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This article was first published at Townhall. On June 30, another proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), not the Democratic Party, 29-year-old Melat Kiros, defeated a so-called moderate, establishment Democrat in a Democratic Party primary election. Far-left socialists beating mainstream Democrats is not an aberration nor an […]

This article was first published at Red State. Based on recent electoral results, democratic socialism is hotter than the current “heat dome.” In fact, democratic socialism is so red-hot (no pun intended) that it is turning blue districts red, socialist red that is. Over the past month or so, democratic […]

This article was first published at The Washington Examiner. It is difficult to reconcile the surge of socialism, specifically democratic socialism, in the United States of America precisely as the nation celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. In New York City last evening, democratic socialists won all […]

This article was first published at American Thinker. In 1976, Margaret Thatcher said during a television interview, “Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money.” Over the years, that quote has been whittled down to the renowned proverb: The problem with socialism […]

This article was first published at Townhall. A few days ago, the godfather of American democratic socialism, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), held a rally with New York City’s democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, supporting three democratic socialists running for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York City districts. Under […]

This article was first published at Red State. Consider this juxtaposition: In a few weeks, Washington, DC will be the epicenter for America’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. A few months later, Washington, DC will likely be led by a democratic socialist for the first time ever. As […]

This article was first published at Townhall. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is lauded by the left as a progressive democratic socialist. However, his stances on artificial intelligence and data centers are anti-progress and anti-America. In March, Sanders proposed a federal moratorium on AI data center development. “AI and robotics are […]

This article was first published at American Thinker. Over the past decade, the rise of democratic socialism in America has been most acute in coastal states like California, New York, and Washington. Generally, America’s heartland has refrained from embracing the democratic socialist grievance agenda. However, as the 2026 primary season […]

This article was first published at Townhall When I think of Montana, things like freedom, self-determination, and rugged individualism come to mind, certainly not socialism. But that may soon change. On June 2, Sam Forstag will vie to become the Democratic Party’s candidate for Montana’s 1st Congressional District in the […]

This article was first published at Red State With the mid-terms looming as summer kicks off, the recent victory of Pennsylvania State Rep. Chris Rabb in the Democratic primary election for the U.S. House of Representatives seat in the 3rd district suggests that socialism remains strong on the left. On […]

This article was first published at Townhall With the 2026 midterm primary season coming into high gear, most in the media have focused on recent races in which longtime incumbent Republicans like Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) have lost their bids at reelection. While those elections […]

This article was first published at Red State. In mid-May, after extending the executive deadline, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his $124.7 billion Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Executive Budget. After warning that NYC faces a budget crisis of “historic magnitude” in late April, Mamdani now assures the 8.5 […]

This article was first published at American Thinker. Since her arrival on the political scene almost a decade ago, democratic socialist firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has not suffered from a lack of ambition. In her first political campaign, she challenged Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY), a powerful, 10-term member of the U.S. […]

This article was first published at Townhall. In the latest edition of democratic socialists say the dumbest things, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), while on the “It’s Open” podcast, told the world: “You can’t earn a billion dollars… you have to create a myth of earning it.” Instead of mocking AOC’s […]

This article was first published at Red State. Despite dim-witted socialists’ dreams of creating infinite revenue to pay for all their “free stuff,” levying high taxes on the most productive people creates economic doom loops. Like downward spirals, doom loops are self-reinforcing vicious cycles that beget further negative consequences. They […]

This article was first published at Townhall. “Our Revolution was founded by Bernie Sanders as an independent organization to take on corporate power, elect progressives, and fight for a government that works for all of us — not the billionaire class,” Our Revolution states on its website. “At a critical […]

This article was first published at Red State. In 2024, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1264, “requiring instruction in public schools on the history of communism,” into law. While some Americans may consider such a law superfluous, I applaud DeSantis for standing strong and demanding that the true […]

This article was first published at American Thinker. For many years, former President Barack Obama has been accused of being a closet socialist. When Obama was running for the White House in 2008 and 2012, he downplayed his relationships with socialists like Bill Ayers. The genius of Obama’s two victorious […]

This article was first published at American Thinker. Amidst the ongoing conflict in Iran, a major political event took place in the United States on April 16, 2026, that deserves more attention and scrutiny than the mainstream media will likely devote to it. The event to which I refer to […]

