10 Reasons the DSA are not the Fringe, but the Heir Apparent

 

The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are collecting election victories across the Country. As they do, certain Establishment Democrats are distancing themselves from the DSA. However, the plain truth is that the DSA is a natural extension of the modern Democrat Party.

Keep in mind that the policies of the DSA include support for the Green New Deal, trans rights, labor rights and union organization, universal childcare, defunding if not the elimination of the police, publicly funded healthcare and antiwar positions. To support all of that, their candidates have vocally supported taxing the rich.

The DSA builds its ranks through community organizing, protests, and its high-profile elected leaders, such as New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, U.S. Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14), and others. Its website asks viewers to “Start your own DSA chapter!”

If all of the above sounds familiar, it is because they are natural extensions, if not actual, mainstream positions of the Democrat Party.

Take a look.

1. The Green New Deal. Support for the Green New Deal is featured prominently on the DSA website. It was public policy during the Biden and Obama Administrations. Nearly every Democrat in Congress supported it. Thus, DSA’s current support of it can hardly be considered extreme among Democrats.
2. Universal healthcare. The DSA supports universal, government-provided healthcare. Thirty years ago, publicly funded healthcare among Democrats was championed by Hillary Clinton. It was known as Hillarycare.(Thank goodness it went down in flames) President Obama advanced that concept with Obamacare. Countless Congressional Democrats support publicly funded universal healthcare today – and not just to U.S. citizens. Leading candidate for the Democratic nomination for President Gavin Newsom gives it to many, including those here illegally. Obviously, the DSA’s current support of universal healthcare can hardly be considered extreme among Democrats. Indeed, the DSA is late to the Democrats’ universal healthcare party.(I call it "Rationed care", once you are a certain age, it sucks to be you.)
3. The Antiwar Party. The DSA is against the war in Iran and Gaza. It is nearly the official position of the Democrat Party to be against the Iran War and Gaza. Since the 1960s, the Democrats have been the anti-war power to one degree or another. Once again, the DSA’s position is either plainly the same or a natural extension of the modern Democrat Party.(I called them apologist for the Soviet Union back in the day, fellow leftist I suppose)
4. The Tax The Rich Party. The Socialists of the DSA support taxing the rich. Meanwhile, the Democrats uniformly demand the rich pay their “fair share.” Biden regularly chanted that mantra, as did Obama, as do Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), AOC and Mamdani — despite the top 10 percent of income earners paying over 75 percent of the federal income tax. Gavin Newsom, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders all support a wealth tax. Sanders nearly won the Democratic nomination in 2020 before it was wrested from him, and Newsom and Warren are considered very mainstream Democrats. Thus, the DSA’s tax position is hardly outside mainstream Democrat thinking.
5. Trans Rights. Support for trans rights is featured prominently on the DSA website. It was the official policy of the Biden and Obama Administrations to advance trans rights and he appointed a trans individual as assistant secretary of health. Gavin Newsom publicly rebuked the recent Supreme Court Decision on trans rights, and California still champions trans rights. Congressional Democrats put forth the Transgender Bill of Rights and the Equality Act and repeatedly voted against Republican bills to protect women’s sports. In other words, and once again, the DSA’s position is in line with most federally elected Democrats.
6. Community Organization and Protests. One strategy of the Democrats is countless public demonstrations, including paid protestors, against all things Trump and ICE. Indeed, the Democrats are the Party of Protests as they were in the 1960s. The DSA follows that model along with Obama’s community organization model and support of Labor issues. 
7. Defund the Police/Open Border. Kamala Harris, the last Democrat nominee for President, supported defunding the police, as have countless Democrat officials across the nation over the last decade. The same can be said of open borders. The DSA’s support of police defunding and open borders is right in line with that thinking.
8. Anti-Israel Position. While not all Congressional or Senate Democrats are anti-Israel, a great many are. According to MS NOW, recent polling showed that “somewhere between 72% and 77% of Democrats believe that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.” A good deal of the anti-Israel, if not antisemitic, sentiment is reflected on the liberal schools' campuses of America, including many a protest. Indeed, DSA candidates often take that sentiment to new heights. Nevertheless, it is a sentiment that resides firmly in the Democrat Party.
9. Anti-American views. Recent polling has found that Democrats’ pride in America has plummeted to historic lows. Mamdani chose July 3rd to sit at George Washington’s desk to express his disdain for America. Other DSA candidates have also expressed intense anti-America views, aligning themselves with Democrats across the Country.
10. Socialism. Finally, a “firm 32% of Democrats indicated they like democratic socialist” politicians, and, “among self-described liberal Democrats, 52% like politicians who identify as democratic socialists," according to a report from the New York Post

