Mamdani showed them he really didn't need them. The democratic party is done for, it's utterly useless and has sold out to the big money interests and the lobby. no one has to guess why schumer didn't endorse mamdani, he kowtows to his foreign subjects. Jeffries endorsement came late and it's clear he felt forced to do it but it was not sincere
“Just a week after the October 7th attacks, while rockets still rained down on Israeli civilians, Mamdani accused Israel of genocide — a slander he continues to repeat. He will not condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” and he’s proudly appeared with antisemites like Hassan Piker, who once said: “America deserved 9/11.”
This kind of rhetoric fuels the hatred that has led to violent demonstrations and deadly attacks. It is unthinkable that the city with the world’s largest Jewish population could elect someone who refuses to understand this.” Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz’s full commentary on Jewdicious: https://tinyurl.com/5589hrh5
Mamdani did not use his wide social network to support Kamala Harris, the Dem Pres candidate, so maybe go speak to Mamdani. Let’s thank he and his partner Rashida Tlaib for Trump. As a lifelong Dem and longtime anti-Trumper, I support Jeffries and Schumer in not endorsing Mamdani, and pray Cuomo wins, a$$ that he is. If Dem Socialist Mamdani, with its published platform, becomes a face of the Dem party, the party is doomed, and I say this as someone feeling pushed out of the party, formerly a “progressive.”
Unfortunately, Democratic Leaders, with the exception of people like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are deaf, dumb and blind to the biggest economic issue of our time: Income and Wealth Inequality. They don't even realize that it's more than unfair; it makes middle class and poor people objectively poorer:
I’m unhappy with democrats too but imo shaming them isn’t likely to change their mind. I get it that you’re angry but maybe a “What If They Backed Him” article would show them a convincing way … rather than sounding like a far right MAGA hate machine?? Just a thought.
As I think it they may have done something good. It may be time for the DNC to meet and reconsider Leadershlp. It's time for aggressive high quality Dems as our leaders. Quit the old established PR people. Use people like those who helped elevate AOC into politics .
I do enjoy your astute and pertinent observations Mr. Larsen.
May I add this dreadful thought which occurred to me as I was reading this latest batch? Messrs Jeffries & Schumer et al. might get an inkling of forewarning that their lack of enthusiastic support for other fellow Democratic politicians to the left of themselves has had a detrimental effect on support for the party as a whole when the inevitable monsoon of texts and emails requesting donations rising to a flood leading up to next years midterms fails to yield the expected crop of five dollar donations, particularly from NY and NJ constituencies.
Alas, if they even grok the connection, it will be too late to do anything about it, if up to 30% of disillusioned disgruntled Dem and Independent voters stay home, and apathy wins again. As Frank Zappa said, many decades ago, "I dunno how you're doing on apathy over there but we've got a lot of it, boys and girls. A lot of what we do is designed to annoy people to the point where they might just for a second question enough of their environment to do something about it. As long as they don't feel their environment, they're not going to worry about it, they're not going to do anything to change it. Somethings gotta be done. Before America scarfs up the world and shits on it." https://facebook.com/watch/?v=1030213821958267&vanity=Zappa
In my experience when people feel that their votes are meaningless or that when either of only two parties don't offer any real choice or chance of change only obstacles, the path of least resistance seems so much more tempting. Why bother.
This is most certainly not the first time that the "blue" in "vote blue no matter who" has meant the hierarchy of the institutional Democratic Party, not its voters.
The practice has long, too long, been to relentlessly pursue that now-largely-mythical "moderate Republican" by being ready to throw the left under the bus at the first whisper of right-wing sneering - because "Wadda they gonna do? Vote for Republicans? HA!"
Jonathan, you may be unsure but there is no doubt in my mind that a great deal of the evasion and stalling is due to the old-line party hierarchy being more concerned about maintaining their own positions against progressives in the party than they are about winning elections.
The Dems would be smart to listen to mere humans. While I have never been part of their party, I have campaigned for them, helped enact their goals, and joined with other mere humans to implement those goals.
Not because they are great, but because politics is for us, as much as we put our efforts into making it so.
They are just people with money and ideas and a bullhorn. And advisors who lead them down the easy path.
Progressives lift the party. People left of progressives lift the party. What seems radical strips away the consultant nonsense: it engages thought throughput the constituency to think about what could be. If a political party isn't making one think about what could be, it's worthless.
This was the only piece on the NYC mayoral race that I read in it's entirety.
Mere humans? Mamdani comes from an elite family with a family compound in the Billionaire section of Uganda, where btw, they kill LGBTQ+ people and there is no affordable housing.
Time for corporate backed and paid for democrats to leave for good Schumer is way past his expiration date He sat with Trump and cardinal dolan to celebrate Al Smiths dinner He is a DINO only interested in his political position Jeffries was handpicked by Pelosi He should be ashamed as a African American to bend the knee
Hey, I'm unaffiliated with any party and not even much on the left, and I can't for the life of me figure out why they aren't endorsing Mamdani off the bat. I've heard what Mamdani has to say, and for NYC it seems like some practical things to consider to make the city work better for all. People all over the political map are complaining about AIPAC money, and I wonder if they all have a point.
Yes! The fear the Democratic Party has about anything new is about fear of losing their grip.
You were right to say they lost the chance to ride with the passionate newcomers.
-and the passionate Newsfuckers!
Mamdani showed them he really didn't need them. The democratic party is done for, it's utterly useless and has sold out to the big money interests and the lobby. no one has to guess why schumer didn't endorse mamdani, he kowtows to his foreign subjects. Jeffries endorsement came late and it's clear he felt forced to do it but it was not sincere
“Just a week after the October 7th attacks, while rockets still rained down on Israeli civilians, Mamdani accused Israel of genocide — a slander he continues to repeat. He will not condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” and he’s proudly appeared with antisemites like Hassan Piker, who once said: “America deserved 9/11.”
