I don’t know about you, but I’ve had just about enough of these pompous establishment Democrats defending their party severing the last vestiges of its rationality and patriotism to trans itself into Commie ISIS.
We’ve seen all this before. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cotton-marxist-democrats-are-a-warning-sign-for-the-country">union of Marxists and Islamists</a> has a long history, a high-low combo of academics with a surplus of graduate degrees and guilt entertained by the youthful passions of the proletariat into supporting the vilest anti-human agenda devised in modern times.
This way to the gulag, comrade – walk faster, you know you deserve it.
The Abdul El-Sayed victory in Michigan, even if it came more narrowly than expected and was rebuffed by rural and black voters, is just the confirmation of what was already clear. Today the organizing energy of the Democratic Party – the party that less than a generation ago stood shoulder to shoulder with fellow Republicans and Independents against the Reds and the terror-supporters alike – is driven by a group of craven, manipulative liars and a bevy of followers whose understanding of history doesn’t start til iPhone 6. 
These wannabe red diaper babies want to run back the losing side in the Nixon-Khrushchev kitchen debate and repackage it for morons on TikTok, and they do it well. Pick your reasoning for why they do it. Is it all to ease the horror of their meaningless existence by creating a community of followers who hang on their words of hate for people who are more successful than they are?
Whatever is wrong in your life, you can blame it on a corporation, a billionaire, or a Jew. Sometimes you hit the jackpot with all three at once.
This isn’t crazy. This isn’t radical. It’s the Democratic mainstream now. And after the results of the major primary elections across the country, it’s a genuine wave that will swamp a once truly American party that held Jefferson-Jackson Day dinners every spring until Donald Trump came along and liked them both.
The man who helped usher in that era of post-American politician, David Axelrod, took to the CNN airwaves last night to lecture the country on why it’s so bad that American Jews are spending money defending their interests. Keeping in mind that the overwhelming majority of AIPAC dollars (again, in the case of last night’s primaries) have always gone to Democratic politicians, Axelrod’s smear that this represents “foreign influence” found a fitting rebuttal from Van Jones.
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Axelrod: “It&#8217;s a legitimate question. Should essentially an agent of any foreign government, whether it&#8217;s Israel or any other, be able to spend.. $30 million in a race like this to influence the outcome of that race?”
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David Axelrod is showing where the Democratic Party is drifting. In a bid to stay relevant, he’s trafficking in conspiracy theories and calumnies against patriotic American Jews. It falls to Van Jones, a non-Jewish Black American, to call him out and set the record straight and… <a href="https://t.co/96l1vHjjFf">https://t.co/96l1vHjjFf</a>
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Whether you care about Israel or not, the point for Americans is the weaponization that anti-Semites have achieved within the Democratic and, with less success, attempted to achieve within the Republican coalitions. Michigan proved once again that the AIPAC approach to American politics is a loser. Their highest-backed candidate just lost to an army of Democratic Socialist influencers, for whom FOMO is the most powerful motivation, who anointed a dog-electrocuting 9/11-supporting double-breasted nepo baby as their activist champion. What was October 7th but just some bros on Blue Chew flying Mario Karts into a festival? What’s so wrong with that? The streams did numbers after all.
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Hasan Piker acknowledged his role in reshaping Michigan&#8217;s Dem Senate primary but tells our <a href="https://x.com/adamwren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@adamwren</a>: &#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t say I&#8217;m a powerbroker.&#8221;
&#8220;People call me a kingmaker. I&#8217;m not. I&#8217;m just fortunate enough to be a part of a much broader movement.&#8221;
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Michigan’s outcome was actually good for Democratic hopes in the fall, though, because it will likely force Abdul El-Sayed to do something he wouldn’t have done otherwise: moderate his tone. In the past few weeks, ebullient with the aura of inevitability (thanks in part to what now looks like a bunch of juiced internal polls), El-Sayed was taking on an attitude of “I don’t need you any more” toward the party.
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This is classic dumb savior complex politician stuff, complete with the Beto “born to be in it” energy. But this <a href="https://www.natesilver.net/p/what-to-make-of-michigan">outcome</a> will likely temper that heat and push him back towards the Democratic politicians he needs to get him over the finish line — to give him the veneer of normalcy he needs to win Michigan. And they’ll be there for him.
For the rest of us, we should recognize what a danger it is to have a major party just become Commie ISIS, a coalition that joins all the people who want to seize your property, eliminate the nuclear family, re-educate your children, and also sometimes slaughter a goat in their backyard.
As an independent, I&#8217;ve voted for Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, and The Rock.
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The ol&#8217; trust write in. Thank you sir for the vote of confidence. This strangely makes me hungry for carbs. 🇺🇸🍗 <a href="https://t.co/R94b4VAL7E">https://t.co/R94b4VAL7E</a>
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My question going into a voting booth is always what a good friend calls &#8220;the beach test&#8221;: &#8220;Can you imagine this person on the beach with a machine gun fighting back against the Chinese invasion?&#8221; It obviously applied to the likes of Jim Webb. But do any of these Democrats pass that test today? Forget it – they&#8217;d be turning those guns around.
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Al Sharpton used to warn Democrats about the Republican Party hijacking the Bible and the Flag. Today’s Democrats just don’t care. They have other flags to follow.

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Democrats Are Officially The Party Of Commie ISIS

