My Socialist Mayor By John Stossel
I live in New York City. "Proud Democratic Socialist" Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor.
I live in New York City. "Proud Democratic Socialist" Zohran Mamdani is likely to be my next mayor.
Americans like licenses. People think they make us safer.
We license drivers.
We license dogs.
Capitalism gets a lot of hate.
I expect it from the left. They blame free markets for racism, "horrifying inequality" and even, according to Economist Joseph Stiglitz, "accelerating climate change."
Environmental groups are now rich.
In 2020 (the most recent data available), they collected $8 billion in donations.
$8 billion!
Before Robby Starbuck became a problem for leftist companies, alerting consumers to stupid woke indoctrination policies, he directed music videos.
In 2018, some activists, appalled by woke nonsense being published by academic journals, submitted nonsensical research.
One paper claimed researchers "closely and respectfully examined the genitals of ... ten thousand dogs" to learn about "rape culture and queer performativity at urban dog parks."
Why does Uber make videos where people say, "I'm non-binary or genderqueer"?
Bizarrely, 62% of young Americans hold a "favorable view" of socialism.
Now that Texas and South Carolina have passed school choice bills, parents will be able to choose the best school for their kids in 17 states.
Last month, President Donald Trump proudly announced, "Liberation Day! ... The day American industry was reborn!"
I have a conflict.
I don't much like Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's new Education Secretary. I sued her once.
She and her sleazy husband, Vince, owned a circus called World Wrestling Entertainment.
When I did a silly ABC news video on how the matches are staged, one of their 280-pound actors beat me up. A wrestler said Vince told him to do it.
"Climate change will make earth a living hell!" claims popular astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
I guess United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres didn't think his hyping global warming risks brought him enough attention, so now he says, "The era of global boiling has arrived!"