Anthony Catania 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🍇 🫒 🚊
@tonyallanorma.bsky.social
Union Strong
M/J/K/R ⚾️ 🏈 🏀 🏒 #LFGM
Grandson of Immigrants
Retired Telecom CWA District 1
Democratic Socialist
Jure Sanguinis Italiano
Europhile
🚫 Finance, CRYPTO, NFT or religious freaks
📍ozone park/sicilia
M/J/K/R ⚾️ 🏈 🏀 🏒 #LFGM
Grandson of Immigrants
Retired Telecom CWA District 1
Democratic Socialist
Jure Sanguinis Italiano
Europhile
🚫 Finance, CRYPTO, NFT or religious freaks
📍ozone park/sicilia
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“the 28-point plan was never about ending the war. It was about monetizing the end of the war—on terms that enriched everyone in the backchannel except Ukraine itself.”
michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
Trump and KGB (Cont’d): Trump's Oligarch Back Channel Team Tries to End the Ukraine War on Russia's Terms
How a rogue “peace plan,” a sanctioned Russian financier, and Jared Kushner’s quiet reemergence exposed the most brazen foreign-policy corruption in modern American history.
michaeldsellers.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
“the 28-point plan was never about ending the war. It was about monetizing the end of the war—on terms that enriched everyone in the backchannel except Ukraine itself.”
michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/trump-and-...
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From the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos.
December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
From the newspaper owned by Jeff Bezos.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
December 1, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
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1. Steve Witkoff, Trump's top negotiator for a peace deal in Ukraine, has an active financial partnership with Len Blavatnik, a billionaire sanctioned by the Ukrainian government. Witkoff and Blavatnik are co-developing ultra-luxury condos in NYC, a Popular Information investigation reveals.
Top Trump negotiator retains partnership with Ukraine-sanctioned billionaire
Steve Witkoff coached a top Putin aide on managing Trump and created a peace plan that mirrored Russian demands
popular.info
December 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
1. Steve Witkoff, Trump's top negotiator for a peace deal in Ukraine, has an active financial partnership with Len Blavatnik, a billionaire sanctioned by the Ukrainian government. Witkoff and Blavatnik are co-developing ultra-luxury condos in NYC, a Popular Information investigation reveals.
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OCBC Centre, 1976, Singapore r/brutalism
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
OCBC Centre, 1976, Singapore r/brutalism
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No child should go hungry simply because their parents are immigrants. As mayor, I’ll join @newyorkstateag.bsky.social in using every lever of government for the families who fear if they can afford tomorrow’s meals.
November 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
No child should go hungry simply because their parents are immigrants. As mayor, I’ll join @newyorkstateag.bsky.social in using every lever of government for the families who fear if they can afford tomorrow’s meals.
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Zohran Mamdani's challenge as mayor of New York will be to handle the routine needs of the city "in a better way" and let residents "see the improvements in the day-to-day city services," says Dean Fuleihan, who will serve as first deputy mayor in the new administration.
Zohran Mamdani’s Top Deputy on How to Deliver an Affordability Agenda
Zohran Mamdani will be taking office as mayor of New York in just five weeks. His transition team continues to make announcements about the new administration, recently unveiling a 400-person advisory...
www.democracynow.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Zohran Mamdani's challenge as mayor of New York will be to handle the routine needs of the city "in a better way" and let residents "see the improvements in the day-to-day city services," says Dean Fuleihan, who will serve as first deputy mayor in the new administration.
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The first federal investigation into Border Patrol corruption and “excessive violence” was launched in 1930; by 1933, the government had fired every single working agent.
Fast forward to today, and the agency's sexualized workplace leads to harassment and assault, according to former agents.
Fast forward to today, and the agency's sexualized workplace leads to harassment and assault, according to former agents.
“He’s an agent. No one will believe me over him.”
The case of an alleged rape at the Border Patrol Academy, and the culture of silence that helped keep it from public view.
www.motherjones.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The first federal investigation into Border Patrol corruption and “excessive violence” was launched in 1930; by 1933, the government had fired every single working agent.
Fast forward to today, and the agency's sexualized workplace leads to harassment and assault, according to former agents.
Fast forward to today, and the agency's sexualized workplace leads to harassment and assault, according to former agents.
