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It’s Tuesday, November 4. This is The Front Page, your daily window into the world of The Free Press—and our take on the world at large. Today: Eli Lake on the FBI surveillance operation that targeted top Republicans. Batya Ungar-Sargon reports on a schism in MAGA World over who will lead NASA. “Against the Machine” author Paul Kingsnorth on Honestly. Plus: Spiral, Episode Four. And more.
But first: Election Day in New York.
When I started covering Zohran Mamdani back in January, he was just a curiosity: a former rapper (under the names Zohran Kwame, Mr. Cardamom, and Young Cardamom) with radical chic parents and a thin track record as a lawmaker in the New York State Assembly. He was an also-ran, a far-fetched candidate for New York City mayor who made viral videos and promised to freeze the rent—but had no chance of winning. Or so everyone thought.
In the weeks and months that followed, it became clear that I was reporting on a very different and much bigger phenomenon. It turned out to be the story of how the capital of capitalism picked a socialist as its Democratic candidate for mayor and—if the polls are remotely correct—will vote him in today as the city’s next leader.
But this isn’t just about New York City. It’s a national story about the Democratic Party—and why its establishment class is being cast aside.
Part of the answer is surprisingly simple: the Democratic Socialists of America, the far-left group Zohran Mamdani belongs to.
And no matter where the vote count winds up tonight, the DSA isn’t going anywhere. Mamdani’s improbable rise is just the beginning, as my report today explains. Across the country, dozens of candidates are running in Mamdani’s image, either now or in 2026, from Omar Fateh in the Minneapolis mayor’s race to Robert LeVertis Bell in the Kentucky House of Representatives.
Many in the Democratic establishment fear it’s a sign of things to come—and, as I report today, the DSA has grand designs for Congress, the White House, and what one DSA document describes as the end of the “barbaric order of capitalism.”
Read my report on how the Democratic fringe went mainstream. And, later tonight, join us for our Election Night coverage starting at 8:30 p.m. ET. Our livestream will bring you real-time reactions and insightful commentary as results roll in from key races in New Jersey, Virginia and, last but not least, New York.
Click here to add a reminder to your calendar. I’ll see you then.
—Olivia Reingold
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Spiral Episode 4: Bring It On
Samantha Woll—the beloved president of the last remaining synagogue in downtown Detroit—is murdered outside her home. Police arrest a prime suspect, and the prosecution believes their case is airtight—until he takes the stand in today’s episode. Nothing is what it seems in this real-life murder mystery. Don’t miss the latest installment of Spiral, a new podcast from The Free Press. And catch up on the previous episodes wherever you get your podcasts.
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