I saw one video of his before, and it was obvious he is a charlatan. I think he wants to jump upward into higher office (like Senate) before NYC goes completely to hell. He doesn't really want to run NYC, and is smart enough to know he really can't. In the near term, he is going to stage fights with Gov. Hochul so he can boost some DSA candidate to challenge her in the primaries. Hochul of course knows this, so she might just give Mamdani everything he wants until the primary is over.
She is a machine politician and time server - Cuomo's 2nd fiddle. I got the feeling the DSA will challenger her in the primaries next year. This is a fantastic opportunity for them and they can't pass it up. Just like AOC took out some bland complacent congresscritter. Next year's contest might be some DSA candidate v Stefanik.
NYC...almost all cities....are low-hanging fruit for commies, fraudsters, liars, and charlatans. People that live in cities live in a bubble that is far removed from the real world. Most rent and don't own, most don't own their own businesses, and they wallow around in an immoral vacuum where no one they know goes to church. Morality is for the rubes and hicks and bitter clingers. Low hanging fruit...big cities.
Moron Mamdani will crash and burn as all socialist/communist do and the sheeple will continue to flock to his vapid ideas and charisma. It's going to be beautiful to watch.
Unfortunately, after his bizarre meeting with Mamdani in the White House, it sounds like Trump will be supporting the NYCommunism which will give it the false impression of being economically sound and "working". If the Federal Government subsidizes NYC, then we'll never see the crash and burn (as soon) as history would have it.
Trump owns approx $500 million in New York City real estate: Trump Tower, Trump Park Avenue, 1290 Avenue of the Americas and 6 East 57th street. DJT therefore has a vested interest in ensuring that his property retains or further appreciates in value. To do this, NYC must remain successful. My take is he can’t let Mamdani screw it up too much.
A couple of points: Yes, NYC is expensive precisely because it is so desirable for up-and-comers. It is where everyone goes whose ambition is to get rich at a young age on Wall Street, Madison Ave or make a name on Broadway. It is Confined as an island city and so the natural restrictions of the available real estate also constrain supply. High demand, fixed supply = expensive! Same thing is the case in San Francisco or Seattle, where geography constrains supply. That is a given. Mamdani's "socialism" will not be able to do a thing about that. The government funds Mamdani wants to give to people to level "affordability" will just further bid up price based on increasing demand against that fixed supply. Is Trump dumb enough to throw good money after bad? Does he even have the authority to give taxpayer money to NYC? (I don't think he does). So this was really just an exercise in Trump controlling the narrative so Mamdani could not use it against Trump and the GOP going into the Mid-term elections. Brilliant!
As Zhou Enlai said "It's too soon to tell." But if I were so foolish to live there in the first place, I would be looking for the exit. Especially, if I were Jewish.
Sort of off topic, but I expect to be vindicated as further comments roll in. Given the recent revelations about foreigners trying to manipulate American opinion, I would suggest that Sasha change the settings so that only paid subscribers can comment. Non-paid could still read the essays and comments but not comment themselves. I know this is possible because I can see it in other substacks.
A lot of the anti-Semitic stuff is undoubtedly coming from the Islamic world which the establishment conservative press has covered but where is the jihad against Tucker coming from. It would not be in Israel's interest to undermine MAGA and Trump himself seems to be more popular there than any Israeli politician. Some will point the finger at the ADL which is possible since they are leftists first and Jews second (if that) but if it is foreign, I would expect Europe since they hate Tucker for the Putin interview (and Orban). They are trying to undermine the Ukraine peace plan with help from their fellow travelers in our IC. They definitely don't want JD to be President after Trump so this is part of the op too.
I like this idea and wish we could also apply it to Congress.; eg any politician who takes money from foreign governments, eg Israel, Iran, etc; doesn’t get to vote.
