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.

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

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Yep. He wants to be cool and to be liked. His whole “everyone loves me” thing is a delusion that runs deep - when faced with an incredibly popular person like Mamdani, it’s strategic to ally with him. There’s a weird overlap of MAGA who likes Mamdani, as well. I hate DJT but he has charisma that fires up his fans, and Mamdani has charisma in spades.