Abdul El-Sayed

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Far-Left Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed received loud cheers during his election night speech in Michigan on Tuesday when he used the Arabic phrase “inshallah,” meaning “God willing,” a phrase commonly used by Muslims.
&#8220;I want you to remind them, that if we come through this, when we come through this, inshallah —&#8221; El-Sayed said before the crowd erupted. The Democrat U.S. Senate hopeful was referring to people skeptical that he can beat Republican Mike Rogers in a general election.
El-Sayed, a former public health official, is projected to defeat Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI), who was viewed as a leading contender by many establishment Democrats, in the closely watched race. The race was finally called by Decision Desk HQ on Wednesday morning, with El-Sayed at 48.9% to Stevens’ 47.5%.
The nominee&#8217;s &#8220;inshallah&#8221; remark, and the crowd&#8217;s reaction, highlights the rapid growth of Michigan’s Muslim population over the past several decades, particularly in the Detroit metropolitan area, which is home to one of the largest Arab and Muslim communities in the United States. Immigration from places like Somalia, Lebanon, Yemen, Iraq, Syria, and other Muslim-majority nations has transformed the state&#8217;s demographics, and subsequently, its politics.
Moreover, if elected to the Senate, El-Sayed would become America’s first Muslim senator, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/abdul-el-sayed-secures-far-lefts-biggest-victory-yet-over-dem-establishment?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Abdul+El-Sayed+Secures+Far-Left’s+Biggest+Victory+Yet+Over+Dem+Establishment">The Daily Wire</a> noted on Wednesday. His parents are both Egyptian immigrants, and his father <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0329/Can-a-Michigan-doctor-become-America-s-first-Muslim-governor">was a part-time imam</a>. On his wife&#8217;s side, his father-in-law <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/abdul-el-sayeds-father-in-law-a-top-donor-to-an-el-sayed-super-pac-is-among-top-leaders-of-muslim-brotherhood-organization-linked-to-terror-funding/">is a founding committee member </a>of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the federal government.
El-Sayed&#8217;s primary victory also shows the Democratic Party’s accelerating shift toward socialism. The Senate candidate ran on far-Left positions, including <a href="https://abdulforsenate.com/priority/money-out-of-politics/#h-supreme-court-reform">Medicare for all</a>, <a href="https://statenews.com/article/2026/04/abdul-el-sayed-denounces-iran-war-calls-for-abolishing-ice-in-campus-rally">abolishing ICE</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-michigans-abdul-el-sayed-really-wants-to-defund-the-police-here-are-the-receipts?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Yes%2C+Michigan%E2%80%99s+Abdul+El-Sayed+Really+Wants+To+Defund+The+Police.+Here+Are+The+Receipts.">defunding the police</a>, <a href="https://abdulforsenate.com/priority/money-out-of-politics/#h-supreme-court-reform">restructuring the U.S. Supreme Court</a>, and raising taxes on billionaires.
He also aligned himself with radical streamer Hasan Piker. The pair were seen together at social gatherings and events. Piker has praised communist Mao Zedong, who was responsible for millions of deaths and human rights abuses. “Mao Zedong is one of the great leaders of this world,” he once said, adding that he would “never” criticize Mao. Piker has also faced backlash over comments related to Israel and Jews. For example, he frequently uses the phrase, &#8220;from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” a slogan many view as a call for the elimination of Israel.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/el-sayed-pushed-for-renewed-covid-lockdowns-fines-for-businesses-that-defied-them">El-Sayed Pushed For Renewed COVID Lockdowns, Fines For Businesses That Defied Them</a>

