Trump threatens to cut off New York City funds if Mamdani ‘doesn’t behave’
Trump threatens to cut off New York City funds if Mamdani ‘doesn’t behave’
Democratic mayoral candidate denies Trump’s accusation that he is communist while reaffirming push to tax wealthy
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As a New Yorker I would like to see that orange fascist try. I can almost guarantee that if Zohran organizes a workers militia today itll have tens of thousands of volunteers tomorrow. I myself would happily throw arms with federal pigs.
Is this how a civil war starts?
Very much so.
This is how the American empire falls
Which was Putin's goal in all of this anyway.
No. It started with the Brooks Brothers Riot.
It start when terrible people in power have decent support for part of population and the other part fight for freedom by any mean
I guess so.
I would like to see that orange fascist try
Yanking funding from state and local agencies is almost trivial, thanks to the DOGE infestation of the US Treasury. Quite literally a matter of button-clicks.
The dream of the Unitary Executive under Bush, has finally been realized under Trump 2. Congress simply could not stop handing the Executive branch more and more authority, both implicit and explicit, until now they're effectively superfluous.
The one upside is that - given the state of Trump's BB
LB - there may not be much funding left to pull from NYC by the time they're done gutting the domestic budget.The executive has so much power because the Republicans in congress are his complete bitches. And they are in charge.
Republicans in congress are his complete bitches
Trump governed under a Dem Majority from 2019-21. He may well get another Dem Majority in '27, given his abysmal approval numbers.
Nevermind how many times I've had to hear "You need 60 votes in the Senate to do anything" under Biden and Obama. Seems it is always the Republicans fault, whether bills are obstructed or flying to the president's desk with a simple majority.
I read that as feral pigs but still made complete sense.
Hmmm... maybe time for the left to appropriate the 30 to 50 feral hogs meme.
