MAGAt heads are exploding this morning

[SocialDemocrat61]

Thanks to Mamdani’s victory. Good job NYC!

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Even better: the owner of WABC Radio in NYC, John Catsimatidis

has threatened to close his Gristedes supermarket chain if socialist Zohran Mamdani elected NYC mayor.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/18/us-news/john-catsimatidis-threatens-to-close-gristedes-if-zohran-mamdani-elected-nyc-mayor/

At least his third-rate RW radio station will have plenty of copy to gripe about if Momdani is elected.

[SocialDemocrat61]

3. Actually that's a good thing

Gristedes is a crappy overpriced supermarket.

[BeyondGeography]

15. My wife and I used to call it Gritseedies

[gab13by13]

5. When anyone calls a Democrat a Socialist

that tells me he/she is fighting for the people.

Krasnov is a communist: telling Walmart to eat the tariffs and keep its prices the same. Telling the fossil fuel industry to keep gas prices low.

I hear no one calling Krasnov a communist.

[Emile]

6. I think he should close down all his businesses, that will show them. LOL 🤣

[PJMcK]

24. So what?

There are plenty of better alternative supermarkets throughout NYC.

Catsimatidis is a billionaire asshole. He threatens to move his headquarters to NJ. Good. NJ could use his tax dollars.

Incidentally, Mamdani's plan to have city-run supermarkets is silly. NYC has so many more problems of greater urgency. I doubt this place will ever get off the drawing board.

[IbogaProject]

29. More likely subsidized food co-ops

And that would be for the "food desert" areas. Those won't be in the affluent areas.

[Drum]

26. Ha! We will certainly manage without Gristedes stores.

[Nanjeanne]

46. Probably something to do with Mamdani proposing some form of city owned grocery stores.

[gab13by13]

2. What happened to the maxim that it takes a moderate to win?

Maybe the DNC is out of touch with the American people?

Bringing in Bill Clinton to endorse Cuomo was off the wall, and makes them look pretty out of touch now. Think about this; Democrats forced Al Franken out of the Senate because of a misguided prank, but wanted someone who is accused of doing much worse as governor of New York.

The House steering committee also made Jasmine Crockett its last choice out of 4 people to be ranking member of the Oversight committee. Instead recommended Garcia, who originally was a Republican in his younger years. Switched to Democrat because I imagine it would be hard to be elected mayor of Long Beach as a Republican.

[SocialDemocrat61]

7. 40 years ago

Mamdani’s policies would be considered moderate. That’s how far to the right the GOP and corporate media has pushed this country.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

36. Right wing horseshitters call Democrats "comrade". . . . nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. You are the one critical of Democrats here. Your 1st post is an attack, imputing the DU member is Russian "comrade"

muscat luv (2 posts)
35. What a load
Reply to SocialDemocrat61 (Reply #7)

of horseshit. City-run groceries was never a Right-Wing talking point, comrade.

[SocialDemocrat61]

40. I never said republican

So please don’t put words in my mouth.

[AZProgressive]

41. He wants to prioritize serious crimes

Did the well funded police department prevent that from happening?

I think he wants address the failures of capitalism like homeless by providing a safety net instead of sending cops at the problem. He doesn't think cops should respond to mental health calls where the person isn't committing a crime but don't think it is a good idea to send armed unqualified police after them. He wants to do all this without taking a single dollar from the police budget.

I think the rules that apply to Democrats that win their primary for Presidential races should also apply to other races. People don't like to see the Democratic nominee attacked.

[SocialDemocrat61]

42. Looks like h they got kicked out

That was a quick stay

[Nanjeanne]

47. Yes he is proposing a big expansion of public safety department

He wants to invest in citywide mental health programs and crisis response—including deploying dedicated outreach workers in 100 subway stations, providing medical services in vacant commercial units, and increasing Transit Ambassadors to assist New Yorkers on their journeys—expand evidence-based gun violence prevention programs, and increase funding to hate violence prevention programs by 800%.

You can read the 17 page proposal here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a7ejjSZWWIAcxfcWnkYaqvnjihTb0LAOQkj8g10-npg/edit?pli=1&tab=t.0#heading=h.2gazcsgmxkub]

[IronLionZion]

12. This is the Dem primary, which tends to be liberal in a liberal city

We still have to win the general election which has some independents like Eric Adams. Adams dropped out of the Dem primary to run as an independent with incumbent advantage.

[Erda]

16. They also brought in

Jim Clyburn and Al Sharpton, through robo calls. Mike Bloomberg also endorsed Cuomo.

Some of the political flyers and ads portrayed Mamdani as "dangerous," so you can tell the establishment is rattled.

[mucifer]

4. Nah they are all celebrating the ceasefire.

[SocialDemocrat61]

8. That was two days ago

They don’t have attention spans that long. Lol

[Prairie Gates]

9. LOL

They big mad.

