{"id":191587,"date":"2026-04-10T00:52:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191587\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T00:52:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T00:52:07","slug":"mamdani-reveals-his-odd-idea-of-protecting-new-yorkers-ms-now-host-loses-the-plot-on-iran-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191587\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamdani reveals his odd idea of &#8216;protecting&#8217; New Yorkers, MS NOW host loses the plot on Iran and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions<\/p>\n<p>This boast:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMayor Mamdani Takes Bold, Unapologetic Actions to Protect New Yorkers\u201d \u2014 City Hall press release, Tuesday<\/p>\n<p>We say: And what actions might those be? <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoubling down on Sanctuary City policies\u201d and \u201ccommitting firmly to closing\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/30\/opinion\/mamdanis-empty-rikers-plan-would-guarantee-another-crime-spike\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Rikers jail complex. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>No joke: The mayor\u2019s idea of keeping people safe is making sure the city is a place where illegal immigrants who may have committed violent crimes are shielded from arrest, and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/26\/opinion\/brutal-crime-mistake-mamdani-plans-to-make-all-over-again\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">closing the city\u2019s main jail complex<\/a> \u2014 even if there\u2019s no place else for convicts to go. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/04\/opinion\/how-much-longer-will-nyc-mayor-zohran-mamdani-let-the-nypd-keep-a-lid-on-crime\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Feel safer yet<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tMore From\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPost Editorial Board<\/p>\n<p>This gripe:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat could have been a woman they were trying to rescue.\u201d \u2014 MS NOW\u2019s Lawrence O\u2019Donnell, Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>We say: Never mind Iran\u2019s bid to acquire nukes \u2014 or the US and Israel\u2019s war to stop it. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGet opinions and commentary from our columnists\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\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>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Never mind that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth just oversaw an utterly stunning, against-the-odds <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/05\/opinion\/the-urgent-lesson-of-us-dramatic-rescue-of-f-15e-crewmen-downed-in-iran\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rescue of an airman downed behind enemy lines<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The big news, per O\u2019Donnell? The SecDef uttered the US military motto, \u201cWe leave no man behind,\u201d which \u2014 shudder! \u2014 leaves out women. Talk about clueless!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This headline:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA North American Treaty Organization Without America?\u201d \u2014 The New York Times, April 3<\/p>\n<p>We say: The Gray Lady\u2019s headline writer must\u2019ve been so proud of coming up with<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/03\/media\/new-york-times-draws-scorn-for-bungling-meaning-of-nato-in-headline-how-embarrassing-and-sad\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> such a cutesy play on the word \u201cAmerica,\u201d<\/a> and aiding the paper\u2019s bid to blame President Trump for a US-NATO rift. <\/p>\n<p>Trouble is, the acronym stands for North Atlantic Treaty Organization, not North American. <\/p>\n<p>And the story\u2019s bid to blame Trump was every bid as wrong as the headline.<\/p>\n<p>This remark:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWeigh in on . . . the fact that there is no head of DHS right now at a time when DHS is shut down. Does that do real damage?\u201d \u2014 NBC News\u2019 Kristen Welker on \u201cMeet the Press,\u201d Sunday\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We say: Sorry, but <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/24\/us-news\/markwayne-mullin-sworn-in-as-trumps-new-homeland-security-secretary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Markwayne Mullin was sworn in as Homeland Security secretary<\/a> on March 24. Sure, all journalists goof up once in a while. <\/p>\n<p>But if your whole question revolves around a key fact, you\u2019d think you\u2019d get that fact right, no?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Compiled by The Post Editorial Board<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Diary of disturbing disinformation and dangerous delusions This boast: \u201cMayor Mamdani Takes Bold, Unapologetic Actions to Protect New&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[153,304,14670,76666,64127,27853,27678,9,24,980,63,299,122,124,123,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-191587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-donald-trump","9":"tag-editorial","10":"tag-iran","11":"tag-lawrence-odonnell","12":"tag-markwayne-mullin","13":"tag-meet-the-press","14":"tag-nato","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-new-york-times","18":"tag-nyc","19":"tag-opinion","20":"tag-queens","21":"tag-queens-headlines","22":"tag-queens-news","23":"tag-zohran-mamdani"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}