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Hollywood Targets LA Mayoral Candidate Spencer Pratt

As the race for the Los Angeles city mayor heats up, some top-name celebrities are rushing to the rescue of incumbent Mayor Karen Bass by targeting her rising-star challenger Spencer Pratt.

Actor, comedian, and game show host Drew Carey recently took to the social media stage to spout off about Pratt and cuss in current Dem fashion.

“Anyone who votes for, or endorses Spencer Pratt for Mayor of LA needs to get their head out of their a**,” Carey wrote.

Carey’s tirade is no isolated rant. It’s actually a reflection of a broader pattern on the part of select Hollywood celebrities, who appear to be trying to save Bass from an embarrassing loss come election day.

Aside from Carey, additional Pratt detractors include Jimmy Kimmel, Chelsea Handler, and Lisa Rinna, to name a few.

Bass is a longtime Democrat politician, who has unsurprisingly collected endorsements from some of Hollywood’s most far-left hotshots.

Why would celebrities the likes of Carey and Kimmel be rushing to endorse Bass and attack Pratt?

Much of the celebrity praise is obviously virtue signaling. But there is also a desire on the part of some to firmly align themselves with high-profile status quo politicians.

Celebrity activists are in a panic because the unexpected happened.

Pratt had a highly successful reality TV show, which makes him a bona fide Hollywood star himself.

Now he has succeeded in bursting onto the political scene with his blunt-truth communication style and his incredibly effective use of social media. His big rise in the polls says it all.

As June 2 quickly approaches, things are reaching a fever pitch. Many who live in the celebrity bubble appear to be visibly shaken.

That’s because to them the mayoral election is less about government solutions and more about far-left ideology and self-preservation.

A lot of the A-listers live in gated communities and work in sequestered studio lots. Such settings are far-removed from the failing streets that ordinary Angelenos have to endure.

Endorsements of Bass allow them to feign compassion without having to address the policy failures that have turned the City of Angels into a scene out of Dante’s Inferno.

Pratt’s rise is directly related to the incompetent leadership and failed policies of the city’s incumbent mayor.

Having lost his home in the 2025 Palisades wildfire, he has been publicly criticizing Bass and other state leaders for the inadequate preparation, empty reservoirs, delayed responses, and broader lack of governance regarding infrastructure, crime, and homelessness.

His campaign for mayor has emphasized practical fixes, such as bolstering the LAPD, mandating treatment for those with addiction and mental health issues, cleaning up the street encampments, and demanding accountability for nonprofits that are gobbling up billions of dollars.

The grassroots support for Pratt continues to build as he is besting Bass in small-dollar campaign donations as well as in the polls. To the celebrity class this, along with his genuineness, makes him dangerous. Deriding him is just plain easier than debating him.

Pratt points out that, under Bass’s leadership, the city of Los Angeles has struggled with persistent homelessness, surging violent crime, and emergency preparedness gaps, which were exposed by the fires.

It turns out that Bass’s leftist credentials were actually honed during the 1970s, when she joined the Venceremos Brigade and made multiple trips to Cuba doing construction and agricultural work in support of Fidel Castro’s revolution.

The Brigade was organized by pro-Cuba leftists that had Marxist-Leninist ties. Rather than being a humanitarian organization, it was simply a communist one.

The mayor has admitted that she grew up around “red diaper babies” (children of Communist Party members). She has also said that radicals and communists played a “huge role” in her early influences.

In 2016, after Castro’s death, she issued a statement characterizing his demise as a “great loss to the people of Cuba.”

In 2017, she inserted congressional remarks, eulogizing longtime Communist Party USA leader Oneil Cannon as a “friend and mentor.”

Pratt is resonating with the voting public precisely because he is mirroring what they see. He’s no routine polished politician reciting talking points. Instead he is advocating for a rejection of the far-left orthodoxy that created the whole mess.

In a nutshell, LA is a city that is desperate for deliverance from its misery.

