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The Daily Signal reports on Zohran Mamdani with conservative analysis of the NYC mayoral candidate, his Democratic Socialists affiliation, far-left policy proposals, and his representation of the progressive movement’s growing influence in Democratic Party politics.
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    How Mamdani Is Merging Socialist Activists With New York City Government
    When Zohran Mamdani said he’d govern New York City as a socialist, he meant it. And the way the mayor is doing that is by merging the Democratic Socialists of America and other left-wing groups with the official functions of city government. It’s an ominous development for New York City. Mamdani is creating a patronage…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    The Leftist Tilt of ‘Mamdani Night Live’  
    The People’s Republic of Late-Night Comedy will do its part to boost Democrats during the midterm election season. See the season debut of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not on the ballot, but these comedians are deeply in love with the radical leftist Muslim, so they feel compelled to…
    Tim Graham
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    Victor Davis Hanson: The Double Standard of Islamist Immigrants Who Attack America
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.  As we head toward the midterms in this last month of October, it’s time to reflect on…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    New York’s Experiment in Governing by Racial Outcomes
    America is about to find out what happens when a municipal government stops merely measuring racial disparities and instead begins organizing its decisions around them. New York City’s Racial Equity Plan, released Sept. 1 by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, is the first citywide racial-equity framework in the Big Apple’s history. It implements a 2022 voter-approved…
    Michael Freund
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    Open Prostitution Booms in NYC. It’s All Part of the Socialist Plan.
    Prostitution is openly proliferating in New York City thanks to socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani. It’s all part of the plan. The New York Post reported on Sunday that “prostitution-related arrests have plunged by 60%” this year in the city. That’s not cause for celebration. A decline in arrests doesn’t mean there has been a decline…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Mamdani Wants City Hall to Be Both Referee and Organizer
    New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has decided that enforcing labor law is no longer enough. City Hall now wants to get into the business of helping workers organize, too. Earlier this month, Mamdani created the Mayor’s Office of Worker Power, which his administration describes as the first office of its kind in the country….
    Michael Freund
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    Mamdani Is Gradually Undermining Public Order in New York City
    New York City’s socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani has carefully plucked away another small but significant element of public order. According to the New York Post, the mayor’s office issued a directive that the New York Police Department would no longer be responding to calls relating to homeless encampments. Instead, officers will now have to first…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘People Could Die’: Mamdani Sounds Alarm as Cities Sue Trump Administration Over Immigrant Welfare Benefits
    New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday he was leading a coalition of cities suing over the Trump administration’s effort to block welfare benefits for certain immigrants. Other plaintiffs suing the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York are…
    Fred Lucas
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    Victor Davis Hanson: 25 Years After 9/11—Has America Forgotten?
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the latest edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Sami Winc:  It’s the 25th anniversary of 9/11, and I know that we’ve been watching New York…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Victor Davis Hanson: True Democratic Socialists Can’t Run on Their Real Platform
    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal senior contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.  I’d like to talk about the current rise of the Democratic Socialists of America and the idea…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Zohran Mamdani Discovers Deregulation
    A funny thing happened on the way to the Big Apple’s socialist utopia: Zohran Mamdani discovered deregulation. The democratic socialist mayor of New York, who campaigned on rent freezes, free buses, and city-owned grocery stores, has apparently learned that sometimes government itself is the problem. In July, Mamdani unveiled “OPEN for Small Business,” a package of more…
    Michael Freund
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    Mamdani’s Sick, Sly Slap in the Face to 9/11 Families
    On Friday, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a proclamation commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack. He then quickly ensured the pen used to sign the proclamation was given to a man who represented an al-Qaeda terrorist and a Gitmo detainee described as the “20th hijacker.” Mamdani may as well have…
    Al Perrotta
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    Mamdani Turns Rikers Murderer Into Victim in Larger Plot to Abolish Prisons
    New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani demonstrated yet again this week how much of his ideology ultimately leads to mass mercy to the guilty and cruelty to the innocent. On Tuesday, he posted a tribute on X to an unnamed prisoner at the Rikers Island facility. “I am deeply saddened by the death of a…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘A Slap in the Face’: Murder Victim’s Family Outraged as Mamdani Expresses Sorrow at the Death of Accused Killer
    On Aug. 8, 2024, Jose Miranda was randomly, brutally hacked to death with a meat cleaver at a Bronx laundromat, leaving behind two children. His accused killer, Clarence Woodward, who owned a rap sheet nearly 30 arrests long, was set to stand trial but was found dead in his cell Tuesday morning at Rikers Island….
    Al Perrotta
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    Mamdani’s Grocery Store Plan Lands NYC in Major Court Battle
    New York City on Monday was named in a lawsuit over Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to open multiple taxpayer-funded grocery stores in the city next year, which could put mom-and-pop grocery stores out of business. A coalition representing immigrant-run grocery stores brought the suit. “These grocery stores and bodegas are right to be concerned about…
    Pedro Rodriguez
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    The Unholy Alliance You Weren’t Supposed to Notice
    Something unusual happened on Oct. 8, 2023. The morning after Hamas slaughtered 1,200 people in southern Israel, after women were raped, children were burned, and families were dragged into tunnels, demonstrators took to the streets and college campuses across the U.S., not in mourning, but in celebration.  Progressive activists marched alongside Islamist organizers. Transgender flags…
    Kelsey Reinhardt
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    Karen Bass’ Video Invites Scrutiny Over Donation Match Program
    Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat running for reelection, made a curious post on social media this week when she solicited campaign donations that would be matched by the city. The post is raising plenty of scrutiny and questions. “The Tony Kinnett Cast” on Wednesday opened with the eyebrow-raising story, as host Tony Kinnett…
    Rebecca Downs
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    Mamdani Promised Affordability. His New Amazon Delivery Plan Could Make NYC More Expensive.
    New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is once again using a big corporation as an easy target in a scheme that will likely make New York City more unaffordable, not less. On Monday, the socialist mayor announced the so-called Delivery Protection Act—which received significant union backing—that will allegedly be used to “rein in the power…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump Slams Mamdani’s Pied-à-Terre Tax as Judge Halts Implementation
    President Donald Trump slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax on certain second properties in a Tuesday post on Truth Social and threatened federal action. The president said the tax “is costing New York City and State a fortune in that the money, eventually to be gotten, is very little compared to to…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Mamdani Blames E-Bike Sellers for Crisis He Refuses to Police
    When real-world problems arise, you can always count on socialists to fall back on blaming their old ideological bugaboos rather than addressing them head on. That appears to be the case in New York City, where Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been forced to deal with an escalating problem of e-bike fatalities. You can guess who…
    Jarrett Stepman
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