Yo, Mutherfucker! Your servers aren't indentured servants or slaves. If you can't afford to pay them a living wage, you shouldn't be running a restaurant.
#tipping #greed #LivingWage
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Doppia cittadinanza: #Italia e Canada!
If you're against #Antifa, you're a fascist!
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If you don't enjoy the variety, you know what to do.
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Bluesky: @iuculano.bsky.social
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My days of watching anything on #CBS are quickly coming to an end.
Not coincidentally, the last day will be May 21st, after which #TheLateShow with #StephenColbert will no longer be on the air.
Just saying.
A reminder, just in case you need reminding:
Antifa is short for "Anti-Fascist".
If you are against Antifa, you are a fascist
#Antifa #AntiFascism #Fascism #StopFascism #StopMAGA #StopTrump
RE: https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/116953428160151104
When they finally hold this regime accountable, I hope they remember that Google was complicit
Quoting
Google is also scrubbing the names of the wealthy, foreign & domestic, who fund Trump's regime & buy elections for the GOP.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-fundraising-groups-financial-disclosures-8d5f5c35
They're the ones who want detention centers.
These names appear less & less in Google searches:
- Elon Musk $291,482,587
- Timothy Mellon $197,047,200
- Miriam Adelson $148,304,900
- Richard Uihlein $143,498,936
- Ken Griffin $108,402,284
- Jeff Yass $101,128,680
- Paul E. Singer $66,800,800
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Happy 90th Birthday, Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo a.k.a Alan Alda
#HappyBirthday #OTD #AlphonsoJosephDAbruzzo #AlanAlda #MASH #Hawkeye #TheFourSeasons #polio
#TiredOfWinning yet, America?
#Honda Cancels All Three EVs That It Planned to Build in the U.S.
The automaker was blunt in its announcement of the changing plans, citing American #tariff policies and the unpredictable nature surrounding American #EV incentives and #FossilFuel regulations. In its release marking the announcement, Honda made it clear that it expected to incur further financial losses over the long term if it went through with launching the cars.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a70722299/honda-0-series-suv-saloon-acura-rsx-canceled/
Hey, #FIFA! You need to cancel all #WorldCup games scheduled to be played in the #UnitedStates and redistribute those games to be played either in #Canada or in #Mexico. The US must be sanctioned!
#StopTrump #InfantinoWakeUp #Soccer #Calcio #Futbol #Sports #BoycottUSA
This is how #Republicans will eliminate sports programs for grade school and high school, while getting to fondle kids
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#Kindergarten girls targeted 4 invasive exams by new #GOP-led #BallotMeasure
#WashingtonState voters will decide the fate of a #ballot initiative that would require #girls from kindergarten through high school to undergo #SexVerification testing before playing school #sports — a measure critics call the most extreme of its kind in the country.
https://www.rawstory.com/anti-trans-sports-measure/
The country that needs Regime Change is AMERICAAAAAA!!
#Nukes #NoNukes
#War #NoWar
#Trump #StopTrump
#RegimeChange #AmericanDictatorship
Do you want a tastier pasta?
Here's a little trick I learned from my mom when I was a kid. Instead of cooking the #pasta in salted boiling water, do so in the sauce you're going to be using
As the pasta cooks, it will absorb sauce instead of water, making it more flavorful
Also, no strainer required 😁
#ItalianFood #Italy #Italia #Food
A message to American travelers who need to fly out of the United States:
Starting tomorrow, the #Trump administration will be deploying #ICE to #airports to assist #TSA.
If, for whatever reason, you feel you need to avoid them, and you're not too far from the northern #border, you can/should drive to #Canada, and fly out from there. Sure, it will take longer, but it will be worth it
Replying to
@MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
The seller gets subsidized by tax
payer dollars in order to avoid losses. Wait, wait.. Isn't that socialism?
RE: https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/116750699545981581
Lol, 100 million years of history, all summarized in one sentence.
Via #RawStory - Apr 10, 2026
Hegseth's key #Iran claim collapses as US intel finds Iran has thousands of missiles
One of #SecretaryOfDefense #PeteHegseth's main defenses of the U.S. decision to negotiate a controversial #ceasefire with #Iran is that its #BallisticMissile program has been "functionally destroyed."
But that claim has now been shot down by U.S. #IntelligenceAssessments, the #WallStreetJournal reported on Friday.
