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Inside the Mamdani Machine: Soros cash, socialists and radical imams engineered Zohran Mamdani’s path to power

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In late September 2017, Palestinian American activist Linda Sarsour, once the darling of the Women’s March and the self-declared face of the «resistance» against Donald Trump, was facing mounting criticism for antisemitic remarks and her embrace of extremist views. 

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But, beaming in a photograph taken on a city sidewalk, Sarsour appeared unfazed, her iconic fist pumped in the air as she knelt shoulder-to-shoulder with campaign volunteers for City Council candidate Khader El-Yateem. The photo was posted by El-Yateem on the Facebook page he used to promote his campaign, which he lost, but among the smiling faces was a young organizer named Zohran Mamdani.

In late September 2017, Palestinian American pastor Khader El-Yateem shared a photo of his campaign team from his bid to be elected to New York’s City Council from Brooklyn’s District 43. Palestinian American political organizer Linda Sarsour (far left, front row) took a knee with Zohran Mamdani (fourth from right, white shirt). El-Yattem lost the race. (@Khader El-Yateem/Facebook)

That photo would mark the start of a carefully constructed political project that, in less than a decade, would propel a now-34-year-old socialist newcomer to the precipice of running America’s largest city – even while campaigning with radical imams, some of whom have supported terrorists and terrorist financiers.

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A Fox Digital investigation reveals that Mamdani’s rise was no accident. It was engineered.

SEN. SLOTKIN SAYS DEM SOCIALIST NYC CANDIDATE MAMDANI REPRESENTS ‘NEW GENERATION’ OF LEADERS YOUNG VOTERS WANT

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Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks during a mayoral debate, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

A database of 110 groups backing Mamdani exposes a tight inner circle of organizations that identify as Muslim or socialist, working hand-in-glove with 76 Democratic Party affiliates, allied groups and unions. Particularly important in this political machine are two networks – Sarsour’s MPower organizations and another constellation of groups called Emgage, with which she works closely.

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The organizations have been generously funded. In total, billionaire George Soros’ Open Society philanthropies have given MPower and Emgage nearly $2.5 million in recent years, according to tax filings. 

"#MyMuslimVote Organizing Summit" with Zohran Mamdani, then the Democratic nominee for the 36th District to New York's General Assembly, Women's March cofounder Tamika Mallory and former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed. El-Sayed had lost his race. Mamdani would go on to win. In the email, MPower Change said: "Thursday, August 13th, join us in the fight to protect and define our Democracy."

«#MyMuslimVote Organizing Summit» with Zohran Mamdani, then the Democratic nominee for the 36th District to New York’s General Assembly, Women’s March cofounder Tamika Mallory and former Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed. El-Sayed. ( MPower Change/email)

«We fund a range of civil society organizations that work to deepen civic engagement through peaceful democratic participation, counter discrimination including against Muslim Americans and advance human rights,» a spokesperson for Open Society Foundations told Fox News Digital. «The grants that you cite all occurred years before the mayoral race, and we are a nonpartisan organization that does not fund political candidates and their campaigns.»

Mamdani, Sarsour and the groups supporting Mamdani’s campaign didn’t return requests for comment.

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MPower and Emgage have been part of a tight inner circle of 30 ethnic and religious groups, that also includes CAIR Action, the 501(c)(4) political wing of the 501(c)(3) Council on American-Islamic Relations nonprofit, the Islamic Circle of North America,» «Muslim Action Coalition,» Yemeni American Merchants Associations Inc., the «Bangladeshi American Advocacy Group» and «Desis Rising Up and Moving.» They have pumped up Mamdani’s campaign with social media campaigns, canvassing, voters and buzz.

Altogether, they have annual revenues of about $24 million, and they have worked to promote Mamdani’s campaign with endorsements, fund-raising, social media campaigns and canvassing.

The result: a carefully constructed political career that mainstreams the socialist goals long embraced by Sarsour and fellow members of the Democratic Socialists of America.

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It’s a machine that is expressing itself in races from New York to Virginia, Minnesota, Texas and California with MPower and Emgage aligning with the Democratic Socialists of America and the Democratic Party to propel candidates who may share their views. In a campaign called «Defend and Advance,» Emgage SuperPac is pushing Mamdani and Democratic Virginia Lt. Governor candidate Ghazala Hashmi as its «star candidates.»

Emgage’s «Defend and Advance» roster of supported candidates and office holders includes Dearborn, Mich., Mayor Abdullah Hammoud.

«I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here,» Hammoud recently told a Christian pastor who objected to a proposal to name a street in honor of a local man who had allegedly praised terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah. «And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of the city because you are not somebody who believes in coexistence.»

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Emgage’s donations include $175,000 from a group little-noticed by political observers but important in Islamist circles: Sterling Charitable Gift Fund, based in Herndon, Va. It is part of a network of groups that FBI agents raided in 2002 as part of wider investigations into the funding of Palestinian terrorist groups, including Hamas. Federal prosecutors ultimately didn’t file criminal charges against any officials at Sterling Charitable Gift Fund.

MEET MAMDANI’S RADICAL ADVISORY CIRCLE THAT INCLUDES COMMUNIST ACTIVIST, ANTI-ISRAEL ADVOCATES

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Hungarian-born U.S. investor and philanthropist George Soros smiles after delivering a speech on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on May 24, 2022. (FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

Over almost a decade, Sarsour and her allies have orchestrated a network of well-financed and tightly connected socialist activists, radical imams, political organizers and nonprofit organizations funded with millions of dollars by major philanthropies, including Foundation to Promote Open Society, the Ford Foundation, Macarthur Foundation and the Tides Foundation.

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The confluence of big philanthropy, partisan operatives and clerical authority has helped drive Mamdani’s ascent. Its architecture combines nonprofit activism with faith-based politics and the precision of a professional campaign operation. 

«To the casual observer, Zohran Mamdani’s rise might appear meteoric – a story of grassroots energy and demographic change in America’s largest city,» said Dalia Al-Aqidi, an Iraqi American Muslim who is running against Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar in Minnesota, with Omar supported by the same kind of political machine being unleashed to propel Mamdani to office.

«The data, the money trail and the affiliations, from the Democratic Socialists of America to the Islamists, tells a different story.»

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«Mamdani’s ascent is the product of deliberate design: a sophisticated collaboration between socialist activism and Islamist organizing, lubricated by millions in foundation grants and political donations and normalized through a revolving door of political operatives and nonprofits who embrace Islamists, the destruction of the state of Israel and hostilities to the police, the U.S. and the West,» Al-Aqidi said.

The timeline of Mamdani’s rise tracks precisely with the growth of this network. In 2012, as a student at Bowdoin College, in Maine, he cofounded a chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, the campus organization known for its rabid anti-Israel activism. By 2017, he was canvassing for El-Yateem’s campaign with Sarsour’s mentorship.

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Activist Linda Sarsour, shown here at a demonstration in Manhattan’s Foley Square, was an early backer of Mamdani’s political aspirations. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

In 2018, Mamdani formally entered Sarsour’s orbit through the Muslim Democratic Club of New York, an organization she co-founded in 2013 to mobilize Muslim voters and elect progressive Democrats to local office. The Muslim Democratic Club of New York served as both incubator and amplifier for Sarsour’s political brand, one that fused progressive politics with an explicitly Islamist social identity. By December 2018, Mamdani joined the board, in an announcement in which the group said, «Help build Muslim power across the city with us!»

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Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani supporters gather outside 30 Rock in New York City on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025.  (Fox News Digital/Deirdre Heavey)

With his new role, Mamdani gained access to an emerging infrastructure of influence: voter lists, donor networks and organizing muscle that would later power his campaign to a seat on the New York General Assembly. The Muslim Democratic Club endorsed Mamdani.

Around that time, Sarsour was building her own empire, founding MPower Change as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit housed at Neo Philanthropy Inc. Public filings show MPower Change took in at least $2.4 million between 2017 and 2024, the latest year available, with Soros’s Foundation to Promote Open Society giving her organization $1.125 million and the Macarthur Foundation funneling her $450,000. It would become a flagship digital organizing hub for not just Sarsour but Mamdani. 

