Trouble in Lefty Paradise? Recent Mamdani Moves Might Already Be Giving His Radical Base Buyer's Remorse

"Zorhan Mamdani’s Democratic Socialist Party just published its concern that he won’t be able to deliver all those promised freebies and that DSA will suffer from the backlash. DSA admits those promises were made when they thought it was unlikely he would become mayor." Sue Ellena

Rich Terrell

"With a little over two weeks to go before New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is sworn into office, Americans all over the country will be watching as the Big Apple begins its experiment in socialism. Mamdani is a textbook socialist. He comes from a well-to-do family and has never had a real job, with the possible exception of State Assemblyman. He has lots of grandiose socialist ideas in mind, but no idea how to pay for them. But as he gets closer to the Mayor's Office, the people who helped get him there are afraid he is going to go squishy on them and their causes after Inauguration Day on January 1.

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) claim Zohran Mamdani as a member, and they amassed an army of roughly 99,000 people who conducted door-knocking, phone banking, and other campaign operations for him. Mamdani still has ties to the group, so much so that among the hundreds of people on his transition team, 26 of those are members of New York City's DSA chapter. So, what has the DSA convinced that Zohran Mamdani is going to go wobbly on them once he is the mayor?

"Since his victory in November, Mamdani has announced that Jessica Tisch would remain New York City Police Commissioner, not a popular move with a group that advocates for abolishing police and prisons. Mamdani has also endorsed New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who is not a DSA candidate, in his run to unseat Democrat Rep. Dan Goldman (NY-10). But perhaps Mamdani's most egregious offense is his Oval Office meeting with President Donald Trump, which appeared to be friendly. Trump also stated that he and Mamdani agreed on many issues, like affordability and crime. 

"While the DSA is still publicly supportive of Mamdani, Stu Smith, an analyst at City Journal, who is an observer of DSA politics, said this about a possible rift in the group over the incoming mayor," . . . More...

Becky Noble has been a political writer for over ten years. She has written for Politichicks, The Black Sphere, and The Political Insider. She holds a degree in Communications/Journalism from Regent University. Her Substack page is "Gumshoe Politics," and she hosts a weekly short podcast called  "In Your Face." 

Trump's support costs Machado liberal support

 Don Surber  

"Reporter: “If you can seize a tanker without killing anyone, shouldn’t that be how we handle these fishing boats?”   Senator Eric Schmidt: “FISHING BOATS?! The drug runners?! Those aren’t FISHING BOATS.” Reporter: “Yeah, but...' ”

"María Corina Machado left her hiding place in Venezuela to visit Oslo, where her daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for Machado on Wednesday—just as President Trump seized an oil tanker that was trying to smuggle contraband oil for the Venezuelan regime. The seizure was not a covert operation to overthrow the government because Trump is quite transparent about his activity.

"In Norway, Machado faced the press.

Reporter: Yesterday, the U.S. seized a ship off the coast of Venezuela. Would you welcome a U.S. military intervention in Venezuela?

María Corina Machado: Look, some people talk about an invasion in Venezuela, the threat of an invasion, and I answer: Venezuela has already been invaded. We have Russian agents. We have Iranian agents. We have terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas operating freely with the regime’s approval.

We have the Colombian guerrilla and drug cartels controlling 60% of our territory, involved not only in drug trafficking but also in human trafficking and networks of prostitution. This has turned Venezuela into the criminal hub of the Americas.

What sustains the regime is a very powerful, well-funded system of repression. Where does that funding come from? From drug trafficking, the black market in oil, arms trafficking, and human trafficking.

We need to cut those flows. Once that happens and the repression is weakened, it’s over, because violence and terror are all the regime has left. We ask the international community to cut those sources, because the regimes supporting Maduro and the criminal networks have turned Venezuela into a safe haven for their operations across Latin America.

"A reporter asked her how she got to Norway. She replied, “One day I will be able to tell you, because certainly I don’t want to put [those who helped her] at risk right now." . . .

'Gaza doctor murdered Israeli hostage by injecting air into her veins... before her father received video of her dying and begging for her life'

Tell me again, Gen Z, who exactly are the "Nazis"? 

