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The top 1% will hate Mamdani, and that's a clear sign he's trying to do good things for Americans.

www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
Mamdani's 1st executive orders as NYC mayor boost renter protections, housing development
Less than two hours after his inauguration, Mamdani said he signed three executive orders designed to put pressure on landlords and fast-track housing development.
www.cbsnews.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:14 AM
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kenklippenstein.bsky.social
This insane post is a foreshadowing of the year to come:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/this-insan...
This insane post foreshadows the year to come
Why 2026 is a year for the big, bold and brazen
www.kenklippenstein.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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atrupar.com
Mamdani's wife Rama Duwaji is visibly emotional as Mamdani shouts her out
January 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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self.agency
adams is scanning the crowd for leprechauns
banditelli.org Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 13h
This is a fun one from David Asher Karopkin
Bernie Sanders laughing while Eric Adams is unhappy
January 1, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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acyn.bsky.social
Mamdani: I have been told that this is the occasion to reset expectations, that I should use this opportunity to encourage the people of New York to ask for little and expect even less. I will do no such thing. The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
January 1, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social
this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted.

www.wsj.com/opinion/free...
Tunku Varadarajan: Will you ask New Yorkers who voted for you to give Zohran Mamdani a chance? Curtis Sliwa: Absolutely. He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn't the mayor. It didn't work. He's a great organizer. I'll give you an example: Melinda Katz, the current District Attorney for Queens County, New York. She's the mother of my two youngest sons. She was running for DA in 2019. She had the institutional support. Moderate Jewish mother. Loyal Democrat. Queens borough president. Perfect résumé. She's running against Tiffany Caban, who wasn't even in elective office at that time. Very radical. You know, "do away with jails, don't arrest anyone." Tiffany Caban won on election night. But she lost the race on the absentee ballots, but only by about 20 votes. You know who the street organizer was for Tiffany Caban? Zohran Mamdani. So, when they talk about him as a trust fund baby, I say no, no, no, no, no. You don't like it when people call him a "nepo baby." He's earned his stripes. He had 100,000 volunteers going door-to-door, and I experienced that in some of the neighborhoods where you would never have seen anybody liberal or progressive go. Howard Beach! In conservative Howard Beach, they're going block to block. They were everywhere. 100,000. I call them Zohranistas. This was the secret to his election, not TikTok. It was good, old-fashioned retail politics. Frankly, Cuomo and not Mamdani was the nepo baby in this race. Born on third base. Felt entitled. Knew the political process, but mailed it in. He didn't have the stomach to actually go out and do retail politics. And shame on him. Do you think Mamdani will make a better mayor than Andrew Cuomo might have done? How would you describe Mamdani's politics? He's not a communist. People call him that. That's ridiculous. He is a democratic socialist. David Dinkins [New York mayor from 1990-93] was a democratic socialist. We've had a long history in New York City of socialism. What's the biggest challenge Mamdani faces as mayor! I don't think the Zohranistas totally understand the fiscal irresponsibility we just went through with the Adams years and how little money there's left. There's not enough money to do all the things that Zohran wants to do. A last question. All through our interview you pronounced Mamdani as "Mandami," transposing the "m" and the "n" in his name. Are you aware of the mispronunciation? Many people, Cuomo included, mangle his name. In the debate, Zohran brought that to my attention, my mispronunciation. I didn't do it on purpose. There's no disrespect. I have a hard time with it. It took people about 10 years to pronounce my last name correctly: "Sleewah.'" They pronounced it Silva, Saliva, Slywah. In the streets, we would have given Zohran a nickname, like I did for all the Guardian Angels. "Z Man" would have been perfect for him. That would have been his handle. Mr. Varadarajan, a Journal contributor, is a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and at NYU Law School's Classical Liberal Institute.
January 1, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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baddestmamajama.bsky.social
I think one of the reasons mainstream democrats didn’t like Mamdani is that he is a guy who does things, and they don’t want that example out there.
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 12h
Mayor Mamdani has nullified every executive order issued by Eric Adams after he struck his corrupt bargain with Trump to secure dismissal of the indictment against him.
January 2, 2026 at 12:09 AM
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angus.bsky.social
I was wondering what Mamdani's first executive order would be, and I'm not disappointed by this.

He has wiped off the books EVERY Eric Adams executive order issued on or after September 26, 2024, the day Adams was indicted on federal bribery charges.
Mamdani's Executive Order Number 1, as described in the post.
January 1, 2026 at 11:07 PM
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toxidrone.bsky.social
This is one of the reasons it is so important to share voices from Gaza, which bluesky is constantly removing. They are the witnesses of their own genocide.

