Mamdani rules

Don't forget the Israel lobby.

the islamaphobic AIPAC and thier wealthy zionist backers.

I love how upset the old guard is about Mamdani. Fuck every single one of them.

Inviting them to have a seat at the table can send them into a tailspin. It's kind of funny how they pretend to be the adults in the room while doing so.
it also got the gop panties in a wad, and they colluded with the old guard dnc to derail his campaign. it tells you they are one in the same, hence a uniparty.

Mamdani told a heckler that he wanted him to be able to afford to live in New York as well.

A pastor who asked Trump to have empathy for people he doesn't like, was attacked by the entire political movement.

When they say culture war, that is what they want winning and the realization really sucks.

I decide to just be glad about him winning. Neither over- nor underwhelmed. Hopeful but not blue-eyed. And may it have a knock-on effect on other Dems.

other states had DEM wins too, missipis supermajority in the house was broken by dems, and virginia has a dem now.
- The Georgia Power Commission went from 5 repubs to 3 repubs and 2 Dems. A much more accurate representation of a purple state.

Highest voter turnout in like 50yrs…hope he destroys the rich NYC establishment and corrupt government departments.

I've said this before but I want to scream it from the rooftops.

Fuck the GoP.

I am a white 50 year old man.

I grew up poor as shit. Moving constantly, sometimes living in a car, even dumpster diving for food.

I have been a Republican my entire life.

I thought a Republican meant personal responsibility and the freedom to carve out the life you work for.

I don't even know where my ideology lies anymore.

I spent a career in the Navy and am now a successful electrical engineer.

I only know a few things with firm certainty:

The GoP is a tool for the rich. It gives zero fucks for right or wrong, etiquette, integrity, or the Christian teachings it supposedly lauds and fights for.

America is already an oligarchy, it just hides it better. The amount of wealth available to so few people allow them the ability to control narrative and flood the truth with bullshit. Their only goal is to protect and grow their wealth.

The Democrat party is worthless. Led so long by Pelosi who did champion some important issues, but was also enriching herself and allowing the Democrat Party to also become a tool for the wealthy.

My success is due, in part, to various assistance programs that were made available to me by the government. (I also have no doubt that my gender and race also made the path easier.)

I believe I have a responsibility to help those in need. But I am a terrible supporter of local programs. What I mean is I do not like volunteering. I want to, but it makes me uncomfortable and it reminds me of the shame I felt as a child. But I have no problem paying taxes. I see my success as the success of those that supported me. I am not so naive or arrogant to think I pulled myself up by my own bootstraps. Those same programs will help the next generation and so on.

We are not all equal. Some people ARE better than others, in many ways. That does not mean we are not all of equal worth or do not deserve good lives. Everyone deserves the same opportunity, even if it means part of my success is needed to fund it.

I don't know how to fix this country, but I do know who is NOT fixing it.

History does not repeat itself. The real issue is that people don't change. The people today act the same as the people 1000 years ago. Only the rules have changed.

I lost hope for this nation when Trump was elected this last time. I couldn't understand how people could not see the obvious. But I also understand the disenfranchisement and lack of leadership the Democratic Party has caused.

If free healthcare, free child care, free education, UBI, affordable housing, and good old monopoly busting means I have to live in a home barely big enough for my family and lose half my paycheck... that is a price I would pay without thinking twice.

The election of New York's newest mayor, despite the forces working against him gives me hope.

I'm 50. This is not my country anymore. My generation made its bed, we need to let the next make theirs.

I will continue to be a registered Republican and vote straight Democrat until there is a clearer path for me to take.

Oh, and fuck AIPAC and the ADL. They support genocide and have become what they supposedly stand against.

I have hope again and I have NY to thank for that.

A few more pearls that I always thought was obvious:

AI is a bubble.

STOP USING CRYPTO, IT'S A FUCKING SCAM FOR GRIFTERS AND WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CURRENCY, NOT A FUCKING INVESTMENT. THANKS FOR RUINING IT, ASSHOLES.

Pasty faced millennial here.
Also EE dropout (working on that).
I hope I am as enlightened and put together as you when I'm 50. Cheers.
But I do have one answer for you:
I lost hope for this nation when Trump was elected this last time. I couldn’t understand how people could not see the obvious.
Facebook.
My 'moment of clarity' was when I saw a local news station running clips of college girls' enthusiasm for Trump, just after the election. The sentiment was along the lines of "He's so strong!" or "I really feel like he gets us, you know?" and almost directly quoting some meme's I'd seen.
And seeing die hard libertarians I know swallow Trump's accumulation of executive power, via their perception of events, drove it home.
...Walk the street, and look around. I'm using 'Facebook' as a catch-all here: algorithmic feeds and influencers are warping reality for smart folks, both ways. Every generation is caught up in it, but I feel the age extremes (Boomers and Z) are most vulnerable here.
- The ease with which echo chambers are created and weaponized is unreal.
  Watching my late father-in-law, also a Navy Vet, say John McCain was a traitor, was just ... unreal. And he was on Medicare.
  Don't give up on your EE dreams. I went to school when I was younger, dug a huge GPA hole, and almost never went back.
  I had to go to school part time because I had to work and was the main stay-at-home parent. Took me 7 years. (Also had undiagnosed ADHD. If I had then, the medication I have now, it probably would have been a different story 🤣).
  But the real journey is finding what we love. Adversity and struggle suck, but it teaches you to fight.
  Good luck, internet stranger, I hope you find the journey you need.

Don't forget about defeating Alan Dershowitz!

Can't stop thinking of that one song:

My name is mamdani. m-a m-d-a-n-i mamdani

I really hope we can get some of that in Florida and remove Ron DeSantis toy story looking ass. This should be the age to finally move past centrism, it has been the direction of the party all this time and lead everyone to where we are now. Enough bipartisan ass kissing with fascists.

He and the other Dems that won offer hope. But as op pointed out. Most of the Dems in office are corp Dems.
Wolves in sheep's clothing.

It's going to be so hard to get rid of those without literal new meat for every seat everywhere.

Honestly it's time for some of us to look at our lives. And consider that we. Yes, you. Me. . We.

The ones who won't be bought.

WE Need to run for office. Local positions. School boards. Auditor. Alderman. All those local positions. Treasurer. The mayor of our small towns. City council.

We need to step up. Because if we don't. It's lost.

Those who don't want power are the best people for the jobs.

Ask yourself. Could you do the job ?

Ask yourself. If you want the job.

If you said yes to first and no to second. You are the right person.

Do it.

So many of these positions are easy picking. Very little competition.

I believe in you.