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Follow The Money: Florida Subpoenas DSA Over Cuban, Chinese Cash Days After Socialist Election Sweep

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Tuesday issued an investigative subpoena to the Democratic Socialists of America, saying his office is examining whether DSA accepted contributions or support “from foreign sources of concern, including the regimes in Cuba and China,” and whether its fundraising from Florida donors has been “fully transparent and lawful.”

In a video announcing the probe, Uthmeier said the subpoena was issued under Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act and the state’s laws on the solicitation of funds. It covers “recent DSA delegations to Cuba, where national leaders and national political committee members met with Cuban government officials, as well as a delegation to China,” he said, along with travel fund solicitations that “sought tens of thousands of dollars to cover costs for those trips and related activities involving Florida chapters.”

Uthmeier’s office has not alleged that DSA actually took foreign money, and he said the subpoena “seeks the documents needed to determine compliance.” The law he is leaning on is SB 700, signed in May 2025, which bars charities and fundraisers soliciting in Florida from accepting contributions from people tied to “foreign countries of concern,” a list that includes Cuba and China. Knowing and willful violations carry criminal penalties, according to a Holland & Knight summary of the law. “We will not allow foreign adversaries to influence Florida through the back door of nonprofit fundraising,” Uthmeier said.

A national DSA spokesperson told the Florida Phoenix that the group is “aware of the situation” and has “no comment at this time.”

The subpoena landed a week after DSA-backed Democrat Ashley Herrmann ousted Republican incumbent Danny Alvarez in state House District 69 in Hillsborough County, which Creative Loafing called the first Democratic Socialist elected in Florida.

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Here’s What Democratic Socialism Would Really Cost Americans

here is a powerful appeal to the promise of government-provided health care and other social programs without premiums, deductibles, or copays. But there are questions that politicians promoting Democratic socialism rarely answer, specifically, what will it actually cost and how will we pay for it? If we want to understand what these promises mean for middle-income families, we need to look beyond the sales pitch and examine the numbers.

Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan senator-elect, recently said of universal health care: “it is guaranteed health insurance from cradle to the moment you pass away. It comes without premiums or co-pay for deductions. It guarantees you care when you need it. This is a level of security we have never known in the United States.”

Any country that has adopted some version of national health care proves it does not work as the advocates promise. In fact, it is paid for through substantial taxes, requires some fees and co-pays, and means long waits for many of the medical procedures.

What would Democratic socialists’ programs cost and how would they be paid for? Advocates will argue that taxing the rich can pay for these programs. However, studies have repeatedly shown that the additional revenue from taxing high-income earners would fall far short of covering the costs. Even substantially higher taxes on the wealthy cannot close a funding gap of this magnitude, leaving middle- and lower-income taxpayers to shoulder much of the burden.

The U.S. is not paying for the programs it already has. For fiscal year 2026, federal spending was $7.4 trillion and revenue was $5.4 trillion, leaving a deficit of $2 trillion. To pay for our current expenses solely through increased revenue would require an increase of approximately 37 percent in taxes; doing so solely through spending cuts would require roughly a 27 percent decrease in spending. Adding the Democratic socialist programs would add a minimum of $8 trillion annually to spending, according to a Cato Institute study, and require a 166 percent increase in overall taxes to pay for all of the current and new programs.

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The rise of hipster ‘Democratic Socialists’

Disinformation. Managed opposition. Suppression of truth, facts, and history. These are some of the staples of the field manual of the latest installment of alleged ‘democratic socialists’ in our time.

Bloodthirsty, disingenuous, and carnivorous are also fine words to describe the latest embodiment of socialism for mentally and emotionally damaged people.

Hipster socialism, circa 2026, is replete with contradictions. Ironies abound with the so-called democratic socialism that Bernie Sanders, other millionaires, and opportunists profess.

Making a lucrative career for oneself by calling for the government to redistribute the wealth of people who work for a living is opportunistic and thieving. Albeit preying and profitable, democratic socialism is deemed for ‘the people.’ Globalists know that it would be a mistake to call their power-grab anything else. This is the lie that hooks the unsuspecting – people who are ripe for being used by globalists. Classic socialism/communism refers to these hapless people as useful idiots.

In the estimation of socialists, being for the people and for ‘democracy’ makes the self-serving ends of socialism justify the means. The violence that socialists and communists have wrought on the world, radical ideological despots contend, is acceptable because they are ‘democratic’ and for the people.

Socialism’s concept of the people is a vague abstraction that serves multiple purposes. When will people learn? When schools return to teaching the truth of socialism/communism.

Alleged socialists like Obama, Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and their ilk who enter politics leave office as millionaires. Why is that? How is that for irony?

Another contradiction and irony of socialism that can only gain traction with illiterate college graduates and people who crawl out of high school is that socialism already controls American life, culture, and economic reality.

Americans cannot take a deep breath without being bombarded with vague and abstract notions of sex, gender, race, class, ‘the environment,’ and rich and poor. Through indoctrination in schools, disinformation, and the suppression of truth, Americans are coerced into accepting social-political mendacity that goes against the hard and biting truths of human reality. This is the crux of the alleged explosion of mental illness today. This is also a testament to the power of indoctrination and brainwashing.

