In a political earthquake the establishment did everything they could to prevent, Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani is on track to become the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo in the first round of voting.

THE LATEST: With over 93% of precincts reporting, Mamdani secured 43.5% of first-choice votes, compared to Cuomo’s 34.6%.

This may be the upset of the century; in February, Mamdani was polling at just 1%.

ZOOM OUT: This isn’t just a surprising result—it’s a generational revolt. Cuomo, backed by billionaires like Mike Bloomberg and fellow sex pest Bill Clinton, launched a tidal wave of negative ads and was supposed to cruise to victory.

Mamdani, 33, ran on a shoestring budget fueled by small-dollar donors and volunteer energy. And while his policies were smeared as “unrealistic” by elites, his win shows just how out of touch those elites are with the people actually living through NYC’s affordability crisis.

Declaring victory, Mamdani said he would use “power to reject Donald Trump’s fascism.”

WHAT’S NEXT: Mamdani isn’t the official Democratic nominee just yet. Because New York City uses ranked choice voting, the complete tabulation of votes will take at least a week.

LOOKING AHEAD: If the results hold, he’ll head into the general election this fall as the clear frontrunner against a fractured opposition. He’ll likely face:

But after this week’s results, it’s clear the momentum—and the movement—is behind Mamdani. We’re sending a message to corporate-backed politicians of both parties: get on board or get out of our way.

Given Mamdani’s success in New York City, we want to know… Do you think America would elect a Democratic Socialist president? Tell us why or why not after you vote.

Yesterday we asked, Are Democrats doing enough to stop Trump?

Macourt voted yes and said: “People must remember the democrats are the minority. They have just so much power. The problem is that the Republicans won't do their job. And that's why Trump is getting away with this lawlessness.”

But most people disagree. Jiggle voted no and expressed what many people said: “I get bombarded about 50 times a day for donations to stop Trump and frankly I see very little action, talk is cheap. A few Democrats are sticking their necks out and standing up but I feel they should all be standing together. As a country we can't continue down this path, if so I believe all is lost.”

Joy voted no and has a roadmap for Dems: “They seem to lay down on filing offenses. Trump breaks laws every day. File on them and build the case for impeachment. Also investigate more and faster on Elon’s corruption with Starlink over the election results.”

A growing number of Americans are ditching both major parties—and Democrats are losing the most ground. Independent and third-party voter registrations have jumped nearly 9 points since 2000, with younger and more diverse voters leading the exodus. The two-party system may still dominate elections, but its foundations are cracking. Full story from NBC News.

Despite widespread anger over Trump’s unconstitutional bombing of Iran, most House Democrats joined Republicans Tuesday to crush a resolution to impeach him. Rep. Al Green (the lone protester of Trump’s congressional address in March) forced the vote, citing Trump’s blatant violation of war powers. But 128 Democrats helped kill it. Party leaders clearly want to move on. The war machine, it seems, gets bipartisan protection. Full story from Politico.

Despite warnings from humanitarian groups, Israel and U.S.-backed forces have turned food aid into a deadly trap—killing over 400 Palestinians at aid sites, according to the UN. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights now says this “weaponization of hunger” amounts to a war crime and may be part of a larger campaign to erase Palestinian life in Gaza. Starvation isn’t a side effect—it’s the strategy. Full story from Common Dreams.

New research finds that it’s not just bats or climate change driving pandemics—it’s poverty. A sweeping global study shows that lack of sanitation, poor healthcare, and economic inequality are key factors in how deadly diseases like tuberculosis, salmonella, and even Ebola spread. In other words: the next pandemic might not come from nature alone—it might come from our broken society. Full story from Futurity.

Trump is aggressively pushing the narrative that his bombing campaign on Iran was a major success. But that’s a lie—there’s only one clear winner in this mess.

DRIVING THE NEWS: Despite the typical bravado from the White House, a classified U.S. intelligence brief leaked yesterday paints a very different picture: the strikes didn’t destroy Iran’s nuclear program.

YES, AND: The whole war may have the opposite of the intended effect.

And with a newly emboldened regime, Iran’s nuclear ambitions may not just survive—they may grow more entrenched.

ZOOM OUT: So who benefits from this pointless escalation? Not the Iranian people. Not the American people. Not the Israeli people.

Since 2023, the world’s top arms dealers have made over $600 billion—and over half of that has gone to America and Israeli firms.

BIG PICTURE: Endless war is great for business for the companies who have paid off our politicians.

BOTTOM LINE: This wasn’t about keeping anyone safe. It was about feeding the military-industrial complex, boosting Trump’s image, and distracting from domestic disasters—like the GOP’s plan to gut Medicaid.

The U.S. didn’t strike a blow for peace. It struck a blow for profit.

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