Pratt is offering a much-needed remedy to the insanity of doing the same thing over and over again and getting the same wretched results.

Trump’s Blockade and Negotiate Strategy Is Working

President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a naval blockade on Iran while keeping the door open for serious negotiations represents classic America First leadership. It is decisive, pragmatic, and rooted in the proven principle that weakness invites aggression while strength compels compromise.

Critics on both the isolationist right and the interventionist left have attacked the strategy, but the facts on the ground tell a different story. Thanks to the overwhelming success of Operation Epic Fury, the United States now possesses the military dominance necessary to enforce a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical energy chokepoint, without risking an uncontrollable escalation.

Launched on February 28, 2026, Operation Epic Fury was a laser-focused, 38-day campaign that achieved what previous administrations only talked about. U.S. and Israeli forces flew over 10,000 air sorties, struck more than 13,000 targets, and delivered devastating blows to Iran’s military capabilities. Key achievements included:

– Destruction of large portions of Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal (over 450 ballistic missile targets hit) and missile production facilities.

– Near-total elimination of Iran’s naval power, including dozens of warships, submarines, and fast-attack boats. As CENTCOM reported, after the operation there was “not a single Iranian ship underway in the Arabian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, or Gulf of Oman.”

– Degradation of Iran’s air defenses, command-and-control centers, and defense industrial base, severely limiting its ability to threaten commercial shipping or project power.

These successes directly paved the way for the current blockade. By neutralizing Iran’s navy and anti-ship missile capabilities, Operation Epic Fury removed the greatest risks that previously made a sustained blockade too dangerous. Starting in mid-April, the U.S. Navy has effectively controlled access to Iranian ports, choking off the regime’s oil export revenue — which funds both its nuclear program and terror proxies. Iran is now losing hundreds of millions of dollars every day.

The brilliance of Trump’s approach lies in pairing this maximum pressure with maximum flexibility for diplomacy. The blockade remains firmly in place until Iran agrees to a real deal, one that verifiably ends its nuclear weapons program, severs support for terrorism, and guarantees safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz.

This is not endless war. This is targeted leverage designed to force the Iranian regime to choose between survival and suicide.

History shows this strategy works. Ronald Reagan used similar pressure on the Soviet Union. Trump’s first-term “maximum pressure” campaign brought Iran to the table before Biden’s weakness squandered it. Now, with America’s military having demonstrated overwhelming dominance through Operation Epic Fury, Trump is once again negotiating from a position of strength.

The results are already visible. Iran is desperate to reopen the Strait. Multiple rounds of talks are underway. Oil markets have stabilized somewhat as the world witnesses American resolve. Our Gulf allies feel safer than they have in years.

The alternative — retreating, lifting sanctions, and hoping for good behavior — has been tried and failed spectacularly. It led directly to the crisis that made Operation Epic Fury necessary.

President Trump’s blockade-and-negotiate doctrine is not warmongering. It is responsible statecraft that protects American interests, secures global energy supplies, deters future aggression, and gives diplomacy the only thing that actually works: real leverage.

America is stronger when we lead with strength. Trump’s strategy in the Strait of Hormuz is proving that truth once again. Critics are gonna complain, but results will vindicate the president.

Justice Clarence Thomas’s Ominous Warning

Recently, as Americans were busily filing their taxes, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was hard at work on an ad campaign, which was about to launch on social media.

The self-described democratic socialist soon let loose with an off-the-wall video ad, titled “Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.”

In the clip, he lauded the passage of the city’s first-ever pied-à-terre tax,which is an annual levy on luxury second homes that are valued at $5 million or more and are not considered primary residences.

Mamdani framed the bill’s passage as a big victory, carrying on about “taxing the rich” and the “fairness” of it all, while claiming that the revenue raised would fund numerous so-called progressive priorities.

At the same time any concerns about wealthy residents fleeing the city were quickly dismissed as “imagined.”