Social engineers of hatred and resentment have built the scaffolding of late postmodern socialism. Just don’t tell the latte-sipping, electric vehicle-driving denizens of hipster socialism. These people are conditioned by globalist masterminds who, like James Bond villains, hide behind the scenes.

Socialism in its many varieties has controlled the world from the start of the twentieth century. Its stealth portal and entry into Western culture and civilization have been liberalism.

Socialism/communism has been called many things: the New Deal, Fabian Socialism, Christian Social Democrats, Greens, Democratic Socialism, the Welfare State, Nannyism, Internationalism, Globalism, and a slew of other self-serving names. The result is always the same: power-grab and control of people by radical ideologue elites.

One reason that socialism can successfully infiltrate all aspects of life in late postmodernity is because socialism is predatory; socialism scavenges off capitalism.

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Texas Republican Cites Little-Known Rule That Could Stop DSA Radicals From Being Sworn Into Congress

Texas Republican Rep. Keith Self believes he knows a way to keep DSA radicals from being sworn in to Congress, if they win their races. He should reach out to Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee, who is also looking into this.

Rep. Self believes these candidates cannot swear an oath to protect and defend the Constitution because their own platform describes their desire to destroy it.

How can they swear to protect something that they want to destroy?

FOX News reports:

Little-known rule could stop socialists from being sworn into Congress

A little-known congressional maneuver could block members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) from being sworn in as members of the House of Representatives next year, even if they win their elections on Tuesday.

Members-elect must swear an oath to uphold the Constitution before they can become full members of the House. At the beginning of a new Congress, that oath is typically taken en masse by all 435 members, led by the House speaker.

But an argument circulating in conservative circles posits that any member-elect can challenge another member-elect’s right to be sworn in, provided they have compiled evidence that that person would not uphold their oath. That would then lead to House-wide deliberations followed by a vote on whether that member-elect has a right to be sworn in.

In the case of DSA members, one potential argument could be the group’s platform calling to scrap the current U.S. Constitution and draft a new one. Several DSA members and self-proclaimed democratic socialists have already won primaries across the country.

Rep. Keith Self, R-Texas, suggested to Fox News Digital that he could invoke the maneuver.

“You cannot swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution while actively working to destroy it. The oath of office is not just words you say at a ceremony. It is a belief. It is an oath to our country and our fellow countrymen,” Self told Fox News Digital.

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Cautionary Tale: Pittsburgh Is What the Country Will Look Like Under DSA Rule

The City of Pittsburgh and the county in which it is located are fast becoming a major hub for the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). On October 20, Allegheny County became the first county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to adopt paid parental leave for employees.

The controversial policy forces employers to foot the bill for both parents of newborn babies to receive three months of paid time off. In Allegheny County, not only must employers pay the wages of non-working personnel for up to 12 weeks, but they must also pay for temporary, part-time, or full-time personnel to cover for employees on leave.

In other states that have such policies, they did not place the entire burden on the employer. In California, employees fund the policy 100% through employee payroll tax contributions, managed through the State Disability Insurance program. In Colorado, employers and employees split the funding 50/50. Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Minnesota have similar arrangements. In New Jersey, employees cover 100% of the funding through Family Leave Insurance. And in New York, the policy is 100% employee-funded through payroll deduction, along with insurance coverage that employers buy.

But in Pittsburgh, county leaders joyfully defied public outcry over the proposed totally employer-funded program, as they stuck it to large and small organizations, not just private industry.

Card-carrying members of the DSA infest county government, starting at the top with County Executive Sara Innamorato, who has an ally in Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.), a junior varsity member of “The Squad” in Congress.

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Gavin Newsom Caught on Hidden Camera Saying the DSA is the Future of the Democrat Party

California Governor Gavin Newsom was recently caught on a hidden camera, calling the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) the future of the Democrat Party, saying that it will be mainstream and the party’s dominant force.

Bear in mind, other Democrat leaders have been dismissing the radicalism of the DSA for months now, repeating a talking point about they are a ‘big tent’ party with room for these types of candidates.

Gavin’s remarks are very enlightening.

Townhall has the exchange in the video:

California Gov. Gavin Newsom gave unvarnished thoughts to an undercover journalist about the future of the Democrat Party recently, and believes the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is “going to be the dominant” force, spotlighting the fissure in the party that is only going to grow heading into the 2028 presidential election.

“I am a younger voter, and a lot of us, we want to see the Democrat Party move forward,” the person in the video obtained exclusively by Townhall said to Newsom. “You know, we don’t want Kamala Harris,” she continued, referring to the failed 2024 presidential candidate and would-be 2028 Newsom rival.

“We want, you know, more, I guess, democratic socialist policies. Where do you see the Democratic Party going?”

“No one is arguing to manage the status quo and fail more efficiently,” Newsom responded.

“So the DSA, the energy and the desire and demand for bold change, not incremental change, is very much going to be dominant. I mean, that’s going to be a mainstream democratic movement. Absolutely. No question about that,” the California governor said in the video.

