Have you ever wondered what democratic socialism actually means? Well, if you listen to the talking heads in the mainstream media or a typical university professor, democratic socialism is commonly described as a utopian ideal world that currently exists in its ultimate form in places such as Denmark, Norway, and […]
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Not too many years ago, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) was a political afterthought, a movement that was born of the near-constant internal doctrinal struggle that hard-left ideologies encourage and endure. Now, the DSA has about 100,000 members across the country and more than 160 elected officials from the […]
In what most cynics would say amounts to nothing more than vote-buying, the Biden administration recently announced it will wave its magic debt cancelation wand for 40,000 Americans who no longer have to repay their student loans. Per the Department of Education, “Today, the Department of Education announced steps that […]
By now, it should not be all that surprising when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) bashes capitalism and shows her socialist sympathies. After all, AOC is a self-avowed democratic socialist and one of the most anti-free-market members of Congress. However, her latest inane rant against capitalism demonstrates two things: AOC does […]
This week, after spending time vacationing in the disease-ridden hellscape known as Florida, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., came down with COVID-19. It was a tragic blow to the irrepressible Instagram star, who was forced to quarantine. But then, like an extraordinarily inaniloquent phoenix rising from the ashes of the dread […]
As the Supreme Court determines whether to preserve the Court-created “right to abortion” under Roe v. Wade, those on the feminist Left have gone into full-blown panic mode. Women’s rights, they insist, will implode without granting women the ability to abort their children; only that ability can equalize the natural […]
For years, there have been whispers within Washington, DC about Puerto Rico becoming the 51st state. Recently, those whispers have grown louder than ever. Much of the increased momentum for Puerto Rico statehood coincides with the left’s control of both houses of Congress and the White House. And to demonstrate […]
Last week, I visited South Florida for four days, and what a shock: Everything was open. The beaches, the hotels, the restaurants (with some sensible safety and social distancing restrictions). The classrooms are full. The other strange thing about being in Florida was that people were happy. They were playing […]
For decades, academics, elites, and many in the mainstream media have mocked conservatives for their traditional views and political beliefs. However, after the events of January 6 at the U.S. Capitol, some are taking their anti-conservative views to a whole new level, calling for conservatives to be “deprogrammed or even […]
On January 14, then-President-elect Joe Biden unveiled his $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package, titled the “American Rescue Plan.” Unsurprisingly, within minutes, members of the so-called “Squad” criticized Biden’s plan as being too small. As proposed, Biden’s plan includes $1,400 stimulus checks, increased unemployment benefits, subsidies for health care insurance premiums, […]
Soon after she was inaugurated to her second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) flexed her socialist political muscles. “I’m not playing coy or anything like that. I’m still very much in a place where I’m trying to decide what is the most effective thing […]
According to a new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports, media darling Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is not very popular among likely voters, including Democrats and those who favor socialism. The poll of 1,000 likely voters, conducted December 6-7, 2020, shows that most Americans are not fond of […]
It seems that Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is not a fan of the Democratic Party’s leadership, agenda, nor the incoming Biden administration. In a recent interview with The Intercept, AOC bluntly said, “I do think that we need new leadership in the Democratic Party.” She added, “A lot of this is not […]
A new poll by The Heartland Institute and Rasmussen Reports of 1,000 likely voters, conducted December 6-7, 2020, finds that a vast majority of likely voters prefer a free-market economic system as opposed to a socialist economic system. The poll comes after a November election in which socialist candidates made […]
In what can only be described as one of the biggest cases of outright hypocrisy in recent memory, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), America’s most popular socialist, has just unveiled her new collection of campaign swag, and it costs a fortune. In the apparel section, AOC is hawking “Tax the Rich” […]
Since the founding of America, Congress has held the power of the purse. It is up to Congress, not the White House, to control budgets and approve new spending. However, according to the radical, AOC-aligned group known as New Consensus, that is just a minor technicality from a bygone era. […]
The list included below in this article shows the election victories and losses for socialist and far-left progressive candidates running for office during the 2020 general election. The list was created by a team of researchers at StoppingSocialism.com and The Heartland Institute, a national free-market think tank. How Did We […]
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has spent the better part of the past month Skyping across America—because, you know, it’s much too dangerous for Joe to actually leave his basement—telling everyone who will listen that he pinky swears that a Biden-Harris administration would not “ban” fracking. It’s all a “lie,” […]
On October 8, the Working Families Party, in conjunction with several of the Democratic Party’s most prominent progressives and socialists, launched the “People’s Charter,” which it describes as “an aspirational but concrete agenda around which progressives can rally: for COVID relief, jobs and healthcare for all, police reform, and bold […]
When asked by moderator Chris Wallace during the first presidential debate of the 2020 campaign season if he supports the Green New Deal (GND), Joe Biden said, “No, I don’t support the Green New Deal.” But according to his website, “Biden believes the Green New Deal is a crucial framework […]
On August 6, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) announced its nominees for the 41st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards. The entire list serves as an excellent illustration of the left-wing bias running rampant in Hollywood and the New York news media, but perhaps the best […]
The Left, especially the socialist wing of the Left, has since its creation painted itself as the champion of the “little guy.” And no matter how many times they have ruined economies, imprisoned dissenters, or done even worse, socialists have continued to argue that if only they had more power, […]
Despite a barrage of talking points from talking heads that the Green New Deal (GND) is the silver bullet to prevent environmental degradation, it turns out the exact opposite is true. According to a new Heartland Institute Policy Brief, “Protecting the Environment from the Green New Deal,” by Paul Driessen, […]
Many of my friends have long referred to environmentalists as “watermelons”—green on the outside, red on the inside. The idea is that because communism and socialism (interchangeable political/economic systems in practice) have visibly failed everywhere they’ve been imposed, doctrinaire socialist zealots, being unable to accept reality, have embraced environmental causes […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) recently introduced the Loan Shark Prevention Act, which they claim will end the plague of unfettered, unscrupulous usury in the United States. “Under the legislation we are introducing today, we would establish a national usury rate to make sure that no […]
The Heartland Institute debunks AOC's Green New Deal gaslighting attempt by outlining the entire timeline behind this disastrous release.
An aide for Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), the latest prominent Democrat to announce plans to form a presidential exploratory committee, says Warren supports Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-NY) “Green New Deal,” further elevating the status of the plan at the highest levels of the Democratic Party. In expressing her support for […]
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets it wrong AGAIN, this time about health insurance “death panels.” To watch more “Five Minutes of Freedom” videos by Justin Haskins, click here. PHOTO: Washington DC/USA- November 13, 2018:Student activists with the Sunrise Movement occupy Nancy Pelosi’s office to demand that she and the Democrats act on […]
Many Democrats are becoming more open about their socialist inclinations, although they still tell fairy tales about socialism’s ability to make the world a better place. Socialism kills. From the former Soviet Union to Cuba, from North Korea to Venezuela, everywhere socialism has been tried it has robbed people of […]
The 2018 midterms could someday be remembered as the beginning of the Democratic Party’s full embrace of creating a single-payer health care system in the United States. For the first time in American history, a large number of Democrats, many of whom identify as socialists, openly campaigned for the creation […]
Over the past six months, increasingly more Democrats have cozied up to socialism: Self-described “democratic socialist” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is almost certainly going to become New York’s newest congressional representative; the far-left mayor of Tallahassee won the Democratic primary in Florida’s gubernatorial race; and a new Gallup poll revealed 57 percent […]