In the real world, such a confiscatory tax drives out investment, crushes the real estate industry, and decimates the city’s already beleaguered economy.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, who had previously resisted broad tax hikes on the wealthy, has done a massive turnaround and is now totally on board with Mayor Mamdani.

The theatrical Marxism of Gotham’s mayor affects more than just the city of New York. His video ad is a textbook exhibit of the very leftism that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas recently warned against in a powerful speech, which was delivered at University of Texas’s Austin campus.

Speaking on the 250th anniversary of The Declaration of Independence, Justice Thomas described the code word that radicals prefer these days; i.e., “progressivism,” as an “existential threat” to America’s founding principles.

“Progressivism seeks to replace the basic premises of the Declaration of Independence, and hence our form of government,” the justice said. “It holds that our rights and dignities come not from God, but from government.”

In other words, so-called progressivism, or what increasingly appears to be communism in disguise, has nothing to do with progress.

Instead the implementation of the ideology turns back the clock on limited government, individual liberty, and the self-evident truths that built the most prosperous nation in the annals of history.

Mayor Mamdani’s video ad embodies the insidious slide toward tyranny to which far too many unfortunate countries before us have succumbed.

It’s a kind of trickle down ideology that celebrates a forced redistribution of wealth that is camouflaged as moral virtue.

A smidgen of real history is helpful in aiding our understanding of what is going on.

The United States of America did not have a permanent federal income tax for the first 137 years of its existence.

From our nation’s founding until the ratification of the 16th Amendment in 1913, the federal government operated without routinely confiscating a portion of every citizen’s earnings.

In fact, America grew into an economic powerhouse precisely because individuals and businesses were free to create, invest, and retain the fruits of their personal labor.

The free market, rooted in property rights, voluntary exchange, and limited government interference, is what drove innovation, lifted millions out of poverty, and rewarded those who were willing to take a risk.

Much like humanity itself, the capitalist system is not perfect. However, it is far better than any alternative that has been tried.

Economic freedom has unleashed human potential and achieved greater success than the best of central planners ever could.

Like Mayor Mamdani, the Marxist-minded among us are aggressively dismantling our freedoms.

For every fiscal shortfall, their solution is never to place a cap on spending. Rather, it is to foment more class envy and/or assign additional victim status to those who are vulnerable.

New York’s fancy sounding pied-à-terre tax is simply being sold as the pinpointed targeting of luxury homeowners and global elites.

But like a freight train with no brakes, history has demonstrated that policies such as these have no stopping point. Instead they cavalierly race forward, smashing into things, distorting markets, squelching investments, and sending wealth sailing off to better shores.

When those in power punish success and fund their agenda on the backs of producers, an erosion of the incentives that make the free market work begins to feed upon itself.

Slower growth sets in. Fewer jobs are created. Opportunities for everyone diminish at an accelerated rate. And the collapse of a once-solid system begins to look inevitable.

Justice Thomas is correct. This malignant ideology doesn’t improve on the Founders’ vision. It wholeheartedly rejects it.

The Declaration’s promise of unalienable rights, endowed by our Creator, stands in direct contrast to the non-progressive notion that rights are doled out by politicians, are revocable at the ballot box, and are able to be axed at any local budget hearing.

Mayor Mamdani’s smirk says it all.

Look at it as a cultural signal that the deconstruction of free-market principles is marching on, that government gets to be the one that picks winners and losers, and that wealth is a public resource available to be harvested on a Marxist’s whim.

As we approach the 250th anniversary of our nation’s founding, may we take heed of Justice Thomas’s call to reject cynicism and stand firmly for first principles.

And may more and more of us help Lady Liberty hold up the torch.

The Crawl toward Communism

Communist ideology should have been sidelined decades ago.

That’s what so many of us thought was going to happen after the Soviet Union collapsed back in 1991.

Instead the malignant ideas and strategies of communism, derived from the twisted mind of Karl Marx, gained a significant academic, institutional, and cultural foothold in the Western world.

Here’s a brief summary of how things played out.