Michigan Democrats Brace For Tectonic Shift In Key Senate Race

Crowd Roars As El-Sayed Drops An ‘Inshallah’ In Election Night Speech

Crowd Roars As El-Sayed Drops An 'Inshallah' In Election Night Speech

2026 Midterms

Election

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Michigan Democrats on Tuesday elevated leftist firebrand Abdul El-Sayed to the party&#8217;s U.S. Senate nomination, marking the biggest triumph yet for the ascendant far-Left and a humiliating defeat for the establishment&#8217;s old guard, who failed to stop him from advancing to a pivotal November clash with Trump-endorsed Republican Mike Rogers.
With over 95% of the vote counted and after voters waited for Wayne County&#8217;s slow counting process, El-Sayed was finally projected to win Wednesday morning. Decision Desk HQ called the race at 8:35 a.m. ET, with El-Sayed at 48.9% to Stevens&#8217; 47.5%.
Early results showed El-Sayed, the former public health director for Detroit, performing stronger than expected across multiple counties. Stevens, a four-term congresswoman from the Detroit suburbs, performed the best in areas where most of the state&#8217;s black voters live, such as Wayne, Oakland, and Genesee Counties. El-Sayed, meanwhile, outperformed his benchmarks among younger voters while Stevens severely underperformed among older voters, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/08/04/us/elections/results-michigan-us-senate-primary.html">election data</a>.
Tuesday&#8217;s result caps a bruising primary and highlights the Democratic Party&#8217;s accelerating ideological shift, with the establishment failing to stop the socialist-aligned Left nationwide. Supporters of the socialist movement viewed El-Sayed as their best chance to prove a leftist candidate could win statewide in a battleground like Michigan.
Since President Donald Trump’s re-election, the Democratic establishment has watched its leftist wing barnstorm the country, racking up one victory after another. Socialist Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s upset in New York City&#8217;s mayoral primary kicked off the movement&#8217;s breakthrough, followed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-socialists-upset-incumbent-dems-in-house-primary-sweep">three Democratic Socialists of America-backed leftists</a> ousting longtime Democratic representatives. The socialist-aligned Left also steamrolled its way through <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-trashes-the-socialist-poised-to-be-next-mayor-of-d-c">Washington, D.C.,</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/socialist-hot-streak-continues-as-radical-leftist-unseats-15-term-democrat?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Socialist+Hot+Streak+Continues+As+Radical+Leftist+Unseats+15-Term+Democrat">Denver</a>, then succeeded in nominating <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/platner-caves-suspends-senate-campaign">Graham Platner</a> for the U.S. Senate in Maine before he dropped out of the race following a rape allegation.
In many of those races, party leaders ultimately chose accommodation over confrontation, reluctantly uniting behind nominees they had once viewed as too extreme. Michigan marked the first major exception. With control of the Senate potentially at stake, Democratic heavyweights rallied behind Stevens, fearing El-Sayed could give the GOP a ripe opportunity to flip a Senate seat and hold the upper chamber. 
High-profile establishment Democrats, including Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/things-just-got-harder-for-abdul-el-sayed?author=Blake+Schaper&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Major+Establishment+Democrat+Plants+Flag+Against+Abdul+El-Sayed">endorsed</a> Stevens.
“Just like me, Haley will do whatever it takes to get things done for the people of Michigan, and we need her now more than ever,” Whitmer said in a video <a href="https://x.com/gretchenwhitmer">posted</a> to X last month.
Stevens, who went viral for her quirky “<a href="https://x.com/FoxNews/status/2077370465522155935?s=20">stick it to them</a>” slogan, celebrated the endorsement, calling Whitmer “a champion for our state” who understands “the stakes of this race.”
It made little difference to an increasingly frustrated Democratic electorate that blames the party&#8217;s old guard for paving the way for President Trump&#8217;s election and return to power.
If elected, El-Sayed would become America’s first Muslim senator. His parents are both Egyptian immigrants, and his father <a href="https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2018/0329/Can-a-Michigan-doctor-become-America-s-first-Muslim-governor">was a part-time imam</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-islamist-marxist-takeover-of-middle-america">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported. His father-in-law <a href="https://freebeacon.com/democrats/abdul-el-sayeds-father-in-law-a-top-donor-to-an-el-sayed-super-pac-is-among-top-leaders-of-muslim-brotherhood-organization-linked-to-terror-funding/">is a founding committee member </a>of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the federal government.
His background and hard-Left platform — which includes <a href="https://abdulforsenate.com/priority/money-out-of-politics/#h-supreme-court-reform">Medicare for all</a>, <a href="https://statenews.com/article/2026/04/abdul-el-sayed-denounces-iran-war-calls-for-abolishing-ice-in-campus-rally">abolishing ICE</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yes-michigans-abdul-el-sayed-really-wants-to-defund-the-police-here-are-the-receipts?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Yes%2C+Michigan%E2%80%99s+Abdul+El-Sayed+Really+Wants+To+Defund+The+Police.+Here+Are+The+Receipts.">defunding the police</a>, <a href="https://abdulforsenate.com/priority/money-out-of-politics/#h-supreme-court-reform">restructuring the U.S. Supreme Court</a>, and raising taxes on billionaires — galvanized the Democratic Party&#8217;s far-Left base, including streamer Hasan Piker, who has said that the United States &#8220;deserved&#8221; the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
In the mold of other leftist primaries, Israel emerged as one of the race&#8217;s defining issues. Stevens has embraced her identity as a &#8220;proud pro-Israel Democrat&#8221; and benefited from roughly $25 million in support from AIPAC, <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00799031/2001984/se">according to FEC filings,</a> while El-Sayed has called Israel&#8217;s war in Gaza a &#8220;genocide&#8221; and opposes U.S. military aid to Israel.
One El-Sayed voter <a href="https://x.com/JWheelertv/status/2084781813067600313?s=20">told NBC</a> his friend group under 25 won&#8217;t vote for any Democratic nominee who supports Israel, saying the party will have only itself to blame if Republican Mike Rogers wins the seat.
At a recent debate, El-Sayed turned his ire on Stevens over a recent vote for U.S. military aid to Israel. 
“Just last week, our friend here voted to send $3.3 billion of your tax dollars to a foreign government. That is the pro quo that comes with a quid of $30 million spent by AIPAC,” El-Sayed said. 
Stevens fired back, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5993136-el-sayed-stevens-michigan-democratic-senate-primary-debate/">saying</a>, “The goal is always long-term peace, and also, the prime minister of Israel has attacked me by name. Let me just say this: that the only thing that ever motivates my work is the people of Michigan, the people who I hear from.” 
The back-and-forth on the debate stage did not stop things from turning ugly on the campaign trail. Earlier this month, a black school board member supporting Stevens told El-Sayed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-democrat-tells-muslim-senate-candidate-to-stop-speaking-arabic?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Black+Democrat+Tells+Muslim+Senate+Candidate+To+Stop+Speaking+Arabic">stop speaking and playing Arabic music</a>, a viral moment that inflamed racial tensions. 
“The other candidate seems to be … doesn’t work a room. You have to know how to work the room. Don’t come out speaking only Arabic. Don’t come out with your Arabic music on,” Angie Smith said. “Represent everyone.”
Republicans see the simmering Democratic divisions as a ripe political opportunity come November. 
“The socialist takeover has its sights set on Michigan. That much is clear. They just have one major problem: we won’t let them get away with it,” <a href="https://rogersforsenate.com/news/rogers-sounds-alarm-on-socialist-takeover">said</a> Rogers, who <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/23/politics/michigan-senate-race-mike-rogers-haley-stevens-abdul-el-sayed">believes</a> his campaign is in “good shape” to win against El-Sayed. 
<a href="https://www.cookpolitical.com/senate/race/488606">Cook Political Report</a> ranks the general election race, which could determine control of the Senate, as a toss-up.

Democratic Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Campaigns In Michigan Ahead Of Primary

