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ISI/DI: Mamdani leads again with TIPS, and here’s why: He has made statements calling for land and property ownership to be abolished. He labels himself a Democrat Socialist, but his rhetoric is more in line with being a Communist. In this issue we will look at his upcoming trip to Uganda, a country riddled with jihadist terrorism and where he also owns property. This recalls the adage that under Communism, everyone is equal ……. some people are just more equal than others. Follow the headlines; check out the statements for yourself, by clicking on the links, always provided.
Mamdani sparks firestorm with resurfaced comment on abolishing private property: ‘He’s a communist’
ISI/DI: Zohran Mamdani says he is not a Communist, yet he is running his mayoral campaign in NYC based on Communist ideas. He has said private ownership of property should be abolished and he wants to make NYC grocery stores government owned.
Let’s look at two instances of government owned stores, one in the former Soviet Union and one in today’s Kansas City, Missouri.
I was invited to speak at a conference in Moscow in the fall of 1989, two years before the fall of Communism in the USSR. The picture below is of the GUM (a Soviet acronym) department store located in Moscow’s Red Square and across from the Kremlin.
GUM is often referred to as the largest department store in Russia and one of the largest shopping centers in all of Europe and Russia. The building was originally known as the Upper Trading Arcade and was designed to house over 1,000 shops. After reconstruction, it still houses approximately 150 shops spread across three levels. When I was there in ’89 there were hardly any people there, no shops were open due to there being no merchandise on the shelves. This is a testimony to Communism.
Now, let’s look closer to home, Kansas City. On the FOX News Channel evening news with Bret Baier on Tuesday, July 22 there was a news piece on a government run grocery store in Kansas City. The store received taxpayer funding to subsidize its operations. Shelves looked just as empty there as the GUM department store I visited in 1989. FOX interviewed several people who used to shop at the Kansas City store before becoming a government-run operation. They all talked about how the store used to be full of grocery items but now set empty.
This is what Mamdani wants to bring to NYC. It remains to be seen, or heard, what Omar Fateh, the other Democrat Socialist, wants to introduce to Minneapolis.
Mamdani, Who Called for Abolishing Private Property, Owns Land in Uganda
Private property abolition for thee, not for me.
ISI/DI: Reports confirm that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani owns four acres of land in Jinja, Uganda. He acquired the property in 2012, according to his 2023 financial disclosures as a state assemblyman. However, a later disclosure filed as a mayoral candidate states he acquired the land in 2016. This property is described as vacant and unimproved, with an estimated value between $150,000 and $250,000. Mamdani is a dual citizen of the U.S. and Uganda and was born in Kampala, Uganda.
A quarter of a century after moving to the U.S., Mamdani’s net worth today is still based in the East African country from which he emigrated. According to the financial disclosures he filed as a state assemblyman in 2023, he acquired four acres of land in Jinja — a region of Uganda bordering Lake Victoria that contains the source of the Nile River — in 2012. On the disclosure he filed as a mayoral candidate earlier this year, he says that he acquired the land in 2016 and that it remains vacant and unimproved. Whether he purchased it, was gifted it, inherited it or otherwise is unclear, as is the reason for the discrepancy in the date.
New York City disclosures don’t require candidates to list cash accounts, so there’s the possibility Mamdani’s worth a bit more than the documents show. Another caveat: he married his wife, a Syrian-born artist, earlier this year after the disclosures were due, so any assets she has may not show up until next year’s filings.
Meanwhile, his parents’ net worth is likely more significant. His father, who has written at least seven books, is still a professor at Columbia, where he specializes in colonialism and conflicts in Africa. Based on data for Columbia from the American Association of University Professors, he likely makes somewhere between $200,000 and $300,000 a year. More on his father to follow.
There are still unanswered questions at home as well as abroad.
Since 2021, the Islamic State Central Africa Province has launched two different types of attacks against Uganda. First, terror attacks and assassinations far from the Congolese border in places like Kampala. Second, heavy, more military-style attacks against civilians in Uganda’s border with the DRC.
- What is the true ‘estimate’ of his stateside holdings?
- What is the true value of this property in Uganda?
- What, if any, impact is there with the jihadist terror attacks in Uganda by the Islamic State and Mamdani’s own possible militant involvement in his own past?
Unearthed social media posts expose radical anti-Israel views of Mamdani’s dad: ‘Colonial occupation’
ISI/DI: Social media posts and previous writings have brought renewed attention to the views of Mahmood Mamdani, father of NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, regarding Israel and the Palestinian issue.
Key points regarding Mahmood Mamdani’s views and actions include his description of Israel as a “colonial power” and its relationship with Palestinians as “settler colonialism”. Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, he tweeted about witnessing “the birth of the third intifada against settler colonialism”. He is also on the advisory policy council of The Gaza Tribunal, an organization that advocates for boycotts and sanctions against Israel.
The views of Zohran Mamdani on Israel have been a focus of his campaign, leading to accusations of antisemitism that he disputes. He has defended his positions, stating that criticizing Israeli policies is not antisemitism and that he is holding Israel accountable under international law. He has also pledged to combat antisemitism and protect Jewish New Yorkers. According to the Jerusalem Post, the resurfaced comments have intensified scrutiny on both Zohran Mamdani and his family in the context of the mayoral race.
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