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Justin Cascio
@justincascio.bsky.social
Mafia researcher, dog lover, home cook.
When Michael Fiore's life was in danger, he did what any self-respecting mafioso would do. He went to the barbershop. www.patreon.com/posts/readin...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Meet Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts youtu.be/KPzQqpB2Dn0 #MafiaBooks
Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts (book)
YouTube video by Justin Cascio
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November 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
My second book is coming November 10th to Amazon. Pasqualina: The Bootleg Queen of Springfield, Massachusetts is the true story of a woman who made Mafia history. #MafiaBooks
October 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
What do mushrooms and mafiosi have in common? They hide their real power deep underground. mafiagenealogy.com/2025/05/10/u...
Un-gangster-like mafiosi and their function in Mafia families
What Fratianno disregarded as damaging bias—nepotism—is a feature of the Mafia, not a bug.
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May 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Dear Democratic members of Congress: this is how you do it. Every five minutes one of you gets up and calls out one of his lies. They have to stop and have you removed. You could have comprised half the address with your corrections to his lies. Be relevant. What do you think we pay you for?
All right well you can primary the rest of them but let’s keep him around, we need him
Al Green is removed
March 5, 2025 at 1:35 PM
West Virginia, home to more than country roads. Meet the Famiglia Vagabonda, WV's own Italian Mafia. mafiagenealogy.com/2025/03/01/f...
Famiglia Vagabonda of West Virginia
West Virginia was the adopted home of thousands of Italian miners and their families… and the Mafia that preyed upon them.
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March 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
100 members of an LGBT chatroom were fired from their government jobs. www.erininthemorning.com/p/the-new-mc...
The New McCarthyism: LGBTQ+ Purges In Government Begin
After Chris Rufo leaked LGBTQ+ chatlogs from the intelligence community, Gabbard has announced that all those who participated in the chats will be fired.
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February 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is why we do it open.substack.com/pub/rowem/p/... Michael Rowe reminds us: "Kindness, decency, and intersectionality are not transactional."
This is why we do it
Don't pit queer people's pain against any other minority's pain. It doesn't fly with us.
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February 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Musk took millions from a NY bank account. Did you know he could do that? comptroller.nyc.gov/newsroom/sta...
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February 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I won't just rehash what you can read about the Mafia elsewhere. If I can't add facts or analysis that cast new light on a subject, I don't bother. This means I write more often about gangsters you've never heard of. But not this month. mafiagenealogy.com/2025/01/26/c...
Capone comes swinging
After the Valentine’s Day Massacre, three of Al Capone’s top men were found dead. Legend has it that Capone beat them himself with a baseball bat.
mafiagenealogy.com
January 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I shouldn't tell you this, but the surest way to get me to work for free is to loudly proclaim fake facts. Don't want to do the research yourself? Make up some bullshit and write about it. Your fake facts' existence will disturb the universe in a way I cannot ignore.
January 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Dear trans and nonbinary people: Living your life and being happy are how we defeat the people who want us to hide, die, and pretend we don't exist.
January 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM