Anthony Franqui
anthonyfranqui.bsky.social
Anthony Franqui
@anthonyfranqui.bsky.social
Artist, retro gamer (from the 99 into 2 thou)
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Starbucks CEO pay: $96 MILLION
Starbucks worker pay: $15,000

Coca-Cola CEO pay: $28 MILLION
Coca-Cola worker pay: $14,000

CEOs used to make like 20x the average worker.
In 2024, the average CEO earned 632x more.

The system is rigged.
August 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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We won't shop at companies that profit off detention.

Beginning today, we call on everyone who wants ICE out of our communities to #BoycottAmazon and all of its consumer brands, including #BoycottWholeFoods.

Sign the pledge and tell us you're on board: FreeDCproject.org/amazon
August 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Working Families Party-endorsed candidate in CA-22 @villegas4congress.bsky.social:

"In this country, as it stands right now, two out of every three bankruptcies are tied to medical debt."

Randy said it best: we need Medicare for all. And he'll fight for it.
August 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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“How many murdered Palestinian journalists will it take for the mainstream press’s cowardly fever to break?” asks ⁦‪Prem
Thakker,‬⁩ in the wake of Israel’s killing of ⁦‪Anas al Sharif. ‬⁩
BREAKING: Israel Killed Al Jazeera Journalist Anas Al-Sharif
Journalists in Gaza continue to be murdered in record numbers, while Western media outlets and reporters show little or no outrage.
zeteo.com
August 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Breaking News: A woman sued oil and gas companies over her mother’s death in a heat wave. It's the first wrongful death case targeting fossil fuel companies over their role in global warming, experts said.
Oil Companies Are Sued Over Death of Woman in 2021 Heat Wave
www.nytimes.com
May 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Plenty of politicians on both sides of the aisle feel threatened by rising class consciousness.
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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With the federal government in chaos, it's on states to protect workers.

In Colorado, where laws suppress the right to organize, a bill that empowers people to negotiate for fair pay & safe conditions is expected to head to the governor.

It's time to protect workers, @govofco.bsky.social.
April 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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75%
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Tens of Thousands of NYers took the streets today to say “hands off” our federal services!

This Tuesday, join NYC-DSA at the "Kill the Cuts" National Day of Action and stand with workers across the country demanding NO to cuts on our services ➡️ actionnetwork.org/events/kill-...
April 6, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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March 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Why is DSA's national convention SUCH a big deal? This is the first in a series of calls to get us started together on the road to August!

We’ll cover some basics—and what’s new this time. Whether you're a first-timer or long-timer, any interested DSA member can join!
act.dsausa.org/signup/what-...
March 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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The stock prices of America's largest private prison and detention center operators have skyrocketed since Trump's victory.

Why?

Because the border-industrial complex stands to profit handsomely from Trump's anti-immigrant agenda.
The Truth About the U.S. Border | Robert Reich
The full story about immigration you aren't getting from politicians and the media. Watch More: The Military-Industrial Drain ►► https://youtu.be/OnR84h7t5kI A desperate combination of factors are driving migrants and asylum seekers to our southern border, from Central America in particular: deep economic inequality, corruption, and high rates of poverty, as well as violence and instability tied to historic U.S. support for brutal authoritarian regimes, right-wing paramilitary groups, and corporate interests in Latin America. In other words, the United States is very much part of the root of this problem. Some politicians want you to believe the way to address this humanitarian tragedy is to double down on border security and build walls to deter people from coming. They’re wrong. Several administrations have tried this approach. It's failed every time. Our bloated spending on the border-industrial complex has done nothing but increase human suffering without dealing with the root causes of...
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March 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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If Democrats won't act like an opposition party, we will.
March 14, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.
March 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.

Tomorrow is the cloture vote.

KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️

Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.

Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Come see these short plays honoring MLK by Renée Fleming at the **Jersey City Theater Center** on March 15th @ 3pm as we bring these gripping and poignant plays to Jersey City. There is also a Blackspace sponsored talk back hosted by @ashleybaptiste.bsky.social. Scan the QR code in the image below
March 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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The Republican CR cuts education funding for America’s children – stopping mental health programs for children and financial aid programs for low-income students.

I am strongly opposed.
House GOP seeks spending cuts, defense increases in plan to avert shutdown
House Republicans on Saturday unveiled a six-month stopgap government funding plan, which seeks cuts to nondefense programs while boosting funding for defense. The bill’s rollout kicks off a …
thehill.com
March 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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We don’t need billionaires. We need

- affordable housing
- universal healthcare
- living wages
- clean & reliable public transit
- affordable childcare

Imagine if the rewards of our hard work went back into our communities instead of being hoarded by a handful at the top.
March 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Yep they - the Harris campaign - totally wasted and boxed in Walz. Madness.
Tim Walz has some sharp critiques of the Dem 2024 campaign
The Harris-Walz campaign should have “rolled the dice” more, he told POLITICO.
www.politico.com
March 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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We have not forgotten the ways that Andrew Cuomo abused his power by harassing and bullying women. We have not forgotten Cuomo’s scandals and the culture of bullying, corruption and impunity that he created in Albany.
March 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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If you made $10,000 every day and never spent a cent, from when the Declaration of Independence was signed, to the time you're reading this, you still wouldn't have a billion dollars.

Elon Musk has that more than 190x over and he’s cutting people’s SNAP money (just ~$6.16/day)
March 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Trump is now proposing to sell a $5 million "gold card" that will provide a fast-track to citizenship for the ultra-wealthy.

He's doing this as he tries to place restrictions on certain forms legal immigration, including pausing admission to refugees displaced by violence.
February 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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🚨 Join Rise and Resist this SATURDAY, MARCH 1 at 1pm for a peaceful protest outside Tesla's NYC store at 860 Washington Street, at the corner of West 13th Street. We've made a TOOLKIT with posters for you. Stay tuned!

actionnetwork.org/events/pull-...

#TeslaTakedown #BoycottTesla #RiseAndResist
February 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM