Cuomo?
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wrote on 24 Jun 2025, 10:54 last edited by
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Jesus Christ.
The ‘Queer liberation requires we defund the police’ guy and ‘Globalize the Intifada’ defender is winning the primary polymarket. Just a week or so ago it was 75/25 Cuomo.
If this holds I’ll be rooting for Adams.
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 15:16 last edited by
What a fascinating experiment that would be for socialism. Really interesting to see how it ends when the budget has to balance by law.
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 15:23 last edited by
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 15:24 last edited by jon-nyc
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What a fascinating experiment that would be for socialism. Really interesting to see how it ends when the budget has to balance by law.
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 15:35 last edited by
If this holds I’ll be rooting for Adams.
Sorry ... you rooting for Adams now?
ABM. Whoever would have the best odds of beating him would have my full-throated (but absolutely meaningless) support.
There's a lot to be said for controlled experiments, I am all for it. I mean, I don't live there, so.
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 16:48 last edited by
The really crazy thing about this is what it means for other Democratic primaries coming up…
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 16:51 last edited by
Hey @jon-nyc if the asshat actually wins, do you think you might actually see some movement from NY to the Texas Exchange opening in 26?
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The really crazy thing about this is what it means for other Democratic primaries coming up…
wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 16:53 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Cuomo?:
The really crazy thing about this is what it means for other Democratic primaries coming up…
People might be reading too much into this. This wasn’t Josh Shapiro, it was Handsy McGrandma Killer. He had a lot of baggage.
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Hey @jon-nyc if the asshat actually wins, do you think you might actually see some movement from NY to the Texas Exchange opening in 26?
wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 16:54 last edited by@LuFins-Dad said in Cuomo?:
Hey @jon-nyc if the asshat actually wins, do you think you might actually see some movement from NY to the Texas Exchange opening in 26?
Network effects make that pretty hard. ‘Open up your own social media site’ hard.
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 19:05 last edited by
Big if true: NYC voted for its own death.
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 19:36 last edited by
The road to hell is paved with good intentions and traveled using free bus passes.
It all feels a bit Ken Livingstone to me. London survived him, of course. I'm sure NY can do the same.
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wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 23:48 last edited by Mik
It will leave them ready for the next Rudy.
A couple observations- first, I cannot believe NYC would elect a Muslim mayor after 9/11. Second, if there’s any city that needs a bare knuckles brawler it’s NYC. That mayor is up against all the most powerful players and factions one can imagine. I don’t know whether he has the stones for it, but I doubt it.
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It will leave them ready for the next Rudy.
A couple observations- first, I cannot believe NYC would elect a Muslim mayor after 9/11. Second, if there’s any city that needs a bare knuckles brawler it’s NYC. That mayor is up against all the most powerful players and factions one can imagine. I don’t know whether he has the stones for it, but I doubt it.
wrote on 25 Jun 2025, 23:54 last edited byIt will leave them ready for the next Rudy.
A couple observations- first, I cannot believe NYC would elect a Muslim mayor after 9/11.
NEW YORK CITY — Zohran Mamdani, winner of New York City's mayoral Democratic primary, has vowed to knock down the One World Trade Center in order to build more affordable housing.
Mamdani admitted that taking down the popular tower was something of a political suicide mission, but he remained undeterred.
"We will not allow the wealthy capitalist elite to hijack our city," said Mamdani. "As mayor, I promise to take this problem head on by bringing down One World Trade Center and putting cheap, government-controlled apartments in its place. I understand that people believe this initiative could really blow up in my face. But so long as I'm at the controls, that's where we're heading."
Many New Yorkers have expressed doubts about Mamdani's plan, not believing it to be feasible. "That tower would be almost impossible to take down, unless the support structure were to be melted or something," said local man Roger Philips. "Mamdani said he has a plan he's been working on for years with a dozen or so experts, but I'm skeptical."
At publishing time, Mamdani had announced he would also be removing all synagogues in the city to make way for new government-operated grocery stores.
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wrote on 26 Jun 2025, 00:19 last edited by
Snort. The Bee never fails.
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wrote on 26 Jun 2025, 00:50 last edited by
I wonder if he's ever talked about how he plans to pay for all the new government providing all the free stuff.
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wrote on 26 Jun 2025, 01:09 last edited by
Duh. Rich people. If there are any left there after the election.
I really think he will just assure a GOP mayor.
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wrote on 26 Jun 2025, 09:37 last edited by jon-nyc
He has a tax plan but it all has to be approved by the state. I don’t know all the details, but I think ever since the city needed to be bailed out in the 70s (remember the NYPost famous headline- Ford to City: Drop Dead) the state has some veto power over the public fisc.