like this:
“I MAY NOT VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS”
“I MAY NOT VOTE IN THE MIDTERMS”
We could do this in Texas. But the Republicans must protect the Christo-fascist billionaire oilmen.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 7, 2025 at 4:21 AM
We could do this in Texas. But the Republicans must protect the Christo-fascist billionaire oilmen.
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The wrapper didn't split so they had to acquit.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The wrapper didn't split so they had to acquit.
White House aides quietly removed ketchup bottles and packets prior to the polls closing yesterday.
November 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
White House aides quietly removed ketchup bottles and packets prior to the polls closing yesterday.
NY Times Pitchbot
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 PM
NY Times Pitchbot