Innovation is a good thing, so naturally, the Left is very much against it.
The Left wishes to freeze the economy, shrink the economy, and redistribute everything. Last week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tried to make the case that we should oppose data centers because they&#8217;re making people sick.
Making people sick? Based on what?
“There&#8217;s no control over the radiation that&#8217;s happening here. But what we see is that these plants produce that ash, and then they have to do something,” she bloviated. “All they&#8217;re trying to do is dump it places. Where do they dump it in places? Rural areas, poor areas, disenfranchised areas, black and brown areas.”
“Meanwhile, all these folks are getting sick,” she continued. “Guarantee you we&#8217;ve got a high Medicaid population over here. And so now they they&#8217;re profiting off of all of this, and they don&#8217;t have to pitch into the cost at all for the health care burdens that they&#8217;re —&#8221;
Does she have a single bit of evidence that data centers are making people sick? Does she have one iota of evidence about this?
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Of course not.
The idea that they are disproportionately dumping data centers in black and brown areas is nuts. They&#8217;re putting data centers in proximity to areas where people can work on the AI, and you think they&#8217;re just going to build the data center in the middle of midtown Manhattan or something similar?
Let us look at a map on how we use our land, because we&#8217;re being told that all of our precious farmland is being eaten by the data centers. A map of the United States where each square represents roughly one million acres shows nearly the entire map is either pasture and range, cropland, or forest. There are a few special use areas and diminishingly small urban areas. The vast majority of America is population-empty. Based on the <a href="https://blog.andymasley.com/p/data-center-land-use-issues-are-fake">analysis</a> of data analyst Andy Masley, by 2028, data centers will take up exactly how many squares of the map?
3.5 squares.
According to Masley, by 2030, data center buildings will take up 1/15 of the land we use to grow Christmas trees in America. That’s roughly 0.3% of the land that we use for prime farmland.
This is just silly. The catastrophism is designed to kill the innovation. The point is not to save our precious farmland. The point is to destroy the innovation. That&#8217;s what this is all about.
Elon Musk was pointing this out. He was speaking with Zanny Beddoes of The Economist about a wide variety of issues, and he pointed out that the socialistic redistribution scheme is nonsense, and so is the envy that suggests that he isn&#8217;t paying his taxes.
“For my stock options, I pay 40% income tax on a national basis,” he revealed. “And then because I spend about 30% of my time in California, I pay another sort of roughly a third of the California state taxes, which is now around 15%. So I pay about 45% in taxes, just so people know this &#8230; it&#8217;s quite roughly half. And then when I die, there&#8217;ll be another sort of 45%, roughly half, that will be taxed. So at the end of the day, I&#8217;ll have a quarter of what I have.”
She then went after him and said people really, really hate him, clucking, “But do you see why this makes people think that this man who has all this power, he&#8217;s the world&#8217;s richest man, he thinks he has a right to influence our politics. We started this conversation saying superlatives. It&#8217;s why people loathe you. I mean, some people do loathe you.”
“Yes, some people do,” he responded.
“But do you understand why?” she continued. “Do you think what you&#8217;re doing is helpful for Western democracies?”
“Maybe some people do loathe me,” he answered. “That&#8217;s probably true. I don&#8217;t care. But the fact that, as you pointed out, a quarter billion people follow me is that I think a lot more people actually like me than don&#8217;t. And I think a lot more people hate you and the media more than you realize.”
He is not wrong.
This is one of the points that is worth making. It turns out that normie, rational Americans like things like free markets and American strength. We do.
That&#8217;s why the DSA program and those who subscribe to it, like Ocasio-Cortez, are too online.
Innovation is a hallmark of America.
We cannot let them hinder it.

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The Plot To Cripple America’s Future

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Republicans appear to support a bipartisan bill led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), but the legislation remains stalled amid reported concerns that giving the Democratic socialist a legislative victory could fuel her presidential ambitions.  
<a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1837/text">The DEFIANCE Act</a> (Disrupt Explicit Forged Images And Non-Consensual Edits Act) would create a federal civil cause of action allowing victims of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes to sue those who create or distribute fake nude or sexual images without their consent. 
Under the bill, victims could recover up to $250,000 in damages in cases involving sexual assault, stalking, or harassment, earning support from leftists, conservative Republicans, and Hollywood figures such as Paris Hilton.
AOC first introduced the legislation last year. In January, the U.S. Senate passed it unanimously.
“I want to thank the Senate cosponsors of this legislation, including my Republican co-lead, Senator Lindsey Graham,” Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) <a href="https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-successfully-passes-bill-to-combat-nonconsensual-sexually-explicit-deepfake-images">said</a> at the time. “Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez herself is a publicly confessed victim of explicit deepfakes. I commend her for working to create tools for victims in the fight against this despicable crime.” 
Despite bipartisan support, the bill remains stalled in the Republican-led House. <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/07/23/paris-hilton-and-the-politics-of-defiance-01009283?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=5c65d8fa-b7c7-44e5-98d0-43e6086e71cd">Politico reported</a> Thursday that some Republicans worry passing AOC&#8217;s legislation could hand the New York congresswoman a political victory as she emerges as a potential 2028 presidential contender. 
“It’s a shame that this bill isn’t law because they are unwilling to give AOC a win,” one person working on the bill told the outlet. “When you look at it, everything is aligned for it to pass, except that they don’t want her to have this.”
“We’re depriving many, many people of the ability to set their lives right just to prevent one member of Congress from being able to pass a bill,” another person said, according to Politico. 
Ocasio-Cortez has blamed the delay on House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH). Earlier this month,<a href="https://x.com/EricMGarcia/status/2077191769477791989?s=20"> she told The Independent</a> that the bill passed the Senate unanimously with Republican support, adding that people should &#8220;ask Jim Jordan&#8221; why it has yet to advance.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told reporters Tuesday that he supports the legislation but was unsure of its status in committee, according to Politico. 
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump signed the bipartisan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-passes-melania-backed-bill-to-fight-deepfake-revenge-porn">TAKE IT DOWN Act</a>, championed by first lady Melania Trump, into law. The measure criminalizes the non-consensual online distribution of intimate images, including AI-generated deepfakes.
The impasse comes days after a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-new-2028-poll-just-shook-up-both-parties?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=5&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=A+New+2028+Poll+Just+Shook+Up+Both+Parties">New Hampshire primary poll</a> signaled an early shake-up in the 2028 Democratic presidential race, with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) leading the field.
The Granite State Poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, shows the Democratic socialist leading the hypothetical Democratic field with 22% support, narrowly ahead of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg at 21%. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) placed third with 9%. 
“You know polls are polls, and a horse race is a horse race,” AOC <a href="https://x.com/EricMGarcia/status/2080038582211821579?s=20">said</a> in response. “I am, of course, I think very deeply humbled and grateful to you know folks who participate and convey that confidence.&#8221;
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👀👀👀 AOC on a poll showing her leading in a 2028 primary in New Hampshire:
&#8220;One is that you know polls are polls, and a horse race is a horse race. I am, of course, I think very deeply humbled and grateful to you know folks who participate and convey that confidence.&#8221;
&#8220;I… <a href="https://t.co/fSXAOC0AGO">pic.twitter.com/fSXAOC0AGO</a>
— Eric Michael Garcia (@EricMGarcia) <a href="https://x.com/EricMGarcia/status/2080038582211821579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 22, 2026</a></blockquote>

