Five years ago, as a state assemblyman, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani called to defund the police. Today, he supports funding the department, but not expanding its ranks, putting himself at odds with Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch’s repeated warnings.
&#8220;The reason I made the decision to retain commissioner Tisch is because of the importance of outcomes,” stated the 34-year-old New York City mayor-elect on Sunday&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221; &#8220;The fact that she has been able to deliver on rooting out corruption while lowering crime is something to be celebrated, and I think the commissioner and I have been very clear that what brings us together is a shared importance of public safety &#8212; I think we can do that with the officers we have.&#8221;
Tisch, however, argues the very outcomes Mamdani retained her for happened &#8220;against all odds.&#8221;
&#8220;The crime reductions we saw last year were achieved against all odds and are entirely attributable to the hard work and the grit of New York&#8217;s finest,&#8221; she said in a January press conference. &#8220;The deck has been completely stacked against our cops.&#8221;
Tisch points to low staffing levels and a justice system that &#8220;prioritizes offenders over victims,&#8221; making officers’ jobs far more difficult. Her plan to sustain the city’s gains emphasizes hiring more police and confronting what she calls &#8220;surging recidivism,&#8221; which is when repeat offenders cycle through the system.
Alongside Mayor Eric Adams in November, Tisch supported a plan to fund 5,000 additional New York Police Department officers with a goal of reaching a 40,000-member force by fiscal year 2029.
Mamdani insists the force should stay at 35,000.
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&#8220;I’ve said over the course of the campaign that I think the number we’ve had budgeted of 35,000 officers is a sufficient number,&#8221; he said. &#8220;What we have to do, however, is to allow those officers to focus on policing.&#8221;
Mamdani noted the New York Police Department responds to 200,000 mental health calls a year. He plans to build a Department of Community Safety and &#8220;task it with the mental health crisis, the homelessness crisis, and allow officers to focus on serious crimes&#8230;&#8221;
Tisch argues that lasting progress requires fixing legislation. &#8220;The key driving factor is the revolving door of our criminal justice system, created in large part by legislative changes that took effect in 2020.&#8221;
Tisch has repeatedly spotlighted high-profile cases of recidivism, including a career criminal who allegedly robbed a Queens deli at gunpoint before shooting a New York Police Department officer and an innocent bystander. The suspect had 17 prior arrests, many occurring while on lifetime parole.
&#8220;Imagine how disheartening it is for our cops to be out there arresting the same people for the same crimes in the same neighborhoods day after day,&#8221; the commissioner said.
The Trump administration backs Mamdani’s decision to keep Jessica Tisch as New York City’s police commissioner.
Trump’s National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett recently said, &#8220;We are really reassured that [Mamdani has] kept the police commissioner. In previous administrations in New York, we have seen law and order really go South.&#8221;

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New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani insists that he can work with President Donald Trump for the betterment of New Yorkers despite believing Trump to be a “threat to democracy.”
Mamdani appeared on NBC News on Sunday to talk about his Friday visit to the White House. The self-described democratic socialist did not back off any of his previous attacks against the president, including calling Trump a “fascist” and a “despot,” but said that he could still work with the president for the residents of New York City.
The mayor-elect was asked about his past comments about Trump, specifically, if he still considered Trump to be a fascist. As Mamdani prepared to answer, the president <a href="https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1991974070527950896">interjected</a>, “That’s okay, you can just say it. … It’s easier than explaining. I don’t mind.”
Mamdani then said he still considered Trump to be a fascist as the two men smiled and Trump laughed. The socialist then doubled-down on his comments on Sunday while attempting to explain how he can come to work with a man who he believes is an existential threat to the United States and, presumably, New York City.
“Everything that I&#8217;ve said in the past, I continue to believe, and that&#8217;s the thing that I think is important in our politics is that we don&#8217;t shy away from where we have disagreements, but we understand what it is that brings us to that table,” <a href="https://x.com/breaking911/status/1992609352578982341">said</a> Mamdani. “I&#8217;m not coming into the Oval Office to make a point or make a stand. I&#8217;m coming in there to deliver for New Yorkers.”
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“I think working for the people of New York City demands that you work with everyone and anyone, and that you always look to find those areas of agreement while not overlooking the places of disagreement,” he added.
The two men criticized each other heavily during the campaign for New York City’s next mayor. Trump endorsed former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran against Mamdani as an independent after losing to him in the Democratic primary.
After their White House meeting, Trump <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/live-updates/trump-mamdani-meeting-white-house-new-york/">offered</a> praise for the self-described democratic socialist. The president said he would “absolutely” live in New York City under Mamdani.
“We agree on a lot more than I would have thought. I want him to do a great job, and we&#8217;ll help him do a great job,” said Trump.
The president said that he was hopeful that he and Mamdani would find a way to work together on immigration.
“I think if we have known murderers, and known drug dealers, and some very bad people, we want to get them out,” said Trump. “He wants to have a safe New York. Ultimately, a safe New York is going to be a great New York.”