Abdul El-Sayed Secures Far-Left’s Biggest Victory Yet Over Dem Establishment

2026 election

Chuck Schumer

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El Sayed

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Haley Stevens

Islam

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News

Politics

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U.S. Senate

As 84-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) enters the twilight of his political career, Democrats on the Left are searching for a successor to lead the movement he built. Some now believe that person could be an unlikely candidate who has never held elected office.
<a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2026/08/04/the-lefts-bern-notice-01023515">Politico reported</a> Tuesday that a behind-the-scenes battle is underway over who will inherit Sanders&#8217; political mantle after the Vermont socialist transformed the Democratic Party with his insurgent 2016 presidential campaign and helped propel a new generation of leftist candidates into office.
While names such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) have been viewed as possible heirs, some Democratic insiders question whether either has the broad appeal to unite the movement. 
“It’s not certain AOC will even run for president, and right now, just Ro is really out there trying to fill that lane. That leaves a pretty thin field to pull from,” one Democratic operative told Politico.
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Instead, some on the Left are looking outside elected office and increasingly discussing United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain.
The <a href="https://uaw.org/executive-board/shawn-fain/">57-year-old Indiana native</a> could appeal to voters seeking change and a Democratic Party desperate to stop the bleeding with the working class.
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He rose to national prominence after leading the UAW&#8217;s 2023 “stand-up strike” against the Big Three automakers, winning sizable raises while becoming one of organized labor&#8217;s most recognizable voices. Fain has also become known for his attacks on the “billionaire class,” often delivering speeches in an <a href="https://x.com/AbdulElSayed/status/2073048847656386674?s=20">“EAT THE RICH”</a> T-shirt, according to Politico.  
Unlike many of the Democratic Party&#8217;s rising stars, Fain has never held elected office, a background that some leftists reportedly view as an asset rather than a liability.
In the 2024 election, Democrats continued to win a majority of union households, but President Donald Trump made gains with organized labor. According to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-auto-tariffs-union-workers-0de3e6f328cae87ded425380d0462516">AP VoteCast</a>, then-Vice President Kamala Harris won just over half of union household voters, while Trump captured 44% — a two-point increase from his 2020 showing. Four years earlier, Biden carried 56% of union households. 
“If he’s willing to run, [he] might be the best candidate for the left,” Bhaskar Sunkara, a 2020 Sanders surrogate and former vice chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, told Politico’s Playbook. “Since he’s progressive but very much says his egalitarian value system comes from his Christianity, [he] can speak in a moral language that can reach more independents than other candidates, and I think it would set a good precedent for labor.”
Playbook also reported that Fain was recently approached about a potential presidential run and has not ruled it out privately.
“The only presidency I have ever had any interest in is with the UAW to continue to build on the great work we’ve done over the last 3 and a half years,” Fain said in a statement to the outlet. 
Fain has aligned himself with the Democratic Party&#8217;s far-Left wing. Fain bucked the establishment and <a href="https://x.com/AbdulElSayed/status/2073048847656386674?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over moderate Rep. Haley Stevens, citing what he described as her ties to corporate interests.
“I talk all the time about &#8230; one of the biggest problems in this country right now &#8230; the rich, the corporate class,&#8221; Fain told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0A_u0wSnMk">The Lever.</a> &#8220;They&#8217;ve divided the working class &#8230; while we&#8217;re busy pointing fingers at each other, they&#8217;re taking more and more of the profits we generate.” 
“It&#8217;s a scam,” he added.

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The Left’s Presidential Darkhorse Isn’t A Politician At All

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Shawn Fain.

United Auto Workers

A new law that went into effect on August 1 has changed the way you order takeout in New Jersey. 
Under the “Skip the Stuff” law, restaurants can no longer automatically pack single-use plastic utensils, straws, or condiment packets with to-go orders, and customers who want those items must now specifically request them. The law was signed by then-Democratic Governor Phil Murphy in January and took effect last week. Its purpose is to reduce plastic waste and limit the so-called environmental footprint of food businesses. 
Officials touting the new law noted that approximately 95% of food packaging is discarded after a single use.
In practice, this means plastic knives, forks, spoons, chopsticks, and individual packets of ketchup or other condiments will no longer appear in takeout bags by default. Diners can still receive them free of charge, but only if they ask. The same rule applies to online ordering platforms. Services such as DoorDash and Uber Eats must now default to withholding utensils unless a customer actively chooses to include them.
The restrictions also cover restaurants that offer indoor seating for at least 10 people. These establishments may provide only washable utensils for diners eating on site. Condiment packets are no longer allowed; sauces and seasonings must instead come from full size bottles or other reusable containers.
Some places are exempt. Public and private K-12 schools do not have to follow the law, nor do county or state correctional facilities or healthcare facilities. Food court restaurants have until August 1, 2028, before the requirements apply to them.
Enforcement begins with a warning for the first violation. A second offense can bring daily fines of up to $100. Later violations carry higher penalties of as much as $250 per day.
The measure stacks on earlier plastic reduction steps in New Jersey. In 2022, the state banned single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam food containers. In 2021, it placed restrictions on plastic straws. A similar “Skip the Stuff” law went into effect in New York City in July 2023.
For customers, the most instantaneous change is a small adjustment in how they place an order. Whether ordering in person, by phone, or through an app, diners must now decide if they need utensils or packets and say so clearly. 
Restaurants and delivery platforms are required to wait for that request before including the items. The law does not ban the items when asked for, it simply ends the previous practice of including them automatically with every order.
The rules are now in effect for most restaurants and delivery services across New Jersey, with the noted exemptions for schools, institutional facilities, and food courts until 2028.

