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To: SeekAndFind

People like to say “ha ha, they voted for it”

First of all, the vast majority NY’ers did NOT vote for Mamdani. He achieved his present status by a rigged method (ranked choice voting) in a very specific and narrow election (Mayoral Democrat Primary). It’s a minority, of a minority voting in this.

We no longer have a Republic with dispersed power, responsibility, and dispersed finances. We live in a highly centralized, quasi-collectivist state, all funded from Washington DC with our printed, fiat money and massive debt

What happens in NY City will not be contained in NY City. if NY City has a marxist mayor, no doubt the political example will spread elsewhere, NY City is still the center of financial trading in the USA, and government funding/bailouts will certainly need to come from Washington DC. We will all pay for this.


3 posted on 07/11/2025 10:34:08 AM PDT by PGR88
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‘Trump was right’ - John Kerry says Democrats allowed migrant ‘siege’ of US border
BBC ^ | 07/10/2021 | Anthony Zurcher
Posted on 7/10/2025, 8:19:52 AM by TexasKamaAina

Former US Secretary of State John Kerry has told the BBC his fellow Democrats allowed the US-Mexico border to be “under siege” during Joe Biden’s presidency.

In sometimes sharp words, Kerry - who was the Democratic presidential nominee in 2004 and a US senator from Massachusetts - said he told Biden the party had “missed” on the issue of immigration for years.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com …

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr4wk52rwqpo


14 posted on 07/11/2025 11:21:48 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Drones haves changed fighting wars/with Navy/Army top water or below and anything that flies)
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are you saying the non-voters bear no responsibility for their actions?


18 posted on 07/11/2025 6:57:58 PM PDT by joshua c
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