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Jul 4, 02:06 AM
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered his July Fourth address from behind George Washington's desk at City Hall. He was joined by recently naturalized U.S. citizens as he highlighted the ideals the founders of the nation put forward 250 years ago.
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"When we look at America, what do we see? Here at City Hall, as I sit behind George Washington's desk, alongside new Americans who came to this country, I cannot see all of America. But like so many who came before, I can see New York City. The city I see today looks very different than the one that greeted George Washington. In July of 1776, our city simmered under the yoke of oppression. The British had imposed a colonial rule so repressive that 250 years ago, 80 miles south, a small group of newspaper editors, farmers, and soldiers signed their names on a document declaring truths that feel self-evident now, but were revolutionary then. Those ideals upon which our nation was built, they are strong enough to endure any authoritarian regime, but only if we reach for them. Ours is a nation working each day towards the perfection in which it was conceived, a nation striving each day to better itself. Therein lies the work of America, the striving, the bettering, the reaching towards perfection. What a privilege each of us has to live in a nation that every one of its inhabitants can shape. What a responsibility each of us possesses to prove ourselves worthy of all those who came before. What power each of us holds to bring America ever closer to the greatness so many have seen when they looked upon these shores, the greatness that for 250 years has been America."
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NBC News
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· Jul 3, 04:40 PM
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered his July Fourth address from behind George Washington's desk at City Hall. He was joined by recently naturalized U.S. citizens as he highlighted the ideals the founders of the nation put forward 250 years ago.
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">theDave</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@thedaveusa.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 10:10 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words"> Ironic how we are celebrating the birth of our nation and a democratic republic while being taken over by an authoritarian Fascist administration.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300"> Mark</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 11:46 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">&#39;
&#39;attempted&#39;, takeover.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Jonny Skedge</span>
<span class="text-[10px] text-slate-500">@skedgehammer.bsky.social</span>
<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 04:43 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">The political left, globally, is humanity's hope.
This gives solidarity.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Slave</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 05:54 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">What a pos</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Don't Wash Your Pits in the River of Sacred Tears</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 7, 04:03 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">I'm proud to see him there with that message.</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Sugar Plum</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 08:27 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">It’s great they became legalized citizens the right way. They care about our country enough to do it the right way, instead of flying their countries flag, flooding our borders with a big FU.</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 09:06 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">lol eat shit</p>
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<span class="text-xs font-bold text-slate-300">Miri ♡</span>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 10:47 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Ooh, fancy! Speaking from behind George Washington's desk? Bet he felt like a total boss! 😏</p>
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<span class="text-[9px] text-slate-600">· Jul 3, 09:35 PM</span>
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<p class="text-xs text-slate-350 leading-relaxed break-words">Dirtbag Jew Hater!!</p>
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