"The Iron Fist of Poland"

 Another article about Poland, While Western Europe is coddling migrants, and shanking their own native born citizens, Poland has had a stringent border policy and they have told Brussels to pound sand as have many of the other Eastern European nations especially with immigration issues.  I have seen a lot of social media post where western Europe looks like the 3rd world, Poland and eastern Europe looks clean and orderly and not overrun with 3rd world migrants.  Plus Poland is rearming because they don't trust that Ukraine will prevail against Russia and being under the boots of the Soviets er the Russians in the recent past, they don't want to repeat the experience and they don't trust Western Europe to stand up against the Russians because they get all their energy from the Russians because they have neutered their domestic energy sources because of "Climate Change".

While the traditional powerhouses of Western Europe continue to debate defense budgets and timeline logistics, Poland has spent the last 24 months executing the most aggressive military expansion in the continent's modern history. Warsaw has officially transitioned from a standard participant in regional defense networks into the absolute anchor of the alliance. With a defense budget now approaching five percent of its total gross domestic product, Poland is on a firm trajectory to operate a modern tank fleet that is larger and more lethal than those of the United Kingdom, France, and Germany combined.

By centering its overarching strategy on raw mass, cross-country mobility, and absolute domestic manufacturing sovereignty, Poland is transforming itself from a vulnerable frontline state into the indispensable land shield of Europe.

The Parallel Procurement Track for Strategic Mass

Poland's armored strategy is defined by a simple, staggering target of 1,000 advanced main battle tanks. Through two massive, concurrent procurement pipelines, Warsaw is systematically replacing its entire legacy inventory of Soviet-era tanks with top-tier Western and South Korean platforms.

The military has already integrated more than 130 K2 Black Panther tanks from South Korea alongside a rapidly growing fleet of American-made M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams tanks into its front-line units. When current contracts for 360 K2 units and 366 Abrams platforms are completely fulfilled by the end of the decade, Poland will possess nearly 1,100 modern main battle tanks.

To put this industrial achievement in perspective, the United Kingdom and France currently field fewer than 220 main battle tanks each, while Germany's active tank inventory remains below 300 platforms. This unprecedented buildup effectively shifts the structural center of gravity for European armored warfare away from the Rhine and permanently relocates it to the Vistula River.

The Polonized K2PL and Terrain Mastery

While the initial batches of South Korean tanks served as vital rapid gap-fillers to replace equipment transferred across the border, the true centerpiece of long-term Polish land power is the K2PL, a heavily customized variant of the South Korean design.

Industrial facilities at the ZM Bumar-Labedy plant in Gliwice have finalized the massive tooling upgrades, manufacturing layouts, and intellectual property transfers required for domestic assembly. Full-scale production lines are scheduled to spin up within the next 24 months, with over 500 tailored units destined to be built directly on Polish soil.

The K2PL configuration is specifically modified to absorb the brutal, high-intensity lessons of recent regional conflicts. The upgraded design features reinforced passive armor modules along the hull side skirts, the integration of the Israeli-proven Trophy active protection system to intercept incoming anti-tank guided missiles, and comprehensive, factory-fitted top-attack anti-drone netting.

