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On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1863, American Civil War: The New York City draft riots begin three days of rioting which will later be regarded as the worst in United States history. In 1922, Anker Jørgensen, Danish trade union leader and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Denmark (died 2016) was born. In 1950, Ma Ying-jeou, Hong Kong-Taiwanese commander and politician, 12th President of the Republic of China was born. In 1962, In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics. In 1973, Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1977, New York City: Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24 hours that leads to widespread fires and looting. In 1981, Martin Hurson Irish Republican Hunger Striker passed away. In 2000, Jan Karski, Polish-American activist and academic (born 1914) passed away. In 2006, Red Buttons, American actor (born 1919) passed away. In 2024, President of the United States Donald Trump is injured in an assassination attempt while speaking at an election campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

Red scare by the red: Trump and Republicans test anti-communist message for midterm elections

Times of India

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July 8, 2026

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Red scare by the red: Trump and Republicans test anti-communist message for midterm elections
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The Hill

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· Jun 29, 2026

Leavitt: Midterms a choice 'between communism and common sense'

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday described the upcoming midterm elections as a choice between communism and common sense following a string of recent progressive wins in Democratic primaries. “I know the president and many Americans are extremely concerned [about] how far left the Democrat party is moving,” Leavitt said in an interview...

ArcaMax

lean right

· Jul 1, 2026

Democratic socialists' primary wins give Trump new midterms attack lines

WASHINGTON — Victories in some Democratic primaries by far-left candidates have given President Donald Trump a new campaign-trail boogeyman amid his low poll numbers: communism. “It’s becoming a communist party. These are not social ‘...

Loonie Politics

Unknown

· Jul 2, 2026

Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They’re communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party’s ascendant left are communists who want to “completely destroy the traditional American way of [] The post Trump and Republicans return to communist attacks against Democrats ahead of the midterm elections appeared first on Loonie Politics.

Fortune

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· Jul 2, 2026

Trump trots out the C-word — communism — not getting the memo that capitalism has been largely discredited with Gen Z

President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They’re communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party’s ascendant left are communists who want to “completely destroy the traditional American way of life” and even engage in assassinations. []

Coffman Chronicle

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· Jun 27, 2026

Trump Targets Democrats as ‘Godless Communists’ After New York Progressive Wins

President Donald Trump is testing a new midterm message that casts Democrats as “godless communists,” using recent progressive primary wins in New York as evidence that the party is moving sharply left.

PolitiFact

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· Jul 9, 2026

What Trump’s communism claims miss about Democrats and democratic socialists

Trump wrongly equates the Democratic Party with communism

Hot Air

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· Jul 1, 2026

'Red Scare?' You DO Know What Happens in EVERY Communist Country, Don't You?

'Red Scare?' You DO Know What Happens in EVERY Communist Country, Don't You?

Modern Diplomacy

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· Jul 8, 2026

Is Trump’s Anti-Communist Push the GOP’s New Midterm Strategy?

With just months until the U.S. midterm elections, President Donald Trump is increasingly framing the contest as a battle against what he describes as the growing influence of socialism and communism within the Democratic Party. The messaging follows a series of victories by progressive and democratic socialist candidates in Democratic primaries across states including New [] The post Is Trump’s Anti-Communist Push the GOP’s New Midterm Strategy? appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.

MS NOW

lean left

· Jul 9, 2026

Republicans lean into anti-Asian racism ahead of midterms

Like clockwork, some conservatives are resorting to anti-Asian rhetoric as the GOP faces a potential shellacking in November. The post Republicans lean into anti-Asian racism ahead of midterms appeared first on MS NOW.

Sky News Australia

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· Jun 29, 2026

Trump warns of rising communist threat after socialist primary wins in New York

Fox News contributor Paul Mauro reacts to US President Donald Trump’s warning of a rising communist threat following major socialist primary wins in New York. “The idea that communism would not only return in some form here domestically but be so attractive to young people who really don’t seem to understand the history of it is really disconcerting,” Mr Mauro told Sky News host Danica De Giorgio. “This distinction that’s often drawn between the Democratic socialists and communists is an artificial one. If you listen to what they’re saying, they are communists. “I do think he [Donald Trump] is right to call attention to it … because at the end of the day, history shows it just doesn’t work.”

