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THE BIG NEWS

Bernie Sanders Swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC Mayor

Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist who defeated Republican, independent, and Democratic establishment challengers in last year's election, addressed constituents and the world for the first time yesterday as Mayor of New York City. Speaking before thousands of supporters outside City Hall, he vowed to end the era of "small expectations" and to govern "expansively and audaciously" under democratic socialist principles to make the city more affordable and just.

As the opening speaker at Mamdani's swearing-in ceremony, New York Squad Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on people to take on public service to ensure the implementation of their shared agenda. "This is an inauguration for all of us, because choosing this mayor and this vision is an ambitious pursuit. It calls on all of us to return to public life en masse," AOC said. "Now is the time to turn towards our neighbors, stand with them, and return to community life. A city for all will require all of us to fill our streets, our schools, our houses of faith, our PTAs, and our block associations, as we support this mayor in making an affordable city."

Introducing Mamdani, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders thanked the people of New York City for knocking on doors to achieve "the biggest political upset in modern American history" at a time of "too much hatred, too much divisiveness, and too much injustice." He also tied Mamdani's agenda to the larger nationwide movement.

"All of us have heard how Zohran's opponents have called the agenda that he campaigned on 'radical,' 'communistic' -- oh, and 'absolutely unachievable.' Really? That's not what we believe," Sanders said. "In the richest country in the history of the world, making sure that people can live in affordable housing is not radical. It is the right and decent thing to do. And in the midst of a massive housing crisis, it is exactly what the people of this city and this country want and need. Providing free and high quality childcare is not radical! Countries all over the world have done it for years. It is what our kids require if they are going to be well prepared for school, and what working parents desperately need. It is, in fact, what every city in America should be doing."

Then Sanders swore in Mamdani on a copy of the Quran, and the two politicians hugged.

Sounding at times like a socialist Barack Obama, Mamdani said that City Hall no longer belongs to the wealthy. "We will replace the rigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism. If our campaign demonstrated that the people of New York yearn for solidarity, then let this government foster it," Mamdani said. "Here, where the language of the New Deal was born, we will return the vast resources of this city to the workers who call it home. Not only will we make it possible for every New Yorker to afford a life they love once again, we will overcome the isolation that too many feel and connect the people of this city to one another."

"Let us prove that when a city belongs to the people, there is no need to small to be met, no person too sick to be made healthy, no one too alone to feel like New York is their home," he concluded. "The work continues. The work endures. The work, my friends, has only just begun. Thank you."

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325 milligrams

That's how much aspirin Donald Trump takes every day, according to the White House physician, Navy Capt. Sean Barbabella. Trump's daily aspirin intake is several times the common dose of 81 milligrams. "They say aspirin is good for thinning out the blood, and I don’t want thick blood pouring through my heart," Trump tells the Wall Street Journal. "I want nice, thin blood pouring through my heart. Does that make sense?"

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PARTING WORDS

"My friends remind me, don't talk about politics even in a taxi or on the bus because they are listening. ... I feel like I'm living in jail."

-- An online influencer from Myanmar, speaking to the Guardian about the state of society under the military junta and the sham elections underway there this month. The elections, the first since the country's 2021 military coup, end on January 25.

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