The Battle is Not Between Weak Pseudo-Centrist Democrats and Real Democrats

When you have a Radical Extremist Right-Wing Fascist in power who is in the process of dismantling everything America stands for, the moment is not for weak elitist traditionalist "business-as-usual" Democrats to claim to be centrists. Enough of Fetterman-like Republican chameleons camouflaged as Democrats under a hooded sweatshirt.

When the Right-wing have seized power by cheating and lying to the American people in order to implement their neo-KKK racist, extremist white supremacist, Christian nationalist, agenda (Project 2025), it behooves the shy and timid Democrats to stop playing defense against Donald Trump's rape of America and adopt a more aggressive stance to assert their rightful place in American politics.

Have those who claim to be centrist Democrats allied themselves with those centrist Republicans who have, for the past ten years, enabled, protected and kept the gates open for the Trump barbarians to raid the henhouse and turn it into an uncivilized banana republic?

As long as the establishment GOP keeps protecting Trump and toeing the line behind his destruction of America, there is no need for Democrats to move to the center. THERE ARE NO CENTRIST REPUBLICANS ANYMORE. WHY SHOULD THERE BE CENTRIST DEMOCRATS?

Contrary to Trump's Fascist propaganda, the Democratic Socialists are not the terrifying communists he wants to use as a scarecrow to force, once again, the average American into submission to his radicalized and un-American America. The Democratic Socialists are the exact counterweight needed to stop the Right-wing barbarians from continuing their rape of the country.

The "centrist" Democrats want to jump into the swamp, not drain it. They want to go back to the good old days of chumming with centrist Republicans. 

But THERE ARE NO CENTRIST REPUBLICANS TO CHUM WITH ANY LONGER. For ten years, these centrist Republicans have disrobed and exposed themselves for the barbarian lackeys of Donald Trump. How can any Democrat trust them?

The stunning victories by Socialist and Progressive candidates in congressional districts in New York City and Colorado have revealed the thirst by the American people for an assertive Democrat Party with the muscle to stand up and confront the right-wing extremism that inhabits the White House. Centrist Democrats have proven themselves poor opponents of Donald Trump.

In the Midwest, first-time Democrat Socialist candidate Melat Kiros beat to a pulp 15-term establishment "centrist" Democrat Diana DeGette in last week's primary in Denver's 1st Congressional District.

A trio of genuine (not fake) Democratic congressional candidates' victories, all backed by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, have emboldened progressives as they try to turn their upsets into a national campaign against Donald Trump's radical Far-Right GOP slaves and vassals.

Former Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri predicted that St. Louis will repeat the Colorado upset. Bush is running to win back her seat in the St. Louis 1st Congressional District. The genuine Democrats have also set their eyes on Michigan, which holds its primary on the same day as Missouri on Aug. 4. Then on Aug. 11, Wisconsin, which used to be the capital of socialist America in the early 20th century, will hold its primary elections. That's where DSA-backed state Rep. Francesca Hong is on the rise among a crowded field of candidates in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.

This wave of progressive wins after a disastrous, incompetent and treasonous right-wing Trump decade is a bellwether of where the country stands. We need rational policies that lift the Trump-degraded middle class back to the center and sets the wealthy billionaires back from their grand theft of America.

It's undeniable that progressives are gaining momentum and attention, and that is because the American people have finally seen the hypocrisy of Trump's Far Right extremism and are listening to solutions like "Medicare-for-all," the Green New Deal, higher taxes on the rich and abolishing ICE-GESTAPO.

Here is a list of the up-and-coming Democrats who have the mojo to trash the scheming, cheating, neo-KKK dick-taitor and his followers. I don't care what you call them, Socialists, Progressives, Working Families Party, or whatever, as long as they are willing to fight Trump and his Republican Mafia tooth and nail. They are the REAL GENUINE DEMOCRATS who no longer want to go back to the extinct compromise-based approach to politics that the Republican Trump-asskissers have dismantled for no return as they cowered in fear of the Great Moron in the White Outhouse. I care for their message of bringing justice and real democracy for the many and not for the few to the vast majority of Americans, of lifting the middle class out of the mendacious situation in which Trump has thrown them as he, his family and his friends make billions and billions over their backs and over every ounce of decency that this country has always had.

