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Socialists set sights on the ground floor of government as GOP warns of bigger plan unfolding
FIRST ON — Dozens of individuals backed by the Democratic Socialists of America are set to appear on ballots as candidates for state legislature seats on Election Day, something Republicans say could set in motion a trend that transforms the Democratic Party.
At least 65 DSA-aligned candidates have advanced to contest state legislative seats in November’s general election. The Republican State Leadership Committee — the official GOP body responsible for ensuring state-level conservative victories — claimed that these races could very well determine the future of the Democratic Party, according to a memo obtained exclusively by Digital.
«The statehouse trend is also relevant because several prominent DSA-aligned Congressional candidates in 2026 have emerged from state and local political organizing,» the memo reads. «These victories demonstrate one potential progression: movement organizations can help develop candidates locally and at the state level, provide them with political experience and organizational networks, and eventually support campaigns for Congress.»
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«The scale of that presence matters not only because DSA-aligned candidates could influence the direction of their state legislatures if elected, but because state legislative offices can provide a platform, governing experience, donor networks and organizational infrastructure for future campaigns for higher office,» it continues.
The RSLC’s methodology included candidates who are DSA members, DSA endorsees or self-identified members of the organization.
DSA-affiliated candidates identified by the RSLC take positions on a number of issues that crucial swing voters and independents may find extreme, including defunding or abolishing police departments, left-wing economic policies and demanding race-based reparations.
Opposition to traditional policing has emerged as a prominent issue among some of the DSA-aligned state legislative candidates identified by Republicans.
«As a State Senator I will continue to do everything I can to end policing and incarceration in New York State,» Democratic State Sen. Jabari Brisport’s campaign website reads. Brisport also supports decriminalizing prostitution, arguing that removing criminal penalties for sex workers while maintaining protections against trafficking and exploitation would help keep communities safe.
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Over in Wisconsin, Democratic State Rep. Ryan Clancy has stood by his statement that police work has «no dignity or value.»
«It means that American policing has always been bad and it always will be,» Clancy told a local outlet in 2023, alleging that American police forces have their roots in slave patrols. «It’s not like we can get back to this to the early days… American policing… [is] epically racist and classist because that’s a dead end. That is the point of American policing.»
Clancy told Digital that his comments concerned officers who abused their authority over sex workers, although his original remarks and subsequent 2023 interview criticized policing more broadly as an institution he argued was inherently racist and could not be reformed.
He concurred with the RSLC’s assertion that DSA-aligned candidates are shaping the future of the Democratic Party.
State Rep. Eleanor Chávez, running with the DSA’s backing in New Mexico, meanwhile has called Immigration and Customs Enforcement «fascist» and compared its agents to the KKK. Republicans in New Mexico have condemned such rhetoric, arguing that it could spur people to commit violence against law enforcement officers.
Despite its propensity to draw attention to its stances on social issues, the DSA bills itself as an economically motivated organization.
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To this end, some of its members running for state legislatures have called for reforms some have described as radical.
New York Democratic Assemblywoman Sarahana Shrestha, who is running for re-election with the backing of the DSA, has pushed legislation that would allow the government to acquire the privately held Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., potentially through eminent domain if a negotiated purchase cannot be reached.Dylan Wegela, a DSA-backed state house candidate in Michigan, has similarly pushed for state acquisitions of utility companies.
Shrestha agrees with the RSLC’s assessment that DSA-aligned state lawmakers could influence the Democratic Party’s trajectory.
«The things DSA-aligned state lawmakers are fighting for are things that are extremely popular with voters, and have been for a long time,» she told Digital. «A majority of our constituents believe the energy sector should not be for profit, healthcare should be single-payer and universal, the government should play a positive role in building necessary infrastructure such as permanently affordable housing and public transit, and so on.»
The DSA-affiliated lawmaker also defended her plan to take over the Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp., citing a feasibility study commissioned by supporters of the bill that found it would lower costs for consumers.
Sometimes, the stances of DSA clash with Democratic policy priorities.
