POV
@povonpitt.bsky.social
📍Pittsburgh, PA
Democracy matters | Loves family, dogs, science, education, & random facts | Social justice advocate | Lifelong learner.
Democracy matters | Loves family, dogs, science, education, & random facts | Social justice advocate | Lifelong learner.
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In Russia, Putin had a very popular late night comedian taken off the air for criticizing Putin's policy in Ukraine. This is what Trump wanted to do with Jimmy Kimmel. Here's NY Times gift article on the Russian comedian blacklisted by Putin www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/w...
He Was Russia’s Late-Night King. Now He Works Birthdays and Weddings.
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In Russia, Putin had a very popular late night comedian taken off the air for criticizing Putin's policy in Ukraine. This is what Trump wanted to do with Jimmy Kimmel. Here's NY Times gift article on the Russian comedian blacklisted by Putin www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/w...
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I highly recommend the book Vaccine Nation by historian Elena Conis. She has a chapter on exactly how & why people used to think measles was a harmless childhood illness and how the development of a vaccine allowed researchers to better understand how serious of a disease it is (control groups, etc)
The thing about measles is that it’s the only known virus that triggers immune amnesia - it causes your immune system to forget everything it has previously learned. Meaning you essentially reset to zero and are now at risk of basically everything.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
It can take 2-3 years to get immunities back.
December 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
I highly recommend the book Vaccine Nation by historian Elena Conis. She has a chapter on exactly how & why people used to think measles was a harmless childhood illness and how the development of a vaccine allowed researchers to better understand how serious of a disease it is (control groups, etc)
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This is what a country that refuses to act does to young people. There is no “moving on” from gun violence. Only repeated trauma.
UNTIL REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS DO SOMETHING, this will keep happening.
UNTIL REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS DO SOMETHING, this will keep happening.
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is what a country that refuses to act does to young people. There is no “moving on” from gun violence. Only repeated trauma.
UNTIL REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS DO SOMETHING, this will keep happening.
UNTIL REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS DO SOMETHING, this will keep happening.
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Words can’t express my rage. At least 2 students on lockdown at Brown University already survived mass shootings.
Zoe Weissman survived Parkland in 2018.
Mia Tretta was shot in the stomach in Santa Clarita in 2019 and watched her best friend be murdered.
And now…again.
Zoe Weissman survived Parkland in 2018.
Mia Tretta was shot in the stomach in Santa Clarita in 2019 and watched her best friend be murdered.
And now…again.
December 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Words can’t express my rage. At least 2 students on lockdown at Brown University already survived mass shootings.
Zoe Weissman survived Parkland in 2018.
Mia Tretta was shot in the stomach in Santa Clarita in 2019 and watched her best friend be murdered.
And now…again.
Zoe Weissman survived Parkland in 2018.
Mia Tretta was shot in the stomach in Santa Clarita in 2019 and watched her best friend be murdered.
And now…again.
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Within hours of the Brown shooting, a prominent gun rights group sent out this fundraising email to supporters
December 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Within hours of the Brown shooting, a prominent gun rights group sent out this fundraising email to supporters
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The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
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@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
December 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year.
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
This is not normal and we don't have to live this way.
bradyunited.org
@bradyunited.org
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Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses nearly an hour behind schedule due to winter storm – WPXI
https://www.newsbeep.com/us-pa/60429/
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses are experiencing major delays due to the ongoing winter storm. CLICK HERE…
https://www.newsbeep.com/us-pa/60429/
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses are experiencing major delays due to the ongoing winter storm. CLICK HERE…
Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses nearly an hour behind schedule due to winter storm – WPXI - Pennsylvania News Beep
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses are experiencing major delays due to the ongoing winter storm.
www.newsbeep.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses nearly an hour behind schedule due to winter storm – WPXI
https://www.newsbeep.com/us-pa/60429/
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses are experiencing major delays due to the ongoing winter storm. CLICK HERE…
https://www.newsbeep.com/us-pa/60429/
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Regional Transit buses are experiencing major delays due to the ongoing winter storm. CLICK HERE…
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Steve Bannon’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein deserves even more scrutiny.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
December 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Steve Bannon’s close relationship with Jeffrey Epstein deserves even more scrutiny.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
Every day.
