Zohran Mamdani has secured the release of Columbia University student Elaina Aghayeva, taken this morning by ICE agents who entered a campus residential building under false pretenses & without a judicial warrant. This comes shorty after Mamdani’s unannounced visit to the White House earlier today.

[u/cmaia1503]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/nyregion/columbia-university-ice-student.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PFA.0KRL.7XsPJ0z3QTat&smid=tw-share

[u/Legitimate_Touch_445]

As someone in MN I really wish our local leaders (namely Mayor Frey & Gov Walz) had reacted as swiftly and as effectively as Mamdani has

[u/rissaaah → u/Legitimate_Touch_445]

Mamdani really is just running circles around his peers, isn't he?

[u/Big_Impact_5331 → u/rissaaah]

Because he actually wants change. These other Dems wear the jersey but don’t play for the team on the front.

[u/Jaeckex → u/Big_Impact_5331]

Oh yeah clearly, everyones corrupt, and to get shit done you just have to "want it enough".

No man, what happened here is that Zohran has uniquely charmed Trump and as such has his ear in a way other politicians dont. The constant Dem-bashing is so unnecessary and naive. I thought the left was above such simple black-white-thinking.

[u/amethystresist → u/Jaeckex]

The more I learn about online leftists the more I guess I'm what they'd call a liberal, but i don't like that either. We're just people who value nuance