By #TomBoggioni via #RawStory - Mar 19, 2026
#Cult expert flags 'loyalty oath' Trump's devised specifically to humiliate inner circle
Donald #Trump's seemingly quirky obsession with gifting ill-fitting shoes to his #Cabinet members is far more sinister than it appears— a calculated ritual of #humiliation designed to reinforce #authoritarian control over his inner circle, according to analysts who study #CultPsychology and #AuthoritarianTactics.
#RawStory 11:12am EDT - Mar 17, 2026
'Never heard him so angry': #MAGA senator posts – then deletes – story of furious #Trump
Sen. #LindseyGraham (R-SC) published – and immediately deleted – a post on #SocialMedia Tuesday sharing details of a conversation he had moments earlier with President Donald Trump who, according to Graham, was absolutely furious over his pleas for other countries to aid his #Iran #war effort being largely ignored.
The #Fascism is strong with this one!
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#RawStory 4:30pm EDT - Mar 14, 2026
#FCC chair signals license revocations for broadcasters critical of #Trump
#BrendanCarr, chair of the #FederalCommunicationsCommission under President #DonaldTrump, issued a stark warning to television broadcasters on Saturday, threatening license revocation for what he characterizes as "hoaxes and news distortions."
#RawStory 9:10pm EST - Mar 13, 2026
#Trump may face #LA #Olympics ban
The #WorldAntiDopingAgency is considering rule change that could attempt 2 bar Trump & other top US offcls frm attending 2028 LA Olympics over dispute involving unpaid dues
#AP reported..the proposal→on agenda 4 nxt wk’s exec committee meeting, stems frm yrs of tension aftr US gov withheld funds in protest of agency’s handling o string o high-profile #doping cases, incl 1 involving #Chinese swimmers
«The claims #SamuelAlito..made about #voter turnout in #Louisiana in landmark #VotingRightsAct case were based on a misleading data analysis
Alito said #Black voter turnout had exceeded white voter turnout in 2 of 5 most recent #PresidentialElections nationally & in Louisiana. Alito’s claim was copied almost verbatim frm a friend-of-the-court brief filed by #DoJ; used 2 make the argument that the kind of #discrimination that once made #VRA necessary no longer exists»
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/08/supreme-court-voting-rights-act-misleading-data-doj
HE'S LOST HIS FUCKING MIND!!
Stunning Trump decree ordrs US #Navy 2 target all ships complying w/ #Iran Hormuz #toll
#Trump issued major directive Sunday 2 US Navy 2 target vessels of any nation complying w/ Iran’s demand 4 tolls 2 transit the #StraitOfHormuz
“I have instructed our Navy 2 seek & interdict every vessel in International Waters that has paid toll 2 Iran. No 1 who pays an illegal toll will have safe passage on the high seas"
#JoeKent has connections to #RightWing extremists. He's #MAGA
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Joe Kent, Dir of #NationalCounterterrorismCenter, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing concerns abt justification 4 military strikes in #Iran & saying he “cannot in good conscience” back #Trump admin's #war
“Iran posed no imminent threat 2 our nation: it is clear we startd this war due 2 pressure frm #Israel & its powerful US lobby,” Kent sed in #SocialMedia post, making claims Trump has denied
https://apnews.com/article/trump-iran-war-kent-resignation-e2e17a76d79617a68370f076c0291208
#RawStory 2:38pm EDT - Mar 16, 2026
#WhiteHouse livid at claims #Trump admin privately pleading with #Iran — and being ignored
The White House reacted angrily Monday after a report revealed #SteveWitkoff, President Donald Trump's #MiddleEast envoy, has been privately texting Iranian officials in the hopes of resuming #peace negotiations — but the texts have been ignored
Hey, Donald! I see you haven't yet learned that you can't alienate all your friends and allies, and then call upon them to assist you when you get your ass in a bind
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«Trump’s panicked plea goes largely ignored by world leaders: 'No country stepped forward’
#Trump issued a plea Sat 2 several countries in hopes they would “send ships” 2 major shipping route off coast of #Iran 2 help US’ #war effort against #MiddleEast nation, plea that..appeard 2 go largely ignored»
#RawStory 11:42pm EDT - Mar 13, 2026
#Trump & some of closest advisers were caught off guard by the scope of #Iran’s military response to U.S. strikes, while key Gulf allies have privately expressed anger at the #WhiteHouse’s decision to escalate the conflict, according to a #WallStreetJournal report.
“Allies..blame Trump admin 4 triggering #war that put them in crosshairs & pierced their image of luxurious, business-friendly locale free of region’s chaos.”
