{"id":30590,"date":"2026-08-07T02:58:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30590"},"modified":"2026-08-07T02:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T21:58:36","slug":"team-mamdani-flip-flops-on-grocery-ids-mehdi-hasan-cries-islamophobia-to-aid-el-sayed-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=30590","title":{"rendered":"Team Mamdani flip-flops on grocery IDs, Mehdi Hasan cries &#8216;Islamophobia&#8217; to aid El-Sayed and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2FAUG-6-WHOPPERS.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spot the difference:<\/h2>\n<p>\u201c[We\u2019ll] target New Yorkers [at city-run groceries], whether it be a sort of a library card-esque thing. . .\u201d <\/p>\n<p><em>\u2014 Jeanny Pak, interim NYC Economic Development Corp. boss, July 27<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>vs.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou do not need an ID to shop.\u201d <em>\u2014 Mayor Mamdani, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/03\/us-news\/mamdanis-city-owned-grocery-stores-wont-ask-for-id-meaning-non-new-yorkers-can-buy-cheap-goods\/\"><em>Monday<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--more inline-module--author inline-module--more--thirds\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<h2 class=\"inline-module__heading subsection-heading subsection-heading--underline subsection-heading--underline--indent-30 \">\n\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"subsection-heading__sub\">Post Editorial Board<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>Will Team Mamdani please make up its mind? New Yorkers would love to know if their tax dollars will be used to subsidize out-of-towners at <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/04\/us-news\/request-for-vendors-reveals-just-how-ridiculous-mamdanis-city-owned-grocery-store-plan-is-critics\/\">Mamdani Marts<\/a> \u2014 that is, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/30\/opinion\/the-distant-date-that-mamdani-has-chosen-for-his-city-owned-grocery-stores-should-raise-alarm-bells\/\">if they ever open<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This praise:<\/h2>\n<p>\u201c[Hamas\u2019] fight comes from deep love and tenderness.\u201d <em>\u2014 DSA International Committee member Mirah Wood, in a 2024 recording that resurfaced this week<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>Sure, people motivated by \u201clove and tenderness\u201d always chop off babies\u2019 heads, rape women and butcher families, as <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/13\/world-news\/full-depravity-of-hamas-sexual-brutality-laid-bare-in-damning-new-report-it-was-done-for-fun\/\">Hamas fighters did in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023<\/a>. Yoikes!<\/p>\n<p>And worse than <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/canarymission\/status\/2084353610671124729?s=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wood\u2019s sick spin<\/a>: Her Democratic Socialists of America are <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/05\/opinion\/abdul-el-sayed-and-other-socialist-extremists-must-be-stopped-from-taking-over-the-democratic-party\/\">taking over the Democratic Party<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">These demands:<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAbolish the Senate. Abolish the Pentagon . . . Abolish it all! [Prisons are] first on the list.\u201d <em>\u2014 Sen. Bernie Sanders\u2019 ex-press secretary Briahna Joy Gray, Tuesday<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"single__inline-module inline-module inline-module--newsletter aligncenter inline-module--nypostbusinessunit aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-newsletter\" data-source-unit=\"Inline Newsletter Module Post Opinion\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__inner\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__title-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"inline-module__unsubmitted-title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSubscribe to our daily Post Opinion newsletter!\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"inline-module__title headline headline--combo-sm-md\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/2084723369325326745?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asked by Piers Morgan<\/a> if she\u2019d defund or abolish the police, Gray filibustered before finally saying, \u201cAffirmatively yes!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>She then targeted the Senate, the Pentagon and prisons for abolition as well. <\/p>\n<p>Is there any better example of the kind of anarchy <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/05\/opinion\/the-radicals-won-the-dem-civil-war-well-all-pay-the-price\/\">Sanders-ite lefties are trying to sow<\/a>?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">This whine:<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s only been a few hours since the first viable Muslim<br \/>Senate candidate won a primary and his GOP opponent is already running ads featuring Osama bin Laden and 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p>The Islamophobia over the next few months is gonna be vicious. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Us7TnA8uED\">https:\/\/t.co\/Us7TnA8uED<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mehdirhasan\/status\/2085104507071901727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><strong>We say: <\/strong>Sorry, but it\u2019s not Islamophobic to note that Michigan Democrats\u2019 just-chosen candidate for US Senate, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/05\/opinion\/miranda-devine-dont-let-abdul-el-sayed-fool-you-he-and-his-dsa-cronies-are-in-prime-position-to-take-over-the-democratic-party\/\">Abdul El-Sayed<\/a>, has been regularly<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/03\/us-news\/abdul-el-sayed-stumps-with-hasan-piker-on-primary-eve-who-marvels-over-white-dude-bros-supporting-him\/\"> stumping with radical bro-caster Hasan Piker<\/a> \u2014 who has <em>literally<\/em> said, \u201cAmerica deserved 9\/11.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Michigan voters have every right to ask whose side El-Sayed is on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 <\/strong><em>Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions Spot the difference: \u201c[We\u2019ll] target New Yorkers [at city-run groceries], whether it be a sort of a library card-esque thing. . .\u201d \u2014 Jeanny Pak, interim NYC Economic Development Corp. boss, July 27 vs. \u201cYou do not need an ID to shop.\u201d \u2014 Mayor Mamdani, Monday More 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