Just about the time when the 1970s counterculture appeared to be fading away, a quiet yet insidious revolution was set in motion here in the United States.

There was no red flag waving in the air bearing a hammer and sickle. Rather, a long march through American universities began to take place.

New Left radicals weren’t storming barricades. Instead they were earning PhDs. Humanities and social science departments became ideological echo chambers.

Drawing from Antonio Gramsci’s theory on how the ruling class maintains power, and also the Frankfurt School’s critical theory that derided capitalism and promised social liberation, communist principles became the blueprint for how to deconstruct a societal framework, with the ultimate goal of supplanting it with a Marxist one.

In order to accomplish this, a battlefield had to be set up. The one chosen was that of “The Oppressors vs. the Oppressed.”

Through the fomenting of class envy and the assigning of victim status, members of society were pitted against one another.

What was already entrenched in the halls of our universities quickly spread to our elementary and high schools. Then like dominoes in a row, our federal and local governments, corporate boardrooms, news agencies, internet platforms, and even our Hollywood studios simply gave way.

Communism has been described by some as progressivism, democratic socialism, etc. But call it what you will, it’s just plain old communism, forever seeking the gradual ideological capture of the systems that comprise our societal pillars.

Which systems? Government, legal, education, economic, business, and media, to name some major ones.

Looking back, it seems that for America communism was custom-tailored to focus on culture and identity, a relatively easy way of conditioning our society to turn against neighbor.

It was then marketed, i.e., propagandized, to an already-primed public in order to reshape institutions from within.

We need look no further than our universities to see how the reshaping from within worked to our country’s immense detriment.

The faculties of almost all of the elite universities in our nation have come to lean decidedly to the far-left politically. In most cases, there are entire departments that are devoid of any dissenters to the dominant ideology.

As would be expected, graduating students of these institutions are highly knowledgeable on the topics of “systemic oppression,” “equity,” and “decolonization.” But they are woefully ignorant with regard to the death toll in the millions, which occurred at the hands of history’s most notorious communist regimes.

Sadly, the same communist-laced curriculum easily made its way into our preschools, elementary, and secondary schools. Consequently, far too many of our youth now find socialism and communism acceptable, and sometimes even preferable, than the representative republic that has secured our freedom for just short of 250 years.

Of course, a sizable portion of our Democrat politicians, major corporations, news media outlets, entertainment industry, and internet platforms have played a major role in the crawl toward communism.

We have heard a whole lot of talk over the last few years about existential threats.

It appears that we are currently facing a potential “Mother of All Existential Threats”; that being that communism could seep into our hearts, minds, and souls under the cover of virtue.

Whether the unthinkable occurs in a single stroke or bit-by-bit, the end result is the same. The America we love and cherish ceases to exist.

This is why we are duty-bound to reverse the trajectory.

A good place to start is to hold accountable the politicians who are already out of the communist closet.

This is an imperative since having avowed communists holding public office is a fairly new occurrence. Even Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders didn’t cozy up to communist candidates until somewhat recently.

Another idea is to join in on the religious revival that’s been going on, if you haven’t already. Nothing like faith, hope, and love to turn your world around.

May God bless America, now and forever.

Can David Ellison Save CNN?

A bold corporate move is taking place in the news media world that has the potential to have a profound effect on CNN.

It is a business acquisition that affords the rare opportunity many free press devotees have been waiting for: The restructuring of a once-prestigious cable news network.

The acquisition may go a long way in restoring journalistic integrity and balance.

Paramount Global, under the leadership of CEO David Ellison, is acquiring Warner Bros. Discovery, a major entertainment company.

Warner Bros. happens to be the owner of CNN, and also some valuable yet beleaguered film and TV assets as well.

Paramount’s bid, which prevailed over competitors that included Netflix, has the possibility of significantly altering the current media and entertainment landscape.

The resulting entity, when measured by revenue, will be in the world’s top-four entertainment companies. Additionally, it will be a significant player in Hollywood’s global streaming, linear television and cable programming, and entertainment output.

