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The funny thing is that The Betoota Advocate is a satirical newspaper - but this is not satire
Well well well, looks like not being republican lite does the trick
My expectation is that this will motivate them to pull another Ross Perot. They will spend all of their time working with Republicans between this election and the next dreaming up institutional hurdles to a socialist making headway in a political campaign, just like they made it institutionally impossible for third parties to sniff a presidency.
If Mamdani actually does try to do the things he says he will (which I doubt) those efforts to institutionally hamper non-conservative candidacies will be doubled.
That's pretty positive honestly, my bet is they try to imprison or kill him like every other popular socialist in modern history.
I think it will depend on Cuomo and the polling. It might be that Cuomo's presence is enough to dilute Mamdani's advantage in the election and I have no doubt the billionaires don't care if it's Adams or Cuomo sending public money their way.
But they're definitely doubling down on gatekeeping political candidacy.
Don't worry guys. I'm sure the democrats will learn this this time around...
Susan collins is that you?
I think the only option is to not vote for them if they don't.
Thats what you have to do. If they get voted out when they choose not to follow these policies then maybe they'll learn it is a problem. "Vote blue no matter who" is extremely damaging
sure seems like thats what they want by now