COLUMNISTS_ Is 'Communist' No Longer a Slur? ( Victor Davis Hanson - TOWNHALL )

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Is 'Communist' No Longer a Slur?

Victor Davis Hanson
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It is not difficult, these days, to see the neo-communist flipside of "Democratic Socialists" — once they find power.

Indeed, the more the ossified Democratic Party claims that its growing cadre of socialist renegades are not really socialists, the more they act like — and even appear comfortable being called — communists.

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OP-EDS_ Democratic socialism is a lie — it’s just communism with better branding ( Cliff Hearron - WASHINGTON EXAMINER )

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Democratic socialism is a lie — it’s just communism with better branding

By Cliff Hearron
Published August 6, 2026 11:00am ET

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This message is a desperate WAKE-UP CALL for the average American voter. For far too long, a great number of good folks, who try to live a prosperous, peaceful, and happy way of life (like we used to do in this country), have not learned how to choose the correct candidate to vote for. And a good many eligible citizens don’t even vote!

Either way, because of our resultant confusion (maybe our lack of interest) in who to vote for and why, we don’t see or understand the issues and their impact as clearly as we should to be good voting citizens. To ensure our way of life, all of us must study the candidates and vote knowledgeably.

There are many reasons to study the candidates carefully and to vote responsibly. Let me explain one extremely important factor to consider for the next series of elections. Don’t fall into the trap being set for us by the new Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). They are new on the scene, and they are easily distinguished by the terms “Socialist” or “Democratic Socialists of America” or “DSA” on most of their banners. You see them and their many signs every day as they proliferate across television, social media, the entertainment industry, and throughout the streets of America. But the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are not your run-of-the-mill Democrats, and they are not likely Socialists! The Democratic Socialists of America are, by my definition, communists!

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US_ Trump signs executive orders to curb birthright citizenship and ‘birth tourism’ ( Naomi Lim - WASHINGTON EXAMINER )

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Trump signs executive orders to curb birthright citizenship and ‘birth tourism’

By Naomi Lim
Published August 6, 2026 5:28pm ET | Updated August 6, 2026 5:28pm ET

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President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday trying to restrict birthright citizenship and so-called “birth tourism.”

“We had a very unfortunate decision in the Supreme Court concerning birthright,” Trump told reporters on Thursday at the White House. “So we’re making adjustments because it’s very unfair.”

Trump criticized people who are “building businesses” around birthright citizenship, arguing it was introduced after the Civil War to ensure the children of slaves were considered citizens.

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US_ Trump says it’s ‘way too early to even be thinking about’ endorsing JD Vance for 2028 ( Christian Datoc - WASHINGTON EXAMINER )

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Trump says it’s ‘way too early to even be thinking about’ endorsing JD Vance for 2028

By Christian Datoc
Published August 6, 2026 4:38pm ET | Updated August 6, 2026 4:40pm ET

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President Donald Trump pushed back on reports that he’s told GOP donors that Vice President JD Vance is his preferred successor in 2028.

Reporters asked Trump whether he was publicly advocating a Vance run during an Oval Office event on ending birthright citizenship on Thursday.

“I heard about it a little while ago,” Trump said. “I think he’s great, but we’re way too early to even be thinking about that”

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OPINION_ 'Vocabulary of Equity' Doesn't Teach Children to Read ( Michael Levine - NEWSMAX )

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OPINION

'Vocabulary of Equity' Doesn't Teach Children to Read

(Mquirk/Dreamstime.com)

By Michael Levine
Thursday, 06 August 2026 11:00 AM EDT
Current | Bio | Archive

The Golden State Discovers Noble Intentions on Don't Teach a Child to Read

There is an old and enduring truth that civilized societies ignore at their peril: evidence has no political affiliation.

It simply exists.

One may debate it, question it, reinterpret it, or seek additional context.

But to pretend it does not exist — particularly when it appears repeatedly and unmistakably — is to embark upon a journey of national self-destruction.

California, blessed with extraordinary natural beauty, staggering wealth, and some of the best-known universities on earth, has spent much of the past decade behaving like a civilization determined to squander its inheritance.

It is a tragedy not because decline is inevitable, but because it is entirely avoidable.

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OPINION_ Let's Defend All America Stands For - While There's Still Time ( Michael Hurd - NEWSMAX )

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OPINION

Let's Defend All America Stands For - While There's Still Time

Then-New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (C) holds hands with Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., (L) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. at the end of a campaign rally in Queens, New York City on Oct. 26, 2025. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

By Michael Hurd
Thursday, 06 August 2026 06:05 AM EDT
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President Donald Trump comparatively recently declared, on Truth Social, "America the Beautiful will NEVER be a Communist Country!!!"

