Triumphant Mamdani Shows What Democracy Can Be - The Wednesday AM Quickie 11/5/25

By Corey Pein — Nov 5, 2025

Zohran's haters are now the waiters at the table of our success. - Corey

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THE BIG NEWS

Election Roundup: All the Latest Results, Many Spectacular

Mamdani Steamrolls Cuomo and Sliwa with Massive Turnout in New York Mayoral Race, a Beacon of Hope for American Politics The democratic socialist's blowout victory in the most high-profile local election in the country is a message to the Democratic Party that winning candidates need to focus on making life more affordable, providing public services, defending human rights, embracing diversity, trans rights, and immigration, and fighting oligarchy. via the City, the New York Daily News, and the Nation.
California Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Redistricting Plan That Could Give Democrats Five US House Seats In addition to Texas, where the GOP kicked off its gerrymandering war, "five other GOP-led states are also considering new maps: Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana and Nebraska." via the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, and the Associated Press.
New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill Soundly Defeats Republican Jack Ciattarelli in Governor's Race Sherrill, a self-styled moderate former prosecutor and US Navy helicopter pilot, "campaigned on standing up to Trump and casting blame for voters' concerns over the economy on his tariffs." via the Newark Star-Ledger and the AP.
Democrats Sweep Virginia and Send 'Moderate' Former CIA Officer Abigail Spanberger to the Governor's Office Spanberger, a lodestar for centrist Democrats, does not support a full repeal of the state's anti-union "right to work" law. via the Virginia Mercury and the Washington Post.
Incumbent Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey Leads Progressive Challenger Omar Fateh A winner won't be declared until today at the earliest. via the Minnesota Star Tribune, the AP, and Bolts Magazine.
Seattle Progressive Katie Wilson Trails Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell Harrell held his election night party at the Royal Esquire Club, which, he reportedly bent over backwards for to an unethical degree in his previous job as City Council president. via the Seattle Times, KUOW, and the AP.
Juvenile Arrested Over Bomb Threats That Closed Nearly Two Dozen New Jersey Polling Places as Trump Calls California Election 'RIGGED' "YOU WILL RUE THE DAY THAT YOU VOTED TO DESTROY YOUR LIFE!" Donald Trump warned New Jersey and Virginia voters against supporting Democrats on Monday. via the AP and HuffPost.
JD Vance's Half-Brother Cory Bowman Loses to Incumbent Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval 78-22 The vice bootlicker texted his fellow Republican half-brother "throughout the campaign," which didn't seem to help much; Vance also declined to donate money to his relative's mayoral bid. via the Cincinnati Enquirer and USA Today.

MORE STORIES TO WATCH

Dead at Last: Few Mourn Dick Cheney, Evil Mastermind of Modern GOP

Former Republican President George W. Bush yesterday called his departed Vice President Dick Cheney – who ran the government while W. served as the bumbling, affable frontman for an illegal program of bloody invasion, wanton torture, and imperialist expansion of executive power – "a calm and steady presence in the White House." Donald Trump, who inherited the "unitary executive" that Cheney built, had nothing to say about the Republican stalwart's death at 84, but lowered flags at the White House to half-staff. Except for a relative few Never Trump Republicans and misguided liberals who embraced Cheney on account of his family feud with Trump, the reaction to his demise has been a unanimous "good riddance."

"No hell is hot enough or eternal enough for Dick Cheney," writes journalist Spencer Ackerman, who covered Cheney's so-called War on Terror, which killed upwards of a million people in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond. Ackerman says Trump and Cheney were more alike than either would prefer to admit, concluding: "As Trump prepares an assault on a South American field of resource extraction and deploys federal forces to terrorize American cities, Cheney can eternally look up from his well-earned spot in the afterlife at the fruits of his labor."

MAGA Musical Chairs: Secretive Donor Network Behind JD Vance Seeks to Build American 'Aristocracy'

Trump Renominates Jared Isaacman to Lead NASA After Pulling His Support Months Ago During Spat with Elon Musk The unqualified billionaire donated more than $1 million to MAGA fundraising committees after his nomination was yanked earlier this year, putting him back in Trump's good graces. via the Washington Post, NBC News, and Space.com.
In Whirlwind of Indecision, FBI Director Kash Patel Fires, Rehires, Then Refires Agents Who Investigated Trump's 2020 Coup Attempt US Attorney Jeanine "Pirro attempted to save at least some of the agents because they were working on cases important to her office." via the Washington Post and NBC News.
Senate Republicans Gang Up on Pentagon Policy Official Over Regime's Stonewalling of Congress on Foreign Policy "I can't even get a response," Alaska Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan complained to Pentagon policy lackey Austin Dahmer at a hearing yesterday, "And we're on your team." via the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Guardian.
Unofficial National Security Adviser Laura Loomer Will Join MyPillow Guy and Tim Pool in Pentagon Press Room "I know she's known as a 'radical right,' but I think Laura Loomer is a very nice person," Trump said in August. "I think she's a patriot, and she gets excited because of the fact she's a patriot, and she doesn't like things going on that she thinks are bad for the country. I like her." via the Washington Post and the AP.

QUICKEST QUICKIES

Fiery UPS Cargo Plane Crash in Louisville Kills at Least Seven Kentucky Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear says the death toll may rise, and that there are environmental concerns at the crash site, which included a petroleum recycling facility. via the Associated Press and NBC News.
Trump's Economy Set to Get Worse, Even If Shutdown Ends Next Week Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy yesterday threatened "mass chaos," "mass cancellations" and closure of "certain parts of the airspace" if the GOP allows the government shutdown to continue. via the New York Times, NBC News, HuffPost, the Washington Post, and Politico.
Famed Palestinian Author Freed from Israeli Prison Says His Captors Used Torture More Often These Past Two Years Meanwhile, the United States will ask the United Nations Security Council to sign off on a two-year mandate for an international "stabilization force" in Gaza. via the Guardian, NBC News, and the AP.
AI Bros Panic as Famed 'Big Short' Investor Bets Against Latest Tech Bubble "The two companies he's shorting are the ones making all the money, which is super weird," Palantir CEO Alex Karp whined about investor Michael Burry's position against his company and chipmaker Nvidia, which just became the first company to be valued at $5 trillion. "I mean these people, they claim to be ethical, but they are actually shorting one of the great businesses of the world." via the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Politico.

SOME NUMBER

5 miles

That's how much of Antarctica's Hektoria Glacier retreated in two months, 10 times faster than the previous record, the Washington Post reports. Not only does the melting of such glaciers speed up global sea level rise, it can also trigger earthquakes.

ON THE SHOW TODAY

11/5: Sam and Emma will be in studio; the guests will be Usamah Andrabi, communications director for Justice Democrats, and Adam Green, cofounder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

DON'T MISS MR CLIPS‌

Try Not to Cringe When Rogan Fake-Laughs at Elon's Sh-tty Joke

So so so like like the joke the joke is JUST SPIT IT OUT!

Sheriff Struggles to Explain Why He Jailed Retired Cop for Posting Anti-Trump Meme

Boomer thoughtcrime.

PARTING WORDS

"We won because New Yorkers allowed themselves to hope that the impossible could be made possible. And we won because we insisted that no longer would politics be something that is done to us. Now, it is something that we do. ...

"Together, we will usher in a generation of change. And if we embrace this brave new course, rather than fleeing from it, we can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves.

"After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power.

"This is not only how we stop Trump; it’s how we stop the next one. So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."

-- New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, speaking to a jubilant crowd of supporters in his hard-earned victory speech last night. Video here and transcript here.

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