Fox News and the entire GOP is so terrified of Mayor Zohran Mamdani's success that they are mocking him for asking New Yorkers to be careful with their thermostats during an extreme heat wave. This is the same advice Trump's Energy Department has suggested as well.
Not only do they look foolish, but they appear desperate in their efforts to smear and ridicule a popular political rival.
This morning on Fox and Friends, the three co-hosts were beside themselves that the mayor of New York City would ask residents to turn the thermostat higher to conserve energy so that there aren't any blackouts during this massive heat wave.
Fox News Says Government Advising Good Thermostat Temperatures Is Akin to Communism
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/07/right-flips-out-mamdanis-thermostat
83 Comments
CobraChicken3000@lemmy.ca · 116 pts · 34d
Is everything sensible or socially conscious Communism now? Taking public transit, being more physically active, telling my family that I love them... all communism?
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 53 pts · 34d
No, this is way off base.
Everything sensible or socially conscious has been Communism since the 1930s. Shoutout to Behind the Bastards, who coincidentally aired a couple of episodes about this very subject this week (Elizabeth Dilling episodes).
papalonian@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 33d
Heyo, saw the episodes but didn't know who Dilling was, now I know I gotta listen. Thanks ššæ
Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 34d
if you're murican then everything progressive is communism
hOrni@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 34d
Not quit. It's more like: "Anything someone they don't like says" is "something they think sounds bad". Mamdani said to conserve power, that's communism. AOC said she likes pineapple on pizza, she's basically Voldemort.
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 34d
I mean, pineapple on pizza is a war crime, I canāt disagree
hOrni@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 34d
Leave Your parents basement, eat something other than nuggets, develop a pallet, then come back to me.
teslekova@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 34d
I bet you don't even like anchovies, you monster.
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 34d
Master167@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 33d
Correct. Anything MAGA doesn't like is Communism.
Basically anything.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 33d
Its a thing they apply to specific people. You either do things communistly or freedomly even if its the same exact action.
For instance, when the DSA is saying the public should have ownership over Intel they're being real communists about it.
When Donald Trump does it, he's doing it freedom style, which makes it okay.
Edit - It occurs to me the analogy here is that these are sorcery rules the 'communist magics' are evil and musn't be cast while the 'freedom magics' are good. Imo it might be funny to create a "Christian Socialists of America" so you can cast out of the DSA spellbook using 'freedom magics'
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 33d
currently its "woke" , communisim seems to be making a come back, mostly because of the recent wins by non-DINO dems.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 9 pts · 34d
Standing behind you in my space suit with a pistol aimed at your spacesuit helmet.
Always has been
lol_idk@piefed.social · 2 pts · 34d
Maybe, I thought it was woke, but thatās so 2025
aramis87@fedia.io · 2 pts · 32d
This is the same program that referred to Fred Rogers as "an evil, evil man". I don't think they're the best judge of people or motives.
jimmy90@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 34d
problem being communism is a made up fantasy world so yeah anything can fit, up to the preferences of the larper
so why not seize the means of production and mandated thermostat temperature (which was common in commie buildings)
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 34d
Where did Mamdani mandate this?
Oh I see, you're lying.
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 33d
Odo@lemmy.world · 49 pts · 34d
Jimmy Carter asked the nation to turn down thermostats ~50 years ago, and these people are still freaking out about it.
BenLeMan@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 34d
Carter was promptly voted out of office and replaced with Ronald Reagan. We all know how that went.
It might have had something to do with Carter putting solar panels on the White House roof as well. Or the backroom deal that Reagan's people made with the Khomeini regime to keep the American hostages in captivity until after the election. Who knows.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 33d
I still hold that that was treason and should have been tried as such, but we only ever try people that attempt to make America better for treason
demonmariner@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 33d
I think Carter was simply out-charisma'd by Reagan. The televised debates had a clear winner (on presentation, not policy).
BenLeMan@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
Well, common sense and calling for sustainable consumption are just not very sexy. Voters preferred the charismatic actor from Hollywood to the pragmatic farmer from Iowa, and that got all of us into this current mess.
Maybe the United States needs more politicians like Mamdani who combine no-nonsense progressive realpolitik with populist messaging.
some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 34d
They must think a certain 2013 party anthem by DJ Snake and Lil Jon is actually about thermostats.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 33d
There's a quote about Carter from early SImpsons: "He's history's worst monster!"