Agree but it's going to take work to find all the cutouts. NGOs are masters of cutouts. Current issue is about influencers which aren't exactly money. Fuentes notwithstanding a lot of Groypers appear to have foreign locations. I still want to know who is running the op against Tucker.
The reporter only gve him "have you stopped beatimg your wife" questions, in order to finally net a clickbait headline that did not represent the "interview" .. so I would withhold any judgement quite yet.
Here we go with the misdirection again – Fascism is leftist – it's Socialism with a free market veneer.
The fight is between the collectivist left – and that includes fascism – and the individualist, Pro-freedom Right. How many times do we have to prove this fact?
Example:
New York Times April 7, 1933:
NAZIS SEIZE POWER TO RULE BUSINESS; OLD TESTAMENT IS BANNED Hitlerites Demand German Sagas Replace First Part Of Bible In Churches.
BERLIN, April 6.-Adolf Hitler, having made himself political dictator of Germany, today became dictator of German big business as well.
Under National Socialist pressure the entire board of directors of the Federation of German Industries, comprising the élite of the German industrial barons, resigned. Supervision of the federation had previously been taken over by Nazi commissaries, and they will now reign supreme and unhampered.
The This marks the crest of the third of the waves whereby the Nazis have successively taken over control of the Reich and all that is in it. The first wave was the capture of the national government. The second was the "coordination" of the State and communal governments with it. This third wave is the "coordination" of Germany's economic life with Nazi principles.
Yes, yes, and yes! I've been repeating this over and over that fascism is a collectivist ideology that occupies the rightwing of the socialist spectrum. Fascism is necessarily born of socialism. It is the conscription of private enterprise into the service of an authoritarian government implementing a centrally planned economy, ostensibly to preserve national security. That feature is its only distinguishing characteristic from the other collectivist forms of socio-economic governments.
And it's extremely important to remember that since Economic Freedom looks far better than socialistic slavery, the left has to divert attention away from the true conflict and make it seem that this is communism versus fascism.
Whether it’s energy, climate, communism, nothing stands up to reality.
Zohran will moderate to somewhat socialist at most or he will fail utterly.
The DSA wants destruction, not sure why people can’t see that, they want to tear it all down, now that the circus is in charge he will quickly figure it out, I’m betting.
Yeah, every single thing the left comes up with as a campaign theme in my lifetime is a scam - Climate change, Trump is a Russian Spy, Health care is unaffordable, etc. "Affordability" is just the latest variant. It always means, "the government needs to take over and run your life"
But healthcare is unaffordable. My family is living proof of it. They are not helping and they charge an assload for the substandard of care they give!
My husband and I figured we would be paying $15k a year for an ACA plan when it first came out. We couldn't afford to be working to pay for an ACA policy that we would have only used for what exceeded our deductible and it would have been high in order to offset the cost. What's the point when we're covering our own eye and dental and any other minor thing. We invested that $15k instead. Nobody knows what will happen, we've been fortunate to have no calamities, but when you look at insurance from the lens of how much money you're spending v what you're getting, it's a lopsided deal.
thankfully we currently have insurance thru my husband's job. however, the deductibles are high and I am still paying off emergency room visit for breaking my ankle over a year ago as we couldn't pay for it out of pocket on our high deductible plan. our daughter has the same insurance, she is vaccine injured, no one addresses or puts two and two together up here where we live and she has big medical bills - but hits her deductible and for now it is "affordable" but her payment plan keeps increasing because of all the doctors she has to see. on the ACA it would be so much worse.
so, I still believe healthcare is absolutely unaffordable for the average Joe. I think the fucking govt needs to give and I mean GIVE us the same healthcare they provide to members of Congress and their staffs, at the same cost. never gonna happen. it is uneven, unfair, unaffordable, with worse outcomes than the rest of the first world nations except maybe the UK. but I digress.
have you checked out these outfits? I am collecting them for retirement:
I have not researched them very thoroughly yet as it is a couple years away and my husband will qualify for VA (that is another discussion altogether).