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Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon stated that the Department of Justice will not tolerate mob intimidation or obstruction targeting houses of worship, following an incident in Manhattan in which a pro-Palestinian crowd surrounded Park East Synagogue. In a Friday post on X, Dhillon emphasized that blocking access to a house of worship is a federal crime, adding that the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, was gathering information about the event.
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It’s a federal crime to block access to a house of worship in the US. <a href="https://twitter.com/CivilRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CivilRights</a> under <a href="https://twitter.com/AGPamBondi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AGPamBondi</a> will NOT tolerate it and we are gathering information about this incident! <a href="https://t.co/cBnAHCq986">https://t.co/cBnAHCq986</a>
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On Sunday, she confirmed that a federal investigation was underway, reiterating that the Department maintains zero tolerance for violence or obstruction near any religious institution.
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Investigation is underway. <a href="https://twitter.com/TheJusticeDept?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheJusticeDept</a> has zero tolerance for violence/obstruction around any American house of worship. <a href="https://t.co/rEEFAifj6n">https://t.co/rEEFAifj6n</a>
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The confrontation occurred when Park East Synagogue, led by 95-year-old Holocaust survivor Rabbi Arthur Schneier, hosted a legal informational event organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh, a group that assists Jews in immigrating to Israel. Protesters surrounded the building, reportedly blocking entry and shouting phrases including “Death to the IDF” and “Globalize the Intifada,” along with other hostile and antisemitic slogans.
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“Another woman shouted, ‘F***ing Jewish pricks,’ while others called the Jewish demonstrators ‘rapists,’ ‘racists,’ and ‘pedophiles,’” The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-zionist-protesters-chant-death-to-the-idf-at-new-york-city-synagogue/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Instead of focusing on the mob’s actions, New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s press secretary issued a statement saying he discouraged the protesters’ language, but also suggested the synagogue was promoting activities “in violation of international law.” When asked to clarify, his office argued that facilitating Jewish immigration to Israel constitutes support for “settlement activity beyond the Green Line.”
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In contrast, Mayor Eric Adams condemned the protesters’ actions directly, calling the mob “sick and warped.”
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President Donald Trump offered an optimistic view of the direction of New York City after meeting with Democratic socialist Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday.
During a press conference that followed, Trump said the two found common ground in their desires to reduce the cost of living, while also cracking down on crime. He also acknowledged that Mamdani has &#8220;views that are a little out there,&#8221; adding that he&#8217;s likely to change.
&#8220;I feel very confident that he could do a very good job. I think he is gonna surprise some conservative people, actually,&#8221; Trump told reporters from the Oval Office.
Mamdani described the meeting as &#8220;productive,&#8221; saying the discussion was &#8220;focused on a place of shared admiration and love, which is New York City, and the need to deliver affordability to New Yorkers &#8230; who are struggling to afford life in the most expensive city in the United States of America.&#8221;
At one point during the press conference, Mamdani was asked if he would stand by his earlier comments labeling Trump as a fascist.
Trump quickly jumped in as Mamdani danced around the question, joking that &#8220;you could just say yes.&#8221;
Mamdani said one in ten of his voters previously cast ballots for Trump, to which the president responded: &#8220;And I&#8217;m okay with that.&#8221;
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On the campaign trail, Mamdani, a 34-year-old assemblyman from Queens, promised to institute rent control, increase taxes on the wealthy, and pull police funding for social services.
The far-left radical also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-warns-mamdani-no-federal-cash-for-a-communist-mayor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to allocate $100 million as legal support for illegal immigrants facing deportation and to uphold the city&#8217;s sanctuary status.
During his victory speech on November 5, Mamdani took multiple jabs at Trump, calling him a &#8220;despot,&#8221; as the below excerpt shows:
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After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.
This is not only how we stop Trump; it’s how we stop the next one. So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up.
We will hold bad landlords to account because the Donald Trumps of our city have grown far too comfortable taking advantage of their tenants. We will put an end to the culture of corruption that has allowed billionaires like Trump to evade taxation and exploit tax breaks. We will stand alongside unions and expand labor protections because we know, just as Donald Trump does, that when working people have ironclad rights, the bosses who seek to extort them become very small indeed&#8230;
So hear me, President Trump, when I say this: to get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us. When we enter City Hall in 58 days, expectations will be high. We will meet them. A great New Yorker once said that while you campaign in poetry, you govern in prose.
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Despite Mamdani&#8217;s radical positions, Trump said he&#8217;s hopeful the two will &#8220;work &#8230; out&#8221; their differences when it comes to immigration raids and policing.
&#8220;If we have known murderers and known drug dealers and some very bad people, we want to get them out .. We discussed this at great length, actually, maybe more than anything else. He wants to have a safe New York, ultimately, a safe New York is gonna be a great New York.&#8221;
Additionally, he has vowed to open government-run grocery stores and free buses.
Mamdani has also faced backlash for criticizing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-antisemitic-attack-shocks-new-york-city-days-before-mayoral-election?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=WATCH%3A+Antisemitic+Attack+Shocks+New+York+City+Days+Before+Mayoral+Election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israel</a> and repeatedly refusing to condemn the slogan “globalize the intifada.”
Trump announced Thursday that Mamdani requested to meet.

