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Gonna get us thrown in Guantanamo, but that's okay. All right, take care. See you later. I was just trying. I was just hearing a text from a couple of folks. Let's see here. There's some folks who want to hop on. I don't know. All right, listen, I'll try to tap dance a little bit here and let's see if I can find any other friends to jump on with us. I have one other option here. The one problem I have is my phone is going to die. Oh, the joys of substack here when my phone is not doing so good. Let's see here. I'll try to pull a couple of rabbits out of my hat between now and the end of the evening. But just to recap where we are right now, I'm looking@ABCNews.com they're showing Mikey Sherrill, 57, Jack Cittarelli, 43. I'm going to tell you right now, all the experts here in Washington, all the so called self described experts here in Washington, let's just caveat that in the corporate media, they've all been predicting all day long, all week long, that this was going to be a razor thin margin in New Jersey, that this was going to be tight as a ticket in New Jersey. I'll use all my Dan Rather isms here. Between Mikey Sherrill and Jack Cittarelli, she is now ahead by 14 percentage points in the state of New Jersey. And it has already been called that Mikey Sherrill is going to win that race by some outlets. We'll, of course, keep monitoring that. Of course. Abigail Spanberger, she won the governor's race in the Commonwealth of Virginia. That was called, what was that, 30 minutes ago? That was about 30, 40, 45 minutes ago. That was called. And I don't think anybody expect, I mean, she was expected to win. I don't think anybody was really expecting it to get called that early. And in those, in those state races in Virginia, they are saying that, that it looks as though this is according to decision desk, that, that J. Jones may win that attorney general's race if that comes, if that comes to fruition, if that indeed happens, that is a massive, massive loss for Donald Trump and the attorney general candidate, Gazala Hashbee, she did win in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices, 5 to 2 majority on the state Supreme Court, 5 to 2 majority on the state Supreme Court in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, four for Democrats. Is that correct? So my, my producer, Sam, on the case here, saying that it looks as though Democrats will control the state Supreme Court and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Anybody who saw what Donald Trump tried to pull the last time around in the, no, it was in the, not last time around, the 2020 election, I should say, when he tried to steal the election. All of these state Supreme Court races, all of these states, secretary of state races, they're all important no matter where you're talking about. Now, I know it says right here, charge your phone, Jim, please. All right. Now, one thing I could do and it could cause a big burp for everybody technically. Let's see if I can do this. Hang on. I'm going to pull the phone receiver. I have a microphone. Hang on, everybody. I the microphone receiver on the bottom of my. So you would have good quality here. And the question becomes, can I get this charger in here for you so my phone doesn't die and we'll just tear the whole frigging thing down. It might tear the whole thing down if I hold it like that, just so it'll be okay. Now, the other thing we want to watch for, guys, is in obviously the state of New York in New York, New York, the city's so nice, they named it twice. Zoran Mamdani, who was just an assemblyman, and forgive me for saying that, Mayor Mamdani, because he's going to win this race. We're waiting to see the election returns in New York City. Now, Zoran Mamdani, the question becomes, I think in that race, how large of a margin are we talking about here? Are we talking about, you know, and also, where does Andrew Cuomo place in all of this? Because remember, Donald Trump endorsed Andrew Cuomo. Andrew Cuomo went on Fox and Friends, I believe it was this morning, and was getting the Fox and Friends treatment, which is similar to a fluffer in the art of pornography, if you catch my drift. And Fox was asking him all these softball questions and Andrew Cuomo was, was eating it up. And the question becomes, with Donald Trump endorsing Andrew Cuomo, where does Andrew Cuomo place in all of this? If he finishes in third behind Sliwa, which I don't, I don't expect him to finish behind Curtis Sliwa, but if he finishes behind Curtis Lewa, again, Donald Trump, where do you, how do you spin this? In what way do you spin any, any of this as a win? You can't. You can't. So when your second reign of terror began at the beginning of this year, January 20th, earlier this year, and you decided to come in like a bull in a china shop on