Kaycee, if you don't sign up for Medicare when you are first eligible there is a significant ongoing penalty assessed when you ultimately sign up. Research very carefully. And I believe the VA will require your husband to sign up for Medicare A and B.
Ha! The Cadillac of insurance for Congress. All congressperons should be required to sign on for ACA and if they don't like it feel free to self-insure. We don't carry health insurance but we're aren't in your same position. We have a friend who negotiates health cost payments for workman's comp. His job is to get the best price and he does or they may not pay the health insurance claim. He negotiated his payment for the birth of his daughter. Big Insurance, coupled with lucrative government funding is a boondoggle nobody can afford.
Like most presidents, mayors are known for one thing, positive or negative. ZM will get only one of his objectives passed, and it will mark his term. What New Yorkers do after that is the bed they're making. They'll have to lie in it.....for a second term? Hopefully not.
I wish it were always true that “reality is undefeated.” Seventy nightmare Marxist years in USSR (and 45 years in Eastern Europe) would suggest otherwise. We need to be vigilant.
The data show those with critical thinking skills that affordability challenged Americans reside in mostly democrat run parts of the USA like New York, San Fran, Chicago (where democrat socialists/communists raised property taxes on the working class by as much as 100% over last year), etc., It's easier for politicians to fool uneducated economics illiterate voters in blue districts, with the childish false narrative that democrats aren't the cause but rather Trump or billionaires or white people or all the other democrat boogiemen used to mislead their followers. As long as their supporters remain economics illiterates, democrats will win with this strategy.
Safe driving. I’ve taken a couple of 2000 mile plus driving trips this fall. If you can, avoid the interstates. Especially in midwestern states there are great state highways with minimal traffic and 65mph speed limits.
We just drove from Idaho to Florida. The interstates are fine. Just go through major cities early in the morning. Avoid Dallas if you can and I’m sure atlanta but otherwise all was fine.
Interstates take the ugly route. If you’ve only seen Ohio from I-75 and I-70, you haven’t even seen Ohio. Maybe not true in every state but definitely mine.
Turning "Fly-over Country" into "Drive-over Country" does not necessarily help much. In Texas, which route you take makes a huge difference. I-20 is dreadful (except right at its ends). The eastern half of I-10 is too far S, too close to "the coastal plain". At least the difference in rainfall at its ends makes a huge difference: 60 inches of rain per year at the E end, and 10 at the western end. (The plants definitely notice ...) The drive from Marshall to Austin by way of 1-20 and I-35 is ugly, whereas by way of highway 79 (43 at the start) is pretty. I-35 was built to go down the western edge of a strip of flat "black-land prairie" (with soil much as in Ukraine) that is broad and well-defined near Dallas, but narrow and ill-defined near Austin and San Antonio. There has never been a significant tornado in Austin, whereas 100 miles to the N a tornado in Waco, during the 50s, was one of the worst in American history.
To sum up the thing to do is take 79 to Austin, 290 to the middle of nowhere on I-10, and then I-10 to El Paso. From forest and swamp to mountains and desert. Even that route misses Kerrville (which is on 1-10) and the best drive in Texas: 337 from Medina to Leakey. Oh well. No one will ever do what I recommend ...
Don’t deny the interstates are mostly fine, but the risks of delay are greater. Sometimes they are the only option, for sure, especially in the east. Just drove to Mississippi and back from Massachusetts, mostly on interstates. But some big delays in Chattanooga (on a Sunday PM), then 2 accidents within 30 miles around Knoxville. Along with construction zones, trucks running 2 abreast, and regular bad/distracted drivers. And me being cranky 😛.
What I see in the MTP interview with Mamdani is a deft politician skirting all of the important questions posed with off-topic responses that sound good but offer nothing other than socialist rhetoric. His central theme, it's all about what's best for NY also rings false when you consider his global jihad support, his claim that he will enforce ICC rulings and arrest Netanyahu, and his own parents' statements about who he is and what he represents. NY is about to be shell-shocked.
