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Zohran Mamdani wins the New York mayoral race

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Post by cdf »

doubletwoyou wrote: post #28
bdangubic wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Obamacare being what it was is 1,000,000% Obama’s failure - he’ll tell you this same thing over coffee too. Just outmost disaster through and through how it was implemented. Zohran can easily fund which is why every single GOP Senator and Congresman went publicly against him. Can’t have people get any crazy ideas that they could actually have nice things. WTF does Congresman from a some shithole county in Alabama giv…

got any tips on what to look for on how obama bumbled obamacare? not too familiar on the subject myself

Despite his public persona, I read recently Obama is actually quite aloof and didnt have the patience to charm the politicians in person.

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Post by Maxatar »

wodenokoto wrote: post #26
olalonde wrote: post #23

It's funny how in the US, even mayors get tagged as "conservative" or "democratic socialist." I always figured their job was just to keep the city services running.

Aren’t mayors in all countries politicians? In Denmark all mayors are identified with their party association when talked about in the news.

Reviewing various western democracies it looks like most mayoral candidates run affiliated with a political party. The exception is Canada where mayoral candidates run an independent campaign.

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Post by js2 »

NewJazz wrote: post #16
michaelbarton wrote: post #13

I hope this win signals (to both parties) that voters are receptive and will get engaged when a clear message is presented about cost of living and quality of life issues. Some of which are taken for granted in most other western countries. I’m no political wonk, and I’m curious what others with more insight might say about his ability to fund and implement his polices. I’m reminided of Obama and his hopeful message…

Sometimes I think about what we could have had. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy_Americans_Act

And 15 years before that was Hillarycare (1993):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_health_care_plan_of_19...

(Fuck you Bill Kristol.)

There's a long, sad, littered history of attempts at universal care in the US:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_health_care_reform_...

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Post by mjmsmith »

ModernMech wrote: post #22
Incipient wrote: post #19

As someone not in the US that doesn't pay a whole heap of attention, is it just me or did he run mostly uncontested? Running against a republican and a disgraced politician? No clue what mamdani is like, but it seems like NYC had little to no choice...which is a bit disappointing.

I mean, if you call "running uncontested" going up against the current mayor, former governor, the editorial board of the NYT and WAPO, billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, the Speaker of the House, the Senate and House leadership of the Democratic party, not to mention the entire rightwing media apparatus, and the President of the United States himself, yeah he ran uncontested.

Ackman, Bloomberg, ...

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Post by null3cksor »

LarsDu88 wrote: post #31

I found out his mom directed the movies "Monsoon Wedding" and "Mississipi Masala" with Denzel Washington. Allegedly she was tapped to direct "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", but her then 14 year old son talked her out of it to do "The Namesake" instead

TIL he is Mira Nair's son!. The namesake has a special place in my heart.

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Post by treetalker »

wodenokoto wrote: post #26
olalonde wrote: post #23

It's funny how in the US, even mayors get tagged as "conservative" or "democratic socialist." I always figured their job was just to keep the city services running.

Aren’t mayors in all countries politicians? In Denmark all mayors are identified with their party association when talked about in the news.

Well, define politician.

Some cities have non-partisan mayoral elections. For example, Miami does this under Home Rule charter.

Still, it's often clear who's who. For example, Emilio González prominently displayed a POTUS lapel pin during a debate and bragged about being able to interface with Trump and DeSantis.

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Post by chris_wot »

codeddesign wrote: post #34
michaelbarton wrote: post #13

I hope this win signals (to both parties) that voters are receptive and will get engaged when a clear message is presented about cost of living and quality of life issues. Some of which are taken for granted in most other western countries. I’m no political wonk, and I’m curious what others with more insight might say about his ability to fund and implement his polices. I’m reminided of Obama and his hopeful message…

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If only you had free public healthcare. But you don't.

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Post by ianbutler »

olalonde wrote: post #23

It's funny how in the US, even mayors get tagged as "conservative" or "democratic socialist." I always figured their job was just to keep the city services running.

That mayor runs a city that has the GDP of multiple nations. The scale is different even if the title is the same.
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