{"id":15240,"date":"2026-01-01T16:23:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/?p=15240"},"modified":"2026-01-01T16:23:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T23:23:53","slug":"a-democratic-socialist-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/2026\/01\/a-democratic-socialist-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"A Democratic Socialist New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We watched Zohran Mamdani\u2019s inauguration as New York City\u2019s mayor today. It was so moving. I never lived in New York City but I\u2019ve spent enough time there to almost feel like a New Yorker. I\u2019ve worked there a few times. I can navigate the city on foot, by bicycle, by subway\/train, and (almost) by bus. I know exactly where the inauguration was held, a rather dull place in lower Manhattan. My heart was full watching this. I love the diversity of the city. And I wish the new administration so much success. Such a sense of optimism! I could even believe this mayoralty will turn the tide of right-wing extremism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0579-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0579-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0579-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0579-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0579-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0579-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0579-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0579.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Letitia James, Zohran Mamdani, Rama Duwaji <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"945\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0581.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0581.jpg 945w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0581-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/img_0581-768x385.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 945px) 100vw, 945px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Zohran Mamdani and Rama Duwaji<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We watched Zohran Mamdani\u2019s inauguration as New York City\u2019s mayor today. It was so moving. I never lived in New York City but I\u2019ve spent enough time there to almost feel like a New&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[431],"tags":[58],"class_list":["post-15240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","tag-new-york-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15241,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15240\/revisions\/15241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gemtactics.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}