On the commentary track, one writer said, "It's a joke about how overblown the hatred of Carter is," and another writer said, "No, I meant it sincerely."
toiletobserver@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 34d
Kinda like telling a woman what they can and can't do with their body, right?
SeeMarkFly@lemmy.ml · 30 pts · 34d
Men telling women what they can do with their bodies is like a dog giving advice on car repairs cause it likes to ride in it sometimes.
spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works · 28 pts · 34d
Fox and their audience would happily unplug someone's life support to charge their cell phones. God forbid they turn up their thermostats a degree or two to prevent widespread blackouts.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 33d
If they hate Mamdani so much why donāt they leave New York instead of whining about it ?
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 33d
Better to live in blue states and blue cities and complain than to live in a red state, I reckon lol
PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 33d
How they make their money is by constantly bitching at what a Democrat does and gladly misinterpret good policy or announcements to their own greedy benefit.
suicidaleggroll@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 33d
All while living in that Democrat-controlled area because it's much nicer than the Republican hellhole they keep clamoring for
Hazor@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 33d
But haven't you heard? All cities are crime-ridden hellscapes full of immigrants who will steal your job while also being lazy and collecting welfare, and who are brutish rapists/murderers but also sickly plague carriers, and who... don't always speak English. š±
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 33d
I always laughed at the "stealing jobs" comment.
There is no stealing involved. If anything they got outbid and their employer took the bait.
FrEe MaRkET
BehindetheClouds@reddthat.com · 25 pts · 34d
Ah yes, asking your community as Mayor to be conscious of thermostat temperatures during a heatwave, to avoid brownouts or blackouts...
Communism. Not common sense.
Off topic, but as somebody who remembers when eastern seaboard grid died during the summer. I wouldn't want it to go down in this fucking heat.
And these "hosts" seem old enough that they should remember.
WereHacker@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 34d
Someone might say they are on point, this is communism. Leading to the conclusion communism actually is common sense.
jumjummy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
Yeah, but this way they can complain about him asking folks to adjust their thermostats, and if people donāt, and there happens to be a blackout, then they can ALSO blame him as if heās somehow running the Eastern power grids.
Kurtismayfield@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 34d
The best part is, now that Mandami is being criticized by the Fox outrage machine, all of the government websites that had similar recommendations are being changed.
hemmes@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 34d
Automatic temperature controls engineer here:
This is exactly what you want to do in a heat wave. Itās called load shedding.
78Ā°F in 100Ā°F weather is going to feel perfectly cool. Youāll prevent your equipment from breaking down faster and see a notable difference in your electric bill.
Fox morons - this is definitely a Gandalf-Iām-trying-to-help-you moment.
Commuting4375@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 33d
No it does not feel perfectly cool for all of us. Sincerely, someone who was soaked in sweat in their own home due to high indoor temperatures like this all week.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 33d
Only if I've been outside. For those staying inside it's going to feel pretty unpleasant.
It's still the best option though.
hemmes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
Have you tried setting your cooling to 78, or 76 with Eco mode on?
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 33d
I'm at 75, and it's really the limit of what I can stand. Occasionally I have to lower it to 73 for an hour or so to pull some of the humidity out of the air.
hemmes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 32d
If your AC doesnāt already have a dry mode, yea. Set the unit to 72-74Ā°F with the fan on low for an hour or so (eco off) to pull out some moisture.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 33d
What business is it of yours what I do with my own thermostat?!
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 33d
I think you've set the thermostat at 65 degrees for quite long enough, Bilbo.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 33d
It's not. But if we all think that way, the grid might not like it, and turn it into everyone's problem
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 33d
True!
We're also referencing Lord of the Rings, specifically:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yy0pPTrHlk
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 33d
It will feel perfectly cool if you repeatedly transition from outdoors to indoors.
That being said, I'm a pragmatist and 78 inside feels a shitload better than 94 inside.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 33d
Fox news logic is:
IF person who said is Mamdani THEN its communism
We can then extract from that communism isn't a set of actions and values to Fox News, its an adjective we apply to specific people to make them scary.
dhork@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 33d
But we also need to understand what they think is so scary about it: the government might give benefits to people that they hate.
Fedizen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 33d
As much as I agree that is the driving concern behind fox news as an institution imo its more them trying to piggyback off decades of anticommunist propaganda and direct it at people who threaten their many cash cows and corrupt bullshit because even modest reforms to incrrease market competition at this point threaten their extreme levels of corruption.