Mamdani's expressions during the televised session were quite interesting even though I believe he was trying to hide them. To me Mamdani didn't wear an I like this guy or hate him look, but rather, "There is more to DT than I knew. I can't underestimate him". If this avowed socialist does what he's campaigned on NYC will fail, period. If he moves to the center and works with Trump, who knows. We'll see. I disagree with literally all of Mamdani's policy prescriptions and underlying ideology, but he doesn't seem clueless like the new Seattle mayor.
No, Sasha. Mamdani is the point man for the Islamic long game of using the Consitutional freedoms peculiar to the United States against the United States. Under Mamdani, and those his entourage will insert, NY City, and similar to be-exploited municipalities will learn that for Islam, church and state are one. What is now a four-corner defense will become a full-court press.
I think Mamdani wants to go for higher office. Too soon for governor, ineligible for President, his only option is to challenge Chuckles in 2028. He knows he will eventually crash and burn as mayor, but he can probably juggle enough things for 3 years to make it happen.
Mamdani is merely a useful cipher. The end game is to destroy the peculiarly American notion of private property and to use our Constitutional freedoms to destroy our Constitutional freedoms. A 2025 poll found that 41% of New Yorkers reported a favorable view of "socialism", whatever that really means. At least 9% of NYC's population is Muslim. There are an estimated 750,000 to 768,700 Muslims in NY City, which constitutes about 22.3% of all Muslims in the United States. Under Islam. church and state are inseperable. It will not end here.
I don't have to hear a word he says. I can simply look at his fake smile and shifty eyes and tell he is a fraud
Absolutely same thought I have. I detest his stupid grin.
Smarmy Marmdarni.
Takia
I think the "reporter" is the problem here.
I saw one video of his before, and it was obvious he is a charlatan. I think he wants to jump upward into higher office (like Senate) before NYC goes completely to hell. He doesn't really want to run NYC, and is smart enough to know he really can't. In the near term, he is going to stage fights with Gov. Hochul so he can boost some DSA candidate to challenge her in the primaries. Hochul of course knows this, so she might just give Mamdani everything he wants until the primary is over.
I get the feeling Hochul is dumb as a rock. What the hell has gone wrong with New York?
She is a machine politician and time server - Cuomo's 2nd fiddle. I got the feeling the DSA will challenger her in the primaries next year. This is a fantastic opportunity for them and they can't pass it up. Just like AOC took out some bland complacent congresscritter. Next year's contest might be some DSA candidate v Stefanik.
NYC...almost all cities....are low-hanging fruit for commies, fraudsters, liars, and charlatans. People that live in cities live in a bubble that is far removed from the real world. Most rent and don't own, most don't own their own businesses, and they wallow around in an immoral vacuum where no one they know goes to church. Morality is for the rubes and hicks and bitter clingers. Low hanging fruit...big cities.
" little origami weasel" - as Jeff Childers says. That's Mamdani.
In some of my best arguments I've hurled the "W" word at someone. I'm embarrassed that I never thought to apply the origami qualifier.
Moron Mamdani will crash and burn as all socialist/communist do and the sheeple will continue to flock to his vapid ideas and charisma. It's going to be beautiful to watch.
I am not so certain. Look at Chicago ... they suffered many years under Lightfoot, then turned around and voted for worse... Brandon Johnson!
Chicago’s elections are rigged though…..
And NYC's are squeeky clean? I'll have some really swell bridge company stock, as soon as the ink dries...
But who needs dirty, at least for the general election, when voters are what, 70+% Democratic?
Point taken.
I'm sure it's crooked at the primary level.
My wife knows a woman involved in state Republican politics, who swears it's dirty and crooked too 🤷
Unfortunately, after his bizarre meeting with Mamdani in the White House, it sounds like Trump will be supporting the NYCommunism which will give it the false impression of being economically sound and "working". If the Federal Government subsidizes NYC, then we'll never see the crash and burn (as soon) as history would have it.