While this sounds encouraging, taking a step back it's actually horrifying that a U.S. president even needs to say this.

In 1950, 1980, or even in 2005 - it would have been outright unthinkable.

But now we see communists openly revealing and shouting their views, then winning primaries and elections in New York, Los Angeles, D.C., Seattle, parts of Colorado, Michigan; Portland, Oregon, and Maine - as well as in a growing number of places . . . right here in the United States.

If we aren't concerned about this, we should be.

Actually we should be alarmed.

Are you at all concerned about the impact of even one unfortunate election giving national power back to Democrats?

You should be.

Why?

An appreciable number now uphold and adopt communist political platforms.

Yes friends, communism is already here, in America.

Once it's in elected office, it's not leaving.

The condition of American cities helps clarify this point for us. The open homelessness and drug addiction, the excused crime, the defunded and demoralized police, the sanctuary for "migrant" felons, the elimination of the middle class — is classic communism.

"Democratic Socialism" – it’s nothing more than left wing sloganeering employed to seduce an increainsgly uninformed and gullible electorate.

Let's turn our attention to the recent Los Angeles mayoral race.

Today's American communists are worse than the Soviets could ever hope to be.

They seek to obliterate Jews, first politically, then literally.

Now, consider greater New York City, with the city threatening to seize private property as well as seeking to take over the food supply.

Will sharia law be offered as a bonus, next?

This sin;t civilization, it's a nightmare in the making, and concurrently spreading, much like a malignancy in the remnants of what used to be humankind's greatest civilization.

America may never be a communist country, President Trump.

But its big cities, and some entire states, already are.

"This is a time to rediscover the indomitable spirit that built our country and all that will ensure America always remains the most exceptional nation on the face of the Earth,” said President Trump in a recent speech.

I share the sentiment.

But . . . the rediscovery President Trump speaks of won't happen without a massive intellectual and psychological reversal in the minds of many Americans.

Today, millions observe the wealth and prosperity of America, but only see what's missing.

They have no clue what made all the prosperity and technology possible. They only wonder why it's not easier to get "free stuff" without having to work for it or contribute to society.

This "chip on the shoulder" psychology makes millions of modern Americans (especially young ones) vulnerable to the toxic, yet seductive, snake-oil of socialism.

Let;s not delude ourselves, as we stand, socialism is the way of the future, not because it’s right or deliver plenty, but simply because annoyed and resentful people have been relentlessly propagandized into thinking there is no alternative.

You cannot talk people out of their resentment.

You cannot shame people into rational thought. In fact, the resentful and envious are the ones who shame the ones they think are better off — blaming "racism," "stolen land," insensitivity to the transgendered, climate change, and a plethora of other ridiculous, irrelevant adopted justifications.

Growing numbers of our fellow citizens are failing to see that the very things they're abandoning: capitalism, economic freedom, the moral code of individualism, etc. — are in fact the fundamental bedrock of wealth, prosperity, and innovation. 

Yet they feel entitled to them, through no exertion on their part! 

On our present course, the catastrophe will - for upcoming generations - not only be economic and political, but crushingly psychological.

As a result the psychiatric industry will be unable to fix it.

Why?

Because it's a spiritual calamity in the deepest, most human sense.

Prior to the advent of Barack Obama and his allies, America was doing great.

But we cannot survive the onslaught of collectivism and statism, especially in blue states.

This writer remains unsure who's doing more damage: The people who applaud, tolerate or support the growing totalitarianism in our country; or the equally foolish people (often conservatives, even MAGA types) who espouse, "It can’t happen here. God won’t let it. Trump won’t let it. Pray, and all will be well."

But it is happening all around us. Self-delusion, minimization and denial are not a pathway to victory. Facts are facts, and facts can neither be wished nor prayed away.

Read the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Here's what you won't find in those Founding documents:

* Socialism
* Free healthcare
* Free college tuition
* Free sex changes
* Guaranteed outcomes
* Government-mandated happiness 
* "Affordability."
* "Social and racial justice"

What you will find are the rights of the individual, and the duty of a government to protect those individual rights.

That's it. That's everything. The answer is simple. It's called freedom, which can only mean the answer to our present political crisis has been there all along.

Let's get to work defending our nation

. . .

While there's still time.

