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Today on TAP: His platform, his movement, and his super-rich enemies all fit the historic pattern of New York’s politics. Zohran Mamdani delivered a major speech last night to thousands of supporters who’d crowded into New York’s United Palace to hear him lay out the stakes in the upcoming mayoral election. To the historically sentient, the speech was replete with echoes of New York’s previous progressive heroes—Franklin D. Roosevelt, Fiorello La Guardia, and A. Philip Randolph in particular. Mamdani began by acknowledging the legions who’d walked precincts and made phone calls on his candidacy’s behalf. “There is something special in...

Bill Maher blasted the Democratic Party and its younger supporters on Friday’s episode of Real Time, warning that the party risks alienating mainstream voters by embracing radical ideas. During his “New Rule” monologue, Maher argued that Democrats have shifted from promoting progressive ideals to tolerating what he called extremist rhetoric and a complete embrace of Hamas. Maher said the Democratic Party’s issues after the 2024 election are that its base of young voters increasingly supports ideologies that are hostile to American values. “Their young people, their key constituency, not only don’t like their own civilization, they like the wrong one,”...