Follow-up to previous Legal Insurrection post in the Tunnel Wall: Report: Gaza ‘Doctor’ Murdered Hostage Noa Marciano, 19, as She Begged For Mercy. The Tunnel Dweller

UK Daily Mail 

"He added that what he went through was the 'biggest nightmare you could ever imagine', saying there are mornings he still wakes to the image of her murder replaying in his mind."

"The father of an Israeli woman abducted on October 7 has revealed his daughter was murdered in Gaza by a civilian doctor - and that he was later sent a video showing the moment she was killed.

"In the footage, Avi Marciano said a medical worker is seen injecting air into his 19-year-old daughter's veins as she lies on a bed inside Shifa Hospital, begging for her life. 

"Marciano, who was speaking publicly to a small crowd for the first time, said that by the end of the clip 'she was sweating and showing no signs of life'.

"His daughter was later identified as Cpl Noa Marciano, who the IDF said had suffered injuries during heavy bombing and gunfire but none that were considered life-threatening.

"As Israeli forces advanced towards where Noa was being held, her captors moved her to Gaza City, where she was later killed.

"Marciano said the video was sent to him on Telegram and showed clearly how his daughter died while in Hamas captivity. 

"He added that what he went through was the 'biggest nightmare you could ever imagine', saying there are mornings he still wakes to the image of her murder replaying in his mind."

Marciano seen in a Hamas propaganda video while in captivity.

Avi Marciano, the father of murdered IDF Cpl. Noa Marciano said he learned of his daughter’s death in Hamas captivity through a video of her last moments shared by Israel activist Shai DeLuca on Wednesday

Noa, 19, was one of seven female soldiers to be kidnapped from the Nahal Oz military base on October 7 – the other being Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy and Ori Megidish – and the only one not to have returned alive.

Celebrity narcissists looking for another virtue to signal have alighted upon a fresh cause appropriate to their moral stature: freedom for a notorious mass murderer of the innocent.

My sweet Lady Jas

 Silvio Canto, Jr.  

"Put me down as someone who welcomes her participation. She will move the party further to the Left, and that's not helpful for Democrats down the ballot."

. . . "Another concern is that she has not spoken much on issues beyond repeating talking points about race or Trump bashing. Where does she stand on health care or ObamaCare? We don't know. What is her position on foreign policy? We don't know.

"Miss Crockett represented a safe "blue" district and has never been forced to campaign or defend her positions. In this Senate campaign, she will have to discuss the kinds of issues that a U.S. senator has to vote on. So far, she has not shown much understanding or interest in those issues.

"We know that her staff can find that Jeffrey Epstein contributed to a GOP campaign. Can they prepare her to talk about foreign policy, economic issues and other stuff? Time will tell but Democrats will privately tell you that they are scared to death."   More...

The levels of stupidity

 Kevin Finn

"The antidote is simple in theory and brutal in practice: humility, curiosity, and the willingness to be embarrassed today rather than catastrophic tomorrow. Most people never descend to the seventh level, but almost everyone has lingered at level two or three."

"Interacting with leftists on social media is quite the experience. I’ve written here before about their reliance on lies, psychological projection, and the logical fallacies. I’ve also come to believe that many leftists (AOC, Ilhan Omar), just aren’t that bright. Other people have commented on this phenomenon, and there are plenty of articles and videos available on the topic. Evidently, there are levels of stupidity. We all share the human condition, and so we all fall into one or more of these categories from time to time.

"Stupidity isn’t just the absence of intelligence; it’s an active force that distorts reality and invites catastrophe. What begins as innocent ignorance can, through pride, emotion, and collective pressure, escalate into a deliberate and even malicious rejection of truth. Stupidity can evolve from a personal flaw into a civilizational threat.

"The first level is simple ignorance — a state of simply not knowing." . . .

. . . "The sixth level is intellectual conceit — pride in being wrong together. Inquiry is shut down, sources are dismissed without investigation (“I don’t trust that source”), and critics are demonized rather than engaged. William Paley is quoted as saying, “There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments, and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation.” Stupidity here wears the mask of certainty and treats doubt as treason. Societies at this stage stop learning; they begin persecuting anyone who still tries.

The seventh and final level is what Martin Luther King Jr. purportedly called “conscientious stupidity.” Here, ignorance is weaponized. The person or institution is blindly certain, impervious to evidence, and willing, and even eager, to inflict harm in service of their noble cause. False logic justifies reckless action; collateral damage is dismissed as necessary.