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June 27, 2025
June 27, 2025

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Decision Day Smackdowns

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Even bunker-busters dropped on a major enemy can't top the news cycle for a whole week these days, but James, Charlie and Steve get to that along with today's Supreme Court decision drop. They're joined by Manhattan Institute president Reihan Salam to discuss New York City voters' decision to let Zorhan Mamdani turn America's largest city into a hipster paradise.

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•Charles C. W. Cooke•James Lileks•Steve Hayward

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    kedavis@kedavis·1y

    Nice graphic. But some yells of "Finish her!" from the audience would make it even better.

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    Richard Easton@RichardEaston·1y

    Zorhan was born in Uganda to foreign parents and thus is not eligible to become president.

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    Andrew Troutman@Dotorimuk·1y
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    Richard Easton (View Comment):

    Zorhan was born in Uganda to foreign parents and thus is not eligible to become president.

    Yet.

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    Richard Easton@RichardEaston·1y
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    Richard Easton (View Comment):

    Zorhan was born in Uganda to foreign parents and thus is not eligible to become president.

    Andrew Troutman (View Comment):

    Yet.

    Under our living Consitution…

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    Andrew Troutman@Dotorimuk·1y
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    Richard Easton (View Comment):

    Zorhan was born in Uganda to foreign parents and thus is not eligible to become president.

    Andrew Troutman (View Comment):

    Yet.

    Richard Easton (View Comment):

    Under our living Consitution…

    Yes. I can imagine them trying at some point.

    And I'm not a "birther" when it comes to our first half-black bi-curious President, but his outlook was definitely foreign-born.

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