Trump shifts as much as an ice floe in summer time. By June, he’ll be back to calling him an idiot.
Trump adjusts as circumstances change.
Mr Z went expecting fundraising fodder fireworks. And he got absolutely no-cost sweet reasonableness. Who got played?
Any money Trump may have pledged it is guaranteed comes with many strings attached. He can pull it back as fast as he promised it.
Now Mamdani has to tap dance between the powers that he made a deal with to win, and the President.
If nothing else, it will be most entertaining to watch him twisting in the wind while NYC crumbles in the process.
Trump owns approx $500 million in New York City real estate: Trump Tower, Trump Park Avenue, 1290 Avenue of the Americas and 6 East 57th street. DJT therefore has a vested interest in ensuring that his property retains or further appreciates in value. To do this, NYC must remain successful. My take is he can’t let Mamdani screw it up too much.
I think Trump is just taking all the air out of his sails for now. Let's see what happens.
It’s Moran Zamdani.
Good point! I stand corrected and will use that from now on.
Does not seem to be a moron .. every one of his replies went over the nasty reporter's head.
A couple of points: Yes, NYC is expensive precisely because it is so desirable for up-and-comers. It is where everyone goes whose ambition is to get rich at a young age on Wall Street, Madison Ave or make a name on Broadway. It is Confined as an island city and so the natural restrictions of the available real estate also constrain supply. High demand, fixed supply = expensive! Same thing is the case in San Francisco or Seattle, where geography constrains supply. That is a given. Mamdani's "socialism" will not be able to do a thing about that. The government funds Mamdani wants to give to people to level "affordability" will just further bid up price based on increasing demand against that fixed supply. Is Trump dumb enough to throw good money after bad? Does he even have the authority to give taxpayer money to NYC? (I don't think he does). So this was really just an exercise in Trump controlling the narrative so Mamdani could not use it against Trump and the GOP going into the Mid-term elections. Brilliant!
If anything, NYC under Mam's leadership will become even more of an apartheid state.
As Zhou Enlai said "It's too soon to tell." But if I were so foolish to live there in the first place, I would be looking for the exit. Especially, if I were Jewish.
It will be a lot easier to establish Islamic law in Muslim neighborhoods than to raise the standard of living. So that is what he will do.
Zhou no lie and neither do you
Nah.
Sort of off topic, but I expect to be vindicated as further comments roll in. Given the recent revelations about foreigners trying to manipulate American opinion, I would suggest that Sasha change the settings so that only paid subscribers can comment. Non-paid could still read the essays and comments but not comment themselves. I know this is possible because I can see it in other substacks.
A lot of the anti-Semitic stuff is undoubtedly coming from the Islamic world which the establishment conservative press has covered but where is the jihad against Tucker coming from. It would not be in Israel's interest to undermine MAGA and Trump himself seems to be more popular there than any Israeli politician. Some will point the finger at the ADL which is possible since they are leftists first and Jews second (if that) but if it is foreign, I would expect Europe since they hate Tucker for the Putin interview (and Orban). They are trying to undermine the Ukraine peace plan with help from their fellow travelers in our IC. They definitely don't want JD to be President after Trump so this is part of the op too.
Best comment in a long time! Trolls can go elsewhere.
I like this idea and wish we could also apply it to Congress.; eg any politician who takes money from foreign governments, eg Israel, Iran, etc; doesn’t get to vote.
Qatar is the biggie. Maybe China if we could find it all
I’d be happy to eliminate accepting donations from every single foreign country.
Agree but it's going to take work to find all the cutouts. NGOs are masters of cutouts. Current issue is about influencers which aren't exactly money. Fuentes notwithstanding a lot of Groypers appear to have foreign locations. I still want to know who is running the op against Tucker.
