On August 11, 2025, President Trump initiated a federal takeover of Washington, D.C. Nearly 11 months later, Washingtonians organized around one of the most progressive candidates in the District’s mayoral history, a democratic socialist named Janeese Lewis George. Since August 2025, every corner of the District of Columbia has swarmed with thousands of National Guard troops…
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On the eve of the nation’s 250th birthday, President Donald Trump used his address Friday night at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota to allege that there is “a resurgence of the communist menace in our land.” “Communism is a mortal threat to American liberty,” Trump said. “It is the greatest threat to our country, including World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor or even 9/11.”…
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The election of three Democratic socialist candidates earlier this week in congressional races within New York City has many establishment Democrats worried — including, it appears, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. On Tuesday, Democratic Socialist of America (DSA)-aligned candidates Brad Lander, Darializa Avila Chevalier, and Claire Valdez all won their primary races in districts within…
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The establishment wing of the Democratic Party is reeling in the wake of the stunning democratic socialist victories in New York City this week, as races won by progressive challengers exposed different facets of the establishment’s increasingly tenuous hold on its voters. And the drama is not over yet: The next test of democratic socialism’s appeal will come on June 30…
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When school counselors must decide which children get to eat, it’s time to acknowledge we’re in a national affordability crisis. The problem is the economy itself — not just its current condition, but the underlying unfairness of how it is organized. A friend recently told me a story that made this reality impossible to ignore. Her elderly parents live near an elementary school not far from…
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Democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s affordability platform is broadly popular with Americans across the U.S., new polling finds, adding evidence to the notion that politicians looking for winning ideas should consider tacking to the left. Polling of 1,133 American adults conducted by YouGov in the days surrounding Mamdani’s decisive win in New York City’s mayoral election finds majority…
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