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How our ‘new’ Democratic Party is really a blast from the Jacobin past

For the past century, the agendas of the Democratic Party were predictable: They professed concern for working Americans and supported blue-collar unions.

Unemployment insurance, a 40-hour workweek, disability insurance and Social Security were their trademarks — achieved by growing government bureaucracies and continually raising taxes.

Still, many Democrats were socially conservative.

They deplored antisemitism.

Party officials had rejected their own segregationists to champion civil rights.

Presidents like Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy all supported strong defense and military deterrence.

Virginia’s gerrymander flop leaves Democrats frustrated — and dangerous

Why Ketanji Brown Jackson is hell-bent on destroying the Supreme Court

As furious redistricting battles continue, we reveal Republican plan to add 14 seats following last week’s Supreme Court ruling

All that is now passé.

The only vestigial Democrat left in Congress is Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, roundly despised by Democratic leaders.

Today, supporting Israel and calling for campuses to stop their institutionalized antisemitism is Democratic political suicide.

Forty years ago, any Democrat with a Nazi tattoo would be political toast; today, he can become the party’s nominee for the Maine Senate race.

That means the current Democratic Party is no longer truly democratic at all.

Democrats’ leftist takeover is complete with Graham Platner’s rise in Maine US Senate race

Its new spirit and methods resemble........

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