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Remember when trump invited the taliban to camp david…
Bruh, no, I didn’t remember until you posted this. Holy shit. It’s been a longass 10 years.
Failed? It’s been less than a week. They’re threatening to denaturalize and deport him. Sounds like they’re very frightened.
Am Jewish, am native New Yorker, no longer live there, would vote Mamdani. Fuck Israel.
Media: “Everyone, this guy doesn’t grovel for Israel!”
Everyone: “okay that sounds good.”
Not sure if this was a smear campaign as much as the lobby getting high on it’s own supply.
It would be nice if the media made it easy for us and just kept reminding who is funded by AIAPAC.
There’s no smear they could’ve done that’s worse than what Cuomo had going on.
I live nowhere near New York but have heard his name lots. What’s the deal with Cuomo?
Typical political scumbaggery, ethics issues, sexual harassment allegations, etc
I kinda figured just by looking at the guy.
Thanks
Oh, they’re still trying.
But they just keep making him more cool.
Love the style of his website, great design
Damn website won’t load
Prolly a good sign!
It just goes to his campaign page. But yes, a good sign.
Seriously. It’s not “failed”; it’s in full fuckin’ swing.
But Cuomo tried very hard to turn it into a referendum on Mamdani’s views on Israel and Palestine—and the media establishment took the bait.
It’s weird this is an issue in a mayoral campaign in the USA. The role has no foreign policy authority whatsoever, and Palestine/Israel is 5700 miles from NYC.
Plus, Israel is super unpopular right now. Mainstream media and establishment politicians don’t get this. The more they criticize Mamdani for his lack of allegiance to Israel, the more people will vote for him!
MSM used to know that they needed to smear anti-Israel candidates on other subjects. They got high on their own supply. Probably because they fired all the non zealots.
Yeah the most bizarre thing to me was seeing the debate and hearing a question about foreign nation visits
Like wtf is a city mayor doing visiting other countries and why would we care
That was super weird. It was trying to bait out mamdani and other progressive views about Israel but man what a word question for a mayoral race
He’s about to raise taxes on ~350k millionaires, while increasing wages and lowering the cost of groceries and rent. It’s everything Trump promised in his campaign, but he’s doing it the exact opposite way.
When it works, Trump is gonna look like a dick, and the nation will see that democratic socialism will get them what they were promised.
Yeah but he’s doing it for those NYC liberal elites, so improving their way of life is a bad thing you see.
So, he’s planning to decrease the value of Trumps places… Dangerous moves… I still wait for the first US politicians and judges that work against the Forth Reich to causually fall from windows.
Trump is already deeply unpopular in NYC, so it’s not likely to change anything on the national stage. New Yorkers have been seeing Trump’s BS on parade for decades now. It won’t change New York’s opinion of Trump.
Nationally, it might. But that’s only if the media actually runs with it; The big news orgs are all in bed with the established politicians, so they’ll likely be smearing him left and right to avoid having it turn into a national shift.
the nation will see that democratic socialism will get them what they were promised.
What’s that old saying like “none are so blind as those who will not see”? I feel like people are so emotionally invested in “socialism bad, democrats bad” that it’s going to be hard for them to accept contradicting that.
Yes. We are talking about dumbasses that like the ACA, but hate “Obamacare” - which apparently has “death panels”…
The insurance companies are the death panels.
That’s definitely true for many Republicans, but I think a successful term as mayor for Zohran has potential to really change things for the Democrats. If, after hearing from establishment Democrats for decades that the only way we can change things is so incrementally, not only can we not make progress, but we actually have to accept going backwards pretty often, you have a mayor who delivers some fairly sweeping changes, it could open the eyes of many Democrat voters to the lies that they’ve been fed by party leadership to excuse themselves for sitting on their hands while things fall apart around them.
I think there’s some truth to this. Specifically, a lot of people are sort of reflexively conservative. That is, they don’t like change. If zohran gets free bus fare in, a lot of people who fight it now will fight to keep it.
I think some famous conservative said something once about how they can’t let social programs get in because people like them too much.
It won’t work because, like every socialist system everywhere, capitalists will seek to undermine and interfere.
At least someone else on your home instance noticed and admits it.
Shit what’s wrong with .world?
I just set up my new account there because mine is about to die. Do I need to go elsewhere?
