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Michael Goodwin: Mamdani’s socialist policies give nothing but a cold shoulder. Look no further than NYC’s new homeless hellscape

In the most memorable and troubling line of his inaugural address, Mayor Mamdani vowed to “replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the...

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The sprawling homeless encampment on Manhattan’s West Side is a Mamdani campaign promise come to life

The Post’s report on the fetid homeless camps springing up on Manhattan’s far West Side, near the Intrepid Museum, is the latest result of a...

11.07.2026 4

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Graham Platner’s scandal-scarred campaign was proof Dems will overlook anything in search for their ‘Everyman’

With the Senate campaign of Maine’s Graham Platner blowing up in their faces, Democrats everywhere are giving each other tearful gobs of solace and...

11.07.2026 4

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Michael Goodwin: America 250 showed the pride and joy this country has to offer

America’s 250th birthday inspired one helluva party, from a national outpouring of flag-waving patriots to a glorious parade of tall ships in New...

07.07.2026 5

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Michael Goodwin: Dems’ destructive agenda has turned them into a Jew-hating cult

The rise of the Socialist left in New York is a bad omen for obvious reasons.

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Michael Goodwin: Usual suspects wail about SCOTUS ruling upholding states’ rights to ban transgender athletes

The Supreme Court ruling that upholds states’ rights to ban transgender athletes from competing in girls and women’ sports provoked wailing from...

30.06.2026 6

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Mamdani’s on a quest to kill NYC’s free housing market — the rent freeze is step one

Long live the revolution!

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Michael Goodwin: Kathy Hochul will never satisfy Mamdani’s far-left crew — and yet she keeps appeasing them

The political threats aimed at Gov. Hochul by mad-dog leftists are almost enough to make you feel sorry for her. Almost.

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Michael Goodwin: Mamdani’s silence in the face of vile antisemitism speaks volumes to the darkness in his soul

Ducking a heated debate can be extremely revealing about a politician.

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Michael Goodwin: Trump and Vance are rattled on Iran —and their attacks on Israel prove it

From there, the job of beating up the Jewish state was left to Vice President JD Vance, who fired off a series of extraordinary insults.

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Michael Goodwin: Leaked and classified Situation Room talks demands a criminal probe from ‘furious’ Trump

Reports are surfacing that White House aides are suddenly alarmed over the likelihood that top secret conversations on national security were taped...

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Michael Goodwin: Mayor Mamdani boycotting the Israel Day parade is a badge of dishonor

With his decision to boycott Sunday’s Israel Day parade, Mayor Mamdani has crossed a point of no return.

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Michael Goodwin: Trump gave Iran a chance at peace — but the president cannot trust the mullahs

The news that President Trump has taken the unusual step of calling a full Cabinet meeting Wednesday suggests that, among other things, he’s...

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Michael Goodwin: Democrats’ radicalism is their biggest problem

The release by Democrats of their party’s so-called autopsy on the 2024 election is deservedly getting trashed for being late, superficial and...

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Michael Goodwin: The New York Times nauseatingly admires former Cuban leader Raul Castro — even though he destroyed entire island

A New York Times Saturday story had the headline on its reference box “Cuba Backs Elder Statesman,” when referring to America’s murder...

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Michael Goodwin: Trump’s steadfast approach to ‘no nukes’ for Iran shows his unwavering resolve

The Democratic left’s favorite caricature of President Trump describes him as recklessly impulsive, wildly inconsistent and addicted to shooting...

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Michael Goodwin: The Left’s turn against Israel is complete with the NY Times’ latest antisemitic smear

Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times column marks a turning point in the American left’s divorce from Israel. The column, and the paper’s bombastic...

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Michael Goodwin: The combination of Gov. Hochul’s vote buying and Mayor Mamdani’s socialist agenda will destroy NYC

Like Wimpy, the classic cartoon character who perpetually promised that “I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today,” Gov. Hochul and...

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Michael Goodwin: Socialist Mamdani’s ‘tax the rich’ war cry will only hurt New York

The public rage building against Mayor Mamdani over his attacks on Gotham’s wealthy business leaders is welcome — and well deserved.

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Michael Goodwin: Rudy Giuliani took Gotham from the brink to the big time – America’s mayor belongs in NYC’s Hall of Fame

The report that Rudy Giuliani has turned a corner in his battle with pneumonia and is breathing on his own in a Florida hospital is certainly worth...

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Michael Goodwin: The British ambassador was right —the ‘special relationship’ is in tatters

An old but memorable view holds that “an ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.”

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Michael Goodwin: The Dems’ newest phrase into raging at the GOP is to go ‘Kill yourself’

In almost any other era, the hostile exchange between EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and Democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro would have been an instant...

28.04.2026 20

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Michael Goodwin: Trump and Netanyahu have a shared goal for Iran — but the media pits them against each other

When it comes to the war against Iran, the first drafts of history are being especially unkind to the free world’s architects.

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Michael Goodwin: Sen. Chris Murphy is cheering for America’s enemies as Dems spew lies about Trump, Israel

If Chris Murphy is any indication, it won’t be long until the Democratic Party is in the gutter cheering for America’s enemies.

