* * Bari Weiss Taking CBS News Down A Different Path

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For a sense of Bari Weiss's approach to leading CBS News in her first weeks on the job, consider a phrase the new editor in chief has used as a rallying cry in meetings with colleagues: "I wanna blow this up."

Weiss, the former New York Times columnist turned anti-woke crusader, is working to overhaul the organization's evening news program, counter what she sees as a left-leaning bias in legacy media and make the newsroom operate more efficiently.

She travels to New York City CBS offices with a caravan of SUVs and a gaggle of bodyguards, according to current and former employees. While some have poked fun at her entourage, Weiss has received threats that people close to her say warrant the protection.

One priority is a makeover of the "CBS Evening News," the longtime third-place newscast, according to people familiar with the situation. "CBS Mornings" is another challenge.

Weiss is operating with the full backing of David Ellison, the new owner of CBS parent company Paramount. His support gives Weiss the freedom to reshape the news division as she sees fit.

Wall Street Journal
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/i-wanna-blow-this-up-how-bari-weiss-is-trying-to-overhaul-cbs-news-7c222dcd
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muddybrazos
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Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.
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muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.
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muddybrazos
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Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.

THe new boss is the same as the old boss. This is just more of the same.
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muddybrazos said:

Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.

THe new boss is the same as the old boss. This is just more of the same.

I'm gonna give her the benefit of the doubt just because it's chipping away at Legacy Media. Let's get some dissenting voices in the mix. Some anti-Soros news, some not controlled by the globalists
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muddybrazos
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Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.

THe new boss is the same as the old boss. This is just more of the same.

I'm gonna give her the benefit of the doubt just because it's chipping away at Legacy Media. Let's get some dissenting voices in the mix. Some anti-Soros news, some not controlled by the globalists

Dude, she was put there by the globalists. The globalists arent just on the Soros side of the coin. They play both sides.
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muddybrazos said:

Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.

THe new boss is the same as the old boss. This is just more of the same.

I'm gonna give her the benefit of the doubt just because it's chipping away at Legacy Media. Let's get some dissenting voices in the mix. Some anti-Soros news, some not controlled by the globalists

Dude, she was put there by the globalists. The globalists arent just on the Soros side of the coin. They play both sides.

Dude - Soros is one of the globalists.
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muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

You forgot to use the word k!ke
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muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

She has been a lion in the fight against wokeness.

Do you see any benefit at all in having allies?
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muddybrazos said:

Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.

THe new boss is the same as the old boss. This is just more of the same.

Uh, not at all. Observe the kavetching by the liberals at CBS.
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Bruisers Burner Phone said:

muddybrazos said:

Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.

THe new boss is the same as the old boss. This is just more of the same.

Uh, not at all. Observe the kavetching by the liberals at CBS.

Kavetching, Muddy really loves him some Yiddish
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I'm interested to see what happens. She either quit or was fired for not toting the leftist party line at NYT and developed her own very successful media company. I think the public thirsts for a middle of the road news organization that is trustworthy. Maybe she can turn CBS into that.
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LIB,MR BEARS said:

Bruisers Burner Phone said:

muddybrazos said:

Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.

THe new boss is the same as the old boss. This is just more of the same.

Uh, not at all. Observe the kavetching by the liberals at CBS.

Kavetching, Muddy really loves him some Yiddish

That was on purpose.
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Bruisers Burner Phone said:

LIB,MR BEARS said:

Bruisers Burner Phone said:

muddybrazos said:

Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.

THe new boss is the same as the old boss. This is just more of the same.

Uh, not at all. Observe the kavetching by the liberals at CBS.

Kavetching, Muddy really loves him some Yiddish

That was on purpose.

Well played
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BearFan33 said:

I'm interested to see what happens. She either quit or was fired for not toting the leftist party line at NYT and developed her own very successful media company. I think the public thirsts for a middle of the road news organization that is trustworthy. Maybe she can turn CBS into that.

I believe she resigned because despite being a pretty far leftists she objected to the woke insanity that emerged after Saint George Floyd OD'd. I think they basically bullied her out.
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So a couple of days ago, Trump berates and calls a young female reporter just doing her job an ugly name and today he does everything but suck Communist Zohran Mamdani's d!ck in the Oval Office.

Downright BIZARRE!!!!
Call it a tax, the people are outraged! Call it a tariff, the people get out their checkbooks and wave their American flags!!!
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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

So a couple of days ago, Trump berates and calls a young female reporter just doing her job an ugly name and today he does everything but suck Communist Zohran Mamdani's d!ck in the Oval Office.

Downright BIZARRE!!!!

You sure do talk about gay sex a lot.

