NYC Mayor-Elect Mamdani Stuns Supporters With Charter School Decision-llllllllllllll
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani ignored a written request from 19 city charter school leaders seeking a meeting to discuss collaboration on educating disadvantaged students. In a Dec. 1 invitation, the charter school operators told Mamdani they were eager to work with him and argued they could support his affordability agenda—an offer the democratic socialist chose to brush aside rather than engage, the New York Post reported.
“Equity and affordability are inseparable,” the leaders wrote in the letter, according to The Post. The letter offered Dec. 12 as a possible date for a meet-and-greet at Ember Charter School for Mindful Education.
“When a family can count on an excellent public school near home, life gets less expensive: fewer hours on buses, fewer tutoring bills, fewer impossible choices between rent and opportunity,” the letter added, per The Post. “In short, when equity rises, fewer people, especially black and brown families, feel compelled to leave our great city.”
However, the New York City mayor-elect never even responded, the outlet said.
“So far there’s been radio silence,” Eva Moskowitz, founder and head of the city’s largest charter school network, the 59-school Success Academy and a co-signer of the letter, told The Post.
However, Moskowitz said she remained “optimistic” that she and other charter school operators can build a positive relationship with the Mamdani administration. She said Mamdani deserves some leeway, noting the mayor-elect is navigating the holiday season while trying to assemble his administration. Mamdani has not yet named a school’s chancellor.
“Let’s put petty politics aside,” Moskowitz told The Post. “I’m patient.”
Charter school leaders said they maintained a cooperative relationship with Mayor Eric Adams and his administration but frequently clashed with former left-wing Mayor Bill de Blasio, who adopted an adversarial approach toward parts of the sector.
They are now pledging to work with the incoming Mamdani administration and said in their letter that they would advocate for his proposed universal child care program.
“To be clear: our hands are raised sir, and we stand ready to do more. This includes helping to deliver on universal childcare AND more high-quality charter schools,” the charter school reps wrote in the letter — which was co-written and co-signed by Rafiq Kalam Id-Din II, the founder of Ember Charter, The Post reported.
More than 150,000 students are enrolled in 285 charter schools across the city, accounting for more than one in six students attending publicly funded schools in the five boroughs.
Despite that footprint, Mamdani did not appoint a single charter school official to his transition Committee on Youth and Education, one of 17 transition teams comprising about 400 members, the outlet reported.
During the campaign, Mamdani opposed charter school expansion, objecting to raising the state cap to allow additional schools to open or to providing charter schools space in city-owned school buildings.
Charter schools are publicly funded but privately operated by nonprofit organizations, with most staff not represented by unions. Students are admitted through a lottery system, said The Post.
The schools typically operate with longer school days and school years, and their students generally outperform peers in traditional public schools on state standardized math and English language arts exams.
The Post’s editorial board, however, was not so understanding of Mamdani’s charter school snub.
“You’d expect Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, to want all kids to have access to high-quality schools that facilitate upward mobility,” the board wrote this week. “Yet he just dissed leaders from 19 city charter-school networks who offered to help provide just that access.
“Clearly, he’d rather side with ideologues and special interests that oppose charters,” the board continued.
“Truth is, charters — which are free, privately run and publicly funded — can contribute enormously to Mamdani’s goal of ‘affordability,'” it continued. “[B]lowing off these excellent schools would not only hurt kids; it would be a missed opportunity to advance his own ‘affordability’ agenda.”
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JUDICIAL RECKONING
The return of national sovereignty and administrative lethality reached a new milestone this Thursday, April 9, 2026. A blockbuster ruling in Los Angeles has left the DNC establishment and globalist elite reeling.
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against California’s controversial "No Secret Police Act," blocking the state from prohibiting ICE agents from wearing masks. Judge Christina Snyder ruled the law unconstitutional, marking a decisive victory for President Donald J. Trump and the Department of Justice.
The court affirmed the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, stating California cannot discriminate against federal officers while exempting its own law enforcement. Attorney General Pamela Bondi praised the ruling, emphasizing the administration’s zero-tolerance stance on harassment of federal agents.
This decision reflects the 2026 mandate: a legal framework prioritizing the safety of American officers over the sanctuary policies pushed by Governor Gavin Newsom. It signals a sweeping rollback of state overreach in immigration enforcement.
Meanwhile, in Texas, a federal jury delivered historic terrorism convictions against nine members of a radical antifa cell. The group was found guilty for a violent 2025 attack on an ICE detention facility that left a police officer shot in the neck.
