Mamdani’s America 250 address draws sharp Catholic condemnation for Marxist themes
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a July 3 address for
America’s 250th anniversary that framed the nation’s history through a
lens of unrelenting oppression, class division, and elite exploitation,
prompting strong rebukes from Catholic leaders who said the speech was
steeped in Marxist ideology.
Mamdani, seated behind a desk in City Hall that once belonged to George Washington, argued during the roughly 15-minute speech
that America is exceptional not because it is “richer, stronger, more
powerful than everyone else,” but because “nothing is fixed into place.”
He said the work of fulfilling the values enshrined in the Declaration
of Independence remains unfinished. ---More...
Maine Democratic Senate nominee reportedly considers dropping out after rape accusation, denies allegation
A Maine woman says Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee for U.S.
Senate, forced her to have sex with him against her will nearly five
years ago. Platner has denied the rape allegation but is reportedly
considering dropping out of his race against Republican Sen. Susan
Collins.
Jenny Racicot, 41, told
POLITICO in an exclusive set of three interviews over the past two
weeks that she had an on-and-off relationship with Platner for more than
two years before he entered her rural Maine home uninvited one night in
late 2021, deeply intoxicated, and forced himself on her while she
repeatedly told him to stop. She said she cut off contact with him after
telling him the encounter was not consensual.
“I remember him
grabbing my pelvis and being really forceful of me,” Racicot said. “I
remember the specific moment where I thought to myself, like, ‘This is
no longer my choice.’” ---More...
