A Hub Blog reader sent me a link to this NYT editorial on the New York mayoral race with the message: “This is extraordinary. … The Times trashes the progressive candidate. They are moving to the center very fast.” … They’re specifically trashing Zohran Mamdani, rather brutally so, saying the democratic socialist is running on an “agenda uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges.” Along the way, the Times also trashes the progressive urban policies of former NY Mayor Bill de Blasio, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and past leaders of San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, Ore. …

… Ah, what the hell. While I’m at it, I might as well throw in Joan Vennochi’s column in the Globe on progressive meanies and Sabrina Joy Stevens’s piece in the Globe on progressive blues. … Don’t worry. I’ll be back to bashing Trump soon. I just needed a break from the president and thought a few rounds on the progressive punching bag would help. It did. I feel better.

Update — 6.18.25 — From the NY Post’s Michael Goodman: “Cuomo should thank Mamdani for making him look like the safe, stable choice for NYC mayor.”.