Gabriel Acevero, a DSA-backed lawmaker in Maryland, for instance, opposed a marijuana legalization measure he argued did not go far enough to address racial inequities, declaring that «cannabis legalization without reparations for communities harmed by the intentional drug war is not progressive policy.» Scores of DSA-affiliated candidates running in states such as New York, Minnesota and Massachusetts have thrown their support behind reparations for racial minorities.
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Republicans have a vested interest in tying the mainstream Democratic Party to the DSA. A poll from September found that 55% of registered voters had an unfavorable opinion of the DSA.
While some in the Democratic Party argue that Republican attempts to tie the Democratic Party to socialism are bad-faith campaign tricks, party leadership has recently made significant concessions to its left-wing flank.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer backed Abdul El-Sayed’s more moderate opponent in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary, but a super PAC aligned with Schumer has since committed millions of dollars to supporting El-Sayed’s general-election campaign. El-Sayed is a progressive backed by prominent figures on the party’s left, but who has said he is not a socialist.
Due to the disorganized nature of the DSA and the varying degrees of affiliation held by candidates, estimates of the number of socialist candidates running for state legislature vary across sources. The Brookings Institution, for instance, found at least 76 had advanced to the general election, while the RSLC’s analysis identified a minimum of 65 running in a total of 24 states.
Though the DSA’s gains have received significant attention, a Brookings Institution analysis found that candidates backed by the organization represent only a tiny fraction of the nation’s state legislative seats, raising questions about how far the socialist movement’s growing influence extends.
«The RSLC has consistently said that socialism starts in the states and that is where we need to stop it,» the RSLC’s memo reads. «The DSA’s growing presence in statehouse races could have dangerous impacts for state policy in the short-term, and it reflects a clearly orchestrated long-term effort to build political power from the state-level up.»
Every state legislative candidate mentioned was reached for comment by Digital on Tuesday.
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Crisis bancaria en Paraguay: pidieron el juicio político contra Santiago Peña y la Policía reprimió las protestas
Diputados opositores de Paraguay presentaron este miércoles ante el Congreso un pedido de juicio político para destituir al presidente Santiago Peña y al vicepresidente Pedro Alliana, en medio de una crisis bancaria que dejó a unos tres millones de personas con sus depósitos congelados. La iniciativa provocó una nueva escalada de tensión política, mientras cientos de manifestantes salieron a las calles de Asunción para reclamar la devolución de su dinero y se enfrentaron con la Policía, que utilizó gases lacrimógenos y camiones hidrantes para dispersarlos.
La presentación fue impulsada por legisladores opositores y disidentes del oficialismo, después de que el Banco Central de Paraguay interviniera Ueno Bank, una de las mayores entidades financieras del país, por insuficiencia de capital.
El diputado Mauricio Espínola, oficialista disidente, confirmó a la agencia AFP que el pedido de destitución reunió las firmas necesarias para ser tratado en la Cámara de Diputados. La sesión fue convocada para este jueves a las 10 (hora local).
La acusación presentada ante el Congreso solicita iniciar un juicio político contra Peña por “el mal desempeño de sus funciones en el ejercicio del cargo”. El mandatario también enfrenta cuestionamientos por un presunto conflicto de intereses y por el aumento de su patrimonio.
Peña había tenido acciones de un grupo empresarial que controlaba Ueno Bank, aunque se desvinculó de esa participación en 2025.
La crisis estalló el martes, cuando el Banco Central decidió intervenir la entidad y suspender sus servicios. Casi la mitad de los 6,4 millones de habitantes de Paraguay tienen cuentas en ese banco.
El escándalo también provocó la renuncia del presidente del Banco Central, Carlos Carvallo, y derivó en la detención de ocho directivos de Ueno Bank, entre ellos su presidente, Miguel Vázquez, después de una denuncia presentada por el organismo regulador ante la Justicia.
Incidentes en Paraguay: la Policía reprimió las protestas por los depósitos congelados
Cientos de personas volvieron a manifestarse este miércoles por segunda noche consecutiva en Asunción, donde reclamaron la devolución de sus ahorros y exigieron la salida del presidente.
