Even a writer at CNN is not impressed: “I have a local city councilman that has this saying: ‘Woke 1 was crazy,’” the New York congresswoman said on ABC’s “This Week,” before laughing. Ocasio-Cortez, who once supported defunding the police, … Continue reading →
If you watch only one video on the DSA, I strongly suggest this one. It’s an interview with a former member from back when the organization was advocating more of a European-style welfare state. He watched it morph almost overnight … Continue reading →
I’ve previously written about the quandary faced by far-leftist DSA members/supporters in the general election. After winning the primary as radicals, how do they convincingly tack at least a bit towards the middle? Here’s how one candidate for the US … Continue reading →
Ann Althouse mentions that the following is the top-rated comment at this NY Times article: Third Way and some other centrist [Democrat] groups seem far more interested in defeating progressives than defeating MAGA and far more interested in telling Democratic … Continue reading →
As bad as the public school system in New York City already is, there are plans to make it worse. And I’ll reiterate that, although you may not care about NYC, as these ascendant leftists get more power it will … Continue reading →
At least some DSA members have pulled the mask off. One of those people is DSA Co-Chair Megan Romer, whom we can assume speaks for the group and not just for herself. They must have decided that it’s time. Watch … Continue reading →
Crowds in Madison, Wisconsin, are claiming that Corey Ruiz is the latest victim of police violence against black men. Here’s the story: The Madison police officer who shot and killed Corey Ruiz should face criminal charges, civil rights attorney Ben … Continue reading →
Yesterday I was listening to an interview with Noah Rothman, who has written a new book on leftist violence in the United States during the last hundred years. It’s called Blood and Progress: A Century of Left-Wing Violence in America, … Continue reading →
A question from commenter “F”: Apparently the DSA thinks they’re on the ascendent right now, and they’re prepared to swing for the fences. Ironically, they are damaging their relationship with the Democratic part in doing so, and (as Neo points … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Part I can be found here.] You might be surprised by the fact that, at least measured by official membership, the Democratic Socialists of America is a small group: 95,000 members. And yet in recent years they’ve certainly had … Continue reading →
See this for a stroll down memory lane, and not an especially pleasant one: Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, the former terrorist leaders of the Weathermen and the Chicago power couple who spotted Obama and moved him up the political … Continue reading →
Commenter “physicsguy” asks a good question: Another conundrum trying to understand the mind of leftists. I know…an impossible task. But someone explain to me why the ones I know enthusiastically cheer every drone strike the Ukrainians make on Russia? Why … Continue reading →