📡 On my Radar
Zohran Mamdani started at 1% in the polls. Today, he’s likely to become New York City’s next mayor.
If he wins, it won’t be due to slogans but specifics: freeze rent, make buses free, universal childcare. Simple promises that directly address what people actually struggle with.
We’re watching two opposite approaches to fixing America’s problems play out in real time. One tears things down: closes governments, splits families, cuts food benefits. The other builds: housing, transit, opportunity.
Both claim to serve working people. But only one offers concrete solutions instead of chaos.
The President endorsed Cuomo - a man he loathes - just to stop Mamdani. That tells you everything.
Mamdani is proving something important: voters will respond to straightforward policy proposals that make their lives materially better. No tricks, no culture war distractions. Just: “This costs too much. Here’s how we fix it.”
Whether he governs well remains to be seen. But the campaign itself showed a path forward for progressives who’ve forgotten how to talk about kitchen table issues.
Sometimes the simplest answer is the right one.
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