Bannon has manipulated press coverage for years, even while being a superspreader for rightwing extremism and idiotic conspiracy theories.
Reporting every day. Bannon + Epstein.
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Events in Somalia suggest that “America First” in practice can look very different from what Donald Trump has described, Nancy Youssef reports:
So This Is What ‘America First’ Looks Like
The practical application of Trump’s isolationism is hardly the big break he promised.
bit.ly
December 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Events in Somalia suggest that “America First” in practice can look very different from what Donald Trump has described, Nancy Youssef reports:
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This leaked VA memo is a betrayal. Trump's admin plans to cut 35,000 jobs, worsening wait times for veterans who already struggle to get care. It's a cruel abandonment of our promise to those who served.
Leaked Trump Admin memo hints at drastic cuts at VA as needs go unfulfilled: report
Americans seeking healthcare services will face additional challenges as a leaked Veterans Administration memo reveals significant staffing reductions at facilities serving former military members.Under the leadership of former far-right GOP lawmaker Doug Collins, the VA is planning to eliminate up ...
www.rawstory.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
This leaked VA memo is a betrayal. Trump's admin plans to cut 35,000 jobs, worsening wait times for veterans who already struggle to get care. It's a cruel abandonment of our promise to those who served.
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Just to be clear. This is who is running ICE. Attacked his partner, attempted to strangle her and if that wasn't enough the little nugget of information mid way through the article that informs us that she was 18 and he was in his FORTIES when their relationship started.
“This is an agency that demonizes immigrants who have committed no crimes yet it fails to police its own ranks. The hypocrisy is breathtaking, & the threat to public safety is clear.”
This ⤵️ is who is behind the mask, grabbing people off the street.
www.citybeat.com/news/cincinn...
This ⤵️ is who is behind the mask, grabbing people off the street.
www.citybeat.com/news/cincinn...
Cincinnati ICE Leader Accused of Strangling Woman Held on $400k Bond
Prosecutors say the award-winning ICE agent has a history of domestic violence reports as DHS places him on suspension.
www.citybeat.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Just to be clear. This is who is running ICE. Attacked his partner, attempted to strangle her and if that wasn't enough the little nugget of information mid way through the article that informs us that she was 18 and he was in his FORTIES when their relationship started.
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There must be some non-Euclidean geometric term that may be applied to this
Well, there's a photo I never expected to see in my life. Noam Chomsky palling around with Steve Bannon.
December 13, 2025 at 5:23 AM
There must be some non-Euclidean geometric term that may be applied to this
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Agree 💯 With Jennifer Welch.....
December 13, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Agree 💯 With Jennifer Welch.....
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Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.” Yeah, about that. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
Trump’s Deportations Are Ripping Mothers from Their Babies
The president’s immigration policy is “beyond inhumane.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Earlier this year, JD Vance told us that Donald Trump was “the most pro-family, most pro-life American president of our lifetimes.” Yeah, about that. ICYMI @monacharen.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3Yl0Tqn
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Love ❤️ Costco.......
December 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Love ❤️ Costco.......
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BREAKING: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a rare and risky visit to frontline positions near Kupyansk, an area still under heavy fighting.
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
BREAKING: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a rare and risky visit to frontline positions near Kupyansk, an area still under heavy fighting.
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We definitely can't mess with his image of hating marginalized people including the disabled & not really wanting to reach all Americans that everybody despises him so much for.
WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?
That he has a goddamn heart?
It would “severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public” and force him to “share his platform” with an ASL interpreter."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
That he has a goddamn heart?
It would “severely intrude on the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public” and force him to “share his platform” with an ASL interpreter."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
DOJ argues Trump being made to use sign language interpreters could hurt his ‘image’
The Justice Department has appealed a November order requiring interpreters at many events
www.independent.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
We definitely can't mess with his image of hating marginalized people including the disabled & not really wanting to reach all Americans that everybody despises him so much for.
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About that
Steve Bannon Was Epstein’s Comeback Consultant. Where’s the Uproar?
The MAGA architect is escaping opprobrium for his chummy relationship with the notorious pedophile.
