Mike talks with Tim Murphy, a national correspondent at Mother Jones, about the NYC mayoral campaign of Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani.

Topics Mike and Tim discuss include:



lessons learned from Trump’s NYC gains in 2024

disillusionment and disengagement in Democratic cities

Mamdani’s limited experience

how much Mamdani benefited from running against Cuomo

Mamdani’s affordability platform

how he plans to pay for everything he wants to do

an attempt to revoke Mamdani’s citizenship

the ‘globalize the Intifada’ controversy


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