Congresswomen Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Omar, And Pressley Hold News Conference After President Trump Attacks Them On Twitter

Republicans Love This AOC-Led Bill, But They Don’t Want To Pass It

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On Sunday, the Democratic Socialists of America’s National Political Committee (NPC), the organization’s <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/democratic-socialists-of-america-workers-deserve-more">board of directors</a>, convened to decide how the DSA would endorse a presidential candidate in 2028. After debating what one member called “the most contentious item that we’ve had all year,” the meeting ended without resolution.
The source of the disagreement? Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Many members see Ocasio-Cortez, who <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/09/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-presidential-run">hasn’t ruled out</a> a presidential run in 2028, as the DSA’s most likely endorsement. Others, viewing her as milquetoast and beyond DSA’s control, hope that greater participation from the broader membership can avert that outcome.
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The debate revealed a split over how electorally respectable the DSA needs to be — and how much influence its most extreme members should hold. It also exposed a contradiction at the heart of the organization: despite its <a href="https://socialistforum.dsausa.org/issues/2023-dsa-national-convention-discussion/how-marxists-fight-the-right">claim</a> to being champions of democracy, the organization’s core cadre deliberately structured discussion of the endorsement process to sideline the broader membership.
Ahead of Sunday’s meeting, DSA’s various caucuses began releasing <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DaqeQLJlB8r/?img_index=1">statements</a> and promotional <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Dagp7OyRdFE">materials</a> outlining their positions on the proposed <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M7sby9E_UlZWwTWbgiq1rQMhAbL9lnJL2cdF6ap57zY/edit?tab=t.0">process</a> for endorsing a presidential nominee. The <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M7sby9E_UlZWwTWbgiq1rQMhAbL9lnJL2cdF6ap57zY/edit?tab=t.0">original proposal</a> called for a non-binding, all-member poll, with the NPC ultimately deciding which presidential candidate DSA endorses.
Some members raised concerns that the proposal — introduced by the DSA’s Presidential Exploratory Committee, which includes representatives from multiple DSA caucuses — effectively left the final endorsement decision in the hands of the NPC. Two of the communist caucuses, Springs of Revolution and Marxist Unity Group, argued that delegates at the DSA’s 2027 National Convention should instead be the ones steering the endorsement process.
At the Sunday meeting, the DSA’s more moderate wing, led by groups such as Groundwork and Socialist Majority Caucus (SMC), argued that every member should have a voice in the decision, with Groundwork’s Kareem Elrefai calling it “the biggest decision this organization has ever made.” But they agreed that the ultimate nomination decision should be resolved by the NPC ahead of the 2027 DSA Convention.
Abdullaq Farooq, who is not part of a caucus, was more blunt about the question of power and strategy: “I think that the NPC has the right to decide who our presidential candidate should be and what that endorsement should look like, but I think that the all-member poll is just a really important way for us to engage as many people as possible in order for us to win a presidential campaign.” Farooq agreed with Groundwork and SMC that the poll was less about choosing a candidate and more about whether the DSA had the national power, capacity, and desire to pull off a presidential campaign.
The DSA’s more radical left wing disagreed with this approach. Springs of Revolution (SoR) and the Marxist Unity Group (MUG) <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ls5-szPBtx2Wruhp0OLkiBqKVipe1l1a0hKJSfGcogw/edit?tab=t.0">proposed</a> a two-part amendment that would shift the endorsement decision from the NPC to the broader membership. The first part eliminated the requirement to hold a national poll; MUG’s Cliff Connolly argued that an “internet email poll” was not a meaningful form of democracy, and that chapters should instead deliberate collectively. The second part removed the endorsement decision from the NPC, placing it instead with a special conference of elected convention delegates called the Presidential Strategy Conference. SoR <a href="https://sor4dsa.substack.com/p/let-convention-decide">argued</a> that this was far more democratic, because “[j]ust 14 votes are necessary to secure a simple majority on the NPC — 14 people with entrenched and long-standing opinions who will not be swayed by chapter discussions or member polls.”
The two amendments reflected SoR and MUG’s concern that there existed “a majority of NPC members who want to endorse [Ocasio-Cortez].” Trotskyist Sarah Milner from <a href="https://reformandrevolution.org/">Reform &amp; Revolution</a> (R&amp;R) offered the most candid assessment of the debate, acknowledging that “[e]veryone is going to propose a process that will favor their preferred position, their preferred outcome.”
Reflecting that concern, Milner <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15IXB_1UNk3sPCMYtssPhHl5W9NaJCIYyfp_e0JQRo_I/edit?tab=t.0">introduced</a> an amendment to the first section of the SoR–MUG proposal restoring the all-member, nonbinding vote and <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CgjtvdVcFz83_6wwhfvs24Rgkcvw14ihW1ykvW2RNOs/edit?tab=t.w3ibfjqb4wyr#heading=h.kx9xl6p858ga">recognizing</a> that the 2025 DSA convention’s resolution of running a candidate on a strong labor platform was not realized. Her proposal was defeated by the SoR–MUG voters, but her comments clearly explained the source of the larger dispute.
“The base reso[lution] from [2025] convention called for a left labor coalition. That didn’t happen. It was premised around a kind of campaign that is not going to be run, and now we are confronted with a potential fait accompli AOC campaign,” Milner said. “I think that our membership is excited by the enormous possibilities a presidential campaign could offer but also understands full well the enormous complications and risks of a candidate like AOC.”
The first portion of the SoR and MUG amendment, on eliminating the requirement for a national poll, passed 15–8. But despite extending the meeting by an additional hour, the NPC was unable to debate the second part of the SoR and MUG amendment, due to the acrimony of the discussion. As a result, the NPC adopted a referral motion, kicking the unresolved portion of the amendment back to the Presidential Exploratory Committee.
The DSA’s inability to resolve even the meta-question of how it will pick a presidential endorsee speaks to broader division in the group.
“What happened [on Sunday] shows a deep dysfunction in the organization and much tension around process and internal democracy,” said Jake Altman, a former DSA member who has <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/dsa-democratic-party-left">become</a> a vocal critic of the organization’s extreme turn. “It was all a proxy battle around AOC. There’s a lot of animosity toward her among the far left of DSA. They want someone they can pressure and control. She’s too independent for them.”
Altman added that the fight over holding this vote at the convention boils down to DSA’s far Left believing that the only people entitled to vote are the activists — that is, “the cadre who are more radicalized and committed.”
Nor can anyone predict how a future vote will go. The convention of the Young Democratic Socialists of America — the DSA’s youth wing — could throw the entire process into further uncertainty if Bread &amp; Roses’s YDSA <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DZI9uzKCQ4b/?img_index=1">slate</a> of Mae Bracelin and James Hernández wins. That would leave the more left-wing Bread &amp; Roses tied with the more-moderate Groundwork as the largest caucus on the NPC, potentially making it the decisive bloc in the endorsement fight.
As DSA’s swing caucus, Bread &amp; Roses often occupies a pivotal position in internal debates. Milner described Bread &amp; Roses as “confusing and sometimes contradictory” and warned that one caucus could effectively decide for the entire DSA whether the NPC would be permitted to make a presidential endorsement on behalf of the organization.“[I]f this passes [an amendment allowing the NPC to determine the endorsement] after YDSA convention, B&amp;R will hold the swing vote in this process and will be the ones who make the decision on how this endorsement goes most likely.”
Realistically, Sunday was only the opening skirmish in what will likely become a prolonged bout of factional infighting, hardened grievances, and lingering resentment. For the communist caucuses and the DSA’s broader far Left, a partial victory may ultimately prove pyrrhic. After this temporary setback, the forces determined to endorse Ocasio-Cortez now have more time to regroup, rally their troops, and keep the endorsement decision with the NPC.
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This is republished with permission from the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal. The original can be found <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/article/democratic-socialists-of-america-presidential-candidate-aoc">here</a>.
<a href="https://www.city-journal.org/person/stu-smith">Stu Smith</a> is an investigative analyst at City Journal.

