One neighborhood in New York has elected so many democratic socialists—including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Zohran Mamdani—that people have started calling it “the People’s Republic,” or a part of the Commie Corridor.
My grandfather (a 1917 Norwegian immigrant) frequently and proudly described himself as a socialist. When I asked him what he meant, he always pointed me to FDR, the New Deal, and his proposed Second Bill of Rights. And here we are again.
Elise Stefanik is just the latest top Republican deciding against running in the 2026 midterms. While some retirements were to be expected, analysts are now anticipating a GOP exodus that could be unprecedented in modern American political history.
Pragmatism is required to build a social democratic New York. The key to radical reform, New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani clearly understands, is to be pragmatic as all hell.
For Democrats, the main issue in the shutdown wasn’t electoral backlash — it was the filibuster. Leadership feared its removal, viewing it as a safeguard to keep the party’s rising left wing in check.
Realists (Mamdani, AOC) seek immersion in mass politics; fundamentalists oppose it.
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We should not do the billionaires’ work of dividing us. They have enough money to do it for themselves.
A former oversight staffer on how to generate attention from Capitol Hill for working-class issues
The United States hasn’t seen such a massive labor action in 78 years. But the oligarchic wreckage of this administration is fueling multiple movements toward that goal.
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