Some of us readers contribute through the Tip Jar instead of subscription. So it doesn't show up next to our names.
Sasha was trying to fix that.
And Rubio blew up the peace plan or did he. Was there even a plan or is it all just bullshit?
I watched part of that meet the depressed and he said he stood by everything he’s called Trump. Fascist, dictator, totalitarian.
He seems like such a nice Stalinist.
Take heart in that he feels the same way about Trump voters.
Trump voters are stalinists?
Hmm. Hie thee to a history book
The reporter only gve him "have you stopped beatimg your wife" questions, in order to finally net a clickbait headline that did not represent the "interview" .. so I would withhold any judgement quite yet.
Happy & safe travels Sasha.
Here we go with the misdirection again – Fascism is leftist – it's Socialism with a free market veneer.
The fight is between the collectivist left – and that includes fascism – and the individualist, Pro-freedom Right. How many times do we have to prove this fact?
Example:
New York Times April 7, 1933:
NAZIS SEIZE POWER TO RULE BUSINESS; OLD TESTAMENT IS BANNED Hitlerites Demand German Sagas Replace First Part Of Bible In Churches.
https://archive.org/details/nazis-seize-power-to-rule-business-old-testament-is-banned-hitlerites-demand-ger
BERLIN, April 6.-Adolf Hitler, having made himself political dictator of Germany, today became dictator of German big business as well.
Under National Socialist pressure the entire board of directors of the Federation of German Industries, comprising the élite of the German industrial barons, resigned. Supervision of the federation had previously been taken over by Nazi commissaries, and they will now reign supreme and unhampered.
The This marks the crest of the third of the waves whereby the Nazis have successively taken over control of the Reich and all that is in it. The first wave was the capture of the national government. The second was the "coordination" of the State and communal governments with it. This third wave is the "coordination" of Germany's economic life with Nazi principles.
Yes, yes, and yes! I've been repeating this over and over that fascism is a collectivist ideology that occupies the rightwing of the socialist spectrum. Fascism is necessarily born of socialism. It is the conscription of private enterprise into the service of an authoritarian government implementing a centrally planned economy, ostensibly to preserve national security. That feature is its only distinguishing characteristic from the other collectivist forms of socio-economic governments.
Exactly.
And it's extremely important to remember that since Economic Freedom looks far better than socialistic slavery, the left has to divert attention away from the true conflict and make it seem that this is communism versus fascism.
Reality is undefeated.
Whether it’s energy, climate, communism, nothing stands up to reality.
Zohran will moderate to somewhat socialist at most or he will fail utterly.
The DSA wants destruction, not sure why people can’t see that, they want to tear it all down, now that the circus is in charge he will quickly figure it out, I’m betting.
Yeah, every single thing the left comes up with as a campaign theme in my lifetime is a scam - Climate change, Trump is a Russian Spy, Health care is unaffordable, etc. "Affordability" is just the latest variant. It always means, "the government needs to take over and run your life"
But healthcare is unaffordable. My family is living proof of it. They are not helping and they charge an assload for the substandard of care they give!
My husband and I figured we would be paying $15k a year for an ACA plan when it first came out. We couldn't afford to be working to pay for an ACA policy that we would have only used for what exceeded our deductible and it would have been high in order to offset the cost. What's the point when we're covering our own eye and dental and any other minor thing. We invested that $15k instead. Nobody knows what will happen, we've been fortunate to have no calamities, but when you look at insurance from the lens of how much money you're spending v what you're getting, it's a lopsided deal.
Hint: It's NOT insurance anymore.