Will AOC Be The DSA’s Darling?

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Leftist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) are concentrating their efforts on getting another radical leftist elected — this time in Michigan for the U.S. Senate. 
Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez are scheduled to host rallies across Michigan for leftist Democratic candidate Abdul El-Sayed on July 18 and 19. El-Sayed is in the middle of what&#8217;s expected to be a close race for the party&#8217;s nomination against Democratic Rep. Haley Stevens.
El-Sayed is running his campaign much like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, with a heavy social media presence and large appeal among Muslims and young leftists. 
For the Fourth of July, he made a music video in which he danced to a Taylor Swift song on the pop star&#8217;s wedding weekend. &#8220;Happy Taylor wedding…err, July 4th weekend!&#8221; El-Sayed wrote in the caption above the video.
In another video, he took the song &#8220;I want to dance with somebody” and changed the lyrics to “I want to vote for somebody” while listing out his attributes. Stevens called out El-Sayed for his posts, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/07/us/politics/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-michigan-senate-debate.html">arguing</a> that he’s more focused on his own publicity than the people of Michigan. 
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Happy Taylor wedding…err, July 4th weekend! <a href="https://t.co/1s1blnoY4P">pic.twitter.com/1s1blnoY4P</a>
— Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (@AbdulElSayed) <a href="https://x.com/AbdulElSayed/status/2073429685870968917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2026</a></blockquote>
El-Sayed portrays himself as a physician despite <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/12/abdul-el-sayed-doctor-physician-00916389">not</a> being granted a medical license. Like democratic socialist candidates who have recently won Democratic primaries, El-Sayed is defending past radical statements he has made. 
In a 2020 radio interview, El-Sayed <a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/abdul-el-sayed-repeatedly-called-210836248.html">said</a>, “We are in a moment where a lot of our public conversation gets chewed down into 280 characters or less … I believe that we do need to defund the police in so far as defunding the police is disinvesting in the means of incarcerating someone or killing them on the streets.&#8221;
El-Sayed is currently <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/politics/kfile-abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-defund-police-fact-check">defending</a> his remarks by saying he never called to defund the police. One year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, El-Sayed supported another lockdown in April 2021. He suggested businesses should be fined for trying to open their doors in the midst of the public health crisis.
His anti-Israel stance also sparked controversy last October when El-Sayed’s campaign sent a fundraising email on the anniversary of the October 7 attack on Israel that made no mention of Hamas’ atrocities and blamed Israel for launching “a ground invasion of Gaza.” El-Sayed&#8217;s campaign later said the email was sent by mistake, but the leftist stood by the message in the email.
During his Senate campaign, he has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/im-not-a-socialist-michigans-mamdani-has-the-lefts-new-playbook-but-doesnt-want-the-new-label">called</a> for ICE to be abolished, while doubling down on his push for Medicare for all and tuition-free access to higher education. The Michigan primary is on August 4. 
Democratic-socialists have been on a recent tear, ousting decade-long Democratic incumbents in the primaries. In June, Democratic socialist Melat Kiros upset incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) in the primary for Colorado’s 1st congressional district. DeGette has served in Congress for longer than Kiros has been alive. 
In New York, three Mamdani-backed candidates swept their races. One of the candidates, Darializa Avila Chevalier, defeated incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat despite past anti-American social media posts such as “I forgot to get napkins so I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.”
A Fourth of July poll from the Cato Institute revealed that socialism is on the rise, as 53% of Gen Z and 40% of Millennials have a favorable view of socialism and are taking their new ideals to the voting booth.

