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RandySF

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Thu Dec 18, 2025, 06:37 PM Dec 2025

Mamdani Appointee Resigns After Racist Posts Uncovered

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s newly tapped director of appointments, Catherine Almonte Da Costa, resigned on Thursday afternoon after her history of antisemitic online posts — including complaining about “money hungry Jews” — was exposed, Jewish Insider reports.




https://politicalwire.com/2025/12/18/mamdani-appointee-resigns-after-racist-posts-uncovered/

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Mamdani Appointee Resigns After Racist Posts Uncovered (Original Post) RandySF Dec 2025 OP
A terrible thing to even think, let alone wrote about. I am shocked she was not vetted. marble falls Dec 2025 #1

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