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Ms. Rachel named to Zohran Mamdani’s inauguration committee (www.washingtonexaminer.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani named educator and YouTube star Ms. Rachel to his inauguration committee on Wednesday, elevating the children’s content creator and frequent lightning rod for conservative backlash into a high-profile role ahead of his Jan. 1, 2026, swearing-in.

Mamdani’s transition team said the committee will help plan and host a free public inauguration block party, billed as a citywide celebration that reflects the coalition behind his election. The group includes artists, labor leaders, organizers, business figures, and several campaign field leads who worked on Mamdani’s run.

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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

Aw fuck yeah that's the good stuff, give me more compassionate people in government

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

OP, you really don't want to drive traffic to the Washington Examiner.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 26 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

It was this, NYPost or TimesOfIsrael having a good title. Of all of them this was the least bad article.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

ABC 7 New York? Granted they updated the title not to include Miss Rachel by name, but does every headline need to be engagement bait? Especially when the alternative is fascist news?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No mention of Miss Rachel. Not a catchy headline whatsoever. Likely on purpose.

NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces Inaugural Committee ahead of swearing-in block party

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's what archive.org is for. Among other things.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Archive is not bad but I have to upload a custom thumbnail and other instances which aren't .ml often have problems viewing that thumbnail.

[–] Zaktor@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not sure this sub has a rule that post titles must match article titles. There aren't any rules posted in the sidebar, so it's kind of just at the whims of the sole mod.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's actually a good point I should have probably done that.

[–] starik@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

There aren’t enough lemmy users for our clicks to matter. Less than $1 worth of clicks