As a New Yorker I would like to see that orange fascist try. I can almost guarantee that if Zohran organizes a workers militia today itll have tens of thousands of volunteers tomorrow. I myself would happily throw arms with federal pigs.
Is this how a civil war starts?
I guess so.
Very much so.
This is how the American empire falls
Which was Putin’s goal in all of this anyway.
It start when terrible people in power have decent support for part of population and the other part fight for freedom by any mean
No. It started with the Brooks Brothers Riot.
I read that as feral pigs but still made complete sense.
Hmmm… maybe time for the left to appropriate the 30 to 50 feral hogs meme.
I would like to see that orange fascist try
Yanking funding from state and local agencies is almost trivial, thanks to the DOGE infestation of the US Treasury. Quite literally a matter of button-clicks.
The dream of the Unitary Executive under Bush, has finally been realized under Trump 2. Congress simply could not stop handing the Executive branch more and more authority, both implicit and explicit, until now they’re effectively superfluous.
The one upside is that - given the state of Trump’s BB
LB - there may not be much funding left to pull from NYC by the time they’re done gutting the domestic budget.The executive has so much power because the Republicans in congress are his complete bitches. And they are in charge.
Republicans in congress are his complete bitches
Trump governed under a Dem Majority from 2019-21. He may well get another Dem Majority in '27, given his abysmal approval numbers.
Nevermind how many times I’ve had to hear “You need 60 votes in the Senate to do anything” under Biden and Obama. Seems it is always the Republicans fault, whether bills are obstructed or flying to the president’s desk with a simple majority.
Just take over wall street and cut the trader’s communications.
Dead Rabbits Rise!
The 19th century Irish street gang in NYC?
Hi, Clevelander here. I have no horse in this race, but thanks for making Mamdani go from being completely unheard of from me, to now a household name due to the Streisand effect.
Thanks for letting me know who I’m voting for in 2028.
He can’t run, he’s naturalised. Bullshit rule.
Eh, it’s not the worst rule.
He can totally run against Trump for his third term. If Orange Chicken tries that, there are no rules anymore anyhow.
Supreme Court’s got baby don’s flaccid chode down their throats, so no rules for him but others unfortunately…
From what I heard from someone’s testimony, it can’t reach the throat.
Doesn’t mean that the justices won’t keep trying…
These justices are all pinheads though
If trump remains in office beyond his second term it’ll be in the absence of elections
The oligarchy’s cries are the kind of endorsement that money can’t buy.
Fox News ironically being the source to learn about your new social democrats
Globalize mamdanism
This republic has really gone bananas.
Oh yeah go to war with New York and Cali, see how that goes for you.
“He’s a radical left lunatic,” Trump said.
Says the radical fascist lunatic. Projection is omnipresent in this new Nazi Führer Cult party.
Trump can suck a dick. Lousy bastard has got megalomania so bad it would be a worldwide disservice to allow him to continue
So, NYC gets about $100B in federal funds annually. I wonder how much they pay in taxes to the federal government. I’d bet they pay more than they get.
The problem is that federal income taxes are generally paid directly by employers to the federal government. It’s not clear by what mechanism states and/or cities might withhold them.
It’s true that the State of New York, and NYC are both large employers, so hypothetically I guess they could refuse to collect income taxes from their employees on behalf of the federal government, but certainly the IRS would still hold the individual taxpayers responsible for those taxes at the end of the year.
If it gets to the point where the States are withholding money from the federal government, I’d wager it’s because they no longer view the federal government as legitimate. I guess, good luck to the IRS trying to collect?
What would stop the IRS from sending federal agents arresting people on the streets? We’ve already seen ICE doing it without badges, uniforms, or warrants
This is the problem with a dictatorship. They have too much power. They can do whatever they want
What would stop the IRS from sending federal agents arresting people on the streets
I thought they fired all of them?
Well, NYC has way too many policemen. Maybe they can turn that on the feds
We will always outnumber them.
With our communications, transactions, and travel all recorded, and soon to be fed into AI for threat assessment, it’s going to be very difficult to organize without predicted leaders getting MLK’d.
What would stop
Guns and bullets.
Time to get armed.
The state is a pretty big employer, so that portion might be held back for a while. That would still have to be paid by the end of the year, though.
Orange scared.
Has Lemmy just became a hub for stories on this guy?
“This guy” is likely going to be mayor of New York, joining the likes of Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg and Eric Adams.
As such, he’s making headlines everywhere, although the spin is all over the map.
Whatever I want more stories about cool people who make me happy
No way man, needs to be Trump and Musk news 24/7.
As opposed to the 24/7 Trump show?
I get your point this though.
I guess mamdani better start grabbing women by the pussy, committing felonies, sucking Russian dicks, and committing treason.
Uh huh. He’s got A LOT of catching up to do.
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Art of the deal.
Fart and a Squeal
B…but the Republicans PROMISED that they wouldn’t touch medicare or social security.
Are you saying they lied?
Are you saying conservatives are liars?
Cool, maybe we’ll stop giving charity to all the red states then. NY can be self sufficient. Shit hole red states can’t.
They bring in more taxes than they spend, “cutting them off” will only benefit them as long as they are smart enough to keep the revenue in state.
