Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli
@banditelli.org
Professional labor photographer. Unions for all. Birds. Whales. Cats. Hydration. Maybe a dash of democratic socialism. Not necessarily in that order. Too much optimism for the current moment.
Cute content skeeted often, not with the news cycle
Cute content skeeted often, not with the news cycle
Pinned
Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
Our enemies are cowards and we're going to defeat them.
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From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
From a statement from faith leaders at Broadview this morning:
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
"God does not bless cages. God does not sanction abductions. God demands freedom."
Friday night borb 🪶
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Friday night borb 🪶
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Earlier in the year I drove 9600 miles to do Milky Way photography.
Between that, work, my health, and the terrors, I'm exhausted.
I promised myself no more trips over 100 miles from home for the year, unless critical for the union.
I broke that promise Saturday.
Worth it.
Final version. 🪶
Between that, work, my health, and the terrors, I'm exhausted.
I promised myself no more trips over 100 miles from home for the year, unless critical for the union.
I broke that promise Saturday.
Worth it.
Final version. 🪶
November 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Earlier in the year I drove 9600 miles to do Milky Way photography.
Between that, work, my health, and the terrors, I'm exhausted.
I promised myself no more trips over 100 miles from home for the year, unless critical for the union.
I broke that promise Saturday.
Worth it.
Final version. 🪶
Between that, work, my health, and the terrors, I'm exhausted.
I promised myself no more trips over 100 miles from home for the year, unless critical for the union.
I broke that promise Saturday.
Worth it.
Final version. 🪶
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We organized and won a $20 minimum wage for CA fast food workers, including Starbucks workers, and the Fast Food Council.
We showed the industry we have something more powerful than their money:
Solidarity.
We'll keep fighting until @sbworkersunited.org's wins this contract.
#NoContractNoCoffee
We showed the industry we have something more powerful than their money:
Solidarity.
We'll keep fighting until @sbworkersunited.org's wins this contract.
#NoContractNoCoffee
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
We organized and won a $20 minimum wage for CA fast food workers, including Starbucks workers, and the Fast Food Council.
We showed the industry we have something more powerful than their money:
Solidarity.
We'll keep fighting until @sbworkersunited.org's wins this contract.
#NoContractNoCoffee
We showed the industry we have something more powerful than their money:
Solidarity.
We'll keep fighting until @sbworkersunited.org's wins this contract.
#NoContractNoCoffee
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UCLA is *us*: Faculty, students, and staff.
Not administrators.
Not administrators.
November 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
UCLA is *us*: Faculty, students, and staff.
Not administrators.
Not administrators.
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
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Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the ULP strike. #Birds
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the ULP strike. #Birds
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Scoop: Staffers at the Los Angeles Times have averted a strike, with the guild striking a contract deal with management after a grueling negotiating process.
Details in @status.news: link.status.news/3WTZc2H
Details in @status.news: link.status.news/3WTZc2H
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Scoop: Staffers at the Los Angeles Times have averted a strike, with the guild striking a contract deal with management after a grueling negotiating process.
Details in @status.news: link.status.news/3WTZc2H
Details in @status.news: link.status.news/3WTZc2H
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Six Jane Does filed suit against senior USVI officials, including Plaskett, and "John Does 1-100" in 2023. The suit alleged "defendants made the United States Virgin Islands a “safe haven” for Epstein’s sex trafficking." I'm no lawyer so this is where I step aside.
Jeffrey Epstein appeared to text with Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) during Michael Cohen's 2019 congressional hearing and may have influenced her questions.
Text message time-stamp match up with hearing video reviewed by The Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Text message time-stamp match up with hearing video reviewed by The Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 14, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Six Jane Does filed suit against senior USVI officials, including Plaskett, and "John Does 1-100" in 2023. The suit alleged "defendants made the United States Virgin Islands a “safe haven” for Epstein’s sex trafficking." I'm no lawyer so this is where I step aside.
Hiding your phone from Ro Khanna because you're texting Jeffrey Epstein in the middle of a hearing.
Jeffrey Epstein appeared to text with Del. Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands) during Michael Cohen's 2019 congressional hearing and may have influenced her questions.
Text message time-stamp match up with hearing video reviewed by The Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Text message time-stamp match up with hearing video reviewed by The Washington Post.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Hiding your phone from Ro Khanna because you're texting Jeffrey Epstein in the middle of a hearing.
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Wild. Worth watching the vids to see the setup and how they did it: petapixel.com/2025/11/14/s...
This Mind-Blowing Photo Shows a Skydiver Transiting the Sun
It was an extremely challenging shot to pull off.
petapixel.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Wild. Worth watching the vids to see the setup and how they did it: petapixel.com/2025/11/14/s...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
The afl-cio ran a whole bus tour on this?
