After entering the race largely unnoticed, the new mayor of New York City can expect to face serious scrutiny in office.

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    This feels a bit different. I feel as though public opinion might be colored by, if not outright informed by, his ability to make Trump freak out and devote more and more resources to the “Zohran” problem. If the American public, who by now is totally convinced that Trump if wholly against their interests, sees the object of their suffering seem afraid, that’s psychologically anchoring. This man makes your abuser uncomfortable = he is safe.

    Even if he’s stonewalled, Zohran can truly put forward a message that this admin cannot ignore, even if nothing gets done. Nothing gets done because of Trump and he can totally spin that in the same way that no one blames the dems for the shutdown.

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      If the American public, who by now is totally convinced that Trump if wholly against their interests

      Mate. What rock are you living under? 40% of Americans blame the D’s for the shutdown as of last week. 40% of new yorkers voted for the corrupt narcissistic predator yesterday.

      You seem to be making the same mistake as the average D did in 2016 and 2024; acting as though you aren’t up against a corrupt billion dollar fascist psychological warfare operation — run by psychopaths and narcissists — who own 90+% of the media, social media, and information that the majority consume. Get out of your algorithm bubble and check your expectations against the actual data, else you’ll be operating on false information, and reality will shatter your delusions eventually… check yourself before you wreck yourself!

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        100%. Trump is going to do everything in his power to make life in NYC hell, and with help from the right wing media he’ll pin it on Mamdani. As you can see from today’s New York Post cover, they’re already laying the foundation.

        See also this piece in The Atlantic, or go read the comments on any mainstream news coverage of this election.