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More than six months after the Democratic Party suffered major setbacks in the 2024 elections, the party is seeking a path to escape the political wilderness.

Part of that effort includes a recent gathering by top party consultants and donors trying to figure out how Democrats can improve outreach to male and working-class voters.

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President Donald Trump won back control of the White House while Republicans flipped the Senate and defended their fragile House majority in November, and the GOP made gains among Black and Hispanic voters, as well as younger voters – all traditional members of the Democratic Party’s base.

«Everything we’ve done up to this point has resulted in re-electing Donald Trump,» longtime Democratic strategist and communicator Joe Caiazzo told Fox News Digital.

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Then-Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her presidential nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention on Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)

«If anyone tells you that we don’t have to course correct, they don’t know what they’re talking about,» added Caiazzo, a veteran of Sen. Bernie Sanders 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns.

In the face of Trump’s sweeping and controversial moves since his return to the White House in January, an increasingly angered and energized base of Democrats is pushing for party leaders to take a stronger stand in leading the resistance to the president and Republicans.

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The anger directed not only at Trump and Republicans, but also at fellow Democrats, appears to be a factor in the party’s polling woes, with Democratic Party favorable ratings sinking to historic lows.

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Kamala Harris and Joe Biden at the DNC.  (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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In an interview earlier this month on «Fox News Sunday,» Martin highlighted that the party’s focus right now is «squarely on making sure that we stand up for hardworking Americans who are being left behind in this Trump economy.»

A 2024 election DNC postmortem is currently underway, with the findings expected to be issued later this year. However, grabbing the spotlight in recent days was a gathering hosted by the Democrat-aligned super PAC Future Forward at a luxury resort along the California coast.

Among the strategy discussions at the gathering was a $20 million effort titled, «Speaking with American Men: A Strategic Plan.»

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The recommendations of the effort, which is code-named SAM, included having Democrats drop what is described as a «moralizing tone» toward male voters, changing the party’s language used toward men and purchasing more ads on video games as part of male outreach.

Some former key staffers on the 2024 campaign of former President Joe Biden and former Vice President Kamala Harris, who replaced Biden as the party’s nominee last summer, heavily criticized the effort, which was first reported by the New York Times and later confirmed by Fox News.

«Instead of studying working-class voters and men, why doesn’t the Democratic Party donor class go out and meet some? What the hell is this?» James Singer, a spokesman for the 2024 campaign, wrote in a social media post. «As a Democrat, it’s embarrassing.»

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It was a similar message from Ammar Moussa, another veteran Democratic strategist and communicator who worked on the Biden and Harris campaigns.

«This is embarrassing. Truly,» Moussa wrote on X.

Democrats have long had a problem attracting male voters in presidential elections. Trump won the male vote by 12 points over Harris in the 2024 presidential election, and according to the Fox News Voter Analysis, that margin ballooned to 15 points among men 45 and older.

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Fast-forward to this spring, and the Democrats’ ratings stood underwater in the latest Fox News national poll at 41% favorable and 56% unfavorable in a survey conducted April 18-21.

That is an all-time low for the Democrats in Fox News polling, and for the first time in a decade, the party’s standing was lower than that of the GOP, which stood at 44% favorable and 54% unfavorable.

The figures were reversed last summer, when Fox News last asked the party favorability question in one of its surveys.

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The Fox News poll was far from an outlier.

The Democratic Party’s favorable ratings were well in negative territory in a Pew Research national survey – 38% favorable, 60% unfavorable – conducted in early April and at 36% favorable, 60% unfavorable in a Wall Street Journal poll in the field a couple of weeks earlier.

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Additionally, national polls conducted in February by Quinnipiac University and March by CNN and by NBC News also indicated the favorable ratings for the Democratic Party sinking to all-time lows.

However, there is more.

Confidence in the Democratic Party’s congressional leadership also sunk to an all-time low, according to a Gallup poll conducted early last month.

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The confidence rating for Democrats’ leadership in Congress stood at 25% in the survey, which was nine points below the previous low of 34% recorded in 2023.

The semi-annual Harvard Youth Poll, which was released late last month, indicated that approval ratings for Democrats in Congress among Americans aged 18-29 nosedived.

An ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll conducted in mid-April indicated that more respondents trusted Trump (40%) than Democrats in Congress (32%) to handle the nation’s main problems.

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Additionally, a Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted late last month suggested Republicans hold a significant advantage over Democrats on two top issues: the economy and immigration.

