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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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rodger.bsky.social
The United States Men’s National Soccer Team on October 10, 2017
lukeknox.me Luke Knox @lukeknox.me · 5d
Trinidad is hoopin
January 2, 2026 at 3:57 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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mattbrown.bsky.social
This site has the juice
Mild
January 1, 2026 at 10:40 PM
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lukeoneil47.bsky.social
One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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sickoscommittee.org
We are preparing.

@dukesmayobowl.bsky.social
December 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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dburbach.bsky.social
NYT provides no evidence here, probably because the claim is flatly untrue. See eg recent Pew data, or many posts on the subject from @gelliottmorris.com this year

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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andycraig.bsky.social
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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newyorkstateag.bsky.social
To all the young people in New York and across our country who count on gender-affirming care:

I won't let this administration come for you, your doctors, or your lifesaving health care. 

Your health care is still legal and protected. 

I'll always fight for you.
December 18, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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YOUR 2025 SICKOS COMMITTEE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS

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CONGRATS TO PENN STATE!!!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR NEARLY 1,200 BALLOTS SUBMITTED!

A STATE COLLEGE FOOD DRIVE WILL BE HELD BY US 🧵 ⬇️
PRESENTING THE SICKOS COMMITTEE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP POLL YOUR 2025 SICKOS COMMITTEE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS THE PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS!!! 🦁 CONGRATS TO PENN STATE!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR NEARLY 1,200 BALLOTS SUBMITTED! A STATE COLLEGE FOOD DRIVE WILL BE HELD BY US 🧵 ⬇️
December 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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jamellebouie.net
i will again note the slight of hand here. “respecting” public opinion is defined as being subservient to public opinion. but you can respect where the public lies without making yourself a slave to its whims.
tvhilton.bsky.social Tom Hilton @tvhilton.bsky.social · 27d
This exchange drives me nuts. Neither the interviewer nor Bazelon acknowledges that 1) abortion rights are really popular! and 2) what ICE is doing is hugely unpopular!
December 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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jasonkirk.fyi
[begrudging through impossibly gritted teeth] Yale came back from 28 down to win at Youngstown in one of the best games of the year
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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cjzero.bsky.social
top notch mascottin'
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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hollyanderson.bsky.social
Brent’s hatred for Kirby is a thousand generations deep and Kirby is visibly, agonizingly in love with Brent and can’t express it and I hope they both keep these jobs for 20 years
November 28, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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jamellebouie.net
bring back NBC's Kings
benjaminkabak.com Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · Nov 25
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
A cow wearing a t-shirt with the word "SICKOWS" on it looks through a window at 4 crudely made tools and says "MOO... HA HA HA... MOO!!"
November 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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bencollins.bsky.social
Sen. Lucy Football (D-NH)
jfallows.bsky.social James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · Nov 10
Agree.

Sen Hassan, asked what will happen if Republicans don't carry out the deal, "Well, shame on them."

This is not what people were mobilizing for on Oct 18.
November 10, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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caitlindeangelis.bsky.social
I know this is pedantic, but Kim Davis was not "jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses." She was jailed for contempt of court because she refused to follow a court order (she had stopped issuing all marriage licenses). NYT makes it sound like the Woke Police broke down her door.
New York Times snippet: A Decade Later, Supreme Court is Asked to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision; Kim Davis, a Kentucky county clerk once jailed for refusing to issue same-sex marriage licenses, has asked the court to reconsider its landmark 2015 opinion. 6 minute read
November 7, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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homefield.bsky.social
I AM UNKILLABLE
November 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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mskellymhayes.bsky.social
Cuomo, once again being reminded, in a ruinous fashion, that no means no.
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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bradlander.bsky.social
Our message to Andrew Cuomo was loud & clear in June.

It’s louder & clearer tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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yasharali.bsky.social
“We have toppled a political dynasty….I wish Andrew Cuomo nothing but the best in private life, but let tonight be the last time I utter his name…”

One has to wonder if Mamdani adjusted his remarks after Cuomo gave such a petulant and ungracious concession speech.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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shakespeare.lol
[Exit Clown.]
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 AM