AOC and Bernie Sanders

Bernie And AOC Focus On Pushing Radical Leftist In Vital Swing State

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is drawing renewed attention online after appearing at an Eid al-Adha celebration in New York City wearing a hijab alongside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Video from the Wednesday event in the Bronx — portions of which fall within Ocasio-Cortez’s congressional district — showed the congresswoman speaking onstage while wearing the Islamic head covering as Mamdani stood behind her in a kurta styled after an Arsenal soccer jersey.
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The appearance quickly circulated online given Ocasio-Cortez’s status as one of the Democratic Party’s most outspoken leftist figures and self-described feminists in Congress.
Eid al-Adha is one of Islam’s holiest observances and commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim’s (Abraham’s) willingness to sacrifice his son in obedience to God. The holiday began this week and is being celebrated by Muslims worldwide through Friday.
Ocasio-Cortez has <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-abortion-ban-alabama-woman-sexuality-feminism-1426902">spent years warning</a> that women’s rights and personal freedoms are under threat in America, frequently attacking conservatives over what she characterizes as patriarchal politics and authoritarian social policies.
Mamdani, the country’s highest-profile Muslim politician, has continued generating controversy recently over his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-latest-slap-in-the-face-to-jewish-voters?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mamdani%E2%80%99s+Latest+Slap+In+The+Face+To+Jewish+Voters">anti-Israel</a> activism and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-wants-to-decide-who-deserves-to-keep-their-property?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mamdani+Wants+To+Decide+Who+Deserves+To+Keep+Their+Property">socialist</a> political positions.
The event itself was aimed at outreach toward Muslim voters and communities in New York City, where both Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez maintain strong support among activists.
The clip of the two politicians at the Bronx celebration rapidly gained traction across social media platforms Wednesday evening, becoming the latest flashpoint in ongoing cultural and political fights surrounding identity, religion, and Democratic politics.

SEE IT: Feminist AOC Wears Symbol That Oppresses Women

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If there were any doubt that Democrats are ecstatically lining up to echo the radical antisemitic rhetoric of hard-left zealots such as Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib, and New Yorkers — even left-wing Jews — who are only too happy to support them, former New York City comptroller Brad Lander, a Jew who is running against incumbent Democrat congressman Dan Goldman, has made it abundantly clear.
Speaking at a mosque where the imam reportedly prayed for the “killing of infidels by [the] sword,” Lander not only vilified the state of Israel with the usual lies but also spoke of his hope for a “partnership” with Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib before concluding with a verse from the Quran praising Allah.
“I believe, as a proud Jewish New Yorker, that Israel&#8217;s genocide in Gaza is a desecration,” he began, resorting to the malicious lie about the Jewish state, before continuing, “is a violation of the understanding that everyone is created in God&#8217;s image — every one of those Palestinian kids in Gaza, just as divine as my beloved children.”
“And so, yes, in Congress, I will not vote for any more U.S. military aid to Israel, not the bombs that are destroying the hospitals and schools in Gaza, not the occupation in Lebanon, which is now, I believe, unfortunately, on its way potentially to being a genocide as well,” he blathered.
Then he turned to his hoped-for “partnership” with the most vehement anti-Israel members of Congress, declaring, “The kind of partnership I developed with Zohran. I hope to come to have with Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar and others in Congress to show we can build a city and a country and a world that everyone can afford and where everyone is welcome and where everyone&#8217;s humanity is respected.”
He later recited from the Quran in Arabic, “In the name of Allah, the Merciful, the Compassionate, say he is Allah, who is one, Allah, the eternal refuge, he neither begets nor is born, nor is there to him any equivalent.”
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New York Democratic congressional candidate Brad Lander recited a Quran verse at a Queens mosque, saying he hopes to partner with Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib in Congress. During the same event, the imam prayed for the Mahdi to kill infidels with his sword. <a href="https://t.co/ZoQ094kC5o">pic.twitter.com/ZoQ094kC5o</a>
&mdash; Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/2057357547992940627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2026</a></blockquote>
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An Emerson poll showed Lander with an enormous 34-point lead over Goldman.
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NYC CONGRESSIONAL POLLS with <a href="https://twitter.com/PIX11News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PIX11News</a> 
NY12 Micah Lasher 22% Alex Bores 20% Jack Schlossberg 11% George Conway 10% 32% undecided
NY10 Brad Lander 57% Dan Goldman 23% 20% undecided
NY07 Claire Valdez 23% Antonio Reynoso 21% Julie Won 13% 43% undecided<a href="https://t.co/lxQTS6fT5K">https://t.co/lxQTS6fT5K</a> <a href="https://t.co/yYePKTb0Am">pic.twitter.com/yYePKTb0Am</a>
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Congressional Candidate Brad Lander Joins Court Watching Shift As US Judge Stops ICE Arrests In Immigration Court

