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Mamdani’s far-left allies aim to primary Hakeem Jeffries and other NYC House Democrats

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Zohran Mamdani’s democratic socialist allies may be eyeing primary challenges next year against some congressional Democrats in New York City, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
But a senior political advisor to Jeffries is promising that anyone who tries to oust the top Democrat in the House in next year’s primaries will face a «forceful and unrelenting» response.
Mamdani, the 33-year-old Ugandan-born democratic socialist assemblyman from Queens, sent political shock waves across the country with a convincing victory two weeks ago over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and nine other candidates in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary. And Mamdani took a big step toward becoming New York City’s first Muslim mayor.
In the wake of Mamdani’s primary victory last month, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) highlighted that «this movement is bigger than one person, election, city, or organization.»
MAMDANI POLITICAL TSUNAMI SWAMPS DEMOCRATS AS PARTY SEARCHES FOR PATH FORWARD
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is surrounded by supporters after a press conference with union leaders in New York City, U.S., July 2, 2025. REUTERS/David ‘Dee’ Delgado (David ‘Dee’ Delgado/Reuters)
«We encourage all people inspired by the Zohran campaign to join their local DSA or YDSA chapter and get involved so we can continue to fight alongside Zohran and DSA elected officials across the country to create the future we all deserve,» they added in a statement.
Fast-forward to today, and DSA leaders are apparently mulling running primary challengers against Jeffries as well as other House Democrats whose districts are in New York City, including Reps. Ritchie Torres, Jerry Nadler, Dan Goldman and Yvette Clarke.
THE PLOT TO STOP MAMDANI: DEMOCRATS SCRAMBLE TO PREVENT FAR-LEFT TAKEOVER IN NYC
Jeffries, who two years ago succeeded longtime House Democratic leader and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, has been criticized by some of New York City’s far-left leaders as a moderate and establishment Democrat.
«His leadership has left a vacuum that organizations like DSA are filling. I think that is more important right now,» New York City’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter co-chair Gustavo Gordillo told CNN.
Democratic socialist state Sen. Jabari Brisport, whose district includes some of the same areas of Brooklyn as Jeffries House district, argued in a statement to Fox News that the longtime congressman is «rapidly growing out of touch with an insurgent and growing progressive base within his own district that he should pay more attention to.»

Democratic socialist allies of Zohran Mamdani are considering mounting a primary challenge next year against Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of New York, the House Democratic Leader. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
Democratic strategist Andre Richardson, a top Jeffries political advisor, pointed to the sweeping and controversial moves by President Donald Trump during the opening months of his second tour of duty in the White House, and said, «Leader Hakeem Jeffries is focused on taking back the House from the MAGA extremists who just ripped health care away from millions of Americans.»
Richardson also warned in a statement to CNN that if those on the left mount a primary challenge against Jeffries, «our response will be forceful and unrelenting. We will teach them and all of their incumbents a painful lesson on June 23, 2026.»
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Jeffries, when asked about a potential primary challenge in an interview Wednesday with CNN, responded that he had «no idea what these people are talking about.»
And Jeffries said he’s focusing «on pushing back against the extremism that has been unleashed on the American people.»
Jeffries, Gov. Kathy Hochul, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and some other top Democratic elected officials in New York have praised Mamdani’s campaign. And while they’ve defended him from Trump’s attacks, they have refrained, as of now, from endorsing the Democratic mayoral nominee.
Mamdani surged to a primary victory thanks to an energetic campaign that put a major focus on affordability and New York City’s high cost of living.
He made smart use of social media platforms, including TikTok, as he engaged low-propensity voters. He proposed eliminating fares to ride New York City’s vast bus system, making CUNY (City University of New York) «tuition-free,» freezing rents on municipal housing, offering «free childcare» for children up to age 5, and setting up government-run grocery stores.
Thanks in part to the efforts of a massive grassroots army of volunteers, Mamdani rode a wave of support from younger and progressive voters to catapult into first place over Cuomo, who had been the primary frontrunner.
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«I think it’s clear that voters are prioritizing action over inaction, and not just incremental change but broad sweeping change,» veteran Democratic strategist Joe Caiazzo told Fox News Digital, when asked about what Mamdani’s victory means for the party.
And Caiazzo, a veteran of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2016 and 2020 presidential campaigns, said one reason for Mamdani’s victory was that he tirelessly met «voters where they are.»
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Haití declaró el estado de emergencia en tres departamentos del país ante el recrudecimiento de la violencia pandillera