It's a con.
thankfully we currently have insurance thru my husband's job. however, the deductibles are high and I am still paying off emergency room visit for breaking my ankle over a year ago as we couldn't pay for it out of pocket on our high deductible plan. our daughter has the same insurance, she is vaccine injured, no one addresses or puts two and two together up here where we live and she has big medical bills - but hits her deductible and for now it is "affordable" but her payment plan keeps increasing because of all the doctors she has to see. on the ACA it would be so much worse.
so, I still believe healthcare is absolutely unaffordable for the average Joe. I think the fucking govt needs to give and I mean GIVE us the same healthcare they provide to members of Congress and their staffs, at the same cost. never gonna happen. it is uneven, unfair, unaffordable, with worse outcomes than the rest of the first world nations except maybe the UK. but I digress.
have you checked out these outfits? I am collecting them for retirement:
https://easeforeveryone.com. https://zionhealthshare.org. https://www.joincrowdhealth.com
I have not researched them very thoroughly yet as it is a couple years away and my husband will qualify for VA (that is another discussion altogether).
Kaycee, if you don't sign up for Medicare when you are first eligible there is a significant ongoing penalty assessed when you ultimately sign up. Research very carefully. And I believe the VA will require your husband to sign up for Medicare A and B.
I am aware. Not old enough yet!
What a racket.
Ha! The Cadillac of insurance for Congress. All congressperons should be required to sign on for ACA and if they don't like it feel free to self-insure. We don't carry health insurance but we're aren't in your same position. We have a friend who negotiates health cost payments for workman's comp. His job is to get the best price and he does or they may not pay the health insurance claim. He negotiated his payment for the birth of his daughter. Big Insurance, coupled with lucrative government funding is a boondoggle nobody can afford.
To paraphrase Huey Long, "When 'Affordability' comes to NYC, it will be unaffordable."
Lots of things are unaffordable right now. That is the result of government stimulus driving up prices, and bailouts preventing crashes.
If you want to make America affordable again, you need a really big financial crash.
Where's my money!?
Like most presidents, mayors are known for one thing, positive or negative. ZM will get only one of his objectives passed, and it will mark his term. What New Yorkers do after that is the bed they're making. They'll have to lie in it.....for a second term? Hopefully not.
I wish it were always true that “reality is undefeated.” Seventy nightmare Marxist years in USSR (and 45 years in Eastern Europe) would suggest otherwise. We need to be vigilant.
Reality defeated it there
That is why it’s trying to reconstitute itself here where reality will again defeat it.
Of course, lots of suffering meanwhile
The data show those with critical thinking skills that affordability challenged Americans reside in mostly democrat run parts of the USA like New York, San Fran, Chicago (where democrat socialists/communists raised property taxes on the working class by as much as 100% over last year), etc., It's easier for politicians to fool uneducated economics illiterate voters in blue districts, with the childish false narrative that democrats aren't the cause but rather Trump or billionaires or white people or all the other democrat boogiemen used to mislead their followers. As long as their supporters remain economics illiterates, democrats will win with this strategy.
Per AI: 2025 Federal budget for funds to NYC was $9.7 billion and 2026 Federal Budget is $7.5 billion.
Money talks.
Hopefully funds will be doled out slowly so the Marxists can’t steal it overnight.
That would be $7.5 trillion… 800 times as much as NYC’s $9.7 billion.
Safe driving. I’ve taken a couple of 2000 mile plus driving trips this fall. If you can, avoid the interstates. Especially in midwestern states there are great state highways with minimal traffic and 65mph speed limits.
We just drove from Idaho to Florida. The interstates are fine. Just go through major cities early in the morning. Avoid Dallas if you can and I’m sure atlanta but otherwise all was fine.
We are in Fl coming to Idaho this summer. Can’t wait!!
I just drove through Atlanta from OH to FL..... 3 pm traffic was heavy, but it only took me an hour to get through .... not bad
We avoid Atlanta at all costs.
So bad!
12:30 in the morning is doable.
Interstates take the ugly route. If you’ve only seen Ohio from I-75 and I-70, you haven’t even seen Ohio. Maybe not true in every state but definitely mine.
