Hello and welcome to Useful Idiots. I'm Katie Halper.

I'm Mary Mate. Thank you so much for being here. Our website, as always is Useful Idiotspodcast.com.

Go there to support the show and get bonus content. On this week's show, we'll be looking at the

seismic victory in the New York City mayoral

primary of Zoran, Mamdani, shocking the Democratic Party establishment. A lot of Democratic

party leaders now not wanting to endorse their party's candidate for mayor in the country's

largest city because he is an actual progressive

and not just domestically but abroad as well, namely on the issue of Israel, Palestine.

So we'll be covering that with two guests, Liza Featherstone, who has written about

Zoran Mamdani's campaign and covered extensively, and Theodore Ham, who is a forthcoming book

all about the candidacy of Zara Mamdani. It's called Run Zoran Wendhan. campaign and covered extensively. And Theodore Hamm, who is a forthcoming book

all about the candidacy of Zahmongdaany.

It's called Run Zoran One, inside Zora Mamdani's

sensational campaign to become New York City's

first Democratic socialist mayor.

Let's kick off with our four basic food groups.

I have Democrats suck.

For this week's Democrats suck, we have something that is about, of course, how much the Republicans suck.

Their big, beautiful bill is really terrible.

It is very punishing of working class people, middle class people.

It's really devastating.

But don't worry, guys, because Chuck Schumer is going to save us from the big, beautiful bill.

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