Honeymoon phase OVER!! Stable, long term relationship phase built on mutual respect has STARTED.
this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2026
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Beat me to it. No longer are they dreaming of what things will look like, they are seeing the results and the reality of what it looks like to have someone actually care about their well being. May we all be so lucky, honestly.
Could you imagine if we got used to that? Started to expect functional government? It’s so refreshing to have even one decent example. I want it so bad.
The best part of the relationship comes after the honeymoon phase ends, when the initial excitement and passion gives way to comfort, familiarity, and long-term stability.
But I don't expect right-wingers to understand that. They're kinda hedonic and self-centered, for all their talk of "family values"...
No way! There's LOTS of... um... {insert preferred term for "strenuous activities" here} left to return to the ruling class. The fun(d)s just getting started! Endless Honeymoon!
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WSJ is so desperate to be relevant again they are straight up printing obvious lies.
It is the Murdock way
WSJ editorial board are basically an anti-progress FUD campaign committee and always have been. They spent the entirety of Bill de Blasio's (Second best NYC mayor in my life) double term desperately trying to tear him down, too. They're also the origin of the term "bike lobby" or more specifically "The all-powerful bike lobby" in reference to an imaginary and shady organization supposedly responsible for getting share bikes and bike lanes onto the street. WSJ is a rag.
He accomplished more good in a few months than trump did in almost 6 years. I also haven't heard him constantly blame the last guy for all his failings. +1 for this new mayor!!
He accomplished more than basically any politician in the last 20 years in the us.
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And since The Constitution says Trump can't run again, it doesn't matter that The Constitution says Mamdani can't run either!
Non-american here, why wouldn't Mamdani not be able to run for president?
Gotta be born American.
Like, there's been debate about children of US military born overseas, even in a US military base which is for all intents legally American soil.
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And to clarify, Mamdani ain't trying to change that
People just started saying it.
children of US military born overseas
The debate about what natural-born means has often been confusing to me.
The USA does both, Jus Soli and Jus Sanguinis to determine citizen status at birth. But when it's about eligibility for president, suddenly extra weight should be put on Jus Soli being the only real proper form of citizenship? That makes no sense to me.
I thought natural-born would mean citizen at birth, not immigrated and naturalized. To avoid situations where for example some English noble immigrates and naturalizes in name only, uses his wealth to gain political power, and then puts the US back under English influence. It makes sense to me that the founders of a new republic would want to avoid having it twisted by former masters.
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IIRC, can't be a naturalized citizen.
Only USAian born citizen can be elected, Mamdani was born in Uganda. That's why there was the whole conspiracy theory about Obama being born in Haiti
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I would vote for Mamdani for president.
The establishment in 'Murica are genuinely terrified of his success
If he shows that it's possible, then they're afraid that other places will want the same
When' Muricans travel and actually experience what it's like to live somewhere else, the smart few start making plans for their escape to the civilised world
They've bombed, blockaded and invaded other countries for less.
the smart few start making plans for their escape to the civilised world
If by "the smart few" you mean highly sort after professionals, such as PHDs. We're often seeing the opposite, a majority of them seek locations at which they'll get the highest pay - Which tends to be USA, due to the exploitation of everyone beneath them
Except we have lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs from federal departments since Trump entered office, outnumbering new hires 11 to 1 (https://www.science.org/content/article/u-s-government-has-lost-more-10-000-stem-ph-d-s-trump-took-office)
And 15% less PhD applicants, 21% less of foreign PhD applicants (https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/losing-an-entire-generation-of-scientific-talent-top-us-universities-accepted-15-fewer-phds/4023877.article)
Usually people come here for work when trained at that level, but we are quickly heading towards a "brain drain" of losing our highly educated population.
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WSJ can suck my salty balls.
How odd for a Murdoch sewer rag to go after a progressive politician who’s running their town.
I thought the WSJ was a Bezos bootlicker rag? But same difference.
No that’s the WaPo. Murdoch subsumed the WSJ in . . . jebus 2007. I didn’t think it was that long ago.
Nah, that's the Washington Post.
WSJ has a bad case of MDS: Mamdani Derangement Syndrome
I'd say WSJ is captured but it never really was un-captured.
It has gone total MAGA since Trump 1.0 though.
WSJ is Murdoch owned. Purchased in 2007. Hasn't "gone" anything, it's fucked pre trump
Murdoch media created Trump
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Good, the honeymoon is over. Mamdani's actions as mayor are no longer shocking, they are business as usual. Now the MAGAs and the Corpo-Establishment Dems can just stand there, while he makes them look like fools as he defies their predictions of a Socialist hell hole.
A recent poll that showed that 30% of Dems now identify as Democratic Socialists. That was about two weeks ago. I'll bet its even higher now. This is the wave of the future of the Democratic Party. They better get on, or they'll be left behind.
Sub 50k Beats Trump by 31 points
100k+ beats Trump by 38 points
Isn't there someone else in the room you are forgetting to ask?
1,000,000,000+ currently planning the municipal level sequel to the business plot.
Ah, so they are now in the committed and loving stage of the relationship.
Understandable actually that MAGA and the GOP would have no fucking clue what that's about.
Corporate media will be fearmongering over progressives all the way through 2028 election and beyond, so I guess get used to it. This is literally what they’re paid to do, and if you’re anti-Zionist, it goes double. Lies, FUD, hatchet jobs, anything to protect the billionaires who own those networks.
I've been used to that for decades upon decades.
This is the same Wall Street Journal that is owned by NewsCorp? The multimedia company operated by Rupert Murdoch as a propaganda machine for right wing fascist policy and heavily tried to influence government to favor the ultra wealthy and hive them power. That Wall Street Journal?
The sexiest percent favorability. Nice!
It’s not time enough for traditional measurements of a political “honeymoon”…
To clarify, “honeymoon” is NOT a measure of accomplishment; “honeymoon” is a period of possibly effective influence.
The “presidential honeymoon” is the first year of every presidential admin, representing the best time to push forward initiatives before the next 2 year congressional elections can push back…
It’s not an issue of power so much as assumption of such, this article is pretty much unnecessary.
Selectively leaving out 50k-100k income, aka the middle class. Hmm…
Its NYC I'm pretty sure 100k is middle class there. Lower middle class.
What do you mean it’s over?! We are just getting started
saturation can certainly look that way
My algo served me a video recently about how he’s the lefts trump and it makes sense.
People went from not taking him seriously to establishment quickly trying to take him out while the populace loves him while remaining popular with his base
To top it off it seems unlikely he’s a serial child rapist who will take every single opportunity to make a buck
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