Retired TV Reporter, Past Pittsburgh Chapter President & Board Member, SPJ - The Society of Professional Journalists

Pittsburgh, PA
Joined October 2008
President Trump's assault on the Kennedy Center, the East Wing, and the Reflecting Pool match what he did to a landmark building's priceless art -- which he tore down to build his Trump Tower. Here's a video clip about it: youtu.be/j4XWoirFToY?si=LJIz…
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Revealing connections about more than A.I., money, politics, Trump, data centers, the Middle East, China, and economic dangers: this story is eye opening. It's long but worth every minute of reading. Here's a free link to the New York Times article. nytimes.com/2026/07/31/magaz…
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.@elonmusk says that no one can name a person who died from his aid cuts. In fact, I've met the kids who are dying, and I've talked to the families who lost children. In my columns, I've cited many, many names of people who have died because of Musk's aid cuts. A few examples: *Yamah Freeman was a 23-year-old woman who died in childbirth because Musk cut funding for the diesel for ambulances in her part of Liberia. She couldn't get to a hospital and died as people were carrying her there. I talked to her parents and sister in their village. *Gbessey Kiadu, age 1, died of malaria because of his cuts to malaria medication in Liberia. I talked to his mom in her village. *Ibrahim Koroma, an infant, died of AIDS in Sierra Leone after he interrupted HIV supplies. I talked to health workers who cared for him. *Achol Deng was an 8-year-old girl with HIV in South Sudan who died when Musk cut funding for the health care worker who provided her medicines. I talked to the healthcare workers. I could go on and on. In almost every village you go to in South Sudan, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone or other countries I reported in, you find people dying because of aid cuts. I challenge Musk: Come with me on a reporting trip, and we'll talk to these moms and dads, and you'll see the dying children themselves. I think if you see the kids whose lives are at stake, maybe you'll change your mind.
Exactly. And they cannot cite a single name of someone who died out of the “millions” they falsely claim have died. Not a single name!
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The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism has begun its ownership of the @PittsburghPG by cutting at least 40% of staff, and 80% of former strikers. It is sad, vindictive, and does not bode well for what we’ve fought and hoped for, including the success of the PG.
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#NoKings march through downtown Pittsburgh
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#NoKings downtown Pittsburgh
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#NoKings more scenes from Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs.
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#NoKings scenes from Pittsburgh’s northern suburbs.
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Breaking News: The Border Patrol leader Greg Bovino mocked the Jewish faith of the U.S. attorney in Minnesota during a call with lawyers, according to several people with knowledge of the conversation. nyti.ms/4qfVXPl
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