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Former Clinton ally pans media downplaying 'civil war' erupting between moderate Dems, far-left socialists
FoxNews ^ | 8/10/26

Posted on 08/10/2026 8:55:34 PM PDT by CFW

A veteran Democratic attorney is putting the legacy media on blast for falling short in its coverage of the "civil war" that has broken out between moderates and far-left socialists with the Democratic Party.

Julian Epstein, who served as the chief legal counsel for House-Democrats during the Clinton impeachment hearing and later worked on Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign, made waves last week declaring his support for Republican Mike Rogers over progressive darling Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Senate race.[....l]

"If you rely on [MSNOW] for news, I think you're basically illiterate and uninformed about what's going on, Epstein told Fox News. "It's less true for CNN, but also true."

[snip]

"I think the news media is missing that, but I think more importantly, they're missing the nature of the extremism that is happening with the left, and they're missing the bigotry that is emerging on the left," Epstein said. "We've seen critical race is basically a permission slip for more bigotries. It's to divide, tell people the most important thing about them is race and then to start building public policy around that. That's what critical race is."

"And now that they have embraced Islamic extremism, they have gone one step further into a sectarian set of beliefs. And I don't think the news media is covering that, and they should be covering that," he said.

[snip]

Epstein continued, "But you see the most racist ethno-supremacist movement on the planet, which is the Iranian Axis, which includes Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, that don't want peace, that have one goal, which is the redemption of a seventh-century caliphate. And the way to achieve that is through the slaughtering, the massacre of Jews first, and then the slaughtering or forced conversion of Christians after that. It is the closest thing to a modern-day Hitler.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: abdulelsayed; communists; democrats; dsa; elections; michigan; mikerogers; socialists

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At least one Democrat is seeing the light. LOL on his comment regarding MSNOW.
1 posted on 08/10/2026 8:55:35 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW
Epstein is just fooling himself. Trying to convince his base that the DSA is no big deal.

Actually Hasan Piker plans to kill him first.

2 posted on 08/10/2026 9:03:30 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (TDS: Trump Deification Syndrome)
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To: CFW

Julian Epstein has been a relatively sane Democrat for a while.


3 posted on 08/10/2026 9:03:33 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: CFW

If Abdul ever wins, he instantly gets Chuckle’s spot, correct? That’s gotta piss him off.


4 posted on 08/10/2026 9:04:05 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: CFW

There’s no difference between “moderate democrats” and the DSA in terms of their ideology and aims. The only difference is their willingness to tell the public exactly what they want. “”Moderate” dems want to hide their intent and are apalled that the DSA is lifting the mask. The DSA doesn’t care - they just want revolution and mass murder.


5 posted on 08/10/2026 9:06:11 PM PDT by happyathome
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To: PghBaldy

But as a group they’re cunning and ruthless, but not smart. That’s why they latch onto catch phrases and repeat them endlessly. The chief party hacks have settled on on “big tent,” and are too stupid to realize that letting rabid dogs into the tent tends to spoil the party for the other attendees


6 posted on 08/10/2026 9:08:22 PM PDT by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: CFW

Wot “civil war?”

The kids are just saying out loud what they’ve been moving towards all along and their betters just want them to ool-it-kay with the ocialism-say.


7 posted on 08/10/2026 9:11:04 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: happyathome

Zackly.


8 posted on 08/10/2026 9:12:07 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: happyathome

Yep.


9 posted on 08/10/2026 10:43:05 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: CFW

As always, politics makes for strange bedfellows.


10 posted on 08/10/2026 11:18:05 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king
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To: CFW

They should be spending more on security as the leftists of the leftists are violence prone......

I can’t wait for that news bite from a cnn slezze bag mouth piece...

Suggested title: (When enraged alphabet furries attack...)


11 posted on 08/11/2026 3:27:57 AM PDT by BFW
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What’s pathetically sad is both sides are about power vice what’s good for America.

Congress at best is a part time job, lawyers should be banned and there are laws against communist running for Congress. Communist Control Act of 1954. It criminalized membership in or support for it or certain communist organizations. It took effect on August 24, 1954.

Enforce the f’n law.


12 posted on 08/11/2026 4:54:58 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Responsibility2nd

This progressive “civil war” noise is all kayfabe, I think. The media has it more correct than usual: there is no real difference between a ‘Rat and a communist.


13 posted on 08/11/2026 6:46:46 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: happyathome

It’s disgusting to see the MSM line up behind the America hating communists once they win the rat nomination. They hate America, Jews, Christians and they want to destroy the country but they have D after their name and that’s enough.


14 posted on 08/11/2026 7:04:29 AM PDT by iamgalt ( )
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To: CFW

John Podesta said something very different the other day.
Another lie promoted by Faux News.
They are SCARED!


15 posted on 08/11/2026 7:30:38 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: CFW

And history repeats itself.

“Knight Of The Long Knives 2.0.’’

When the SS took out the SA.

Socialists killing off socialists. The DSA vs. The Democrats.

Pass the popcorn.


16 posted on 08/11/2026 7:33:41 AM PDT by jmacusa ( Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: happyathome

Bingo. The only ones still claiming that the DNC contains moderates are ones who still celebrate Roosevelt2.0 as a hero of the DNC.

Bubba began the decline in the hate-filled batch of ex-slavers when he didn’t get rid of the HilaryHag.


17 posted on 08/11/2026 9:18:10 AM PDT by bobbo666
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