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HypnagogicHallucinations
Immediately thought is Leslie Knope. This is a lofty idea, and then watch how her public forums actually unfold.
gobbin
How refreshing to see someone in politics who actually merits being there.
PorneliusHubertII
I like that they asked chat to be respectful and not 2 seconds later there was ASCII art of tits and gay porn.
LeifHietala
Looks like it'll be live on Bluesky too.
Btweezer
Seems fake. Pretty sure FDR never had a Twitch series. ;)
WeatherWiz
I love this guy. He’s their best mayor since the 90s. NYC has been shit for a while, and while he isn’t a miracle worker, he’s at least doing more shit in his first 100s than what Deblasio or Adam’s did. I’ll tell you that.
Imalwaysready
Yeah but FDR wasn’t all about big govern…I mean that he didn’t create a lot of huge, costly social progr…I’m just saying that his approach was so unpopular that he was only elected a record-setting fou…oh, nevermind.
CrimeSceneShoe
Republicans and fox go
RichardPenne
Pay attention! This is what you need to emulate when you run for office. Don't get distracted by your detractors. Follow the script and let's turn the country blue!
TrippyTurtle69
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson does this on the local NPR affiliate, WBEZ. He takes the calls live at 9am. It's not daily but it's a few times a month.
I don't want to flex but I'm a WBEZ sustaining member. Got my beer koozie and everything.
Audasity
oh. you mean govern like a real person?
jappie348
I like Zohran a whole lot but that first stream wasnt great
DukePhelan
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter"
While I like the idea in theory the only people who engage with politics at this level are either right wing hacks trying to waste time looking for a gotcha, or people who are not in a good mental headspace. Have you ever listened to the people that call into CSPAN before?
EvilBilbo
The first stream, uh... didn't go great. Dicks and dongs in the chat as far as the eye can see
cloudstrife046583000
Just do yourself a favor and minimize the comment section. Twitch commenters are just absolute trash.
urusername2
Good President to emulate
blaghart
yea I love emulating the president who threw chinese, Koreans, laosian, cambodian, thai, veitnamese, mongolian, and russians into concentration camps because they "looked japanese"
AshesVonDust
How does he have time? This dude is literally fixing and building 24/7 as it is
AnonsAndMinions
It's almost like he knows how to be an actual functional politician! This does nothing but further my irritation at the fucking garbage we currently have residing in DC. They could all be like Mamdani, or step down and let someone in like Mamdani.
Monkeyshit2
What’s MBS?
mafiacarstarter
Mutual Broadcasting System
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_Broadcasting_System
Rips4w
Oh, he is going to need a really large and attentive staff of moderators. Trump trolls are going to flock to this like flies to shit.
FecalSaliva
I loved FDR's Twitch stream!
MrCheesebiscuit
What's the YT channel?
VinnieJonesDiary
I didn't even know FDR was on Twitch!
zHurk777
FDR invented it !!!
TanithRosenbaum
Nah I doubt it. He was parapelgic, and you need muscle control to twitch...
Okay okay, yes, I'll see myself out :)
CPTBRUMBL3Z
More politicians need to do fireside chat style things so they can share what they are actually doing to their constituents. As well, if the president did that, they could perform narrative control, something Biden should have done from the beginning and I hope the next Dem pres does.
Poppypoppoppop
Trump should do that. See how fast he calls them names like he called those reporters asking him real questions he doesn't want to answer.
NinjablazerZero
He's done one already, and they definitely need a mod team asap, lol.
PorneliusHubertII
Lol that ASCII art was instant and unforgiving.
Woogyface
please please please let him wear a tan suit
philmoregraves
I think he will after he gathers a bunch of irrefutable wins, THEN he will do it just to troll
BeaverOnFire
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1NmVoNjNqb2pja244cGs3bm5tOW1sOWhham41d3QxdmJ2ZWtpdWQ5aiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/JsnpwXWHk3DhBrBQM5/200w.webp
zHurk777
The Horror !!!
BeaverOnFire
moonshadowkati
Not FDR. "While "Talk with the People" might sound like a 21st-century version of Franklin D. Roosevelt's “Fireside Chats” radio broadcasts, a trailblazing use of the technology in the 1930s and '40s, the title is actually a reference to beloved socialist Mayor LaGuardia's 1940s radio show, called "Talk to the People," which harnessed what was then cutting-edge technology to skip past the middleman and speak directly to the citizens of New York."
TheJuiceLoosener
The title may be a play on LaGuardia, but FDR started his Fireside Chats in 1933. It's completely fair to describe what Mamdani is doing as taking a page from FDR.
marsilies
The Fireside Chats were one-way though, FDR addressing the nation with pre-written speeches, he didn't take questions, and they weren't that frequent. Also, Mamdani's Mayor Office made the comparison to LaGuardia : https://www.nyc.gov/mayors-office/news/2026/05/4pm-thursday--5-21--mayor-mamdani-launches--talk-with-the-people
VictusVonGuyver
FDR and LaGuardia had a very unique relationship. "He comes to Washington and tells me a sad story. The tears run down my cheeks and the tears run down his cheeks and the next thing I know, he has wangled another \\$50 million out of me." -FDR
tachyx
Wangled is a cool word.
the3th
new jeans for boys and men, Wanglers!