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«If Democrats want to be competitive in this country and build lasting majorities in both chambers and be competitive for the White House, we’ve got to broaden the tent,» Caiazzo insisted.

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He lamented that Democrats have «become hyper-focused on a certain set of issues that only speak to a certain set of people while letting the most important issues of the day fall by the wayside. Every single day, Democrats should be focused on how we make things better for working people. And the way we deliver that message has got to meet people where they are.»

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Cómo un novelista debutante de casi 70 años se convirtió en el gran éxito literario del año

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El libro del día

Durante la pasada primavera, comenzó a circular en la industria editorial el rumor sobre “el libro blanco”, una novela autopublicada con una portada llamativa y minimalista que rápidamente se consolidó como uno de los mayores éxitos de ventas del año. Nadie sabía exactamente cómo lo había logrado. tenía una distribución limitada y prácticamente no contaba con campañas de publicidad ni de marketing. Su autor, Allen Levi, vivía solo en 650 hectáreas de terreno familiar -en su mayoría cubierto de pinos- en Georgia, donde cuidaba abejas, mantenía un blog y subía videos musicales caseros. Ese era prácticamente el alcance de su presencia en redes sociales. “Estoy escribiendo un libro y me está volviendo loco”, cantaba Levi, de 69 años, en uno de esos videos. “Estoy escribiendo un libro y estoy perdiendo la cabeza”.

La novela narra la historia de un anciano desconocido, Theo, que un día llega a la pequeña ciudad de Golden. Al ver una serie de retratos dibujados a lápiz en una cafetería local, decide comprarlos todos, con la intención de entregar los 92 dibujos a sus retratados. Al hacerlo, transforma silenciosamente a la comunidad que acaba de conocer. Aunque en las conversaciones Levi suele mencionar a Wendell Berry o David Brooks, su narrativa recuerda a escritores como Paulo Coelho, Matt Haig y Mitch Albom; la novela posee un tono alegórico y luminoso, pensado para inspirar admiración ante los caminos de la vida. Aun así, el autor incluyó un giro argumental final tan duro que, en las presentaciones públicas, los lectores le preguntan insistentemente por él.

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“No quería que alguien interpretara la historia como algo ingenuo o meramente sentimental”, comentó Levi durante una conversación por Zoom este mes.

El propio camino del autor ha tenido algunos giros. Durante 13 años ejerció la abogacía en Columbus, Georgia, luego viajó al extranjero para estudiar literatura escocesa en la Universidad de Edimburgo y después se convirtió en cantautor a tiempo completo, actuando en eventos corporativos y para Young Life, una organización cristiana para jóvenes. Durante un par de décadas, el aeropuerto de Atlanta fue prácticamente su segunda casa. Hacia 2010, cansado de la vida itinerante, redujo sus giras para pasar más tiempo con su hermano enfermo y su padre, un ingeniero forestal de edad avanzada. Por un tiempo incluso regresó al derecho, ocupando brevemente el cargo de juez testamentario en el condado de Harris. Pero cuando terminó su mandato, “no sabía qué haría después”, contó Levi. Una mañana, mientras esperaba en la fila de su cafetería habitual y observaba los retratos expuestos, pensó: ¿No sería divertido si alguien los comprara todos?

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Allen Levi

Compró algunos y, “durante los días y semanas siguientes, los miraba e imaginaba qué historias tratarían de contarme”, relató Levi. De esas reflexiones surgieron los personajes de Kendrick, un conserje de la universidad cercana; Simone, una estudiante de violonchelo; y Ellen, una mujer sin hogar que suele recorrer la plaza pública en bicicleta. Poco a poco, los encuentros de Theo generan amistades profundas y revelan su pasado trágico, así como los motivos de su llegada a Golden.

Escribir canciones siempre le resultó más sencillo, ya que podía cubrir cualquier imperfección con música. Levi no planeaba publicar el manuscrito; terminarlo ya le parecía suficiente. Sin embargo, sus amigos de la universidad, un grupo muy unido que se reúne cada año para recordar viejos tiempos y rezar, lo animaron a compartir el borrador (título provisional: “Había un hombre viejo”). “Le dijimos: ‘Tienes que hacer algo con esto’”, contó uno de ellos, Ben May. “‘No lo vuelvas a guardar en un cajón ni te conformes con haberlo terminado’”.