“Devuelvan nuestra plata” y “juicio a Santi Peña” fueron algunas de las consignas que se escucharon durante la movilización, según constató la agencia AFP.
La protesta derivó en enfrentamientos entre manifestantes y efectivos policiales, que intentaron dispersar a la multitud mediante camiones hidrantes y gases lacrimógenos. Pese al operativo, numerosas personas continuaron con la movilización.
Más temprano, se habían registrado largas filas frente a las sucursales de Ueno Bank, donde los clientes intentaban recuperar su dinero.
“Es el dinero de nuestra jubilación que ahora no sabemos si lo vamos a cobrar”, expresó a la AFP Teresa Montiel, una médica de 50 años que participó de la protesta con una pancarta que decía “unidos somos más fuertes”.
El martes, otro de los afectados, Marcelino Vergara, de 68 años, había relatado entre lágrimas la situación que atravesaba tras el congelamiento de sus depósitos.
“Perdí los ahorros de toda mi vida, solo tengo 8.000 guaraníes (casi un dólar). Todos deben ir presos”, denunció.
Ante la magnitud de la crisis, el Gobierno paraguayo anunció un mecanismo para devolver una parte de los depósitos congelados.
Peña promulgó este miércoles una ley aprobada rápidamente por el Congreso que, según explicó, “permitirá a los ahorristas cobrar en el menor tiempo posible una parte de los fondos de garantía a fin de que los recursos vuelvan a las manos de quienes corresponde”.
La norma establece que los pagos deberán realizarse en los próximos cinco días.
El Banco Central precisó que los afectados recibirán un primer desembolso de hasta 10 millones de guaraníes, equivalentes a unos 1675 dólares.
Qué puede pasar con Santiago Peña tras el pedido de destitución en el Congreso
El futuro del presidente paraguayo dependerá de las negociaciones parlamentarias y, especialmente, de la posición que adopten los legisladores del Partido Colorado.
La oposición necesita conseguir el respaldo de una parte del oficialismo para avanzar con el juicio político, ya que el partido gobernante tiene mayoría propia tanto en Diputados como en el Senado.
Si la Cámara baja aprueba la acusación, el procedimiento pasará al Senado, que será el encargado de desarrollar el juicio.
Para concretar la destitución de Peña y Alliana, se necesitarán al menos 30 votos de los 45 senadores.
Sin embargo, la posibilidad de alcanzar esa mayoría es incierta. Aunque el Partido Colorado controla ambas cámaras, existen diferencias internas y su presidente, el exmandatario Horacio Cartes, está distanciado del Gobierno.
Los legisladores que impulsan el juicio político acusan a Peña de haber tomado “decisiones regulatorias presuntamente favorables a Ueno Bank” y cuestionan la concentración de fondos previsionales en la entidad, debido a sus anteriores vínculos comerciales con el grupo que la controlaba.
Paraguay tiene un antecedente de destitución presidencial mediante un juicio político. En 2012, el Congreso removió del cargo a Fernando Lugo tras una masacre que dejó 11 campesinos y seis policías muertos.
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Florida congressman diagnoses GOP’s blue tsunami losses: ‘We failed to make them think we cared about them’
As Republicans sift through the wreckage of a devastating election night that handed Democrats control of both chambers of Congress by large margins, one Florida Republican who bucked the national trend says the GOP fundamentally misread the electorate.
In an exclusive interview with Digital, Congressman Randy Fine — who expanded his own winning margin by five points despite the national backlash — offered a candid assessment of his party’s shortcomings and warned that Republicans must now prepare for an «ugly two years» battling Democrats over immigration and other contentious issues.
While Republicans held their ground in Florida, winning the governor’s mansion, the Senate race, and maintaining their 20-8 edge in the US House, nationally the GOP got crushed under the weight of a blue tsunami.
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Congressman Fine presents no easy answer to the GOP’s divergence in fortunes between Florida and the rest of the country:
«You know, I think that’s a hard question to answer. What I would say, I can speak to my race, and I’m actually one of the few Republicans in the country whose margin increased from my last election. I won my special election after having $14 million spent against me. I won it by 14 points. I won last night by 19 points. And so what I can tell you is what worked for me.