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Meanwhile, Emgage Action was expanding its footprint nationally. Also backed by the Open Society network, Emgage Action received a share of $42.5 million that Soros’ foundations pledged to Muslim, Arab and South Asian civic groups beginning in 2021. It has received $1.8 million from the Open Society Policy Center and another $1.35 million from the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Together, MPower Change and Emgage created an unprecedented financial and political ecosystem, leveraging big philanthropy’s dollars and digital strategy to elevate candidates like Mamdani under the banner of Muslim empowerment.

In 2020, Mamdani won his first election to the New York State Assembly, with Sarsour’s explicit endorsement and fundraising help.

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By 2020, Mamdani was being featured in Sarsour’s #MyMuslimVote summit, promoted by MPower Change as the face of a new generation of unapologetic Muslim progressives. By this year, his campaign for mayor became the culmination of that project — backed by PAC money, boosted by clerical endorsements and legitimized by an activist ecosystem that had spent a decade grooming him for this very moment.

REP. ELISE STEFANIK LABELS NYC MAYORAL CANDIDATE ZOHRAN MAMDANI A ‘JIHADIST’

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New York City Democratic mayoral nominee, Zohran Mamdani, spoke to supporters at a canvass launch event in Prospect Park on Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025.  (Deirdre Heavey/Fox News Digital)

To push Mamdani toward the helm of the nation’s biggest city, the network extended far beyond activist circles. Central to Mamdani’s political ascent was a series of carefully cultivated relationships with clerics with some troubling views.

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In January, Mamdani courted Imam Muhammad Al-Barr of the Islamic Society of Bay Ridge, visiting his mosque just months after Al-Barr had publicly prayed to «annihilate» Israel.

In May, Imam Siraj Wahhaj, the longtime imam of Brooklyn’s Masjid At-Taqwa, personally donated $1,000 to the Unity and Justice Fund. More recently, Mamdani met with Wahhaj and called him «one of the nation’s foremost Muslim leaders and a pillar of the Bed-Stuy community.»

Wahhaj, who served as a character witness in the trial of Omar Abdel-Rahman, the «Blind Sheikh» later convicted of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, has a long history of calling for the exploitation of America’s democracy to further a conquest for Islam.

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«You don’t get in politics because it’s the American thing to do,» he said in a videotaped 1991 sermon. «You get involved in politics because politics can be a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.» 

Wahhaj has also denounced the U.S. government as «controlled by Shaitan,» the Arabic word for the devil, urged Muslims not to befriend «non-believers,» condemned homosexuality as «a disease of this society,» and supported Islamic laws that punish sex outside of marriage with 100 lashes and stoning. In 2011, Wahhaj urged Muslims to donate to the legal defense of the since-convicted Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist dubbed «Lady Al Qaeda» for attempting to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Over the years, Wahhaj’s sermons have praised «jihad» without «a gun,» called for an Islamic America governed by sharia law and urged the creation of an «army of 10,000 men in New York City.»

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Other imams now backing Mamdani’s mayoral run have also been controversial. Imam Talib Abdur-Rashid, a cleric leading the Mosque of Islamic Brotherhood in Harlem, co-founded the Muslim Alliance in North America, alongside Wahhaj. In 2005, Abdur-Rashid publicly defended Rafiq Sabir, an American doctor who joined al Qaeda and was subsequently sentenced to 25 years in prison.

DNC EMBRACES SOCIALIST MAMDANI AS RESURFACED ANTI-ISRAEL REMARKS RAISE ALARM: ‘BIG TENT PARTY’

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Independent candidate and former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, speaks during a mayoral debate with Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, center, and Democratic candidate Zohran Mamdani, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in New York City. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis, Pool)

In 2008, Abdur-Rashid defended Sami Al-Arian, a Palestinian American professor whom the U.S. later deported to Turkey for «conspiring to provide services» to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Still in the U.S., Al-Arian’s wife joined the anti-Israel encampments at Columbia University.

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In September, Mamdani appeared as the special guest speaker at Abdur-Rashid’s annual gala. A month earlier, Muslim Association of North America’s social media featured Abdur-Rashid visiting Wahhaj’s mosque, underscoring the continued collaboration between the two imams.

In Manhattan, Imam Khalid Latif, the executive director of the Islamic Center at New York University, has been another prominent Mamdani backer. Latif publicly endorsed Mamdani on Facebook in June, calling him «a bearer of compassion in a time where it is far too rare.»

In 2012, Latif led a pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia that included Omar Mateen, who would later murder 49 people at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the deadliest anti-LGBTQ attack in U.S. history. He has denied radicalizing Mateen and he hasn’t faced the same type of allegations that surround the other imams.

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Zohran Mamdani meets Imam Siraj Wahhaj and Yusef Abdus Salaam on Oct. 17, 2025. (@ZohranKMamdani/X)

For many Muslim political organizations backing Mamdani, these clerics are not liabilities but assets, serving as trusted gatekeepers to the city’s growing community of Muslim voters.

After Mamdani visited Wahhaj’s mosque earlier this month, he tweeted out a photo of the two with the caption: «Pleasure to meet Imam Siraj Wahhaj, one of the nation’s foremost Muslim leaders.» When a firestorm ensued, several allies rose to his defense: Sarsour, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the leaders at Emgage Action.

Sarsour shared a selfie with Mamdani, beaming, like they did back in 2017, and wrote, «May Allah continue to bless and protect you.»

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A defiant Wa’el Alzayat, the executive director of Emgage Action, sent out a dispatch to followers on Tuesday, amid criticism for their political work, promising, «We are in this for the long haul.»

Back in Minnesota, Al-Aqidi closely watched the defense of Mamdani.

«For over a decade, Linda Sarsour and her network of allies have built the Mamdani machine piece by piece: the institutions, the donors, the narratives and now, the candidate. There was no way they were going to throw him under the bus for one photo with one imam whom they happen to love,» said Al-Aqidi. «Mamdani is the fresh face of a radical coalition, and I hope New Yorkers will reject him. Win or lose, one fact remains undeniable. His rise was not spontaneous. It was engineered and the machinery behind it is only getting stronger.»

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Al-Aqidi said; «I hope New Yorkers will shut the Mamdani machine down.»



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Cuba le comunicó a las aerolíneas que en 24 horas se queda sin combustible para aviones

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El Gobierno cubano advirtió a las aerolíneas internacionales que operan en la isla que a partir de este lunes el país se queda sin combustible para aviación debido al asedio petrolero de Estados Unidos.

Por el momento las aerolíneas afectadas -principalmente estadounidenses, españolas, panameñas y mexicanas– no han comunicado públicamente cómo van a afrontar esta situación, que podría generar alteraciones en rutas, frecuencias y horarios, al menos en el corto plazo.

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No obstante, este hecho no es nuevo en Cuba. En situación similares previas -tanto en el período especial en los años 90 como en cuellos de botella momentáneos en los últimos meses- las aerolíneas habían salvado el problema reacomodando sus rutas con paradas extra para repostar en México o República Dominicana.

Fuentes del sector confirmaron este domingo el anuncio del régimen castrista a la agencia de noticias EFE. La mayoría de vuelos que conectan la isla con el exterior cubren rutas a Florida, en Estados Unidos (Miami, Tampa, Fort Lauderdale), España (Madrid), Panamá (Ciudad de Panamá) y México (Ciudad de México, Mérida, Cancún), aunque Cuba también tiene conexiones regulares con Bogotá (Colombia), Santo Domingo (República Dominicana) y Caracas (Venezuela).

El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, firmó el pasado 29 de enero una orden presidencial que amenazaba con aranceles a aquellos países que suministrasen petróleo a Cuba, tras alegar que la isla era un peligro de seguridad nacional para su país.

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Cuba, que produce apenas un tercio de sus necesidades energéticas, anunció esta semana un duro plan de emergencia para tratar de subsistir sin importaciones de crudo y derivados que incluía el fin de la venta de diésel, la reducción de los horarios de hospitales y oficinas estatales y el cierre de algunos hoteles.