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blocked an effort broadly supported by his own caucus to force a vote on restoring crucial labor protections for federal workers that were revoked by President Donald Trump earlier this year.
Jeffries Blocks Vote on Restoring Federal Workers’ Collective Bargaining Rights
Democrats have sought a vote on restoring collective bargaining rights removed by Trump for over 1 million workers.
truthout.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The afl-cio ran a whole bus tour on this?
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getting the feeling that Kiley is all out of f*cks to give for Trump after Prop 50.
GOP Rep. Kevin Kiley, who did not support the Epstein discharge petition, says he will vote yes next week on releasing the Epstein files
November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
getting the feeling that Kiley is all out of f*cks to give for Trump after Prop 50.
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There is strength in a union
In the US, the only leverage many academics have is threatening to leave. That leverage is growing weaker and weaker as jobs disappear. At this point, beyond a few superstars, it’s effectively nil. There are, of course, other forms of leverage, but they require working in concert.
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
There is strength in a union
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I'll be beating this drum constantly between now and April:
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
“'She did not just approve a fossil fuel project. She made a moral choice,' Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (D), who is primarying Hochul, said on Monday. 'New Yorkers deserve a governor who does not treat the climate crisis as a PR problem, but as a test of moral leadership.'”
Hochul enrages environmentalists with shift to ‘all of the above’ energy policy
Democrats are focusing on affordability over climate goals as midterm elections loom.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I'll be beating this drum constantly between now and April:
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
Zohran must play nice with the governor to advance his agenda. But our task, at the grassroots, is to use Hochul's fear of losing re-election to push her incessantly and publicly.
Well done on climate, Third Act 👏
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Posting a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and remind everyone not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the unfair labor practice strike
November 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Posting a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and remind everyone not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the unfair labor practice strike
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ALL of Epstein's buddies need to get out of politics. And stay out!
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ALL of Epstein's buddies need to get out of politics. And stay out!
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Happy Holidays, peasants!
Brooke Rollins says on Newsmax SNAP participants will have to re-apply for the program.
Details are still unclear.
via Grace Yarrow for @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Details are still unclear.
via Grace Yarrow for @politico.com
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump administration will require SNAP participants to reapply for benefits
The move is part of USDA chief Brooke Rollins’ effort to overhaul the nation’s largest anti-hunger program and get rid of “fraud.”
www.politico.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Happy Holidays, peasants!
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Baby killdeer are already the cutest little fluffball leggy bois, but when it hid under the adult my jaw dropped from cuteness overload! 💙💙💙
🚨 EMERGENCY CUTE one unedited baby killdeer video coming up 🪶
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Baby killdeer are already the cutest little fluffball leggy bois, but when it hid under the adult my jaw dropped from cuteness overload! 💙💙💙
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Posting birds to support Starbucks workers and migrants.
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Posting birds to support Starbucks workers and migrants.
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An L.A. man walking his dog was suddenly surrounded by ICE agents and detained — even though his family is legally seeking asylum from Russia’s war crackdown. Their story is sending fear through immigrant communities.
A Russian couple were living their L.A. dream. Then immigration grabbed them off the street
For years, Russian nationals and others seeking asylum in the United States were allowed to live and work here while their cases were being decided. But that policy has changed with unknown repercussi...
www.latimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
An L.A. man walking his dog was suddenly surrounded by ICE agents and detained — even though his family is legally seeking asylum from Russia’s war crackdown. Their story is sending fear through immigrant communities.
Can I say HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA LOLOLOLL LMFAO DJFBWIHDHDHDHS
Or does that break the TOS?
Or does that break the TOS?
NEW: Before the recent Epstein disclosures, Larry Summers was poised to lead the economic policy plank for the Democrats' "Project 2029" effort at the Center for American Progress. He signed off on a housing policy paper CAP was prepping for next week.
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
prospect.org/2025/11/14/e...
Epstein Confidant Larry Summers Guiding Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ - The American Prospect
Summers was overseeing the economic policy plank of the Center for American Progress’s effort. Emails released this week show him in regular contact with Jeffrey Epstein.
prospect.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Can I say HAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA LOLOLOLL LMFAO DJFBWIHDHDHDHS
Or does that break the TOS?
Or does that break the TOS?
They should sell their 2nd houses in SoCal while they're at it.
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
No one leaving New York City because of Mamdani, say two top real estate CEOs
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's democratic socialist views spark fears companies and capital will flee, but top real estate CEOs say it's not true.
cnb.cx
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
They should sell their 2nd houses in SoCal while they're at it.