I really appreciated this interview. I think you asked the right questions, and in many cases you got a decent answer. I still think we're going to be facing some very serious questions about how to resist, especially when the methods that people are reaching for are trying to use a system that's broken against itself. I wish I could be more optimistic. Also, I love the just for fun bonus questions! Have I mentioned lately how happy I am to be a paid subscriber? I am, and I encourage others to do so if they can afford it.
Appreciate the interview and perspective here. Turning on progressive representatives won’t help anyone get re-elected but it will undermine unity is a great point.
Also appreciate the humor at the end. We need it now more than ever!
Awesome interview I love seeing these really tight actionable questions. I do have a question of my own that maybe someone smarter than I am can answer in regard to local police and ICE...
If ICE are committing a crime, which it seem to me that they always are when they break into a home without a warrant, when they detain people without cause, when they violate peoples constitutional rights etc... I don't think I am being hyperbolic when I say they are DOING CRIME constantly... And they aren't even identifying themselves as federal agents a lot of the time so what is to differentiate a person in a ICE Halloween costume doing assault and a federal agent doing a job...
Anyway all that being said. If I am witnessing ICE assaulting people for no reason and I call the local police. Can the local law enforcement arrest these law breakers? Should they?
I did want to clarify what's going on in Chicago. Local police have not arrested anyone for protest. State police have come in during the last few days and made some arrests. State law forbids both from ICE cooperation.
Next payday, do not send NYC residents' federal withholdings to the feds. Keep all the fed taxes in NYC budget. On April 15, 2026, NYC may owe the feds and they may not.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Eventually that could apply to the state level. Any Democratic states that are targeted by Trump should simply keep all of the federal taxes for the states themselves.
Let me run this up the flagpole and see who salutes it. I think the failure of Jefferies and Schumer to explicitly endorse Mamdani actually probably helped him. We are at the point now we're an endorsement from either of those two is kind of gross. We've been needing to distance ourselves from their kind of leadership for a long time, and their lack of endorsement for our man in New York rather helps that project along. Mamdani's is it nearly as divisive as it is defining the direction the Democratic Party needs to go and I will optimistically say is going
It's not that it helps him much, but when Mamdani wins, it's going to make those who didn't endorse him look weak and irrelevant. And I don't think Mamdani is the type to hold a grudge, but some of his NY voters certainly are.
Historically, elected officials of all stripes tended to govern closer to the middle despite their more extreme positions during the campaign period. (Unfortunately, the current Administration has become more right wing and extreme.) Mamdani, a self described socialist, may likely follow the historical pattern. Of course, the “socialist “ descriptive is quite scary to many voters.
Elected officials are undermining the will of the American people. It appears they are breaking the law to obstruct what should be happening nationwide (deportations). The American public did not consent to policies allowing millions of illegal immigrants to enter the country.
I really appreciated this interview. I think you asked the right questions, and in many cases you got a decent answer. I still think we're going to be facing some very serious questions about how to resist, especially when the methods that people are reaching for are trying to use a system that's broken against itself. I wish I could be more optimistic. Also, I love the just for fun bonus questions! Have I mentioned lately how happy I am to be a paid subscriber? I am, and I encourage others to do so if they can afford it.
Thank you. This kind of vigor is contagious. Thank you, dear and vigilant Hamilton.
Appreciate the interview and perspective here. Turning on progressive representatives won’t help anyone get re-elected but it will undermine unity is a great point.
Also appreciate the humor at the end. We need it now more than ever!
This was a delightful interview, offering encouragement and specific guidance for us all. And it put a smile on my face!
Well done!
Awesome interview I love seeing these really tight actionable questions. I do have a question of my own that maybe someone smarter than I am can answer in regard to local police and ICE...
If ICE are committing a crime, which it seem to me that they always are when they break into a home without a warrant, when they detain people without cause, when they violate peoples constitutional rights etc... I don't think I am being hyperbolic when I say they are DOING CRIME constantly... And they aren't even identifying themselves as federal agents a lot of the time so what is to differentiate a person in a ICE Halloween costume doing assault and a federal agent doing a job...
Anyway all that being said. If I am witnessing ICE assaulting people for no reason and I call the local police. Can the local law enforcement arrest these law breakers? Should they?
I did want to clarify what's going on in Chicago. Local police have not arrested anyone for protest. State police have come in during the last few days and made some arrests. State law forbids both from ICE cooperation.
Next payday, do not send NYC residents' federal withholdings to the feds. Keep all the fed taxes in NYC budget. On April 15, 2026, NYC may owe the feds and they may not.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Eventually that could apply to the state level. Any Democratic states that are targeted by Trump should simply keep all of the federal taxes for the states themselves.
Let me run this up the flagpole and see who salutes it. I think the failure of Jefferies and Schumer to explicitly endorse Mamdani actually probably helped him. We are at the point now we're an endorsement from either of those two is kind of gross. We've been needing to distance ourselves from their kind of leadership for a long time, and their lack of endorsement for our man in New York rather helps that project along. Mamdani's is it nearly as divisive as it is defining the direction the Democratic Party needs to go and I will optimistically say is going
It's not that it helps him much, but when Mamdani wins, it's going to make those who didn't endorse him look weak and irrelevant. And I don't think Mamdani is the type to hold a grudge, but some of his NY voters certainly are.
Can someone please define the term “front line,” as in “front line democrats? What does that mean exactly?
They are the ones most in danger of losing reelection.
Historically, elected officials of all stripes tended to govern closer to the middle despite their more extreme positions during the campaign period. (Unfortunately, the current Administration has become more right wing and extreme.) Mamdani, a self described socialist, may likely follow the historical pattern. Of course, the “socialist “ descriptive is quite scary to many voters.
I am a Brooklynite who lives nearest to the F train, and have done so for all 43 years of my life.
There's nothing wrong with that answer.
Elected officials are undermining the will of the American people. It appears they are breaking the law to obstruct what should be happening nationwide (deportations). The American public did not consent to policies allowing millions of illegal immigrants to enter the country.
Something tells me you're not indigenous to the US.
Just click on his profile and check the most recent entries. Total troll.
That's what I figured. Thank you.
Better to be a troll then a stupid progressive lefty dipshit.