Santiago Vidal Calvo

Iran is exporting terror—targeting dissidents and even Trump with “hit teams.” From fake passports to funding for antisemitism, I lay out with @MAhrensdorf what Washington should do in our new @CityJournal piece. Read below!

Huge shoutout to @nicolegelinas for her sharp @nytopinion op-ed on Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani’s public owned grocery-store agenda in NYC—clear, fearless, and focused on what actually helps shoppers. Read it: nytimes.com/2025/07/23/opi…

Unlike Zohran Mamdani, most Dems want prosperity — not class warfare trib.al/tr0J5vw

Maduro is NOT the President of Venezuela and his regime is NOT the legitimate government. Maduro is the head of the Cartel de Los Soles, a narco-terror organization which has taken possession of a country. And he is under indictment for pushing drugs into the United States.

“America has a critical mass of people whose expectations of intergenerational progress have gone sour. Billionaire-bashing political entrepreneurs like Mamdani have figured out how to scratch that psychopolitical itch.” From @ManhattanInst President @reihan’s incisive essay @WSJ

Trump needs to act before the Iranian regime succeeds in striking Americans on U.S. soil. That means tightening immigration enforcement, securing the border, exposing Iranian influence operations, and fortifying likely targets, @SantiVidalC and @MAhrensdorf write.

Survey data showing a surge in popularity for communism among young people. Note that this is not the usual euphemism of "democratic socialism." It is just plain communism, of the Soviet variety.

🚨 NEW: Both @bloomberg and @reuters are reporting that the Trump admin is doing a prisoner swap, deporting all or potentially nearly all of the Venezuelans imprisoned in CECOT to Venezuela in exchange for American political prisoners. The admin lied about custody from day one.

Introducing Tech and the City, a new series covering the latest in tech policy. @DannyCrichton breaks down the U.S. government’s new “golden share” in U.S. Steel—granting control without capital—and why it could set a dangerous precedent for American capitalism.

NYC’s so safe he wants to abolish the NYPD… yet walks around with bodyguards. Gotcha

Excellent article by my friend and colleague @SantiVidalC on the risks of electing an NYC mayor with socialist views. He uses historical examples to expose why Mamdani’s policies are doomed to fail. A must read! nypost.com/2025/07/06/opi…

Hayek on intellectuals’ endless search for “real socialism”

No other global city accepts this misogynist depravity on its transit on a regular basis. Not a one. nypost.com/2025/07/01/us-…

The amazing thing about people talking about all the fundamental problems with the American economy and how it needs to be reshaped is that every other country on Earth wants their economy to look like America.

Recent polls showed @ZohranKMamdani and @andrewcuomo neck-and-neck. But last night Mamdani didn’t just edge out the former governor—he blew past him by 7 points. Progressive revolution or just savvy digital outreach amid establishment fatigue? I unpack NYC’s electoral upheaval in…