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Trump Embraces Mamdani At White House, Says They Both Want To Make NYC Great Again

President Donald Trump said that he expects to have a “civil” conversation with Democratic socialist and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani during a meeting at the White House on Friday afternoon. 
Trump acknowledged during a Friday <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-predicts-civil-meeting-mamdani-despite-past-comments-about-each-other">interview</a> with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade that the two have radically different political positions, but said they both want New York City to be &#8220;strong.&#8221;
“He&#8217;s a little bit different. I give him a lot of credit for the run. He did a successful run, and we all know that runs are not easy. But I think we&#8217;ll get along fine. Look, we&#8217;re looking for the same thing. We want to make New York strong, and, you know, there&#8217;s such a different philosophy, but I&#8217;ll let you know.  I&#8217;ll let you know over the next year.”
Trump was asked about Mamdani&#8217;s attack on him during his election night victory speech. Mamdani <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-meet-with-communist-zohran-mamdani-at-the-white-house?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=3&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Trump+To+Meet+With+‘Communist’+Zohran+Mamdani+At+The+White+House">called</a> Trump a “despot” and said his election showed a path for the country to fight back against the president. He also called for Trump to &#8220;turn the volume up.&#8221; 
“If we embrace this brave new course, rather than fleeing from it, we can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves,” he said. “After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump, how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.”
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“I was hitting him a little hard too, in all fairness,” Trump replied. Trump has called Mamdani a communist and suggested that he might cut federal funding for NYC if Mamdani were elected. 
“He had some interesting opponents. But he ran a good race. I don&#8217;t know exactly what he means by turn the volume up,” adding that he needs to be “careful” when he says that. 
Trump first announced Thursday that Mamdani had asked to meet and would be coming to the White House. 
“He was very nice in calling, as you know, and we&#8217;re going to have a meeting,” Trump said. “I think it&#8217;s going to be quite civil. We&#8217;ll find out.”

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The House of Representatives on Friday voted on House Concurrent Resolution 58, officially denouncing socialism — the so-called “soft-communism” creeping into our cities and threatening the very fiber of American life. Nearly 200 Republicans and 86 Democrats voted in favor of the resolution, as 98 Democrats stubbornly clung to the idea that socialism has a place in the land of the free.
Meanwhile, New York’s socialist mayor-elect, Zohran Mamdani, was visiting the White House.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) delivered a speech that was part history lesson, part warning siren. “Let me educate our colleagues on the other side of the aisle,” she stated. “Socialism is communism-lite. Socialism is the first step to communism. Socialism is the antithesis of the American Dream. It steals from those who work, rewards no one but the state, and is the exact thing millions of immigrants fled when seeking the American Dream. Venezuela, Cuba, and other socialist experiments are cited as cautionary tales of empty shelves, starvation, and economic ruin — a living lesson in what happens when governments seize control of production.”
“Sadly, New York City chose to learn the hard way what socialism is,” she declared. “And we, those of us who did not vote for this guy, are going to pay the price. But it&#8217;s up to all of us to fight back, to educate our youth, and to contain this ugly monster so it does not spread and destroy our country.”
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Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) wasn’t shy either. He stated, “History is clear. Socialism kills people — at least the deaths of tens of millions, crushes religious liberty, and destroys free markets. Our founders built this nation on a revolutionary idea that individual liberty and not government control is the source of human achievement. They understood that when the government owns the economy, they soon seek to own the people, socialism is a death machine, crushing liberty, crushing faith, crushing the free market — essentially, everything our Founders warned us about.”
California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters, predictably, waved her hands and shouted, “It’s not that simple,” accusing Republicans of conflating socialism with authoritarianism. Her solution? Point at Trump’s investments like a red herring while insisting socialism isn’t the real problem.
Florida Republican Rep. María Elvira Salazar fired back:
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If there is someone who has seen the horrors of socialism up close within the Democratic Party, it is in the House, and it&#8217;s the honorable Congresswoman Maxine Waters. I would love for you to support this resolution specifically because Madam Waters, for decades, traveled to Cuba dozens of times to visit Fidel Castro personally, whom you consider your friend. Congresswoman Waters was in Havana, and she saw the destruction of biblical proportions that Castro caused on that island. At the time in 1960, it had the highest per capita income in the Western Hemisphere.
At that time, Madam Waters knew that thousands and thousands of Cubans were escaping on rafts, exposing their lives and their children to be eaten by sharks. She knew that Cubans were being beaten on the streets of Havana, discriminated against by Fidel Castro, Mr. Speaker. And for that reason, I am bringing up all these facts because Madam Waters knew that the Cuban jails were full of political prisoners, and the Cubans did not have the same privileges that we are having right now. At that time, Madam Waters never raised her voice to denounce the voice of socialism.
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The resolution passed, and the message was clear: socialism is incompatible with the principles that built this nation. Freedom, prosperity, and opportunity aren’t negotiable; they are what separate America from the economic graveyards of failed socialist states.