This article was first published at Townhall. On April 14, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “announced La Marqueta as the first site identified for the City’s municipal grocery store program.” “The 9,000-square-foot store in East Harlem will be constructed from the ground up and is expected to open by […]

This article was first published at Red State. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrated his first 100 days in office at a former factory in Queens where he touted his administration’s “historic achievements” like securing $1.2 billion for universal childcare and fixing 100,000 potholes and announced the location of […]

This article was first published at Red State. The mixed messaging, cognitive dissonance, and blatant hypocrisy on display at the latest round of “No Kings” protests in places like New York City reached epic proportions this past weekend. If you were in New York City on Saturday during the third […]

This article was first published at Townhall. It has been 67 years since Fidel Castro’s communist revolution in Cuba, more than enough time for the regime to create the collectivist utopia it promised at the outset. In January 1959, riding high after his coup, Castro told the people of Havana, […]

This article was first published at Townhall. Since 1959, the people of Cuba have lived under the tyranny of a one-party communist dictatorship. Although there have been a few episodes over the years that gave one hope that the brutal dictatorship could come to an end; somehow, the Communist Party […]

This article was first published at Red State. For more than 15 years, Fox News has periodically asked registered voters: “Do you think it would be a good thing or a bad thing for the United States to move away from capitalism and more toward socialism?” In January 2009, when […]

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is moving forward with plans to implement “free” universal childcare for all New York City children. In an announcement earlier this month, Mamdani, alongside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, said that the program will launch this fall and will be offered to 2,000 NYC […]

This article was first published at Red State. It has been about a decade since Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced America to what he calls “democratic socialism,” when he almost captured the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2016. In 2016, the U.S. government budget was about $3.7 trillion, annual debt […]

This article was first published at Townhall. While New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been in the national limelight for many months, his democratic socialist colleague in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson, has mostly remained under the radar. A few weeks ago, Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, […]

By Dr. Chad Savage I recently watched the outstanding Reagan biopic starring Dennis Quaid. As the credits rolled, I was transported back to my childhood in the 1980s, when the nightly news carried the constant, stomach-churning possibility that the world could vanish in nuclear fire within 30 minutes. Yet the […]

This article was first published at Red State. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, which includes $14 billion in new spending, while warning that he might have to “ balance the budget on the backs of working and middle class New Yorkers.” Unlike […]

This article was first published at Townhall. On February 17, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released his Fiscal Year 2027 Preliminary Budget, which includes $14 billion in new spending, bringing the grand total of what he wants to spend in FY 2027 to more than $127 billion. Mamdani notes […]

This article was first published at Red State. As a long-time libertarian and former public high school teacher, I generally resist mandates designed to micromanage how educators perform their craft. However, I am also well aware from my years in the classroom, coupled with declining national test scores and the […]

This article was first published at Townhall. Since 1879, the third Monday of February has been a federal holiday in honor of America’s first president, George Washington, who was born on February 22. Presidents’ Day, which will fall on February 16, is a day intended to celebrate the high office […]

This article was first published at American Thinker. In 1779, Thomas Jefferson penned “A Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge,” in which he articulated “that the most effectual means of preventing [tyranny] would be, to illuminate, as far as practicable, the minds of the people at large, and […]

This article was first published at Townhall. Despite more than a century of utter devastation and failure, a large majority of young Americans believe that socialism is the only road to equality and prosperity. This is not hyperbole nor speculation; it is demonstrated consistently among polls showing that most young […]

This article was first published at Red State New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s education platform is loaded with socialist slogans like ensuring “public schools are fully funded with equally distributed resources” and “free childcare for every New Yorker aged 6 weeks to 5 years.” But the truth is that […]

This article was first published at American Thinker. In his inaugural address on January 1, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani promised that he “will govern as a Democratic socialist” and “will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism.” A few hours later, Mamdani delivered on […]

This article was first published at American Thinker. Believe it or not, nearly all socialist regimes, even the most infamous, have had legislative branches. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) had the Supreme Soviet. Cuba has the National Assembly of the People’s Power. China has the National People’s Congress. […]

This article was first published at Red State. During the 1950s, oil-laden Venezuela was the second-largest producer of crude oil and the fourth-richest nation in the world as measured by gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. From 1960 to 2000, Venezuela remained a stalwart supplier of oil, averaging nearly three […]