“You can’t play in the margins anymore. The whole– the system’s broken. It’s completely unbalanced, and we can’t manage the decline. We have to completely reimagine.”

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AOC’s ‘Tax the Rich’ Campaign Spent About $47K on 45 Luxury Hotel Stays

Democratic Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s re-election campaign has spent roughly $47,000 on 45 hotel stays nationwide since April, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

The spending, reviewed by the New York Post, includes multiple charges at properties rated luxury, upscale, or upper-upscale while the far-left congresswoman continues to attack wealth and “the oligarchy.”

The largest bill was $5,044 at The Memphian, a boutique hotel in Memphis that features spa services and an animal-themed rooftop bar.

The campaign also paid $2,694 and $1,599 at The Candler Hotel in Atlanta, a four-star historic property with an acclaimed restaurant, and $2,274 at The Talbott in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. Rooms at these hotels typically run from roughly $130 to $600 per night depending on the property and date.

Additional charges include $530.46 at the Thompson Central Park hotel in Manhattan, where rooms can reach $1,852 a night, and $318 at the Hyatt Seville NoMad.

The campaign also splurged for luxury transportation, including more than $1,400 to the chauffeur service BlackLane and hundreds more to other car services.

Despite her “Eat the Rich” persona, Ocasio-Cortez clearly enjoys the perks of wealth.

In 2025, AOC’s campaign spent approximately $53,500 on luxury and boutique hotels, including thousands at properties in Puerto Rico around the time she attended a Bad Bunny concert and posted about gentrification on the island.

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“Big Tent” Backfires: Dem Rep Claims DSA Sent Her White Powder And Warned Of Impending “Civil War”

U.S. Rep. Hillary Scholten (D-Grand Rapids) is getting a taste of what happens when her “big tent” party fails to curb far-left extremism within its own ranks and is consumed by Marxist revolutionaries from the Democratic Socialists of America.

Here’s what Scholten claims:

Today, I received a threatening letter at my Grand Rapids, Michigan office that contained unidentified white powder. The letter, which claimed to be from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), made a direct and specific reference to an impending “civil war” beginning after the election.

The letter sent to my office is similar to those received at other congressional offices across the country. The DSA has not yet addressed the attacks, either to condemn them or to take or deny responsibility. The Grand Rapids Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) responded immediately.

Threats and extremism are not signs of strength—they are signs of a weak mind and weak character. Political intimidation has no place in our democracy, and leaders must condemn it, not excuse it. I’ll keep standing up to bullies on the right and the left.

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Former Socialist Congressional Candidate Arrested For Threatening People Who Don’t Vote For Angie Nixon: “I’m Going to Cut Your F*cking Head Off”

Elijah Manley, the former Socialist-Democrat candidate in Florida, was arrested for threatening to behead people if they don’t vote for Democrat Senate candidate Angie Nixon.

Recall that Elijah Manley, an anti-ICE activist, previously lashed out at his opponent Democrat Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz for running in a majority black district.

“I think, for sure, it was a bad move by the congresswoman to run in this district. It was selfish and all about her, her career, and not about the community. She failed to do any meaningful dialogue with the community before announcing her run, and it comes off as a hostile takeover of the district,” said Elijah Manley, a 27-year-old Black Democrat and progressive organizer running against her in the primary.

Over the summer, Elijah Manley threatened to behead people if they don’t vote for Communist Florida Senate Candidate Angie Nixon.

“Every democrat needs to get behind the democratic nominee for Senate. Anybody not doing that, I promise you I’m going to cut your f*cking head off,” Elijah Manley wrote on Facebook.

“Any of you that don’t support Angie Nixon. I promise you I will make your life a living hell to the very end,” he said.

Elijah Manley turned himself in to Broward County authorities this weekend.

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DSA Congressional Candidate and State Rep. Chris Rabb Says He’s Against Incarceration — Except for ‘Lawless MAGA Thugs’

Pennsylvania state Rep. Chris Rabb, a Democratic Socialists of America member running for Congress, told leftist podcaster Wajahat Ali this week that he opposes mass incarceration as morally wrong and bad policy, then stated that he wants to make an exception for locking up “lawless MAGA thugs.”

Rabb also used profanity while referring to supporters of President Donald Trump.

“I’m a decarceration person,” Rabb began.

“I believe the country that represents 5% of the world population but 25% of the people put in cages is morally wrong. It’s also bad policy, but I will make an exception for all of those f—ers who are lawless MAGA thugs, who have destroyed lives and communities. Lock all of those f-ckers up. I know that seems a little hypocritical of me being on the left and being anti-incarceration, but lock those f-ckers up.”

He immediately doubled down, saying, “I hope you all will forgive me in my, perhaps, weakness. It’s not vengefulness, but right is right. We should have a level playing field. If there are moms who are going to jail because they changed what school district they are in so that their kids could get a better education, and they get locked up, you better believe a Jared Kushner should be experiencing some jail time. So, if that makes me a conservative, gosh, but we need to send a message.”

Rabb also called for Congress to impeach and subpoena people “who are destroying what’s left of our fragile democracy.”

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