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New York City’s Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has apparently discovered a new doctrine in municipal leadership: when a mob <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-palestinian-protesters-block-manhattan-synagogue-hurl-threats-anti-jewish-slurs?author=Hank+Berrien&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Pro-Palestinian+Protesters+Block+Manhattan+Synagogue%2C+Hurl+Threats%2C+Anti-Jewish+Slurs">surrounds a synagogue</a>, blocks Jews from entering, screams “Death to the IDF,” “Globalize the Intifada,” and unloads every antisemitic slur in the book — the real issue isn’t the mob. No, according to Mamdani, the real problem is the synagogue’s “violation of international law.”
Welcome to the Mamdani School of Moral Inversion.
Park East Synagogue — led by 95-year-old Holocaust survivor Rabbi Arthur Schneier — hosted a perfectly legal informational event run by Nefesh B’Nefesh, which helps Jews immigrate to Israel. For this crime, a mob of pro-Palestinian activists declared themselves judge, jury, and street-corner executioners, braying about intifada while hurling obscenities at Jews trying to enter a house of worship.
But Mamdani’s press secretary issued <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/11/mamdani-park-east-synagogue-protest/?utm">this statement</a> from the mayor-elect: “The Mayor-elect has discouraged the language used at last night’s protest and will continue to do so. He believes every New Yorker should be free to enter a house of worship without intimidation, and that these sacred spaces should not be used to promote activities in violation of international law.”
When pressed, his office explained that the “international law” being violated is — wait for it — helping Jews move to Israel, which they said amounts to promoting “settlement activity beyond the Green Line.”
So a 95-year-old Holocaust survivor hosts an informational evening, a mob surrounds his synagogue screaming for intifada, and Mamdani’s instinct is not to condemn the mob but to reach for his imaginary pocket Constitution of the International Criminal Court and imply that the synagogue had it coming.
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This is moral absurdity dressed up in pseudo-legal jargon. Mamdani has somehow weaponized “international law” as a rhetorical air freshener to cover the stench of refusing to forthrightly condemn a crowd that literally blocked Jews from a synagogue while shouting violent slogans.
But hey, he “discourages” the language.
Meanwhile, real leaders had no trouble saying what anyone with functional eyesight saw. Mayor Eric Adams called the mob “sick and warped.”
Mamdani’s response signals exactly what New Yorkers can expect: when antisemitism erupts, he’ll open his international law textbook, clear his throat, and explain why the Jews need to examine their role in being targeted.

