The Lyin’ New York Times: What Socialist? Kevin McCullough

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The Lyin’ New York Times: What Socialist?
Kevin McCullough
5–6 minutes

The New York Times has officially lost its mind.

This week, the paper of record published what might be one of the most laughable, dishonest, and deliberately deceptive defenses of New York City Councilman Zohran Mamdani yet. According to the Times, he’s not really a socialist. Nope, perish the thought! He’s just, you know, an energetic, forward-thinking public servant who loves his constituents. Never mind that he literally ran on the Democratic Socialists of America ticket. Never mind that he openly identifies as a member of the DSA. The Times’ job is to memory-hole inconvenient truths and launder hard-left extremism into something palatable for brunch liberals.

But if Mamdani isn’t a socialist, then what exactly is he? The short answer: exactly what his own record, words, and allies say he is—a radical DSA ideologue with a program for New York City that would make Fidel Castro blush.

Don’t take my word for it. Just look at the *actual* DSA agenda floating around for NYC (and reportedly tied to Mamdani’s camp). Among the “highlights”:

- Decriminalize all drugs

- Spring criminals from jail

- Redefine “youthful offender” up to age 26 (because who among us isn’t just a confused “youth” while committing armed robbery in their mid-20s?)

- Disband the NYPD

- Get rid of gang databases

- Expand sanctuary city protections while handcuffing ICE

- Remove cops from schools

- Mandate DEI schooling agendas

- Allow minors to undergo gender transitions without parental consent

- Free public transportation (paid for by whom, you might ask? Don’t worry, it’s “the rich.”)

- City-owned grocery stores (because nothing says “fresh produce” like the DMV managing your tomatoes)

- Seize private land

- Abolish the Board of Elections

This is not “progressive.” This is not “reform.” This is not “compassion.” This is the DSA openly laying out a blueprint to turn New York into a socialist experiment, complete with state seizure of property, the elimination of law enforcement, and the destruction of parental rights. If that’s not socialism, what is it?

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[DefiantMassRINO]

Democratic Socialist is an oxymoron.  Socialism is Government mugging those citizens who are less equal than the others.  Nobody votes to have their own stuff stolen; they vote to steal someone else's stuff.

[Bigun]

According to the Times, he’s not really a socialist.

And water isn't wet either I suppose! /S

[GtHawk]

Okay, he's not a socialist, he’s a communist .

[Fishrrman]

GT is correct in reply 3 above.

But what I find far more troubling about zombie-mammi is not that he's a communist -- these days, they practically ALL are, to some degree or other -- but rather that he's a muslim, and a muslim who openly supports jihadi causes, to boot.

And THE MEDIA IS REMAINING ESSENTIALLY SILENT ON THIS.
Even many "conservative" independent media sources won't touch it or tread very carefully when they do.

Mammi is going to do far more damage in the name of islam, than he'll do promoting marxism.

[berdie]

GT is correct in reply 3 above.

But what I find far more troubling about zombie-mammi is not that he's a communist -- these days, they practically ALL are, to some degree or other -- but rather that he's a muslim, and a muslim who openly supports jihadi causes, to boot.

And THE MEDIA IS REMAINING ESSENTIALLY SILENT ON THIS.
Even many "conservative" independent media sources won't touch it or tread very carefully when they do.

Mammi is going to do far more damage in the name of islam, than he'll do promoting marxism.

Frankly, the open spread of socialism/communism and Islam scares the socks off of me.

I've often thought I was born at the wrong time. But given my time on this earth, I might be wrong. My life has been very blessed and hopefully I'll be gone before take overs completely ruin our country. I'm too darn old to fight.

[GtHawk]

Frankly, the open spread of socialism/communism and Islam scares the socks off of me.

I've often thought I was born at the wrong time. But given my time on this earth, I might be wrong. My life has been very blessed and hopefully I'll be gone before take overs completely ruin our country. I'm too darn old to fight.

My mom has said the same thing about being gone before America is completely ruined, but she is very close to 94 and her health physical and mental is very poor so she may beat the ruin…even at my age I am afraid I won’t