«My constituents want a fighter, someone who says what they believe. They know it’s not driven by polls or anything else and fights for them, whether it’s fighting for their constituent service issue or fighting on illegal immigration or fighting to bring money to the district. And that’s why I went up so much. I took my race seriously because I knew the winds were against us.
«And so, Florida, I think just people know how good we have it and they don’t want to screw up the state. I think that’s why we won all 20 of these races.»
Fine refuses to single out anyone in GOP leadership for the electoral outcome, and believes the Republicans must approach each election cycle as a unified team:
«Well, look, I’m not a finger pointer, but what I would say is this. We’re a team and the team lost. And so then the whole team bears responsibility and that includes me. I mean, while I did well, my team lost, and I’m not going to be here pointing the fingers at anybody.
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«I think that what we did is we failed to understand what the American people wanted. I think we failed to make them think we cared about them. Now, I didn’t fail in my district, but I think nationally people came to believe that we weren’t interested in them and that’s wrong.
«We were, but we failed to communicate it, and maybe that’s part of my special sauce is I know how to communicate better than many of these people.»
With Democrats firmly in control of both chambers of Congress, Fine anticipates two years of playing defense, and a continuous fight to explain why Democrats’ policies will be harmful to the country:
«I don’t know that we’re going to push the agenda. I think what we’re going to be is we’re going to be on defense. We’re going to have to fight back. And you know, as my father told me this morning, he goes, ‘Randy, you’ve been a fighter your whole life. You were built for the fight.’
«So we’re going to be having to fight against stupid policies that they will be pushing. And it’s going to be an ugly two years, but we’re gonna have to explain why all of the things that they said they would do during the campaign are so bad. We obviously didn’t succeed in doing that. But as they put those policies forward, we’re going to have to make the argument for why they would damage America.»
Immigration is the single issue that Fine identifies as having the greatest potential to harm the country:
«I think they will seek to reopen the border and allow illegals to flood in. I think they will seek mass amnesty, rewarding all of the illegals that are here. And I think they will stop any requirement for people who come to this country to assimilate. They believe in the ‘third worldification’ of America. And that’s going to be the number one thing we have to fight back against.»
Florida and Texas painted a particularly stark contrast in electoral outcomes. Fine suggests the Sunshine state GOP was better prepared to face headwinds:
«Well, I think maybe our candidates at the top of the ticket were better. You know, Byron Donalds is an incredible spokesman for the conservative movement. Ashley Moody is a multiple-time winner statewide. And I think Texas allowed itself to slide on a lot of these things.
«They had a big influx of illegal immigrants. And they also really didn’t fight back against the Islamification of their state in a way that we have in Florida. Demographics are destiny. And I think, to some degree, Texas was overtaken by that yesterday.»
Fine has long been an outspoken critic of Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed, and believes he represents a danger to the country:
«Of all the races last night, that one breaks my heart the most. I mean, someone who literally supports Muslim terror, someone whose family is embedded in so many aspects of Muslim terror. Someone who’s really a danger to this country being elected to the United States Senate. It’s an unspeakably horrible thing, a historically bad thing. Someone who doesn’t support the United States. Someone who supports the Muslim Brotherhood.
«It breaks my heart. I’m not from Michigan, I don’t know what they were thinking, but it’s a terrible, terrible, terrible day. Look today for me has been a hard day. You know I won my election last night, I was super excited. My margin went up. It’s unheard of in this cycle and so I’m super excited, then I watched the bottom fall out of the election results and realized so many good people lost today.
«So it’s a challenging day for me, the high of winning so decisively with the low of realizing the battle that we have ahead of us, but God puts us where he wants us to be and I’m a fighter and I am ready for the fight.»
Finally, as it appears that either Jim Jordan or Steve Scalise is likely to be the next House Minority Leader, Fine declined to weigh in:
«No, I mean, these are discussions. I’ve not spoken with either Scalise or Jordan at this point. They’ve got a lot of phone calls to make, and we’ll get to that when we get to that. But it won’t be Mike Johnson. He’s taken himself out of consideration.»