[BlueKota]

10. Disposable Diapers will have record sales,

if he wins the election. A lot of billionaires will also be crappping their pants.

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. And, defending the financial industry is exactly what MAGA wants all of us to do. (n/t)

[WSHazel]

14. So you are anti-blue states?

New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Illinois and California are heavily dependent on the financial industry. Good to know you are against those states.

[Hornedfrog2000]

19. No, but you can tell

people are real sick of some peoples obsession over money, when so many cant afford to live in clean conditions, have proper medical care, housing, food, education, etc. When are the little people going to push back? Without the working class, nobody has anything and people need to remember that first.

[WSHazel]

21. Punishing blue states is a strange way to push back

Walk me through the logic of how hurting Democrats helps Democrats.

[thought crime]

25. Yes, it's time to push for a working class agenda and stop apologizing for it.

Of course Republicans & Corporate America are going to mount a full Red Scare. Make them Pay.

[WSHazel]

31. How is playing into MAGA's hands a working class agenda?

Walk me through how hurting three solid blue states is helping the working class?

[thought crime]

44. How is trickle-down economics helping the Working Class?

Some wealthy people working in the financial industry are big donors to anyone who won't raise their taxes much. This model has been working for a long, long time. But what, really, is the point of "blue states" if they act like red states? Time for a change. Let's try something different. If Mamdani's policies succeed it will be great for the financial industry because people working in that industry will be living in a safer, cleaner, healthier, smarter, happier environment.

[OldBaldy1701E]

49. Yes, because I don't like the application of capitalism in our country...

I must be against the states.

And, we wonder why we lost.

I am 'anti-' capitalism because it has proven to be far too corruptible and too easily manipulated to extreme bias. It has nothing to do with a particular state except when it pertains to how much their greed is creating social imbalance.

Should we take a look at the states you mention and compare what they put into homelessness and social programs vs what they put into 'dick waving' projects and trying desperately to act like they are superior to everyone else while ignoring the starving and the sick on the streets?

I am not saying that they don't address these things, I am saying the ratio of spending on such things as opposed to, say, a new stadium that was built by giving some rich billionaire tax breaks and incentives is a bias that is destroying everything. Such might bring in a few jobs, but what is the ratio of help vs income for the wealthy? They get millions while their 25 new employees get dirt wages for making the rich person look good?

If they are 'heavily dependent', then they are complicit in the extreme bias that is going on in our 'economy'.

It needs to be stopped. Or, we can just keep things as they are and watch as all of this happens again...and again... assuming we survive this one.

[JI7]

18. What does "going after" them mean ?

I assume it's about taxes and funding the things he says he will do.

[David__77]

27. Financialization cannot go unchecked without terrible consequences.

Meanwhile, there is an actual, real economy where people create goods and services (aside from finance). Ultimately, credit is needed. We can certainly do it better than it’s bring done now.

[thought crime]

30. Wall Street is a pay-to-play Welfare system for the Wealthy.

It’s fair to require very wealthy residents and Wall Street firms to pay higher taxes to help provide decent social services and infrastructure. Moving to more progressive economics is not “going after” Wall Street. It’s not anti-blue states. It’s not punishing blue states. It’s building a better society that works for the working class as well as the Ultra Rich living in Manhattan Penthouses. Sure, there will be a Red Scare, but we don’t have to start it before they do.

[OneGrassRoot]

34. Brilliant summary. I'm gonna use that...lol. Thx n/t

[Gimpyknee]

17. Nonsense. The majority of MAGAt Heads could care less about a democratic mayoral primary election in NYC

[SocialDemocrat61]

28. Maybe so

But those posting on social media sites are losing their minds.

[speak easy]

20. What a dissapointment!

I thought there might be a MAGA Zombie apocalypse coming on.

[Beringia]

22. Oolala!

[Dave Id]

23. MAGAt heads exploding

How disappointing. I'd hoped to see video of MAGAts heads actually exploding. Thin out the rift-raft.

[Nanjeanne]

32. Exploding heads in lots of places. Fox News for sure -- but plenty of others - even where you'd least want to see it.

[BannonsLiver]

33. I don't know why.

They all hate NYC with every fiber of their being. If the guy is going to be the disaster they think he is, shouldn't it be cause for celebration if he runs the city into the ground? Pick a lane, dopes.

[thought crime]

43. Their ultimate fear is that he will succeed

To the Right, anything remotely approaching Socialism is treated as an existential threat. If Mamdani is elected, he will be closely watched by all mayors, and if he succeeds his ideas will surely spread.

[druidity33]

45. His first year in office...

will be replete with Democrats and Republicans alike trying to cut his ideas off at the knees. People will have to continue to be engaged. A problem we face countrywide... that is if we ever want new and better things from civil society.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

48. I think so are a few "sensible woodchucks"