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[Admiral Yi]

Very clever.  You can't be 100% sure who he's mocking.

[celedhring]

Seems Cuomo will be cut off from his support base in the Hamptons, though.

[Josquius]

He's sworn in. Found this out today and it made me giggle a bit. He has to pay $9 to be mayor.
Now is it just me or is that such an American weird little institutional tradition?
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/01/01/zohran-mamdani-mayor-nine-dollars-filing-fee/87983627007/


Like having to recite the last round of cricket scores whilst sitting bare bummed on a picture of the pope, holding a white cat and a wellington boot- sure. As a brit that sounds like a perfectly normal tradition.

Having to pay some guy $9 to get your papers.... That's just so cute and American. I can imagine this holding even in some glorious far future world without money in the way many of our traditions have outlasted them making any sense.