Ultimate Betrayal: NY Jewish Dem Grovels To Anti-Israel Radicals To Buy An Election

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the reigning queen of the confidently incorrect, recently took her traveling circus of ignorance to the University of Chicago, where she somberly warned that GOP redistricting would &#8220;wipe out every black representative on the map&#8221; in Tennessee — a state that, in reality, has zero black representatives in Congress.
It takes a special kind of &#8220;Economics Guru&#8221; to mourn the extinction of something that doesn&#8217;t exist, but for AOC, the facts have always been a secondary concern to the &#8220;vibes&#8221; of radical grievance.
“When you’re watching states like Tennessee, watching wipe out every black representative on the map in these states, we have an obligation as Americans to stand with black Americans and communities whose representation is being disenfranchised,” Ocasio-Cortez pontificated.
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AOC on the new Tennessee Congressional map which would eliminate the last Democrat seat: 
“States like Tennessee want to wipe out every Black Representative”
The current Democrat Rep is a White guy and his Republican opponent is a Black woman.
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The deep-blue district wiped out by Tennessee&#8217;s redistricting has been represented by Democrat Steve Cohen for nearly 20 years.
Speaking at the Institute of Politics — founded by Obama advisor David Axelrod — Ocasio-Cortez didn’t stop at hallucinating Tennessee’s congressional delegation. She pivoted to a historical rewrite that would make a Soviet propagandist blush, asserting that the American Revolution was actually a war against the &#8220;billionaires of their time.&#8221;
The reality, of course, is that the Revolution was bankrolled by the wealthiest men in the colonies — men like John Hancock and Robert Morris. Morris worked in tandem with Chaim Solomon, a Polish-born Jewish-American who went bankrupt financing the Continental Army. They didn’t fight to overthrow wealth but used their wealth to secure liberty. Unlike the failed, blood-soaked revolutions of France or Russia — fueled by the exact brand of class envy AOC propagates — the American founding wasn&#8217;t predicated on pillaging the successful.
But this brand of &#8220;oatmeal for brains&#8221; logic is AOC’s stock-in-trade. Her greatest hits of stupidity include:
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<li data-path-to-node="4,0,0">The Amazon Blunder: She famously bragged about &#8220;saving&#8221; New York $3 billion by chasing Amazon out of Queens, fundamentally failing to understand that a tax break isn’t a bag of cash sitting in a vault. You can&#8217;t &#8220;spend&#8221; money that a company never brings to the city.</li>
<li data-path-to-node="4,1,0">The Billionaire Myth: On a recent podcast with Ilana Glazer, she claimed it is impossible to &#8220;earn&#8221; a billion dollars, suggesting wealth only comes from &#8220;breaking rules.&#8221; Apparently, inventing a product that millions of people value is just &#8220;market power&#8221; and &#8220;abuse.&#8221;</li>
<li data-path-to-node="4,2,0">Gun Law Illiteracy: She once told Chris Cuomo that &#8220;guns are not allowed in the District of Columbia,&#8221; a statement that came as a shock to the thousands of D.C. residents with legal permits and the members of Congress who, by law, are allowed to keep firearms in their offices.</li>
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Whether she is shrieking about &#8220;wage theft&#8221; (which she defines as a company not paying what she thinks they should) or claiming the unemployment rate is low because everyone has two jobs, Ocasio-Cortez remains the ultimate proof that in the modern Democratic Party, historical literacy and basic math are entirely optional.

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is being absolutely trashed online for saying that no one can legitimately become a billionaire.
“You can’t earn a billion dollars. You just can’t earn that,” the democratic socialist congresswoman <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZzXzRCA50">told</a> comedian Ilana Glazer on an episode of the “It’s Open” podcast. 
“You can get market power, you can break rules, you can do all sorts of things,&#8221; AOC said. “You can abuse labor laws, you can pay people less than what they’re worth. But you can’t earn that, right? And so you have to create a myth that — since you didn’t earn that, you have to create a myth of earning it.&#8221; 
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The Democrat seemed laser focused on billionaires in business without commenting on billionaire entertainers like Taylor Swift. When the critics started calling her out, AOC doubled down in an X post she <a href="https://x.com/AOC/status/2052529622655402174">shared</a> Thursday evening.
“The single largest form of theft in America is wage theft. $50 billion a year are stolen from American workers,” she wrote. 
“Some people get enraged that I draw attention to this. That’s on them. Let them call me shrill, dumb, inexperienced, girly, uneducated – these folks will say anything to distract from or undercut the truth that working people are getting screwed, and giving people a fair shake means we must have a grown conversation about reigning in abuse of power.”
Commenters with common sense pointed out the multiple flaws in her argument.
“Lies. Billionaires get rich by innovating and risk-taking, offering new and better goods and services at prices people are willing to pay. Government makes cash through confiscation. AOC&#8217;s conspiratorial, envious view of the world leads to impoverishment and tyranny,” Ben Shapiro, the editor emeritus of The Daily Wire, <a href="https://x.com/benshapiro/status/2052576063738269819">wrote</a>. 
“Socialists don’t run businesses,” author Helen Raleigh <a href="https://x.com/HRaleighspeaks/status/2052521924090097961">wrote</a>. “They produce nothing valuable or desirable that others want. They enrich themselves only by taking from others by force. Therefore, they don’t understand how entrepreneurs can be so wildly successful in a free market simply by providing goods or services many people want and are willing to pay for.”
“What a naive and wrong point of view. So much of leftist politics and thinking these days is about justifying envy,” entrepreneur and venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale <a href="https://x.com/JTLonsdale/status/2052452637245657095">agreed</a>. “I’ve co-founded six different multi-billion dollar companies, with more on the way. AOC perhaps isn’t bright enough to make a lot of money without massive grift &#8211; sure. But 10000’s who worked with me are rich; some are also billionaires!”
He added, “Our innovation sector is the best in the world, solving problems and growing the pie with US talent for a brighter future for all. I’m aligned against cronyism. But demonizing success is totally unAmerican.”