El gobierno de transición de Haití decretó este sábado el estado de emergencia en los departamentos de Oeste, Artibonito y Centro, en respuesta a un repunte significativo de la violencia criminal durante el segundo trimestre de 2025. Según datos oficiales y la Oficina de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, al menos 1.500 personas han muerto y 600 han resultado heridas en el periodo señalado, mientras que más de 620 han sido secuestradas y al menos 239.000 ciudadanos han abandonado sus hogares a causa de la inseguridad.
La decisión, anunciada oficialmente por el Ejecutivo de transición, señala que tiene como objetivo “continuar la lucha contra la inseguridad y responder a la crisis agrícola y alimentaria”, y busca otorgar mayores medios y tiempo a las autoridades para restituir la seguridad y la paz en el territorio nacional.
La violencia de las pandillas se ha desplazado progresivamente desde la capital, Puerto Príncipe, hacia la región centro y en especial al departamento de Artibonito, el mayor del país y conocido como el “granero” nacional. El gobierno subraya las “consecuencias negativas de la violencia para la vida de los ciudadanos y para los sectores de actividad del país”. La región, fundamental para la producción de arroz, ha experimentado ataques que han forzado a los agricultores a abandonar sus campos y a desplazarse, situación que ha agravado la crisis agrícola y alimentaria nacional, según la ONU.
A finales de abril, decenas de personas se vieron obligadas a cruzar a pie y a nado el río más grande de Haití, en un esfuerzo por huir de la actividad de los grupos armados. Las autoridades describen una escalada de la violencia, con asesinatos sistemáticos, secuestros y desplazamientos masivos.
El viernes, la administración interina designó a André Jonas Vladimir Paraison como nuevo director general interino de la Policía Nacional de Haití (PNH), en reemplazo de Normil Rameau. Paraison fue jefe de seguridad del Palacio Nacional durante seis años y estuvo presente como agente policial durante el asesinato del presidente Jovenel Moïse en julio de 2021. La misión de Paraison es establecer un clima de seguridad que posibilite la celebración de elecciones previstas para febrero de 2026.
Paraison recalcó, en presencia del primer ministro Alix Didier Fils-Aime y el nuevo presidente del Consejo Presidencial de Transición (CPT), Laurent Saint-Cyr, la necesidad de “un gran plan de desarrollo para la PNH” y de “coherencia entre el plan nacional de desarrollo y el plan de seguridad de la Policía para ofrecer mejores resultados a la población”.

En la actualidad, las bandas armadas controlan hasta el 90% de la región metropolitana de Puerto Príncipe y han instalado controles en las carreteras hacia el interior del país.
Saint-Cyr instó al nuevo jefe policial a tomar “todas las medidas necesarias para restablecer la seguridad”, intensificar las operaciones en todos los frentes y liberar gradualmente los territorios ocupados por las bandas.
A pesar de la presencia de un contingente internacional liderado por Kenia y respaldado por la ONU, las operaciones para restablecer el orden han logrado algunos avances en la capital, pero no han conseguido contener la multiplicación de actividades de las pandillas en otras zonas. El Consejo Presidencial de Transición, establecido el año pasado, tiene como meta pacificar el país y organizar las primeras elecciones en una década.
La nueva estrategia del gobierno de transición tiene como prioridad restaurar la seguridad y responder lo antes posible a la emergencia alimentaria y humanitaria, con la expectativa de crear condiciones estables que permitan el proceso electoral y el retorno paulatino de los desplazados internos a sus comunidades de origen.
(Con información de AP, EFE y EP)
Crime,South America / Central America,KENSCOFF
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Local entrepreneur sounds alarm on local leaders over viral street attack: ‘Democrat monopoly’