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Democratic voters head to the polls Tuesday with an opportunity to deal a deathblow to their party establishment — or halt the socialist takeover of the party in its tracks.
Far-left firebrand Abdul El-Sayed and establishment favorite Haley Stevens are competing for the chance to take on Trump-endorsed Republican Mike Rogers. Stevens, a sitting Congresswoman, has the backing of major Democratic figures like Gretchen Whitmer and Chuck Schumer, but El-Sayed has seen an infusion of energy from Bernie Sanders and &#8220;the squad.&#8221;
The contentious election has become a microcosm of the ideological and racial divisions reshaping and causing headaches for the Democratic Party nationwide. Socialist supporters view El-Sayed as their best chance to prove the movement can win in a battleground state.
Since President Donald Trump’s reelection, the Democratic establishment has watched a radical insurgency storm the country, racking up one victory after another. Socialist Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s upset in New York City&#8217;s mayoral primary became the movement&#8217;s biggest breakthrough, while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mamdanis-socialists-upset-incumbent-dems-in-house-primary-sweep">three DSA-backed leftists</a> in June upset longtime Democratic representatives. The socialist-aligned left also steamrolled its way through <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-trashes-the-socialist-poised-to-be-next-mayor-of-d-c">Washington, D.C.,</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/socialist-hot-streak-continues-as-radical-leftist-unseats-15-term-democrat?author=Brecca+Stoll&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Socialist+Hot+Streak+Continues+As+Radical+Leftist+Unseats+15-Term+Democrat">Denver</a>, then succeeded in nominating Bernie Sanders-backed Graham Platner for the U.S. Senate in Maine, before an intense pressure campaign forced him out of the race.
With control of the Senate at stake, mainstream Democrats fear nominating El-Sayed could give Republicans a pickup opportunity in an otherwise wave year. Going into Election Day, El-Sayed holds a commanding lead in the primary, but could fare worse against Rogers according to the most recent polls. 
Streamer Hasan Piker, who believes America deserved the September 11 terrorist attacks, has emerged as one of the movement&#8217;s most influential cheerleaders, using his enormous online following to rally support for DSA-aligned candidates. He&#8217;s campaigned with El-Sayed down the home stretch of the primary after making it his mission to oust as many establishment Democrats as possible. Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and other socialists have joined him. 
In many of those races, party leaders ultimately chose accommodation over confrontation, reluctantly uniting behind nominees they had once viewed as too extreme for the national brand.
Michigan marked the first exception. With control of the Senate at stake, party heavyweights lined up behind Stevens, a four-term congresswoman from the Detroit suburbs, in an all-out effort to stop former Detroit public health director El-Sayed. If they fail, it will be the greatest sign yet that the Democratic establishment’s old guard is losing its grip as the socialist-aligned left gains ground nationwide. 
High-profile establishment Democrats, including Michigan Governor Whitmer and South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn, have endorsed Stevens.
“Just like me, Haley will do whatever it takes to get things done for the people of Michigan, and we need her now more than ever,” Whitmer said in a video posted to X.
The congresswoman, who recently went viral for her quirky “stick it to them” slogan, celebrated the endorsement, calling Whitmer “a champion for our state” who understands “the stakes of this race.”
Meanwhile, Clyburn brought a racial component to the race. The South Carolina kingmaker who helped drag Joe Biden to his 2020 presidential nomination remarked that <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/james-clyburn-rips-el-sayed-205034507.html">there aren&#8217;t many black folks</a> at El-Sayed&#8217;s rallies.
In July, a black school board member supporting Stevens told El-Sayed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-democrat-tells-muslim-senate-candidate-to-stop-speaking-arabic?author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Black+Democrat+Tells+Muslim+Senate+Candidate+To+Stop+Speaking+Arabic">stop speaking and playing Arabic music</a>, a viral moment that inflamed racial tensions. 
“The other candidate seems to be … doesn’t work a room. You have to know how to work the room. Don’t come out speaking only Arabic. Don’t come out with your Arabic music on,” Angie Smith said. “Represent everyone.”
That line of criticism against El-Sayed — who is backed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) — infuriated leftists.
“This is insanely racist,” left-wing commentator Mehdi Hasan wrote on X. “Not only should this Angie Smith be asked to apologize, but @HaleyforMI should be asked to disown and condemn these racist remarks about @AbdulElSayed and Arab-Americans.”
If elected, El-Sayed would become America’s first Muslim senator. His parents are both Egyptian immigrants, and his father <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-islamist-marxist-takeover-of-middle-america">was a part-time imam.</a> His father-in-law is a founding committee member of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), which has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, according to the federal government.
His background and hard-left platform — which includes Medicare for all, abolishing ICE, defunding the police, restructuring the U.S. Supreme Court, and raising taxes on billionaires — has galvanized the Democratic Party&#8217;s far-left base.
In the mold of other progressive primaries, Israel has emerged as the race&#8217;s defining issue. Stevens has embraced her identity as a &#8220;proud pro-Israel Democrat&#8221; and benefited from roughly $25 million in support from AIPAC and its allies, <a href="https://docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/C00799031/2001984/se">according to FEC filings,</a> while El-Sayed has called Israel&#8217;s war in Gaza a &#8220;genocide&#8221; and opposes U.S. military aid to the country. 
At a recent debate, El-Sayed turned his ire on Stevens over a recent vote for U.S. military aid to Israel. “Just last week, our friend here voted to send $3.3 billion of your tax dollars to a foreign government. That is the pro quo that comes with a quid of $30 million spent by AIPAC,” El-Sayed said. 
Stevens fired back, saying El-Sayed “attacked me by name for purporting that the people of Palestine and the people of Israel deserve to live side by side, peacefully,” she said. “The goal is always long-term peace, and also, the prime minister of Israel has attacked me by name. Let me just say this: that the only thing that ever motivates my work is the people of Michigan, the people who I hear from.” 
No matter the winner, Republicans see the internal Democratic divisions as prime real estate come November. 
“The socialist takeover has its sights set on Michigan. That much is clear. They just have one major problem: we won’t let them get away with it.” Rogers said in a statement. He reportedly believes his campaign is in &#8220;good shape&#8221; to win if El-Sayed captures Tuesday&#8217;s Democratic nomination.

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The Democratic National Committee&#8217;s effort to explain and learn from its 2024 election losses has descended into fresh controversy after the author of the party&#8217;s official postmortem claimed Democratic leaders omitted an entire chapter examining what went wrong.
According to the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/us/politics/democrats-autopsy-2024-election-dnc.html">New York Times</a>, Democratic consultant Paul Rivera, who authored the DNC&#8217;s after-action review, says a 28-page chapter titled &#8220;What Happened in 2024&#8221; was missing when the party released the report in May after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrats-finally-admit-what-went-wrong-in-2024">delaying publication</a> for nearly a year.
The omitted chapter reportedly addressed some of the most politically sensitive questions surrounding Democrats&#8217; defeat, including whether former President Joe Biden should have sought reelection, the party&#8217;s declining support among key voting blocs, and what Rivera described as a self-enriching Democratic consultant class that had become disconnected from ordinary Americans.
&#8220;An emerging critique of Democratic decision-making is there are too many people who have become generationally wealthy off politics and drive too much of the decision-making within the ecosystem,&#8221; Rivera wrote in the missing chapter, which he provided to the Times. 
He also questioned Biden&#8217;s decision to remain in the race. 
&#8220;Is there a single point of failure for 2024? Perhaps it is a decision of the President to seek re-election instead of passing the torch,&#8221; the chapter states.
Rivera says he personally handed DNC Chairman Ken Martin a three-ring binder containing the completed chapter during a January meeting after Martin criticized the draft report. Rivera said Martin later returned the binder after reviewing it.
Martin denied ever receiving the missing section. 
&#8220;As we said at the time, in May we released all of the draft report as we&#8217;d received it from the author,&#8221; Martin said in a statement to the Times. &#8220;If we had this in May, we would have released it with the rest of the report.&#8221; 
Martin maintained that the January meeting focused solely on &#8220;lessons learned&#8221; materials for internal planning, not on new report chapters, arguing that neither he nor the DNC ever reviewed the disputed document.
The dispute comes after the DNC initially announced it would not release an official autopsy of the 2024 election, with Martin arguing the effort had become a distraction. He later reversed course amid mounting pressure, publishing an annotated draft in May while insisting it was &#8220;not ready for primetime&#8221; and refusing to endorse its conclusions.
Rivera told the Times he decided to go public because he believes Democrats cannot fix their problems without candid self-examination.
 &#8220;It&#8217;s coming from a place of hope and, honestly, a little bit of desperation,&#8221; Rivera said. &#8220;There&#8217;s a very comfortable ecosystem that will profit mightily from no change.&#8221;
The controversy comes as Martin is already facing growing scrutiny over his leadership. The DNC recently <a href="https://www.fec.gov/data/committee/C00010603/#&amp;_intcmp=fnc_media_article_main-content_article-body_6_2">reported</a> having roughly $16.3 million cash on hand while carrying $18.5 million in debt. Martin has also come under fire following <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/07/26/us-news/raging-dnc-boss-ken-martin-threw-phone-at-aides-desk-as-committee-forced-to-put-up-hq-as-loan-collateral-report/">reports</a> that he threw his cellphone at a staffer&#8217;s desk during an internal dispute, prompting a human resources complaint, as well as comments suggesting he was uncertain how much longer he would remain in the position.
With fewer than 100 days until the midterm elections, the dispute over whether Democrats buried the most politically explosive section of their own election autopsy will likely do little to assuage concerns about whether party leadership has fully come to terms with the reasons behind its 2024 defeat.