This kind of rhetoric fuels the hatred that has led to violent demonstrations and deadly attacks. It is unthinkable that the city with the world’s largest Jewish population could elect someone who refuses to understand this.” Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz’s full commentary on Jewdicious: https://tinyurl.com/5589hrh5
the policies of the israeli government has lead to the biggest rise in anti semitism, look to the source.
Mamdani did not use his wide social network to support Kamala Harris, the Dem Pres candidate, so maybe go speak to Mamdani. Let’s thank he and his partner Rashida Tlaib for Trump. As a lifelong Dem and longtime anti-Trumper, I support Jeffries and Schumer in not endorsing Mamdani, and pray Cuomo wins, a$$ that he is. If Dem Socialist Mamdani, with its published platform, becomes a face of the Dem party, the party is doomed, and I say this as someone feeling pushed out of the party, formerly a “progressive.”
Why Democratic Leaders Ignored Mamdani's compelling message:
Unfortunately, Democratic Leaders, with the exception of people like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, are deaf, dumb and blind to the biggest economic issue of our time: Income and Wealth Inequality. They don't even realize that it's more than unfair; it makes middle class and poor people objectively poorer:
https://davidgottfried.substack.com/p/the-inexorable-case-for-mamdani-and
Not sure what this means (or if I should even share this), but last night I dreamed that I was asking Ben Stiller if I could sent this article to him.
I’m unhappy with democrats too but imo shaming them isn’t likely to change their mind. I get it that you’re angry but maybe a “What If They Backed Him” article would show them a convincing way … rather than sounding like a far right MAGA hate machine?? Just a thought.
As I think it they may have done something good. It may be time for the DNC to meet and reconsider Leadershlp. It's time for aggressive high quality Dems as our leaders. Quit the old established PR people. Use people like those who helped elevate AOC into politics .
They squandered it DELIBERATELY:
AIPAC money has dictated “no Arabs” running NYC!
That’s it in a nutshell.
I do enjoy your astute and pertinent observations Mr. Larsen.
May I add this dreadful thought which occurred to me as I was reading this latest batch? Messrs Jeffries & Schumer et al. might get an inkling of forewarning that their lack of enthusiastic support for other fellow Democratic politicians to the left of themselves has had a detrimental effect on support for the party as a whole when the inevitable monsoon of texts and emails requesting donations rising to a flood leading up to next years midterms fails to yield the expected crop of five dollar donations, particularly from NY and NJ constituencies.
Alas, if they even grok the connection, it will be too late to do anything about it, if up to 30% of disillusioned disgruntled Dem and Independent voters stay home, and apathy wins again. As Frank Zappa said, many decades ago, "I dunno how you're doing on apathy over there but we've got a lot of it, boys and girls. A lot of what we do is designed to annoy people to the point where they might just for a second question enough of their environment to do something about it. As long as they don't feel their environment, they're not going to worry about it, they're not going to do anything to change it. Somethings gotta be done. Before America scarfs up the world and shits on it." https://facebook.com/watch/?v=1030213821958267&vanity=Zappa
In my experience when people feel that their votes are meaningless or that when either of only two parties don't offer any real choice or chance of change only obstacles, the path of least resistance seems so much more tempting. Why bother.
Green Day 2025 (updated lyrics) https://youtu.be/sLzd5VbiPN0
Yup yup yup yup yup all yep and also fuck yeah!!
An awful lot of billionaires lit up Schumer's phone, and said "We love our money a lot more than we love our democracy, so stop this guy."
This is most certainly not the first time that the "blue" in "vote blue no matter who" has meant the hierarchy of the institutional Democratic Party, not its voters.
The practice has long, too long, been to relentlessly pursue that now-largely-mythical "moderate Republican" by being ready to throw the left under the bus at the first whisper of right-wing sneering - because "Wadda they gonna do? Vote for Republicans? HA!"
Jonathan, you may be unsure but there is no doubt in my mind that a great deal of the evasion and stalling is due to the old-line party hierarchy being more concerned about maintaining their own positions against progressives in the party than they are about winning elections.
The Dems would be smart to listen to mere humans. While I have never been part of their party, I have campaigned for them, helped enact their goals, and joined with other mere humans to implement those goals.
Not because they are great, but because politics is for us, as much as we put our efforts into making it so.
They are just people with money and ideas and a bullhorn. And advisors who lead them down the easy path.
Progressives lift the party. People left of progressives lift the party. What seems radical strips away the consultant nonsense: it engages thought throughput the constituency to think about what could be. If a political party isn't making one think about what could be, it's worthless.
This was the only piece on the NYC mayoral race that I read in it's entirety.
Well done JL.
Mere humans? Mamdani comes from an elite family with a family compound in the Billionaire section of Uganda, where btw, they kill LGBTQ+ people and there is no affordable housing.
* throughout*, not throughput.
Time for corporate backed and paid for democrats to leave for good Schumer is way past his expiration date He sat with Trump and cardinal dolan to celebrate Al Smiths dinner He is a DINO only interested in his political position Jeffries was handpicked by Pelosi He should be ashamed as a African American to bend the knee
Hey, I'm unaffiliated with any party and not even much on the left, and I can't for the life of me figure out why they aren't endorsing Mamdani off the bat. I've heard what Mamdani has to say, and for NYC it seems like some practical things to consider to make the city work better for all. People all over the political map are complaining about AIPAC money, and I wonder if they all have a point.