El sábado el gobierno empezó a cerrar algunos hoteles de la isla y a trasladar a los turistas a otras instalaciones como parte del paquete de medidas adoptado ante el asedio petrolero de Estados Unidos, confirmaron fuentes del sector.

El viceprimer ministro Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga aseguró el viernes en la televisión estatal que «se ha diseñado un plan en el turismo para reducir los consumos energéticos, compactar las instalaciones turísticas, y aprovechar la temporada alta que está transcurriendo en estos momentos en nuestro país».

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El también titular del Comercio Exterior y la Inversión Extranjera no especificó detalles sobre esta «compactación» de la infraestructura turística, pero las fuentes -que prefirieron el anonimato- adelantaron a la agencia EFE que desde el viernes se están cerrando hoteles y reubicando a los turistas internacionales en otros centros.

Esto afecta principalmente a algunas instalaciones turísticas ubicadas en el balneario de Varadero (oeste) y de los cayos del norte de la isla.

Entre las principales cadenas hoteleras que operan en Cuba están las españolas Meliá e Iberostar, y la canadiense Blue Diamond, entre otras.

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México envía ayuda humanitaria mientras negocia la posibilidad de mandar petróleo

En tanto, el gobierno de México informó este domingo el envío de más de 814 toneladas de víveres destinados a la población de Cuba a bordo de dos buques de la Marina armada que zarparon del puerto de Veracruz.

El envío de ayuda por parte del gobierno de la presidenta izquierdista Claudia Sheinbaum ocurre mientras México sigue negociando una eventual entrega de petróleo a la isla sin ser sancionado por Estados Unidos, que amenazó con imponer aranceles al país que le suministre hidrocarburos.

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Los víveres, que fueron embarcados desde temprano en el puerto de Veracruz (este), incluyen entre otros, leche líquida y en polvo, productos cárnicos, galletas, frijol, arroz y artículos de higiene personal, la mayor parte de ellos en el buque Papalopan (536 toneladas) y el resto en el Isla Holbox.

«Informamos que aún quedan más de 1.500 toneladas de leche en polvo y frijol pendientes de ser enviadas», agregó la Cancillería en el comunicado.

Cuba enfrenta una profunda crisis agudizada por la suspensión de abastecimiento de crudo desde Venezuela, tras la caída del mandatario de ese país, Nicolás Maduro, en una intervención de fuerzas estadounidenses el 3 de enero.

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Las ventas de petróleo y derivados de México a Cuba sumaron 496 millones de dólares en 2025, menos de 1% de la producción de la petrolera estatal mexicana Pemex, informó la propia empresa la semana pasada.

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Transforman colchones viejos en aislantes térmicos con hongos: la innovación que apunta a revolucionar la construcción sostenible

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Investigadores australianos convierten colchones viejos en un aislante térmico sostenible utilizando hongos y espuma reciclada (Imagen Ilustrativa Infobae)

Un grupo de investigadores ha conseguido convertir colchones viejos en aislamiento térmico para la construcción utilizando hongos. Esta propuesta innovadora, presentada por la Universidad de Swinburne y difundida por Popular Science, reimagina la gestión de un residuo de gran presencia en los vertederos, y abre nuevas posibilidades para la economía circular y la sostenibilidad en el sector de la edificación.

La acumulación de colchones desechados representa un desafío ambiental de gran escala. Cada año, millones de estos productos terminan en vertederos a nivel global. Según datos citados por Popular Science, un colchón puede tardar hasta 120 años en descomponerse por completo en condiciones de relleno sanitario. Además, su tamaño voluminoso y la mezcla de materiales—espumas, telas y metales—complican el reciclaje, demandando procesos costosos y muchas veces inviables para las plantas de tratamiento tradicionales.

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El resultado es la saturación de rellenos sanitarios, donde estos colchones permanecen durante décadas sin degradarse, liberando contaminantes y ocupando espacio necesario para otros residuos.

