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[–] 212 points 1 year ago (4 children)

These people can't stop advertising Zohran.

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  • [–] 168 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Hi, Clevelander here. I have no horse in this race, but thanks for making Mamdani go from being completely unheard of from me, to now a household name due to the Streisand effect.

    Thanks for letting me know who I'm voting for in 2028.

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  • [–] 60 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    He can't run, he's naturalised. Bullshit rule.

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  • [–] 63 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    He can totally run against Trump for his third term. If Orange Chicken tries that, there are no rules anymore anyhow.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Supreme Court’s got baby don’s flaccid chode down their throats, so no rules for him but others unfortunately…

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  • [–] 67 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    So, NYC gets about $100B in federal funds annually. I wonder how much they pay in taxes to the federal government. I'd bet they pay more than they get.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    The problem is that federal income taxes are generally paid directly by employers to the federal government. It's not clear by what mechanism states and/or cities might withhold them.

    It's true that the State of New York, and NYC are both large employers, so hypothetically I guess they could refuse to collect income taxes from their employees on behalf of the federal government, but certainly the IRS would still hold the individual taxpayers responsible for those taxes at the end of the year.

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  • [–] 26 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    If it gets to the point where the States are withholding money from the federal government, I'd wager it's because they no longer view the federal government as legitimate. I guess, good luck to the IRS trying to collect?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    What would stop the IRS from sending federal agents arresting people on the streets? We've already seen ICE doing it without badges, uniforms, or warrants

    This is the problem with a dictatorship. They have too much power. They can do whatever they want

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  • [–] 62 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    As a New Yorker I would like to see that orange fascist try. I can almost guarantee that if Zohran organizes a workers militia today itll have tens of thousands of volunteers tomorrow. I myself would happily throw arms with federal pigs.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Is this how a civil war starts?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    I would like to see that orange fascist try

    Yanking funding from state and local agencies is almost trivial, thanks to the DOGE infestation of the US Treasury. Quite literally a matter of button-clicks.

    The dream of the Unitary Executive under Bush, has finally been realized under Trump 2. Congress simply could not stop handing the Executive branch more and more authority, both implicit and explicit, until now they're effectively superfluous.

    The one upside is that - given the state of Trump's BBLB - there may not be much funding left to pull from NYC by the time they're done gutting the domestic budget.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The executive has so much power because the Republicans in congress are his complete bitches. And they are in charge.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Republicans in congress are his complete bitches

    Trump governed under a Dem Majority from 2019-21. He may well get another Dem Majority in '27, given his abysmal approval numbers.

    Nevermind how many times I've had to hear "You need 60 votes in the Senate to do anything" under Biden and Obama. Seems it is always the Republicans fault, whether bills are obstructed or flying to the president's desk with a simple majority.

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  • [+] 60 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 110 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    lol more like NYC stop funding the federal government. They give more than receive.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I agree with the sentiment, but it's individuals and businesses paying the federal taxes in NYC. You'd have to somehow get them all to agree to put their personal freedoms at risk by not paying their federal taxes

    Donald Trump knows he faces no personal risk by withholding funding, because the SCOTUS has declared him immune. He can break any law with impunity

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago*

    Well, the IRS uses regional IRS offices which would be easier to disrupt if a large number of states such as KY, MO, and NY participated, and there is some talk of something like that happening soon in WI, NY, MD, and CT as a result of Trump withholding federal funding for programs which were passed by congress.

    This definitely isn't a battle Trump would want to escalate if he were smart.

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  • [–] 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You don't mess with the Zohran.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago

    Oh yeah go to war with New York and Cali, see how that goes for you.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    New York should just become Southern Ontario

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago

    NATO chief calls him daddy once and now he wants to be “fatherly”

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    Trump can suck a dick. Lousy bastard has got megalomania so bad it would be a worldwide disservice to allow him to continue

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago

    Orange scared.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    That's called fascism.

    Time for the wealthy blue states to break away.

    You don't bite the hand that feeds.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago*

    Insurrectionist traitors who should have been impeached, fired, and sent to federal prison don't get to tell anyone how to behave. New York pays more into federal taxes than it receives, if Trump wants to kill Blue State programs he's about to learn where the tax money comes from.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    So election interference? Can the court rule if the president has that power too?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Trump is white supremacist extremist pornography in my opinion.

    New York state should require anyone wanting to consume media of Trump online should have to give NY state two pieces of ID and wait for NY to verify them being ovr 21 or be blocked.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Learn to live without the feds at this point.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    “He’s a radical left lunatic,” Trump said.

    Says the radical fascist lunatic. Projection is omnipresent in this new Nazi Führer Cult party.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Cool, maybe we'll stop giving charity to all the red states then. NY can be self sufficient. Shit hole red states can't.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I recommend New York stop paying taxes to the federal government.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Any state or local gov that is cut off from federal funds without a legal basis shouldn't have to pay federal taxes.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    This republic has really gone bananas.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Ultimate toddler telling people to behave?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    They bring in more taxes than they spend, "cutting them off" will only benefit them as long as they are smart enough to keep the revenue in state.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Daddy's gonna bring out the strap.

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  • [+] -13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Has Lemmy just became a hub for stories on this guy?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    “This guy” is likely going to be mayor of New York, joining the likes of Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, Michael Bloomberg and Eric Adams.

    As such, he’s making headlines everywhere, although the spin is all over the map.

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