Hello, it's Miranda. I'm back with a new mini episode of Podforce One and a little laryngitis

that is making my voice sound huskier than usual. This feature is a little more topical and relevant

to my job as a columnist for the New York Post.

Today's topic is the bizarre and frankly alarming response of New York City's hapless mayor Zoran Mamdani to an attempted Islamist bomb attack in Manhattan on the weekend.

Mayor Zoran Mamdani showed his two colours on the weekend when he responded to the attempted

ISIS-inspired bombing of an anti-Muslim protest by first condemning white supremacy before getting

around to, in the second paragraph of his statement, saying violence at a protest is never

acceptable. Well, that's one way of putting it. It took

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch to issue her own statement for the full gravity of the attack

to be officially acknowledged. This is what happened on Saturday. Two suspected ISIS sympathizers

through improvised explosive devices into a group of

police and protesters outside Gracie Mansion on the Upper East Side. One of them was yelling

al-Aqabar. The homemade bombs were packed with a lethal chemical known as Mother of Satan that has been

used in multiple high-profile

terror attacks around the world over the past decade. The bombs were also filled with shrapnel,

screws and bolts to tear into human flesh for maximum carnage. Luckily, both bombs

malfunctioned before they could kill and maim anyone, and two suspects

were arrested.

Commissioner Tisch said Sunday that the NYPD bombs squad had examined one of the devices

and determined it is, quote, not a hoax device or a smoke bomb. It is, in fact, an improvised explosive device

that could have caused serious injury or death.

Mamdani made no mention of the suspect's ideology in his pathetic statement, while railing

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