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Anonymous ID: 1a1210 May 27, 2026, 7:28 p.m. No.24653156   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3187

The Daily Signal

Victor Davis Hanson: What Did Democrats Not Say in Their 192 Page Autopsy?

 

The Democratic National Committee’s now-released 2024 autopsy came with a few predictable omissions: the New Democratic Party agenda.

Why? Because the Jacobin wing of the party refuses to believe that’s why Democrats lost so decisively in 2024.

They believed that a war on fossil fuels, open-border policies that let in 10 million-plus illegal aliens, allowing men to compete in women’s sports, and the nature of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan were all great policies worth recognition, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.

“So, in conclusion, if the autopsy wanted to be accurate, it would have done this. We lost the 2024 campaign because we had a radical agenda that reflects the Jacobin neo-socialism of the new party. For us to get elected on a national basis, we have to hide that agenda.”

 

4 hours ago May 27, 2026 59,640 views 10:33

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2ql5OINq7E

Anonymous ID: 1a1210 May 27, 2026, 7:34 p.m. No.24653163   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Sean Spicer

Trump's Texas Triumph: The Numbers That Have the Left Terrified

Sean Spicer covers the latest political news, focusing on the recent wins of Donald Trump endorsed candidates in Texas. He welcomes top pollster Jim McLaughlin to break down election polls and competitive Senate races, offering insights into republicans strategies. This episode provides a comprehensive look at Texas news and the broader landscape of US politics.

 

Premiered 4 hours ago 1,128 views 47:37

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhe6sRy8-0g

Anonymous ID: 1a1210 May 27, 2026, 7:39 p.m. No.24653169   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3178 >>3189 >>3253 >>3521 >>3545

Dems cut ties with scandal-plagued Graham Platner, warn of ‘civil war’ in party

 

Top Democratic officials and lawmakers are breaking with Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner as his past blunders and online history stack up.

Platner’s ascendency to the top of the ticket in Vacationland broke with the Democratic establishment in Washington, D.C., and since Maine Gov. Janet Mills exited from the race, questions about whether he is the right choice to take on Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, have exploded.

Much of that is fueled by scandals that have cropped up seemingly week after week, be it a tattoo on his chest of a Nazi symbol or inflammatory posts online.

Some in the Democratic Party warn that it’s spurring a “civil war” between the moderate and left wings of the party.

Melissa DeRosa, former New York Mayor Andrew Cuomo’s chief of staff, told Fox News’ Bret Baier that Platner’s rise and ensuing questions of his fitness as a candidate are demonstrative of the bubbling conflict within the Democratic Party.

“The main race really demonstrates the civil war that’s happening within the Democratic Party, and there are a lot of Democrats, moderate Democrats like myself, who will not cry tears should we lose Maine,” DeRosa said.

“I mean, that would be a pickup to begin with.”

Senate Democrats view Maine as one of the most viable pickup opportunities in the 2026 midterm cycle in their quest to regain control of the upper chamber.

Platner is not the candidate that party bosses wanted, but since jumping into the race last year, he has built a growing national profile that reached new heights earlier this month when he landed on the cover of Time magazine.

Still, his unearthed Reddit posts — ranging from bashing a soldier shot by the Taliban to masturbating in portable toilets — have unleashed fresh scrutiny from both the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and Democrats alike.

“Democrats’ shift from quietly distancing themselves from Platner to openly disavowing him proves his baggage is catching up with him, and Maine voters won’t excuse it,” NRSC spokesperson Bernadette Breslin told Fox News Digital.

“Platner’s deviant, scandal-plagued history is only the beginning of the problems he has ahead.”

And top Democrats in both the House and Senate, including Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., were quiet after being recently pressed by Fox News Digital on their backing of Platner.

Former Biden press office chief of staff Yemisi Egbewole told Fox News’ Bill Melugin that Democrats, particularly those who support Platner, have to answer for his behavior.

“I think when we’re talking about moral clarity and what we want to see from Democrats, I think he is an issue,” Egbewole said.

Platner’s woes on the national stage began when a video of him dancing shirtless began to circulate last year.

On his chest was a tattoo of a skull and crossbones synonymous with Nazi iconography known as a totenkopf, or death’s head.

At the time, Platner said he didn’t know what it was.

“It was not until I started hearing from reporters and D.C. insiders that I realized this tattoo resembled a Nazi symbol,” Platner said.

“I absolutely would not have gone through life having this on my chest if I knew that — and to insinuate that I did is disgusting. I am already planning to get this removed.”

Now, Democrats are more willing to criticize him for the tattoo.

“I find that tattoo and his commentary about it to be personally disqualifying,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., told CNN.

“I hope Maine voters agree with me. I think it would be a mistake for the Democratic Party to think that Graham Platner’s brand of the Democratic Party is what wins us durable majorities throughout this country.”

And Michael LaRosa, former spokesperson for former first lady Jill Biden, lauded Auchincloss for having “actual guts” to call for a better candidate in the race.

