5 d. ago ‘Look who’s talking’: Fetterman told to look in mirror after he rips NYC’s Mamdani as ‘not even a Democrat’

Former staffers and campaign workers criticized the Pennsylvania senator for slamming the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City after becoming a Fox News go-to

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6 d. ago Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral ad campaign is going so viral he’s having trouble producing it

Democratic candidate unable to film new promo on city streets after being mobbed by passersby requesting pictures and wishing him well in the race for City Hall

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1 week ago Former liberal climate activist says Mamdani is ‘selling a fantasy’

Former liberal climate activist has used her platform to promote more conservative-aligned ideals

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1 week ago I’m no fan of Elon Musk. But Trump’s threat to deport him is sickening | Justice Malala

The president said he would ‘take a look’ at deporting the US citizen amid a political feud, as Republicans make similar remarks about Zohran MamdaniElon Musk is an utterly deplorable human being. He has unashamedly flashed an apparent Nazi salute; encouraged rightwing extremists in Germany and elsewhere; falsely claimed there is a “genocide” in South Africa against white farmers; callously celebrated the dismantling of USAID, whose shuttering will lead to the deaths of millions, according to a study published in the Lancet this week; and increased misinformation and empowered extremists on his Twitter/X platform while advancing his sham “I am a free speech absolutist” claims. And so much more.So the news that Donald Trump “will take a look” at deporting his billionaire former “first buddy” Musk has many smirking and shrugging: “Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy.” Continue reading...

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1 week ago Democrats who haven’t endorsed Zohran Mamdani offer muted defense as Trump targets him

Jerry Nadler, one of the few who has endorsed Mamdani, tells The Independent ‘the president is out of his mind’

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2 w. ago Mamdani hits back at Trump’s deportation threat: ‘We will not accept this intimidation’

Democratic New York City mayoral nominee blasts president, accusing him of overshadowing democracy and attempting to silence his detractors

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2 w. ago ‘It’s disgusting’: Top Democratic donors rant about Mamdani’s primary win and what it means for future of party

Mamdani secured 56 percent of the primary vote, earning him the Democratic nomination for mayor

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2 w. ago Here’s what the Democrats can learn from Zohran Mamdani | Judith Levine

The lessons of Zohran’s victory are hopeful for the left and the Democrats – if the party takes them to heartIn a lifetime of activism, I have canvassed and phone-banked, raised money, and twisted arms for dozens of political candidates. Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old Indian-Ugandan democratic socialist and presumptive winner of the New York City Democratic mayoral primary, is the only one I’ve both supported without reservation and believed could win.Volunteering for a campaign always teaches you something. Often, it’s discouraging – like the moment my partner and I saw Hillary Clinton’s team selling lawn signs for $25 instead of blanketing Philadelphia by distributing them free, and predicted she’d lose. But the lessons of Zohran’s victory are hopeful for the left and the Democrats – if the party takes them to heart.Judith Levine is a Brooklyn journalist and essayist, a contributing writer to the Intercept and the author of five books Continue reading...

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2 w. ago CNN panelist calls Mamdani a ‘Muslim AOC’ and says Democrats have ‘death wish’ for tapping him as NYC mayor

Jonah Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Dispatch, said that Mamdani’s victory in the New York Democratic mayoral primary was ‘disastrous’ for the city.

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2 w. ago Mamdani says we shouldn’t have billionaires after Trump branded him ‘communist lunatic’

New York mayoral candidate defends plans to tax city’s wealthiest one percent to end inequality

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2 w. ago Zohran Mamdani won by being himself – and his victory has revealed the Islamophobic ugliness of others | Nesrine Malik

The vicious reaction to his New York mayoral success tells us this: the establishment will not countenance mainstream voters making common cause with MuslimsZohran Mamdani’s stunning win in New York’s mayoral primary has been a tale of two cities, and two Americas. In one, a young man with hopeful, progressive politics went up against the decaying gods of the establishment, with their giant funding and networks and endorsements from Democratic scions, and won. In another, in an appalling paroxysm of racism and Islamophobia, a Muslim antisemite has taken over the most important city in the US, with an aim to impose some socialist/Islamist regime. Like effluent, pungent and smearing, anti-Muslim hate spread unchecked and unchallenged after Mamdani’s win. It takes a lot from the US to shock these days, but Mamdani has managed to stir, or expose, an obscene degree of mainstreamed prejudice.Politicians, public figures, members of Donald Trump’s administration and the cesspit of social me...

