strategic alliance with the bodega cat union (analysis)

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diptych of stillframes from a youtube video: NYC mayoral candidate zohran mamdani pets a sleeping cat at a bodega, saying (in arabic and english subtitles: "how are you, chief? everything okay?")

sent to me this morning as we were celebrating this guy's victory in NYC.
when you build a coalition of voters, you always include the bodega cats.

image is clipped from one of his campaign videos (in arabic):
https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Yesterday

snarkout

Yesterday

Someone on Bluesky said that he's speaking Syrian Arabic (which clocks; his wife is Syrian) except when talking to the cat, when he switches to Egyptian Arabic (which clocks, because that is where the cat was worshipped as a god).

Vidiot

Yesterday

@snarkout that is amazing.

mcmjolnir

Yesterday

Truly a man for our age

strategic alliance with the bodega cat union (analysis)

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