They’re not generally fans of communism, plus the other replies. Your preferences may vary.
The .world admins are… Not great. There have been several instances of them cozying up to users with unfortunate viewpoints. It’s not as bad as Reddit, but it’s certainly not great either.
I have had multiple comments removed for “misinformation” because I outlined historical context that goes against anti-communist rhetoric. All factual stuff that anyone could google, but it makes communism look not terrible so the mods of .world removed it.
Any recommendations? Is your instance decent?
DBzero is where I would sign up if I weren’t best suited to blahaj zone. Highly recommend
(I’m not the person you asked though)
Just block and move on.
The person I asked are the instance? Because the instance seems okay but I haven’t really looked
The person. I already had them blocked.
You may also check instances that are de/federated as well, and may want to join several instances just to get a different mix, even if de/federation is similar. You can use the same username on them, assuming it’s not already in use.
If he does. He hasn’t done anything yet.
he can propose a tax raise but it still has to get through state legislators and the governor. i dunno about the rent and grocery stores. I’m all for this guy but he’s going to need everyone’s help making any real changes. i really hope we see it happen!
Rent-stabilized apartments already exist in NYC. They are subject to regulations, so prices can be bureaucratically frozen.
He has proposed city-owned grocery stores, that would save money on rent and property taxes, forcing competitive pricing on groceries in NYC, and reducing the insane inflation rates we see. During the bird flu, eggs hit $13/dozen, for example.
He’s also looking to increase the city minimum wage to $30/hr, and make the city bus free for residents.
New York City has its own income taxes.
that aren’t set by the mayors office, but the state
edit: so many confidently incorrect people responding to me, bug off. bunch of argue bros trying to google their way to being right. Albany and the governor are involved in what he wants to do, the governor has already addressed this, he has already addressed this, idk what to tell you loons. blocking any more reply guys.
That’s incorrect. The New York City Council sets the NYC property and income tax rates. Taxes are collected by NYS.
https://www.nyc.gov/site/taxcommission/about/about-the-nyc-tax-commission.page
i don’t think your link says what you are pushing but i’m done arguing about it, have a nice day!
The existing one is set by the state, but I’m not aware of anything precluding the city for introducing its own. They wouldn’t be set by the mayor’s office as mayors don’t actually make laws, but I don’t see how this is a state matter. Certainly none of the coverage about it has said it’s ultimately up to Hochul.
idk what to tell you except that this is very easy to verify. NYC city taxes are set by the state and the governor has to approve them as currently set up. Hochul the democratic governor has already said she isn’t interested in this plan so it’s a fight. I’m not interested in discussing it with you any further have a nice day.
Yes, but you’re talking about the current taxes. Is there a law saying they can’t institute additional taxes themselves? Because the proposed tax is an entirely separate thing and unless that’s precluded by law the existing tax doesn’t really matter. Adams had to go through the state because he wanted to reduce the existing tax.
Socialism has failed every time it’s been attempted, for one very good reason.
I fully expect the CIA to get involved. Probably before the general election even happens.
Oh and another child left behind…
Are you christian? How come? This Joshua Ben Josef guy had some quite “social” ideas… Like the needles eye thingy, the love their neighbors, etc… etc…
Lol what a strange stretch. I’m not Christian, I’m an atheist socialist annoyed at how the US government has historically worked to overthrow socialism everywhere in the world.
Somehow most “good god fearing american partiots” forget that their messiah was quite a social revoluzer and aramaic jew… Actually I’m pissed that the guy and his posse that reigns my country atm are the great Trump and his band of fashists ass kissers and do not have the balls to say where the real problems are located
He’s not implementing socialism. He’s using democratic socialism, an existing facet of our economy, on city-wide needs.
Social Democracy, really, but Americans insist on using the wrong name.
There’s a huge Jewish population in NYC, and many mistakenly assume that all of them support what Israel is doing. To a lot of people Judaism=Zionism.
That’s a weird assumption. Many Jews strongly oppose it, including Bernie Sanders, Jon Stewart, Ben and Jerry from the ice cream, and probably millions of less famous Jews.
Even if that assumption were correct, the mayor of NYC cannot meaningfully aid or hinder Israel’s actions. A politician’s position on an issue far outside the scope of the office they’re seeking doesn’t usually influence my vote.