Lawyers, Guns & Money

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· Jun 22, 2026

I’m no longer a Republican, I am a proud independent (who votes a straight Republican Party line in every election)

I wonder how many people are going to fall for this one: Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson says he’s “out” of the Republican Party moving forward, arguing the GOP no longer reflects his views. Why it matters: The public split underscores growing fractures inside the broad MAGA coalition President Trump built, as his Iran war and handling of the economy continue to divide Republicans. What [] The post I’m no longer a Republican, I am a proud independent (who votes a straight Republican Party line in every election) appeared first on Lawyers, Guns Money.

CNN

lean left

· Jul 5, 2026

Trump slams communism in July Fourth remarks

President Donald Trump mentioned his disdain for communism multiple times in his July Fourth speech. His comments are the latest in a series of public attacks on the ideology after democratic socialists have won in Democratic primaries across the country. #cnn #news #trump

South China Morning Post

lean left

· Jul 3, 2026

Carlson’s split with Republicans to deepen rifts in US right, Chinese think tank says

High-profile conservative commentator Tucker Carlson’s split with President Donald Trump and the Republican Party will jeopardise the party’s prospects in the US midterm elections and intensify the quarrel over its identity and direction, according to an official Chinese think tank. The former Fox News host has repeatedly expressed his dissatisfaction with the current administration, in particular its decision to go to war with Iran. In an interview with the Columbia Journalism Review published...

Jewish News Syndicate

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· Jul 8, 2026

Rising Democratic Socialists are not just anti-Zionist, but anti-American

Today’s emerging ultra-left candidates do nothing to disguise their support of Marxist values.

Crooks and Liars

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· Jun 23, 2026

Firebrand Who Helped Build MAGA Sees 'Collapse Under Its Own Weight' Coming

A former MAGA firebrand who helped build the movement now says it's going to collapse under its own weight. Pedro Gonzalez, a writer and former New Right activist who broke with Trump, made the prediction in a Vox piece published Monday by journalist Zack Beauchamp. When your movement revolves around taboo-breaking and boundary-stepping, but then you decide there are some boundaries that are worth respecting, it's a joke, Gonzalez told Beauchamp. It's going to fail. It's going to collapse under its own weight. Gonzalez is among a growing number of conservatives who helped fuel MAGA's rise and are now alarmed by where it has gone. Axios reported in April that MAGA's most powerful media voices turned against Trump over the Iran war. Joe Rogan called it insane, based on what he ran on and said supporters feel betrayed. Trump cast Tucker Carlson out of the movement entirely. read more

Raw Story

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· Jul 11, 2026

Trump throws tantrum over ‘loud and unattractive people’ in latest rant against communism

In his latest attack on communism, President Donald Trump lashed out Saturday at “loud and unattractive people” who he said were allowing the Democratic Party to be steered toward the left.“The Radical Left Lunatics, often referred to as Dumocrats, have lost control of their Party,” Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social. “They are being led by loud and unattractive people who have totally lost their way. Hopefully, they will fight back, and not let this sick, Communist ideology, take over America!”Trump has increasingly referenced communism in recent weeks following a string of electoral victories in Democratic primary elections by self-proclaimed democratic socialists. Critics have accused Trump of focusing on communism as a tool to distract Americans from his administration’s failures to adequately address the issue of affordability.

Salon

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· Jun 27, 2026

“I’d be the greatest communist in history”: Trump tells evangelicals

President pivots from joking about communism to warning evangelical voters about godless communists Democrats

Independent Journal Review

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· Jul 7, 2026

Is Communism On The Rise?

The debate over communism has returned to the center of American politics, not as a distant history lesson, but as a warning about where some leaders believe the country could be headed. For many Americans, communism is not just an economic theory. It is tied to memories of the Cold War, Soviet spying, religious persecution, []

NPR News

lean left

· Jun 23, 2026

Tension builds between Trump and Senate Republicans, putting GOP agenda on the line

Divides over what GOP priorities should be ahead of this fall's midterm elections are testing the relationship between President Trump and Senate Republicans.

