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Is Anyone Surprised By This?

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If the polls are correct, Zohran Mamdani will be elected Mayor of New York City tomorrow. I am hoping that the polls are not correct. I would love to see Curtis Sliwa win that election, but that is not possible. It is remotely possible that New Yorkers will come to their senses in time to elect former Governor Cuomo. He’s not a great choice, but he is a better choice than Zohran Mamdani.

On November 3, Townhall reported:

Last week, Canary Mission reported that Zohran Mamdani’s candidacy is a trial balloon for a radical socialist takeover of America. They’re right, and we spelled out how several Democratic Party Senate candidates are following in Mamdani’s radical footsteps.

However, there’s more to Mamdani’s campaign, and Canary Mission has revealed the connection between the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and how they’re bankrolling Mamdani’s campaign.

…”The story is not just, you know, that it’s random that Zohran ascended to this place,” Sarsour (Linda Sarsour) continued. “It is our Muslim-American communities, and I’ll also say that’s Muslim money. The PACs that have supported Zohran, or a particular PAC that has supported Zohran is probably over 80% of Muslim American donors in this country. High net donors, grassroots donors. And I want to make the point that the Unity and Justice Fund PAC, which is the CAIR super PAC…was the largest institutional donor to the pro-Zohran PAC in New York.”

The article concludes:

Mamdani’s radical socialist and Islamic ties should be an alarm bell for all New Yorkers as well as all Americans. They are not hiding their Leftist agenda or their goal to topple America and remake it in a socialist-Muslim image. Other Democrats are hopping on this radical bandwagon, and they must be stopped.

Just to refresh your memory, CAIR was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation Trial in 2007. Included in the government exhibits of that trial is “An Explanatory Memorandum: From the Archives of the Muslim Brotherhood in America.” This document is the blueprint for the peaceful takeover (through lawfare and elections) of the United States of America by the Muslim Brotherhood. Please follow the link and take a close look at it.  If America does not wake up soon, we will no longer be the last remaining bastion of western civilization.

The Company You Keep

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Unless something earthshaking happens, Zohran Mamdani will be the next Mayor of New York City. That is a frightening thought on many levels. His lack of experience is a minor problem compared to some of his affiliations.

On Saturday, Red State reported:

As Zohran Mamdani has inched closer to becoming the next mayor of New York City, he’s gotten more and more comfortable dropping whatever little facade he created over the preceding months. Democrats, who will make up the vast majority of voters come November’s election, don’t seem to mind, though. In fact, enthusiasm for Mamdani is growing with every dangerously radical thing that leaves his mouth.

The article includes the following screenshot:

So who is this person Mamdini is meeting with?

The article quotes an X post by Drew Pavlou:

A little about Siraj Wahhaj!

– Three of his children have been charged with terrorism offences

– Siraj Wahhaj himself was an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 WTC bombing.

– Siraj Wahhaj testified in defence of the ”Blind Sheikh” Omar Abdel-Rahman at his trial over the 1993 WTC bombing. He called the Sheik a ”respected scholar,” also calling him ”bold, as a strong preacher of Islam.” Abdel-Rahman had previously issued a fatwa in the US that declared it lawful to rob banks and kill Jews in the US. His sermons condemned Americans as the “descendants of apes and pigs” and called on Muslims to assail the West, ”kill them on the sea, air, or land.”

– In November of 1991, Siraj Wahhaj advocated the establishment of an Islamic State in the U.S.: ”Where ever you came from, you came to America. And you came for one reason- for one reason only – to establish Allah’s deen.”

– In the same lecture, Siraj Wahhaj encouraged Muslims in the US to use politics ”as a weapon … in the cause of Islam.”

– Siraj Wahhaj has said that he believes that the proper penalty for adultery should be stoning to death.

– Siraj Wahhaj openly declares that he wants to abolish democracy in favour of Islamic law: ”Islam is better than democracy. Allah will cause Islam to prevail over every kind of system.”

New York, you are about to elect someone who will destroy your city and your way of life. You might want to rethink that.

Destroying Equal Opportunity

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On Thursday, The New York Post reported that Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani has said that he will phase out the gifted and talented programs in the New York City schools.

The article reports:

Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor, said Thursday he would eliminate the accelerated learning program at the kindergarten level, something that’s likely to anger parents, who have been passionately divided on the issue.

The gifted classes would remain active through the school year, but would no longer be available next fall, he said.

Critics have attacked the coveted learning model as racist due to the higher number of white and Asian students that gain entry through the exam.

Maybe it’s time to examine the cultural factors behind the fact that white and Asian students do better on the exam. Let’s look at family structure, family discipline, parental involvement in a child’s education, etc. I remember one of my daughter’s classmates in Massachusetts who began preparing for the SAT’s in seventh or eighth grade. I think that’s a bit excessive, but the child did very well.

The article notes:

Danyela Souza, vice president of Community Education Council 2 in Manhattan, and a fellow at the Manhattan Institute think tank who tracks education, flunked the plan, saying it could spark an exodus from the city public school system.

“Mamdani is eliminating opportunities for low and middle income students to access an advanced education,” Souza, a public school parent, told The Post.