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D.C. is abuzz today ahead of President Trump’s meeting with Mamdani, fallout from the Epstein files mounts, and the September jobs report smashes expectations.
It’s Friday, November 21, 2025, and this is the news you need to know to start your day. Today’s edition of the Morning Wire podcast can be heard below, and the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/mrn-251121">video version can be seen on The Daily Wire</a>:
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Trump vs. Mamdani</h2>
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Topline: Despite the pair’s verbal battle during the New York City mayoral race, President Donald Trump plans to meet with far-Left Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani at the White House on Friday afternoon.
There’s been a lot of back-and-forth between Trump and Mamdani. Trump even said during the mayoral campaign that he’d <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-warns-mamdani-no-federal-cash-for-a-communist-mayor">withhold federal fundin</a>g from New York City if Mamdani were to win. Since Mamdani has since won, that threat presumably now looms large. The meeting could be a chance to build a relationship, however.
Mamdani’s olive branch: It was Mamdani who reached out to Trump. He also changed his tone on Trump ahead of the meeting. During a presser on Thursday, Mamdani seemed to draw some parallels between himself and the president. That could be interpreted as an olive branch–but also as a self-serving comparison. 
“We ran a campaign focused on the … cost of living. And what we found actually is that one in 10 New Yorkers who voted for Trump ended up voting for our campaign, and they did so because they&#8217;re looking for leaders to actually deliver on the cost of living crisis,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r6dYDsL_-c">said</a> Mamdani.
That is a far cry from Mamdani’s mayoral victory speech when he said he’d be “Trump-proofing” New York City and called Trump a “despot.”
What about Trump? Trump, too, seems open to the meeting. He obviously accepted the meeting request, and he also said this week that he wants to see “everything work out well for New York.”
What to expect: As for the agenda, Mamdani said he wants to talk to Trump about public safety, economic security, and affordability for New Yorkers.
“Affordability,” though, seemed to be Mamdani’s pitch to New Yorkers who really don’t like Trump and might not like him taking this meeting. Mamdani stressed that he’d work with anyone to bring down costs, and he acknowledged that he does need the White House. He needs funding from the federal government if he really wants to help New Yorkers.
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">What Comes Next On Epstein Files</h2>
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Topline: After years of sealed documents and whispered allegations around Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump has signed the bill forcing the release of the Epstein files, as new emails and texts are already leaking.
The order directs all documents to be produced, but there are exceptions carved out for the protection of witnesses’ and victims&#8217; identities, for national security, and for ongoing probes. Those exceptions could still delay some of these documents.
At the same time, victims such as Annie Farmer, who testified alongside Virginia Giuffre&#8217;s family, are still <a href="https://x.com/OfTheBraveUSA/status/1963256584127013360">hailing</a> this as a long overdue victory.
The measure now requires Attorney General Pam Bondi to release all unclassified Epstein documents within 30 days, including flight records, emails, and plea deal details. 
The Trump flip:  The Trump and the White House previously opposed this full release of the files, but earlier this week, the president made a prominent turnaround in messaging.
One reason the White House resisted the release for months prior was that it felt the vote would be premature. Eventually, though, all of those objections melted away in the face of vociferous public pressure from people and critics who wanted answers.
President Trump ended up urging Republicans to vote for it because, as he posted on social media, “we have nothing to hide.” Trump has additionally called for a new investigation into various Epstein associates, including former President Bill Clinton and others.
What to watch:  There are many layers to this. One of those is the perception of Trump&#8217;s past association with Epstein, which appears to have hurt him, as well as his resistance, for a time, to releasing all the documents.
But this has been damaging for Democrats as well. The documents already released show that Epstein fed questions to Democratic Delegate Stacey Plaskett during a congressional hearing in 2019. On Tuesday, Plaskett <a href="https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1990899465318785072?s=20">characterized</a> her communication with Epstein as simply receiving texts from a constituent.
Many other figures have been wrapped up in the Epstein files, as well, including former Clinton Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. He continued to communicate with Epstein up until 2019, long after Epstein had been put in jail.
<h2 style="text-align: center;">Jobs Report A Mixed Bag Ahead Of December Fed Meeting</h2>
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Topline: The September jobs numbers are finally here after data was delayed nearly two months over the government shutdown. While administration officials are excited about the data, a new poll shows Americans may not be as optimistic about the direction of the economy.
The data: The headline number from the report is the 119,000 jobs added in September. It is the highest gain since April, and it came in more than double economists’ expectations for the month. Downward revisions for July and August’s numbers stole some of the momentum, coming in 33,000 lower than previously reported.
The unemployment rate ticked up slightly from 4.3% to 4.4%. Overall, the administration says it is happy with the numbers.
“In the first 10 months of the Trump economy, we&#8217;ve increased take-home pay by about $1,200, adjusting for inflation. That&#8217;s a huge, huge thing,” <a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/1991541104966267022">said</a> Vice President JD Vance on Thursday. “And this is really important … we are seeing the job growth go to native-born American citizens” rather than to illegal aliens.
Looking ahead: This jobs report is particularly important because it’s the only snapshot of the labor market ahead of the Federal Reserve’s next meeting on December 9 and 10.
Heather Long, the chief economist at Navy Federal Credit Union, <a href="https://x.com/byHeatherLong/status/1991512177430134943">expects</a> the Fed to hold interest rates steady.
Long points out that even though the jobs report has good numbers in September, the economy’s four-month average ending in September is only 44,000–just barely “treading water.” Labor force participation is up, a good sign even as the unemployment rate ticks up. But, according to Long, “it&#8217;s hard to argue things look *better* in the labor market.” It has largely remained steady, with no significant gains or losses.
Is Trump in trouble? Americans overall are not optimistic about the direction the economy is heading.
Fox News released its latest national <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/fox-news-poll-voters-say-white-house-doing-more-harm-than-good-economy">survey</a> on Wednesday. According to Fox News, “Some 76% of voters view the economy negatively–worse than the 67% who felt that way in July and the 70% who said the same at the end of … President Biden’s term.”
The news gets worse for Trump, specifically. According to Fox News, “About twice as many [respondents] say President Donald Trump, rather than Biden, is responsible for the current economy. And three times as many say Trump’s economic policies have hurt them,” about the same as said Biden’s did last year.

