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Split Screen: On one side is the current president of the United States striding to a microphone to tell how the U. S. military had bombed Iran. Behind him are the Vice President, Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense, all white males in very starched white shirts. “A short time ago, the U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime: Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan,” DJT proudly announces. “Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success.” On the other screen is a little known 33 year-old Muslim democratic socialist, born in Uganda, in a Queens rooftop bar celebrating a “spectacular and decisive upset” win over ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo in the New York Democratic mayoral primary. “A life of dignity should not be reserved for a fortunate few,” Zohran Mamdani tells hundreds of jubilant supporters. “It should be one that city government guarantees for each and every New Yorker,” he promises.

Instead of secretive planning with a select few for an illegal bombing, Mamdani publicly campaigned, walking 13 miles in the streets of Manhattan, talking with and hugging people he met along the way. Trump declared the bombings on television backed by Vance, Rubio, and Hegseth; Mamdani hit the streets of New York and later visited Al Sharpton’s National Action Network in Harlem to further reach out to all of New York’s various communities.

On one screen, muscle........

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