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On Wednesday, Lee Zeldin, the Environmental Protection Agency administrator, took a flamethrower to the sanctimony of a plethora of Democrats and their environmental absurdities.
During a hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Rhode Island Democrat Senator Sheldon Whitehouse — a man who has spent years perfecting the art of the dramatic pause and the &#8220;dark money&#8221; conspiracy theory — launched into a vitriolic tirade. Whitehouse accused Zeldin of being a fossil fuel puppet, executing a &#8220;money pump&#8221; to enrich &#8220;Trump’s big corrupt donors&#8221; while supposedly driving up electricity bills.
Whitehouse, leaning heavily into the &#8220;climate reckoning&#8221; trope, claimed that &#8220;four-year-olds know&#8221; wind is cheaper than gas and hyperventilated, “All the climate denial fraud that you help propagate. All the corrupt, dark money your polluter bosses sluiced through this building. None of that will stand against nature&#8217;s reckoning.”
Zeldin, however, was not interested in being lectured by a man whose commitment to &#8220;diversity&#8221; apparently ends at the gates of an all-white country club.
Zeldin began by dismantling the idea that disagreement equals &#8220;villainy,&#8221; pointing out that the radical Left’s &#8220;science&#8221; is often just the most pessimistic 2009-era assumptions masquerading as fact. He then turned the tables on the &#8220;corruption&#8221; narrative, highlighting the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) — a multi-billion-dollar pot of taxpayer gold that seems to find its way into very specific pockets.
But the real knockout blow came when Zeldin addressed Whitehouse’s moral posturing directly. Noting their twenty-year acquaintance, Zeldin signaled he was done with the hypocrisy.
&#8220;I’m not going to take morality lessons from people who join all-white country clubs,&#8221; Zeldin shot back, a direct reference to Whitehouse’s long-standing membership in Newport’s exclusive Bailey’s Beach Club. Despite Whitehouse’s 2006 campaign promise to quit the club due to its lack of diversity, the Senator <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/06/21/sheldon-whitehouse-under-fire-for-membership-at-all-white-club/">remained</a> a member of the elite, non-diverse enclave for years, dismissing the exclusion as a &#8220;long tradition in Rhode Island.&#8221;
Zeldin didn&#8217;t stop at the hearing room. He took to X to dub the Senator &#8220;Sheldon WhiteClub&#8221; and went after the broader &#8220;lying cabal&#8221; of climate alarmists, writing, “I told Senator Sheldon WhiteClub today that I won’t be listening to or caring about any of his lessons on morality knowing that he joined an all-white Rhode Island Country Club. I’m also done with the likes of AOC, Al Gore, John Kerry, and the rest of the lying cabal that make stupid climate predictions, plunder tens of billions of tax dollars, enrich their well-connected allies, and are committed to strangulating out of existence entire sectors of our economy.”
Zeldin gleefully pointed out that AOC’s 2019 &#8220;12 years left&#8221; clock has less than five years remaining, and mocked Al Gore for pivoting to &#8220;global freezing&#8221; after his 2006 prediction that Mt. Kilimanjaro would be snow-free &#8220;within the decade&#8221; turned out to be a total bust. (There is, in fact, still snow on Kilimanjaro).
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I told Senator Sheldon WhiteClub today that I won’t be listening to or caring about any of his lessons on morality knowing that he joined an all-white Rhode Island Country Club.
I’m also done with the likes of AOC, Al Gore, John Kerry, and the rest of the lying cabal that make… <a href="https://t.co/En25wkTNnV">pic.twitter.com/En25wkTNnV</a>
&mdash; Lee Zeldin (@epaleezeldin) <a href="https://twitter.com/epaleezeldin/status/2049608687413567495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The message from the EPA was clear: The &#8220;Green New Scam&#8221; is dead, and the era of Republicans cowering before the Left&#8217;s moral &#8220;reckonings&#8221; is officially over.

