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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JULY 09: New York Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a press conference at the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) headquarters on July 09, 2025 in New York City. Mamdani spoke during a press conference alongside UTF President Michael Mulgrew, Chapter leader Dr. Terrain Reeves and members of UTF as he received the endorsement of the teachers union. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Mamdani’s previous calls to ‘dismantle’ NYPD resurfaces: ‘Queer liberation means defund the police’

Democratic Socialist NYC mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani has begun to walk back previously proposed radical policies, such as defunding the New York Police Department (NYPD), amidst backlash from moderates.

Zohran Mamdani speaks enthusiastically into the microphone at a rally at Brooklyn Steel in Brooklyn New York on May 4 2025. (Photo by Madison Swart / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP) (Photo by MADISON SWART/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images)

Zohran Mamdani calls for tax hikes on ‘Whiter neighborhoods,’ asserts billionaires shouldn’t exist

Immigrant socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani explicitly explained his intentions of hiking taxes for “richer and whiter neighborhoods,” while arguing that billionaires shouldn’t exist.

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 02: United States Representative Adam Schiff attends the 2024 WeHo Pride Parade on June 02, 2024 in West Hollywood, California. (Photo by Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images)

California Senate Race Results

Adam Schiff has won California’s Senate race.

EAU CLAIRE, WI - AUGUST 07: Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) speaks at NMC-Wollard Inc. / Wollard International on August 07, 2024 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Vance and Democratic presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris are both set to speak at competing events in the same battleground state this week. (Photo by Adam Bettcher/Getty Images)

Vance Approaches Air Force Two On Tarmac, Speaks To Reporters Ignored By Harris

Donald Trump’s vice presidential selection, JD Vance, stunned reporters on Wednesday by attempting to confront Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, on the tarmac in Wisconsin, when their planes arrived at nearly the same time.

B| US-CRIME-GUNS Police tape blocks off the crime scene outside a church where a man shot dead four people, including three of his children, before turning the gun on himself, February 28, 2022 in Sacramento, California. - A father shot dead three of his own children on February 28 before turning the gun on himself in a US church, police said. A fifth person also died in the shooting in Sacramento, California, though it was not clear if that person was related to what police said was a domestic incident. (Photo by Andri Tambunan / AFP) (Photo by ANDRI TAMBUNAN/AFP via Getty Images) F| (Photo via; San Jose Police Department)

San Jose Cop Off Force After Exchanging Racist Texts

A California police officer has resigned from the force after a series of racist text messages were revealed following his involvement in the shooting of a college football player.

Protestors Chain Themselves To Oakland PD Headquarters OAKLAND, CA - DECEMBER 15: Protestors assemble in front of the Oakland police department headquarters during a demonstration over recent grand jury decisions in police-involved deaths on December 15, 2014 in Oakland, California. Over 200 hundred protestors blocked entrances to the Oakland police department and adjacent streets during a demonstration against recent grand jury decisions in New York and Missouri to not charge white police officers with the deaths of black men. Dozens were arrested. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Oakland NAACP Seeks State Of Emergency

The NAACP Oakland chapter and religious leaders joined forces to call for a state of emergency. This push comes amid rising violent crimes in the California city.