El reciclaje convencional de colchones enfrenta obstáculos tanto logísticos como técnicos. La separación manual de componentes y la falta de mercados viables para materiales recuperados dificultan la gestión eficiente de estos desechos. Por eso, la búsqueda de soluciones alternativas cobra urgencia, especialmente ante el crecimiento de la industria del descanso y el aumento en la rotación de estos productos.

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Millones de colchones acaban cada año en vertederos, donde pueden tardar hasta 120 años en descomponerse por completo (Imagen Ilustrativa Infobae)

Frente a este panorama, un equipo de la Universidad de Swinburne, en Australia, ha desarrollado un método novedoso para transformar colchones fuera de uso en un material aislante basado en hongos.

Según detalla Popular Science, el proceso parte del desmontaje de los colchones para separar la espuma de poliuretano, principal residuo, que se desinfecta y tritura, quedando lista para convertirse en el sustrato donde se cultiva el micelio, la red de filamentos vegetativos de los hongos.

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El micelio, al crecer sobre la espuma triturada, consume parte del material y lo une en una estructura compacta y ligera. Esta transformación ocurre en condiciones controladas de temperatura y humedad durante solo unas semanas. El resultado es un panel rígido, de baja densidad, en el que el micelio actúa como aglutinante natural y otorga al material propiedades aislantes.

El protagonismo de los hongos radica en su capacidad para descomponer y reorganizar los residuos en compuestos útiles, sin necesidad de adhesivos sintéticos ni procesos industriales contaminantes. Además, el proceso no requiere altas temperaturas ni grandes consumos energéticos, lo que reduce la huella ambiental respecto a los métodos tradicionales de manufactura de aislamientos.

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Primer plano de hongos silvestres con sombreros marrones y blancos creciendo en un entorno terroso y húmedo (Imagen Ilustrativa Infobae)

El producto final presenta características técnicas comparables, e incluso superiores, a los materiales de aislamiento térmico convencionales. De acuerdo con Popular Science, los paneles generados con micelio y espuma reciclada muestran una baja conductividad térmica, lo que los hace adecuados para conservar la temperatura interior en edificios y reducir el gasto energético en calefacción o refrigeración.

Durante los ensayos, estos paneles demostraron resistir temperaturas aproximadas a los 1.832 grados Fahrenheit (1.000 ℃), lo que los posiciona como una alternativa eficaz frente a riesgos de incendio y condiciones extremas.

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A diferencia de muchos aislantes sintéticos, los paneles de micelio no liberan compuestos tóxicos, son biodegradables y pueden producirse localmente a partir de residuos urbanos. Su resistencia a la humedad y a ciertos patógenos añade ventajas en términos de durabilidad y sanidad, minimizando riesgos para la salud de los ocupantes de los edificios.

Las aplicaciones potenciales de este aislante micológico abarcan desde viviendas hasta infraestructuras comerciales. Su ligereza facilita el transporte y la instalación, mientras que la flexibilidad del proceso permite adaptarlo a diferentes tamaños y formas según necesidad. Además, el ciclo de vida del material cierra un circuito; al concluir su uso, puede compostarse o biodegradarse sin dañar el entorno.

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Los paneles aislantes a base de micelio y espuma reciclada resisten temperaturas de hasta 1.000 ℃ y muestran una baja conductividad térmica (Imagen Ilustrativa Infobae)

El impacto futuro de esta innovación depende de su capacidad para escalar y ser adoptada por la industria. El equipo de Swinburne visualiza un modelo en el que los centros urbanos recolecten colchones desechados y los transformen en aislantes para nuevas construcciones, cerrando el ciclo de los materiales y reduciendo significativamente la generación de residuos.

La propuesta encaja en las tendencias de economía circular, donde los productos al final de su vida útil se reincorporan al sistema productivo como materia prima, en vez de convertirse en desechos. La posibilidad de replicar este enfoque en distintas ciudades y países abre la puerta a un cambio estructural en la gestión de residuos y la fabricación de materiales de construcción más limpios.

