The New York City Board of Elections announced tonight that 2 million people have cast ballots. The last time this happened in a mayoral race was in 1969, according to the post. www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) Nov 4, 2025 at 6:08 PM

 

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— Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) Nov 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM

 

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45 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

They even lost two public commissioner races in Georgia - the first losses for state (not federal) races since 2006. 

All those "the public are sending a message" pundits will likely have little to say about these results in so many states, because you can't ever go against dear leader.

Some Republican Congresswoman from New York actually said that Democrats learned a "hard lesson" tonight and another hack commentator said "well those are blue states and Democrats were always supposed to win". 

Per NBC's site, Mango Mussolini is blaming all the GOP losses on the shutdown. LOL! Isn't this asswipe POTUS? (Regrettably, I might add.) HE can end it at any point.

So, in a sense, Donnie Depends is blaming himself, then? I can get on board there. It would be the first and only time I'd agree with Felon 34 on anything!

3 minutes ago, Wendy said:

Per NBC's site, Mango Mussolini is blaming all the GOP losses on the shutdown. LOL! Isn't this asswipe POTUS? (Regrettably, I might add.) HE can end it at any point.

So, in a sense, Donnie Depends is blaming himself, then? I can get on board there. It would be the first and only time I'd agree with Felon 34 on anything!

The line will probably be that evil Democrats shut down the government to help win. Voters didn't seem to mind, but the media will eat up every word.

His next step will be insisting he's cutting off funding to those states, which he was already doing anyway. I hope they tell him to eat [!@#$%^&*], which he already does anyway.

11 minutes ago, ReddFoxx said:

Some Republican Congresswoman from New York actually said that Democrats learned a "hard lesson" tonight and another hack commentator said "well those are blue states and Democrats were always supposed to win". 

Probably media darling Elise Stefanik, who looks like she always got shoved out of a bed right before she shoves her face in front of a camera. 

That second one is the line I'm hearing too. The media will do their best to make sure everyone forgets any of the results by the morning. More time to remind us of how awesome and badass and funny Trump is.

19 minutes ago, DRW50 said:

The line will probably be that evil Democrats shut down the government to help win. Voters didn't seem to mind, but the media will eat up every word.

His next step will be insisting he's cutting off funding to those states, which he was already doing anyway. I hope they tell him to eat [!@#$%^&*], which he already does anyway.

Probably media darling Elise Stefanik, who looks like she always got shoved out of a bed right before she shoves her face in front of a camera. 

That second one is the line I'm hearing too. The media will do their best to make sure everyone forgets any of the results by the morning. More time to remind us of how awesome and badass and funny Trump is.

It was Nicole Malliotakis, the only Republican elected to Congress from NYC. Same old tired talking points, so not much difference though.

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) Nov 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM

Mamdani victory speech

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2 hours ago, DRW50 said:

They even lost two public commissioner races in Georgia - the first losses for state (not federal) races since 2006. 

All those "the public are sending a message" pundits will likely have little to say about these results in so many states, because you can't ever go against dear leader.

I’m so proud of my state. 

They're losing the shutdown and they're losing next year, assuming for a moment we have fair elections. But it's going to take some serious systemic changes in the party to capitalize on those wins if they happen, and not soft-walk or neglect to deliver consequences to the right in many areas, which was a fatal mistake. We have to come down hard in ways Dems are too often squeamish about. We also have to invest in real liberal media outlets, not just continue going to the major networks hat in hand and begging for fair play and running TV ads. That was outmoded years ago. And they hate us.

I want to be clear: I think it's so shameful how Joe Biden's been treated. He was the only man who could've beaten Trump in 2020, and if he'd run in '16 I think none of this ever happens. He gave his life and his blood serving this country, and he did a lot of great work in office. But as of now it will take a decade or more for any of it to be properly remembered and respected. He is now seen as Carter 2.0 or worse, a failed presidency. It will take many years to recover his public honor. I hate that, and I hate that that's what he's facing in the twilight of his life. That's not right.