Furthermore, unlike the 70-ton American Abrams, the K2PL maintains a lower weight profile of approximately 60 tons. This reduced mass, paired with a sophisticated hydropneumatic suspension system that allows the tank to dynamically kneel, rise, or lean in any direction, grants the platform superior gun depression and uncompromised mobility throughout the uneven, marshy, and heavily wooded geography characterizing the critical Suwalki Gap corridor.

Building an Independent Regional Logistics Spine

The Polish military expansion is a total rejection of the fragile, just-in-time logistics frameworks that have severely hampered neighboring European defense structures. Warsaw is investing billions of dollars directly into long-term industrial endurance and self-reliance.

National leadership has designated the current fiscal year as the year of acceleration for the domestic defense industrial base. The primary objective is to ensure that every necessary replacement part, from heavy tank treads and replacement gun barrels to advanced turret microelectronics, can be completely serviced, refurbished, or manufactured from scratch within sovereign Polish borders.

By taking this approach, Poland is successfully positioning its domestic factories to serve as the master regional maintenance, repair, and overhaul hub for all American and South Korean heavy equipment deployed along the alliance's eastern flank. This forward industrial footprint completely eliminates the dangerous logistical lag of waiting for critical components to ship across the Atlantic Ocean or from production facilities in East Asia during a crisis.

This hardware mobilization is reinforced by an equally intensive investment in human capital. Poland is training hundreds of thousands of citizens through comprehensive national readiness programs, ensuring that its massive new armored armada is backed by a resilient population capable of sustained national defense mobilization.

Warsaw is no longer just buying a temporary vehicle fleet; it is permanently building an elite domestic defense competence. Poland has evolved from a country that required external forces to guarantee its survival into the nation that ensures the rest of Europe can rest securely.

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Been super busy

 My Bad ya'll.   I have had real world events keep me real busy, not bad things...but real world things so I didn't really have any time to blog like I wanted to.  I kept wanting to throw up a post then I was off chasing another tangent.....Hey it happens.  I will try to throw up something up later.

The Legacy of "Task Force Smith"

 

I remembered reading about Task Force Smith and how a bunch of "occupation" soldiers with poor equipment got rolled up by the North Koreans.  Since the Korean War it has been canon that there will be "No More Task Force Smith".   I remember us in Europe training hard even though we were in "Peacetime", there always the possibility of going to war and the training came in handy when we got sent to the middle East on a reverse REFORGER.  From the report the units of TF Smith performed as well as any units in U.S. History, the higher up in the chin of command were more to blame than the TF itself, the institute of advanced studies stated that the fault from MacArthur on down gave the task force impossible tasking orders and set them up for failure.  Please read the link at the end of the posting. it is long and really good reading.

Task Force Smith was composed mostly of men under 21 years of age, and before war broke out in Korea on June 25, 1950, its experience involved little more than garrison duty in Japan. Few of its members had been in combat.
The troops of Task Force Smith weren’t unlike most other G.I.s of their day — laid-back, under-trained and perhaps too accustomed to peacetime. Author T.R. Fehrenbach described them as “probably as contented a group of American soldiery as had ever existed.”
“It was not their fault that no one had told them that the real function of an army is to fight, and that a soldier’s destiny — which few escape — is to suffer, and if need be, to die,” wrote Fehrenbach, who was a combat officer in Korea.

Task Force Smith of the 24th Infantry Division arriving at the railway station in Taejon, Korea.

What America needed Task Force Smith to do in the summer of 1950 was blunt North Korea’s rapid southward advance as long as possible. It became the first American unit to meet the North Koreans in ground combat.
“In all American history, no group of soldiers has displayed greater bravery and dedication than the mostly untried members of Task Force Smith,” author Bevin Alexander wrote.
The Formation of Task Force Smith
Task Force Smith consisted of 406 men from the 1st Battalion, 21st Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, and 134 men from Battery A of the 52nd Artillery Battalion.