21.04.2026 10

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Michael Goodwin: Hochul and Mamdani are on an ideological bender — tax hike could kill NYC’s golden goose

During her 2022 campaign against GOP opponent Lee Zeldin, Hochul, in what had started as a routine public appearance, suddenly demanded that...

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Michael Goodwin: Socialist boy-wonder Mamdani has learned next to nothing in his first 100 days as mayor of NYC

The slow education of Mayor Mamdani is painful to watch, especially for those New Yorkers forced to pick up the tab for his willful ignorance.

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Michael Goodwin: The New York Times’ hate-filled agenda drags on

It’s not as if the ranks of antisemites were thinning and reinforcements are needed.

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Michael Goodwin: Trump’s Iran approach a stark reminder of how hapless Jimmy Carter butchered saving US hostages in Tehran

Photographs showing shattered aircraft debris in the Iranian desert after last week’s stunning rescue of two American airmen reminded me of similar...

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Michael Goodwin: Democrats are revving up to raid New Yorkers pockets for freebies

As budget season ramps up in City Hall and Albany, New Yorkers should prepare to be blitzed with grand promises of government goodies.

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Michael Goodwin: The bigotry against Israel is the latest political agenda conspired by Democrats

One of the most infuriating signs of our troubled era is that you don’t have to dig very far into the political barrel to find the antisemites.

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Michael Goodwin: Trump Derangement Syndrome continues to fuel the left’s dangerous and misleading agenda

When the term “Trump Derangement Syndrome” was coined, the words carried a hint of gallows humor.

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Hochul is running from her high-spending past — but Mamdani ties may sink her re-election hopes

Gov. Kathy Hochul knows her re-election hopes could depend on whether she can shake the image of being a high-tax and big-spending Democrat.

21.03.2026 30

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Mamdani distorting St. Patrick’s Day, Irish history just the latest example of his shameful obsession with Israel

In the midst of praise for Ireland and its former far-left president, Mary Robinson, at a Gracie Mansion breakfast, the mayor made a weird detour so...

17.03.2026 30

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Susan Rice is no stranger to dirty tricks — and her latest threat shows how shameless the Democrats are

Rice can best serve America now by going quietly into obscurity.

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The far-left media sympathizes with extremists who come to the US to cause chaos

In week two, the war against Iran and Hezbollah came home to America.

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Michael Goodwin: Mamdani hosting pro-Palestinian ‘activist’ Khalil proves he’s still a radical leftist when it comes to the Mideast

Mayor Mamdani is off to a terrible start, with even the weather turning against him.

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Michael Goodwin: The righteous attack on Iran shows us the confederacy of evil can be defeated

It was only a week ago when the prospect of America and Israel teaming up to attack a heavily armed Iran seemed necessary but also very risky.

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Michael Goodwin: Trump was left with no choice but to launch an attack on the Iranian regime

A major talking point among Democrats and their media handmaidens is that President Trump launched a “war of choice” against Iran.

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Michael Goodwin: The death of Ayatollah Khamenei instantly makes the world a better place

In early January, President Trump warned Iran’s Islamist government that if it killed peaceful civilians protesting the economy’s collapse, “the...

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Michael Goodwin: Mayor Mamdani offers ‘sloppy’ response to NYPD officers attacked with snowballs

For better and worse, the tenure of any new major public official is often defined by events in the first 100 days of the term.

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Michael Goodwin: All is fair in love and war in the realtionship between Mayor Mamdani and Gov. Hochul

Gov. Hochul believed she was on the cusp of a beautiful relationship with Mayor Mamdani — until he rudely reminded her that the socialist agenda...

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Mamdani’s deficit math is nothing short of a cheap magic trick

Do you believe in magic?

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Trump has made his plans for Iran clear — make a deal or be dealt with

It’s been 20 years since Henry Kissinger made the insightful observation that Iran had to decide whether it is a cause or a country.

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Michael Goodwin: Mayor Mamdani is NYC’s Mr. Freeze – and his cold-hearted approach is costing homeless people their lives

One of the only things I admired about Zohran Mamdani’s campaign for mayor was his temperament.

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Michael Goodwin: The Democratic Party we once knew is dead

Despite some grumbling, there was never any doubt that Gov. Hochul, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli and Attorney General Letitia James would be on the fall...

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Michael Goodwin: The Clintons knew Team Trump was coming — and waved the white flag over Epstein

At first glance, the decision by Bill and Hillary Clinton to drop their long resistance and agree to testify before a GOP-controlled House panel about...

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Michael Goodwin: Mayor Mamdani’s political honeymoon is over — homeless deaths reveal his arrogance

With homeless New Yorkers freezing to death on the streets after Mayor Mamdani foolishly told police and social workers not to break up their...

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Michael Goodwin: Trump’s stance on immigration is key to his approach in de-escalating crisis in Minnesota

Whether you call it a pivot, course correction or de-escalation, it is a hopeful sign that President Trump is trying to lower the temperature in...

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Michael Goodwin: House Dems broke ranks to hold the Clintons accountable on Epstein — it may be a sign of things to come

For those Americans longing for an end to the hyperpartisan gridlock in Washington, there’s finally some good news.

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Michael Goodwin: Trump’s America First strategy now pulling double duty on the international stage

Assuming his intention was to mark the first anniversary of his return to the White House, President Trump couldn’t have picked a more suitable time...

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