The Democratic establishment deserves a slow clap here.
Really. Bravo.
They spent years building the perfect little political terrarium: NGOs, activist salaries, university grievance factories, donor cash, media protection, blue-city patronage, “equity” rackets, and taxpayer-funded do-gooder laundromats all humming along under the sacred banner of “Our Democracy.”
Then they looked at the radicals crawling around inside and said, “Surely these people will remain manageable.”
Absolutely brilliant, guys.
Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries now look like substitute teachers trying to take attendance during a prison riot. The donors are sweating through their custom suits. The consultants are pretending this is just a “messaging challenge.” The media is polishing the same old turd and calling it “youth energy.”
No, champ. This is not youth energy.
This is the bill.
You told them America was evil.
You told them capitalism was theft.
You told them police were the enemy.
You told them borders were immoral.
You told them every institution had to be “decolonized,” “reimagined,” or burned down and rebuilt by people with sociology degrees and untreated rage.
Now they believe you.
And worse, they want promotions.
That is the humiliation. The party bosses thought they were renting radicals by the hour. Turns out the radicals thought they were being trained to run the place.
Democrats built the hive, fed the hive, defended the hive, and called anyone who noticed a conspiracy theorist.
Now the hive has the keys.
Enjoy the buzzing.
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@christopherrufo He'll never do it. He pretended to want universal healthcare in California and he killed that. He's just playing to the commies who run his party now.
I'm a NYC landlord. I've already lost 15 of my buildings to these ridiculous laws passed in 2019. Later this year I'll lose another 15 at least.
Over $100M of value erased with the stroke of Cuomo's pen. I started with nothing. I built my business from my living room while my wife was tending our newborn girl in the bedroom... I worked myself to the bone.... and my good wife put up with it because our goal was to build something great for the city and for our family.
My entire life's work is gone. I've removed tens of thousands of housing code violations from buildings I've bought over the last couple/few decades. All of my properties are in MATERIALLY better shape than when I bought them. Most are unrecognizably better than when I bought them.
The average rent I charge in my portfolio is $1,738 for a two bedroom apartment in NYC (the majority are in Manhattan). For some context... the city of NY spends over $3,200/month on maintenance for the units in their portfolio and they are exempt from all of the Local Laws, property taxes, and water/sewer bills. If my rents are $1,700 and their expenses are $3,200 how does that math ...math...
These socialist have been vocal about their plan for more than 10 years... bankrupt Jewish landlords (I'm not Jewish, I just got caught up in this mess) and then buy their properties for pennies on the dollar.
@mtaibbi There's no way the framers intended for the First Amendment to protect a religion that seeks to eradicate every other religion and punish blasphemy with execution.