Map of the Battle of Osan

When the North Korean onslaught began with smashing success, the 24th was the first U.S. division sent to Korea, and Lt. Col. Charles B. Smith’s battalion was in the vanguard. Smith headed to Korea with just two rifle companies, which were under-strength, and some headquarters, communications, and heavy weapons troops.
After a long journey that included travel by plane, truck, and train, Smith’s troops were joined on July 4 in Pyongtaek by the artillerymen of Lt. Col. Miller O. Perry, who brought six 105-millimeter pieces, with 1,200 rounds of ammunition.
The combined infantry/artillery unit was dubbed Task Force Smith. Its men were optimistic heading into battle. They had no idea of the long odds they faced.

Task Force Smith arrives in South Korea.

Task Force Smith Fails to Stop North Korean Tanks
Task Force Smith was trucked 12 miles north from Pyongtaek, moving to a position three miles beyond the village of Osan on July 4. The group dug in on high ground that overlooked the highway and a railroad to the east.
At 7:30 a.m. on July 5, a line of North Korean tanks churned into view, and the Americans let loose with all of the heavy weapons they had, which in the grand scheme of things weren’t much.

A team mans a Bazooka at the Battle of Osan. Members of the 24th Infantry Division, first United States ground units to reach the front, go into action against North Korean forces at the village of Sojong-Ni, near Osan. At right is Private First Class Kenneth Shadrick, who was killed by enemy fire a few moments after this photo was made, thus becoming the first United States soldier to die in the Korean campaign.

While Perry’s artillerymen had a decent supply of high-explosive shells, they possessed only six rounds of armor-piercing ammunition. Smith’s “battalion” could add just two 75-millimeter recoilless rifles and six bazookas. That was not nearly enough firepower to stop the North Korean force of Russian-made T34 tanks, which smashed through Task Force Smith’s position.
Most of the hits scored by the Americans bounced off the T34 armor, and the North Koreans continued south after inflicting 23 casualties, destroying a handful of U.S. vehicles, and knocking out a forward 105 howitzer position. There was a temporary panic among the artillery crews, but it was brought under control well before any enemy infantry arrived.

The T-34 tank was standard armor used by the North Korean Army in 1950 and was also present at Osan.

Task Force Smith Battles North Korean Infantry
An hour after the tanks passed through, the Americans spotted a six-mile column of North Koreans with three more T34 tanks leading the way. Behind them were some 5,000 infantry — two regiments. The North Koreans were unaware of the American positions and were predictably surprised when Smith’s troops opened fire at 11:45 a.m. Trucks exploded, some men fell, and the rest scattered in different directions.
But unlike the tank column that broke through hours earlier, this North Korean force directly engaged the Americans. The Communists began spreading around the flanks. And with their huge numerical superiority — and ample mortar and artillery support — they proved to be an insurmountable force.
Smith ordered his force to withdraw before it was surrounded, and the task was accomplished with great difficulty. The Americans suffered most of their 150 casualties during the retreat. Task Force Smith had delayed the North Koreans for a total of seven hours — at the cost of 20 killed, and 130 wounded or missing.

South Korean sailors in formation in front of the Task Force Smith memorial at Osan

The Legacy of Task Force Smith
Task Force Smith is not a name that is synonymous with triumph in U.S. military annals. To some, it is a symbol of failure and unpreparedness — a model for future generations not to emulate. Task Force Smith did not have enough men, training, supplies, or ammunition when it entered combat, yet somehow it was called upon to perform a monumental task.
Yet it’s difficult to fault the men of the task force, who, under the circumstances, performed better than perhaps anybody had a right to expect. Their fight lasted only hours, but as the U.S. struggled to assemble additional troops in Korea and every hour was critical.
In 2005, a monument to Task Force Smith was erected near the battle site, almost exactly 55 years after the engagement.

    Here is a REPORT that the U.S. Army institute for advanced studies and lessons learned

"The Warmth of Collectivism"

 

From Lenin to Los Angeles : The Roots of Green Social Housing

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The revolutionary of our age speaks in the polished cadence of the managerial class and has mastered the art of laundering the vocabulary of conquest into the vocabulary of compassion.

