{"id":209297,"date":"2025-09-08T04:15:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T04:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/209297\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T04:15:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T04:15:14","slug":"mondays-headlines-hes-in-it-to-lose-it-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/209297\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday’s Headlines: He’s In It To Lose It Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Long sentence alert: The big news over the weekend was the bizarre whiplash experience of Friday, when reporters first claimed<\/a> Mayor Adams would end his re-election to become an ambassador or accept some other Trump administration position only to then be summoned to Gracie Mansion to listen to Hizzoner make the Trumpian boast that only he \u2014 and he alone \u2014 could beat Zohran Mamdani, despite the latter’s 30-plus-point lead in the polls.<\/p>\n

The mayor then walked away without taking questions. The Post<\/a>, the Times<\/a>, amNY<\/a>, Gothamist<\/a> (times two)<\/a> and Hell Gate<\/a> covered it.<\/p>\n

\"\"Slim Pickens riding it all the way down.<\/p>\n

OK, so he’s going to Slim Pickens<\/a> this mayoral race all the way down to the ground, huh? We wish the mayor the best of luck, of course, especially because his failing oversight of the city continues to fill our pages with stories of incompetence<\/a>, indifference<\/a> and lethargy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And that’s just today! Monday’s Streetsblog home page is filled with news of the latest failures from the Adams administration, including <\/p>\n

In other news:<\/p>\n