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One Chapter Never Made It Into Democrats’ 2024 Election Autopsy

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Democrats in New York, Colorado, and New Jersey recently voted to send actual socialists to Congress. These results should concern every American across the country, because what starts on the far-Left fringe often becomes the Democratic Party’s national agenda. This latest Red-Green alliance between Marxists and Islamists, both of whom hate America, has its roots in the early 20th century, as Soviet communists courted Muslim peoples to join in the “<a href="https://jacobin.com/2020/09/baku-congress-azerbaijan-1920">holy war</a> against the British conquerors” to “liberate the peoples of the East.”
More than a century later, the resurgence of this anti-Western alliance points to a disturbing future that will arrive sooner rather than later — unless Americans reject it now.
Consider New York’s Darializa Avila Chevalier, who posted about using the American flag as a napkin and called our country a “f*cking disgrace.” She’s made no secret about her disdain for our troops, going as far as criticizing our military for committing “war crimes” and mocking homeless veterans.
Not long after Chevalier’s win, Melat Kiros — who called the 9/11 attacks the “inevitable” result of America’s foreign policy and Hamas’s October 7 attack the “inevitable consequence of apartheid” — unseated a 15-term congresswoman in Colorado. Never mind that her predecessor was one of the most liberal members in the House. Clearly, she wasn’t radical enough.
Rounding out this roster of radicals is Adam Hamawy, the Democratic nominee for New Jersey’s 12th, who testified on behalf of the convicted terrorist mastermind behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Omar Abdel-Rahman. Three decades on from the Blind Sheikh’s trial, Hamawy is one step closer to Congress.
In addition to their anti-American rhetoric, all three of these candidates hold truly radical policy positions, like replacing capitalism with socialism, ending the electoral college, granting full voting rights to illegal aliens, abolishing prisons, outlawing fossil fuels, and permanently opening the border.
You might argue that such things will never come to pass. And current Democrats will say that these socialists aren’t representative of their party. But recent history begs to differ.
Just look at how the defund-the-police lunatics successfully turned their opposition to law enforcement into action. Last year, Democrats in Congress shut down the Department of Homeland Security for 76 days trying to eliminate the entire U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency permanently. And now, Democrats in the Senate are blocking even the introduction of our National Defense Authorization Act, a vital bill to support our troops that’s always easily passed with bipartisan support.
Or consider the transformation of the party’s views on illegal immigration. For example, Bill Clinton accurately and regularly used the phrase “illegal aliens,” which is now considered hate speech in Democratic circles. Even President Barack Obama wrote in support of “requiring that any job first be offered to U.S. workers.” Now, just 10 years later, more than 50% of all Democrats <a href="https://cis.org/Arthur/Latest-HarvardHarris-Poll-Shows-Extremely-Modest-Bump-Mass-Deportation">say</a> their party stands for open borders, and blue “sanctuary” cities across the nation flat-out refuse to cooperate with federal authorities.
And recall the meteoric rise of Medicare for All, a single-payer, tax-funded, national health insurance program that would eliminate private insurance. Once a rogue policy proposal championed by Bernie Sanders, it’s now a mainstream policy goal for the Left, supported by nearly 75% of Democrats in Congress.
And as Islamists adopt socialist views, so too are socialists adopting Islamist views. For example, after the assault against Israel on October 7, the Democratic Socialists of America argued, “it is not terrorism or antisemitism to fight against this injustice.” This insanity has bled into policy decisions in Congress, as Democrats abandon America’s longtime friend to appease their base. Consider that at the beginning of the war, just three Democratic senators voted against sending military aid to Israel, but by 2025, more than half of them voted against it.
Make no mistake: the same activist groups, donors, and political organizations behind this new wave of radical socialists will spend the next several years pushing their agenda in Congress and across the country. Their ideas are already taking hold within the national party: Democrats’ <a href="https://news.gallup.com/poll/694835/image-capitalism-slips.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axiosam&amp;stream=top">favorability toward socialism</a> has jumped from 50 percent to 66 percent over the last 15 years. And Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Hamas apologist and proponent of government-run grocery stores, <a href="https://washingtonreporter.news/exclusive-senate-gop-poll-shows-voters-aware-and-concerned-about-democrats-socialist-turn/">is seen</a> as the third most representative politician of the modern Democratic Party.
If these trends continue, every American will live with the consequences. Taxes will increase, the prices of basic goods and services will skyrocket, and energy costs will soar. They will reopen the border, hamstring our military, and defund the police.
Americans will be far less safe and far less prosperous.
Every Democrat elected to Congress helps determine who chairs committees, what legislation reaches the House and Senate floors, and who sets the Democratic Party&#8217;s agenda. Democrats who campaign as moderates still vote to put the party&#8217;s leadership in charge, empowering the likes of Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and the party&#8217;s increasingly radical wing.
By contrast, Republicans will continue to back the Americans who serve our country in uniform. We’ll continue fighting for a secure border, so families aren&#8217;t forced to foot the bill for illegal immigration. We’ll continue working to lower energy costs by expanding American oil and natural gas production. And we&#8217;ll continue standing with law enforcement, defending the Second Amendment, protecting the unborn, and preserving our God-given freedoms.
The Democratic Party is moving further Left every year. This November, Americans can put an end to this socialist upswing by rejecting their radical agenda and voting Republican.
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Senator Tom Cotton represents the State of Arkansas.