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After the latest assassination attempt targeting President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, three of the Democrat Party’s youngest and most powerful leaders decried the incident on social media.
They got hammered.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani wrote on X, “Political violence is absolutely unacceptable. I am glad the President and guests at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner are safe.”
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Political violence is absolutely unacceptable.
I am glad the President and guests at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner are safe.
&mdash; Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/2048231503532855755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Your friend, Hasan Piker, openly calls for political assassinations
Your wife, Rama Duwaji, openly endorses political murders
Your staff, Alvaro Lopez, celebrated those who tore down posters of hostages as “heroes”
We are against political killings.
We fear you might not be.
&mdash; Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن (@elicalebon) <a href="https://twitter.com/elicalebon/status/2048499000857489701?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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More dishonesty from NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Mayor Mamdani embraces as friend and comrade Hasan Piker. Piker calls for assassination of U.S. Senator, Trump, and for the streets to &quot;run with the blood&quot; of capitalists. Piker is also a raging antisemite and October 7 rape… <a href="https://t.co/YqFjf2uEc2">https://t.co/YqFjf2uEc2</a> <a href="https://t.co/HFGZRGuWqj">pic.twitter.com/HFGZRGuWqj</a>
&mdash; Adam Mossoff (@AdamMossoff) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamMossoff/status/2048298156866392377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Your wife literally celebrated October 7th, you idiot.
&mdash; Vivid.🇮🇱 (@VividProwess) <a href="https://twitter.com/VividProwess/status/2048547818478911820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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You’ve advocated political violence for years with your free Palestine death cult crap. Sit the f*** down Mamdani.
&mdash; Emily Schrader &#8211; אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilykschrader/status/2048287359720956288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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65 times Hasan Piker endorsed political violence and terrorism: <a href="https://t.co/lkBEghr8at">pic.twitter.com/lkBEghr8at</a>
&mdash; Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼 (@DrewPavlou) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrewPavlou/status/2048240301886910689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Mamdani’s friendship with Piker calls into question his condemnation of violence; Piker has <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/2041540038714929217">called</a> for the murder of Florida GOP Senator Rick Scott, as well as saying of property owners, “Kill them. Kill those motherf*ckers and murder those motherf*ckers in the street. Let the streets soak in their f*cking red capitalist blood&#8221;; said, “Liberals, you need to be f*cking showing your opponent&#8217;s guts on there, okay? You need to be gutting them. You need to be shanking these motherf*ckers and letting their f*cking intestines just ride on stage.”
Mamdani’s wife, Rama Duwaji, <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2026/03/zohran-mamdani-wife-rama-duwaji-social-media-oct-7/">reportedly &#8220;liked&#8221;</a> Instagram posts on the day of the October 7 Hamas massacre that featured live-streamed footage of terrorists breaching the Gaza border and commandeering Israel Defense Forces vehicles. One post she approved of hailed the attack as &#8220;breaking the walls of apartheid.&#8221;
More recently, Duwaji <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/nyc-first-lady-liked-post-oct-7-rape-hoax">liked a post</a> that dismissed the documented mass rapes of Israeli women during the October 7 attacks as a &#8220;mass hoax&#8221; fabricated by the media.
Meanwhile, Democrat Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrote: “There is no place for political violence in our country. I am relieved that the President and the attendees at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night are safe.”
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There is no place for political violence in our country.
I am relieved that the President and the attendees at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night are safe.
&mdash; Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAOC/status/2048411512876773427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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She was also torched for her comment:
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If you believe there is no place for political violence in our country why do you hang out with Hasan Piker, a man who has called for “capitalist blood” to “run in the streets,” who has suggested that someone needs to assassinate President Trump, and who called for the… <a href="https://t.co/nKkLS84h41">pic.twitter.com/nKkLS84h41</a>
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The Democrat Socialists of America, who endorsed you, recently had a vote on whether to kick a member of their political committee out after he repeatedly called for the murder of those on the right.
The same committee that endorsed you voted to keep him on the committee. Do you…
&mdash; Tara Servatius (@TaraServatius) <a href="https://twitter.com/TaraServatius/status/2048469124339085494?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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In October 2024, Ocasio-Cortez <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-bernie-sanders-kamala-harris#:~:text=She%20urged%20voters%20to%20recognize,the%20words%20of%20Adolf%20Hitler%E2%80%9D.">accused</a> Trump of “[echoing] the words of Adolf Hitler,” the Guardian noted. She ranted that she would not attend Trump’s 2025 inauguration, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbOmsLTt_t4">saying</a>, “Let me make myself clear. I don’t celebrate rapists. &#8230; We are on the eve of an authoritarian administration.”
It might be instructive to note one of the motivations Cole Tomas Allen — the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner — cited for his actions was that Trump was a “rapist.” He wrote in his <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/26/us-news/read-whcd-gunman-cole-allens-full-anti-trump-manifesto/">manifesto</a>, &#8220;I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.&#8221;
Jeffries wrote: “Thankful for the swift law enforcement action to protect everyone from gunfire at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Praying for the safety of those who may remain in harm’s way. The violence and chaos in America must end.”
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Thankful for the swift law enforcement action to protect everyone from gunfire at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Praying for the safety of those who may remain in harm’s way.
The violence and chaos in America must end.
&mdash; Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJeffries/status/2048210669518958863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Jeffries has said, “The threat right now to the American people are extreme MAGA Republicans. That’s the threat. That’s the problem, that’s the crisis we confront.”
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You will be right back to this rhetoric tomorrow. <a href="https://t.co/ZffzzKH1kn">https://t.co/ZffzzKH1kn</a> <a href="https://t.co/lGd9IFcUzJ">pic.twitter.com/lGd9IFcUzJ</a>
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Not a single word about the President or First Lady. Just limp platitudes about safety. 
Meanwhile, your party&#39;s violent rhetoric has caused the permission nutters use to harm our President. 
You&#39;re repugnant.
&mdash; Morgana Le Faye *Patriot *America 1st* 🇺🇸 (@Keltic_Spirit) <a href="https://twitter.com/Keltic_Spirit/status/2048389626256134650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
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We will continue to lecture you and your movement until you stop killing and trying to kill conservatives.
The Left is the party of murder, violence, and celebrating assassinations of they disagree with. <a href="https://t.co/dpE15PZ3Lc">pic.twitter.com/dpE15PZ3Lc</a>
&mdash; Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattvanswol/status/2048568738769682755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Jeffries has also called for fighting the Trump administration’s agenda “in the streets.”
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WATCH: House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calls for violence as he says people must &quot;fight&quot; President Trump&#39;s agenda &quot;in the streets.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/ZEEkhtIGbZ">pic.twitter.com/ZEEkhtIGbZ</a>
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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani this week released a video encouraging illegal immigrants to enroll in the city&#8217;s free childcare programs.
“Any New York City parent, regardless of your occupation, income, or immigration status, is eligible to sign their child up,” Ocasio-Cortez said in the video, which was entirely in Spanish. Mamdani briefly addressed viewers, saying his Spanish was rusty before deferring to the New York congresswoman.
Children turning three or four in 2026 are eligible to enroll for Pre-K or 3-K, &#8220;free, full-day, high-quality education to three-year-old children.&#8221; Parents are generally required to provide proof of the child’s age and verification of New York City residency. However, the residency requirement can be waived if a parent indicates the child is living in temporary housing.
“Students in temporary housing, as defined by McKinney-Vento, are not required to submit documentation (including address, proof of date of birth, and immunization) in order to enroll,” the form states. 
My Spanish is… not very good,&#8221; Mamdani wrote on X, in a post also in Spanish. &#8220;But the fight for universal childcare? That’s very good.&#8221;
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Mi español es… no muy bueno. Pero la lucha para cuidado infantil universal? Eso es muy bueno.
Asi que traje una amiga para ayudarme a compartirles porque registrarse para el kinder-3 y prekinder esta semana importa. Vamos a registrarlos.
Visite <a href="https://t.co/Ghy11RZNkq">https://t.co/Ghy11RZNkq</a> para… <a href="https://t.co/8GkRRPJeDX">pic.twitter.com/8GkRRPJeDX</a>
— Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/2026322403840639448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2026</a></blockquote>
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Mamdani and Ocasio-Cortez are both at the forefront of the Democratic Party&#8217;s defense of illegal immigration. The congresswoman has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-czar-tom-homan-has-had-enough-of-aoc-after-she-threatens-trump-admin-officials?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Border+Czar+Tom+Homan+Has+Had+Enough+Of+AOC+After+She+Threatens+Trump+Admin+Officials">publicly clashed</a> with border czar Tom Homan over the Trump administration&#8217;s detention and deportation of illegal aliens. Mamdani&#8217;s immigration chief is a radical leftist activist who has called for the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Parents can apply online through the city&#8217;s &#8220;MySchools&#8221; portal, by phone with interpretation services available in more than 200 languages, or in person at Family Welcome Centers.
The free Pre-K program is indicative of Mamdani&#8217;s young administration. The avowed socialist ran for office promising to make a number of things free — notably city buses and city-run grocery stores — pledges that appealed to young New Yorkers but have made Mamdani the bete noir of conservatives across the country.
Mamdani has thus far struggled to find funding for the free programs he&#8217;s promised. Mamdani’s proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year projects that total city spending is going to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-127b-budget-plan-relies-on-property-tax-increases-and-raiding-rainy-day-fund?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mamdani%E2%80%99s+%24127B+Budget+Plan+Relies+On+Property+Tax+Increases+And+%E2%80%98Raiding%E2%80%99+Rainy+Day+Fund">jump to $127 billion</a>, resulting in a large deficit. The mayor has faced backlash for proposing raising property taxes by 9.5% to pay for the budget jump. 
To avoid raising property taxes, Mamdani has an open request to Governor Kathy Hochul to raise taxes by 2% on those who make over one million dollars a year, but Hochul has pledged not to raise taxes in 2026. She did, however, promise Mamdani $1.5 billion dollars over the next two years to help fund his budget, with some of the funding going towards early childhood programs.
But even a successful launch of the universal childcare program may not save Mamdani from criticism. Since taking office in January, the mayor has come under fire for failing to deliver on his agenda, and for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdani-abandons-key-leftist-policy-as-homeless-new-yorkers-freeze-to-death?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Mamdani+Abandons+Key+Leftist+Policy+As+Homeless+New+Yorkers+Freeze+To+Death">resuming</a> homeless encampment sweeps, which the leftist had eliminated shortly after taking office.