The oligarchs can’t win on the merits of their policies, so they desperately resort to identity politics to try to divide us.
A politician’s position on an issue far outside the scope of the office they’re seeking doesn’t usually influence my vote
You’re probably the minority on that
That would be interesting to find out.
There might be some things the mayor could do, like joining boycotts, etc.
Certainly he can stop or interfere with the crackdown on pro-palestinian dissent in the city which has been extreme under Adams and Trump.
NYPD has a field office in Kfar Saba. So, possibly more pertinent than it should be.
Well there’s my surprising fact of the day.
Looks like it’s just one officer, but it seems like they could do outreach and intelligence sharing without someone permanently stationed there.
NYPD has offices all around the globe. Because… 9/11 or something.
New York has a big Jewish population.
The smear campaign against Zohran Mamdani isn’t over, and won’t be over for as long as he’s in politics, and then a little after.
They’ll attack him in the history books. The banks put Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill.
Definitely not over. Assuming he wins the election, I would anticipate a lot of sabotage stemming from establishment politicians and public servants. If they can’t win this election, they’ll want to make his term as mayor as discordant and ineffectual as possible, to make it easier for a more conservative/establishment candidate to win the next one.
Which is why I think everyone celebrating his victory are being naively premature
Progress is still something to celebrate. Without the first step, the others cant follow
But maybe not before the metaphorical battle is even won, much less the war. He still needs to win the actual election, and then assuming that happens, it’s going to require constant effort to try to overcome all of the resistance in the way of actually doing the job.
Not saying folks can’t be happy that he’s in the running over known sex pest Cuomo, but I just think it’s premature to celebrate when there is still so much work to be done.
Can people enjoy stuff or no?
Not in politics, no.
Doesn’t he still have to win the general? So we’ll see if it failed or not.
In New York, the Dem primary is MUCH more competitive than the general against (perennial loser and hyper-racist vigilante) Curtis Sliwa and whichever dross failed to achieve the backing of one of the parties but are still rich and/or corrupt enough to afford running anyway.
Other than Sliwa, his opponents will be a corrupt as fuck compulsive liar who was probably days from being sentenced to prison when he decided to pledge his allegiance to the Mango Mussolini without joining the GOP, and possibly the sex offender he just beat.
Are we expecting the Democratic party to actually support him? Seems the national leadership would rather see someone else in his spot.
I for one am DEFINITELY not, no.
Will be interesting to see what they do tbh, since Cuomo has already lost to him once and the other two candidates are openly sucking up to the Mango Mussolini. Makes endorsing anyone quite the tricky proposition…
OK, so next it’ll be the an entrapment operation? And then maybe an assassination?
I mean, if history is our guide…
On the one hand I’m surprised, but on the other I’m not since most political consultants are fucking out of touch idiots, but I think they were lazy and went for the more recent “hate Palestine or you’re an antisemite” bit and found it didn’t work.
Next I’m worried they’re going to use the much more effective “defund the police makes you unsafe” bit and lean heavier into the “communist” game, if he doesn’t get deported first of course… I’m very happy he won the primary, but I have very little faith he’s going to win the general election unfortunately :/
Have a little faith, he’s the heavy favorite. The city’s unions and politicians are in the process of rallying around him, while his opponents are all jokes who likely won’t get as many votes combined as Zohran.
It was similar to Jeremy Corbyn (I’m not arguing he’s perfect) where they didn’t think he could beat Labour as an independent
I really wish he would win. But I’m not hopeful.
What do you mean? The hard part is behind us, Zohran is now the heavy favorite in the general election.
That’s the ticket.
Vote in the primary. Vote in the general. Write your representatives. Do everything you’re supposed to do but don’t assume it will ever work.
If I didn’t have that attitude I’d have given up on voting ten years ago.
TIL Nearly 350k millioners in NYC. AI says: New York City is home to nearly 349,500 millionaires, according to a report by Henley & Partners and New World Wealth. This makes it the city with the largest number of millionaires in the world. Furthermore, one in every 24 residents of New York City is a millionaire.
Looked it up because of this other comment
You didn’t look it up, you copied some LLM text that may or may not be accurate. It’s no more looked up than any random person on the forum typing a claim. Does that report even exist? Does it even say what the result claims? Who knows!