The level of thought you put into your reply is far more than they expect from most their viewers and probably most the hosts.
bitwolf@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 33d
Purposely conflating socialism and communism also reinforces this notion
scarabic@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 33d
American conservatives talking about āfreedomā have very much come to resemble spoiled children wailing about any resistance to even their flightiest whims. A government advisory does not impinge upon your freedom, jackasses.
cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 33d
Come to? What the fuck was the second civil war about?
scarabic@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 33d
āSecond?ā
cecinestpasunecommunication@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 33d
The whiskey tax one, the chattel slavery one, the coal/slavery one....
adarza@piefed.ca · 18 pts · 34d
in other words. they can't find any legitimate issues with the mayor of new york and how he's governing and presenting himself to his constituents and the public, so they came up with this line of bullshit about thermostat settings.
lettruthout@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 34d
The Grey Poupon issue of our time!
Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 33d
This is why an actual democratic socialist wins in new york.
To them, Gavin Newsome, Joe biden, and Kamala Harris get called socialists like it's a prize in a cereal box. At one point the young just ignore them.
metermatic26@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 33d
In America, asking someone to do anything for anyone other than themselvesā¦
is COMMUNISM
fartographer@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 33d
I wonder if it'll still be communism when the data centers advise it
Lanske@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 34d
Just use celcius like the rest of us and it doesn't seem that high!!!
ceenote@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 34d
People on Twitter pulled up old tweets of Nikki Haley and Greg Abbott asking for the same things. It's a day that ends in "y", which is how you know Republicans are arguing in bad faith.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 34d
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 33d
Why are they suddenly back to using "Communism" as a catch-all pejorative, while at the same time apparently sending their kids to learn Mandarin?
Fuck these assholes.
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 33d
In Canada it's also become a dirty word all of a sudden.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 33d
It's a legacy we inherited from the cold war. Half the time, Fox News is speaking to Boomers and older gen-X, all of whom grew up and/or lived under the shadow of thermonuclear war and the looming threat of "Communism" (USSR). Nevermind that's all passe, the propaganda still echoes in their ears and can be recalled in an instant by uttering that one trigger word.
tonytins@pawb.social · 5 pts · 33d
It actually goes all the way back to the early 20th century, starting with the first red scare.
mikenurre@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 34d
Damn commies! I'ma go check a real state to see what they say. So DeSantis appointed every member of the FL commission, and they say it should be set to .. 78. More commies! What about TX? ERCOT is the worst run energy commission in history. Surely they have it right .. 78! IT'S EVEN IN THE STOCK IMAGES!
stoly@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 33d
This is literally what got Reagan elected. The same tactic will still work on many people.
tauisgod@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 33d
It predates him by far, but yes. It just goes to show how effective nearly a century of government propaganda can be.
BigMacHole@thelemmy.club · 8 pts · 34d
COMMUNISM is Suggesting THERMOSTAT LEVELS!
-People telling Schools NOT to use Water or Electricity because FREEDOM!
kingshrubb@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 33d
My A/C can't even get my rental to go below 80Ā°F in this heat wave anyway š. I'll be relocating to the basement with frozen aƧai until further notice.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 33d
Tiger666@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 33d
Social programs my dude, social programs.
A socialist program would be a program that advocates for workers controlling the means of production.
There is no socialism in the US, but boy do they have a long list of social programs.
Just like calling Democratic socialists socialists; they aren't socialists they are reformists.
The only way you will ever see socialism is thru revolution.
Have a great day!
Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 33d
Fox news viewers need to feel like victims every single day.
fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com · 6 pts · 34d
Has anyone told them who is in charge?
unmagical@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 34d
Fine, ignore it and pay more for your energy usage as you are free to do.
aSaabD00d@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 34d
Good thing Trump sat on a black towel when he appeared on this couch or she'd have a brown racing stripe on her dress.
Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 34d
Its just another way of Fox saying that they consider their base to be nothing more than People of the Earth.
M1ch431@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 34d
Capitalism is when people die of preventable causes, such as dying from heat exposure or complications from it, because allowing them the resources to cool their houses (that they likely don't own and are privileged to have at all) is communism.
busted_Anoose@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 26d
Luckily fox news isn't real news. so therefore we can ignore their crayon munching commentary
drolex@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 34d
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 34d
One of these is NOT well-liked by any of the others, and another openly hates all the others š
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 33d