New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani has reverted to his old ways of smearing ICE agents and vowing to stand against President Trump’s efforts to remove illegal aliens- all of whom are criminals- from the country, unless they are arrested in “extreme violent felony cases” first. So, until an illegal alien, who should have never been here in the first place, murders an American or violently rapes and murders a woman or child, New York City will continue to protect them. “New York will always be a city of immigrants,” Mamdani said on X less than 24 hours after meeting with Trump. President Trump hosted Mamdani at the White House on Friday afternoon, and the two emerged, appearing highly optimistic about their agreement to work together for the benefit of New York. Trump, shockingly, even told reporters that he expects to work with Mamdani on crime and illegal immigration. Trump appeared to be seriously impressed by the incoming leftwing mayor and heaped praise on him throughout the meeting, even shielding him from adverse questions. “I think he is going to surprise some conservative people, actually,” Trump said. However, not surprisingly, Mamdani’s incoming Chief of Staff, Elle Bisgaard-Church, told Spectrum News the next day that Mamdani “made clear that we uphold sanctuary laws in our city, and all immigrants will be safe in our city,” accusing immigration officials of “inhumane” practices. “Our sanctuary city laws allow cooperation in extreme violent felony cases, and that is something where I think we have alignment,” she added in a clip shared by Mamdani on X. This appears to signal that Mamdani will tell ICE to pound sand when illegal aliens commit nonviolent crimes like driving under the influence, theft, burglary, fraud, vandalism, drug possession, or drug trafficking. WATCH: Bisgaard-Church: We certainly were clear about our disagreements in the room, and the mayor-elect made clear that we uphold sanctuary laws in our city, and all immigrants will be safe in our city. We also made very clear that we feel there has been inhumane raids just this week. So it will be a future conversation with the President, but we, again, grounded an overall desire and the acknowledgement that our sanctuary city laws allow cooperation in extreme violent felony cases, and that is something where I think we have alignment. Mamdani posted the clip on X with his endorsement, commenting, “New York will always be a city of immigrants. When we protect the communities who keep this city running and uphold our sanctuary laws, we create a future that’s safer for every New Yorker.” As The Gateway Pundit reported, Trump assured reporters on Friday after his meeting with Mamdani that “the mayor wants to have peace,” and they will work together to get “horrible people” out of New York City. “I think he wants to get them out, maybe more than I do, so we’ll work together. We discussed it at great length,” he added. However, we noted in the report that it is unclear if this means Mamdani will comply with federal efforts to deploy ICE or National Guard troops in New York City to remove dangerous criminals and illegals from the streets, and it does not appear likely that New York will comply with deportations of illegal aliens who have not been convicted of a crime but are still living in the country illegally and should be deported.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/watch-zohran-mamdani-staff-label-ice-inhumane-vow/
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Letter: Democratic socialism often misunderstood
Wow, I hardly recognized myself in the hyper-alarmist diatribe Kala’e Kong lobbed at Zohran Mamdani (“Mamdani represents existential threat,” Star-Advertiser, Raise Your Hand, Nov. 2).
When I lived, studied and worked in New York City, I trekked downtown monthly to attend DSA (Democratic Socialists of America) gatherings. The most “radical” discussions we had involved disagreements about the latest art house films we had seen. All grass-roots activists, we campaigned for planting more trees in heat-belts of the boroughs and testified and marched for living wages for municipal workers.
I have the feeling Mr. Kong is unaware of the principles that drive DSA. If he finds social justice, workers’ rights, diversity, affordable housing and mutual respect to be “communism,” I recommend he Google the difference.
The real existential threats to our people come from the degradation of public morality and the enrichment of the 1%.
Nancie Caraway
Manoa
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Why Louisiana Gov. has ‘got it out for’ LSU AD after $54 million Brian Kelly mess
The wild feud between Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry and LSU athletic director Scott Woodward was a long time coming. After Woodward fired LSU football coach Brian Kelly last week, Landry blasted Woodward in a press conference and declared that he wouldn’t be involved in hiring the next coach.
Landry and Woodward have long been at odds, according to Yahoo Sports, with Landry holding a “personal vendetta” against Woodward. After LSU athletic administrators decided to fire Kelly, Landry held a meeting at the governor’s mansion with donors and select university administrators to authorize the decision, the outlet reported. At that meeting, Landry strongly expressed his desire to have Woodward fired, per the report.
“He’s got it out for him,” a Louisiana political figure told Yahoo Sports. “This governor picks fights and he never forgets a slight.” Some of that tension stems from the fact that Woodward, a former political lobbyist, is more progressive than the conservative Landry.
Soon after Landry was sworn in in 2024, he became combative with the school over a number of disagreements. At one point, he declared a sign of disrespect to the country and threatened to revoke athletic scholarships. Later that year, he was adamant about restoring the school’s tradition of parading a live tiger around the field before football games—a practice the school had stopped several years ago.
Landry had a Bengal tiger transported from Florida and paraded around the field before a game, while the school’s actual live tiger mascot was not used. Those two decisions left the school feeling “angry, scarred and embarrassed,” Yahoo Sports reported.
Then, this year, Landry urged Woodward and other school administrators to hire back Will Wade to coach the basketball team, according to the outlet. Wade had coached LSU during a successful five-year run between 2017 and 2022, recording a 105-51 record and bringing the Tigers to three NCAA tournaments.
However, Wade became embroiled in an NCAA investigation for paying players, which led Woodward to fire him. Wade then rehabilitated his image with McNeese State over the past two years, earning a job at NC State. As LSU finished a disappointing year last season under Matt McMahon, Landry urged Woodward to fire McMahon and bring back Wade—an idea Woodward refused, Yahoo Sports reported.
Just last week, Landry publicly slammed Woodward for giving Kelly his “terrible” contract, which resulted in a $54 million buyout needing to be paid. The feud between the governor and the athletic director shows no signs of cooling anytime soon.
https://nypost.com/2025/10/30/sports/why-louisiana-gov-has-got-it-out-for-lsu-ad-after-54-million-brian-kelly-mess/
