Zohran Mamdani on pace to become NYC Mayor in major upset over Cuomo

Which one? I find DC liquor store prices to be pretty outrageous, almost as bad as Manhattan - I see $25 bottles marked up to $35 at some places.

The only time I've really gotten a good deal on any alcohol recently not including ABC is when the goofballs at Giant think they have to clear the shelves of Goose Island Bourbon County Stout because they think it's seasonal and going to go bad. So they'll sell the $15 bottle for like $5 in March

That beer will age for years, you could sell it at $25 or 30 in November. I guess they just want to have more shelf space to move 4 loko.

 

Potomac Wine and Spirits on M Street

 

Good points. Grocery stores are one of the toughest businesses. They have very tight margins. I think tax or rent incentive might be better ways to lure stores into underserved areas.

 

their prices seem rippy offy on most stuff but your'e right, they do have good deals on single malt - i only buy one bottle a year maybe I will buy it there, though driving over there sucks, will probably end up paying more in parking lol.

 

https://www.instagram.com/mansoorjokes/reel/DMaNUKpA9Se/

 

Shapiro Says Mamdani Fails to Condemn ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ Rhetoric
The critique by Josh Shapiro, the governor of Pennsylvania and a prominent Jewish elected official, shows how deeply Zohran Mamdani’s primary win in New York City has shaken Democratic leaders.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/josh-shapiro-zohran-mamdani.html

excerpt:

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania has accused Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, of failing to condemn “blatantly antisemitic” rhetoric by “extremists,” wading into a party-wide debate over the Democratic nominee and his views on Israel.

During the primary, Mr. Mamdani refused to condemn the phrase “globalize the intifada,” though he has more recently appeared to soften his defense of the phrase. Palestinians and their supporters have called the phrase a rallying cry for liberation, but many Jews consider it a call to violence, a direct reference to deadly attacks on civilians in Israel by Palestinians in uprisings in the 1980s and 2000s.

The critique from Mr. Shapiro, one of the country’s most prominent Jewish elected officials, underscored how deeply Mr. Mamdani’s victory has shaken Democratic leaders, who have yet to unite behind Mr. Mamdani’s campaign.

“He seemed to run a campaign that excited New Yorkers. He also seemed to run a campaign where he left open far too much space for extremists to either use his words or for him to not condemn the words of extremists that said some blatantly antisemitic things,” Mr. Shapiro told Jewish Insider in an interview the news outlet published on Wednesday.

Mr. Mamdani’s vocal support for Palestinian rights, a cause he has described as foundational to his political activism, has forced Democrats into a high-profile debate over whether outspoken opposition to Israel and its government — and even questioning its existence as a Jewish state — is a position that should be embraced by the party.
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Kansas City poured millions into a grocery store. It still may close.
More cities and states are experimenting with the concept of city-owned grocery stores, but these experiments often don’t account for social issues.

https://archive.is/S1UwE

 

once upon a time shapiro himself volunteered for the baby killing army. who gives a flying f*ck what he thinks.

 

lol. clearly you care a lot about Josh Shapiro

 

Yeah you're right. remember that time when he was AG and he determined that the death of a women with 20 stab wounds in the back of her head and neck was a "suicide" as he ran cover for the murder suspect who was his friend? Great moral compass on that one.

 

you're spending a lot of time on Josh Shapiro today.

 

deserves its own thread

 

Josh Shapiro and Rahm Emanuel Fault Zohran Mamdani Over ‘Intifada’ Line
Two top Jewish Democrats, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and former Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, criticized Mr. Mamdani for not condemning those who use the slogan “globalize the intifada.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/us/politics/josh-shapiro-zohran-mamdani.html

excerpt:

Rahm Emanuel, the former Chicago mayor and longtime Democratic official, also criticized Mr. Mamdani, saying bluntly in a podcast released Thursday that a politician unwilling to condemn use of the phrase has no place in the party.

The critiques from Mr. Shapiro and Mr. Emanuel, two of the country’s most prominent Jewish elected officials, underscored how deeply Mr. Mamdani’s victory has shaken Democratic leaders, who have yet to unite behind Mr. Mamdani’s campaign.

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Mr. Emanuel, the former ambassador to Japan, Chicago mayor and White House chief of staff during the Obama administration, delivered his critique in an appearance on a podcast hosted by Bari Weiss, founder of the online publication The Free Press.

“I’ve never met Mamdani, but he strikes me, from a distance, as a very smart, sensitive person,” Mr. Emanuel said. “But to not be sensitive to that is incredibly off-kilter to me. And the signs of ‘we’re going to globalize intifada,’ even if he’s saying that’s not what he meant, etc. — it means you’re not hearing a big constituency in the city you want to be mayor of.”

Asked flatly by Ms. Weiss whether a politician who does not condemn the idea of “globalizing the intifada” has a place in the party, he replied simply: “No.”
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I don’t think you should criticize anyone about spending too much time here on anything. If anything it sounds like a confession from you regarding a sore spot

 

slow surgery day for you?

 

Not sure why anyone cares about the governor of PA Israel foreign policy or the Mayor of NYC Israel foreign policy or the fact that they may not agree about each other's foreign policy (also mayors aren't supposed to really have much of a foreign policy, ask Turkey Man Eric Adams)

If you asked me this policy difference seems minor compared to the main GOP policy difference (should the current President of the United States be allowed to use the DOJ to conceal the fact that he was part of a teenage sex trafficking ring?)

Unfortunately none of our traditional right leaning poasters have offered an opinion (the right answer is no)