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CINCINNATI, OHIO – Southwest Ohio residents are expressing outrage at local leadership after a viral street fight in their backyard that captured the nation’s attention. One resident, a local political activist, told Fox News Digital a «Democrat monopoly» is partially to blame.
The Saturday night violence in downtown Cincinnati on July 26, which left a woman knocked unconscious on the street at the hands of a male assailant, was the result of a city that wasn’t «prepared» due to political ideology, Price Hill native Adam Koehler told Fox News Digital. He added that the response to the fight was «not leadership.»
«Leadership comes out and says, ‘Hey, we’ve got a problem. Here’s my solution to fix it,’» Koehler said. «But instead, they want to be cowardly and hide the fact that crime is actually happening.»
Cincinnati’s mayor and other local officials have faced heated criticism in recent days over the perception they are not taking crime seriously. One elected Democrat, Councilwoman Victoria Parks, posted on social media saying that the victims of the fight «begged for that beatdown.»
CINCINNATI MAN WHO LOST EYE IN UNSOLVED RANDOM BEATING SAYS CRIME ‘OUT OF CONTROL’ AFTER BRUTAL VIRAL ASSAULT
Fox News Digital spoke to Cincinnati resident Adam Koehler about crime in the city. (Fox News Digital)
«This is a Democrat monopoly they’ve got here,» Koehler, an entrepreneur and former candidate for Hamilton County commissioner, told Fox News Digital. «So, I mean they can just pretty much do whatever they want. And a lot of that kind of rhetoric is excused, right? It’s, you know, past injustices and you know now I feel like I can say whatever I want and it’s excused. And luckily there are some city council members that denounced the words that Victoria Parks said, which is great, but you’ve got other people that just want to stoke the flames.»
Holly, the woman brutally knocked out and bruised in the attack, told Fox News this week she is yet to receive a phone call from the mayor or top officials «just apologizing for what happened and for letting these thugs and criminals run the streets when they should have been in jail to begin with.»
Koehler told Fox News Digital that Democrats running the city «have an agenda» and «want to look a certain way» and «ignore the problem.»
«It’s a lot of these ideologies that come out of the universities, right?» Koehler said. «Every generation thinks they figured something out about crime and they’re soft-hearted people, they wanted to do things, but, you know, policies like what Giuliani did in New York, those kind of things work.»
CINCINNATI POLICE CHIEF SAYS OUT OF 100 PEOPLE WATCHING AND RECORDING VIOLENT ATTACK, ONLY 1 CALLED 911

(L-R) Jermaine Matthews, Dominique Kittle, DeKyra Vernon, Montianez Merriweather and Patrick Rosemond are facing various charges for their alleged roles in the viral beatdown in Cincinnati, Ohio, on July 26, 2025. (Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office; Fulton County Sheriff’s Office; Jay Black)
Koehler, who was speaking to Fox News Digital outside a GOP gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy town hall event on Cincinnati’s west side, said figures like Ramaswamy, Sen. Bernie Moreno, and Ohio native VP JD Vance are reasons to be optimistic about addressing the crime spike downtown.
«Those guys got power,» Koehler said. «I mean you start throwing the DOJ down here and start investigating some of the things that are happening, why wasn’t there more police there?»
Koehler added, «I mean there’s a lot of grifting that goes on whenever you have a one-party monopoly in any city. Obviously, you’re gonna have corruption. And it’s just, it’s festered here, and it’s culminated in what you see.»
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Sen. Bernie Moreno speaks at a press conference alongside Holly, a victim in the viral July 26 brawl in Cincinnati, at the Fraternal Order of Police headquarters in Ohio on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
Moreno said this week he is introducing «Holly’s Act,» a move aimed at ending what he calls the justice system’s revolving door for repeat offenders.
«Let’s be honest, because a lot of times you guys are qualifying this as a brawl,» Moreno told reporters. «This was attempted murder of an innocent woman. And that person had a rap sheet a mile long. Nobody who has that rap sheet should be walking the streets of any Ohio city free.»
Fox News Digital’s Julia Bonavita and Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.
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Julio María Sanguinetti: “Milei y Trump son las respuestas extremas de sociedades atrapadas por el desasosiego”

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