Charles Booker - Kentucky Senate
Working Families Party (WFP)-backed Charles Booker is making his third bid for the Senate in red-leaning Kentucky. Booker defeated Amy McGrath in last May's primary and is the underdog in the general election against GOP Rep. Andy Barr. The winner will succeed Trump's butler in the Senate Mitch McConnell who is, thank God, dying after four decades or radical right-winging there. I have no qualms expressing no empathy for a dying old man because that is exactly what Trump does.

Bob Brooks - Pennsylvania 7th Congressional District
Brooks won the May Democratic primary in a swing district in northeast Pennsylvania, and is challenging incumbent GOP Rep. Ryan Mackenzie in a midterm race.

Connie Chan - California 11th Congressional District
Chan, an immigrant born in Hong Kong (which will be obviously used by the neanderthal MAGA Republicans to undermine her), serves on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. She is running to succeed retiring former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Fellow Democrat Scott Wiener, a state senator, will face off with Chan in the general election in November.

Darializa Avila Chevalier - New York 13th Congressional District
Chevalier, a DSA member who was also backed by the Justice Democrats, stunned political circles from coast to coast in the June New York primary by ousting incumbent Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat, chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.

Chevalier is a down-to-earth common-sense community organizer who has not feared, like so many Zionist-terror-stricken Americans, criticizing the infallible genocidal Golden Calf, Israel, is considered the overwhelming favorite in the general election favorite in northern Manhattan and the Bronx.

Alissa Ellman - New York 24th Congressional District
Ellman, a U.S. Army veteran, won the June Democratic primary in the upstate New York congressional district. Ellman, who worked at the Veterans Administration before being fired by Elon Musk's DOGE cuts, faces Republican Rep. Claudia Tenney whose victory is no longer assured in the traditionally red district of Upstate New York.

Chris Galant - New York 1st Congressional District
Galant won the Democratic nomination in New York's June primary and will face off with the MAGA-establishment GOP Rep. Nick LaLota in eastern end and north shore of Long Island.

Aaron Gies - New York 23rd Congressional District
A college professor, Geis is another candidate supported by the WFP that won his Democratic primary election in New York in a landslide. He will confront a corrupt traditionalist pro-Trump incumbent MAGA Republican Nick Langworthy in western New York.

Angela Gonzales-Torres - California 34th Congressional District
Gonzales-Torres, a former neighborhood council president who also worked in the Los Angeles mayor's office, advanced to the general election in last month's California primary. Gonzales-Torres will likely defeat incumbent centrist Democrat Jimmy Gomez in the solidly blue congressional district anchored in Los Angeles.

Deb Haaland - New Mexico governor
Haaland, a former congresswoman who made history as the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary during her tenure running the Interior Department in then-President Joe Biden's administration, is the Democratic nominee for New Mexico governor. Haaland is considered the favorite as she faces off in the general election against Republican Gregg Hull in the southwestern district of the state.

Pat Halpin - New York 2nd Congressional District
Halpin, is the Democratic congressional nominee for a seat that covers the central portions of Long Island's South Shore. Halpin will certainly defeat the incumbent MAGA rep. Andrew Garbarino in the general election.

Adam Hamawy - New Jersey 12th Congressional District
Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon who grabbed attention in 2024 as part of a volunteer team of American doctors who went to Gaza to alleviate the suffering of the innocent Palestinians from the Zionist genocide there. Hamawy won the party's congressional primary in the race to succeed retiring Progressive Democratic Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman.

Frederick Douglass Haynes III - Texas 30th Congressional District
Haynes, the senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, won the March Democratic primary in a landslide in the race to succeed Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who unsuccessfully ran for the Senate instead of seeking re-election. Haynes is the overwhelming favorite against MAGA Republican Everett Jackson in a district in the southern portions of Dallas.

Melat Kiros - Colorado 1st Congressional District
The DSA-endorsed Kiros defeated establishment Democratic Rep. Diana DeGette, who has served in Congress for 30 years representing the Denver seat. The 29-year-old first-time candidate and attorney, who is also backed by the JD and WFP, will certainly win now in the Democrat-dominated district.