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Las fuerzas de seguridad de Honduras intensificaron las operaciones contra el denominado Cártel del Diablo en el departamento de Yoro, donde anunciaron la captura de 18 presuntos integrantes de esa estructura criminal durante una serie de intervenciones policiales en el municipio de Sulaco.
El viceministro de Seguridad, Rommel Martínez, confirmó las detenciones y señaló que durante los operativos también se decomisaron medios de transporte y otros elementos que, según las autoridades, los sospechosos usaban para cometer delitos.
Las acciones forman parte de una nueva fase del Plan Escudo Nacional, dirigida a desarticular organizaciones criminales que operan en diferentes regiones del país.
Las intervenciones incluyeron 31 allanamientos en los municipios de Sulaco, Victoria y Yorito, todos ubicados en Yoro. Los detenidos son señalados por su presunta participación en asesinato, homicidio, trata de personas, tráfico de drogas y asociación terrorista.
El despliegue se produce mientras el ministro de Seguridad, Gerzón Velásquez, informó que las autoridades mantienen operaciones contra los principales integrantes del Cártel del Diablo y esperan obtener nuevos resultados en las próximas horas.
Más de 30 capturados
Velásquez explicó que durante los últimos meses las operaciones policiales permitieron detener a más de 30 presuntos miembros de esta organización, quienes fueron puestos a disposición de los órganos competentes por diferentes delitos.
Entre los señalamientos contra los integrantes figuran asesinatos y asociación terrorista, figura penal que las autoridades aplican para perseguir a quienes presuntamente forman parte de organizaciones declaradas terroristas.
Sin embargo, el funcionario reconoció que todavía quedan pendientes varias capturas de integrantes considerados cabecillas de la estructura criminal.
Entre ellos se encuentra el supuesto líder conocido con el alias de “El Diablo”, cuya localización continúa siendo uno de los objetivos de las operaciones desplegadas en Yoro.
Velásquez sostuvo que las nuevas disposiciones legales permiten ampliar la persecución penal más allá de quienes ejecutan directamente los delitos, para alcanzar también a personas que presuntamente colaboran con las organizaciones criminales. La responsabilidad penal de cada detenido deberá determinarse mediante los procedimientos judiciales correspondientes.
84 detenidos por asociación terrorista
En el balance nacional de seguridad, Velásquez informó que el Plan Escudo Nacional contabiliza 84 personas detenidas por el delito de asociación terrorista, trasladadas a centros penitenciarios de máxima seguridad.
La cifra representa un aumento frente a los 60 detenidos por asociación terrorista que la Policía Nacional había informado el 26 de octubre, cuando presentó resultados de las operaciones iniciadas el 21 de septiembre.
En aquel reporte, las autoridades detallaron que los arrestos correspondían a presuntos integrantes de la Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), la Pandilla 18 y el Cártel del Diablo.
El nuevo balance refleja la continuidad de las operaciones y la ampliación de las acciones policiales contra las organizaciones declaradas asociaciones terroristas por el Consejo Nacional de Defensa y Seguridad. Las autoridades indicaron que el despliegue incluye labores de investigación, localización de sospechosos y ejecución de órdenes judiciales en diferentes departamentos.
Desalojos de tierras
El ministro también abordó los procedimientos para recuperar propiedades ocupadas ilegalmente y reconoció que los desalojos enfrentan dificultades legales y operativas.
Velásquez explicó que no basta con una decisión administrativa para recuperar un terreno: se requiere una orden judicial y la disposición de los propietarios para recibir nuevamente sus propiedades.
El funcionario también manifestó preocupación por una presunta infiltración de organizaciones criminales en algunas asociaciones campesinas, donde, según su versión, podrían confluir intereses sociales, políticos y delictivos. La eventual vinculación de personas u organizaciones con actividades criminales deberá establecerse mediante investigaciones y resoluciones judiciales.
Velásquez aseguró que se ejecutaron desalojos en diferentes puntos del territorio nacional y que existen otros procedimientos pendientes de resolución.
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