CNN has been dealing with a growing credibility crisis. Once revered as a global standard bearer for straight news reporting, the network increasingly became an outlet that prioritized a one-sided narrative over news, and opinion over objectivity.

Ratings suffered accordingly, and public confidence continued to erode.

Polls now consistently indicate that a majority of Americans view many of the major cable news outlets with deep skepticism, particularly CNN. This is obviously unhealthy for our national discourse.

The public’s right to have access to accurate information is no partisan issue. Rather, it is the cornerstone of an informed citizenry.

Whenever a major news outlet is more consumed with the pursuit of power and fame instead of integrity and truth, the situation becomes a zero-sum game.

Enter CEO David Ellison, the son of mega-billionaire Larry Ellison. The younger Ellison is now steering an old-line Hollywood studio toward a new destination.

He is transforming Paramount (a company where the writer of this article was once employed) into a media and entertainment powerhouse.

Ellison has already signaled a willingness to make “sweeping changes” where necessary, while simultaneously pledging to uphold editorial independence. This is a balance that should inject some major accountability regarding inaccurate reporting.

CNN presently has a sizable track record of dispensing falsehoods. The Jussie Smollett attack tale, the accusations against the Covington Catholic students, and the fabricated narrative surrounding Hunter Biden’s laptop are a few of the more egregious examples.

Most recently, the network claimed that officials in President Trump’s administration had supposedly made the admission that the Pentagon and National Security Council “did not plan” for Iran’s attempts to close the Strait of Hormuz. Additionally, the charge was made that the economic impact of the military operation had been underestimated.

CNN appears to have ignored the fact that the operation was explicitly designed to neutralize Iranian naval missile threats to shipping. The network’s selective reporting evidently prompted White House Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to remark, “The sooner David Ellison takes over CNN, the better.”

There are concerns on the part of some that too much media “consolidation” is taking place, which could result in reduced competition. However, the alternative could make things much worse; i.e., that CNN and other media outlets would simply be allowed to continue to harm the public with unfettered false narratives.

Ellison is suggesting a different path, one that is focused on rebuilding viewer trust.

Under new ownership, CNN could benefit from a fresh perspective that tilts toward factual reporting as opposed to ideological slant. This is what Ellison appears to favor as he addresses the challenges at CBS News with what some observers have called a “conservative-friendly” openness to diverse viewpoints.

This news redo is not about one political side scoring a win. It is about the public scoring one.

The fragmented media terrain of the last decade is one that has been saturated with social media echo chambers and partisan outlets. A restored CNN, led by competent executives at Paramount, may actually be the catalyst to reverse course.

For far too long the American people have been receiving news that has largely been a massage of the mind dressed up as journalism.

The moment has arrived for a return to news that can be trusted.

Ellison has a window in time in which he can deliver exactly that.

May the CNN makeover begin.

California’s One-Party Rule Could End with a Steve Hilton Win

California is at a breaking point.

The once-Golden State has been pummeled with sky-high taxes, faded dreams of home ownership, soaring crime rates, a crumbling infrastructure, and an absentee governor who is consumed with national ambitions.

As California’s 2026 gubernatorial race draws near, one candidate in particular recently took the lead in the polls: Steve Hilton, a business consultant, restaurateur, and former advisor to British Prime Minister David Cameron.

Hilton has garnered national attention for his common-sense approach to revitalizing the Golden State.

Resonating with the state’s battered populace, Hilton has been focusing on working folks, as opposed to Sacramento insiders and coastal elites. And he has zeroed-in on what voters truly care about: Good jobs, affordable homes, safe neighborhoods, and effective schools.

He received an assist with his candidacy from three issues currently in the news: California’s proposed punitive billionaire wealth tax, the state’s Commercial Drivers License scandal, and the recently uncovered corruption and incompetence that has driven away businesses, families, and untold opportunities.

