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THIS WEEK'S EPISODE:

Episode #1026: Round 2
First Broadcast: 7/7/25
In what may turn out to be one of the biggest upsets in New York City election history, State Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani won this year's Democratic primary for Mayor, beating second-place finisher ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo by 12 percentage points, or over 116,000 votes. This is a stunning victory when you consider that Mamdani was polling around 1% at the beginning of the year, and was outspent by Cuomo's PACs by around $26 million during the campaign; but apparently buckets of money and name recognition are no match for a decent ground game and policies that genuinely appeal to people. Naturally, since Mamdani is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, President Trump has labeled him a "communist" (totally different head, man), and since Mamdani was born in Uganda, Trump is also questioning his naturalized citizenship, so we've got 4 months of that to look forward to. Will Democratic unity, the youth vote, and appeals to a more affordable city prevail over an incumbent who wanted to bypass the primary, a compatitor who already got shellacked once, a Republican best known for being the head of a vigilante group, and a lawyer who wants to stand out from the crowd by--sigh--hiring even more cops? Let's hope Mamdani keeps his momentum going, because I'm already crossing my fingers for another rent freeze!


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