When asked if there was a growing issue with antisemitism in his party by CNN, Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said “absolutely,” and singled out Platner as an example.

“I mean, the guy that’s going to win the primary in Maine … has a Nazi tattoo on his chest, and that’s no problem for a lot of voters,” Fetterman said. “So I don’t know why. That’s crazy.”

 

https://nypost.com/2026/05/27/us-news/dems-cut-ties-with-scandal-plagued-graham-platner-warn-of-civil-war-in-party/

Anonymous ID: 1a1210 May 27, 2026, 7:54 p.m. No.24653192   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>24653145

>Trump’s free throw

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>years ago

@ 1:33 mark

 

Fox News

Watters: Trump’s got a HOT hand…

Fox News host Jesse Watters dissects the U.S. Senate primary election in Texas race, President Donald Trump's winning streak and more on ‘Jesse Watters Primetime.

 

1 hour ago 35,707 views 7:01

>https://youtu.be/apjl60Yfw2Y

Anonymous ID: 1a1210 May 27, 2026, 8:58 p.m. No.24653284   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>3285 >>3287 >>3521 >>3545

Iran Is Using Chinese Technology to Restrict Internet Access: Official

Censorship equipment has been imported from China, according to a member of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace.

 

The Chinese communist regime has exported its censorship technology to Iran, according to an official from Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace, as Tehran eyes permanent restrictions in cyberspace that mirror those implemented in China.

The revelation by Mohammad Sarafraz, a member of the council—a state authority responsible for cyberspace policymaking—came as Iran partially reopened its internet after months of near-total blockade.

In an interview with the online news portal Faraz published on May 23, Sarafraz said some council officials believe that the internet should be “permanently” shut off for the public.

They seek a highly controlled digital ecosystem in which only selected users can access the global internet in a limited, controlled manner, according to Sarafraz.

The equipment needed to build the system has been “purchased and imported from China,” he said, without providing further details.

In China, major Western platforms such as Google, YouTube, and WhatsApp, as well as news websites, are blocked across the country. Hundreds of millions of Chinese internet users are forced to rely on websites approved by the communist regime.

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) wields extensive control over cyberspace through a data-based surveillance infrastructure officially called Golden Shield, which was launched by the regime’s Ministry of Public Security in the late 1990s.

In addition to monitoring and filtering online information deemed sensitive by Beijing, the system connects with the security apparatus and can access the state’s database containing every resident’s records, thereby enabling Beijing to track and silence dissidents.

 

Digital Repression

Max Meizlish, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, described Beijing as “a significant partner” in selling censorship and surveillance technologies to “malign actors” such as Tehran, Moscow, and Pyongyang.

Meizlish told Iran International that such a transfer of cyber technology should be viewed through the perspective of human rights abuses and digital repression.

“There’s an argument to be made that this form of censorship constitutes a wide-scale human rights abuse,” Meizlish told the London-based news channel on May 26.

He noted that Iran’s control over internet infrastructures already grants it power over online information. The authorities might be building their own national network to ensure Iranian people can see only what the regime wants them to see, according to Meizlish.

Ehsan Chitsaz, Iran’s deputy communications minister, previously dismissed the idea of fully copying CCP-style internet restrictions as infeasible.

He pointed out that China’s model relies on a vast internet market—something Iran couldn’t replicate, according to RFE/RL, a news agency funded by the U.S. government. At a news conference on May 9, he also warned that a prolonged blockade could pose security risks to the country.

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/iran-is-using-chinese-technology-to-restrict-internet-access-official-6039261

Anonymous ID: 1a1210 May 27, 2026, 8:58 p.m. No.24653285   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>24653284

>…

 

‘Heavily Filtered’

After 88 days of near-total isolation from the world, Iran began to restore some access starting May 26, according to NetBlocks, a cybersecurity watchdog that monitors the global internet. The group called the nationwide shutdown the longest-running in modern history.

“Service remains heavily filtered, with new restrictions on messaging and app stores compared to pre-January,” NetBlocks said in an update on May 27.

The Iranian regime took the internet offline after the U.S.–Israeli military strikes began on Feb. 28. Since then, millions of ordinary citizens have largely been cut off from the online world, although the regime’s officials still appeared on foreign media via online platforms like Zoom.

The Iranian authorities claim the shutdown was necessary to prevent cyberattacks, protect officials from being assassinated, and stop the spread of information they consider harmful to public morals, according to Sarafraz, the former head of Iran’s state broadcaster.

Sarafraz disputed these reasons in the interview with Faraz. He pointed out that severe cyberattacks occurred after they imposed an internet shutdown, and that assassinations of officials have continued amid the joint U.S. and Israeli strikes.

He argued that the destruction of businesses in a country already plagued by heavy sanctions and inflation, along with internet access limited only to the wealthy, posed more psychological harm to society than the potentially harmful content on the internet.

He also criticized the Supreme Council of Cyberspace as a failed model of governance. Established in 2012, the council is responsible for blocking popular online news and communications websites and has used digital technology to spy on and harass journalists and dissidents, according to the United States and the European Union.