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Democrats no longer have the No. 1 weapon to keep their socialist wing in line

DNC is broke and relying on outside groups for midterm help while socialist candidates win races

By Tom Del Beccaro Fox News

Published August 10, 2026 5:00am EDT

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Price tag grows on Mamdani’s democratic socialist agenda

Fox News national correspondent Bryan Llenas reports on critics targeting New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for his economic policy and anti-Israel rhetoric on ‘America Reports.’

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American politics is an ever-changing game of power and big money. For the modern Democrat Party, that means being challenged and sometimes eclipsed by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) – and there is little to nothing the Democrat Party can do about its rise.

The United States has had many political parties in its history. They include everything from the Federalists (1789) and the Whig Party (1830) to the Libertarian Party (1971) and the Green Party (2001).

The current Democrat Party (1828) is the longest reigning major political party in American History.

SOCIALISM’S RISE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOW THREATENS THE AMERICAN DREAM

The role of the many lesser-known parties in American history has been to chasten the then-dominant parties and/or to champion particular issues – such as the Greenback Party (1874), which fought for paper money in the late 1800s. While that Greenback Party is no more, paper money has replaced gold as the dominant American currency.

Unearthed comments by New York City Democratic Socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani show he wanted the government to seize luxury condos to house the homeless........

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