As Republicans struggle to pass Donald Trump’s grossly unfair and unpopular budget bill, Halitic’s host Hal Ginsberg and I talk about Zohran Mamdani’s surprise win in New York City and whether his type of winning campaign could be successful anywhere else. We also discussed a NYTimes article about the chances of 3rd parties in our elections, Kamala Harris’s possible run for governor in California, as well as the problem of smartphones for young people and whether society would be better off limiting their use. And with all the chaos in Congress, is anybody paying attention to the rising amount of killing in Gaza and Ukraine? It doesn’t seem like it.