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Episode #1057: Not Nothin'
First Broadcast: 6/29/26
Mayor Zohran Mamdani earned the right to do a victory lap after this year's Democratic primary in New York State ended on June 23rd, and all three of the candidates he endorsed for Congress won their primary elections--namely Brad Lander, who beat incumbent Dan Goldman in District 10; Darializa Avila Chevalier, who beat incumbent Adriano Espaillat in District 13; and Claire Valdez, who beat Antonio Reynoso, the candidate endorsed by incumbent Nydia Velasquez in Disctrict 7. Two of those primary winners, Avila Chevalier and Valdez, were also endorsed by the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, which also had several other primary victories with candidates for the State Senate, State Assembly, and City Council. What will all this mean for politics in New York City and the rest of the nation in the future? Who really knows? However, I certainly hope this signals to the Democratic Party in general that Democratic voters are sick and tired of Democratic "centrists" who put the interests of large donors ahead of those of ordinary people; who think compromises can be reached with extremist Republicans who think half the country doesn't deserve the same rights as the other half; and who turn a blind eye towards genocide as long as it's being done by a nation who claims to be an ally of the United States. Will Democrats learn any of these lessons in time for the general election this year, or the Presidential election in 2028? I don't know the answer to that one either, but they better figure it out fast, because whatever the Republicans have planned for life after Trump can't possibly be any good.
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last updated June 28, 2026
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