Turning "Fly-over Country" into "Drive-over Country" does not necessarily help much. In Texas, which route you take makes a huge difference. I-20 is dreadful (except right at its ends). The eastern half of I-10 is too far S, too close to "the coastal plain". At least the difference in rainfall at its ends makes a huge difference: 60 inches of rain per year at the E end, and 10 at the western end. (The plants definitely notice ...) The drive from Marshall to Austin by way of 1-20 and I-35 is ugly, whereas by way of highway 79 (43 at the start) is pretty. I-35 was built to go down the western edge of a strip of flat "black-land prairie" (with soil much as in Ukraine) that is broad and well-defined near Dallas, but narrow and ill-defined near Austin and San Antonio. There has never been a significant tornado in Austin, whereas 100 miles to the N a tornado in Waco, during the 50s, was one of the worst in American history.
To sum up the thing to do is take 79 to Austin, 290 to the middle of nowhere on I-10, and then I-10 to El Paso. From forest and swamp to mountains and desert. Even that route misses Kerrville (which is on 1-10) and the best drive in Texas: 337 from Medina to Leakey. Oh well. No one will ever do what I recommend ...
Well sweetie. On a 10 state, 3 1/2 day 2900 mile trip with 2 cats I could not care less about central Ohio, I want to get there ASAP
Don’t deny the interstates are mostly fine, but the risks of delay are greater. Sometimes they are the only option, for sure, especially in the east. Just drove to Mississippi and back from Massachusetts, mostly on interstates. But some big delays in Chattanooga (on a Sunday PM), then 2 accidents within 30 miles around Knoxville. Along with construction zones, trucks running 2 abreast, and regular bad/distracted drivers. And me being cranky 😛.
route 66?
What I see in the MTP interview with Mamdani is a deft politician skirting all of the important questions posed with off-topic responses that sound good but offer nothing other than socialist rhetoric. His central theme, it's all about what's best for NY also rings false when you consider his global jihad support, his claim that he will enforce ICC rulings and arrest Netanyahu, and his own parents' statements about who he is and what he represents. NY is about to be shell-shocked.
He's a snake in the grass.
"He may look dumb, but that's just a disguise."
hahahaha.... He's a mastermind in the ways of espionage.
Yep: that's him!
And here was me, thinking you were too young to get that ...
Haha! It's one of my all time favorite songs!
The Dems nowadays are all out there stepping and fetching like their ass is on fire and their heads are catchin'...
The devil's come down to America. Maybe that should be "up" ...
Just in case anyone never heard that song, here it is;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJrRwTTqm0o
Mamdani's expressions during the televised session were quite interesting even though I believe he was trying to hide them. To me Mamdani didn't wear an I like this guy or hate him look, but rather, "There is more to DT than I knew. I can't underestimate him". If this avowed socialist does what he's campaigned on NYC will fail, period. If he moves to the center and works with Trump, who knows. We'll see. I disagree with literally all of Mamdani's policy prescriptions and underlying ideology, but he doesn't seem clueless like the new Seattle mayor.
No, Sasha. Mamdani is the point man for the Islamic long game of using the Consitutional freedoms peculiar to the United States against the United States. Under Mamdani, and those his entourage will insert, NY City, and similar to be-exploited municipalities will learn that for Islam, church and state are one. What is now a four-corner defense will become a full-court press.
I think Mamdani wants to go for higher office. Too soon for governor, ineligible for President, his only option is to challenge Chuckles in 2028. He knows he will eventually crash and burn as mayor, but he can probably juggle enough things for 3 years to make it happen.
Mamdani is merely a useful cipher. The end game is to destroy the peculiarly American notion of private property and to use our Constitutional freedoms to destroy our Constitutional freedoms. A 2025 poll found that 41% of New Yorkers reported a favorable view of "socialism", whatever that really means. At least 9% of NYC's population is Muslim. There are an estimated 750,000 to 768,700 Muslims in NY City, which constitutes about 22.3% of all Muslims in the United States. Under Islam. church and state are inseperable. It will not end here.