"Confiscation" now reaches the public as "housing justice." "Expropriation" puts on the friendly costume of "community control."

The seizure of a man's home is offered to a free people under the clinical phrase "decommodifying housing." Every syllable is engineered to slip past the moral reflexes of a nation that would recoil from the thing itself.

The disguise holds no longer. The movement has begun to publish the old word under its own name, plainly and without blush. The euphemism was a phase. The appetite was permanent.

The real question can now be put directly: what becomes of these utopian ideals once they are dragged from the seminar room and enforced by the armed power of the state?

History has already run the experiment and recorded the cost.

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Democratic Socialist legislators in New York press the Social Housing Development Authority, a five-billion-dollar state mega-developer empowered to build, buy, and hold residential property forever. Its advocates promise housing that is "permanently affordable" and "protected from market forces."

The design is acquisition. The authority buys housing with public money, retires it from the market, and holds it in perpetuity. Its champions in the New York City DSA have made the bill the centerpiece of their "House the Future" campaign, part of a "Green Social Housing" strategy carried into the 2026 legislative races.

The program takes its housing by checkbook, and what it takes, it keeps. The tenant gains a landlord he can never escape. The bureaucracy gains a tenant it can never lose.

The Los Angeles DSA writes the ambition into its housing platform: the "decommodification" of housing, the removal of homes from any system that allocates them "on the basis of residents' ability to pay or to generate rent."

The program demands that Los Angeles "expropriate privately owned housing" and explore "the creative use of eminent domain" to draw private homes into public hands.

The slogans promise power to the people. The mechanism delivers the people into the hands of the state.

The socialist keeps an answer ready for this. Your home, he will explain, is merely personal property, and the revolution covets only private property, the kind that yields profit. The distinction belongs to Marx alone. American law disagrees with them.

Your home is private property under the Constitution, deeded, taxed, and shielded by the Fifth Amendment against taking without just compensation, and every courthouse in the land treats it so.

The Marxist category draws the line between use and profit. Rent a spare room and your cottage becomes capital. Inherit a duplex and you join the landlord class.

The line moves at the pleasure of the party that draws it.

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When Lenin and the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917, they reached for Marx's old formula, "the expropriation of the expropriators," and aimed it at the apartment houses of Petrograd and Moscow.

On the twentieth of August, 1918, the All-Russian Central Executive Committee abolished private ownership of urban land outright, along with every city building of consequence.

Lenin claimed that a wealthy apartment was any dwelling where the number of rooms equaled or exceeded the number of residents. The remedy was uplotnenie, or compaction. When a revolutionary committee judged an apartment underused, the state marched strangers across the threshold and packed unrelated families into one home until "equity" was satisfied.

This is how the kommunalka was born, the communal apartment that became the quiet prison of the Soviet citizen. The state owned the walls, the floors, and the air between them, and so trust dissolved.

Neighbors turned informant. Families hung iron padlocks on their kitchen cupboards to guard a single loaf from the household sleeping on the far side of the stove. They wired separate switches for one shared bulb and kept anxious ledgers over a common toilet.

The regime promised community. It delivered a paranoid misery in which human dignity was ground to powder beneath the heel of collective ownership.

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When the state "decommodifies" a home by force, it enacts tyranny and baptizes it as justice. It strips the citizen of the moral agency God gave him and supplants the sanctifying labor of voluntary charity with the cold machinery of seizure.

In that act the state climbs onto a throne that belongs to God alone, declaring itself the final provider and the supreme landlord.

True housing justice will forever lie beyond the graveyard of twentieth-century tyranny. A flourishing civilization rests upon free men and women, rooted in their communities, governing their own property as faithful stewards, bound to one another by love freely given.

A home is a hearth, an altar, and an inheritance. The collectivist sees a filing cabinet for human capital, a unit to be assigned and reassigned at the pleasure of a committee.

The socialist housing dream is a blueprint for theft, a rebellion against the natural law, and an assault on the family. We must refuse it with every ounce of our strength.

Deus Vult.

- Marcus Sterling