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We’re all missing the socialist takeover that’s happening in plain sight
Fox News ^ | July 3, 2026 | Mehek Cooke

Posted on 07/03/2026 7:30:32 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

The Democratic establishment is in denial as a socialist insurgency grows inside its own party. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calls Democrats "a great united party," even as Democratic Socialists of America-backed challengers defeat incumbents and organize as a disciplined voting bloc. Party leaders dismiss them as a fringe, but the DSA is building a "Freedom Caucus of the left" with the power to withhold votes, pressure leadership and force a socialist agenda.

Socialism is becoming the Democrats’ answer to MAGA because both movements are responding to the anger of Americans who feel forgotten by providing solutions. The median first-time homebuyer is now 40. Young Americans are struggling with the costs of housing, inflation and fewer opportunities. Parents are paying more for housing, groceries, healthcare and childcare while it seems like political leaders are insulated from the policies they pass.

MAGA speaks to the frustration by offering solutions centered on work, family, ownership, secure borders and national belonging. Democratic leaders keep defining their mission around getting President Donald Trump, leaving socialists to fill the economic void with promises of government relief from every economic hardship.

The DSA does not need to win the nomination to guide the policies of a presidency. It just needs the ability to impact a future Democratic nominee.

The greatest warning of a socialist capture is the recent actions by the darling of the Democrat Party, California Gov. Gavin Newsom. He opposed California’s one-time 5% billionaire wealth tax, warning that it would drive wealth from the state. Then he proposed a federal version. He recognized the economic danger but advanced the policy anyway. That is what a takeover looks like. Extremists gain enough power that politicians embrace policies they once rejected just to keep their support.

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KEYWORDS: dsa

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1 posted on 07/03/2026 7:30:32 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

And the Islamic takeover


2 posted on 07/03/2026 7:32:45 AM PDT by al baby
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To: MinorityRepublican

Nah, front row seats. 👀


3 posted on 07/03/2026 7:33:06 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Not all. Just not enough push back. That and crap voter turnout.

😊👍🇺🇸


4 posted on 07/03/2026 7:34:06 AM PDT by rktman (Patriotism not 'hateriotism' !. Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🇺🇸)
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To: al baby

It’s just a matter of time, I hate to say.


5 posted on 07/03/2026 7:35:52 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: al baby

https://patriots.win/p/1ATBlssYAk
Yes


6 posted on 07/03/2026 7:36:50 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization? )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Winning the primary could work against the Democrats if the Republicans come out in force in November. Low voter turnout help the Socialist (e.g., in the LA mayor’s race, with 5.3 million registered voters, less than 900,000 turned out to vote).


7 posted on 07/03/2026 7:36:53 AM PDT by econjack
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To: MinorityRepublican

and they are VERY DANGEROUS


8 posted on 07/03/2026 7:37:48 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: rktman

True.


9 posted on 07/03/2026 7:39:13 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: MinorityRepublican

History has many examples of the establishment allying with a radical group. The establishment thinks they can both use and control the radicals. It usually doesn’t work out that way.

A perfect example of this is how the German aristocracy decided to ally with the uncouth and violent Nazi party. We all know how that turned out.

Maybe Schumer and his pals missed that history lesson in school.


10 posted on 07/03/2026 7:39:14 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: MinorityRepublican

Thread says “we” are missing things.

I don’t miss many things, unfortunately.

Dr. Joyce Brothers wrote: “Most people live with comforting illusions and distract themselves to avoid facing the truth. The people who honestly confront the problems in their lives and the real situation are realistic and they’re nearly all depressed.”

She intended that to be humorous but I know I have been too perceptive and realistic and missed out on the happy lives others have.

Someone once said no one makes an appointment and pays to go to a psychiatrist to tell them “I feel happy and fulfilled.”
All of them complain.

“I can detach myself from the world. If there is a better world to detach oneself from than the one functioning at the moment I have yet to hear of it.”
—PG Wodehouse.


11 posted on 07/03/2026 7:42:05 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

the death to america party is growing its jihad squad

big surprise


12 posted on 07/03/2026 7:42:15 AM PDT by joshua c (collectivism has many names but the result is the same; the state is primary, the citizen is a slave)
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It’s just a matter of time, I hate to say.

Still, the subject of discussion on the thread is limited to a ballot box solution.

13 posted on 07/03/2026 7:43:41 AM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: MinorityRepublican

“He recognized the economic danger but advanced the policy anyway. “

The author misses the point.


14 posted on 07/03/2026 7:43:43 AM PDT by TexasGator (1-1i11'./1)
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To: MinorityRepublican

We owe it to that corrupt bastard, Bidenskyyyyy who imported 20 million scumbag foreign cowards who have drawn a bead on America. We’ll be lucky if we can stop this in time. Like they say, “You can vote your lazy ass into socialism/communism but you have to shoot your way out.” You can bet the majority of Biden’s scum aren’t going to fight for America. They aren’t and never will be Americans.


15 posted on 07/03/2026 7:44:52 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (If two jackasses sneak onto a thoroughbred breeding farm, they'll still throw another jackass.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

NEWSOM SUPPORTED THE 5% TAX ON WEALTH IN CALIF-—

HE ALWAYS HAS DONE SO

THIS IS NEWSOM “TAQQIYA”


16 posted on 07/03/2026 7:45:37 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

You’re right about Biden. But let’s not forget the lazy and foolish GOP. They do little to help save the Republic even when they control Congress (like now).

It’s not D vs. R.
It’s D+R vs. MAGA.

🙁


17 posted on 07/03/2026 7:49:13 AM PDT by Leaning Right
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To: MinorityRepublican

What do you think “progressives” have been progressing towards for the past 130 years?

The country has been steadily sinking under increasing socialist weight, which is how Trump came up w/the MAGA slogan - we started heading sharply downhill thanks to Obama and his commie care.

In spite of Trump’s good work, Congress has yet to codify the overwhelming majority of it, so socialism is still “progressing”.

And now we’re just at the point where more people are comfortable removing the progressive tag and revealing the commie one that was always there underneath.


18 posted on 07/03/2026 7:53:52 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: frank ballenger

Upon his return from the Russian war front, Dr. Zhivago’s wife introduced him to Comrade Kapuchina who had occupied his house. Zhivago said “welcome’. Comrade Kapuchina replied, “It is not for you to welcome us, Comrade Zhivago. There was room for thirteen families in this house”. You’ll think this is beyond the current bunch of Marxists at your peril.


19 posted on 07/03/2026 7:54:40 AM PDT by laconic
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The current administration has taken stakes in something like two dozen companies.

The DSA can use that blueprint, and what will be the argument against it?

20 posted on 07/03/2026 7:55:01 AM PDT by Gunslingr3
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