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The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) praised “comrade” Britney Spears after she posted a quote that called on people to virtually connect “during this time of isolation” and learn to “feed each other, re-distribute wealth,” and “strike.”

The open borders vote by the DSA — whose members include Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Rashida Tlaib — spotlights the left’s emotional shift from economic solidarity with blue-collar Americans towards a political alliance with migrant foreign graduates and laborers.

Democratic Socialist organizations are reportedly training their young members to avoid the word “socialism” when recruiting due to the stigma surrounding the word.

Wheeler’s hands-off policy when it comes to Antifa came under scrutiny on Saturday after journalist Ngo was assaulted by masked assailants.

There has been a rash of instances of the “tolerant” left lashing out and mistreating Trump’s immediate family, members of his administration, and those merely associated by ideology. Here are a few instances.

The Marxist magazine in which the founder of #RedforEd declared that community organizing “must be embraced” by teachers unions, is now claiming the end of the recent teachers strike in Oakland, California, proves that “educators … have recognized their class enemies.”

A leftist claiming to be a political science major told conservative student members of TPUSA at the University of Colorado Denver on Wednesday that “communism is the future” and that the conservative students were “fascists” who will one day be “put in re-education camps.”

Teachers on strike in Los Angeles attempted to stop non-union substitutes from arriving at the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools on Thursday morning, as the local union continued its strike into a fourth day.

The Los Angeles branch of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has joined the ongoing strike by the local teachers’ union, turning out to support picket lines and to hurl abuse at “scabs” hired by the school district.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became an overnight sensation when she unseated longtime New York House Democrat Joe Crowley, but now she is causing tension in the establishment wing of the party and some are seeking ways to put a damper on her anti-establishment agenda.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) were dealt blows this week after failing to secure seats on powerful House committees despite a push from progressive groups.

Socialism is becoming more normalized among Americans who identify as Democrats, according to a recent poll, as their approval of capitalism falls at the same time.

Dina Rubio writes in The SunSentinal about the ascendancy of Socialism in the Democratic Party today and offers a cautionary tale from her own personal history growing up under the Sandanistas in Nicaragua.

The New York Times recently published a snippy attack on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, portraying him as a single-minded zealot pursuing crackpot ideas that were putting the Trump administration “on track to lose in court and prompting high-level departures.” 

Allison Hrabar, the career paralegal caught on a Project Veritas video sting on the “Deep State” that was released last week, is no longer with the Department of Justice, a DOJ source confirmed to Breitbart News.

In the latest installment of Project Veritas’ undercover video series into the “Deep State,” a U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) employee admits to breaking agency rules and being a member of the Metro DC Democratic Socialists of America. 

The U.S. Department of Justice said on Wednesday it would look into alleged “misuse of government resources to advance personal interests” in response to a video from James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas purporting to expose “deep state” federal employees.

The State Department is reportedly looking into Stuart Karaffa, an employee caught on video discussing his work for the DSA during work hours.

A Democratic socialist candidate running for state Senate in New York is being challenged by her mother and her brother over details she shared publicly about her upbringing.

Radio host Michael Knowles argued on Fox News this week that the Democratic Socialists of America are trying to take over American schools because they can’t win a “fair fight.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic Party’s newest sensation, kicked off a series of fundraisers in Los Angeles Thursday and Friday, co-hosting events with Occupy ICE L.A. and the Democratic Socialists of America while shunning establishment donors.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will speak on Tuesday at a California fundraiser where people who want to attend will pay $2,700 for a seat.

The focus on “promises of free everything,” is a losing strategy for the Democrat party, according to pollster Ken O’Brien. 

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she wants a carbon tax and trillions in government spending to create a “renewable energy economy.”

Inside a bar in West Virginia, a group of socialists gathered to share with the taxpayer-funded leftwing National Public Radio (NPR) what the new face of the Democratic Party looks like.

NEW YORK — Legendary comic Jackie Mason panned Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as “ignorant” over her anti-Israel comments and “to the left” of Russian President Vladimir Putin because of her domestic platform.

Seven open-borders activists were arrested after trying to disrupt a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) processing facility Monday night in South Florida while another group of leftists picketed the company that owns the facility for being “profiteers.”

The former president and CEO of Planned Parenthood said the recent victory of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over Rep. Joe Crowley in New York proves, “The future is Latina.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign website does not readily mention the Democratic Socialists of America. But the socialist organization played a major role in fueling her victory in last week’s Democratic primary in New York.

NEW YORK — The win by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Democratic Party primary for New York’s 14th Congressional district serves as a milestone victory for the DSA, which long sought to infiltrate Democratic politics and push the party far leftwards.

Four Democrat candidates backed by a socialist organization won their primary elections for the Pennsylvania state house on Tuesday evening.

(New York) Doug Jones, the Democratic candidate for December’s Senate special election in Alabama, took a leading role in an effort by a far-left legal group massively funded by billionaire George Soros to immediately grant full voting rights nationwide to felons, including those convicted of murder, raped other violent crimes.

Membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has tripled since Donald Trump’s election in November to over 19,000 paying members, a report from the Los Angeles Times has revealed.

With little fanfare and almost no news media attention, some of the same radical groups involved in shutting down Donald Trump’s Chicago rally last week are plotting a mass civil disobedience movement to begin next month.

One of the radical groups that helped to shut down Donald Trump’s Chicago rally has long maintained a close relationship with Sen. Bernie Sanders.