New York on the upswing

 

Mamdani working it

 

I have to wonder if Trump is demanding his name on buildings in exchange for help for NYC.

Ouch

I don't know the details ('cause I'm not reading it), but at the very least, this is a bad look.

Government CAN actually work for the people

 

Mr. Mayor doing it right

Advertise what government does for people.

 

Dogs know

Mamdani on the march in New York

 

Good luck, Zohran and New York

 New day, new year, new mayor, New York.

The location:

Love it.

I only hope Mamdani is who we think he is.

Well, and I also hope his personal security team is crackerjack.

UPDATE 05:30 pm:

UPDATE 01/02/2026:

Hit the ground running.

The People have spoken

 So much for DHS voter intimidation.

Source: Aidan

The largest turnout for a mayor's race for over half a century in New York.

From Fox, the two Governor's races:

Flipped from GOP.

Virginia also elected Ghazala Hashmi lieutenant governor.  She's the first Muslim woman elected to statewide office in the US.

And a big one: Prop 50 in California. Voters overwhelming chose to fight Texas gerrymandering with California gerrymandering.

Pennsylvanians voted overwhelmingly to keep three Democratic Supreme Court judges who sought reelection, retaining a Democratic majority (5-2) on the bench.

UPDATE 05:00 pm:

In my 35 years as an election lawyer, I’ve seen good election nights and bad ones. Last night was a very good one — for both Democrats and democracy. Democrats won everything, everywhere, all at once.

They captured two governorships — in New Jersey and Virginia — in commanding fashion. They won every statewide race in Virginia and gained 13 seats in the Virginia House of Delegates.

In Pennsylvania, three Democrats facing retention elections on the state Supreme Court easily prevailed, solidifying a pro-voting majority on the court for the foreseeable future. In New York City, not only did the Democratic nominee win, but the Republican candidate came in a distant third with less than 10% of the vote.

In Georgia, two Democrats flipped seats on the statewide Public Service Commission — marking the first statewide Democratic victory in a non-federal race in nearly two decades. In Mississippi, Democrats broke the Republican supermajority in the state legislature.

On the democracy front, the wins were even bigger. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting ballot measure passed by nearly 30 points. Meanwhile, Republicans’ effort to use the referendum process to impose voter ID in Maine failed by a similar margin.

  Democracy Docket

Also from Democracy Docket

Republicans sued to block California’s Prop 50, which voters passed Tuesday. The lawsuit argues the state violated the 14th and 15th Amendments by drawing congressional districts that “favor Hispanic voters.”

Texas' redistricting to favor whites is not a problem for them.  In case you were wondering.

UPDATE 11/06/2025:

It's a great start.  Now follow through.

Mamdani for Mayor

 

Zohran Mamdani did not make any major or minor mistakes. He was calm, smiled and made his points over attacks from rivals Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa.

Mamdani dominated most of the two-hour debate against his more experienced opponents. His performance was miles better than what he turned in earlier this year during the primary campaign, where he often appeared less confident or flustered.

[...]

Long-shot Republican Sliwa brought bravado to the forum, yet he at times came across as too mayoral and a bit staid — even if social media fell in love with his thick New York accent.

  Politico

I remember Sliwa from years ago when he founded a group that rode New York subways as voluntary passenger protectors, The Guardian Angels.

You bet your bippy I'm old.  Power to the people, right on!

Sliwa and Cuomo are also old.  That may be a problem.

Sorry, I got sidetracked.

Voters remain deeply concerned about the cost of living in expensive New York, and Mamdani has harnessed this issue of the political age. He stayed on message throughout the debate — even at the end by declaring he’s more concerned about affordability than in weighing in on the Christopher Columbus statue.

Hammering those affordability points with an affable, calm demeanor against his opponents came through in the first general election debate. It served Mamdani well.

He is not authorized

 But Congress has simply rolled over.

He will be sued.  He will be counting on "his" judges at SCOTUS to back him up.

Mamdani is doing the right thing

 

Jeffries needs to listen to Chris Van Hollen

 

Bingo.

Vote for Mamdani

 

You can stop whining about something Trump is doing being illegal.  Just assume what he's doing is illegal.  Now. What can we do about it?

 

Further enlightenment on who Hakeem Jeffries is

Eric Adams drops out of the mayoral race.  I don't see how he stayed in as long as he did.

UPDATE 04/11/2026:

MAGA threats

 

Who's afraid of the big bad Trump?

 

And what does the apostrophe after Liddle stand for?

Release the Epstein files.

Listen to Mark

 

full show (requires subscription - worth it)

Cue the MAGA ridicule

 

Just what Mamdani is proposing for New York.  Let's see if this gets the same ridicule.

In praise of Elizabeth Warren

 She deserves so much credit.

And, she's backing Mamdani.  Good for Liz.

UPDATE 08/07/2025:

UPDATE 09/06/2025: