Wokeism elected Trump, Don’s vote-by-male triumph and other commentary
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Wokeism elected Trump, Don’s vote-by-male triumph and other commentary

ByNews Polite

From the left: Wokeism Elected Trump The “metropolitan liberal left has been going down a particularly self-destructive path in recent years,” thunders Nick Tyrone at Spiked; if those “liberals hadn’t done so many things wrong, Trump almost certainly would have lost.” If the center-left wants to win again, “rejecting the…

Harris refuses to push back on suggestion she’s ‘too progressive’ during Al Sharpton interview
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Harris refuses to push back on suggestion she’s ‘too progressive’ during Al Sharpton interview

ByNews Polite

Vice President Kamala Harris talked right past the claim that she was “too progressive” in her early career as a prosecutor when she sat down for a friendly interview that aired over the weekend. During the wide-ranging appearance with activist and MSNBC “Politics Nation” host Rev. Al Sharpton, he suggested…

George Gascon, LA’s woke DA, deserves to lose re-election for enabling rampant crime
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George Gascon, LA’s woke DA, deserves to lose re-election for enabling rampant crime

ByNews Polite

Progressive prosecutor George Gascón, Los Angeles County district attorney since December 2020, is in a tight race to hold on to power against independent candidate Nathan Hochman. The reason is quite simple: Gascón, who enjoys the financial backing of liberal billionaire George Soros, is a polarizing, soft-on-crime prosecutor who enables violent crime…

James Carville says Harris should tell far-left to ‘go f— themselves’ 
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James Carville says Harris should tell far-left to ‘go f— themselves’ 

ByNews Polite

Vice President Harris should dump far-left progressives if she wants to win the White House, said Democratic political strategist James Carville. “I wish she’d tell them all to go f— themselves,” Carville, 79, said during an episode of his “Politics War Room” podcast this week. “Understand this, and I’m going to say…

Mayor Adams’ charter-reform proposals are a bid for cease-fire with City Council
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Mayor Adams’ charter-reform proposals are a bid for cease-fire with City Council

ByNews Polite

Here’s the quick back story to the Charter-reform proposals that will be on the November city ballot: The City Council tried to grab some power at Mayor Adams’ expense; he cut it off, threatened to cut the council’s power — then backed off in a clear cease-fire offer. Council lefties…

Democrats in New York have a real problem with Asians
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Democrats in New York have a real problem with Asians

ByNews Polite

It’s sure starting to look like New York’s progressives are simply anti-Asian.  Their latest cause célèbre, the “Good Cause Eviction” bill, aims to effectively bring some 2 million apartments in the city alone under a new statewide rent-control regime. On top of being a sure housing-killer, it’s gotten the city’s…