REVERSIONS: In this dumbest of all possible worlds...

MONDAY, JUNE 29, 2026

...an old war cry was employed: On balance, we're inclined to agree with what Jessica Tarlov said last Tuesday, on the day when the city and the state of New York conducted primary elections.

Mayor Mamdani had endorsed congressional candidates from three different congressional districts. Two were members of the DSA—the Democratic Socialists of America. The third was a former member of that organization.

That very day, each candidate won the Democratic Party's nomination to serve in the House. As a general matter, we're inclined to agree with what Tarlov said that day.

We now jump ahead to Wednesday—to the day after The Mamdani 3 won those nominations:

On Wednesday's episode of The Five, a segment began with videotape of the sitting president calling these candidates Communists. A full reversion was underway within the American discourse. 

The three nominees were Communists, the exercised president said. As the segment began on The Five, the chyron at the bottom of the screen said this:

COMMIE CRUSADERS
MAMDANI ENDORSES SOCIALIST CANDIDATES IN NYC PRIMARIES

Sad! According to producers of The Five, Mayor Mamdani had endorsed a trio of "Commie Crusaders." 

On balance, we agree with what Tarlov had said, the previous day, about the trio of Commies. First, though, you ought to see what Jesse Watters now said.  

On Wednesday's edition of The Five, Watters was plainly upset. Occasionally turning to address Tarlov, he started by saying this:  

WATTERS (6/24/26): This is dangerous. You don't think these people can springboard to become governor, senator, AG? This is how it happens. You guys run your little power centers in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York. All of a sudden, you guys just populated all the higher offices in those states. And you guys are just going to sit back and do nothing with that power? 

You're coming for us. You're coming for our money, you're coming for our people. You're coming for our way of life. 

It's not socialism, guys. This is Communism.

You can't reason with these guys. You have to crush them. And we will, because we're not going to let our greatest city get destroyed. We're not going to let our civilization get destroyed. These people are going to steal from us. These people want to hurt us. 

This isn't like your regular Democrat...One of the ladies said she wants to destroy western civilization. I don't know about you, I take that as a threat. Another woman says she wants to empty prisons. That sounds like a violent threat. 

Abolish ICE. That means you can break into the country, rape, and stay. 

I don't like that. I'm not going to go for it. And no one's going to go for it. And the way we're going to react is going to be a lot tougher than the way Trump is reacting. The way we're going to react is going to make Trump look like a kitten.   

To our ear, it was Watters' assessment—and his pledge—which sounded a bit like a threat! That said, the gentleman wasn't finished. He continued along, eventually saying this:  

WATTERS: These people don't believe in borders, capitalism, our founding fathers. They're here to steal, punish us, and then throw around welfare. This is a Third World takeover. This is what happens when you import the Third World. 

Did you know that New York City is 70% nonwhite? 40% foreign-born? 50% of the apartments, they don't even speak English! Not even their first language! 

These three women [sic] who Mamdani endorsed, weren't even born in New York City, weren't even raised in New York City. They're carpetbaggers. Carpetbaggers, Jessica! 

...Communism is going to take over the Democratic Party, and then we're going to have to beat it, because you can't—

 You can't do anything else besides beat it to a pulp.   

Watters was ready for a fight—for what sounded almost like a street fight. He said his cadre was going to make President Trump look like a kitten. 

He said his cadre was going to beat the Democratic Party to a pulp.

Meanwhile, Watters was, as usual, utterly clueless. He was so clueless that he seemed to think that Mamdani had endorsed three women for the House—and yes, that's what this cable star said. 

For the record, Watters is the most-watched person in American "cable news," thanks to his dual role as co-host of The Five and host of Jesse Watters Primetime. 

They're the two most watched shows in the entire realm of American "cable news." Watters is the driving force on each of these ludicrous programs.

Just to establish the record, we'll cite a few basic facts:  

One of the three nominees, Brad Lander, is, in fact, a man. As is perfectly typical, Watters didn't seem to be aware of this remarkably well-known fact.

Lander was elected to citywide office in New York—to the office of New York City Comptroller—back in 2021, long before Mamdani was part of the story.  Lander was raised in St. Louis. Of the two women Mamdani did endorse, one was raised in Lubbock, Texas. The other was raised in Florida.

