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[–] poop@lemmy.zip 9 points 57 minutes ago

wow, its almost like socialism can benefit society.

[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 34 points 7 hours ago

Crazy what not settling for less when it comes to public office will do for you for once.

[–] KonalaKoala@lemmy.world -1 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

Better uplifted news would be "Zohran Mamdani Also Gets 8,000 Pedophiles Fired from Governmental Positions in a Single Day."

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago

He's a mayor. Unless 8000 known pedophiles work for the city of new york, that's not in his purview. Potholes are

[–] Pollo_Jack@lemmy.world 4 points 53 minutes ago (1 children)

If there was a mechanism to make him president right now, I am sure he would.

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 1 points 20 minutes ago

Define "mechanism" 👀

(IT'S A JOKE FEDS)

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Now do Blackburn, Lancashire.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 21 points 11 hours ago

Turns out you can improve both public transit and driving! It was sort of being implied by haters that driving was going to get way worse under him IIRC.

[–] FreeAlchemist@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Should've used rats to fill them in. .

Boom, two birds, one stone.

I should be mayor. Amateurs.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You wanna get 2 birds stoned at once?

You talkin bout Pigeons?

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 22 minutes ago

Yeah they can use the pothole debris to kill all the pigeons. Pay attention.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 38 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

By himself? That's quite a work ethic.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago

Immigrant took my jerb which I would never do.

[–] foggianism@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

He's used to filling holes since college days

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 6 points 12 hours ago

Potheads in shambles

[–] metakrakalaka@lemmychan.org 48 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Great things happen when the wealthy pay their fair share.

This is exactly why they never want us to see it happen.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.world 35 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (8 children)

This should be in every Mayoral job-orientation handbook.

[–] TheBlackLounge@lemmy.zip 12 points 12 hours ago

There's a flip side. My country has roadworks everywhere right before election time lmao

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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 316 points 1 day ago (26 children)

Sure sure sure, but did the government make any profit from doing this?

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