Congratulations, Elaine! Such happy news. ❤️

Like President Catherine Connolly of Ireland:

“He just retained a great police commissioner,” says Trump, lavishing praise on Jessica Tisch, who Trump says is a good friend of his daughter Ivanka.
(I can't stop laughing at that....) #Mamdani #Ivanka #JessicaTisch #surprises

And from the NYT article above: "Trump, always a student of the media, notes to reporters how many world leaders have visited the Oval Office but few get as much attention as Mamdani. The president seems impressed by how adept Mamdani is with dealing with reporters." -- i.e. he's learning from M.

And my theory about why: Like Obama, an early endorser of Mamdani, Trump likes COOL. He's flattered that this handsome, popular, charming young up-and-up politician wants to meet HIM: Wow, he thinks, I must be Something! It's all Charm and Cool. He wants me to like him!! And I do! #Mamdani #Trump

I always insist of making my own index, because the professional indexers just list the proper nouns or obvious generalities. There's a lot of room for eccentricity and charm in the creation of an index, e.g. funny little things to list, bizarre sub-categories, mysterious page numbers, and so on.

Yes, that's what I've been thinking. Even as far back as the June primary, I thought, Mamdani reminds me of Obama. And Obama saw the similarity too, because even though their stated ideologies are quite different, Obama endorsed him.

Have you tried the NLI? I read many years of FJ there and got excellent copies of all the pages I needed.

If only it could happen here..........