Brad Lander - New York 10th Congressional District
Supported by Mamdani and WFP, Lander ousted incumbent Democratic Rep. Dan Goldman in New York's June primary. The former New York City comptroller ran against Mamdani in last year's mayoral primary before becoming one of his top allies in the general election. Lander is the clear favorite in the general election in the deep blue district which covers lower Manhattan and the northwestern neighborhoods of Brooklyn.

Brian Poindexter - Ohio 7th Congressional District
Poindexter, an iron worker and a councilman in a small city in suburban Cleveland, is backed by the WFP. He'll take on GOP Rep. Max Miller in the right-leaning district in the general election.

Chris Rabb - Pennsylvania 3rd Congressional District
Rabb won the June Pennsylvania primary in the Philadelphia anchored district in the race to succeed retiring Democratic Rep. Dwight Evans. Rabb is the overwhelming favorite in that race.

Claire Valdez - New York 7th Congressional District
Valdez, a state lawmaker endorsed by the DSA, won New York's June congressional primary to succeed retiring Rep. Nydia Velázquez in a district that includes parts of Brooklyn and Queens. Valez defeated Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso for the Democratic nomination and is the clear favorite to win in November in the Democrat-dominated district.

Mai Vang - California 7th Congressional District
Vang, a Sacramento city councilor, slightly edged Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui in the state's June nonpartisan primary. Vang and Matsui will face off again in November's general election for the solidly blue seat, which includes downtown Sacramento and suburban areas.

Randy Villegas - California 22nd Congressional District
Villegas, a school board trustee in the San Joaquin Valley city of Visalia, came in second to MAGA Republican Rep. David Valadao in California's June primary. Villegas, a Democrat, beat fellow Democrat Jasmeet Bains to advance to the general election against Valadao in the crucial swing district race.

Aisha Wahab - California 14th Congressional District
Wahab came in first in California's primary and will face off with fellow Democrat Melissa Hernandez in the general election in the district south and southwest of Oakland. The winner in November will fill the seat left vacant when then-Rep. Eric Swalwell, who was running for governor, ended his campaign and resigned from Congress in April amid scandal involving sexual misconduct allegations.

Rep. Alma Adams - North Carolina 12th Congressional District
Adams has represented a blue district anchored in Charlotte and surrounding Mecklenburg County for nearly a dozen years. Adams cruised to renomination in the early March primary and is considered the clear frontrunner against MAGA challenger Jack Codiga, a finance professional.

Rep. Greg Cesar - Texas 37th Congressional District
Cesar, a former Austin city councilman and chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, currently represents the state's 35th district, but is running for re-election in the recently redrawn 37th District. The Texas MAGA barbarians gerrymandered the districts in a blatant attempt at preventing any Democrat from winning.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal - Washington 7th Congressional District
Jayapal, the first Indian American woman elected to Congress, for a decade has represented a Seattle-based district. Jayapal served as chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus for four years earlier this decade, is very likely to be re-elected in the Pacific Northwest district.

Rep. Tim Kennedy - New York 26th Congressional District
Kennedy represents a western New York district that stretches from Buffalo to Niagara Falls. Kennedy is the favorite for re-election this autumn in his district.

Rep. Ro Khanna - California 17th Congressional District
Khanna, one of the most prominent progressive lawmakers in the House who never shied away from standing up to Trump, was first elected to Congress a decade ago by ousting Democratic incumbent Rep. Mike Honda. Khanna is also a potential 2028 Democratic presidential contender and will surely win in the district located in the South Bay and East Bay portions of the San Francisco Bay Area.

Rep. Summer Lee - Pennsylvania 12th Congressional District
Lee, the first Black woman to represent Pennsylvania in Congress, is a former DSA member and part of the Squad. Lee is expected to cruise to re-election this fall in a district that includes much of Pittsburgh and its eastern suburbs.

Rep. John Mannion - New York 22nd Congressional District
A former high school biology teacher, Mannion served as a state lawmaker before winning election to Congress in 2024. Mannion is favored to win re-election in the upstate New York district that includes Syracuse and Utica.