#Trump’s ‘#racist #hate speech’ & #migration crackdowns violate #HumanRights, #UN says
In non-binding decision, UN‘s committee on elimination of racial discrimination (#CERD) called on US 2 uphold obligations..2 the international convention on combating #racism & #discrimination
Panel of 18 independent exprts sed it was deeply disturbd by growing use o derogatory/dehumanising language/harmful stereotypes being used 2 target migrants, including refugees & #AsylumSeekers
Beware the Ides of March!
On this day, March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was assassinated by about 40 Roman Senators, leading to a series of civil wars that culminated in the end of the Roman Republic and the birth of the Roman Empire
#IdesOfMarch #assassination #JuliusCaesar #CivilWar #Rome #Italy #Republic #Empire
#RawStory 10:58am EDT -Mar 14, 2026
#MAGA infighting erupts after Laura Loomer apologizes for ‘racist’ remarks
#RightWing influencer #LauraLoomer stunned a prominent MAGA supporter on Saturday after apologizing for a series of #SocialMedia posts she’s made targeting #Indians, posts that many – including prominent #Republicans – have described as “racist.”
Via #MeidasTouchNetwork - Mar 13, 2026
THIS Trump Move SHOWS US His PLAN…
In the 400th episode of The #Ken #HarbaughShow, Ken speaks with researcher and author #ChrisMathias about the trajectory of #fascist ideology in America — from the political fringe to the corridors of power — and what the #Trump administration's expanding detention infrastructure reveals about the country's direction
My Mother-in-law just told me her brother-in-law once swam across Italy's #PoRiver. I responded that I can actually WALK across it.
She looked at me, dumbfounded.
"What, do you think you're Jesus?"
I said, "No, but with severe #drought hitting #Italy, the once-mighty #Po has virtually disappeared.
#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency
Donald Trump is quickly learning that starting a war is much easier than ending one.
Via #RawStory 2:45pm EDT - Mar 13, 2026
#PeteHegseth dropped 'largely unnoticed' #WarCrime on live TV: experts
"No quarter, no mercy 4 our enemies. Yet some in the press just can't stop. More #FakeNews from #CNN reports that #Trump admin underestimated Iran war's impact on #StraitOfHormuz"
The phrase "no quarter"..means any enemy combatants will be killed with no allowance for surrender — something that..is a violation of both #IternationalLaw & the U.S. #MilitaryCode
Replying to
@TammySue@stranger.social
I'm thinking it has the "full" designation because it's fully tax exempt. Would that make your setup only 2% tax exempt?
#Satire #TongueInCheek
#Trump #DOJ probe into Fed blows up as Pirro subpoenas thrown out in stunning rebuke
The Trump administration's investigation into the #FederalReserve was dealt a severe blow on Friday, as a federal judge in #Washington, D.C. quashed U.S. Attorney #JeaninePirro's subpoenas.
Happy Pi Day!
3.14
#EuropeSays - Mar 16, 2026
#Iran war reveals Italy PM Meloni now sidelined by Trump
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The episode highlighted #Rome’s limited #influence in #Washington and cast doubt on #GiorgiaMeloni’s claim of privileged access to Trump, revealing #Italy as a peripheral player in US strategic decision-making.
Her self-assigned role as a mediator further weakened days later when she distanced herself from #Trump over the #war and moved closer to the prevailing #European position
Replying to
@DrJackBrown@mstdn.social
Jack, I was thinking the same thing just this past Friday
https://masto.ai/@iuculano/111984093525061937
Sorry, I don't believe anything this fucking #Nazi says
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#RawStory 3:53pm EST - Mar 16, 2026
#OathKeepers founder 'no longer MAGA' after #Iran #war: 'If I lose my pardon, so be it'
Oath Keepers founder #StewartRhodes announced he was "no longer #MAGA," even though he was headed to #MarALago on Friday to ask President Donald #Trump for a #pardon
#Raw Story - Mar 15, 2026
#Trump admin’s unprecedented military op in #Venezuela earlier this yr that resulted in capture of #NicolásMaduro was shaped, in part, by frmr #Chevron exec #AliMoshiri, #WallStreetJournal reported Sunday, [leaving] several #journalists stunned
“Every once in while u read a story that pulls back curtain on how the world really works & it takes your breath away,” wrote The #NewYorkTimes columnist #LydiaPolgreen Sunday in #SocialMedia post on #X