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https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2025/10/11/amid-criticism--mamdani-leans-into-gay-rights Amid criticism, Mamdani leans into LGBTQ rights Saturday was National Coming Out Day, a natural opportunity for Democratic candidate for mayor Zohran Mamdani to talk LGBTQ issues. He championed trans rights in a new campaign video -- “New York will not sit idly by while trans people are attacked," he tells the camera -- and at a "Gays for Zohran" rally in Greenwich Village. “We have to stand up for queer New Yorkers every single day," he told the crowd. But it was also a chance for Mamdani to push back on the controversy over photos he took in July alongside a top Ugandan official, Rebecca Kadaga, who has spearheaded draconian anti-gay legislation. “Had I known that she was the architect of this horrific legislation and attack on queer Ugandans, I would not have taken it," he told reporters Saturday. [...]

Since when has the MAGA crowd ever cared about the facts or the truth?

It is Trump's decision to do this but he says that Democrats are to blame for the flight cancellations?

Sociopath at best.

tldr Are you in favor of gay marriage or not?

Sandwich Guy acquitted of a misdemeanor brought by DOJ. ALERT: DC sandwich thrower Sean Dunn found not guilty of assaulting a federal agent!

As might be expected, Trump remarks are gracious when asked about Pelosi's retirement.

Maybe, maybe not. We don't know who deleted the thread or why. It may have been the OP edjr. And I didn't throw a hissy fit. Please. I pointed out to the OP that some problems existed with the thread as he suddenly (after over 25 votes cast) changed it to making the votes public (which not everyone who had already voted may have wanted), In addition, I questioned the legitimacy of the results with a poll where the votes were made public, as not everyone may want to participate in a poll where the person they name as The Most Insufferable is a matter of public record. I figured edjr might change the poll back to being non-public or delete the thread and start a new one so folks could vote again knowing their vote would be made public (maybe he did that and hasn't gotten around to creating a new poll).

I only know of one thread that was pinned where the OP was not Mike.

The timeline IIRC is that the thread was pinned, then it was unpinned, and at some point the OP, edjr, changed it and made the poll voting choices public. After that it was deleted by person or persons unknown. I am still waiting for edjr to weigh on this but he hasn't been seen since the thread disappeared.

Wait, what...this is from Marjorie Taylor Greene?

Talking about putting a postive spin on things. GOP Rep. Lisa McClain says the GOP lost badly because everyone is happy. "Voter turnout from Republicans was not high. Not high at all. But I think part of that reason is because Republicans, for the most part, are happy with what’s happening."

Who made you the thread police? As the originator of this thread, I think the discussion should not be limited just to Pelosi's actions in her role as speaker.

Oh, the irony. Kind of hard for anyone to take the moral high ground and say that Pelosi lowered the standard expected from her office with Trump as POTUS. Seriously, has anyone lowered the standard expected from the office of President more than Trump?

That is a lie spread by misleading video clips on social media of her speaking that were deliberately slowed to give the impression that she was either drunk or had been drinking. The truth is that Nancy Pelosi is a teetotaler, she does not drink alcoholic beverages according to friends, family and colleagues in Congress.

That made some great theatre. Didn't see that as a mistake on her part. Here she explains that moment.

He apparently has a different defintion of "curb stomped" than most folks.

Not after he was trashed for months as being a Muslim Socialist Communist Immigrant (see the NYC Mayor's Race thread). The rhetoric used against him and the tens of millions spent in negative ads would have worked in the past but he resonated with NYC voters as being legitimate and they were able to overlook all the negativity from his critics. He brings an excitement to the Democratic Party I haven't seen since Obama.

Mamdani is so articulate and comes across as being sincere IMO. I can see why he won the election. https://x.com/atrupar/status/1986118435210674630 (video clip of Mamdani presser after election win) Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate the law, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense that is growing across this country that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be the president or whether they be the agents themselves. And what New Yorkers are looking for is an era of consistency, an era of clarity, an era of conviction."

Throws a multi-million dollar Great Gatsby themed Halloween Party at Mar-a-Lago the same night SNAP shut off. The optics of this are horrible and will probably be featured in future documentaries about the Trump administration.