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Rightwing critics blame Mamdani as New York snow fails to melt (www.theguardian.com)

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Murdoch tabloid leads charge as big freeze persists – could the mayor please do something about the weather?

It snowed two weeks ago in New York. Since then, the temperature has barely risen above freezing – a temperature science naturally dictates is necessary to melt snow and ice.

But science isn’t enough for some US political critics, however, who have instead blamed Zohran Mamdani, New York’s new socialist mayor, for the snow not having melted and still clogging up some of the city’s streets.

The New York Post, the rightwing tabloid and a frequent Mamdani critic, has led the charge. This week the newspaper claimed that “slushy streets” were “ruining travel for everyone”.

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[-] atro_city@fedia.io 26 points 2 days ago

The same crap as "the gays are to blame for the storms". Talk about the real snowflakes.

[-] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 11 points 1 day ago

One of the best quotes from "The Newsroom": "I only seem liberal because I believe that hurricanes are caused by high barometric pressure and not gay marriage."

[-] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Afaik some actual politician did say that.

(I wish I didn't know this, but thanks to reading English and using Reddit and Lemmy I'm perpetually bombarded with US politics.)

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I stopped watching Newsroom when I believe the main character was pro-life. It's been a while since I've seen it since

[-] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago

The character was intended to be a thoughtful conservative, and I thought they did pretty well with that. I'm somewhere to the left of Bernie Sanders, but I don't mind watching intelligently written characters who I disagree with.

Also, I will watch almost anything with Jeff Daniels. He is one of the most versatile actors of our time and he brings depth to every role. His performance is what made "Pleasantville" for me. (I hate Dumb and Dumber, but he added something to it.)

[-] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I don't think a thoughtful conservative exists. The entire time watching I thought to myself that they're trying to win over swing voters

[-] vaderaj@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I kinda continued watching for Olivia Munn

[-] Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

And my gay ass will happily take all that blame.

I feel powerful, fear me. Boo, bitch! 👻✨

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 1 day ago

They fear the gays for the power they have 😮

[-] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 day ago

The number in e.g. "Category 5" hurricane actually refers to the Kinsey scale.

[-] Curious_Canid@piefed.ca 2 points 22 hours ago

I love all these responses, but that one deserves a special shout-out for brilliance. I'm still laughing.

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