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A women kisses a portrait of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, as Russian communists and their supporters hold a rally to mark Defenders of the Fatherland Day in Moscow, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010. About 2,000 communists and their supporters, mostly elderly people, held an authorized rally in downtown Moscow. The Defenders of the Fatherland Day, celebrated in Russia on Feb. 23, honors the nation's military and is a nationwide holiday. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)

NYC’s new mayoral team member gets kudos from communists

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio waves after being sworn in during the public inauguration ceremony at City Hall in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

PRUDEN: Empty promises, warmed-over Marxism seduce NYC

By Wesley Pruden - The Washington Times

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio speaks during a news conference Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, in the Queens borough of New York. De Blasio, who as public advocate in 2010 criticized his predecessor Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his handling of a large snowstorm, dispatched hundreds of plows and salt spreaders on the streets as soon as the snow started falling Thursday night. The New York metropolitan area got between 6 to 11 inches of snow. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

SOWELL: De Blasio’s spiel devoid of any contaminating speck of truth

By Thomas Sowell

Bill de Blasio, right, waves while standing with his wife Chirlane McCray, second from right, and children Dante and Chiara, after being sworn in as the mayor of New York City at the start of the new year, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, Pool)

NYC’s new mayor sings tax-the-rich song for kids’ kindergarten costs

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A girl feeds a horse near Central Park on New Year's Eve day, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, in New York. Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, who will be sworn in tonight, supports ending the practice of horse-drawn carriages. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

EDITORIAL: A resolution for the government

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio waves after taking the oath of office in on the steps of City Hall Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

NYC Mayor de Blasio takes formal oath at City Hall

By Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio, right, shares a light moment during a news conference after he announced Dean Fuleihan, left, the new Budget Director under the incoming de Blasio administration at a news conference in New York Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

New York City Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio vows to ban horse-drawn carriages

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has helped energize liberal Democrats who accuse the Obama administration of not fighting hard enough for issues they care about. (Associated Press)

Democratic infighting erupts over ‘we can have it all’ fantasy on entitlements

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 file photo, New York Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio embraces his son Dante, left, daughter Chiara, second left, and wife Chirlane McCray after polls closed in the city's primary election in New York. De Blasio and his wife settled in the Park Slope neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York largely because they felt that their interracial relationship would be accepted there, the mayor-elect has said. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Unabashed liberal Bill de Blasio may put target on Democrats

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Bill de Blasio to mull ex-con advice to forge NYC crime-fighting plan

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

TAUBE: Bill de Blasio and the Obama effect

By Michael Taube

Bill de Blasio Associated Press photo

Bloomberg promises no criticism of successor Bill de Blasio

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TYRRELL: A grim Election Day for New York

By R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr.

FILE- In this Nov. 5, 2013, file photo, Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, talks to the media after voting in the Park Slope neighborhood in the Brooklyn borough of New York. De Blasio has won the race for the New York City Mayor&#8217;s Office, beating Republican Joe Lhota. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Bill de Blasio elected mayor of New York; first Democrat to win since the 1980s

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Bill de Blasio, Democratic candidate for New York City Mayor, addresses the panel during his final debate with Republican rival Joe Lhota, during their final debate, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Foley, Pool)

Snubbed: Bill de Blasio outsourced party-planning duties to Ohio company

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

**FILE** Donald Trump speaks at the 124th Annual Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in Novi, Mich., on May 21, 2013. (Associated Press/The Detroit News)

Donald Trump feels ‘strongly’ Bill de Blasio will make a good NYC mayor

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is getting involved in the Virginia gubernatorial race, even though many want him to stay out of the state's business. (Invision via Associated Press)

EDITORIAL: The nanny goes to court

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Joe Lhota (left) and Bill de Blasio, the Republican and Democratic candidates, respectively, for New York City mayor, participate in their first televised debate at the WABC-TV (Channel 7) studios on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2013, in New York. The debate, the first of three before the Nov. 5 general election, was hosted by the New York Daily News, WABC-TV, Noticias 41 Univision and the League of Women Voters. (AP Photo/The Daily News, James Keivom, Pool)

Muslim holiday school closings poised to pass in New York

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times