David Shankbone By S.T. Karnick The democratic socialist approach relies on one central idea: tearing down all the nation’s existing institutions and replacing them with a system that eliminates inequality by redistributing wealth and status.
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History What Vance Sees in Huey Long The Kingfish is a worthy model for right-wing populists. At a steel plant in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio last week, J.D. Vance invoked the memory of a “great Southern populist.” “His name was Huey Long,” the vice president said, “and he once said ‘Every Man a King’ was the goal of his political program.” Noting that Long—the Depression-era Louisiana governor and U.S. senator popularly known as the Kingfish—was “an interesting guy, kind of a crazy guy,” Vance connected his program with the Trump administration’s agenda: But no man is a king if their castle is…Open
The centrist Democratic group Third Way recently declared "war" on democratic socialists to head off what they fear could be a far-left hijacking of the party ahead of 2028. - But establishment Democrats have made clear what they're against without making much of a case for what they're for. Why it matters: It's hard to beat something with nothing. - Democratic socialism, whatever you think of it, is easy to grasp: Tax billionaires and redistribute wealth. Provide government-funded health care and child care for everyone. Rely less on markets for housing and education. Empower workers with stronger unions. - The establishment vision is murky. Raise taxes, but not too high; use government to make health care and child care more…
AI:Zohran Mamdani has undergone a massive ideological reversal, shifting from aggressive socialist rhetoric that urged the wealthy to flee his jurisdiction to desperately attempting to lure billionaires back from Florida. This sudden backtrack highlights the inherent failure of radical leftist economic agendas, as Mamdani's previous extremist provocations threatened the very tax base necessary to fund his policies. The pivot reveals a desperate attempt to mitigate the damage caused by his own anti-capitalist crusade, which has left him begging for the return of the capital he once sought to drive away.Open
Are the cost of burritos tearing the GOP apart? What started as an innocent tweet snowballed into a debate among conservatives about whether consumers are hurting or whining about the price of food.
Image: Zohran Mamdani. Credit: Bingjiefu He via Wikimedia Commons , CC BY-SA 4.0 . Bingjiefu He By Jeffrey Folks Envy is the second of the seven deadly sins, and Zohran Mamdani seems to want a more envious New York (and America).