Peter Rothpletz on the final New York mayoral debate, Mamdani's viral podcast appearance, Trump's 'cheat code' for military rule, and the rise of the Hamburger Helper.
Mamdani is a breath of fresh air. He can communicate, he’s personable and he’s talking about issues people care about. Schumer, Jeffries and the rest of the old ineffective Dems should just retire and let the young generation lead.
"Mamdani represents the thing the Democratic machine constantly pretends to seek out..." But that's just it. They PRETEND to seek it out because the machine pretends to be leftist. It hasn't been leftist since President Bill Clinton dragged it to the right with his dismantling of the social safety net and his trashing of AFDC. This is why Hilary - with her full support of her husband's policies - couldn't win against Trump; the left wouldn't vote for her. The machine is threatened by people who want to return the Democrats to the left. In some respects, Bill Clinton birthed the modern-day far-right Republicans by moving the Democrat establishment rightward.
the democratic party is so out of touch with the people in this country and has been for 50 years. I wish they would just close up shop and let a more meaningful and viable new party to step forward. Mamdani's agenda is a perfect fit for a new party's platform. The Democratic Party is defunct, useless and irrelevant. they should just give up and walk off stage. No one in the audience is applauding. as a matter of fact, they are either walking out or not buying tickets at all. The failure of the Democratic Party is dooming the country.
I'm hoping that you're not contributing to the white washing of the Guardian angels. Curtis Sliwa admitted to fabricating heroism to promote the guardian angels. He's made numerous racist remarks against Black and Hasidic NYers. Once stating, “There is no fear that the Jewish community is going to come to the streets and loot and rob and rape." In February 2024, the Guardian Angels, assaulted and detained a man in Times Square on live television and misidentifyed him as a "migrant." City officials have compared them to the proud boys of NYC. The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily a good person. And having a few progressive ideas does not erase the fact that Sliwa is largely a bigot.
Mamdani is the politician that we all need right now. If New Yorkers duck this up, I will have no sympathy for their plight. They have a gem of a politician being handed to them on a platter. Hope they take a stand. The Democraric establishment is anti-progressive when it comes to 1 issue, Israel-Palestine and that is why they will not support him. Soon they will learn the American population doesn't care much about Israel and in fact supporting Israel is kryptonite. The old need to go. The young generation needs to lead America to freedom from lobbyists and parasites.
Thanks Peter & Zeteo team! I love the writing voice in these newsletters ha ha the snark gets me through the day I swear. The point you make about the dems and Mamdani is something that literally sits like a rock on my chest--these fuckers are turning away from a spokesman for real progressive values & wit (snarkiness with earnestness is why I really like him) amidst the actual rise of fascistic forces in our nation because they are THAT addicted to that money-milk (I mean you won't get much for it in the gulag)??? like what the actual fuck are these clowns doing!
The uni-party doesn't work for Americans. Jeffries and Schumer DO NOT represent us. They continue to tow-the-line for PACs, mostly AIPAC. Time for ethical candidates to run.
Schumer and Jeffries need to recognize that they are lost, completely incompetent and lack the moral fiber to do the right moral and honorable thing….so that makes them dishonorable persons! They are not vocal enough because they are cowards who actually do NOT stand for or reflect US citizen’s values! Not sure why or how they would think/believe that their ineptitude and generally overall behavior could be construed as supporting the USA! Apparently they are quite comfortable handing the US over to the fascists!
These are dark times and darker times lie ahead. We ALL need to make a choice between what is right and what is easy! They seem to have made their choice!
So Citizens of the USA stand peacefully together! United we stand. We are the people. Keep on “moving on” past these has been wannabes! They are directionless! So don’t look in their direction for any help!
Vote according to your conscience not theirs because, at the end of the day they don’t have one!
They only have allegiance to the party not the US or the US constitution !
Their silence is deafening!
Keep on peacefully protesting, emailing, calling, boycotting as you can.
The Democratic establishment is just like the Republican: Israel First. Let's face it, anyone otherwise stands to lose some big money donors and have to deal with incessant attempts of getting undermined by Zionist interest groups and billionaire activists like Ackerman and Adelsons.