Ringleader Benjamin Song faces potential life imprisonment after evidence proved the attack was a coordinated assault using explosives and rifles—not the “noise demonstration” the defense claimed. Prosecutors called the verdict a landmark affirmation of Trump’s domestic terror designation.
With Kash Patel at the FBI and Todd Blanche at the DOJ, the dismantling of extremist cells has accelerated. Federal agencies continue to secure detention centers like Prairieland against those attempting to destabilize the republic.
Governor Gavin Newsom attempted to spin the court ruling as a “win,” citing the upheld “No Vigilantes Act.” But the truth remains: the centerpiece of his anti-ICE agenda—the “No Secret Police Act”—has been effectively struck down.
The defeat exposes the weakening foundation of California’s sanctuary policies. While Sacramento prioritizes the “civil rights” of illegal aliens, the Trump administration is defending the constitutional rights of federal officers.
The week closes as a sweeping administrative triumph for the Trump-GOP platform. From Los Angeles courtrooms to Texas jury boxes, real results—not rhetoric—are forging the 2026 midterm shield.
With 5% GDP growth and a secure border, the nation is reclaiming its stability and sovereignty. America moves forward with vigilance, resolve, and a renewed commitment to law and order.
God bless the USA—and the leaders who refuse to bow to the swamp or the radical mob.
oFar Left 'Squad' Member Learns Her Fate As Her Primary Election is Called
Washington D.C. — The far-left “Squad” took another massive hit Tuesday night as Missouri Democrat Rep. Cori Bush was soundly defeated in her primary by challenger Wesley Bell, who led by double digits with 54.9% to Bush’s 41.8%.
Bush, one of the most extreme voices in Congress, joins Rep. Jamaal Bowman as the second Squad member to lose her seat this cycle. Her defeat is a clear rejection of the radical socialist, anti-police, pro-Hamas agenda she has pushed since entering Congress in 2021.
Bush rose to prominence after participating in the Ferguson riots and has spent years promoting false narratives about Michael Brown while calling for defunding the police — even as violent crime soared in her St. Louis district. She has repeatedly aligned herself with pro-Hamas protesters, blamed Israel for the October 7 massacre, and faced controversy over allegedly funneling thousands of campaign dollars to her husband for “security services” while demanding less police protection for her constituents.
Republicans celebrated the win with well-deserved mockery. Pro-Trump comedian Terrance K. Williams posted:
“A ‘BLACK JOB’ IS SOMETHING CORI BUSH DOES NOT HAVE. OH HAPPY DAY! She is the second Squad member to lose her seat! I can’t wait until they are all gone.”
Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, who served with Bush on the House Judiciary Committee, sarcastically noted:
“I will miss Cori Bush missing every committee meeting.”
Students for Trump co-founder Ryan Fournier added:
“The Squad’s Cori Bush has LOST her primary. Join me in saying GOOD RIDDANCE! Hamas might be hiring, Cori!”
Even actor Michael Rapaport, a vocal Israel supporter, celebrated:
“Tonight at the rally they said let’s bring back ‘JOY’ to politics and boom CORI BUSH is done with Politics…. I feel JOY all of a sudden.”
This is the second straight blow to the radical Squad. Jamaal Bowman lost his primary earlier after endorsing pro-Hamas demonstrators on college campuses. Both Bush and Bowman blamed their defeats on pro-Israel funding from AIPAC rather than admitting the truth: their extreme, anti-American, and anti-Israel positions have become toxic to voters.
The radical left’s Squad is crumbling because the American people are rejecting their agenda of defunding police, embracing socialism, supporting radical Islamists, and putting foreign interests above American citizens. Voters want secure borders, safe streets, strong economy, and leaders who put America First — not performative radicals who miss committee meetings and push policies that hurt their own districts.
Under President Donald J. Trump’s leadership, the Republican Party is becoming the party of working Americans, law and order, and common sense. Meanwhile, the Democrat Party continues its death spiral — hemorrhaging voters, losing favorability, and watching its most extreme members get rejected at the ballot box.
Cori Bush’s defeat is not just a loss for one radical congresswoman. It is a rejection of the entire Squad’s toxic ideology. The American people are waking up and choosing sanity over socialism, strength over weakness, and America First over America Last.
More Squad members are on the ballot soon. The trend is clear: radicalism is losing, and the America First movement is winning.
