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NEW: Kurt Cofano was arrested w/ 30 homemade bombs just outside of Pittsburgh. He has an apparent social history of threatening BLM protesters & supporting Trump, but initial reporting of his arrest didn't mention. Some reports didn't even mention his name pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/man…
On June 2, an account called "PghBoogey" replied to a tweet threatening a user explicitly. The PghBoogey account also then wrote "my name is Kurt Cofano." The account then shared an apparent selfie that matches a profile pic from a Kurt Cofano on Facebook pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/man…
Local police could not confirm the PghBoogey account is connected to Cofano, but nudged me to FBI. The FBI told me the “FBI does not confirm or deny the existence of any investigation.” pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/man…
But a Kurt James Cofano of Whitehall is listed in the police complaint. A Kurt J. Cofano is CEO of Cofano Energy Services, LLC, according to bankruptcy filings. On the Facebook page, Cofano is listed as CEO of Cofano Energy Services, LLC. pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/man…
Not only did he reply to a PGH twitter user in June saying “I wish you were better at creating anarchy. It would be a lot easier to put you maggots down” he also replied to a Seattle antifascist account saying "Patriots don't have handcuffs. Only bullets" pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/man…
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When PA politicians says "we must support fracking," they don't actually mean the natural-gas drilling industry. They mean trades unions that work with fossil-fuel companies. Any industry observer will tell you fracking is struggling in the market & is likely heading to death 1/
But many trades unions have been working with fracking companies for about 10 years, supplying THEIR members jobs (20k-50k in PA), but not as many jobs as fracking-boosters advertise. Even so, trades unions have massive political power rn, so pols back fracking 2/
Trades union leadership in PA has no vision. They have forged a relationship w/ their bosses creating a preservation mode. Trades members are versatile and COULD build windmills, bridges, mass transit, really anything. But they appear solely focused on preserving fossil fuels 3/
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NEW: @PGNewsGuild has informed me the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has removed @alexisjreports, a Black reporter, from #BlackLivesMatter protest coverage because of a viral tweet she sent out poking fun at trash that's usually left at Kenny Chesney concerts pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pit…
Guild demanding Johnson be reinstated to coverage. @michaelafuoco says “The fact that the company thinks her tweeting disqualifies her is disingenuous. She has more understanding about it being a Black woman than other white reporters and photographers" pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/pit…
Here is the tweet in question. And, imo, this tweet rules, and Johnson has been doing some amazing reporting recently and providing Pittsburgh with incredible community resources about Black businesses in our area.
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Story about Pitt researcher alleged murder-suicide is national all bc Pitt statement said he was on "verge of making very significant findings" related to COVID-19. No reporting has dug up any real evidence of something more nefarious. What was Pitt thinking with that statement?
Maybe Pitt wanted story to go viral, to get attention for COVID research. But my friends from CA are now texted me asking about it, saying it looks suspicious. Sure, but we know nothing. And its only suspicious bc of Pitt's statement. What if the shooting was just over a romance?
If your statement for an apparent suburban murder-suicide is "he was on the verge of [something related to a global pandemic]" then you have to expect it to blow up. But again, we have no proof that anything coronavirus conspiracy happened yet.
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