I harbor no illusions about how shitty the next year is gonna be with a declining and addled POTUS and his evil henchmen (are there any of the kind of henchmen) one mid-term electoral defeat away from an avalanche of oversight. But today we mark in celebration.
Zohran Mamdani has freedom that nearly every high-profile pol doesn't: he has no Presidential aspirations because he's ineligible to win the office. So he doesn't have to pander or triangulate. One of the remarkable aspects of his mayoral campaign in New York is the consistency of his messaging - perhaps matched only by his seemingly genuine affection for all the people of his city.
Here's the speech he gave after he won last night. You really should make time to watch it.
And for good measure, here's the righteous Billy Bragg sharing Woody Guthrie's evergreen message.
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one final virginia election note. every single county in the commonwealth moved towards the dems in the gubernatorial election as compared with 2021. virginia fucking hates trump.
ReplyDeleteI think a couple of the southside counties trended slightly trumpier, no? Still a pretty clear repudiation.
ReplyDeletewapo says every county shifted blue, even the deep red parts of the state. even if not, i choose to believe it.
ReplyDeleteI’m very pumped about the result, but every silver lining has a touch of grey, and now Virginia braces itself for the federal clampdown on our little commonwealth. Let’s see what you got, Donnie.
ReplyDeleteIn these days of evil presidents…
Anger can be power…
Working hard in Petersburg…
Henry Rollins was right, this is what Joe Strummer trained us for.