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Levi contó con la ayuda de su sobrina Aron Ritchie, entonces gerente de proyectos en Alabama, para llevar “Theo” a la publicación en octubre de 2023. Aunque estudió a fondo las particularidades de la autopublicación, optó por una estrategia modesta de promoción. Elaboró una hoja de cálculo con los contactos de Levi a lo largo de las distintas etapas de su vida -infancia, universidad, música, voluntariado en escuelas y en un hogar para niños en acogida-, pidiéndoles que difundieran la noticia. Por las noches, después de acostar a sus hijos, publicaba mensajes en grupos de Facebook desde su teléfono, intentando llegar a clubes de lectura de todo el país. (“Facebook no está muerto”, afirmó Ritchie). Si el grupo estaba cerca, Levi iba a visitarlos personalmente y se reunía con 10 o 20 personas. Cada pocas semanas, Ritchie le preparaba una lista de “almas buenas con las que conectarse”: lectores que enviaban mensajes de agradecimiento, docentes que querían incluir el libro en sus cursos o personas que lo compartían en grupos de apoyo a pacientes con cáncer.

“Theo of Golden” vendió 3,000
“Theo of Golden” vendió 3,000 ejemplares en 2023

“Theo of Golden” vendió 3,000 ejemplares en 2023. En 2024, alcanzó los 25,000. Ritchie esperaba una caída de ventas a principios de 2025 – “octubre, noviembre y diciembre son los mejores meses”-, pero las cifras se mantuvieron. En primavera ocurrió un repunte que aún no logra explicar y de pronto comenzaron a vender mil ejemplares por día. “Nunca sabremos, en esta vida, cómo se conectó todo esto”, dijo ella. Tal vez fue un viejo amigo de Levi empleado en el área de deportes de la Universidad de Alabama: “Hay muchos fanáticos locos del fútbol de Alabama”, sugirió May. O quizá fue un entusiasta de Macon, Georgia, que compró tantas copias que Levi bromeaba diciendo que debía lanzarlas por la ventana de su auto.

El público inicial del libro se concentró en el sur de Estados Unidos y llegó principalmente a través de Facebook, “que es una plataforma usada por personas mayores”, señaló Kate Nintzel, directora editorial de Atria Books, el sello de Simon & Schuster que adquirió los derechos de “Theo” en octubre. “Eso fue clave tanto para el descubrimiento como para la manera en que el libro se lee y conecta”.

El camino de Levi hacia la publicación “tiene una pureza”, opinó Sean deLone, editor de Atria Books, quien describió como muy competitivo el proceso de adquisición de “Theo”: “Todos en la industria sabían que era algo especial”. En sintonía con la personalidad de su autor, el mensaje del libro -acercarse a los desconocidos, pequeños actos de generosidad, encuentros fortuitos sin la mediación de la tecnología- convirtió a los lectores en fervientes recomendadores.

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Allen Levi, vivía solo en 650 hectáreas de terreno familiar en Georgia, donde cuidaba abejas, mantenía un blog y subía videos musicales caseros

Ese mensaje se vuelve abiertamente religioso hacia el final de la novela. Aunque Levi asegura que no pretendía escribir una novela cristiana -de hecho, rechazó la propuesta de una editorial cristiana-, su fe y su obra literaria están ligadas. (Además, citando a Flannery O’Connor, recuerda que el sur sigue siendo una región “acechada por Cristo”). El protagonista, Theo, “quería que las personas experimentaran el amor de Dios y vieran la imagen de Dios en sí mismas, por eso los retratos”, explicó Levi. “Pero para quien no comparta esa perspectiva religiosa, igual puede leerlo como una historia sobre la bondad, y creo que puede tocar su corazón”.

Cuando las editoriales comenzaron a hacer ofertas, Ritchie analizó las cifras y le dijo a su tío que podría ganar más dinero si seguía siendo independiente: “Pero lo que estaba dispuesto a sacrificar era la distribución”. Levi sentía una misión, afirmó ella: “Si alguien lee algo que él ha escrito y eso lo impacta o lo acerca a su Dios, para él eso es un logro”.

La siguiente etapa de esa misión -una secuela centrada en Ellen, un personaje erudito y excéntrico- ha resultado “sumamente difícil, porque ahora hay expectativas”, reconoció Levi. También es difícil porque le ocurrió algo trágico al personaje. Es el reverso del desafío que enfrentó con “Theo”: esta vez, la tristeza “se siente casi opresiva”, admitió con una sonrisa. “Así que estoy tratando de encontrar la manera de equilibrar eso”.