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2 w. ago Marjorie Taylor Greene offers rare GOP praise of Mamdani’s campaign: ‘He talked directly to the people’

Praise for Mamdani’s abilities on campaign trail comes amidst torrent of Islamophobic abuse

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2 w. ago Zohran Mamdani’s cringe moment as CNN’s Erin Burnett makes him watch his 2019 rap video

NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani was awkwardly confronted on CNN with a resurfaced 2019 rap music video.

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2 w. ago Eric Adams says Zohran Mamdani was born with a ‘silver spoon’ as he launches reelection campaign

Incumbent attempts to frame race against Democratic challenger as contest between experience and privilege or ‘dirty fingernails and manicured nails’

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2 w. ago Washington Democrats don’t know whether to panic or surrender to left

Some Democrats say there are lessons to be learned from Zohran Mamdani, even without copying his policies. Others are too busy melting down to hear them, writes John Bowden

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2 w. ago Mamdani faces barrage of Islamophobic attacks after New York primary success

State assembly member subjected to death threats and xenophobic rhetoric from Republican figures“Hamas terrorist sympathizer”, “jihadist terrorist”, calls for deportation and predictions of another 9/11 – these are among the torrent of Islamophobic attacks that have erupted across social media and conservative political circles following Zohran Mamdani’s success in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.The 33-year-old state assembly member, a democratic socialist who would become the first Muslim mayor of America’s largest city, has been subjected to a barrage of death threats and xenophobic rhetoric from prominent Republican figures and online activists since his primary win became apparent. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Republicans are calling on Trump to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship and deport him

New York Young Republican Club and far-right Republicans demand his removal and the return of Red Scare-era McCarthyism

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2 w. ago Ron DeSantis points to upside for Florida if Zohran Mamdani becomes NYC mayor

Gov. Ron DeSantis predicted that a Zohran Mamdani victory in the NYC mayoral race could prompt affluent New Yorkers to relocate to Florida, driving up property values in Palm Beach.

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2 w. ago Mamdani says leftwing populist victory can be replicated across US

Democratic socialist tells MSNBC his campaign against Cuomo shows leftist politics can thrive beyond New YorkZohran Mamdani, in his first major interview since his upset victory in the Democratic party’s mayoral primary in New York shook up US politics, said his brand of campaigning and leftist political stances can translate to anywhere in the US.Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, stunned many observers by beating Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday night, delivering a devastating blow to the former New York governor who ran a centrist campaign backed by most of the party establishment. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Zohran Mamdani has unleashed a political earthquake | Ben Davis

Mamdani’s popularity represents the total collapse of a Democratic party establishmentThe surprise electoral success of Zohran Mamdani, the 33-year-old democratic socialist running to be mayor of New York, most prominent city on Earth, is a political earthquake. The breadth and scope of his performance were predicted by no polls, no prognosticators, none of the wise men. The ramifications of this upset will be felt for years, across the US and the developed world.In the end, it wasn’t even close. Mamdani’s widespread appeal represents the total collapse of a Democratic party establishment that had weathered Donald Trump’s first term with rhetorical resistance, and fumbled the beginning of the second with triangulating appeasement. This year, the favorability of the Democratic party has collapsed to record lows, not because of the popularity of the Trump administration or the Republican party, but because of its unpopularity with its own voters. Chuck Schumer caving to the president ...

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