To hear talk about Biden now, or Democrats period, you'd think he and we always had the approval rating of the Ebola virus. Media is openly aggressive to anyone who ever voted for him, let alone anyone who worked with him; there is such a naked, open contempt in mainstream media (despite supposed 'impartiality' rules at these outlets that are clearly non-binding for liberals) not just for Biden Democrats but Democrats, liberals or progressives in general, that frankly makes some of the 2000s look like a day at the fair. I blame Twitter cooking the brains of a lot of mainstream/access media who were already venal and largely grown in conservative thinktanks or leftist outlets, exposing them largely to Nazis and the far right and trending them even further in that direction. And that is what we're dealing with media-wise, to say nothing of a massive fascist right-wing takeover at every level of government.

I don't believe every neophyte or firebrand is good for every state and I don't love every candidate (and fúck Graham Platner), but I fear the worst if we take back everything and the right people have learned nothing. Key mistakes were made there over the last few years, not just by Biden's WH but by the entire party. The base is fed up and they're right to be. We can't afford to handle the right with kid gloves anymore, or not act aggressively upon re-taking office for fear of politicizing the problem or wanting to 'turn the page'. We have to break them and put them away. It's going to take more than one cycle to do that and probably more than one or two White Houses.  I like to consider myself a patient and grounded man, but these are not patient or grounded times.

And hey, I know @DRW50 is pleased Youngkin's whole bench got annihilated.

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3 hours ago, ReddFoxx said:

It was Nicole Malliotakis, the only Republican elected to Congress from NYC. Same old tired talking points, so not much difference though.

I was going to ask if she could be turfed out in the slim chance they redistrict in NY but if she's Staten Island, probably not.

@Vee Yes. I was thrilled. And while Jay Jones said incredibly stupid things in his text, I'm glad voters had the sense to still not vote for a Republican, no matter how much the GOP and the media went on about decency. Republicans have no decency and no moral authority.

The state rep who cynically held onto the texts to release far into the election cycle also lost her seat tonight - oops!

You're right about Biden and how the Beltway and the constant grievances and gleeful enabling of any Republican along with any Republican-leaning "edgy" leftist who will posture against the establishment before fully imploding (like the new darling Graham Platner). You can see that ilk, like Majority Report, being angry tonight because Mamdani didn't win by as much as Spanberger or Sherill did. Or in Dave Weigel spending day after day trashing Karine Jean Pierre, but when asked about the sugar baby currently serving as Trump's propagandist, just said that she's good.

Anyway, here's a brief list of the various wins tonight.

 

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F*ck it, I’m worried 

https://nypost.com/2025/10/19/us-news/zohran-mamdanis-imam-ally-siraj-wahhaj-has-history-of-vile-anti-gay-views/
 

https://nypost.com/2025/10/05/us-news/zohran-mamdani-flashes-beaming-smile-in-pic-with-uganda-bigwig-who-pushed-law-to-put-gay-people-in-jail-for-life/
 

And, I’m also worried about the Jewish community too 

I didn't think the Majority Report still existed.

The NY Post is right wing trash and always has been.

2 minutes ago, Vee said:

The NY Post is right wing trash and always has been.

Right wing trash or not, I’m still worried about what this means 

Mamdani acknowledged the trans community in his victory speech.
A significant portion of the New York Jewish population supported Mamdani.

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2 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

Right wing trash or not, I’m still worried about what this means 

All I can say is I'm a Jew and I'm not.

I don't agree with everything Mamdani's ever said, nor do I like some of his supporters, and he's going to have a very uphill battle getting anything a fraction of what he wants done with the knives out already from the local powers and the city press. But I don't think he's an antisemite out to wreak terror on the Jewish population of New York and I never have. I think his heart is in the right place and his kind of energy and campaign approach is very necessary for the party going forward. Whether his head is equipped for getting any of his agenda done remains to be seen. I hope so.

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