by Sharon Zhang | Nov 21, 2025 | Democratic Socialists of America, Donald Trump, McCarthyism, News, Socialism, Zohran Mamdani
Ahead of a visit by democratic socialist and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani to the White House on Friday, House lawmakers overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning socialism, with dozens of Democrats joining Republicans in their McCarthyist fervor. The resolution “denouncing the horrors of socialism” passed 285 to 98 on Friday morning, with 86 Democrats joining 199 Republicans…
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by Sharon Zhang | Nov 19, 2025 | Charlie Kirk, Donald Trump, far right, free speech, J.D. Vance, McCarthyism, News, Red Scare
Hundreds of Americans lost their jobs or faced discipline at work for making comments about far right activist Charlie Kirk after his death in September, new reporting finds, as the Trump administration whipped up a frenzied crackdown against Kirk’s critics. According to an investigation by Reuters, at least 600 Americans were fired, suspended, placed under investigation…
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by Ashley Smith | Oct 31, 2025 | academic freedom, Charlie Kirk, far right, First Amendment, free speech, Higher Education, Interview, McCarthyism, Texas, Trump Administration, Turning Point USA
Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the Trump administration has intensified the bipartisan New McCarthyism, compelling willing government, corporate, and institutional bosses to censure, suspend, and fire workers for exercising their First Amendment rights across the country. In one of the worst instances, Texas State University fired tenured professor Tom Alter in September for the “crime” of…
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