I appreciate a shrewd political ploy even when my side doesn’t profit from it. (A good thing too, as I’ve been without a side since 2016.) So my hat is off to Zohran Mamdani for reeling in a big, orange, not very bright fish yesterday at Gracie Mansion.

Nick Catoggio is a staff writer at The Dispatch and is based in Texas. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 16 years gradually alienating a populist readership at Hot Air. When Nick isn’t busy writing a daily newsletter on politics, he’s … probably planning the next day’s newsletter.

You’re reading Boiling Frogs, Nick Catoggio’s daily newsletter featuring sharp, introspective commentary on populism, polarization, and the gradual erosion of American conservatism.

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