We have to get aid in, medical evacuations out, and any refugees who want to leave (and return when they choose as is their right)
devrawiz.bsky.social devrawiz.bsky.social @devrawiz.bsky.social · 16h
"Israel banned the aid groups for the same reason it continues to ban journalists. Of course it’s about eliminating aid itself, but it’s also about eliminating witnesses. Doctors and aid workers largely became the de facto journalists on the ground in Gaza.
www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-ban...
Israel Bans Aid Groups For The Same Reason It Bans Journalists, And Other Notes
Reading by Tim Foley:
www.caitlinjohnst.one
January 1, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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gbbranstetter.bsky.social
Something to think on today for progressive/leftist causes: The legacy media is never going to like you, so what do you need to do to make them irrelevant?
Given those polls, however, the crucial choice may end up being where, if at all, voters decide to rank Mr. Cuomo or Mr. Mamdani. We do not believe that Mr. Mamdani deserves a spot on New Yorkers' ballots. His experience is too thin, and his agenda reads like a turbocharged version of Mr. de Blasio's dismaying mayoralty. As for Mr. Cuomo, we have serious objections to his ethics and conduct, even if he would be better for New York's future than Mr. Mamdani.
January 1, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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taliajane.bsky.social
Mamdani arrives to his mayoral inauguration at City Hall in a motorcade of NYC taxi cabs—workers he went on hunger strike with in 2021.
January 1, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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tylerhuckabee.bsky.social
day one in mamdani’s new york
a guy wearing a “i ❤️ ny” cap reading the qur’an in one hand and the communist manifesto in the other
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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washingtonpost.com
Exclusive: ICE officials plan to spend $100 million to recruit gun-rights supporters and military enthusiasts through online influencers and a geo-targeted ad campaign, part of what the agency called a “wartime recruitment” strategy to hire thousands of officers, according to an internal document.
ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans
An internal ICE document shared among immigration officials details plans to use influencers and geo-targeted ads to rapidly hire thousands of deportation officers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
one of the most important things you can read
January 1, 2026 at 5:27 PM
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January 1, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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charleskeener.bsky.social
Doctors and aid workers largely became the de facto journalists on the ground in Gaza when Israel banned international news media and began systematically assassinating Gaza-based Palestinian journalists. So Israel wants to get rid of those de facto reporters to hide its crimes.

Caitlin Johnstone
January 1, 2026 at 3:19 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
When 15 people are massacred by terrorists in Bondi, Netanyahu blames Albanese - and the media follows his cue.
But Netanyahu commits mass murder and enforced starvation every day, and it’s silence from Albanese and our media (oh, except for a ceremonial invitation to Israel’s pres).
Pretty stark.
January 1, 2026 at 6:14 AM
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owillis.bsky.social
"we're here to inspect your daycare center"
epstein trump
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
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katmabu.bsky.social
Because of a conspiracy theory-based stunt by a January 6 insurrectionist who was trying to intimidate children and daycare workers, Trump is now freezing ALL childcare payments across the country.

You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
December 31, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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3fecta.bsky.social
This should not be shrugged aside. They have stopped with the fake 22 million illegal immigrants things and are flat out saying we want to deport 10's of millions of citizens and legal residents from "third world countries" Basically they are advocating removing 1/3 of the population on a gov site.
Homeland security post The peace of a nation no longer besieged by the third world. A photo of an old 70's tan car on the beach with palm trees swaying in the wind as the surf comes in. with the text America After 100 million deportations.
December 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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helenkennedy.bsky.social
New York City has a new mayor
Zohran Mamdani being sworn in in the gorgeous old disused City Hall subway station
January 1, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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workingclasshistory.com
#OtD 1 Jan 1984 Brunei became independent from the UK, which had effectively colonised the nation as a protectorate in 1888. In 1906 it was placed under direct UK control, and British troops helped suppress a left-wing revolt in the nation in 1962 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/7703...
January 1, 2026 at 1:05 PM
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samadams.bsky.social
the thing is, “differing political views” used to be about what percentage to tax high earners and not whether brown people are humans
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 1d
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
Majority of Gen Z swipe left on dating people with opposite political views
Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
n.pr
December 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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adamrothman.bsky.social
There is nothing inexplicable about why some histories are not widely known.
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM