Yinz Pittsburghers

53 Followers
61 Following
2K Posts

Pittsburgh, PA fan. Politics, hockey.

Loves pierogies and Mayor Peduto

de-escalation training could save lives. - "Calls for de-escalation training grow after Atlanta shooting" https://apnews.com/0e3104d94c9d497c0b2a97616e39d103
Calls for de-escalation training grow after Atlanta shooting

ATLANTA (AP) — The deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Rayshard Brooks in Atlanta in the span of less than three weeks have led to a push in the U.S. for more training of police officers in...

@IronMan It's like when small children think that they're invisible when they close their eyes, except that it's dangerous and not funny or cute at all.
@QueenRamonda @mariahill @CallMeMJ @IronMan Yep. I don't ever want to hear anyone say again that it "doesn't matter who's president" or that the president "doesn't even have much power," which are just two of the fun things I used to hear ignorant cynics say.

Nobody tell DJT or he'll start attacking her.

Iowa governor to sign executive order restoring felon voting rights: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/502985-iowa-governor-to-sign-executive-order-restoring-felon-voting-rights

Iowa governor to sign executive order restoring felon voting rights

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) said Tuesday she will sign an executive order automatically restoring the right to vote for people with felony convictions.

@NatashaRomanova @IronMan

It's got a good beat & you can vote to it!
#BothPartiesAreNotTheSame

@[email protected]
"If I close my eyes when the speeding car is coming, it can't hit me." #MikePenceQuotes

First, it's a welcome sight to see protests everywhere and going still.

But why do the counter protesters get to pack guns and hide behind the flag and nothing happens? If a bunch of armed BLM protesters started moving toward a police line, all hell would break loose.
#whiteprivilege
A tiny Ohio town’s Black Lives Matter event was overrun by armed counterprotesters:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/06/16/bethel-ohio-black-lives-counterprotest/

- The Washington Post

@mariahill @CallMeMJ @IronMan

It is incumbent upon everyone to work collectively to get this man out.

There is no other progress that will be made if we don't. We already have too much from the first 4 years to undo, and they're not even over yet.

Master of balance

@IronMan In honor of Sesame Street, one of the first things that gave me a lifelong love of words, here’s a little ditty I’m going to call #BothPartiesAreNotTheSame:

It really lights a fire under me
When, even to this day, I sometimes see
A troll with confidence they don’t deserve.
“The parties are the same,” they lie with glee.

Would I claim that this is a great poem? No, it’s just a little verse.