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What a statement Mayor Zohran Mamdani could have made — if he’d hosted those two hero cops instead of a terror sympathizer at Gracie Mansion on Sunday night. NYPD Chief Aaron Edwards and Sgt. Luis Navarro literally leapt into action on Saturday to nab the ISIS-inspired alleged bomb throwers, Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi, outside the mayor’s official residence. Having the two Finest at a Gracie Mansion meal the next evening would’ve signaled major respect for the men and women in blue who keep the city safe, and a rejection of the hateful brand of Islam that inspired the suspects

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani just signed a defiant executive order to ban ICE from city property. Invoking the Quran and calling federal enforcement an "abuse of power," Mamdani is drawing a line in the sand against the Trump administration.

New York City hasn’t had a trash pickup for 1/3rd of Mamdani’s term. New York City would smell worse than it does if it weren’t so cold. And if it weren’t so cold.&br>

Zohran Mamdani Wins NYC Mayoral RaceExit Poll Analysis: Original New Yorkers vs. NewcomersConclusion: Mamdani’s victory was driven by newcomers and young voters, while native-born and long-time New Yorkers largely rejected the socialist candidate. Voter Group% for Mamdani% for CuomoImplicationLived in NYC <10 years (newcomers)81%19%Core base – recent arrivals drove his winLived >10 years but not NYC-born55%45%Moderate support from longer-term transplantsBorn in New York City (original New Yorkers)38%49%Rejected Mamdani – native-born preferred CuomoFirst-time mayoral voters66%34%New/transient voters skewed heavily leftRepeat mayoral voters47%53%Established voters leaned against MamdaniBottom line:Mamdani did not win because native or long-time New Yorkers wanted socialism — he won despite...

If billionaire-backed “Islamo-socialist” Mamdani can’t crush it after showering voters with freebies, then even a win is really a loss. Because when you’ve got unlimited money, media cover, and populist giveaways on your side, anything short of a landslide exposes weakness—not strength. It proves the hype doesn’t match the grassroots.

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi says that there will be no further privatization of state-owned companies. … Egypt privatized key companies in the 1990s under Mubarak, but the program stalled in recent years. Critics say the sales were tainted by corruption. …

"It is a profound truth," declared the British Socialist Party in a 1911 manifesto, "that Socialism is the natural enemy of religion." Not the least of the oddities in the subsequent history of progressive politics is that today it has become the principal vehicle in the West for Islamist goals and policies. Caroline Lucas, a member of the Green Party faction in the European Parliament, is a longtime activist in anti-nuclear, animal-rights and environmentalist causes, and not someone likely to describe herself as an anti-feminist. Yet in June 2004, she joined British MPs Fiona Mactaggart of Labor and Sarah Teather...