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"Why Winning Is Bad for Democrats by Anonymous Democratic Consultant"

- Sadly on-point satire by Francesca Fiorentini for The American Prospect.

https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-26-why-winning-is-bad-for-democrats/

#ZohranMamdani #Dems #DemsSuck #Ratfucking

Let’s imagine that Zohran Mamdani does win, with a coalition of multi-class young people, immigrants, unions, renters, faith leaders, and pansexual mustache men. What does that mean for the losers? The investment bankers, the landlords, and the Wall Street guys who ask women on the street if “they’re sisters or something”? Was winning worth their tears?

As someone who won one time, I can tell you winning is often not worth it. You know what happens after you win? Governing. You know how hard that is? Who wants that kind of responsibility? Making people’s lives better by advancing policies? Responsibility is incredibly stressful.

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Should Mamdani win and begin to deliver on some of his campaign promises like free buses, city-run grocery stores, or a rent freeze, it will certainly be a slippery slope. Giving Democratic voters what they want is just like the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Whenever the mouse gets something, it only wants more and more, until the point where it is well-fed, well-rested, and happy. It’s a primrose path that will ultimately accustom Democratic voters to creature comforts like health care or education. As I’ve always told my clients, instead of giving a mouse a cookie, we should give him the ability to qualify for one chocolate chip, provided he completes a three-year apprenticeship program in an underserved neighborhood, and as long as his income doesn’t exceed $50,000 a year...

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Let’s talk about the kind of candidate Democrats should win with. Mamdani is a telegenic, intelligent guy with real convictions. If he wins, what will that mean for the average, boring Democratic legislators and candidates who pride themselves on receiving all their beliefs from polls and the crypto industry? In a way, Mamdani winning is an ableist erasure of candidates incapable of believing in anything at all. Our big-tent party must make space inside for those who are dead inside.

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People are talking a lot about #ZohranMamdani as the first Muslim mayor of New York (and that's great!), but I think an even bigger story is #GhazalaHashmi, Lieutenant-Governor-elect of Virginia, the first Muslim woman elected to *statewide* office anywhere in the United States. She received more than 1.8 million votes, almost double Mamdani's (impressive!) receipts, 55% of her election to 50.5% of his.
#election #election2025 #USpol

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WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!??!?!?

am just columbusing that #ZohranMamdani is the son of Mira Nair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mira_Nair

HOW WAS I NOT TOLD ABOUT THIS?!?!??!?!?

🗣 MIRA NAIR IS ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL #GENX #FEMINIST MOVIES & #DOCUMENTARY DIRECTORS YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD ABOUT

India Cabaret, Salaam Bombay and Mississippi Masala are masterpieces.

go read about Zohran’s momma and watch her #movies. this explains A LOT!

#NYC #2025ELECTIONS #ELECTIONS2025

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#MeerMittwoch
“La Liberté éclairant le monde,” a gift from France, by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.

I haven’t felt much like sharing photos of Lady Liberty in the past dark years, but maybe I can do so after yesterday’s election. The clouds gather, but still she stands.

Fuck the fascists, fuck cruelty, fuck the politics of corruption and despair. There’s life in New York yet, and we’re not going down without a fight.

#photography #seawednesday #statueofliberty #clouds #nyc #ZohranMamdani

Photo of the waters of New York Bay under a sky heavy with low, shadowy clouds. On the horizon is Liberty Island, where the tiny figure of the Statue of Liberty stands silhouetted against an area of brighter sky. Beyond the island is the low New Jersey coastline.

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getting ready to go out and vote for #ZohranMamdani. can’t remember when was the last time i was this excited to vote. today #newyorkcity is making history.

#gotv #nyc #NewYork #antifa

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First time I’ve been allowed to #vote in any #election - and I got to vote for #ZohranMamdani 🥳

So glad my #US citizenship came through on time to register!

If y’all can vote today please do!!!

#nyc #NewYork #mamdani

Photo of Mariya, a white woman with long brown hair, smiling in the middle of a downtown Manhattan street, showing off her “I VOTED” sticker on her shirt.

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me, waiting for 9PM to start checking the #nyc #ZohranMamdani #2025elections #elections2025 #NewYork #NewYorkCity elections results

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Hey, #ChuckSchumer, are you watching #ZohranMamdani speak? This is how Democrats can regain their momentum. Learn something.

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#ZohranMamdani just gave a shout-outvto the #Trans community and I burst into tears.

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watching the #ABCNEWS livefeed of #ZohranMamdani’s headquarters and it’s PACKED with Zillennials.

Zoomers and Millennials are already changing the world by existing. this fascist backlash is of not just one but several dying death cults.

#nyc is the beginning of their revolution.

i believe in them. as a mom and #auntifa it’s my job to make sure they succeed.

the work is just starting.

#antifa #2025ELECTIONS #ELECTIONS2025

UPDATE
here’s the link. enjoy!
https://tv.garden/all-channels/gn4sj3pP9peKNt

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GOTDAMN!

not only was #ZohranMamdani ready with the hastag worthy #Transition2025 url, but his whole transition team are women. and one of those women is LINA “i will fuck up your monopoly” KHAN

“Zohran Mamdani announces all-female transition team” - NYC-ABC Eyewitness News
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tQSBqic5McQ

A New Era for NYC
https://www.transition2025.com/

#nyc #NewYorkCity #USpol

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"George Santos says he’s leaving New York City after last night’s election.

Zohran Mamdani is already making the city a better place."

~ Patriot Takes

#ZohranMamdani #GeorgeSantos
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https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7upoypvlxudsiv4pzbi5jtwf/post/3m4vunjinhk22

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Good morning, Mastodon. We have a Democratic Socialist as the prevailing mayoral candidate for NYC mayor. Feels good. Feels pretty fucking good.

#ZohranMamdani

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To anyone still wondering if New York Times can disgrace itself even more than it already has in recent years, Dan Froomkin has an answer:

"The sad fact is that there is nothing terribly out of character about the New York Times’s decision to publish a deceptive hit piece about New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, based on hacked data supplied by a noted eugenicist to whom they granted anonymity."

#ZohranMamdani #NewYorkTimes
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https://criticalread.substack.com/p/the-sad-sad-state-of-the-new-york

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A key part of the New York City mayoral races was Ranked Choice Voting.

I'm not seeing many news articles mention this yet (correct me if I'm wrong though!).

Ranked choice let's us vote first for who we actually want.... and then put in backup votes for "good enough" candidates and allows us to compromise and find common ground.

It destroys the concepts of "lesser of two evils" and "throwing away your vote".

I hope we see Ranked Choice voting everywhere.

#newYork #NYC #NYCMayor #ZohranMamdani

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Speaking as someone who is Jewish, Paul Krugman addresses attacks on Zohran Mamdani as an antisemite:

"I’m Jewish, and anyone who knows their history realizes that whenever right-wing bigotry is on the ascendant, we’re always next in line. Are there really people out there naïve enough to believe MAGA’s claims to be against antisemitism, who can’t see the transparent cynicism and dishonesty?"

#ZohranMamdani #antisemitism #Jews #racism
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https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/were-all-rats-now

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#MafiaState

#Trump said Tuesday he would arrest #ZohranMamdani if the #NYC Democratic mayoral nominee doesn't allow federal #immigration officials to arrest undocumented #immigrants in the city.

#law
https://www.axios.com/2025/07/01/trump-mamdani-arrest-ice-immigration

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