Some info on the state’s proposed 2026 Billionaire Tax Act.

Pushed by unions and primarily cheered on by the democratic socialist senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders, the proposed ballot measure would slap a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of any individual whose assets are valued at $1 billion or more and who was residing in California on January 1, 2026.

In anticipation of the passage of the proposed ballot measure, California is already seeing jobs disappear, wealth flee, and its tax base shrink.

Billionaires are hard at work restructuring assets and pondering exit strategies.

Tech giants who, not so incidentally, are largely responsible for building up California’s economy are now packing up in droves.

The proposed ballot measure is being peddled to voters through the use of old fashioned class envy and newfangled propaganda.

Hilton’s reaction to the idea of a billionaire wealth tax? A flat-out “No.”

Instead of confiscatory gimmicks that punish success and hurt everyone within reach, Hilton proposes actual relief: No state income tax on earnings under $100,000, a flat 7.5% rate on anything above the amount, and the protection of Proposition 13 with no new property tax hikes.

Hilton plans to cut state spending back to pre-pandemic levels, which would end the 50% explosion that occurred in bureaucracy. This is the same bureaucracy that spent $24 billion on homelessness with zero results, wasted $30 billion on high-speed rail that failed to materialize, and engaged in endless giveaways to unions.

Hilton’s pro-growth policies will keep talent and capital in California and put a damper on exits to Texas, Florida, and other more inviting alternatives.

Regarding the Commercial Drivers License (CDL) scandal, here are some notes on the textbook case of Sacramento prioritizing politics over public safety.

Federal audits have revealed that California’s DMV illegally issued more than 17,000 non-domiciled CDLs to foreign drivers, whose legal status did not match their license expiration dates.

These were no minor oversights. The state government put unqualified, oftentimes unvetted drivers in the front seats of 18-wheelers and school buses. The fallout? Deadly crashes, including tragedies in and outside of California.

When the Trump administration’s Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy demanded fixes, California officials dragged their feet. This cost the state $160 million in withheld federal highway funds.

It was not mere incompetence on their part. It was an arrogant insistence on a leftist political agenda. Rules were bent in favor of illegal immigrant drivers, who in many cases were insufficiently screened and lacking in proper instruction, which seriously jeopardized public safety.

Hilton’s solution is to enforce California law, revoke illegally issued licenses, and place valid and competent workers behind the commercial wheel.

If elected governor, Hilton is intent on restoring accountability at the DMV, prioritizing legal workers, and ensuring that roads and highways are kept safe.

After eight years of unchecked one-party Democrat rule, the median price of a home is about $1 million, arrest rates have plummeted, violent crime has risen precipitously, reading and math scores of public school students have dropped, the state’s budget has experienced record deficits,

the cost of living has spiked, the population has declined, and tent cities have continued to line the streets, despite billions having been spent on homelessness.

Hilton additionally plans to enforce laws against shoplifting and open drug markets, empower parents with school choice and charter options, cap hidden housing fees, slash anti-housing regulations so that the American Dream can once again be realized, and deliver abundant energy and water minus the routine blackouts.

His persona is appealing, an outsider with executive experience who is not just another career politician.

Can he end the one-party stranglehold and restore luster to the once-Golden State?

Anything is possible here on the Left Coast.

The Threat Posed by the Democratic Socialists of America

For decades many of us were warning that socialism (a.k.a., communism lite) was slowly creeping onto the American stage, largely due to an organization called the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).

Now, following Zohran Mamdani’s win in New York City’s November 5, 2025 mayoral election, things have become crystal clear. Overt socialism has gotten a major foothold in the largest and most iconic city in America.

Time to take a more in-depth look at DSA.

With over 80,000 dues-paying members, including 11 sitting members of Congress and over 200 state and local officials, DSA has been able to wrestle control of the levers of power in a number of key places in the U.S.

In New York City, the group controls key committees, and in Chicago, 6 DSA members have a seat at the city council’s table.