Fuente: The Washington Post

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Fox News Politics Newsletter: House GOP whip calls for revoking citizenship over Minnesota fraud

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House GOP whip urges citizenship revocations tied to Minnesota fraud schemes

The No. 2 Republican in the House of Representatives believes it’s time to deport Somalis who participated in expansive fraud in Minnesota – even if they hold citizenship. 

«I have three words regarding Somalis who have committed fraud against American taxpayers: Send them home,» Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., said in a press release Monday evening.

«If they’re here illegally, deport them immediately; if they’re naturalized citizens, revoke their citizenship and deport them quickly thereafter. If we need to change the law to do that, I will.»…READ MORE.

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Putin residence drone attack dismissed as ‘implausible’ as Ukraine accusations mount

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Escalating claims by Russia that Ukraine tried to hit a residence used by President Vladimir Putin with drones have been dismissed by a top military drone expert, who called the alleged attack «hard to fathom» and tactically implausible.

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Cameron Chell’s comments came as Moscow doubled down on accusations Kyiv has flatly denied, with the drone industry leader arguing the alleged strike announced Monday runs counter to Ukraine’s drone tactics.

Chell, the CEO and co-founder of Draganfly, a drone manufacturer that supplies to the U.S. Department of Defense and allied militaries, including Ukraine, said Russia’s claims lack credibility.

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«What really makes things usually very signature about Ukraine is that they’re always incredibly clever about how they use drones,» Chell told Fox News Digital.

«They are clever from a cost perspective — let’s call it an efficiency perspective — but also very clever in their tactics,» he added.

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«I find it hard to fathom that this drone attack even happened on Putin’s residence or that it was something that Ukraine orchestrated for a number of reasons,» Chell said.

«To get over the top of Putin’s residence, for one, the drones would not have been launched from a very long distance away,» he added.

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Chell’s comments came as Russia doubled down Tuesday on accusations that Ukraine attempted to strike a presidential palace in the Novgorod region using drones, allegedly to disrupt peace efforts.

Kyiv dismissed the allegation, with the timing also raising questions given the upbeat tone of a recent meeting between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Florida.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed late Monday that 91 drones were intercepted en route to Putin’s residence on the shores of Lake Valdai.

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His statement appeared to contradict earlier Defense Ministry tallies, which said 89 drones were shot down over eight regions, including 18 over Novgorod, later adding another 23.

Only after Lavrov spoke did the ministry allege that 49 drones intercepted over Bryansk, nearly 300 miles away, were also targeting Valdai.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed late Monday that 91 drones were intercepted en route to Putin’s residence. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service telegram channel via AP)

Asked about wreckage, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said it was «a matter for our military,» while calling Zelenskyy’s denial and Western skepticism «completely insane.»

Peskov said Russia’s diplomatic stance would be toughened, and Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin vowed there could be «no forgiveness» for Zelenskyy.

Chell said the story simply does not add up. «To attack Putin’s residence, you need long-range, very fast-moving drones,» he said.

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He added that for drones that small to reach such a site, they would have had to be launched from a much closer location, likely inside Russia itself.

«They would have to be within about 10 kilometers [6.2 miles] — or maybe, at most, 30 kilometers — of Putin’s residence,» Chell said.

«That facility where Putin lives would also be incredibly secure, and so to have a number of lower-cost, slower-moving drones coming in on that facility would be very un-Ukrainian,» Chell said.

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Satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows damage from a Ukrainian drone attack at the Belaya Air Base, June 4, in the Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia, Russia. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

«Ukraine also doesn’t announce when they’re going to show up,» he added.

Chell also noted that night operations would rule out GPS- or AI-based navigation due to jamming and visibility limits, making the launch of dozens of drones even less plausible.

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«Apparently the thing was at night, so that’s very difficult for machine vision or AI mapping software,» he said. «So, you know, it definitely wasn’t using GPS, because it would have been jammed. There are just a bunch of things that don’t add up.»

Politically, Chell argued, Ukraine has nothing to gain. «They’re bold, but right in the middle of peace talks — when they need Trump on side — it makes no sense,» he said. «Ukraine is just politically too smart to have done that.»

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Zelenskyy on Monday also called the claim a complete fabrication, accusing Moscow of laying the groundwork for further attacks. 

Lavrov warned of retaliation but said Russia would continue talks with Washington.

Trump also said he learned of the alleged attack directly from Putin and was «very angry about it.» Asked whether there was evidence, Trump replied, «We’ll find out.»

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