The tragic events of 2001, where three commercial airliners were hijacked and crashed by Muslim extremists, resulting in the loss of thousands of innocent lives, continue to evoke strong emotions.
The attacks on the World Trade Center, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Pentagon are reminiscent of the trauma of Pearl Harbor, with the pain resurfacing every September 11th.
Among the residents of New York City, home to approximately a million Muslims, is Zohran Mamdani, the city's newly-elected Muslim mayor. According to RedState, Mamdani, who secured 50.4 percent of the vote in the November election after winning the Democrat primary in June, is set to assume office on January 1st.
Mamdani, a 34-year-old immigrant from Uganda, arrived in the United States with his family in the late 20th century. He became a U.S. citizen seven years ago and has been serving as a member of the New York State Assembly since 2020, representing a district in Queens, the same borough where Donald Trump was raised.
Despite his radical campaign promises, including universal free childcare, city-run grocery stores, and free bus service, Mamdani has recently been relatively quiet. His previous calls for the abolition of the police and support for a global intifada, an Arabic term for a popular uprising, have not been as prominent in his recent rhetoric.
Mamdani recently released a videotape in Spanish and English, providing detailed instructions to illegal immigrants on how to evade detection by ICE authorities and how to gather a crowd of sympathizers if detained. This information was detailed by Teri Christoph, a colleague at RedState.
Mamdani's controversial entry into politics and his potential impact on the Democrat Party's national image as they seek to gain control of Congress in next year's midterm elections to counter President Donald Trump's assertive agenda for the final two years of his administration were discussed in an audio commentary.
The commentary also analyzed the disturbing trend of calls for violence predominantly originating from the left side of the country's political spectrum. President Trump and his supporters are frequently labeled as fascists and Nazis, a style of name-calling and threats that is more reminiscent of elementary school playground altercations than civil discourse among leaders.
The media's selective coverage of the first drug-boat bombing on September 2nd was also discussed. The Washington Post's distorted account of the event, in which two unidentified sources claimed that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had allegedly ordered the combat commander to leave no survivors, was countered by a report from The New York Times, which cited five unidentified sources.
The incident commander, Adm. Mitch Bradley, testified to Congress that Hegseth had issued no such order, and the reason the boat was attacked again was the crew apparently seeking to continue its mission.
This incident is another example of media running with a distorted partial account that fits a negative narrative about the administration's actions. However, competition kicked in and The Times corrected the account.
The selective media coverage conveniently overlooked Barack Obamas more than 530 drone attacks executed on alleged terrorist targets in foreign lands, killing hundreds of civilian non-combatants during his presidency.
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