Foreign Policy Journal

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· Jul 6, 2026

Heritage Foundation Expert Warns Socialist Wave Could Put “Communists In Double Digits” In Congress

Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation who fled communist Cuba in the 1970s, is sounding the alarm over what he calls a dangerous political shift accelerating across the United States. Gonzalez told Fox News Digital that the socialist “threat is real now,” arguing that the trend represents a fundamental transformation of American [] The post Heritage Foundation Expert Warns Socialist Wave Could Put “Communists In Double Digits” In Congress appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.

Conservative Review

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· Jul 1, 2026

Axios Says The Problem With Democrats’ Embrace Of Communism Is Republicans Noticing

As socialists continue to win primaries across the country, the propaganda press is falsely claiming that Republicans are reviving the “Red Scare” in a bid to shield the Democrat Party from the consequences of its explicit embrace of communism. “GOP reboots the Red Scare as young Democrats embrace socialism,” a headline from Axios’ Avery Lotz []

Twitchy

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· Jul 1, 2026

Axios: GOP Reboots the Red Scare as Young Voters Embrace Socialism

Axios: GOP Reboots the Red Scare as Young Voters Embrace Socialism

Drudge Retort

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· Jul 5, 2026

'Communist Menace in Our Land' is Trump's New Rally Cry

Ahead of his planned speech on the National Mall, the president framed the upcoming midterm elections as a battle against communism.

Vanguard News

lean left

· Jun 26, 2026

Trump blasts ‘godless’ Democrats in incendiary speech to evangelicals

US President Donald Trump accused the Democratic left of being hardcore, godless communists in a divisive, politicized speech Friday full of falsehoods about his perceived foes as he addressed evangelicals at a right-wing Christian conference. The post Trump blasts ‘godless’ Democrats in incendiary speech to evangelicals appeared first on Vanguard News.

Al Jazeera

lean left

· Jun 26, 2026

After progressive US primary wins, Trump takes aim at ‘godless communists’

Trump has repeatedly conflated democratic socialists and communists; no communist are running on the Democratic ticket.

Tampa Free Press

right

· Jul 4, 2026

Left-Wing Or Just Plain Out Of Touch? Gingrich Warns Radical Wave Could Total The Dem Party

An increasingly radical wing of socialist candidates is pushing the Democratic Party toward a historic collapse, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich warned during an appearance on FOX News’ Hannity. The television segment opened with host Sean Hannity tracking what he described as an unpredictable and unprecedented midterm landscape, claiming that no major political party has [] Left-Wing Or Just Plain Out Of Touch? Gingrich Warns Radical Wave Could Total The Dem Party

Real Clear Politics

lean right

· Jun 27, 2026

Democrats Divided?

Friday, June 26th on RealClearPolitics - Joined by RCP Senior Elections Analyst Sean Trende: 00:00 Is Socialism Mainstream? 14:11 Trump's Head of USPS on Mai...

Brisbane Times

center

· Jun 27, 2026

Trump returns to scene of DC shooting, sets out his aggressive election plan

The US president says communism is spreading through the Democratic Party “like an uncontrollable form of cancer”, calling it “the greatest threat to our country since its founding”.

Washington Examiner

lean right

· Jun 27, 2026

How socialists took over the Democratic Party

Democrats may be looking at a different kind of red wave this year based on Tuesday night’s primary results, a throwback to when the color red signified not the Republican Party, but socialism. A trio of socialist primary victories in New York City, when left-wing candidates backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani defeated establishment Democrats, is []

RedState

right

· Jul 10, 2026

The 'Trumpapalooza' Midterm Convention Will Be a Very Different Beast Than the Democrats' Past Versions

The 'Trumpapalooza' Midterm Convention Will Be a Very Different Beast Than the Democrats' Past Versions

The Daily Wire

right

· Jun 23, 2026

The Political Divorce Everyone Saw Coming

Tucker Carlson says he no longer supports the Republican Party. That’s the same as Nick Fuentes, Candace Owens, and Marjorie Taylor Greene. For a long time, I’ve been talking about ideological borders for conservatives, because words have meanings and political movements must have borders. It turns out these “Republicans” are self-deporting, which is a good ...

