DSA's growing influence in the Democratic Party
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Analysis: Progressives, AIPAC and the future of the Democratic Party
Neera Tanden worked on Hillary Clinton's Senate and presidential campaigns.
Yemisi Egbewole is former chief-of-staff of the Biden White House Press Office.
The Democrats lost to Donald Trump in both 2016 and 2024.
Rahm Emanuel challenges DSA influence on Democrats
Rahm Emanuel stated that socialists are a separate party rather than a wing of the Democratic Party.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is using former President Bill Clinton as his political model as speculation builds around his potential 2028 presidential bid.
Zohran Mamdani is the Mayor of New York City.
Opinion: Why the Democratic Socialists of America are successful
According to a former member, the Sunrise Movement went from having more than 500 chapters in 2021 to probably fewer than 90 by 2023.
The DSA was created in 1982.
Akin Olla is a contributing opinion writer at the Guardian US.
Sen. Thune warns Schumer about socialists in Democratic Party
Thune said Schumer voted once to open up the government during a shutdown process and it got blown up by the far left.
Fox News Digital reached out to Schumer for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Claire Valdez won her primary in June in New York's 7th District.
“We have a saying in my office that if you don't get national security right, the rest is conversation. You've got to protect the country. And so funding our military, the defense authorization bill, as I mentioned earlier — the Democrats blocked us from even getting on it on the floor. Historically, that's been bipartisan,”
DSA believability problem with older Black voters, young people want more risks
Chris Rabb said average voters appear more enthused about anti-establishment/anti-corruption candidates who don't frame problems and solutions with left/right labels.
DSA's Afrosocialists and Socialists of Color caucus has nearly 2,000 members.
John Lewis learned about socialism for the first time from a Wikipedia page in 2020.
AOC Ivy League event leads DSA in anti-Israel chant
The Cornell University Young Democratic Socialists of America hosted an event for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Reisman declared "Long live student resistance, and long live the student intifada."
AOC joined her hosts in accusing Cornell of censorship when she took the stage.
Democratic insurgent courts party establishment amid Schumer feud
Sen. Elizabeth Warren described the closed-door session as very enthusiastic and cheerful.
Sen. Markey said he is helping El-Sayed and thinks all Democrats will help.
Peters said he is now endorsing El-Sayed.
DSA-backed candidates winning primaries
Progressive socialism became a central Republican target at the GOP's first-ever midterm convention in Dallas.
DSA's platform calls for aggressive wealth taxes on the richest individuals and corporations.
Adam Lehodey said nationalizing major corporations would cost billions of dollars and shift accountability from customers to government officials.
Texas socialist party chapter's history and potential comeback
In 1884, the Texas governor called a special session of the state legislature which declared fence-cutting a felony punishable by up to five years in prison.
Talarico teamed up with Mark Cuban on recent policy proposals.
Cowboys organized into clandestine vigilante organizations with names like the Blue Devils and the Knights of the Knippers.
Opinion: Five reasons the Democrat Party will only keep making a hard left turn
A 2025 Gallup poll found that 45% of liberal Democrats wanted their party to become more liberal.
A 2025 Gallup poll found that 45% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents overall wanted the party to become more moderate.
Government spending, local, state and federal, is around 35% of the economy.
Ex-DSA member warns far-left adopting politics of foreign terror organizations
Megan Romer is a current DSA co-chair whom Altman described as a "Marxist-Leninist" and "fan of the Cuban regime."
Hasan Piker said in 2019 that "America deserved 9/11."
Altman said the DSA began adding far-left factions, including Marxists and Leninists, around 2014 and 2015.
Socialism 2026 speaker criticizes diet industry as 'body fascism'
Psychotherapist Jonathan Alpert said calling BMI "body fascism" is what happens when ideology gets inserted into almost every part of life.
The session was titled "Health Fascism, Body Politics, and the Anti-State State."
The Socialism 2026 conference was held at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place and organized by Haymarket Books.
“Every time a government decides whose body must be protected and whose bodies must be erased for the sake of national imagery, this is body fascism. Every time there is a call for sovereignty by state powers with the intent to maintain borders, this is body fascism. Every time Black flesh is wrangled, dismembered, abused, this is body fascism. Understanding this clarifies exactly how fascist ideologies operate through the body, not only by glorifying a narrow ideal, but also by violently repressing the Black fat,”
Leftist insurgents in 2026 midterm elections
Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic primary for US Senate in Michigan.
Brad Lander left the DSA over its response to the 7 October 2023 attacks in Israel.
The House of Representatives adopted a resolution condemning socialism and naming the DSA.
“I don’t agree with everything that they agree with, but they’re fighting hard to ensure we have access to universal healthcare, access to free college and fully funded public schools,”
Opinion: America's quiet socialist takeover spreading
The first municipal grocery store is not expected to open until next year.
The Multicultural Business Coalition has filed two lawsuits to stop the municipal grocery plan.
DSA-LA openly describes Karla Griego and Rocío Rivas as its "Socialists in Office."
Profile of Democratic Socialists of America Candidate in US Senate Race
Nixon joined the Democratic Socialists of America in June.
Nixon graduated from the University of Florida in 2007 and subsequently worked as a union organizer with the Service Employees International Union.
Republican Senator Ashley Moody was appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to fill Marco Rubio's vacated Senate seat.
“Sometimes you argue with your siblings because you want to do things a certain way and they may want to do things a certain way and at the end of the day you are all going to move in the direction to help benefit your family. Our family is the community of Florida and so she and I are together. There’s no ill will among us. We are going to do what we need to do to make this state and country better.”
House Republican resolution condemning socialism and DSA
San Francisco DSA led a protest at a news conference held by Mayor Daniel Lurie in February.
Crank singled out Mamdani as "the first verified failure of socialism," citing his pied-à-terre tax.
A Brookings Institution analysis found that as of August 12, 123 candidates endorsed or recommended by national, state or local DSA chapters had won primaries this cycle.
Bernie Sanders and AOC join marchers in Washington to defend the vote
AOC joined marchers in Washington to defend the vote.
Bernie Sanders joined marchers in Washington to defend the vote.
The march took place on the 63rd anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I have a dream’ speech.
Jonathan Turley op-ed: Democratic socialist criticizes institutionalists
Chris Rabb is a Pennsylvania state representative and democratic socialist.
Chris Rabb is the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania's 3rd Congressional District.
Erwin Chemerinsky published a book titled "No Democracy Lasts Forever: How the Constitution Threatens the United States."
Florida Democrat backed by DSA claims billionaires want to defund schools for prison labor
Angie Nixon said she supports universal childcare.
Angie Nixon is a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Angie Nixon denied supporting the DSA's goals of abolishing the Senate or defunding the military.
“I know that for every dollar we put into childcare, we get $3 back in the economy, because that allows parents to be able to work. That also allows our children to be diverted from the school-to-prison pipeline, which, you know, these for-profit prisons, these elected officials, these billionaires, they want our children to have an ill education, a ridiculous, a horrible education, right?”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after seven-year lapse
Ocasio-Cortez told ABC host Jonathan Karl that she was a member of the New York City DSA chapter but not the national organization.
Annual DSA membership cost $60 when Ocasio-Cortez joined in 2018, and the organization has since moved to automatic renewals with monthly dues ranging from $5 to $50.
In November 2020, the DSA referred to Ocasio-Cortez as a DSA member on X, congratulating her on re-election to Congress.
GOP representative comments on surging Democrat with DSA ties
Daniel Ortega was democratically elected twice.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez said Angie Nixon is either a bona-fide socialist or not very smart.
Angie Nixon acknowledged her membership in the Democratic Socialists of America.
Chuck Schumer Declines to Say Whether He Will Campaign with DSA-Backed Candidate
Chuck Schumer bypassed a question on whether he would campaign alongside Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan.
Former Representative Mike Rogers is the Republican nominee for the Michigan Senate seat.
Abdul El-Sayed stated that he would not support Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader if elected.
“But if you look at the overall issues, the costs that people pay, the chaos in the Trump administration, you see it daily. And the corruption.”
VP JD Vance blasts Mamdani, El-Sayed, AOC and Ossoff in TikTok video
In a TikTok video, Vice President JD Vance called Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a "communist," Sen. Jon Ossoff "lame," and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani "crazy."
Vance described Karoline Leavitt as "awesome," Stephen Miller as "hardcore," and Susie Wiles as "tough."
Vance responded "No comment" when Democratic Socialists of America leader Megan Romer appeared.
Carville criticizes DSA socialists over use of Democratic name
James Carville criticized the Democratic Socialists of America for using the word 'Democrat' in their name.
Out of the Democrats running for the House, just five are signatories to the pledge.
Carville claimed that 80% of Democrats really want what the Promise To America is promoting.
“The efforts on the cable news networks and everything else to nationalize our politics all the time, pretend that, you know, somebody in some big city represents all of us is absurd...it's a distraction, this idea that somehow some leader somewhere is supposed to win my district.”
RNC warns Democrats face political suicide after DSA praises Fidel Castro
Secretary of State Marco Rubio condemned Castro's legacy in a post on X.
The DSA demanded normalized relations, reparations, an end to the U.S. blockade and threats of military action, and Rubio's prosecution for crimes against humanity.
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said the United States is ready to open a new chapter in the relationship between the two countries.
“Secretary Rubio wants a better future for the Cuban people, and the United States is ready to open a new chapter in the relationship between our two countries. The only thing standing in the way are those who control Cuba for their own gain.”
DSA's growing grip on Democratic Party hits new territory
“Jon Ossoff’s big plan is to abandon Georgia to run for president, but he can’t do that without the support of the communist wing of his party, which calls all the shots. To seek the blessing of the communists, Ossoff knew he had to endorse the Islamo-Marxist [Abdul El-Sayed] in Michigan,”
Analysis of DSA's expanding influence in the Democratic Party
DSA member Angie Nixon defeated Alex Vindman in Florida's Democratic Senate primary and will face Republican Sen. Ashley Moody in November
El-Sayed called Piker's 9/11 remark "a dumb statement" on NBC's "Meet the Press" weeks before the Michigan primary
Gray said billionaires should not exist
“Jon Ossoff’s big plan is to abandon Georgia to run for president, but he can’t do that without the support of the communist wing of his party, which calls all the shots. To seek the blessing of the communists, Ossoff knew he had to endorse the Islamo-Marxist [Abdul El-Sayed] in Michigan,”