Mamdani threatens to break the examples made of Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.
Mamdani is a breath of fresh air. He can communicate, he’s personable and he’s talking about issues people care about. Schumer, Jeffries and the rest of the old ineffective Dems should just retire and let the young generation lead.
"Mamdani represents the thing the Democratic machine constantly pretends to seek out..." But that's just it. They PRETEND to seek it out because the machine pretends to be leftist. It hasn't been leftist since President Bill Clinton dragged it to the right with his dismantling of the social safety net and his trashing of AFDC. This is why Hilary - with her full support of her husband's policies - couldn't win against Trump; the left wouldn't vote for her. The machine is threatened by people who want to return the Democrats to the left. In some respects, Bill Clinton birthed the modern-day far-right Republicans by moving the Democrat establishment rightward.
the democratic party is so out of touch with the people in this country and has been for 50 years. I wish they would just close up shop and let a more meaningful and viable new party to step forward. Mamdani's agenda is a perfect fit for a new party's platform. The Democratic Party is defunct, useless and irrelevant. they should just give up and walk off stage. No one in the audience is applauding. as a matter of fact, they are either walking out or not buying tickets at all. The failure of the Democratic Party is dooming the country.
I'm hoping that you're not contributing to the white washing of the Guardian angels. Curtis Sliwa admitted to fabricating heroism to promote the guardian angels. He's made numerous racist remarks against Black and Hasidic NYers. Once stating, “There is no fear that the Jewish community is going to come to the streets and loot and rob and rape." In February 2024, the Guardian Angels, assaulted and detained a man in Times Square on live television and misidentifyed him as a "migrant." City officials have compared them to the proud boys of NYC. The enemy of my enemy is not necessarily a good person. And having a few progressive ideas does not erase the fact that Sliwa is largely a bigot.
You’re doing an incredible job!
Thank you!
Mamdani is the politician that we all need right now. If New Yorkers duck this up, I will have no sympathy for their plight. They have a gem of a politician being handed to them on a platter. Hope they take a stand. The Democraric establishment is anti-progressive when it comes to 1 issue, Israel-Palestine and that is why they will not support him. Soon they will learn the American population doesn't care much about Israel and in fact supporting Israel is kryptonite. The old need to go. The young generation needs to lead America to freedom from lobbyists and parasites.
Thanks Peter & Zeteo team! I love the writing voice in these newsletters ha ha the snark gets me through the day I swear. The point you make about the dems and Mamdani is something that literally sits like a rock on my chest--these fuckers are turning away from a spokesman for real progressive values & wit (snarkiness with earnestness is why I really like him) amidst the actual rise of fascistic forces in our nation because they are THAT addicted to that money-milk (I mean you won't get much for it in the gulag)??? like what the actual fuck are these clowns doing!
The uni-party doesn't work for Americans. Jeffries and Schumer DO NOT represent us. They continue to tow-the-line for PACs, mostly AIPAC. Time for ethical candidates to run.
Schumer and Jeffries need to recognize that they are lost, completely incompetent and lack the moral fiber to do the right moral and honorable thing….so that makes them dishonorable persons! They are not vocal enough because they are cowards who actually do NOT stand for or reflect US citizen’s values! Not sure why or how they would think/believe that their ineptitude and generally overall behavior could be construed as supporting the USA! Apparently they are quite comfortable handing the US over to the fascists!
These are dark times and darker times lie ahead. We ALL need to make a choice between what is right and what is easy! They seem to have made their choice!
So Citizens of the USA stand peacefully together! United we stand. We are the people. Keep on “moving on” past these has been wannabes! They are directionless! So don’t look in their direction for any help!
Vote according to your conscience not theirs because, at the end of the day they don’t have one!
They only have allegiance to the party not the US or the US constitution !
Their silence is deafening!
Keep on peacefully protesting, emailing, calling, boycotting as you can.
UNITED WE STAND !
Peace
The Democratic establishment is just like the Republican: Israel First. Let's face it, anyone otherwise stands to lose some big money donors and have to deal with incessant attempts of getting undermined by Zionist interest groups and billionaire activists like Ackerman and Adelsons.
Mamdani threatens to break the examples made of Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush.