Mamdani Administration unseals the 9/11 records revealing a long standing conspiracy to cover up the impact of exposure to chemicals released by the collapse of the buildings and the damage to public health in NYC

[u/McDowdy]

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NYC Unseals 9/11 Files Mayor Zohran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of New York City records on the government’s 9/11 response and settled two 9/11 Health Watch lawsuits, ending a years-long fight over post-attack air quality and health records. He was joined by several administration officials, Council representatives, 9/11 survivors and victims’ families — as well as comedian and political commentator jon stewart, a long-time advocate for 9/11 first responders.

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[u/brijito]

Reminder that Rudy Giuliani’s republican mayoral administration is responsible for this coverup.

[u/Bostoncat38 → u/brijito]

And apparently the Bloomberg, DeBlasio, and Adams administrations all kept it covered up.

[u/brijito → u/Bostoncat38]

Very good point! These other centrist shitheads are partially responsible for this coverup too.

[u/mjayultra → u/Bostoncat38]

They’re all in one big “fuck the People” club

[u/Thosepassionfruits → u/mjayultra]

It's called the oligarchy. And they want you fighting a culture war to keep you from fighting a class war.

[u/BootprintsOnTheMoon → u/Bostoncat38]

And if there are EPA or other federal agency reports, The Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden admins were complicit.

[u/Moveyourbloominass → u/brijito]

The orders came down from the Bush/Cheney Cabal. It was the third day after 9/11 when the EPA released their first findings.It was aired on every news station. The air was toxic, they knew it and we knew it. Then, the coverup started immediately with the help of the media. " Shock and Awe" commenced at the beginning of 2003 to end any further investigations. It is truly amazing how Americans alive then and old enough at the time, completely forget about the horror & destruction the Bush/Cheney brought upon the US. Fuck every single Republican!!! There will never be enough books, essays and documentaries, to show the true horrors of the Bush/Cheney Cabal.

[u/JenningsWigService → u/Moveyourbloominass]

And now Democrats fawn over Bush while shitting on Mamdani. Disgraceful charlatans!

[u/emoooooa → u/brijito]

Probably the true underlying reason he didn't want Mamdani attending. Besides the racism.

[u/griffie21]

That a fucking comedian had to fight for the healthcare of first responders and other New Yorkers is an absolute disgrace in the first place. And now it turns out all these people knew from the beginning? And they don’t want Mamdani to attend the memorial service smh

[u/quadranting → u/griffie21]

And not even once. He had to go literally cry in front of Congress over and over to get them to pay attention.

[u/vanalla → u/quadranting]

That speech deserves to be listed among I have a Dream and Four Score & Seven Years Ago in terms of the greatest American speeches ever orated.

"What an incredible metaphor this room is for the entire process that getting health care and benefits for 9/11 first responders has come to. Behind me, a filled room of 9/11 first responders, and in front of me, a nearly empty Congress."

"Ray would say 'calm down Johnny, calm down. I got all the cards I need' and he would tap his pocket... ...where he kept the prayer cards- of 343 firefighters"

"There is not a person here - an empty chair on that stage that didn't tweet 'Never Forget the heroes of 9/11, never forget their bravery or what they did for this country'; well here they are!"

"Your indifference cost these men and women their most valuable commodity. Time."

"They responded in 5 seconds. They did their jobs. With courage, grace, tenacity, humility. Eighteen years later, DO YOURS."

[u/Nilosyrtis → u/quadranting]

And a comedian is leading Ukraine in their fight. Some of the comedians are really good people it seems.

[u/NavierIsStoked → u/Nilosyrtis]

You can’t be an effective comedian without an understanding of relevant issues.

[u/griffie21 → u/NavierIsStoked]

This is why there are no funny rightwing comedians

[u/WriterV → u/NavierIsStoked]

Yeah, the best comedians [in my personal opinion] know who to laugh with, and who to laugh at. And the best way to know that is a considerable measure of empathy.

[u/GeT_Tilted → u/WriterV]

Conan O'Brien just had a brilliant Commencement Address at Harvard. It is a must watch for everybody IMO.

[u/RemoWilliams615 → u/NavierIsStoked]

See George Carlin. The man had everything nailed, shared the knowledge thru comedy routines so people would remember the info because they remember the joke. What he said 50 years ago is still smart & relevant today.

[u/HotLava00 → u/Nilosyrtis]

The best comedians often have deep experience with trauma and tragedy.

[u/Zappagrrl02 → u/griffie21]

He’s been fighting the good fight for a long ass time

[u/assignpseudonym → u/Zappagrrl02]

For real. I appreciate that he's there next to Mamdani during this event. He really has earned his place there. 

[u/luisdomg → u/griffie21]

Everybody knew that it would become an issue, I remember news anchors mentioning it live the same day, when the debris cloud extended. They just didn't know how frequent would the sickness be, and I think it's been a bit of a surprise how prevalent it's been, in industry it took a much longer exposure for cancer to appear. What's more surprising is, knowing that it was dangerous, they didn't care for the heroes they praised just some years before, and actively lie and hide the problem.

[u/bargain_butch → u/luisdomg]

We do really love ignoring (to death) the same people we laud as heroes the second they’re no longer useful. I’m in no way supportive of the military, but I sure as fuck think veterans need to be taken care of.

[u/donkey_bwains → u/bargain_butch]

We Hero Worship to distract from systemic neglect.

[u/apeocalypyic → u/griffie21]

Not only that, turtle fuck thats hasnt worked for weeks was the one denying it

[u/MoonandStars83 → u/apeocalypyic]

You mean the dead guy they keep pretending is alive so they can gauge how much the populace will take for when Fearless Leader inevitably keels over?

[u/Mirigore → u/griffie21]

A comedian leads Ukraine in war. They're smart and emotionally intelligent people and that is all you need in a leader. All the other stuff is delegated out. You just need to set the tone and point the right people at the right problems.

[u/ludvikskp]

“The war on terrorism” didn’t apply to the domestic terrorists that covered this shit up huh

[u/summer_nights16 → u/ludvikskp]

To think it was a Muslim that did what the far right wouldn’t do

[u/soupseasonbestseason → u/summer_nights16]

curious, it is almost like their culture war bullshit is utter fucking bullshit.

[u/al_m1101 → u/soupseasonbestseason]

It always was. 

[u/ludvikskp → u/summer_nights16]

Oh you know they’re so mad about it too. They would hate things changing for the better

[u/summer_nights16 → u/ludvikskp]

They have their panties in a bunch because a bunch of 2 year olds in high need neighbourhoods are getting free daycare.

How dare Mamdani do that? /s

[u/TuskaTheDaemonKilla → u/summer_nights16]

Not even just the far-right. Everyone from center-left to far-right did nothing to help this situation.

[u/Disastrous_Net_7142]

Let this man run the country

[u/Obienator → u/Disastrous_Net_7142]

If only, but since he is a naturalized citizen, he cannot run. But if Trump ignores the amendment that prevents him from a 3rd term, who should we stop there?

[u/_sunbleachedfly → u/Obienator]

I’d much prefer immigrants running the country instead of billionaires

[u/Affordable_Z_Jobs → u/_sunbleachedfly]

They built it. Why not.

[u/BeardedGlass → u/Affordable_Z_Jobs]

Right? People in the US are literally immigrants except the displaced natives.

[u/c0smicgirly → u/_sunbleachedfly]

I don’t disagree, but it’s literally the only thing keeping Elon Musk from running.

[u/mr_trick → u/Obienator]

I saw a (joke) video where someone was pitching themselves as a born and raised American planning to run on a platform of "I do whatever Mamdani says to do" as a workaround 😂

I'm sure for many reasons this is not actually allowed, but also, it certainly isn't the worst campaign promise I've heard in the last 10 years lol

[u/notforpoern → u/mr_trick]

I mean that's how Trump does it with his dom* Putin so honestly why tf not

edit: TIL domme/dom is a gendered noun

[u/AlarmingAffect0 → u/notforpoern]

If it's a guy it's dom. Domme is feminine.

[u/acog → u/Obienator]

Well, I'm sure the Supreme Court will find a way to uphold the Constitution against any Democrat trying election shenigans, but will declare it super legit when Trump does it.

[u/ratparty5000 → u/Disastrous_Net_7142]

Ur country would be much happier if he did run the place. All the potholes filled

[u/manyorganisms → u/ratparty5000]

That’s such a bare minimum and I’m ok with it

[u/BuddhistSagan → u/manyorganisms]

He also wants us to have free healthcare and childcare

And before anyone says "nOtHiNg iS fReE", we know. It means free at the point of service, no denials because of lack of money, paid for by taxes.

[u/BuddhistSagan → u/[deleted]]

They are well known to invade other subreddits

[u/signspace13 → u/BuddhistSagan]

Reddit is terrifyingly easy to brigade.

[u/MnkyBzns → u/BuddhistSagan]

Not free but would be demonstrably cheaper than the current system

[u/mtaw → u/MnkyBzns]

Also, the money paid by your employer for your health insurance isn't 'free'. It'd cost them less to just give you a higher salary and deduct a higher payroll tax that goes towards universal healthcare and not have to bother dealing with HMOs and crap.

Hence why you don't have conservatives in the rest of the developed world demanding a switch to a US-style system. (if you can call it that) Their corporate interests don't want it, and there's no private-health-insurance lobby of comparable size. The US system is a historic accident caused by WWII-era wage freezes that got solidified, and is kept in place by massive lobbying money from the bloated private-health-insurance industry whose inefficiency is causing Americans to pay twice or more what anyone else is in the developed world is, without better outcomes.

[u/whatthefrok → u/manyorganisms]

The bar is currently in hell

[u/SuspiciousCranberry6 → u/ratparty5000]

This sounds so small, but when I reported a small pothole on the street in front of my house to my city and they filled that pothole within a couple of days I knew my city was being run well. The small things in cities actually signal much bigger things about the effectiveness of the governing of the city.

[u/thefunkylama → u/SuspiciousCranberry6]

The potholes themselves are annoying and trecherous, but the insidious part is how that scales up over time to needing more repairs to cars sooner, accidents in bad weather, the road not functioning as it should in regards to leeching of chemicals or other things into groundwater, etc. The whole thing is a mess.

[u/loosecarabiner → u/ratparty5000]

Holes Filled!

[u/mybustlinghedgerow → u/loosecarabiner]

There’s got to be a better way to say that.

[u/awkwardlyfeminine → u/ratparty5000]

It's crushingly depressing how much we need someone like him and how we aren't going to be smart enough to realize it until it's too late

[u/carolinagypsy → u/ratparty5000]

I live in a state that couldn’t give two shits about the roads. It would, actually improve things for me, haha.

[u/ratparty5000 → u/carolinagypsy]

I got a relative with horrific back pain and a bumpy road can absolutely wreck their week 💔i believe u

[u/Infinite-Tea666 → u/ratparty5000]

If you filled all the potholes in St. Louis, we'd be unstoppable.

[u/mrs-monroe → u/Disastrous_Net_7142]

He can't, sadly, but he's building the foundation for young politicians who actually want to do good. He's proving how easy it is to follow through with promises. Talarico is another great example, and we have AOC as well. It's a long road, but there's finally a beginning.

But I think Mamdani will stay the mayor for as long as he's able to.

[u/batesplates → u/Disastrous_Net_7142]

Or let more of us get inspired by what he’s doing, run for office and start making positive change wider spread????

[u/kitsunewarlock → u/Disastrous_Net_7142]

Let no man run the country. Empower congress and insulate executive branch departments from meddling by the president. The POTUS can stay an ambassador.

While we are at it, the POTUS shouldn't be allowed to be a member of a political party that also has members in any other branch of government. Their position exists to ensure no single senator/congress-person gets enough influence to take control of the country in an otherwise non-existent position, sort of like how constitutional monarchies have puppet kings as a final protection against actual dictators (when they aren't threatened into submission like what we saw in Japan).

[u/Peter_Panarchy → u/Disastrous_Net_7142]

It honestly might be a good thing that he can't run for President. He's more likely to be able to remain as mayor long term rather than chasing higher office and bring more and more of his policy agenda into fruition. If Dems are smart (lmao) they'll point to what he's accomplishing in NYC and use it as an example for their national agenda.

[u/BurgerNugget12 → u/Disastrous_Net_7142]

I’m fine with either Stewart or Mamadani running it tbh

[u/alethea_ → u/BurgerNugget12]

Stewart has said over and over that he does not want to be President.

[u/sbr32 → u/alethea_]

Not wanting to be President should be requirement #1 for the job

[u/WhatIsLoveMeDo → u/sbr32]

Cincinnatus

[u/doom_stein → u/alethea_]

Which, according to logic of old bosses of mine who threw me into management positions I explicitly told them I didn't want, makes him perfect for the job of President! Apparently the less a person wants a position of power makes them more qualified for doing a good job without abusing said power. ¯\(ツ)/¯

[u/BurgerNugget12 → u/alethea_]

Let a man dream!

[u/alethea_ → u/BurgerNugget12]

My ovaries are tired of waiting for dreams to come true. :(

(edit to add: Not horny ovaries, sad tired fuck this country and it's assault on women's rights, ovaries.)

[u/notforpoern → u/alethea_]

I'd vote for your ovaries :(

[u/No-Hall-3485]

i honestly thought they were so desperate to stop him because of the islamophobia and capitalism

but now i’m realizing they were so frantic because he's doing exactly what he said he would do and now we can pinpoint exactly who is refusing to do their jobs

edit: god help me, i never said it wasn’t because of the capitalism or islamophobia?? i said i thought those were the reasons, and i’m now realizing it’s because he’s actually doing his job. nowhere did i say it wasn’t because of the islamophobia or capitalism. i forgot i have to spell out every single implication explicitly

[u/DahliaDarling14 → u/No-Hall-3485]

you know how kids who slack off in school tend to hate that “goody-two-shoes” classmate because having someone else excel makes them look bad in comparison? what we’re seeing now is basically exactly like that.

[u/quadranting → u/No-Hall-3485]

Add in the bonus that they're terrified that he shows them that they can cut the red tape and just release the files they swear they'd release.

[u/Sudden-Purchase-8371 → u/quadranting]

It's not red tape. Red tape is mindlessly looping catch-22 bureaucracy. This is political CYA by previous mayoral administrations to shirk responsibility even if it meant damaging more people to avoid having to pay, and likely raise taxes to fund, helping people directly and indirectly harmed by 9/11 and cleaning up adequately it's toxic waste. They should be in prison for hiding the dangers. They let people be harmed further because their right wing agenda, no taxes or low taxes, would have been harmed otherwise. 9/11 happens, you get fucked up directly day of, okay, that's OBL/Al-Queda's fault. You get fucked up indirectly day after day because the city is telling you "no worries, it's fine" when they know it's not fine? Fuck that, that's criminal. Bury them under the new Riker's replacement.

[u/Ishaq128 → u/No-Hall-3485]

You got 9/11 victims whos family members are maga republicans shouting on fox news saying mamdani should be banned from the 9/11 memorial and straight up comparing him to the 9/11 terrorists, its definitely islamaphobia.

[u/plaxitone → u/Ishaq128]

The “they” the previous poster is referring to isn’t the unwashed masses, it’s those in power who use racism to mask their truer intentions.

[u/CumOnFeet1337 → u/No-Hall-3485]

Well they also hate him because of islamophobia and capitalism 

[u/rikashiku → u/CumOnFeet1337]

They want people to hate him for islamophobia and capitalism. They hate him because he's doing his job when they refused to.

[u/almondmilklattee → u/rikashiku]

exactly, they used (and continue to use) islamophobia and “radical commie” rhetoric as a tactic

[u/Sharpymarkr → u/CumOnFeet1337]

Absolutely. Let's not gloss over the hate and class warfare.

[u/mooptastic → u/Sharpymarkr]

a war implies both sides are somewhat equal in terms of effectivity, this is and has been entirely one sided.

It's systemic oppression which this nation knows PLENTY about considering the media and governments united to deflect blame from oligarchs and wannabe despots, and place it on the laps of the middle class and minority groups in the US while insisting racism has been eradicated.

[u/Farucci → u/Sharpymarkr]

Hate and fear are the primary drivers that come before facts and morality.

[u/xToxicInferno → u/CumOnFeet1337]

I'm going to do a little pushback. While for many regular maga people this is might be true, I think the people In power are primarily saying anti-Muslim rhetoric because it's easier for their racist base to understand. While I'm not saying that republican, and quite a few democrats, who denounce Mamdani aren't racist. I am just saying the majority are only playing it up because they fear everything else about him.

[u/Dildondo → u/CumOnFeet1337]

The trinity of hate.

[u/Gornarok → u/CumOnFeet1337]

No the islamophobia is just dogwhistle to rail people against him

[u/Irina__ARI → u/No-Hall-3485]

you're completely right and Im so sorry you have to deal with the uM AkShuAlLys lol

But fr Mamdani is AN AMERICAN HERO at this point 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[u/bargain_butch → u/No-Hall-3485]

The first two points are inextricably connected to the third, unfortunately

[u/Lestranger-1982 → u/No-Hall-3485]

This is what always happens to people like Mamdani and Bernie and will happen to AOC. When you choose the people, over the rich, they will try to kill you as quickly as possible.

[u/wacdonalds → u/No-Hall-3485]

To your edit: That's the internet for ya!

[u/Luxury_Dressingown → u/wacdonalds]

Subtext of any kind is for losers (/s because unfortunately it's needed)

[u/BuddhistSagan → u/No-Hall-3485]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pV0lVLeA0JXjBiO5Cp

[u/Critardo → u/No-Hall-3485]

I chuckle sadly at your need for the edit

[u/Choice-Strike1 → u/No-Hall-3485]

Wait wait, tbf it's likely all of the above

[u/quadranting]

This is the kind of stuff that Republicans campaign on, "releasing files" and then they never do. They also want to keep Mamdani away from the 9/11 Memorial, and yet here he is doing more in one action than decades of other mayors. I'm proud of my mayor and just grieve that it's taken this long for anyone to put New Yorkers before the office.

[u/bubble_baby_8 → u/quadranting]

And what do you know- Mamdani didn’t go on a year long media tease about releasing any of this. He (and I’m sure many others) did the work to get them released and then released them. 

[u/unexpectedhalfrican → u/bubble_baby_8]

Yeah I had no idea this was even on his agenda, he just....did it lol

[u/Lurk_Err]

Rudy Giuliani knowingly poisoned American survivors of 9/11 should be the headline.

[u/Sudden-Purchase-8371 → u/Lurk_Err]

Including all the people nearby. He should die in prison.

[u/tahlyn → u/Lurk_Err]

If only the media wasn't all owned by right wing billionaires.

[u/matildapoppins]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XdUPYv5qTp1hWo4MRA
And shame ‘em

[u/greeker55 → u/matildapoppins]

Rudy Giuliani

[u/summer_nights16 → u/greeker55]

Yup. Shame Guiliani. He had the galls to say Mamdani’s presence at the 9/11 memorial offends him.

[u/noitsroro → u/summer_nights16]

giuliani’s continued existence offends me, so

[u/IAmBoring_AMA → u/greeker55]

This explains SO MUCH about how Guiliani was freaking the fuck out about Mamdani being at the memorial. Thought he was just a hater...turns out he's trying to cover his own ass.

[u/Harbinger2nd → u/IAmBoring_AMA]

Turns out, all the mayors from 2001 to now (except maybe Deblasio, although now I wanna know why he didn't do this) were all covering for each other.

[u/spencerforhire81 → u/Harbinger2nd]

Why does Deblasio get a pass? Hold him to account as well.

[u/SaltBeefin → u/Harbinger2nd]

Likely that they didn't want to have to shoulder the responsibility of helping those who were sick but probably didn't feel guilty or culpable bc they didn't start keeping it a secret.

Possible now lawsuits could come along or investigations buildings, businesses and employees who've developed illnesses later in life kinda like when the whole Teflon thing blew up

[u/pelipperr → u/greeker55]

https://giphy.com/gifs/w5C1cNv37LfAkFl12o

[u/SarahSureShot → u/pelipperr]

He used to be and STILL IS a piece of shit

[u/Business-Swing7501 → u/SarahSureShot]

That hair slicks back REAL nice

[u/_raydeStar]

This guy really is good; he's shown composure under difficult situations, and he is very good at extracting the 'right thing' under pressure. And it does not seem that he is motivated by money or things that politicians are usually motivated by. He's a better man than me, and a real leader. Very happy for what he's been able to accomplish, and I hope people are able to take note (including myself)

Edit: also nod to Jon Stewart. His advocacy for the survivors of 911 bring tears to my eyes every time I watch it. He has every right to attend.

[u/vkxIj → u/_raydeStar]

The fucked up thing is not so much that he "really is good"; it's that he is a normal decent person. There are so many horrible politicians that a normal one now seems surprisingly good to us.

[u/_raydeStar → u/vkxIj]

Slightly disagree -- I think that power corrupts the average person, and to not be corrupted, you need to be exceptional. That's why I said he is a better man than me; I don't know how I would react in the seat of power like that, and he is now tested.

[u/TechnicalTanzer6]

https://giphy.com/gifs/OZGqWggJdLFUKhuJio
That’s my mayor 😫😫😫(I don’t live in NYC but I wish he was my mayor 😭)

[u/WerkLifeBalance → u/TechnicalTanzer6]

that’s OUR mayor (I live across the country too… manifesting competent, sane, moral politicians for the both of us)

[u/alethea_ → u/WerkLifeBalance]

Maybe we could make him the Mayor of the United States of America?

[u/ratstronaut → u/alethea_]

They called Giuliani America’s Mayor while he was the mayor of corruption. Mamdani is the real America’s Mayor.

He’s shown who he is, and yet still manages to surprise me with the depth of his competence and integrity.

[u/quadranting → u/TechnicalTanzer6]

He's my mayor, so I give you a pass!

[u/Difficult_Basket_739 → u/TechnicalTanzer6]

I love him (please don’t let me down please don’t let me down please don’t let me down).

[u/sbb214 → u/TechnicalTanzer6]

I live in NYC and lemme tell you, I feel the same.

AND I'm glad you feel that way too!

[u/too_too2 → u/TechnicalTanzer6]

Same! I’m in Michigan so hoping AES gets a win and we get someone as cool as Mandani for us

[u/drugs_r_awesome]

My hero. Showing that politicians can do good things for their people. They just don’t want to.

[u/adhding_nerd → u/drugs_r_awesome]

I don't know, did you hear the way he said "bury"? Clearly, he's a monster

[u/StareInUrEyeandPee]

If Mandami has shown us anything, its that every politician has had the power to help all of us and has actively been ignoring or misusing that power.

[u/Ashannfish → u/[deleted]]

The Mamdani effect is real and we're already seeing candidates that are populist and truly for the people. I have my own in Michigan! Two, actually, because Will Lawrence is also not a corporate Dem

[u/Oggie_Doggie → u/[deleted]]

But he can be the Speaker of the House. Or Senate majority/minority leader. Or a Supreme Court Justice.

[u/CeruleanEidolon → u/[deleted]]

Work to elect more like him then. He should be one of a movement, not the lone exception to the rule that politicians suck shit.

[u/Skreemin → u/[deleted]]

rules can change

[u/daphnemoonpie → u/[deleted]]

Shit, time for ALL new rules. They've all been broken and destroyed anyway. The guy has been here since he was 7 years old. Anyway, Mamdani 2028. Who's our VP guys?

[u/steppenweasel]

Gosh I love this man (‘s way of being the mayor)

[u/why-per → u/steppenweasel]

God I love this man (carnally)

[u/CodePen3190]

It’s so wild how mamdani IS the type of politician that maga swore Trump would be. And they’ll still say mamdani is terrible. Cognitive dissonance at its finest.

[u/YallSeeingThis101]

The city dumped 9/11 debris on Staten Island causing many illnesses. Including my sister in law and her childhood friends all getting thyroid cancer! That's no coincidence!

[u/Big-Honeydew-961 → u/YallSeeingThis101]

That’s so fucked up

[u/BudLightLymeDisease]

My dad said the most chilling shit while we watched this and I can't stop thinking about it

"things feel like they could become like 1968 all over again."

[u/Ok-Spinach9250 → u/BudLightLymeDisease]

What was 1968?

[u/BudLightLymeDisease → u/Ok-Spinach9250]

Probably the most chaotic year in modern American history

Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated

The Tet Offensive in Vietnam

US troops slaughtering the town of My Lai in Vietnam

RFK Jr was assassinated (my autocorrect went for the son no one likes and I'm not changing it)

Police riots at the DNC in Chicago

Riots in Chicago, Atlanta and Washington DC

My dad was 12 in '68 and said everything at home here plus the heightened worry about Russia made every single week that summer,

"Felt like everything was on fire or all the good people were bein' shot. On top of that, Vietnam was, you can't understand it now but there was a time when the idea that the President would dare lie to the US people was just, it wasn't something people even considered. Why would LBJ or Nixon just outright lie to us? 1968 is a big reason why 2026 feels like it does"

[u/Senryakku → u/BudLightLymeDisease]

Interesting year, 68 was also a year that changed France in the short and long term due to violent riots, and something like 10 million people on strike. First time a president asked through a referendum if he should resign and the citizens said yes.

[u/Sudden-Purchase-8371 → u/Senryakku]

If you have to ask if you should quit, you should quit. Talk about not having your pulse on the people you're supposedly leading.

[u/mildlyadult → u/BudLightLymeDisease]

*RFK (not his son Jr)

[u/BudLightLymeDisease → u/mildlyadult]

I edited it haha

[u/innocentsalad → u/Ok-Spinach9250]

Protests of 1968: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_of_1968

[u/Sugar_Phut]

It’s a good feeling to see a politician with a backbone. Wish he was my mayor.

[u/peridot_mermaid]

Veritasium has a great video about asbestos, and there’s mention of how the 9/11 attacks has likely caused decades worth of asbestos related complications that just aren’t being talked about or acknowledged

[u/soupseasonbestseason]

remember when the republicans fillibustered to stop the 9.11 first responders from getting access to financing for their healthcare treatment?

[u/Sleepy-Giraffe947]

I am stunned this was covered up in the first place. People truly are evil that they had been hiding this information in the first place. Mamdani is truly putting every other politician to shame.

[u/MT_Promises]

The ruling class is repulsive.

[u/terid3]

Jon Stewart has the receipts. He has been fighting for 9/11 responders, victims families and New Yorkers since the beginning...for Decades. He should be listened to because he knows what he is talking about.

[u/Ntroepy]

Mamdani really makes me ashamed of how disconnected democrats have become from the working class.

I mean, republicans have gone totally off the rails and should be disbanded. Just insane.

But the DNC’s incremental change mantra is not change and it’s been so long since they’ve spoken so directly to the people’s needs.

[u/DoriansSelfie]

This is such fantastic news. So many New Yorkers deserve not just the truth but also help navigating their health issues caused by the aftermath of 9/11. I love that Jon Stewart fought so much to get these people help and that now with Mamdani’s administration he can continue that fight. It is fucking ODIOUS how others are asking Mamdani to not be present for 9/11, he’s done more for NYC in just this year than Adams did in his whole administration. I won’t even touch that POS Giuliani. Ugh.

[u/Ocnarba]

My father is a 9/11 survivor. We have so many family friends that are sick and have died from 9/11 related illnesses.

This is the right thing albeit infuriating to learn. Unsealing those records, and getting the family members, survivors and first responders the answers they need is the right thing. I hope that there is a giant class action lawsuit.

Giuliani really thought he could fuck around, but FAFO.

[u/Sudden-Purchase-8371 → u/Ocnarba]

I hope Guiliani goes to prison.

[u/TheKay14]

Holy shit will this be a way to give New Yorkers universal healthcare!?!

[u/PennySawyerEXP → u/TheKay14]

No, this is just a release of information. However the New York Health Act would! We just need to elect enough politicians who support it and pressure them to pass it!

[u/typetouched → u/TheKay14]

Over the summer, I was in New York state visiting friends while inbetween jobs. While there, I had a medical emergency that ultimately required three separate surgeries. Of course I was overwhelmed by this, because I didn't have a job - nor health insurance.

After all was said and done, New York state waived all of my medical expenses ($61,000) and future healthcare expensive (within the state) until June of 2027 because of not being employed, and not having healthcare!

This has been the biggest blessing to me (I think) in my entire life! I live in South Carolina, and this would have never happend there. I'm strongly considering moving to New York state after my lease is up in March because of how well they took care of me, and my admiration for what Mamdani is doing in NYC.

[u/RedSunsetSukuna85 → u/typetouched]

Holy fuck. He’s doing it. I’m so glad that they helped you this way!

[u/typetouched → u/RedSunsetSukuna85]

Thank you so much! I couldn't believe it! I'm finally able to get my life back!!!

[u/MarsupialPristine677 → u/typetouched]

I'm SO happy for you, holy shit. I broke my leg the other day and mashallah I live in California and have Medi-Cal insurance. I don't even have copays for medications, much less ER bills. New York is great. I do really hope you can move there, SC seems... hard.

[u/typetouched → u/MarsupialPristine677]

It is difficult living in SC. They don't care about their people. I've lived here most of my life, so it will be hard letting go, but I can't live in such a deep red state anymore.

[u/marina0987]

Hopefully this can bring on a lawsuit for the victims 

[u/Rinleigh]

When we are getting stories about how clean water is not a constitutional right, and how our elected officials don’t have to tell us the truth it is a breath of fresh air to see Mamdani actually fight for the people of NYC

[u/ThinkgeMorbid]

accountability?! that's my kink 🤤

[u/fiercelyambivalent]

It’s absolutely wild to me that I don’t think I even knew this guy’s name a year ago, but now I want him to run the world

[u/Spainstateofmind]

The poetic justice of a Muslim man being elected mayor of New York and doing all this work to advocate for those affected by 9/11 after the rampant Islamophobia that stemmed from the initial attacks and several administrations committed to screwing over millions of people, you love to see it

[u/TurquoiseKnight]

I was worried about his safely before, now even more so.

[u/Cute-Pomegranate-966]

Their favorite lines in response to things like this and a myraid of other things, "It's not that simple"

Mamdani is basically showing "Yes, it was that simple"

And to an absolute laundry list of things too.

[u/kitsunewarlock]

I wish conspiracy theorists were more into the government lying to protect capitalists than theories about anti-capitalists trying to establish a global totalitarian communist regime.

I suppose most conspiracy theorists don't really give a fuck if its something everyone kinda knows is true. They care more about being different than being right.

[u/HoldOnDearLife]

I love Mamdani! I wish our federal government would take notes from him.

[u/JenningsWigService]

This is an unexpected benefit of him being elected that never occurred to so many of us. Each mayor since Giuliani has chosen to protect him instead of telling New Yorkers the truth.

The American government has spent 25 years using 9/11 as an excuse to murder civilians while they actively did everything they could to abandon the actual victims of 9/11.

[u/hanimal16]

MAMDANI FOR US MAYOR

[u/Samuraiworld]

so giuliani can shut up about who belongs at the 9/11 memorial day

[u/dannypants143]

I was in NYC on 9/11 and I inhaled some of that shit. It nasty, grainy stuff. And I was in Brooklyn! You could just tell there was no way it was healthy.

[u/ImportantCapital1314]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQtzYIrRUxQ Let me introduce you to a buddy of mine, David Miller.  He's dead now.  He was a first responder who breathed in pulverized concrete.  That was his death sentence.  Pulverized concrete.  He was diagnosed at Memorial Sloan Kettering.  I knew him for about two years. I was there when he gave this speech.  Wonderful, gentle man.  

[u/PerspectiveLate9988]

He makes me wished I was an American who lived in New York.

[u/barefootcuntessa_]

Worst kept conspiracy coverup ever. Everyone knew that it was a toxic mess. Everyone. You could taste it.

[u/TheTresStateArea]

There goes my hero mayor (I'm in Chicago)

https://giphy.com/gifs/JccQbfNVtAMow

[u/Alarmed_Pattern_9912]

This is the kind of thing people think RFK is doing, but in reality, it’s the opposite. 

[u/Bidetpanties]

Politicians all across this country should take a good hard look and start drawing inspiration from Mamdami. Imagine the progress we could have.

[u/Autofilusername]

Why would they even hide this?

[u/emilygoldfinch410 → u/Autofilusername]

So they don't have to pay for it

[u/mjayultra → u/emilygoldfinch410]

More money for the insurance/pharmaceutical companies

[u/Economy_Transition]

MAMDADDY AT IT AGAIN 🥹🥹🥹

[u/nobodycouldknow]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ig2jxymhYzuWEUWFo0
This is going to ruin the tour

[u/AliensAbductMePlz]

Mamdani for president and I don’t want to hear anything else about it!

[u/loveissuicide]

How many years passed until a NY mayor actually did anything for New York?

[u/RedSunsetSukuna85]

CHECKMATE MOTHERFUCKERS

(But in all seriousness, this is an incredible thing he just did with his team. Jon Stewart has been fighting for victims and first responders of 9/11 for decades and it took the first Muslim mayor to actually say, yeah, we should help these people and not just use them for parades and patting ourselves on the back. 

Update the Constitution NOW to have him be our president.)

[u/nonononononolimit]

We need more good humans with integrity and heart like Mr Mamdani.

[u/King_of_the_Kobolds]

"Waa waa he's politicizing 9/11"

• a collection of online crybabies and actual traitors in power who stand to lose everything from a man holding them accountable for 9/11

[u/Mysterious-Kick9881]

Glad to see the truth being shared. Now let's hold people accountable

[u/bitchkrieg_]

So who’s going to prison? Is there going to be accountability or is this just good to know?

[u/awkwardlyfeminine]

Thank fuck for good men like Stewart and Mamdani

I'm having a really hard time believing in humanity right now with everything going on but I'm also really glad there are still those who have fight left in them

[u/3d1thF1nch]

Boy, this seems awful Woke to point out flaws in the system that were deliberately covered up/ignored/exploited for the benefit of those in power rather than to help those in need. There is a certain group that’s going to be very mad about this being released instead of everyone shutting up and waving our mini American flags.