We now move on to this:

As of last week, Watters seemed to be shocked to have recently learned that New York City isn't majority white.  For the record, these were the basic numbers in 2024, according to Census Reporter (Census QuickFacts is down):   

New York City race / ethnicity:   
White:  31%
Hispanic: 29%  
Black: 20% 
Asian: 15%

There's nothing especially new about that. Watters recited his disturbing data on several occasions last week.  

Meanwhile, Communist Communist Communist Communist Communist Communist Commies:

A familiar cry was bruited last week as the reversion was on. 

On Friday, President Trump droned about the problem at a Faith and Freedom Coalition event. For Mediaite's report, just click here. But here's part of what the president said about the godless trio in question:  

PRESIDENT TRUMP (6/26/26): As you saw with the Communists elected in New York City recently—they're Communists, they're not Social Democrats—they want to completely destroy the traditional American way of life...

It’s happening right now in New York and California. But you’ll start living in squalor. You’ll live in squalor. There will be no food. There will be no housing. There will be no military. There will be no law and order. There will be no nothing. There will be no nothing. You will be a third-world inhabitant in every way, and everyone will suffer or die. 

You’ll suffer or die. That’s what happens.

[...]

These are not Social Democrats. These are hardcore godless Communists. They’re godless Communists. 

All Communists are godless. They don’t believe in God. This is the most serious threat to our country since its existence, in my opinion, 250 years ago. This is a major threat to our country.  

People don’t look at that— "Three people were elected!" No, no. It's many more than three people. And the other people are being swayed because they don’t have the sense to see what’s happening.   

The nomination of the three candidates in New York City? It constitutes "the most serious threat" in this country's existence, the sitting president actually said.   

For the record, are these three nominees actually Communists? We'll discuss that matter as the week proceeds. For now, we'll offer an obvious no.   

That said, the old battle cry was widely bruited last week. For example, it was bruited by the most-watched person in "cable news" on Friday evening's edition of Jesse Watters Primetime. 

The most-watched person played tape of the president's dire warning at the Faith and Family event. He then launched a lengthy jihad of his own about the greatest threat in history, the threat posed by the three "godless Communists."   

We won't quote the various things our most-watched cable newsperson said. As a substitute, we'll start by offering a word count from that evening's opening segment:

Word count: Jesse Watters Primetime, 6/26/26
"Communist:" 24
"Communism:" 7
"Commie:" 5 

Sad! To borrow from Joyce, the C-words were general over the pseudo-discussion. 

And not only that! As this very strange fellow proceeded, some of the chyrons blared thusly:

Chyrons: Jesse Watters Primetime, 6/26/26
TRUMP DECLARES WAR ON COMMUNISM
COMMUNISTS INFILTRATE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
COMMIE PIRATE: HAKEEM IS WEAK
"HARDCORE, GODLESS COMMUNISTS"
DEM: "WE AGREE WITH COMMUNISTS"
COMMIE WAVE CRASHES INTO AMERICA   

You can add those six additional usages onto the prior word count! But a "Commie wave" had crashed into America! Sadly, that's what the chyrons said. 

Now for the rest of the story:   

Fellow citizens, is it true? Godless or otherwise, had Mamdani endorsed three "Communists" to serve in the House of Representatives?   

We'll examine that question as the week proceeds. Be prepared to encounter a "no."

Finally, what did Jessica Tarlov say, on Tuesday's edition of The Five, about the three "monsters" in question? (We're quoting Emily Compagno's choice of words on that same day's program. Inevitably, this star of stage and cable news scream also went with "psychopaths.")

What did Tarlov say about the three "psychopaths" in question? We'll show you that first thing tomorrow--but as a general matter, we'd be inclined to agree with what she said, especially about Darializa Avila Chevalier, one of the three nominees.

Communism Communists but also Commie Crusaders! In this, the dumbest of all possible worlds, an old battle cry was out.

That said, who was actually worse last week as the reversion began? The stars who clowned for Red America, or the stars over here in Blue America who averted their gaze once again?

Tomorrow: We wouldn't have chosen that word