The article concludes:

“Parents are going to look to private schools or charter schools as an option or they’re going to move out of the city. You have one chance to educate your child.”

Mamdani’s two general election opponents — independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, also slammed his plan.

“Eliminating opportunities for excellence doesn’t help underserved kids, it perpetuates the problem. It creates a false equality, by eliminating any opportunity to excel,” Cuomo said.

“The Democratic ideal has always been about providing more opportunities for historically marginalized students to access these programs—not eliminating academic excellence altogether.”

Sliwas, during a press event Thursday, said, “I would not only maintain the gifted and talented as I saw up close and personal, I would expand it.”

He noted that Mamdani did “outstandingly well” at Bronx HS of Science, where students need strong scores on a single-test exam to get in.

“So he benefited from all that, but he wants to deprive young children who need advanced courses,” Sliwa said.

Great schools for me, but not for thee.

New York City Has About Seven Weeks To Wake Up

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The mayoral election in New York City will be held on November 4th. If things continue as they are, Zohran Mamdani will be the next Mayor of New York City. I hope New York City residents look at where his campaign money is coming from before they vote.

On Saturday, The New York Post reported:

Deep-pocketed, out-of-state donors account for 78% of the nearly $2.4 million raised by a super PAC backing Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign.

Lefties outside the Empire State wrote fat checks totaling $1,831,706 to the group, New Yorkers for Lower Costs, as of Friday, records showed.

The sum included $762,631 from 26 California donors, with most of it coming from just two people.

“Mamdani’s campaign isn’t about New York City — it’s about fueling a national socialist movement bankrolled by donors in California and beyond … with Hollywood and out-of-state activists trying to dictate the future of our city,” said Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign spokesman Todd Shapiro.

The article includes the following chart:

Why is so much out-of-state money coming into his campaign?

The article notes:

In comparison, a superPAC supporting ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral bid called “Fix The City” has pulled in more than $20 million – or 74% — of its $27.1 million in donations from New Yorkers.

The “Empower NYC” superPAC supporting Mayor Adams’ re-election bid has seen $1,347,600 – or 92% — of its $1,462,600 donations come from the Big Apple.

Money doesn’t buy elections, but it plays a role. If money bought elections, Hillary Clinton would have been President. I am hoping that the difference in contributions from residents of New York predicts voting totals. However, the contribution numbers show that New Yorkers are split, which may give Mamdani a victory.

Priorities?

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New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani wants to help the city’s economically challenged to have a better life. He is talking about rent control, city-operated grocery stores with free or very low-priced food. He has stated that millionaires shouldn’t exist. He frowns on private property. He himself is the child of wealth who seems to enjoy thoroughly what that wealth has given him.

Amuse on Substack posted an article about Mamdani’s recent celebration of his wedding. It was a lavish affair in Uganda that lasted for three days and cost approximately $250,000. He is entitled to spend his money any way he wants to, but if he is so concerned with New York City’s economically challenged, why doesn’t he throw some of his money their way? Why does he choose to be charitable with other people’s money while living lavishly with his own? Why not buy a building and let people live there rent free? Why not fund a drug rehab center or an alcohol rehab center?

The article concludes:

As George Orwell once wrote of British socialists in The Road to Wigan Pier, the problem is not the idea of socialism but the people who advocate it. He observed that many socialists do not love the poor, they simply hate the rich. Mamdani embodies this paradox. He does not hate luxury. He hates its availability to anyone else.

And what of New York? If Mamdani governs as he lives, then the city is in trouble. His plans include rent controls so severe they would hollow out the housing market, defunding the police at a time of rising crime, and replacing core public services with untested socialist experiments. His ideology is not tempered by responsibility. It is validated by fantasy.

The irony is thick. The man who declared that “capitalism is theft” held a $500,000 wedding on a private estate, protected by military police, while advocating for the seizure of private property. That is not public service. That is theatrical oligarchy. Mamdani may call himself a radical. But he is something more familiar: a privileged revolutionary who wants to burn down your house so he can rule from his.

If New York City elects this man, they deserve everything they will get!

So Who Does Speak For The Party?

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On Sunday, Breitbart posted an article about one Democrat’s comment about New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. The election will be held on November 4th.

The article reports:

The divide in the Democratic Party further widened this week when Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) publicly said that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani “isn’t speaking for our party.”

As Breitbart News previously chronicled, Zohran Mamdani holds extremely far-left positions, most specifically on private property and Israel, with some questionable views on the Jewish state. Since coming within striking distance of becoming the mayor of New York City, moderate Democrats have been sounding the alarm. Speaking on Fox News Sunday, Rep. Adam Smith attempted to distance Mamdani from the rest of the party.

“Look, the mayor of New York has never, never, ever been the leader of the Democratic Party,” Smith said when asked about Mamdani.

Smith then played off Mamdani’s prominence as being the result of the Democrats’ “Big Tent” platform.

“Mamdani isn’t speaking for our party, any more than I’m speaking for our party. It’s a big tent. It’s a big coalition,” he said before attacking President Donald Trump on his “Big, Beautiful Bill.”