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
About that
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I wonder how Marjorie Taylor Greene feels, knowing she got played by Steve Bannon & Jeffrey Epstein with their QAnon Save the Children BS
Steve Bannon being friends with Jeffrey Epstein after spending years doing his whole populist, “down with the elites” bullshit is so funny.
These entire movement is just criminals, liars, and sex offenders.
These entire movement is just criminals, liars, and sex offenders.
December 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I wonder how Marjorie Taylor Greene feels, knowing she got played by Steve Bannon & Jeffrey Epstein with their QAnon Save the Children BS
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Steve Bannon ripped off his own followers with his ‘build the wall’ scam. Trump pardons him. Then photos come out showing him hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was charged with child trafficking, and yet he somehow has an audience because really MAGA stands for nothing.
December 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Steve Bannon ripped off his own followers with his ‘build the wall’ scam. Trump pardons him. Then photos come out showing him hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was charged with child trafficking, and yet he somehow has an audience because really MAGA stands for nothing.
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The minority voters who powered Trump to a second term are drifting away.
Extended conversations with Black, Latino and Asian American voters who cast ballots for Trump in 2024 showed regret about the president and their votes.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Extended conversations with Black, Latino and Asian American voters who cast ballots for Trump in 2024 showed regret about the president and their votes.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
The minority voters who powered Trump to a second term are drifting away
Extended conversations with Black, Latino and Asian American voters who cast ballots for Trump in 2024 showed mixed feelings about the president and their votes.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The minority voters who powered Trump to a second term are drifting away.
Extended conversations with Black, Latino and Asian American voters who cast ballots for Trump in 2024 showed regret about the president and their votes.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Extended conversations with Black, Latino and Asian American voters who cast ballots for Trump in 2024 showed regret about the president and their votes.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Enten on Trump being 40 points underwater on healthcare: "That is gosh darn awful! It's horrendous ... the bottom line is Americans very much dislike Donald Trump on healthcare ... this is just awful politics for Republicans ... they don't buy the Republican spin at all"
December 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Enten on Trump being 40 points underwater on healthcare: "That is gosh darn awful! It's horrendous ... the bottom line is Americans very much dislike Donald Trump on healthcare ... this is just awful politics for Republicans ... they don't buy the Republican spin at all"
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📣 EXCLUSIVE 📣
Missouri lawmakers rushed to hand Trump the gerrymander he wanted—so voters handed back 300,000 signatures saying “Try again.”
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Missouri lawmakers rushed to hand Trump the gerrymander he wanted—so voters handed back 300,000 signatures saying “Try again.”
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
How Missourians rose up against gerrymandering: GOP is 'terrified'
When President Donald Trump pressed Missouri’s GOP to help him rig the 2026 midterm elections, they passed a map that is expected to give the party one more seat in the U.S. House. But everyday ...
www.dailykos.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📣 EXCLUSIVE 📣
Missouri lawmakers rushed to hand Trump the gerrymander he wanted—so voters handed back 300,000 signatures saying “Try again.”
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
Missouri lawmakers rushed to hand Trump the gerrymander he wanted—so voters handed back 300,000 signatures saying “Try again.”
www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...
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NEW POLL: Trump at an all-time low on the economy.
Instead of waking up and doing the right thing for Americans, he’s bellyaching about why we aren’t grateful for the stock market that we’ve watched him manipulate for his rich buddies with his on-and-off tariffs.
The disconnect in one graphic.
Instead of waking up and doing the right thing for Americans, he’s bellyaching about why we aren’t grateful for the stock market that we’ve watched him manipulate for his rich buddies with his on-and-off tariffs.
The disconnect in one graphic.
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
NEW POLL: Trump at an all-time low on the economy.
Instead of waking up and doing the right thing for Americans, he’s bellyaching about why we aren’t grateful for the stock market that we’ve watched him manipulate for his rich buddies with his on-and-off tariffs.
The disconnect in one graphic.
Instead of waking up and doing the right thing for Americans, he’s bellyaching about why we aren’t grateful for the stock market that we’ve watched him manipulate for his rich buddies with his on-and-off tariffs.
The disconnect in one graphic.