Democratic Socialists Win Big
Mamdani-endorsed candidates defeated establishment Democrats.
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Washington Examiner
DINOs take over the Democratic Party
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Tuesday’s primaries were the coming-out party of DINOs: Democrats in name only. Any real Democrats not in a state of shock or terror are not paying attention. For the party is no longer theirs, and there’s probably nothing they can do about it. They didn’t lose it exactly but gave it away. Stupidly, they pretended […]
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DSA Leader in NYC Explains How They Are Just Using the Democrat Party’s Infrastructure to Get Their People Elected (VIDEO)
Gustavo Gordillo is the co-chair of the Democratic Socialists of America in New York City. The post DSA Leader in NYC Explains How They Are Just Using the Democrat Party’s Infrastructure to Get Their People Elected (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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New York Post
Look in the mirror, New York Democrats — your misrule paved the DSA’s way
The DSA's primary romp can’t be blamed on outside factors like inflation or Israel or President Trump: It’s the result of 15 years of New York Democrats’ single-party rule.
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Reason.com
The DSA and the Democrats' Retreat Into Economic Fantasyland
The party's new crop of Mamdani-backed socialists are just the latest sign of a long slide into economic radicalism.
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Axios
"There's going to be a war": Centrist House Democrats plot Mamdani Caucus counterattack
Moderate House Democrats are warning they're prepared for "war" if incoming progressives and democratic socialists try to hijack the House floor to secure ideological concessions.Why it matters: This strategy would mean even more work for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to tamp down divisions and keep his caucus unified come 2027.Despite being generally more closely aligned with Jeffries than the progressive wing, these centrists say they cannot allow their party to be dragged to the left without a fight."Clearly there has to be organization," one centrist House Democrat told Axios. "You can't just wring your hands on this stuff.""There's going to be a war," a second centrist lawmaker said, calling the incoming leftist members "bomb-throwers, not problem solvers."State of play: The New York congressional primaries on Tuesday were a wake-up call for many Democrats on Capitol Hill.DSA members Darializa Avila Chevalier and Claire Valdez both won hotly competitive primaries, and progressive Brad Lander ousted Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.).The trio joins over half a dozen other left-wing candidates who have won primaries this year and another half-dozen vying to unseat more moderate Democratic incumbents.Add that to the current "Squad" members in the House and their allies, and you start to get Congress' most sizable left-wing bloc in the 21st century.Between the lines: There is a good chance these lawmakers, moving en bloc, would be able to kill party-line votes to get their demands met.Mid-decade redistricting has reduced the historically small number of battleground House seats, meaning any Democratic majority in 2027 would likely be small.The right-wing House Freedom Caucus has used this strategy repeatedly over the last few years, taking advantage of slim GOP majorities to try to get concessions from leadership.What they're saying: "What you're seeing in these elections across the country is voters who are saying, 'I am sick and tired of your loyalty to the establishment,'" progressive Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) said in an interview.Ramirez said the Congressional Progressive Caucus has a "responsibility ... to be the strongest voter bloc to take a stand, not for the establishment, but for working people who send us to fight like hell for them.""This is why it's important to get many real progressives in there. ... We have some real fighters that will stand up for what's right," said Adam Hamawy, the Democratic nominee in a safely blue House seat in New Jersey.What we're hearing: Moderate Democrats say they are prepared to use their own large numbers to enact the same strategy.Said the second centrist House Democrat who spoke to Axios anonymously: "If we have a tight enough majority, you're going to see a group of moderates do exactly the same thing: 'We won't vote for X unless we get Y.'"A senior House Democrat, asked about the possibility of the left moving collectively to force concessions, similarly said "you'll see Blue Dogs" do the same — referring to the centrist Blue Dog Coalition.The intrigue: Some Democratic centrists are also floating breaking a potential logjam by doing what their moderate GOP counterparts have done repeatedly under Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) — signing onto discharge petitions."The margins may force bipartisanship — you already see what's happening on the floor with discharge petitions," a third Democratic centrist told Axios.The lawmaker argued that, rather than fight this strategy, leadership should go along with it: "Negotiating with these guys [on the left] never works out well because they'll never be satisfied."The bottom line: "At the end of the day, Hakeem's got to realize what his real base is," the third centrist lawmaker said."The people who are going to be with him, not the people who are going to go after him."
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Axios
House Democrats look to bypass Mike Johnson on outlawing Trump weaponization fund
House Democrats are launching a discharge petition to force a vote on permanently blocking the Trump administration's nearly $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund.Why it matters: The petition tests whether Republicans' complaints about the fund will turn into votes to kill it and whether Democrats can keep using discharge petitions to drag sensitive Trump fights onto the House floor over GOP leaders' objections.A staggering eight discharge petitions have garnered the necessary 218 signatures to force a House vote this congressional session, meaning the tactic cannot be dismissed as a hopeless long-shot.The Justice Department scrapped the fund earlier this month after intense backlash from lawmakers in both parties.But Democrats and other critics — including a federal judge — have expressed skepticism that it is truly gone, fueling the push to outlaw it for good.Driving the news: House Judiciary Committee ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) announced Thursday he is launching the discharge petition on his bill, the NO CARTE BLANCHE Act.The legislation would prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to compensate anyone covered under President Trump's settlement with the IRS in May.It would also block a sweeping legal immunity deal for Trump, his family and their businesses reportedly arranged by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche as part of the settlement.What we're hearing: Raskin announced the discharge petition plan in House Democrats' whip meeting Thursday morning.The petition is set to go live Friday.What they're saying: "Although Todd Blanche initially said the $1.8 billion slush fund would not move forward, his own Justice Department emphatically refuses to commit that promise to writing," Raskin said in a statement.He continued: "The NO CARTE BLANCHE Act blocks this and any future taxpayer-funded slush fund, voids this unprecedented attempt to grant immunity, and permanently blocks any future abuse of the Judgment Fund.""I am filing a discharge petition to put this legislation on the floor, and I urge all my colleagues opposed to this radical assault on the rule of law to join me in signing it."Between the lines: While GOP lawmakers have joined in the criticism of the anti-weaponization fund, signing onto this discharge petition may be a step too far for some of them.Trump has retaliated brutally against Republicans who break with him, most notably his successful effort to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), a leader on the discharge petition that pried the Epstein files loose.
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The Gateway Pundit
TGP EXCLUSIVE: “It’s Not Political. It’s Just Science” – Greenwater Services Spox Explains How Their Company is Killing Algae in the Reflecting Pool as Democrats Lose It (VIDEO)
The algae in the Reflecting Pool has been almost completely removed despite liberal activists' best efforts to impede the removal of algae and destroy the pool's renovations. Greenwater Services was contracted in April by the Department of the Interior for the "procurement and installation of a fully integrated Nano Bubble Filtration System designed to replace the existing, failing filtration infrastructure at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool." But the company has come under fire from left-wing media outlets, who claim a conflict of interest because a part-owner of the company is a GOP donor, and that the company has a lack of expertise in filtration systems. The post TGP EXCLUSIVE: “It’s Not Political. It’s Just Science” – Greenwater Services Spox Explains How Their Company is Killing Algae in the Reflecting Pool as Democrats Lose It (VIDEO) appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
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Washington Examiner
Fund defense now or watch Democrats gut it later
In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here. Congressional Republicans are understandably leery of passing a third reconciliation […]
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