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HEEEEERE’S ZOHRAN MAMDANI Cartoon published 07/17/2025 Tina Toon It’s a cold, isolated winter at the Overlook Hotel—er, I mean, the political environment of New York City. The snow job is piling up outside and the hallways are endless mazes of bureaucracy. Now there’s a new caretaker in town and he’s about to go full Jack Torrance on the status quo. Enter Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic socialist sensation who’s just axed his way through the NYC Democratic primary as if it were a flimsy bathroom door. “Heeeere’s Zohran!” he might as well shout, while wielding policies so radical they’d make even the ghosts at Overlook blush. Mamdani isn’t just any politician—he’s the Democrats’ flavor of the month—a nauseating blend of Islam and communism whipped into a socialist treat. Think of it as a snow cone flavored with universal healthcare, rent control on steroids, and a dash of defund-the-police sprinkles. His ideas are so far-left, they’re chopping through the establishment with an axe and leaving moderate Dems screaming and running for elevators gushing blood. To be sure, New Yorkers love a good horror story. Mamdani overwhelmingly beat the current mayor (who’s feverishly trying to fix the snowcat) and ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose comeback attempt ended up looking like one of those frozen corpses in the hedge maze—stiff, outdated, and utterly lost. Never mind that only 13% of New Yorkers bothered to vote in the Democratic primary. In the echo chambers of lefty Twitter and Brooklyn co-ops, Zohran is *all* anyone’s talking about. It’s as if the Overlook’s ballroom party, where the champagne flows while everyone toasts the new king of the castle. Even Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is gushing like a schoolgirl at her first prom. She hosted a DC congressional luncheon for Mamdani, declaring him her new best friend forever. Hey, girl—slow down! Haven’t you learned from the movie? All that red rum—that’s “murder” spelled backward—or in this case, “radical economic upheaval” might lead to some regrettable decisions. Imagine Mamdani hunched over his laptop in the vast, empty ballroom of City Hall, hammering out Marxist manifestos while the twins in the hallway (played by Bernie Sanders and Rashida Tlaib) whisper, “Come play with us, Zohran… forever and ever.” And the axe scene? Oh, that’s Mamdani’s foreign policy takes—smashing through doors labeled “Israel” or “capitalism” with unapologetic fury. One more thing: Beware the maze chase: Navigating Mamdani’s platform is like getting lost in that snowy labyrinth, where one wrong turn leads to “free college for all” and another to “banning billionaires.” Escape? Ha! The socialist hotel is a place where one can enter, but never leave and the hedges just grow back thicker with each primary win. As the credits roll on this political horror-comedy, one thing’s clear: Zohran Mamdani’s blade isn’t going dull anytime soon. He’s the axe-wielding anti-hero Democrats didn’t know they needed and he’s turning NYC’s winter of discontent into a socialist blizzard. If you’re reading this, AOC—maybe you can check the typewriter next time. If it’s filled with “All socialism and no centrism makes Zohran a radical boy,” it might be time to grab the remaining snowcat and head for safety. After all, in politics as in ‘The Shining,’ the real terror is what happens when the caretaker goes mad with power. Keep on shining, New York! —The GrrrTeam