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Morning Brief: Mamdani At The White House, Epstein Files Loom, & Mixed Jobs Report

Morning Brief: Trump-Mamdani Meeting, Epstein Files Incoming, And September’s Mixed Jobs Report

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Far-left Democratic socialist and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani will visit the White House for a high-stakes meeting with President Donald Trump on Friday.
Trump previously threatened to yank funding from the Big Apple if the 34-year-old Mamdani was elected, urging New Yorkers to back former Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo instead. On Wednesday, Trump said that Mamdani had requested a meeting. 
“Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran ‘Kwame’ Mamdani, has asked for a meeting,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st. Further details to follow!”
Mamdani confirmed Trump’s post, <a href="https://abc7ny.com/post/president-trump-meet-nyc-mayor-elect-zohran-mamdani-white-house-friday/18177558/">issuing</a> a statement that the meeting was routine and would focus on public safety and the economy. 
&#8220;As is customary for an incoming mayoral administration, the Mayor-elect plans to meet with the President in Washington to discuss public safety, economic security and the affordability agenda that over one million New Yorkers voted for just two weeks ago.”
Trump said on Sunday that he would be open to meeting with Mamdani, stating, “We want to see everything work out well for New York.”
Mamdani said that he would be “Trump-proofing” New York by resisting cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and claimed Trump was a “despot” during his Election Day victory speech. 
“If we embrace this brave new course, rather than fleeing from it, we can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves,” he said. “After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump, how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him.”
Mamdani has promised to open city-run grocery stores and raise the city’s minimum wage to $30 an hour by 2030. Trump has said that New York’s economy will crumble under Mamdani’s leadership. 
“If Communist Candidate Zohran Mamdani wins the Election for Mayor of New York City, it is highly unlikely that I will be contributing Federal Funds, other than the very minimum as required, to my beloved first home, because of the fact that, as a Communist, this once great City has ZERO chance of success, or even survival!” Trump posted on Truth Social before the election.

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<div>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is likely to face a primary challenge in his Brooklyn-based district from New York City Councilman Chi Ossé, who describes himself as a socialist.</div>
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<div>The primary challenge is one of the first political ripple effects of Democrat Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York mayoral race, but it’s also shining a light on discontent from the far-Left over how best to tackle the Trump administration and the Republican-majority Congress.</div>
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<div>“Socialism offers not just a structural strength to resist fascism but also a positive vision worth fighting for,” the councilman wrote in a recent piece for <a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/11/chi-osse-dsa-mamdani-socialism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jacobin</a>. “That’s why Zohran won this November. During a bleak winter for national politics, his campaign became a source of hope, and I became a vigorous, early supporter. I was the first city council member to publicly endorse Zohran.”</div>
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<div>Although Ossé’s campaign has not officially launched, Federal Election Commission paperwork shows that he filed to run on Monday. The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/nyregion/chi-osse-hakeem-jeffries.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Times</a> reported that Mamdani’s team is trying to discourage Ossé from running for the seat, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said, “I certainly don’t think a primary challenge to the leader is a good idea right now,” according to <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/11/18/aoc-jeffries-chi-osse-new-york-democrats" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axios</a>.</div>
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<div>Ossé, 27, joined the New York City Council in 2021 at age 23, according to the Council’s website. He has been a prominent advocate for housing policy reform and an outspoken critic of federal immigration enforcement operations in the city.</div>
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<div>“ICE GTFO of NYC,” he posted on October 21.</div>
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<div>According to a 2021 campaign guide from <a href="https://marathonstrategies.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/City-Council-Guide-July-21-2021.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marathon Strategies</a>, Ossé has also proposed “abolishing cash bail.” In addition, he pitched a “wealth tax” in a 2020 interview with <a href="https://www.papermag.com/chi-osse-new-york-city-council-blm-interview#rebelltitem39" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Paper Magazine</a>.</div>
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<div>“We welcome this primary challenge and look forward to a rigorous debate about the type of serious leadership required to deliver for the people,” a Jeffries spokesperson said, according to <a href="https://thegrio.com/2025/11/17/hakeem-jeffries-challenged-to-2026-primary-by-27-year-old-new-york-councilman/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Grio</a>.</div>
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<div>The seat is in a deeply blue district, where Jeffries won more than 75% of the vote in the 2024 general election.</div>