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Astoria the Wild Turkey walks around the Beer Garden in The Battery. 🦃 ❤️
November 30, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Astoria the Wild Turkey walks around the Beer Garden in The Battery. 🦃 ❤️
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Do you remember Checker Cabs? This #NYTMCollection photograph from the Ralph Curcio Slide Collection shows a Checker Cab on Park Avenue, between 41 and 42 Streets in 1976.
November 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Do you remember Checker Cabs? This #NYTMCollection photograph from the Ralph Curcio Slide Collection shows a Checker Cab on Park Avenue, between 41 and 42 Streets in 1976.
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Returned to my beloved Central Park this morning, and was warmly greeted by a stunning Northern Cardinal! I so appreciate some of these beautiful birds staying with us through the winter! ❄️❄️❄️ #Cardinal #CentralPark #birding
November 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Returned to my beloved Central Park this morning, and was warmly greeted by a stunning Northern Cardinal! I so appreciate some of these beautiful birds staying with us through the winter! ❄️❄️❄️ #Cardinal #CentralPark #birding
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🗣️ ain't no power like the power of a union, cuz the power of a union won't stop!
We're EIGHTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike and only getting louder. Let's hear it for baristas in Gardner, MA for holding the line! #nocontractnocoffee
We're EIGHTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike and only getting louder. Let's hear it for baristas in Gardner, MA for holding the line! #nocontractnocoffee
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
🗣️ ain't no power like the power of a union, cuz the power of a union won't stop!
We're EIGHTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike and only getting louder. Let's hear it for baristas in Gardner, MA for holding the line! #nocontractnocoffee
We're EIGHTEEN DAYS into our national ULP strike and only getting louder. Let's hear it for baristas in Gardner, MA for holding the line! #nocontractnocoffee
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Labor organizer Mother Jones died on this day in 1930.
“I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.”
“I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.”
November 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Labor organizer Mother Jones died on this day in 1930.
“I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.”
“I'm not a humanitarian, I'm a hell-raiser.”
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
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31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
A Warning from 1994 of a Two-Tiered Society | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
31 years ago this month, I warned that America was becoming a two-tiered society composed of a few winners and a larger group left behind, whose anger and disillusionment could be easily manipulated.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
I took a lot of heat for this speech. Watch and tell me if I was wrong.
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
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600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
November 29, 2025 at 6:55 PM
600 ICE agents were supposed to be deployed to Canal Street. Hundreds of New Yorkers gathered instead.
Quick summary by me:
Quick summary by me:
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In Western New York, excursion trains don’t take dainty strolls through the snowflakes. They obliterate snowdrifts to smithereens. This is the Arcade & Africa’s GE 65-Ton Switcher #112. Photo by Jackson Henneberry-Gregoire.
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November 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
In Western New York, excursion trains don’t take dainty strolls through the snowflakes. They obliterate snowdrifts to smithereens. This is the Arcade & Africa’s GE 65-Ton Switcher #112. Photo by Jackson Henneberry-Gregoire.
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📸❄️🛤️
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Striking workers aren't the only ones who've noticed... #NoContractNoCoffee
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Striking workers aren't the only ones who've noticed... #NoContractNoCoffee
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the scala elicoidale, built by giuseppe momo in 1932, is often called the modern bramante staircase.
November 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
the scala elicoidale, built by giuseppe momo in 1932, is often called the modern bramante staircase.
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A rare and beautiful visitor to Central Park today, this Barn Owl resting high in the Pinetum in a fenced-off area. 🦉 ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
A rare and beautiful visitor to Central Park today, this Barn Owl resting high in the Pinetum in a fenced-off area. 🦉 ❤️
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The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The climate crisis won’t wait and neither will we. With this team, we’ll meet it head-on.
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The entire labor movement is heartbroken by the senseless attack on @cwaunion.bsky.social Local 2222 lineman and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Army Spec. Sarah Beckstrom just blocks away from the AFL-CIO House of Labor. Our thoughts are with their families.
Our hearts are heavy today after the senseless attack on Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Army Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, members of the West Virginia National Guard, who were shot yesterday in Washington D.C.
cwa-union.org/news/release...
cwa-union.org/news/release...
CWA Statement on the Shooting of National Guard Members in Washington, D.C.
Our hearts are heavy today after the senseless attack on Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Army Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, members of the West Virginia National Guard, who were shot yesterday in Washi...
cwa-union.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The entire labor movement is heartbroken by the senseless attack on @cwaunion.bsky.social Local 2222 lineman and Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe and Army Spec. Sarah Beckstrom just blocks away from the AFL-CIO House of Labor. Our thoughts are with their families.