Rep. LaMonica McIver - New Jersey 10th Congressional District
McIver, a former Newark municipal council member, represents an urban and suburban district in northern New Jersey. She drew national attention last year when she was among a group of Democrats attempting to make a congressional oversight visit to an ICE facility in Newark. She was later indicted under orders from Trump himself for "forcibly impeding and interfering with federal officers" during the visit.

Rep. Analilia Mejia - New Jersey 11th Congressional District
Mejia, the co-director of the nonprofit progressive advocacy group, won a special election in April in the race to succeed now Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who stepped down from Congress after winning last November's gubernatorial election. Mejia represents a northern New Jersey seat west of New York City, and is favored to secure a full term in the district.

Rep. Joe Morelle - New York 25th Congressional District
A former New York state Assembly majority leader, Morelle was elected to Congress in 2018. Morelle is on a glide path to re-election in the Democratic-dominated upstate New York district anchored in Rochester.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - New York 14th Congressional District
Eight years after ousting then-House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley in a shocking primary upset, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's political options look brighter than ever. The four-term progressive firebrand from New York City has irked Donald Trump who made sexist remarks about her. She is eyeing a potential 2028 bid for the White House or a possible challenge to longtime Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer whose star has dimmed in his constant attempts to compromise with uncompromising extremist Donald Dumb. Ocasio-Cortez, best known by her acronym AOC, is the most visible member of the Squad. She's expected to cruise to re-election this autumn in a dark blue district that covers parts of the Bronx and Queens.

Rep. Ilhan Omar - Minnesota 5th Congressional District
Omar, the fist Somali American elected to Congress and the first woman of color to represent Minnesota, is also a member of the Squad. Omar is one of the first two Muslim women elected to U.S. Congress. Like AOC, Omar has been a frequent target of Donald Trump's sexist, racist and islamophobic rage. He even accused her of incest to undermine her. Her district includes the entire city of Minneapolis and some of its inner suburbs.

Rep. Ayanna Pressley - Massachusetts 7th Congressional District
Pressley, a former Boston city councilor, won election to Congress in 2018 by ousting longtime Democratic establishment weakling Rep. Michael Capuano in the Democratic primary. The first Black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts, Pressley is another well-known member of the Squad. She is an overwhelming favorite for re-election in a Democrat-dominated district that includes much of Boston and some of the city's suburbs.

Rep. Delia Ramirez - Illinois 3rd Congressional District
The daughter of undocumented immigrants, Ramirez served as a state lawmaker before winning election to Congress in 2022. Ramirez is all but certain to win re-election this fall in her district that includes neighborhoods in northwestern Chicago and the city's western suburbs.

Rep. Josh Riley - New York 19th Congressional District
Riley is seeking a second term in a competitive and large district located in New York's Catskills, Hudson Valley, greater Capital District, Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions. He will face off this autumn against Republican state Sen. Peter Oberacker.

Rep. Pat Ryan - New York 18th Congressional District
Ryan, a West Point graduate who served two tours of duty in the Iraq war and was awarded two Bronze Stars, co-founded a software company following his military career and later served as Ulster County executive. Ryan is likely to win re-election this autumn in a district that includes some of New York City's northern suburbs and exurbs, as well as the Hudson Valley cities of Newburg, Kingston, and Poughkeepsie.

Rep. Lateefah Simon - California 12th Congressional District
Simon, who served on Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) board of directors and as a California University System trustee, was elected to Congress in 2024, succeeding longtime Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee. Simon is the first member of Congress known to be born legally blind in both eyes, and the first Muslim member from California. Her re-election is certain in the district that includes Oakland and surrounding Alameda County.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib - Michigan 12th Congressional District
First elected to the House in 2018, Tlaib, along with Ilhan Omar, is one of the first two Muslim women in Congress. A former state lawmaker, Tlaib and fellow Squad member Ocasio-Cortez are the first female DSA members to serve in Congress. Tlaib is expected to easily secure re-election. During her tenure, the Palestinian-born congresswoman has been a vocal critic of both the Trump and Biden administrations, is sharply critical of Israel, and calls for abolishing ICE.

Rep. Paul Tonko - New York 20th Congressional District
A longtime former state lawmaker, Tonko was first elected to Congress in 2008. Known as a staunch progressive, Tonko is heavily favored to win re-election in a left-leaning seat that includes New York's Capital District as well as Saratoga.