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Episode 228 - Gangs of New York (w/ Ross Barkan & Zohran Mamdani) (Patreon)

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Democrats avoided a red wave and held onto the Senate, but they didn't avoid a red wave in New York. If they had, they, they might have held on to the house as well. New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani and journalist on the NY beat Ross Barkan rejoin Bad Faith podcast to explain the bloodbath in NY. Who is at fault? DCCC chair Sean Patrick Maloney, who pushed Mondaire Jones out of his district and then lost? Is the the state party's fault for dropping the ball on the redistricting battle that caused Maloney to flee his own district? What role did Kathy Hochul's pivot right on crime play? And will there be any accountability for blue dog malfeasance?

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Produced by Armand Aviram.

Theme by Nick Thorburn (@nickfromislands).

Comments

Anonymous

I was listening, I was open, I had no firm opinion on anything here. Then I heard, essentially, Yes Hochel is controlled by Big Real Estate, yes she didn't offer one fucking reason to vote for her, yes she's a milk-toast Dem corporatist, yes she sucks balls. BUT - We can work with her and move her, blah, blah, blah. Brie summed it up for me. Guess what Dem Loyalist Corporate Whores? NO Actual Human Voter likes you! For the past 40 years, Clintoncrats have snuggled up to Banksters, etc. so you could buy your power thru Legal Bribes. You've allowed life for Americans to steadily slide into desperation & suffering. Why don't the Clintoncrats retire instead of demanding/tricking the Left obey them and follow THEIR lead, why not let the Left try and lead without your interference? Corporate Clintoncrat Dems are Republicans with Blue collars. Fewer and fewer people are buying their LIES & barely hidden hatred of their voters. Bottom line for Dem Loyalists... SDSTFU.

Anonymous

Why are we pretending like her trying to strip hundreds of thousands of workers of their jobs until the courts overturned it being a bigg issue?...

Anonymous

So when we say we need to fund mental health. We are shouted at about whos gonna pay for it, and the government is broke. But when we say we should transfer the finds from the police we are tild its a bad slogan. When we say we need money public and affordable housing we are told people dont want to follow the rules. When the rules are not actions but situations. A parent with a dependant who has a felony drug charge cant get that housing. But they shouldnt be allowed to camp either? We used to tell people they were exiled from society. Now we just manage them off the board and say its their choice. All these issues are caused by the fact that our tax dollars are going into the pockets of people and irganizations who dont deserve our money. Just like Politicians we pretend like because Democrat patronize us with pretend debates we are more likely to get what we want. How many demands in public policy do we have where majority of the voters support them. But the "Pressure" From D.C. over rukes the pu lic opi ion? They play these tact and slogan games that always ends up with them getting what they want and us being happy we had the chance to pretend like we have a voice. CIA run media. Donor run Politicians. And we still have people who enjoy wine and cheese parties telling us we need to organize. Organize what? A pitch fork and torch party?... We are organized. The problem is we allow the people we organize against to convince us we shouldnt use THEIR tactics. We should play fair and honest and show our cards while we time and time again find out they not only hide their cards. But loe to us about the cards they have. And the game we are playing.

Anonymous

While relevant to the country at large, I do get a little tired of local New York politics getting the spotlight.

Anonymous

Ross and Zohran would do well rounding out their knowledge on “defund” vs “copaganda” by watching Nick Cruise of RBN’s recent debate on Break The Rules . https://youtu.be/Fi1-UbldpXI

Anonymous
>>95809556

I know it's Fed v. State, but the US War Dept is inching up on a $100 BILLION sent to Ukraine to help Nazis, NATO & Big Energy companies, while Europe freezes to death. NONE of our elected "leaders" gives a shit about how many homeless there are, or skyrocketing healthcare, or Officially Govt Sanctioned GANGS, like the Police. They don't even care if Americans have safe drinking water! Everyone of the so-called Progressive Just'Us Dems are frauds who are now funded by Soros Super PACS! It's ALL a giant scam. You are absolutely correct when you say that the Organizing Gatekeepers have zero solutions except to say, "I've been working at Save the Children/Climate/Healthcare for 20-30-40 years! I know how to get things done." Except they haven't done anything except raise money for more corrupt pols, and kept their cushy jobs as know-it-all doormats. Again, they should SDSTFU and give the powerless a chance to steer. Peace.

Anonymous
>>95809556

But they pretend that they give a shit. And tell us its our tact that makes then not give us what we want. Tepublicans tell.us they dont give a shit. Femocrats tell us they would hive a shit if we were nicer to them and gave then what they wanted. Even after time and time again they have shown they use the power we give them to do more harm to us. Again by claiming what the rest of the world has or ehat we want is jist too hard for them to accomplish. But they always seem to get their tax breaks and pork for their friends and family into bills that have nothing to do with them...

Anonymous

I work in the public mental health system in New York as a social worker. I think we forget that that our mental health system exists in a capitalist system, and it’s fraught with corporate greed and power and is also broken. I’m not saying we should continue to solve our problems with a police occupying force in our communities. But is more funding for a broken system the answer? When we say “fund mental health”, we are just funding more profit over people corporations and the quality of health care continues to spiral downward. In New York State, most public institutions no longer provide mental health care because of the mess of insurance reimbursement. Only giant corporate medical models are willing to take that on and can survive in that model of business. There has to be another model.

Anonymous

🎶 NEW YORK CITY COPS NEW YORK CITY COPS NEW YORK CITY COPS THEY AINT TOO SMAAAAAART 🎶

Anonymous
>>95812840

I hear ya but I took this as, if ***NEW YORK*** is going red, then *evvvverybody’s* got a problem on their hands that we better pay attention to and maybe even take advantage of! If the country is this discontent with the libs and the Dems are so weak, then it’s an opportunity for the left to build some traction if we strategize and play our cards right! (Pardon the pun lol)

Peter Taylor

Zohran Mamdani is a voter’s dream

Anonymous
>>95809556

I was watching a recent segment of Sabby's (RBN) showing Pramilla Jayapal giggling and smiling, now that Dems are NOT in power (though she didn't say that). She is having a great time, since now Dems & Progressives won't have to do ANYTHING, cuz - Evil Red Team. Funny how the first thing the Red Team Freedom Caucus has done is WITHHOLD THEIR VOTE for McCarthy, to immediately exert their power. I thought FTV was a terrible strategy? That's what Mama Bear's bootlickers said. That's what TYT & Sam "I don't care" Seder said. I guess it can only be used if you're on the Red Team. The Blue Team strategy is to whine or bow down, palms up. Peace.

Anonymous
>>95809556

They took a great idea from their oposition. Demand that the people who elected them get a say in the branch they gained control of. Say ehat you eill about these Republicans and the Tea party. But they went into office to do what their voters wonted. No matter how misguided or confused they are. While Progressives write whole articles about what we want and the results we expect to see. And the party we give power to either fake trying to get it done. Place a poison pill in it. Or Just tell us to guck off. And now the swuad can claim they cant use the tactics the Republicans are using against McCarthy. Because "Thats kist not who we are." When that is literally what they tan on. And abandoned immediately...

Mint

Weird how much Ana Kasparian hates homeless people. It’s probably the most embarrassing hobby-horse for a well-fed, securely housed person to have.

Mint

Also: thank you Bri for pushing back on Barkan trying to present defund as a “messaging” issue—as if any elected official has ever foregrounded the word “defund” in their campaign messaging. I wish we lived in a world where that would make sense, but we don’t. No campaign has ever led with “defund” and it’s bad faith on the part of anti-abolitionist people on the left to keep scolding everyone about defund as if it’s some sort of hegemonic campaign paradigm.