NYC Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani Campaigns Ahead Of Next Week’s Election

Tom Cotton: The Marxist Islamist Alliance Is Back, And America Must Reject It

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There is sadness that comes from feeling isolated in your own community. It is the loneliness of keeping your mouth shut. Of nodding. Of editing yourself because you already know the social cost of candor.
Over the years, I have come to a difficult realization: Seattle thinks it is inclusive but may very well be the least inclusive city in America. The WNBA incident was a very typical Seattle moment and didn’t come as a surprise to those of us who live here.
This city has remarkable qualities. It is beautiful, economically vibrant, and filled with talented people. But a city is more than its skyline or its natural beauty. A home is where you feel free to be yourself—where you can speak honestly without wondering whether your neighbors, colleagues, or even friends will quietly decide you are a black sheep among swans.
I no longer have that feeling here in Washington State.
As someone who holds political views outside the prevailing consensus and who openly identifies as a Zionist, I often feel that parts of my identity are not merely disagreed with but are disdained. There is a profound difference between disagreement and exclusion. I welcome debate and expect criticism; what I will never understand is the sense that certain beliefs automatically place someone outside the bounds of what is considered “acceptable” in society.
That realization has changed how I think about my future.
For the first time, I know I will not spend the rest of my life in Seattle. That is not because I stopped loving the mountains, the water, or the beauty of the Pacific Northwest. It is because I no longer feel welcomed by a culture that believes there is only one way to think; a city cannot truly call itself inclusive if inclusion depends on ideological conformity.
I do not write these words out of anger. I write them out of sadness.
I wanted Seattle to remain a place of innovation, kindness, and opportunity — I wanted it to succeed. But it needs to rediscover something just as important: the ability to welcome people whose convictions differ from the majority&#8217;s. A confident society does not fear dissent. It invites it. That just isn’t the case here, and it starts at the top.
From the embarrassing behavior of Seattle Storm owner Celeste Keaton to the inability to confront the problems around homelessness, public drug use, and soft-on-crime policies, the disintegration of this once great city is palpable. When one party controls every lever of state government for decades, it all but eliminates accountability. And anyone who speaks up is branded a bigot, racist, or, in my case, an AIPAC monster and baby killer.
Until that happens, many will continue to live as quiet dissenters — carefully measuring our words, concealing ourselves, and wondering whether there is still a place for us in a city that prides itself on celebrating diversity while vilifying diversity of thought.
My hope is not that Seattle conforms to my views. My hope is that it becomes more curious. More considerate. More willing to believe that thoughtful, decent people can disagree without becoming enemies.
If Seattle truly wants to be known as one of America&#8217;s most welcoming cities, it should ask itself a simple question: Is everyone welcome — or only those who think the right way?
For me, the answer to that question has become painfully personal. It is why, despite everything I once loved about this city, I know I will never call Seattle my permanent home.
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Jessica Piha resides in Kirkland, Washington, with her dog Evee.

Indiana Fever v Seattle Storm

The Seattle Hellscape Is A Natural Setting For The Sophie Cunningham Controversy

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In October 2025, Joy Behar made headlines when she suggested that conservatives wouldn’t come on “The View” because “<a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/10/14/view-whines-republicans-wont-go-their-show-theyre-afraid-us">they’re afraid of us</a>.” Obviously, this caused <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/10/21/conservatives-call-out-view-not-accepting-appearance">several conservatives to speak out</a> and show proof that the show had actually refused their requests to come on and speak with the liberal cast, including members of Congress. A new <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/07/29/views-number-conservative-guests-swells-5-compared-87">NewsBusters study</a>, out this week, shows just how bad <a href="https://cdn.mrc.org/static/pdfuploads/The%20View%20Season%2029%20Guest%20Count.pdf-1785189121072.pdf">the disparity</a> was between which views “The View” allowed to be shared with their audience.
According to an examination of all 321 guests “The View” spoke with during their 29th season (September 8, 2025 to July 24, 2026), 87 of them expressed liberal opinions while only five expressed a conservative opinion.
Breaking down those numbers further, 16 of the liberal guests were Democratic politicians, both active and former. Additionally, they spoke with two of the liberal U.S. Supreme Court justices, Sonia Sotomayor (their first guest of the season) and Ketanji Brown Jackson, as well as former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Then there’s the conservative side of the data.
In addition to the highly publicized appearance of Vice President JD Vance on June 16 (the last time they spoke to a conservative), they also had on L.A. mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt, actress Cheryl Hines, and former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.
At the time, Sunny Hostin commended Pratt’s candidacy by saying, “You are going to do so much.” That was before they <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/05/14/whoopi-wildfire-victim-pratt-shouldnt-be-passing-judgment">turned against him</a>.
The conversation they had with Hines was less about her and more about using her as a punching bag in lieu of her husband, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Greene seemed to be their favorite guest since they had her on three times over the course of the season. Only one of her appearances counted as a conservative appearance since the other two featured her bashing the rest of the party and pushing liberal talking points.
It says a lot about “The View” that Greene met the “<a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/11/07/view-conservatives-dont-live-our-certain-caliber-guest">certain caliber of guest</a>” they insisted they would only speak to.
As a way of writing off most conservative writers and thought leaders, “The View” has publicly said they only want to speak with the people they talk about on the show. But that’s a lie.
In the spring of 2026, “The View” targeted and smeared The Daily Wire’s Isabel Brown for her CPAC comments encouraging women to get married and have kids. One co-host even suggested Brown was in an abusive marriage.
When Brown reached out and requested an appearance so they could have a rational conversation, “The View” <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2026/04/03/view-continues-smear-isabel-brown-encouraging-marriage-kids">rejected the request and lied to her</a> about being all booked up. Meanwhile, they continued to attack and smear her on their podcast.
The real reason “The View” doesn’t like bringing on conservatives is because they’re the ones who are afraid. They’re afraid of being called out and having their farces exposed. Alyssa Farah Griffin <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/11/12/view-whines-about-guests-trashing-show-after-dealing-them">admitted as much</a> on their podcast when she said they don’t like “when people want to come on to, like, have a moment.”
Translation: We don’t want viral moments that embarrass us.
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Nicholas C. Fondacaro is the associate editor for the Media Research Center and NewsBusters.