DSA presents itself as a champion of compassion. However, beneath rhetoric such as “medicare for all” and “affordable housing” lies a radical agenda rooted in Marxist ideology.

The organization has been following the communist playbook to a T, seeking to obtain power through infiltration. It has made insidious steady progress toward this goal.

Unfortunately, it is currently the central focal point of energy for the Democratic Party, a party that appears to have so lost its way it is difficult to imagine any kind of return to sensibility.

Now let’s look at DSA’s core ideology.

Founded in 1982, its ideology is firmly rooted in Marxism, advocating for the end to all capitalism in favor of governmental control of industry.

The organization explicitly calls for the abolition of private property, the nationalization of enterprise, and the replacement of the free market system.

Most of the sustained attempts at the implementation of its ideology have ultimately arrived at communism’s doorstep. Communism’s legacy is one of economic decay, governmental ruin, and social collapse, a distinct pattern that is historically consistent across time, place, and events.

DSA’s own platform, updated in 2023, demands “public ownership of utilities, housing, and finance,” “decommodifying healthcare and education,” and “seizing the means of production,” all prequels to the imposition of totalitarianism and freedom’s ultimate demise.

The reality is DSA is a political insurgency with a proven playbook: Infiltrate, normalize, and dismantle.

Its youth wing, Young Democratic Socialists, is in favor of “abolishing prisons,” a prescription for crime and chaos that disproportionately harms the very vulnerable communities the group professes that it is seeking to protect.

DSA’s 2024 platform calls for nationalizing key sectors of the economy, such as energy and housing.

Its working group, “Ecosocialism,” advocates for “planned degrowth,” deliberately working to shrink the economy in order to meet specified climate goals.

The organization’s 2024 convention passed a resolution that called for “expropriating fossil fuel companies” and “banning private real estate development,” resolutions that translate into a form of national self-destruction.

DSA’s policies reflect a visceral hatred for the free market, and conversely, a worship of government. This inevitably leads to food shortages, black markets, and Soviet-style oppression.

The tenets of its foreign policy are equally atrocious. DSA’s “International Committee” has called for cutting all aid to Israel. It has hosted events with activists that are linked to terrorist groups. And it has refused to condemn Hamas’s October 7 massacre.

A document from the NYC-DSA’s Anti-War Working Group (AWWG), which was recently obtained by the Just The News website, shows AWWG has been plotting ways to pressure newly-elected New York mayor Mamdani to comply with its “demands.”

Demands include arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and active IDF soldiers, divesting city pension funds from Israeli securities, withdrawing city funds from banks that do business with Israel, ending city contracts with companies that do business with Israel, operating city-run grocery stores free from Israeli products, and evicting weapons manufacturers and transporters from New York City.

Mamdani is a longtime DSA member and leader. He is listed as one of the group’s “New York State Socialists in Office.”

When DSA-aligned officials are in power, “defund the police” efforts are typically underway as well, leading to skyrocketing crime rates.

Homicides were already up 30% in NYC post-2020, according to FBI data. Now with Mamdani’s victory secured, the trend is unlikely to be NYC’s friend.

Those who are DSA-aligned have also pushed for open borders and sanctuary policies, which have fueled a host of crises, including fentanyl overdoses, human trafficking, surging crime rates, and wage suppression for working-class Americans.

DSA’s own rhetoric betrays itself. Co-chairperson Ari Rabin-Havt recently tweeted about “seizing the means of production” as essential to combating climate change, ignoring how such seizures in Cuba and Nicaragua have led to corruption and poverty.

The communism that DSA is peddling has a 100% failure rate. This is because, among other irrefutable things, it violates human nature and defies economic realities.

We ignore this group at our peril.

It may be that many who subscribe to socialist ideology have never had to work to protect their rights. Someone else has always done that for them.

As one who with wholehearted rejection of communism and its socialism offspring has battled across decades to preserve our God-given rights, I speak for those of us who are still willing to continue to do so.

Just praying that it’s not too late.