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US_ Fauci faces new legal trouble as Florida attorney general issues subpoena ( Stephen Dinan - THE WASHINGTON TIMES )

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Fauci faces new legal trouble as Florida attorney general issues subpoena

Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 29, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert) more >

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Wednesday, August 5, 2026

What to know
* Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to Dr. Anthony Fauci.
* The subpoena seeks documents about Fauci's financial awards during the pandemic.
* Fauci applied for over $1 million in awards in 2021, using government resources.

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said Wednesday he has issued a subpoena to Dr. Anthony Fauci compelling him to turn over documents detailing his focus on winning financial awards, even as the country was facing the coronavirus pandemic. 

Mr. Uthmeier is working in conjunction with several attorneys general from other GOP-led states. They said they want to explore whether Dr. Fauci misled the country about his activities during the pandemic.

The major focus is the revelation by a U.S. Senate committee that Dr. Fauci applied for more than $1 million in awards in 2021, and appears to have used government resources in crafting the applications.

“Government officials have a certain level of immunity in their official capacities, but if Fauci personally profited off of the ’guidance’ he issued, that very well could have broken Florida law,” Mr. Uthmeier said. “While Fauci was pushing for book deals, awards, and fortune and fame, Floridians were being deceived and harmed by his misrepresentations.”

The subpoenas could create new legal jeopardy for Dr. Fauci, who for decades ran the infectious diseases unit at the National Institutes of Health and became the face of U.S. efforts to combat the coronavirus.

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US_ Rep. Mills to Newsmax: Senate Must 'Get Off Their Butt,' Vote on SAVE America Act ( By Theodore Bunker - NEWSMAX )

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Rep. Mills to Newsmax: Senate Must 'Get Off Their Butt,' Vote on SAVE America Act

By Theodore Bunker | Tuesday, 04 August 2026 12:07 PM EDT


Rep. Cory Mills, R-Fla., urged Senate Republican leaders Tuesday to delay the chamber's August recess and force a vote on sweeping election legislation, arguing on Newsmax that senators should be required to publicly declare whether they support stricter voter identification requirements.

Mills, a member of the House Foreign Affairs and Armed Services committees, criticized the Senate during an interview with "National Report" for failing to advance the SAVE America Act after the House approved the measure earlier this year.

"So the Senate needs to get off their butt and start doing their jobs," Mills said.

He added, "And I think that all the senators who signed up for the no recess in August until we pass the Save America Act, those are the patriots that we need to be getting behind and supporting, and those are the ones we need to be looking at for leadership in the future."

The House passed the bill 218-213 in February, largely along party lines.

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US_ Handcuffs or Bust: Rand Paul Cranks Legal Heat on Fauci Up to Eleven ( Teri Christoph - REDSTATE )

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Handcuffs or Bust: Rand Paul Cranks Legal Heat on Fauci Up to Eleven

By Teri Christoph | 7:35 PM on August 04, 2026

The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com

AP Photo/Allison Robbert


Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) started Tuesday off by teasing the coming markup of contempt charges against Anthony Fauci, and ended it by sharing those charges with the world.

In his resolution, Paul set out his formal case for Fauci to be referred to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal contempt charges. This comes after Fauci pleaded the Fifth over 100 times during his July 29 (non)testimony before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which is chaired by Sen. Paul.

The resolution begins:

Authorizing the President of the Senate to certify the report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate regarding the refusal of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci to answer questions pertinent to the subject under inquiry before the Committee as required by Committee subpoena.

The crux of Paul's argument for criminal charges being levied against Fauci can be broken into two parts.

In the first, he argues that President Biden's pardon nixed Fauci's excuse for not answering questions at the hearing and didn't cover questions being asked within the scope of the pardon. Because the pardon covers potential federal offenses committed between January 1, 2014 and January 19, 2025 – as related to Fauci's government service – Paul ruled that Fauci could not reasonably claim that answering questions would expose him to federal prosecution.

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US_ Senate Confirms Trump Pick for CDC Director ( Zachary Stieber - THE EPOCH TIMES )

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Senate Confirms Trump Pick for CDC Director

Dr. Erica Schwartz will become the top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Dr. Erica Schwartz, nominee for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 15, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
8/5/2026|Updated: 8/5/2026


The Senate on Aug. 5 confirmed President Donald Trump’s latest nominee for director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC, a public health agency that aims to protect Americans from diseases, has about 12,000 employees.

Fifty-one senators voted to confirm Dr. Erica Schwartz to the position, compared with 43 who voted no. 

All of the yes votes came from Republicans apart from Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.). All of the no votes came from Democrats or independents who caucus with Democrats. 

Six senators, including Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), missed the vote.

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