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EPISODE · Apr 16, 2026 · 2H

Zohran Mamdani’s Socialist Grocery Store Scheme

from The Wake Up America show with Austin Petersen · host wakeupamericashow

ZOHRAN MAMDANI WANTS TO SPEND $30 MILLION ON A GOVERNMENT-OWNED GROCERY STORE IN A CITY THAT IS ALREADY BROKE. The media wants you to think Mamdani is a bold young reformer trying to make New York affordable. He is not. New York City is staring at a massive fiscal hole, small grocers are already operating on razor-thin margins, and Mamdani's answer is to use taxpayer money to become their subsidized competitor. We break down the math, the ideology, and the people who actually get crushed when government decides it wants to run the corner store. Plus -- Eric Swalwell's collapse is one of the clearest windows you will ever get into how the Democratic machine really works. Four women came forward. Endorsements vanished overnight. Staffers sprinted for the exits. And Ruben Gallego performed the political version of "shocked, shocked" so hard he deserves his own Oscar category. The story is ugly. The timeline is worse. And the party that spent years telling you to believe women suddenly needed a newspaper first. 🛒 MAMDANI'S GOVERNMENT GROCERY STORE -- $30 million for one store, in a neighborhood that already has options, in a city facing a huge budget crisis. We walk through the numbers, the bodegas, and why this is not affordability. It is socialist performance art with a taxpayer-funded cash register 🏙️ NEW YORK IS BROKE -- reserves are draining, deficits are rising, and Mamdani is still pitching luxury-grade socialism like money grows on a city-owned avocado tree 🥛 THE BODEGA BACKLASH -- immigrant-owned stores, neighborhood markets, and working families are the ones Mamdani undercuts first. Government is not filling a gap. It is becoming the bully on the block 🧮 WHY THE MATH DOESN'T WORK -- private grocers live and die on margins. government stores live and die on your wallet. We explain why this model keeps failing everywhere it is tried 🔥 ERIC SWALWELL'S COLLAPSE -- the allegations, the timeline, the endorsements disappearing at light speed, and the Democratic panic that tells you this was never about principle. It was about getting caught 🎭 RUBEN GALLEGO'S SHOCKED ACT -- Swalwell called him his best friend in the world. Gallego says he knew nothing. We examine that claim with the respect it deserves, which is very little 👀 THE OPEN SECRET PROBLEM -- if rumors were circulating for years, why did the party keep promoting Swalwell right up until the second the press made it impossible 🎙️ JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO (@Judgenap on X) joins us to break down Section 702, the surveillance state, the secret court system behind it, and why the federal government spying on Americans without a warrant is not a theory. It is policy 🌎 THIS EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY EXPAT MONEY -- The Left never stops, and freedom-minded families are building a Plan B. Offshore strategist Mikkel Thorup helps you secure second residencies and citizenships so you're never stuck without options. Get his FREE Plan-B Residencies and Instant Citizenships Special Report today → ExpatMoney.com/Austin 🔓 BONUS CONTENT UNLOCKS -- spend $100 in Rumble Rants or at 4LibertyShop.com and unlock the Mini Documentary. Spend $150 and unlock The Great Grift Off. Links in description. ☕ THE FULL LIBERTY COLLECTION -- hats, tees, mugs, coffee: → 4LibertyShop.com 🤝 JOIN THE COMMUNITY ON DISCORD: → 4libertynetwork.com 💪 SUPPORT THE NETWORK AND KEEP INDEPENDENT CONSERVATIVE MEDIA ALIVE: → wakeupamericashow.com/support #WakeUpAmerica #AustinPetersen #ZohranMamdani #Mamdani #NYC #EricSwalwell #RubenGallego #GovernmentGroceryStore #Socialism #Bodega #NewYorkPolitics #JudgeNapolitano #Section702 #FISA #SurveillanceState #RareCamellia #MaggieModo #ConservativeMedia #RiseAndFreedom

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ZOHRAN MAMDANI WANTS TO SPEND $30 MILLION ON A GOVERNMENT-OWNED GROCERY STORE IN A CITY THAT IS ALREADY BROKE. The media wants you to think Mamdani is a bold young reformer trying to make New York affordable. He is not. New York City is staring at...

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