moonshadowkati
If I read a bunch of D&D books and then wrote a book called Secrets & Sorcery, would it be more accurate to say I'm taking a page from Tolkien or from RA Salvatore?
homemadechef
Ok but can we stop crediting Salvatore for anything? The man's a hack who did bad things for the genre.
moonshadowkati
Sure, it was just an example. I haven't read one of his books in decades.
rowzdowr
That's just unnecessarily pedantic.
moonshadowkati
Nothing on this site is necessary. I'm just trying to fill time at work with discussion. If you don't care to engage that's totally fine. :)
HereInPlainSight
Yeah, so the error is that you said 'not FDR.' Not 'less FDR' or 'more LaGuardia.' 'Not FDR,' whereas now you're asking which would be more accurate, and while it might be *more* accurate to say Salvatore, it would not be *inaccurate* to say Tolkien, even though it would be transitive.
Don't die on hills on the Internet for no reason.
Anyway. Back to work with me.
moonshadowkati
I'm not dying on a hill. I'm having a discussion. So many people online make everything about dying on hills, but I'm just bored.
swofromtherock
"Dont die on this hill" -random guy, dug in and willing to die on that very hill
DevilsAdvocat
just some added context for y'all, a quote from an article, though my limited search couldn't find a primary source (video of him saying this) "The 34-year-old mayor had touted the show as the next iteration of FDR’s famous Fireside Chats"
ImJustHereAtThisPoint
I don't look forward to the inevitable bot attacks they'll deal with
Snooj
I assume the chat will not be accompanying the livestream.
middlenameconfusion
Hopefully he has somebody screen his calls. Or not. If somebody asks an insulting question, I would be okay with that person getting an insulting answer. I don't think it's his style though.
liveOffOfDownVotes
This is the biggest misconception about the right wing. They have all the tech capabilities and money, but the human still works with their data and their quality humans at tech skills suck balls. Only idiots code good to hurt themselves.
Poopette
they got spammed with porny ASCII art in the first episode
TheDoctorCrankenstein
Yea, sadly this isn't even the slightest bit unexpected.
Samja192
100%. I get where he's coming from but... Has he seen the internet? This will be weaponised against him
DangerBaer
In the words of the late, great Alex Trebek, "F@ck 'em".
4chanrefugee
Or pranksters
NotSomoneElse68
Ba-ba-booey
Someshithead241
Inb4 someone swats him
abc987
My guess they get to ask a question and staff decides if it gets through
rowzdowr
If Only Fans can moderate chat, I'm sure the NYC mayor's office can figure it out. Lol
asm80dfa8sdfj
OF has unlimited money
HarryDresdenIsMySpiritAnimal
That's how radio worked also.
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
Moderation is a thankless job. Also the only time I can honestly believe someone was undeservedly and unironically called a Nazi. Fuck man you broke the rules and I have to ban you shit isn't that deep but here we are with them blowing out their mic with slurs as I open the menu and block their whole account.
necessity
These hate raids and bot attacks are regular things. Having it happen to high-profile politicians will hopefully put leverage on the streaming services to put mitigations in place.
Raikupath
As long as they profit off of it they won't do shit. That's capitalism. There is no moral behind it, nothing. It's purely based on exploitation and making rich people richer.
Ikwilstroopwaffels
I like this guy. He should get into politics.
epithymetic
I like Mamdani, but a politician answering call-in questions isn’t a novel thing. Even Putin does it.
asm80dfa8sdfj
You know the post is about someone doing it before... right?
DarthVaderDidNothingWrong
I've got great news
OvertleyBadpickuplines
subject6661
In this economy?
BoogiesOogie
I also choose this city’s mayor
custardandfishfingers24
I wish he could run for President!!
OverwhelmingSurplusOfDiggity
But his parents grew up with a different religion than my parents did, therefore he’s inherently evil and anti-American!
shivacat
Plus, he’s *gasp* not white!!! 😮😱
ThisGuyPostingThings
FDR? I've got some bad news.
zmanz
great Drive.
slightlybrokenegg
Yeah he was one of our few actually good presidents. Him Obama and Carter. The rest were either mediocre or downright awful.
CyberHexx
Obama was mediocre. He just has the benefit of being book-ended by the two worst presidents we've had in the modern era. Flat ground looks like a peak when it's between two holes.
BeaverOnFire
FDR is dead, but let me see what I can do. https://media0.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1OGFzcTZkOW9yMGlpdDJhaGpzcHo3enN4ZjJ4YjEyaXkzejR6YTgyciZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/GoLXEWRut0gRO9cYID/200w.webp
Zi0Matrix
Are you implying FDR was a Daedra?
Ikwilstroopwaffels
Thanks! I am sure this can only go well.
McMasterx
Was not expecting the Elder Scrolls Online: Blackwood cinematic trailer on imgur.
bril350
I see the breton knight alot
McMasterx
On Discord, if you go into the Gif search and type in "knight" it'll be the first result. The studio went super hard with that animation, and most people walk away thinking that guy is A) not the Villain, and 2) not the Druid the story made him out to be.
MajorasTerribleFate
Thank you for supplying this information that I defi Italy needed and would not have easily found on my own. I've played ESO a decent amount and forgot about its existence for the purpose of trying to guess where this could have come from.
McMasterx
It's a very lovely game, especially when viewed from 'behind'