Downright BIZARRE!!!
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Assassin said:

RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

So a couple of days ago, Trump berates and calls a young female reporter just doing her job an ugly name and today he does everything but suck Communist Zohran Mamdani's d!ck in the Oval Office.

Downright BIZARRE!!!!

You sure do talk about gay sex a lot.

Downright BIZARRE!!!

I don't think Trump is gay. He is a businessman. He is just starstruck!! He needs Mamdani to help him sell some Trump watches!!!
Call it a tax, the people are outraged! Call it a tariff, the people get out their checkbooks and wave their American flags!!!
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He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.
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Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.
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Harrison Bergeron said:

Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.

note her presumption that all leftists are well-intentioned, rather than stone cold ideologues intent on revolutionary changes.
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Assassin said:

muddybrazos said:

Bar Weiss is basically an Israeli mouthpiece.

David Ellison's recent acquisitions include the completion of the $8 billion merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media, which formed the new company Paramount Skydance Corp in August 2025. Ellison is also actively pursuing the acquisition of a larger target, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), making multiple rejected offers and currently reportedly working with Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds on a bid.

Larry Ellison recently acquired tik tok bc they couldnt control the algorithms when it wasnt under their control. This is all part of the new front of the war to win the minds of the youth.

I'm just glad that David Ellison is not a liberal mouthpiece. They have been training the minds of our youth for decades.

I am happy to report that I have emerged from the carnage with an untrained brain.
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whiterock said:

Harrison Bergeron said:

Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.

note her presumption that all leftists are well-intentioned, rather than stone cold ideologues intent on revolutionary changes.

It's funny B&G thinks the political movement that has killed probably a billion people intentionally in concentration camps, thrives on authoritarianism, and has made billions miserable is "well intentioned" as if that is sort of a pass to be stupid and harm people. In their minds, leftists Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, etc., were "well intentioned."

At the end of the day most leftists are emotional and not rational so they lack the logic and reason to think critically and realize the failures of their stupidity before it is too late.

Regarding CBS ... funny when the oligarch media claims it is not biased and then a non-radical leftist becomes editor they freak out.
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Harrison Bergeron said:

whiterock said:

Harrison Bergeron said:

Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.

note her presumption that all leftists are well-intentioned, rather than stone cold ideologues intent on revolutionary changes.

It's funny B&G thinks the political movement that has killed probably a billion people intentionally in concentration camps, thrives on authoritarianism, and has made billions miserable is "well intentioned" as if that is sort of a pass to be stupid and harm people. In their minds, leftists Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Castro, etc., were "well intentioned."

At the end of the day most leftists are emotional and not rational so they lack the logic and reason to think critically and realize the failures of their stupidity before it is too late.

Regarding CBS ... funny when the oligarch media claims it is not biased and then a non-radical leftist becomes editor they freak out.

Good point
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Call it a tax, the people are outraged! Call it a tariff, the people get out their checkbooks and wave their American flags!!!
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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:



Dems and liberals are really pumping that view. Smart Republicans and conservatives know, keep your friends close and your enemies closer
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Assassin said:

RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:



Dems and liberals are really pumping that view. Smart Republicans and conservatives know, keep your friends close and your enemies closer

Or that one of the people in the picture owns billions of New York real estate ... the other is a trust fun brat that could destroy billions in value with his racist, anti-Jewish stupidity. Guessing Trump is just watching out for his investments.
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Porteroso
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Harrison Bergeron said:

Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.

They are remarkably similar populists that could probably expand the definition of "ignorant" to a large degree.
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whiterock said:

Harrison Bergeron said:

Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.

note her presumption that all leftists are well-intentioned, rather than stone cold ideologues intent on revolutionary changes.

Mamdami is even more privileged and entitled than you are giving him credit for. To think that he was swayed by the ideology of a revolutionary intellectual is giving him far too much credit. He is a mama's boy little pimple of a politician who just moved to America and doesn't have any idea why people live in poverty, in such a prosperous country.
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Porteroso said:

whiterock said:

Harrison Bergeron said:

Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.

note her presumption that all leftists are well-intentioned, rather than stone cold ideologues intent on revolutionary changes.

Mamdami is even more privileged and entitled than you are giving him credit for. To think that he was swayed by the ideology of a revolutionary intellectual is giving him far too much credit. He is a mama's boy little pimple of a politician who just moved to America and doesn't have any idea why people live in poverty, in such a prosperous country.

....because his mind has been ordered by marxist philosophy. He speaks the way he speaks, because he believes what he's saying.

More Democrats than you are willing to allow agree with him in principle, but know their own particular Overton Windows will not allow them to fully embrace of it at this time.

