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Billionaire Cultist Grocer: Mamdani Will Bring “Soviet Bread Lines” By Closing New York City’s Supermarkets

“As owner of Gristedes and D’Agostino’s—this city’s oldest and largest independent supermarket chains—I’ve spent my life keeping shelves stocked, workers employed and families fed. That’s what capitalism does. It works. It builds. It feeds. And it empowers. “Now comes Zohran Mamdani with a delusional notion in the name of radical socialism that would destroy everything we’ve built. His ‘public grocery’ …

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Billionaire Grocer: I’ll Close My Stores If Mamdani Wins

The Free Press reports: After decades of running Gristedes Supermarkets, the iconic Manhattan-based grocery chain, billionaire John Catsimatidis says one thing could cause him to throw in the towel: if 33-year-old socialist Zohran Mamdani becomes the next mayor of New York City. “We may consider closing our supermarkets and selling the business,” the 76-year-old entrepreneur told me. “We have other …

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Radio Station Owner Says Giuliani Has “Three Strikes”

The New York Post reports: Billionaire WABC radio owner John Catsimatidis on Sunday unloaded on ex-Mayor Rudy Giuliani again, saying the suspended radio host’s behavior left him little choice but to can him. The radio boss said the ex-mayor had “three strikes” against him after hearing Giuliani’s criticism on other media platforms over the weekend about his initial suspension. References …

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Giuliani To Bannon: The “Weasels” At WABC Fired Me Because They’re “Secretly” In Cahoots With Dominion

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE BANNON (HOST): New York Times lead story is you’ve been fired by WABC, John Catsimatidis, your show has been canceled. Any truth? Because the New York Times is full of fake news, is this true? RUDY GIULIANI (GUEST): It’s absolutely true. We’re also the leading show at 3 o’clock in New York, leading Hannity, …

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Billionaire Trumper Claims Pandas Will Get NYC Out Of Its “Deep Doo-Doo,” Draw Ten Million Tourists Annually

Gothamist reports: Cute pandas will save the city’s economy – and ease tensions between the United States and China, local billionaire John Catsimatidis declared during a bizarre press conference on Tuesday. “New York is in deep doo-doo right now. We need tourism, we need people to come to New York,” Catsimatidis told reporters at his Midtown office. “Who doesn’t love …

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Is There A Chance The Track Could Bend?

Yesterday NYC mayoral GOP longshot and billionaire grocer John Catsimatidis announced his plan to build a monorail alongside the Long Island Expressway. “Not subway, ABOVE-way,” he said, dismissing the possibility of expanding the existing underground rail system as a pipe dream. He expressed a wish to see “monorails going down the middle of the streets,” in keeping with his role …

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NEW YORK CITY: Billionaire Grocer To Run For Mayor As A Republican

Billionaire John Catsimatidis, the owner of the Gristedes supermarket chain, will file his intent to run for New York City mayor tomorrow. Like Mayor Bloomberg, Catsimatidis is a former Democrat seeking a second act after a fabulously successful business career. But this isn’t quite Bloomberg II. While Catsimatidis says he’s prepared to spend as much as $20 million of his …

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