Have you heard about the scandal surrounding the social media footprint of Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City’s left-wing Mayor Zohran Mamdani? 

If you haven’t, it may be because legacy journalists have exhibited scant-to-zero interest in the developing story, which is being pursued almost exclusively by right-leaning outlets. The Washington Free Beacon has done much of the heavy lifting in reporting out the sordid details of Duwaji’s years-long social media habits. The most recent installment revealed that the Big Apple’s first lady amplified pro-terrorism content, as well as posted homophobic and racial slurs during her teenage years and early 20s, via accounts that are now inactive.

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Does this revelation constitute a legitimate news story? That question deserves a nuanced answer, including whether dredging up old social media content amounts to the sort of “cancel culture” tactics many conservatives have long decried. But the details of what Duwaji seemingly endorsed in her digital existence are relevant. A selection, per the Free Beacon‘s Jon Levine:

Duwaji, 28, posted a photo to her Tumblr account in September 2017, when she would have been 20 years old, of the infamous Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled. Under the username “diimashq,” she echoed one of Khaled’s most famous statements. “If it does good for my cause, I’ll be happy to accept death,” the caption read. Khaled, a longtime member of the PFLP, a U.S.-designated terrorist organization, participated in plane hijackings in 1969 and 1970 … Today, she is revered by terrorists and their allies as the first woman to hijack a plane.

Duwaji posted another photo on her Tumblr account in December 2017, this one showing a keffiyeh-clad Palestinian sewing a........

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