WHOOPI GOLDBERG, SARA HAINES, JOY BEHAR, SUNNY HOSTIN, ALYSSA FARAH GRIFFIN

‘The View’ Is Afraid Of Conservative Views And They Keep Lying About It

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Former Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes abruptly dropped out of the Democratic primary for governor Thursday, minutes after reports surfaced that party officials were bracing for a damaging media story about him.
“Last night I had a very difficult conversation with staff,” Barnes <a href="https://x.com/TheOtherMandela/status/2082894497839468849">said in a social media video</a>. “We’re incredibly proud of all the things that we’ve accomplished and all the resources that we have raised to spread our message. But it’s become very clear who our nominee is going to be.”
Politico reported Thursday that Wisconsin Democratic officials were expecting negative media coverage involving Barnes. Minutes later, Barnes announced he was suspending his campaign.
Republican political consultant Ryan Girdusky <a href="https://x.com/RyanGirdusky/status/2082897705769066937?s=20">responded</a> to the announcement by posting: “Woah…. They’re really trying to wrestle this away from Francesca Hong.” 
Hong, a 37-year-old state representative and dues-paying member of the Democratic Socialists of America, has emerged as the frontrunner in Wisconsin’s Democratic gubernatorial primary, a race Republicans believe presents an opportunity to flip the governor&#8217;s mansion. 
Often compared to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Hong has campaigned on a <a href="https://francescahong.com/policy/">Left-wing platform</a> that includes abolishing ICE, imposing a one-year moratorium on data centers, creating government-owned grocery stores, and expanding government-funded childcare and paid family leave.
Hong also supports legalizing marijuana to fund high-speed broadband, creating a state-run development bank, establishing a 32-hour workweek without reducing pay, restoring voting rights to felons, and dramatically reducing the role of prisons and police, as The Daily Wire previously reported.
Hong&#8217;s rise has sparked concern from some establishment Democrats, who worry that nominating a Democratic socialist in a state President Donald Trump carried could improve Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany&#8217;s chances in the general election.  
<a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/governor/democratic-primary/2026/wisconsin">Recent polling</a> shows Hong holding a double-digit lead over established Democrats, including <a href="https://evers.wi.gov/Pages/Newsroom/About_Mandela.aspx">Barnes</a> and Milwaukee County Executive <a href="https://www.crowleyforwi.com/">David Crowley.</a> Crowley briefly suspended his campaign before reviving it two weeks later with the backing of outgoing Democratic Gov. Tony Evers. 
Asked about Barnes&#8217; surprise exit, Evers said he had learned of it only moments earlier. 
&#8220;I heard it about 30 seconds ago. Yeah, surprised,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/mattsmith_news/status/2082899728824508858?s=20">told</a> a local reporter before reaffirming his backing of Crowley. &#8220;He&#8217;s the best candidate running, even if Mandela was in.&#8221;
Wisconsin&#8217;s Democratic primary is set for August 11. The contest is expected to test the strength of Democratic socialist candidates in the industrial Midwest following a string of recent victories in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Denver. 
<a href="https://polymarket.com/event/wisconsin-governor-democratic-primary-winner">Prediction markets</a> overwhelmingly favor Hong to win the primary.

Democratic Senate Candidate Mandela Barnes Campaigns In Milwaukee

A Surprise Exit Leaves Wisconsin Democrats With A DSA Frontrunner

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Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes was relieved of his duties by Mayor Katie Wilson on Wednesday night following the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/family-friendly-festival-turns-into-horrific-nightmare-as-gunmen-open-fire">mass shooting</a> that took place at the Bite of Seattle food festival Sunday night.
FOX 13 Seattle first reported the news after tips from several sources. Scrutiny of the police department intensified after Barnes skipped a briefing held several hours after the shooting.
During a second press conference Monday morning, Barnes informed reporters that he&#8217;d been out of town Sunday to attend the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Conference in Dallas. On Wednesday, Barnes abruptly canceled a media session after a silent vigil for victims, reportedly meeting with the mayor instead. Wilson asked for his resignation.
The mayor’s office has not responded to The Daily Wire’s request for comment.
Although the hourslong delay in the press briefing sparked backlash against Barnes and the department, others have raised concerns about how little time Barnes has spent in the city he is supposed to be serving.
During Monday’s conference, one reporter asked Barnes why he was not in the city during the time of the shooting, citing a <a href="https://publicola.com/2025/07/09/in-first-four-months-seattles-new-police-chief-spent-most-weekends-out-of-town/">report from PubliCola</a> that Barnes spends most of his weekends out of town. In the report, Barnes&#8217; schedule shows almost every Friday afternoon blocked off — either completely blank or titled &#8220;admin block&#8221; or &#8220;travel.&#8221; Barnes was out of town 13 of 18 weekends between February and May, according to the report.
Barnes responded to the reporter, acknowledging he was &#8220;not in town&#8221; the day before the shooting. After the media session, Barnes approached the reporter to confront him.
Some in the community attempted to mobilize against Chief Barnes&#8217; removal before Wilson acted. On Wednesday, The Seattle Medium published &#8220;<a href="https://seattlemedium.com/seattle-groups-support-chief-barnes/">An Open Letter To Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson From the Black Community</a>,&#8221; a request to Mayor Wilson not to fire Barnes. In the piece, Barnes&#8217; termination is deemed the “wrong decision,” and the authors claim it would “disrupt Seattle’s progress in public safety.”
Barnes was appointed chief of police in 2024.
During the investigation into the shooting, police identified 15- and 19-year-old suspects, with authorities on the lookout for a potential third suspect in what police have called “targeted, gang-related” violence. The 19-year-old suspect is among the three dead. Authorities are still investigating the shooting.
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