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A pesar de los avances, persisten desafíos técnicos y logísticos. El escalado del proceso, la estandarización de la calidad del material y la aceptación por parte de las normativas de construcción son obstáculos que el equipo sigue investigando. Además, la viabilidad económica en comparación con los materiales tradicionales determinará el ritmo de adopción de esta tecnología.

Las proyecciones indican que, si se implementa a gran escala, este método podría reducir notablemente el volumen de colchones enviados a vertederos, disminuir las emisiones asociadas a la producción de aislantes convencionales y fomentar una nueva cultura de aprovechamiento integral de los residuos.

La investigación divulgada por Popular Science muestra que la colaboración entre ciencia, industria y sociedad puede gestar soluciones innovadoras para los retos ambientales contemporáneos.

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SCOOP: Trump ally Kid Rock jumps into key governor’s race with high-profile endorsement

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EXCLUSIVE — Detroit native and cultural icon Kid Rock is taking sides in the race for Michigan governor.

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The famed musician and entertainer with a working-class persona who is known for his conservative political views is endorsing Republican Rep. John James in the 2026 race to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

The Michigan governor’s office and a Democrat-controlled open U.S. Senate seat are top targets for the GOP to flip in November’s midterm elections.

«As our next Governor of Michigan, I know you will bring many victories to our GREAT STATE!» Kid Rock, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, said in a statement shared first with Fox News Digital on Sunday.

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Musician and Detroit native Kid Rock, left, joins Republican Rep. John James of Michigan, who is running for governor. (John James gubernatorial campaign)

James, who’s in his second term representing a swing congressional district in suburban Detroit, said in a statement, «Kid Rock is a good friend. We share our love for Detroit, the state of Michigan and the United States of America!»

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«I’m honored to have the endorsement of this unapologetic freedom-loving patriot and I look forward to working with him and every other Michigander to make Michigan great again!» added James, a West Point graduate and veteran of the Iraq War, and a businessman who was the 2018 and 2020 Republican Senate nominee in the Great Lakes battleground state.

Kid Rock’s backing of James comes a couple of hours before the singer and songwriter headlines Turning Point USA’s «All-American Halftime Show» during the Super Bowl.

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Turning Point USA, which was co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk, is hosting its own alternative to the Super Bowl halftime show this Sunday. The event comes as conservatives criticize the NFL’s choice to feature Latin music star Bad Bunny as the halftime performer.

Kid Rock performs at Republican National Convention.

Musician Kid Rock performs on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 18, 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Kid Rock is an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, backing him in all three of his presidential campaigns. He performed his song «American Bad Ass» at the 2024 Republican National Convention with altered lyrics to showcase his support for Trump.

Trump, whose sway over the GOP remains immense and whose endorsements in Republican primaries are highly coveted and extremely influential, to date has not weighed in on Michigan’s gubernatorial race.

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A release from James’s campaign highlighted that «John James has stood with President Trump consistently since 2018, and every subsequent election, maintaining a clear and steady alignment when others backed his opponents, ran against him, or stayed silent.»

The James campaign also emphasized that «Kid Rock and John James share deep Detroit roots and a common view of Michigan as a state defined by hard work, manufacturing, culture, and natural beauty — from the Great Lakes to the communities that power the Midwest economy.»

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Rep. John James of Michigan, seen at the 2024 Republican National Convention, is running for governor in the battleground state's 2026 race.

Rep. John James of Michigan, seen at the 2024 Republican National Convention, is running for governor in the battleground state’s 2026 race. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty)

James is the clear polling front-runner in a very crowded field of Republicans vying for the GOP nomination in the August primary. Among the other Republicans in the race are former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, Michigan Senate Minority Leader Aric Nesbitt, former state House of Representatives Speaker Mike Leonard, and businessman Perry Johnson, a longshot candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination who is making his second bid for governor.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is the clear front-runner among three candidates for the Democratic nomination.

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Former three-term Democratic Mayor Mike Duggan of Detroit is campaigning for governor as an independent.

The race in Michigan is rated a toss-up by three top nonpartisan political handicappers: the Cook Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato’s Crystal Ball.

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Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.»

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