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The hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; elevated Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to &#8220;MENSA&#8221; status during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast, drawing a bizarre comparison between the Democratic socialist darling and President Donald Trump.
Led by Whoopi Goldberg and Joy Behar, the ABC midday talk show&#8217;s hosts argued that Trump&#8217;s occasional verbal gaffes — including one recent instance in which he mentioned Iceland in place of Greenland — stand as incontrovertible evidence that Ocasio-Cortez is a certifiable genius by comparison.
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After playing soundbites of Trump mispronouncing words, Joy Behar tries to claim AOC&#8217;s rambling answer on Taiwan was &#8220;Mensa&#8221; material. 
Savannah Chrisley immediately counters: &#8220;Mispronouncing a word is totally different than not knowing your position on Taiwan.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/702X6SOJNY">pic.twitter.com/702X6SOJNY</a>
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/2024155209220464949?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 18, 2026</a></blockquote>
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The hyperbolic comparison came after the Bronx congresswoman made several statements over the weekend that spotlighted her ignorance of both world history and current U.S. foreign policy. The first was a statement she made criticizing Secretary of State Marco Rubio for claiming that horses and the idea of American &#8220;cowboys&#8221; were originally brought to the United States by Spanish explorers and conquistadors. Of course, Rubio was correct. And the second was a rambling, incoherent response to a question about whether or not American troops should defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion.
Goldberg responded to the brouhaha regarding Ocasio-Cortez by playing a brief clip of Trump clearly saying &#8220;Iceland&#8221; when he meant to say &#8220;Greenland.&#8221;
&#8220;So, clearly &#8230;&#8221; she said, letting her voice trail off.
&#8220;My mother used to say, &#8216;Don&#8217;t spit up in the air, it comes back in your face,'&#8221; Behar added. &#8220;Okay? Check him out before you start attacking AOC, who, by the way, it sounded a little &#8216;homina, homina, homina,&#8217; but you know, compared to him it&#8217;s like MENSA.&#8221;
Guest Savannah Chrisley stepped in to defend the president, saying that his &#8220;mispronouncing a word&#8221; was a far cry from having no idea what a policy was or how to articulate it.
&#8220;[It&#8217;s] totally different than not knowing your position on Taiwan,&#8221; she said. &#8220;And what&#8217;s important is how you recover from something.&#8221;
Trump followed his gaffe by meeting with world leaders and discussing global affairs and American interests, while Ocasio-Cortez went to The New York Times to complain that conservatives were sharing unflattering clips of her saying exactly what she&#8217;d said.
&#8220;The recovery is what mattered, and AOC just didn&#8217;t have a recovery,&#8221; Chrisley said.
&#8220;But he does it over and over again,&#8221; Behar complained. &#8220;How about the quantity of times?&#8221;
Goldberg then interrupted to point out that Trump is the current president, which obviously made his verbal gaffes a bigger deal than AOC&#8217;s, but made no effort to explain why she&#8217;d been silent while former President Joe Biden — while in office — was often unable to complete a sentence without mumbling something unintelligible or saying something staffers would have to clean up later.
&#8220;My point is, I can take &#8216;homina, homina&#8217; from congresspeople and stuff, you don&#8217;t have your stuff together, that&#8217;s on you,&#8221; Goldberg declared. &#8220;Can&#8217;t take it from the guy who says he&#8217;s the leader of the free world.&#8221;

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