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AMERICANGREATNESS (Debra Heine) - Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson Faces Backlash After Mass Shooting For Deactivating CCTV Cameras

In the wake of a mass shooting in Seattle Sunday, the city’s Socialist Mayor Katie Wilson is facing scrutiny for deactivating surveillance cameras in parts […] Source

THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - DOJ Challenges Dem City’s Ban on Masked Federal Agents.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against Milwaukee, Wisconsin, over its ban on law enforcement officers wearing masks.

The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against the city of Milwaukee’s ban on masked law enforcement, citing federal supremacy and unconstitutional local interference with federal agencies, such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: - DETAIL: The DOJ asserts that the city’s mask ban violates the Constitution’s supremacy clause. The supremacy clause establishes federal authority as the “supreme law of the land,” overriding conflicting local or state laws. The DOJ further asserts that such policies are part of a broader trend from Democrat-controlled municipal governments to obstruct and undermine federal law enforcement agencies, especially U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).…Open

AMERICANTHINKER - Seattle’s socialist mayor uses the Potemkin village model to impress visitors

By Andrea Widburg If you’re not familiar with this useful term, it refers to a place that is squalid and awful for residents but gets a facelift to impress visiting dignitaries.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Julia Mueller and The Hill) - Democratic socialists set sights beyond New York after Big Apple romp

Democratic socialists are setting their sights on Colorado, Wisconsin and beyond after a romp of victories in New York added fuel to the progressive movement. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) burst into the spotlight with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s election last year and expanded its influence with a pair of wins this past week [...]

WASHINGTONPOST (Teo Armus, Clara Ence Morse) - Democratic socialists cemented power in New York. Next, the rest of the country?

The Democratic Socialists of America won with support outside their usual base. Winning outside New York may be a different challenge.

NYTIMES (Benjamin Oreskes and Jeffery C. Mays) - After Banner Night, D.S.A. Sharpens Its Policy and Political Ambitions

After democratic socialists captured two House primaries and several state legislative contests in New York, the group’s leaders mulled how to use their expanding influence.

THEFEDERALIST (Libby Bandelin) - Socialists Now Run Or Are Fighting To Run Four Of America’s Biggest Cities

DSA politicians such as Lewis George, Mamdani, and Ocasio-Cortez are in the spotlight today because of the party's increased mobilization efforts a decade ago.

NYTIMES (Campbell Robertson, Jill Cowan and Anna Griffin) - With Win in Washington, Socialists Have Momentum in Urban America

Democratic socialists, harnessing generational frustration over affordability, lead New York and Seattle and are knocking on the door in Los Angeles and Washington.