On Episode 241 of The Qasim Rashid Show:
I interview Mayor Zohran Mamdani as his team filled New York City's 200,000th pothole, and sit down with COGE's Ann Cheng about five ballot measures headed to voters this November to cut red tape and save New Yorkers real money.
Listen to the full episode here on Substack, or watch the complete live interviews below.
I also break down why Ed Sheeran pulled Macklemore from his tour under pressure from billionaire Robert Kraft, over nothing more than Macklemore refusing to stop saying Free Palestine. There is no neutral position on genocide, and Sheeran proved it.
I wrote more on this last week.
Ed Sheeran Isn’t Neutral, He’s Complicit in Genocide
Last week, a musician named Pink called on Ed Sheeran to remove fellow musician Ben Macklemore from his national tour. This week, Macklemore announced that Ed Sheeran had removed him from his tour—penning a powerful assessment of the situation. And throughout it all, Ed Sheeran has positioned himself as a neutral arbiter who doesn’t take sides. He just …
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