I also think both Mamdani and Janeese’s victories illustrate how trashing big-city “transplants” is an electoral dead end. In both DC and NYC, newer arrivals and longtime residents were on the same page. It was the wealthier white people who tried to divide this coalition that proved out of touch.
This is so great to see. Janeese Lewis George won East of the River! She's the first progressive candidate to do that in a while now.
If you don't know DC geography, the farther west you go, the whiter and richer it gets.
RIP Mark Rothko. You would have loved how the hydrogen peroxide bleach is only turning the Reflecting Pool blue around the perimeter
REPUBLICAN SENATOR: Democrats want you to believe that sending FIVE MILLION DOLLARS of YOUR tax money to MEXICO to “manage” the “Dick Exploding Spider” population is “normal”
SAME SENATOR SIX MONTHS LATER: (walking like a saddle-sore cowboy) This is the greatest public health crisis of our lives,