Zohran Mamdani, though not terribly popular, has received a “thank you” message from an unlikely source.

A city in California has been using tax money to…raise taxes. I’m not kidding.

And the co-chair for the Democratic Socialists of America proves that the Democratic socialists have no idea what they are doing.

A Special Thanks

According to the Post Millennial:

In a decided shot at DSA-backed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the Florida Chamber of Commerce has officially launched a Times Square campaign dubbing the socialist mayor as Florida’s Economic Developer of the Year through a massive billboard at the corner of Broadway and West 43rd Street in Manhattan.

“We wanted to thank him for the jobs, the companies, the people that they’re pushing out of New York — and a lot of them are coming to Florida,” Chamber CEO Mark Wilson first told Fox News.

“America is at a crossroads right now. I think everyone that’s paying attention knows that our country was built on freedom and free enterprise and people having the liberty to make their dreams come true,” he said. “And there’s a push in our country right now to take those liberties away and to attack free enterprise. And that’s never worked anywhere, and it won’t work in America.”

“What Mayor Mamdani is doing is dangerous for the country, right? It’s bad for New Yorkers. It’s bad for New York. It’s very harmful for the country,” Wilson continued. “We can choose free enterprise, which is what America was built on, or we can choose to destroy that, which is what the social[ist] policies do… And so, what we’re hoping happens from this campaign is that we refocus America on free enterprise.”

Wilson insisted that the campaign is meant to encourage the free exchange of capital rather than to tear New York down. He said he wanted every state to thrive.

“Even though Florida is winning right now, we’re not looking for New York to lose,” he said. “We’re hoping that these other states will say ‘no’ to this move towards socialism and say ‘yes’ to the very policies that our country was founded on,” he said. “This isn’t about spiking a football or looking at the scoreboard about Florida versus New York. This is really about trying to save our country from crazy.”

https://thepostmillennial.com/thanks-for-the-jobs-mamdani-declared-floridas-economic-developer-of-the-year-as-residents-flee-nyc-for-sunshine-state?utm_campaign=64466

These People Keep Getting Voted In

According to the California Post:

Spending taxpayer money to convince taxpayers to pay more taxes — it’s a California specialty.

But it seems Nevada County went too far, as the state’s political watchdogs found the Lake Tahoe-area jurisdiction spent more than $34,000 in taxpayer money trying to convince residents to raise their own taxes — and now that failed campaign is poised to cost county taxpayers another $31,500.

California’s Fair Political Practices Commission is scheduled to vote Aug. 20 on a proposed settlement stemming from Nevada County’s promotion of Measure V, a 2022 ballot measure that would have raised the county sales tax by half a percentage point for 10 years.

Measure V was pitched as a way to generate roughly $12 million annually for wildfire prevention, emergency services and disaster preparedness. But voters weren’t convinced.

The measure received just 48.41% of the vote and failed — despite Nevada County spending $34,614 in public funds on two mailers that state regulators determined crossed the line from informing residents into political advocacy.

The first mailer landed in the mailboxes of 33,351 residents in October 2022 at a cost of $17,708 and touted Measure V as “responsive to community priorities,” including preventing wildfires, improving evacuation routes, enhancing emergency communications and helping low-income seniors and people with disabilities.

But regulators found the county buried the less attractive part — the half-percent sales-tax hike — in the smallest font, while emphasizing the measure’s benefits.

https://nypost.com/2026/08/11/us-news/california-county-caught-illegally-using-taxpayer-money-to-promote-tax-hike/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=capost

These People Are Clueless

DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer.

This is the way, for anyone in politics. Make them fully explain their positions, the way in which they will implement it, and the reason why they have the position to being with (i.e. what specific problem is this solving). https://t.co/7XA7nYPpH4

— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) August 8, 2026

Some things:

• These people are really dumb. They are not the intellectuals they want you to think they are.
• They definitely aren’t as smart as the Founding Fathers.
• This also shows they don’t know what they want. They have no plans.
• They just want to punish the rich. They’re envious of the rich.
• They are over-educated (which isn’t saying much), under-employed, spoiled, privileged brats.