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New York GOP Rep. Elise Stefanik, who has launched a gubernatorial bid, fiercely attacked Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul, accusing her of “cowardly” silence after New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani endorsed Palestinian activist Aber Kawas for the State Assembly.
Stefanik declared that Hochul, having endorsed Mamdani’s successful mayoral run, now “owns” his decision to elevate a candidate whom Stefanik labels a “terrorist sympathizer.&#8221; She demanded that Hochul condemn both Mamdani’s endorsement of Kawas and what Stefanik described as the “anti-American and antisemitic filth” being normalized.
“Kathy Hochul endorsed Mamdani and now owns his latest public endorsement of radical activist Aber Kawas for New York State Assembly, a proud terrorist sympathizer and denigrator of the United States,” Stefanik said in a statement. “Kawas notoriously blamed America for 9/11 that claimed the lives of thousands of New Yorkers, citing the United States&#8217; ‘system of capitalism,’ ‘racism,’ ‘white supremacy,’ and ‘Islamophobia’ as justification for the terrorist attacks that killed New Yorkers. It is clear that Mamdani owns and controls the Worst Governor in America, Kathy Hochul, as she cowardly remains silent on the anti-American and antisemitic filth spewed by the incoming Mayor and his endorsed candidates. Kathy Hochul must condemn Mamdani’s endorsement of Kawas immediately.”
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In 2017, Kawas stated that “the system of capitalism and racism, and white supremacy, et cetera, have all, and Islamophobia, have all been used to colonize lands, right, to take resources from other people, and so this is, like, a long trajectory. And we&#8217;re just seeing the manifestations of that continuation, right, with 9/11.”
The controversy erupted after Mamdani — a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and the incoming mayor — <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/17/mamdani-backs-palestinian-activist-in-legislative-race-where-battle-with-israeli-lobby-a-key-issue/">backed</a> Kawas at a closed-door DSA meeting. Kawas has a long record of controversial statements, including a 2017 panel appearance in which she framed the September 11 attacks as a “manifestation” of U.S. capitalism, racism, white supremacy, and Islamophobia — remarks that critics say blame America for the murder of nearly 3,000 people. Kawas has also defended individuals convicted of terrorism-related offenses, including synagogue bomb plotter Ahmed Ferhani and al-Qaeda financier Fahad Hashmi, whom she <a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/socialists-unite-mamdani-throws-support-behind-behind-state-assembly-candidate-who-blamed-9-11-on-america/">described</a> as a “living martyr” whose imprisonment deprived activists of peace of mind.
Mamdani’s endorsement has also frightened Jewish New Yorkers already unsettled by his past rhetoric, including his affirmation of the phrase “globalize the intifada,” a slogan the U.S. Holocaust Museum has condemned because violence has been committed under its banner. Mamdani previously campaigned with a radical imam who spoke of “jihad” in New York City.
Within the Queens Assembly race itself, Mamdani’s move set up a clash with supporters of Brian Romero, the district&#8217;s longtime community figure and outgoing Democratic Assemblywoman Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas’s preferred successor. Both <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2020/07/meet-the-insurgents-who-are-likely-future-assembly-members/175792/">Gonzalez-Rojas</a> and <a href="https://www.cityandstateny.com/politics/2025/10/brian-romero-hopes-succeed-his-former-boss-assembly/408676/">Romero</a> are reportedly DSA members. While Romero’s backers emphasized his deep neighborhood ties — especially in a predominantly Hispanic district — Kawas’s supporters insisted a Palestinian candidate was necessary to “draw the fire of the Israeli lobby,” boasting that they “did it with Zohran.”

