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Today is the 12th anniversary of a heroic act by Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi. pic.x.com/3czIxp6ihA- If Zohran Mamdani wins tomorrow, he’ll have defeated not just Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa. He’ll have defeated DoorDash, Airbnb, Mike Bloomberg, Walmart heiress Alice Walton, Bill Ackman, and a long list of billionaire donors.
- Claudia Sheinbaum says Mexico's "neoliberal period" is over, announcing a slew of new public works. Continuing AMLO's Fourth Transformation, Mexico is building passenger rail, highways, airports, 200K+ affordable homes, and more.
Remember to vote tomorrow in New York! Bear in mind that a vote for Curtis is really a vote for Mumdumi or whatever his name is. VOTE CUOMO!- Before 2020, no presidential candidate in the history of competitive primaries, Democrat or Republican, had ever won the popular vote in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada.
- Radical abolitionist John Brown was born on this day in 1800. “I acknowledge no master in human form.”
- Radical abolitionist John Brown was born this day in 1800. His soul goes marching on.
- "The life of a single human being is worth more than all the property of the richest man on earth." Che was executed 50 years ago today.
- Sad to see democratic socialists like Bernie and @AOC do things like buy winter coats and get haircuts. Don’t they know that real socialists avoid purchasing goods and services?EXCLUSIVE: Self-declared socialist AOC splurges on high-dollar hairdo washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/…
- Henry Kissinger turns 100 today. Here is Anthony Bourdain on the esteemed American statesman.
- “I’m not Bernie Sanders,” Joe Biden said at the Brookings Institution. “I don’t think 500 billionaires are the reason why we’re in trouble. The folks at the top are not bad guys... wealthy Americans are just as patriotic as poor folks.” Well, glad we got that cleared up.
- Zohran Mamdani: “I would not recognize any state’s right to exist with a system of hierarchy on the basis of race or religion... And part of that is because I’m an American who believes in the importance of equal rights being enshrined in every single country.”
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