The article concludes:

Jewish Democrats also denounced Mamdani for refusing to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada” while refusing to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.

“To not be willing to condemn the term ‘globalize the intifada,’ it just demonstrates his callous disregard for antisemitism, terrorist activity,” said Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL).

“Anyone that I care about couldn’t possibly distance themselves from him more,” Wasserman Schultz added. “It’s really terribly disturbing and potentially dangerous.”

Fellow Jewish Democrat lawmaker Rep. Brad Schneider (D-IL) said Mamdani is “either ignoring or gaslighting the public” when he said “globalize the intifada” is “a peaceful call.”

“I think he’s wrong on all those things,” Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL). “If he can’t tell people ‘globalizing the intifada’ — if he can’t say that that’s antisemitic, then obviously he’s going to continue to add to the problem, not deflate it.”

Globalizing the intifada is a call for violence. I don’t think having a ‘big tent’ means that you have to welcome people who espouse violence into your political party.

This Is Not Surprising

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Money does not totally control elections, but it can easily make a difference. If money could buy the Presidency, Hillary Clinton would have been elected in 2016. According to The Financial Times, Kamala Harris spent $1.9 billion on her 2024 campaign (in just a few months) and President Trump spent $1.6 billion in 2024. Again, money was not the determining factor. However, it can make a difference.

On July 13th, The American Thinker posted an article about some of the money behind the New York City mayoral campaign of Zohran Mamdani.

The article reports:

Investigative reporter Paul Sperry has uncovered an interesting fact about leftist mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdani:

BREAKING: Alex Soros has funneled $24 mil to the NYC mayoral campaign of Muslim Zohran Mamdani thru his fundraising arm Working Families,which means Soros’ wife HUMA ABEDIN,whose parents are Muslim Brotherhood, “will control the mayor of NY,” a lawyer investigating Abedin told me

— Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) July 12, 2025

 The article also notes:

The New York Post reported something similar:

Socialist Zohran Mamdani has declared billionaires shouldn’t exist, but it’s unlikely he’d be the front-runner to become the Big Apple’s next mayor if it wasn’t for one — far-left kingmaker George Soros, financial records reviewed by The Post show.

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 … in less than a decade, Soros’ ultra-woke grant-making network Open Society Foundation has indirectly funneled a combined $37 million to the Working Families Party and at least other nine left-wing groups whose endorsements and get-out-the-vote groundwork played a pivotal role in helping Mamdani upset ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic mayoral primary, the foundation’s records show.

The article concludes:

Sperry notes the additional detail that Huma Abedin, who must be viewing control of the New York City mayor’s office with irony given that she almost had it when she was married to Anthony Weiner, and now sees it within reach again, has ties to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, as does Mamdani himself. That’s an ugly twist, if not the center of the plot.

In addition, Fox News notes that 70% of Mamdani’s support comes from not just Soros, but the Hollywood elites, the Silicon Valley elite and other usual suspects well outside the purview of New York City.

It’s a grotesque picture. What indeed is the real agenda here, other than complete and total power of the kind the Soviets could only dream of?

One can only hope that as news like this gets out, the New York public isn’t going to fall for it. Chicago did, Los Angeles did — but is New York a little smarter?

Time will tell, but obviously, some loathed moneybags are propping this ignorant socialist clown upward. In San Diego, news of a woke district attorney candidate’s involvement with Soros did sink such a candidacy. Forewarned is forearmed.

One can only hope that this sunlight will see the same response from New York’s voters.

The results of this election will probably have a noticeable impact of the population of New York City after the election.

Did He Really Say That?

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On Monday, The Daily Caller posted an article about some of the recent comments made by New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.

The article reports:

Republican strategist Scott Jennings showed receipts after calling out CNN host Omar Jiminez and Democratic strategist Maria Cardona on Sunday, saying they were ignoring the race-based tax plan that Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani of New York City placed in his platform.

Mamdani called for increasing taxes on predominantly white neighborhoods of New York during his campaign to win the Democratic Party’s nomination to challenge Democratic Mayor Eric Adams of New York City. Jennings accused Jiminez, who described the 2020 riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin, as “mostly peaceful,” of using a “playbook” similar to that of former Vice President Kamala Harris while later dropping receipts to disprove his claim.

…Cardona chimed in as Jiminez was disputing Jennings’ statements during the exchange.

“He literally wrote it in a statement, Omar! He literally wrote it down! Are you letting him get off the hook? Why?” an incredulous Jennings asked Jiminez, who responded, “No, I’m saying I am saying that he said that, but not on the basis of race specifically. I’m not saying he didn’t say that.”

“He did say that!” Jennings shot back.

The article concludes:

Jennings posted a screenshot from Mamdani’s campaign site targeting “whiter neighborhoods” on X Sunday after the exchange with Jiminez.

“Feel the need to show the receipts here,” Jennings said, adding screenshots of headlines from the Jerusalem Post and New York Post about Mamdani’s desire to target certain neighborhoods.

It is going to be interesting to see if the people of New York City elect him. If former governor Cuomo, Eric Adams, and Curtis Sliwa all stay in the race, there is a good chance that Mamdani will win.