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Stefanik Slams Hochul’s ‘Cowardly Silence’ After Mamdani’s Endorsement Of 9/11 Apologist

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“Socialism is not a dirty word anymore!” former Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) yelled the night of November 4.
Bowman joined noted leftists Mehdi Hasan and Hasan Piker in an election night stream from Zohran Mamdani’s victory party. Mamdani, a 34-year-old socialist, had just won election as mayor of the most populous city in the United States.
The Democratic Party’s left flank is increasingly boxing out more moderate members to follow the lead of progressives, as seen in the government shutdown or in helping progressives and self-described socialists secure influential positions, one GOP political strategist told The Daily Wire.
“Progressives are fired up and the establishment Dems are trying to do as much as they can to capture it. I mean, a cynical person might say that the government shut down so Abigail Spanberger could win Virginia, right?” the strategist said. “I think that the only reason why the establishment Dems … picked such a difficult battle for them to win policy-wise in the shutdown is to make sure that their progressive comrades are not able to criticize them as much, and that means that the progressives are the tail that is wagging the dog right now.”
The progressive dominance is starkly evident in Maine. Democratic Rep. Jared Golden is known for regularly breaking with his party, sometimes on key votes. He was the only Democrat to vote with House Republicans to pass a short-term continuing resolution to head off the government shutdown that stretched a record 40 days.
Golden announced on November 5, the day after Mamdani’s victory, that he would forgo a run at re-election in 2026.
“I’m confident that were I to run again, I would win,” said Golden in a <a href="https://x.com/golden4congress/status/1986163261696278844">statement</a>. “Now, I look forward to my next chapter: raising my young daughters with Izzy and spending more time with our family and friends.”
The now-outgoing congressman abandoned his re-election campaign as he was facing significant pressure from his left from Democrat Matt Dunlap, Maine’s former secretary of state. When Dunlap announced his primary challenge to Golden last month, Dunlap’s first move was to <a href="https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2025-10-06/former-maine-secretary-of-state-matt-dunlap-launches-primary-challenge-against-jared-golden">characterize</a> Golden as too soft on President Donald Trump.
Dunlap appears to have resonated with voters in Maine’s second district. In a University of New Hampshire <a href="https://scholars.unh.edu/survey_center_polls/897/">poll</a> released last month, Dunlap was leading the incumbent, Golden.
That same poll also showed another progressive Democrat in Maine, Graham Platner, leading the field for the chance to challenge Republican Sen. Susan Collins. Maine Governor Janet Mills, known in the state as a more moderate Democrat despite her combative streak with Trump, <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/latest-polls/senate">trails</a> far behind Platner.
Platner is an Iraq War veteran, an oyster farmer, and the harbormaster of the small town of Sullivan. He has a history of <a href="https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/11/07/washington-need-not-apply-how-mainers-are-evaluating-controversy-laden-graham-platner/">working</a> with the climate alarmist Acadia Center, and he has secured endorsements from high-profile progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
Last month, he was revealed to have a tattoo of a Nazi symbol, a skull-and-crossbones known as a Totenkopf, on his chest. He <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMnc4ddc7j4">clarified</a> he is “not a secret Nazi” and claimed that he had not known where the symbol originated until the scandal blew up. Some doubt about Platner’s story is warranted, though, since a <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2025/10/graham-platner-ss-tattoo-maine-senate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> that the candidate had been referring to his tattoo as a Totenkopf as early as 2012.
Platner’s online history has come up in the campaign, as well. In 2020 and 2021, Platner was in internet posts claiming to be a “communist” while using racist language and gay slurs. While he has called the posts “indefensible,” he has also dismissed them as unserious and jokes.
Platner’s campaign has <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/maines-graham-platner-thinks-voters-will-overlook-his-past-to-support-a-new-type-of-candidate">imploded</a> in recent weeks with multiple high-level departures, including his treasurer and finance director. Platner’s former campaign manager left after four days, excusing the early departure by saying his wife is pregnant. Separately, Platner’s campaign has required staff members to sign nondisclosure agreements, which the candidate has said is necessary in a high-stakes election.
Despite the upheaval, Platner’s political allies, including Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez, have stood by the embattled Platner, showing just how durable support can be among the progressives’ favored candidates.
“One reason for that is it&#8217;s very clear that the base is furious, riled up, ready to support candidates that they wouldn&#8217;t have in the past,” whether for personal or policy reasons, said the GOP strategist, who has worked in Maine politics for more than a decade.
Progressives were reassured recently that voters may not punish them for standing by Platner. In Virginia, Democrats’ pick for state attorney general, Jay Jones, won the election to the office despite past text messages he sent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/read-them-virginia-dem-sent-shocking-texts-about-killing-gop-leader-pissing-on-graves">supporting</a> violence against his political opponents and their families.
Jones’ victory in Virginia is “a sad reflection of a discomfiting willingness among voters to prioritize partisanship over human decency,” as The Washington Post editorial board <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/11/03/virginia-election-governor-spanberger-sears-jay-jones/">wrote</a> ahead of the November 4 election.

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