The Real timschochet

No I don’t. Why don’t you respond to what I actually write for once?

What actions by the Democratic Party indicate support for Antifa?

Wrong. I have a very good idea of what America wants on this issue because there is plenty of polling about it. Here is one of several: https://www.usatoday.com/story/graphics/2025/06/13/ice-deportations-immigration-raids-poll/84186426007/ If you agree with what ICE is doing only about one third of the country thinks as you do. That doesn’t make you wrong (though it’s clear to me you are.) But it does put in the minority.

Not at all. Ignorance, bigotry and intolerance of Islam is still very high in this country (this thread is a good anecdotal example.) A Muslim mayor of our largest city would fight against that. This is why identity politics continues to be important in this country and for the most part a positive good.

You wrote: “what better way to score social points that to support Hamas?” That makes no sense but putting that aside, do you mean that young woke Jews support Hamas? Or Mandami supports Hamas? Neither would be true at all but I’m confused by your meaning here.

I don’t know about the debate. But I just posted his exact words on the issue. I would think this would take precedence.

I was referring to his claim that Democrats are accepting of Antifa, or support Antifa, or are tolerant of Antifa (whatever- it keeps changing but it’s the same inference each time.)

I really don’t think they’re paying too much attention to his policies. My judgment this morning is that people want fighters who will stand up to Donald Trump. Cuomo feels like another Schumer: weak. Voters want tough minded opposition. If that comes from the progressive left so be it.

So there is video showing they are lying, they’ve been caught lying numerous times before, and you believe them anyhow. What does that say about you?

Thats a lie. Here is an interview with Madami recognizing the State of Israel and its right to exist: https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook-pm/2025/04/17/q-a-zohran-mamdani-on-israel-hamas-palestine-war-bds-00297639 So yes you’re going to have to go further and shoe some actual evidence. Evidence means statements of support for Hamas, violence, terrorism. I’m not seeing it.

Before we have this discussion let’s start with the first point: please provide evidence that Mamdami supports Hamas.

You’ve made this claim for months now and never one provided a scintilla of evidence to back it up. You also claim Democrats are “accepting” of Hamas and other terrorist groups whatever that means without providing evidence. You’re just making sh!t up.

This story is exploding. I’ve seen it everywhere, heard his family the interviewed. ICE has made it worse by lying about him: they claim he tried to attack them with his weed wacker, but there is video to show that did not happen. We get that this is what some of you voted for. But most of America doesn’t want this.

At some point I wish you would actually read my posts and not reply to your own exaggerations of what I wrote.

Math is math. When you tax items the price is added to the retail price. This isn’t rocket science. You may be determined to ignore reality but reality exists regardless of your ignorance.

I can’t comment on Johnson too much. From what little I know I like his social views and not too much of his economic.views. That’s my view of Karen Bassett as well. I wanted Rick Caruso. But Bassett has done a good job defying Trump. 2026 will depend on two things: if Trump’s tarrifs drive prices up nothing will save the Republicans. Likewise if the big beautiful bill hurts Medicare in ways people can feel.

See I find just the opposite particularly if they’re in a role like mayor. They won’t be able to do anything about economic policies, socialism, taxation, crap like that. But they will have a big influence on stuff like gay rights, trans rights, abortion, diversity, DEI, rights for undocumented immigrants- a lot of positive stuff very important to me.

Make no mistake this is mainly a Fock you to Trump.

Don't focus on stuff that will never happen.

He appears to be a Bernie guy so likely too leftist for me in a normal world. But on the other hand in this age of Trump highly preferable to any Republican: all hands on deck, right? We have to defeat MAGA wherever we can and sort it out later, that’s the only sane option these days. His views on Palestine, at first glance, are a little bit too left for me, as I regard myself on the center in this issue: I support Israel but not Netanyahu or the right wing, and I’m sympathetic to Palestinians but not to Hamas or violence. This guy is closer to AOC’s position and he wants to divest from Israel which I do not support. That being said the typical conservative labeling of him as anti-Semitic seems unjustified IMO.

Tel Aviv is where Netanyahu should be arrested. Once he is out of office he likely will be. Like Trump he is incredibly corrupt.

I know nothing about his positions. I’ll have to read about them. But I’m unimpressed by statements in this forum that he is a Communist (since all liberals are called Communists at one time or another.) I am delighted that he is a Muslim. I think that’s awesome.

It’s easy to laugh at toy prices going up but what it means is a lot of small businesses hurt and less spending power for consumers.

I don’t agree with you. I thought at the time, and still do, that it was a good agreement.

So economists predicted that we would start to see price increases by the middle of the summer and that’s starting to happen. So far the worst affected are toys and other products mostly made in China. It isn’t quite too late yet to avoid most of the pain that’s about to happen. Even now Trump can either announce a new deal with China and others, or he can come up with some new excuse to unilaterally reverse himself. Either way though it’s got to be fairly soon. The clock is ticking.