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Porteroso said:

whiterock said:

Harrison Bergeron said:

Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.

note her presumption that all leftists are well-intentioned, rather than stone cold ideologues intent on revolutionary changes.

Mamdami is even more privileged and entitled than you are giving him credit for. To think that he was swayed by the ideology of a revolutionary intellectual is giving him far too much credit. He is a mama's boy little pimple of a politician who just moved to America and doesn't have any idea why people live in poverty, in such a prosperous country.


You are right that he is a child of privilege.

But you are under playing the role radicalism plays in his family…you know the people who raised him since he was a child

[His father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a Marxist professor of African history at Columbia University, and his mother, Mira Nair, is a filmmaker and an anti-Israeli activist.

They gave Zohran the middle name of "Kwame," after Kwame Nkrumah, the African dictator who was so admired by the Communists in the Soviet Union that they gave him the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. This was not an odd choiceit made perfect sense given the politics of Zohran's parents.

Zohran has long been immersed in his father's writings, most of which are standard Marxist critiques of Western civilization. But it appears his mother's Indian ancestry has also had an impact on him; he follows Indian politics quite closely.

In 2020, at age 21, Arya Rajendran was elected the mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. She is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPIM. Zohran tweeted her a congratulatory note, calling her "Comrade," which is classic Communist lexicon describing an ally. ]
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Redbrickbear said:

Porteroso said:

whiterock said:

Harrison Bergeron said:

Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.

note her presumption that all leftists are well-intentioned, rather than stone cold ideologues intent on revolutionary changes.

Mamdami is even more privileged and entitled than you are giving him credit for. To think that he was swayed by the ideology of a revolutionary intellectual is giving him far too much credit. He is a mama's boy little pimple of a politician who just moved to America and doesn't have any idea why people live in poverty, in such a prosperous country.


You are right that he is a child of privilege.

But you are under playing the role radicalism plays in his family…you know the people who raised him since he was a child

[His father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a Marxist professor of African history at Columbia University, and his mother, Mira Nair, is a filmmaker and an anti-Israeli activist.

They gave Zohran the middle name of "Kwame," after Kwame Nkrumah, the African dictator who was so admired by the Communists in the Soviet Union that they gave him the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. This was not an odd choiceit made perfect sense given the politics of Zohran's parents.

Zohran has long been immersed in his father's writings, most of which are standard Marxist critiques of Western civilization. But it appears his mother's Indian ancestry has also had an impact on him; he follows Indian politics quite closely.

In 2020, at age 21, Arya Rajendran was elected the mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. She is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPIM. Zohran tweeted her a congratulatory note, calling her "Comrade," which is classic Communist lexicon describing an ally. ]

His parents are both radical extremists.

All revolutionaries are privileged.
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Harrison Bergeron said:

Redbrickbear said:

Porteroso said:

whiterock said:

Harrison Bergeron said:

Porteroso said:

He realized that much like himself, Mamdami has grand ideas for helping people, but really doesn't know what the Constitution says about governance, really has no idea when these ideas have been tried before, or how well they worked, and doesn't care.


That's some killer analysis B&G. You have to be the
smartest ****** at the Klan meeting.

note her presumption that all leftists are well-intentioned, rather than stone cold ideologues intent on revolutionary changes.

Mamdami is even more privileged and entitled than you are giving him credit for. To think that he was swayed by the ideology of a revolutionary intellectual is giving him far too much credit. He is a mama's boy little pimple of a politician who just moved to America and doesn't have any idea why people live in poverty, in such a prosperous country.


You are right that he is a child of privilege.

But you are under playing the role radicalism plays in his family…you know the people who raised him since he was a child

[His father, Mahmood Mamdani, is a Marxist professor of African history at Columbia University, and his mother, Mira Nair, is a filmmaker and an anti-Israeli activist.

They gave Zohran the middle name of "Kwame," after Kwame Nkrumah, the African dictator who was so admired by the Communists in the Soviet Union that they gave him the Lenin Peace Prize in 1962. This was not an odd choiceit made perfect sense given the politics of Zohran's parents.

Zohran has long been immersed in his father's writings, most of which are standard Marxist critiques of Western civilization. But it appears his mother's Indian ancestry has also had an impact on him; he follows Indian politics quite closely.

In 2020, at age 21, Arya Rajendran was elected the mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala. She is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPIM. Zohran tweeted her a congratulatory note, calling her "Comrade," which is classic Communist lexicon describing an ally. ]

His parents are both radical extremists.

All revolutionaries are privileged.

People who are not ideologically driven tend to reflexively dismiss the importance of ideology.
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