Drudge Report

right

· Jul 5, 2026

Scorching midterm election poll that shows blue wave cresting...

Scorching midterm election poll that shows blue wave cresting... (First column, 6th story, link) Related stories:Zombie Congress Threatens Republican Agenda... Drudge Report Feed needs your support! Become a Patron

Legal Insurrection

right

· Jun 27, 2026

The ‘Moderate’ Left’s Campaign to Distance Themselves From Their Socialist Wing Isn’t Going Well

“They should not be the face of our party. We need to be organized and clear in our vision.” The post The ‘Moderate’ Left’s Campaign to Distance Themselves From Their Socialist Wing Isn’t Going Well first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.

The Daily Signal

lean right

· Jul 5, 2026

The Socialist Wave Isn’t About Trump—It’s the Democratic Party’s Reality

This year has seen socialists make their furthest inroads into “mainstream” American politics than any time since the early 20th century. Even though this is clearly a phenomenon manifesting itself within the Democrat Party, more than a few media commentators have incorrectly attempted to tie this socialist red wave to President Donald Trump. A recent...

Eschaton

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· Jun 29, 2026

"One Crazy Lefty"

If one is all it takes to ruin your cunning political strategy, I do not think it is so cunning. The reaction from Democratic leaders this week was mixed, at best. Some regard Mamdani not as a saviour, but an existential threat. Centrists warn of electoral suicide, fearing that a leftward lurch will doom their chances in swing states in November’s US midterm elections. For Third Way, a centrist Democratic thinktank in the tradition of Bill Clinton, the New York results were a disaster. Matt Bennett, its executive vice-president of public affairs, said: “It’s a bummer, and it’s a problem – not because there’s any danger of losing those districts to Republicans, but because those kinds of candidates and their ideas and rhetoric can be weaponised against Democrats running in tough races. We’ve seen this before, with ‘Defund the police’, and we’re worried about it happening again.” The concern was echoed by Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman turned Democrat and Trump critic. He warned: “Democrats have given Republicans a huge fucking gift. Republicans will do what I used to do: one crazy lefty says ‘defund the police’, and then Republicans and conservative media tag the whole party with ‘defund the police’. They’re gonna try to make the whole party out to be crazy, America-hating, democratic socialists and, to a degree, it’ll work.”

Tucker Carlson

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· Jun 21, 2026

This Will Have You Totally Rethinking Politics Forever...

Watch more here: https://www.youtube.com/@TuckerCarlson/featured

POLITICO - Politics

lean left

· Jul 11, 2026

Progressives think they've found a way around their old social media posts

Left-wing candidates are betting voters care more about economic populism than old posts calling to defund the police. Republicans are salivating.

BingNews

center

· Jul 1, 2026

Midterms : 15 ans après les Républicains, les Démocrates sont à leur tour confrontés à une rébellion à la Tea Party

À l’approche des élections de mi-mandat (Midterms), le Parti démocrate américain traverse une crise de sédition interne qui rappelle, par ses dynamiques de pouvoir, la révolte du Tea Party républicain ...

The Young Turks

lean left

· Jun 25, 2026

Tucker Carlson: Iran War Is The END Of Trump And MAGA

Tucker Carlson is warning that the Iran war could mark the end of MAGA as a political movement, even as Senate Republicans quietly walk back a rebuke of Donald Trump’s handling of the conflict. Meanwhile, a proposed Turkish arms sale is setting up a showdown between Trump and Congress, while a pro-Israel commentator sparked outrage by claiming Holocaust survivor Gabor Maté is not a “real” survivor because he was an infant during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. Elsewhere, James Carville is melting down over progressive victories in Democratic primaries, declaring he is “done” with the party, while new economic data shows core inflation rose to 3.4% in May—the highest level since October 2023 and above the Federal Reserve’s target. SUBSCRIBE today ☞ https://go.tyt.com/subscribetoday Become a Member to Support Our Work: https://go.tyt.com/membership

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