meth, and you're parting the January 6th rioters, you're, you're doing all of these horrific things across the country. You're, you're initiating this awful, God awful immigration roundup that we're seeing across the country. You know, a lot of folks in America got, and I think rightfully so, very concerned about the future of our country. But what we all have to keep in mind is that elections do matter. Elections do still happen in this country. And yes, we can all look at these as state. They're just state elections, Jim. They're state races. Don't read too much into it, Jim. Remember, Virginia always goes against the party in power. That's how it goes down in Virginia. I get all of that. But look at the margins, folks. Look at where these margins are. When Mikey Sherrill is that far ahead in New Jersey, when Abigail Spanberger is that far ahead in Virginia, that, that, that's. That's big doings, folks. That is big doings. Sorry. So it's past the 9 o' clock hour. So forgive me if my language, if the Vegas act acosta comes into play here. And forgive me for speaking myself in the third person. I don't do that often. But if the Vegas act comes out, that means we're, it's just, just go with it, folks. As long as you'll say in the comments whether I go too far. As I used to tell my producers, just tell me if I'm going too far. Texas ballot measures passed Texas ballot measure is passed, which means requiring citizenship. All right, so Texas is Texas. All right, here's some. Here are some mayoral results in New York right now. Zoron. Mom. Donnie. This is according to the latest results coming in. Zoran Momdani, 52% Andrew Cuomo, 40% Curtis Lewal. Okay, so maybe Andrew Cuomo will finish second in New York City, but Zora Mamdani, I think, already has a very comfortable lead at this point. We'll, of course, see how that develops. But this is all. I mean, this is all very interesting. I mean, Curtis Lewis. I mean, people are saying, oh, if Curtis just gets out. Okay, even if that had happened, it's not happening. All right, so the Hill just called it. They are. They are using Decision Desk hq, which is the great social media Internet polling unit. They're saying Zoran Mamdani is projected to win the race for New York City mayor, according to this. According to Decision Desk hq, and as the Hill describes it, ushering in a new era of progressive politics in the city and reigniting the debate over the Democratic Party's future. That's all according to the Hill. I don't know if I just. I don't know if I agree with that framing. But here's the thing you gotta think about now with zoran Mamdani. He's 34 years old. 34 years old in the city of New York, that. How many times did Mike Bloomberg get elected in New York City? This is a city that sometimes votes for Republicans. This is a city that sometimes votes for moderates. Would like to have a business guy run the city. That's New York City. I'm not trying to make any grand, sweeping statements here, but for Zoran Mamdani to win as mayor of New York City, to me, is a massive, massive development. What it says to me is a couple of things. I think it says that, yes, young voters in New York City, they've had enough of Donald Trump. Voters of color in New York City, they've had enough of Donald Trump. And they wanted to show out in force to send a message not only to the Democratic Party, I think they're sending a message to the Democratic Party. I think what they're doing is sending a message to the entire country, and that is that there are lots of young progressives in America who are ready for new leadership. There are lots of young progressives in America who want to see the torch passed, as JFK once said, to a new generation of leaders in this country. They're tired of the old. They Want the new. And yes, there are lots of questions as to whether Zoran Mamdani can run the city of New York. It's a famously awful place to try to run. There's no question about it. You have unions to deal with and city employees and all kinds of stuff, but at the same time, you have a lot of progressive people in those boroughs. You're talking about Queens, you're talking about Brooklyn, and of course, Manhattan. And they were ready for a change. And the issue of affordability, folks, is no joke. You know, try taking your family up for a weekend in Manhattan. Go to Times Square. How much money you're dropping as a family. It's extremely expensive. And try living in New York. You're spending thousands of dollars to live in a small one bedroom apartment. You're getting on the, the, the bus or the subway. The price of the bus or the subway goes up every time you jump on the subway or get on the bus. The supermarket's expensive. It's in a very, it's a very expensive place to live. Zoran Mamdani, very wisely, and I think this is the message for the Democratic Party, three times the Bloomberg.
