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Socialist candidate Melat Kiros won her primary in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, defeating incumbent Democratic Representative Diana DeGette, who has held the seat for nearly three decades.Kiros, a virulently anti-Israel political newcomer who was backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, is the latest far-left progressive challenger to oust an establishment incumbent in a Democratic House primary in recent weeks.The 29-year-old Ph.D student and barista

We've written extensively about the growing panic among establishment Democrats about the wave of recent wins from "Democratic" Socialists of America (DSA) party candidates in states like New York, where two Mamdani-backed candidates won their House primaries last Tuesday, with one defeating an incumbent. And as we also reported, another DSA member, Bernie Sanders-endorsed Melat Kiros, won her primary race in Colorado's 1st Congressional District (CD1) Tuesday night, beating 30-year incumbent Diana DeGette in a district drawn for Democrat victories, and that hasn't had Republican representation since 1973. But there was another Colorado congressional Democrat primary that flew under the radar a bit nationally,

In 1948, 11 minutes after Israel declared itself an independent state, the United States recognized it when Democratic President Harry Truman issued an executive order to grant de facto U.S. recognition to Israel. From that time forward, Democrats were the strongest supporters of Israel in Congress. Until now. The recent victories of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) in New York and Colorado have called into question the party's commitment to supporting the existence of the Jewish state. The 2024 Democratic Party platform stated that party leaders “believe a strong, secure, and democratic Israel is vital to the interests of the United States” and that the party’s “commitment to Israel’s security

It is both amazing and sad how the United States Supreme Court decision on birthright citizenship has taken up all of the oxygen in the news cycle and in the minds of many Americans. This has overshadowed some of the other equally important decisions, like the one in Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., holding that states may reserve girls' and women's sports teams for biological females without violating Title IX or the Constitution. Justice Brett Kavanaugh wrote in the majority opinion: The Court concludes that separate sports teams for biological males and biological females are reasonable given the inherent physical differences between the sexes.

A pro-Palestinian protester was sentenced to one year in county jail and two years of probation on Tuesday after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish man who he attacked at a California rally. Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, a professor at the local Moorpark College, struck 69-year-old Paul Kessler in the head with his megaphone at dueling pro-Israel and pro-Hamas demonstrations in November of 2023, weeks after the October 7 attack. Kessler then fell backwards and struck his head on the ground, and died the next day. The district attorney’s office for Ventura County objected to Alnaji’s sentence,

After two Mamdani-backed, card-carrying members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) political party won their respective House primaries last Tuesday in New York, all eyes turned to Colorado's 1st Congressional District Democrat primary, which featured longtime incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette facing off against DSA member Melat Kiros. The primary was Tuesday night, and, with 78 percent reporting as of this writing, Decision Desk HQ has called it for Kiros in what may be the biggest primary upset for an incumbent Democrat House member this midterm election cycle. DeGette, 68, is Colorado's longest-serving member of Congress, having been in office since 1997 in a district drawn for Democrat victories.

Insurgent socialist candidate Melat Kiros defeated longtime Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) Tuesday in Colorado’s 1st District House primary, marking the latest blow to the establishment wing of the Democratic Party. Kiros came out on top of the incumbent, 49.3% to 43.5%, by the time the Associated Press called the race late Tuesday. Kiros’s win in the solidly blue district follows a string of victories by socialist and far-left candidates over incumbent and establishment-backed Democrats in New York in June, and it’s expected to tilt the political makeup of the House Democratic caucus even further to the left after the midterm elections.

Ed wrote earlier today about the SCOTUS decision in West Virginia et al—the case where the Supreme Court upheld laws that exclude transgender "women," i.e., men, from women's sports. I don't usually write about legal issues because I am simply not competent to do so. Ed is much better at that sort of thing, so rather than wallow in my ignorance, I pass up those stories unless there is an angle on it that goes beyond the norm in legal decisions. But as I read Ed's piece, I was struck by the constant reference to sex differences, and how important

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has issued his first public statement after the Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned his executive order restricting birthright citizenship. The president said the Supreme Court’s decision upholding that anyone born in the United States automatically becomes an American citizen was “too bad for our Country," but that Congress could “easily” address it with legislation. Trump declared that “No long and unwieldy Constitutional Amendment is necessary!” However, the Supreme Court’s ruling Tuesday makes it clear that it would be necessary to amend the Constitution.

Nobody is less motivated to watch a WNBA game than I am. In fact, the only WNBA action that I have ever seen is clips on X that I scroll by, mostly without watching. But even I know who Caitlin Clark is and why she is so popular among basketball fans. She is the person who put the WNBA on the map, whose jersey sales, along with her now-famous teammate Sophie Cunningham, outsell those of every other WNBA player combined by a whopping 2-1 margin. In case you didn't know, Cunningham is the woman in the now-viral meme template: Both Clark and Cunningham are absolutely despised

What a can of frickin' worms SCOTUS opened up today with that birthright decision. I mean, God bless the president for being magnanimous - if ever you expected him to blow, it would have been that one. Guy's full of surprises and even sometimes springs them at the most opportune moment. But the decision has opened a Pandora's box of 'What are we gonna do NOW, George?' speculation that's some part fantasy and some parts that have you thinking, 'There may be something to that...' ...You don’t need to worry about waiting in line, assimilating or learning English. Just break into McAllen, TX and pop out a baby in the McDonald’s bathroom.

The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in a 6-3 decision that federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates violate the First Amendment, delivering a major victory for free speech and party operations and for Republicans. It should have an impact on the 2026 midterm elections. In National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC, the justices overturned the 2001 Colorado II precedent, clearing the way for unlimited coordinated spending by parties. The ruling is expected to reshape the 2026 midterm battlefield by empowering official party committees over super PACs.