The Democrat Civil War Is Already Here and One Dem Lawyer Is Wondering Why the Media Is Ignoring It
The communists taking over the Democratic Party aren’t hiding. The media just isn’t looking.
Julian Epstein — former chief legal counsel for House Democrats during the Clinton impeachment, former staff director of the House Oversight Committee, a man who gave decades to the Democratic Party — told Fox News what the legacy media refuses to acknowledge: “We are in a civil war now.”
Not approaching. Not brewing. Now.
The media has been running stories about “tensions” and “intraparty debates” as if this were a policy disagreement between colleagues. What it actually is: a systematic takeover. DSA candidates are winning primaries in New York, Colorado, Michigan, California, and Detroit. They are defeating incumbents backed by Hakeem Jeffries and the full weight of the DCCC apparatus. And Epstein says the legacy media is “basically illiterate” about what’s happening, noting that if you rely on MSNBC or CNN for this story, you are uninformed about a political realignment of historic consequence.
He’s right. The media’s blind eye isn’t accidental. It’s institutional protection for a party that the legacy press has decided must be defended regardless of what that party is becoming.
Epstein also said the media’s heads would be “collectively exploding” if a KKK movement had taken hold in the Republican Party the way “Hamas-aligned supporters” have among Democrats. It’s a fair comparison — with one necessary historical amendment: the KKK was a Democrat creation. So were the Jim Crow laws. The party now embracing candidates who say Israel doesn’t have a right to exist and who campaign alongside men who praise Mao Zedong is adding the latest chapter to a long history of American leftist extremism.
The civil war’s battlefield is straightforward. The moderate wing — Epstein, Sen. John Fetterman, James Carville, former Sen. Joe Manchin, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro — sees the danger clearly and is saying so publicly. None of them has found a mechanism to stop it. The DSA wing doesn’t need a mechanism to stop them. It just needs primaries — and it keeps winning them.
What’s more, even Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been bending his neck to the far-left as he stares at a primary challenge from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) herself in 2028. When the Senate Minority Leader is accommodating the people taking over his party rather than fighting them, the battle is already largely decided. Schumer made his calculation: appease or face extinction. He’s appeasing. The DSA is taking note.
Meanwhile, the legacy media that spent years covering every Republican “civil war” story — from the Tea Party to the Freedom Caucus to Trump’s takeover — is treating the DSA’s systematic conquest of the Democratic Party as a story about “tensions.” Not a hostile takeover. Not a civil war. Tensions.
Epstein is calling it what it is. The media can keep holding their telescopes to their blind eyes.
BREAKING: Dolly Parton’s Cause Of Death Revealed: ‘Brief Battle’
Dolly Parton’s death came after a brief battle with cancer, her representatives revealed Tuesday.
The country music legend died Aug. 25 at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville. She was 80.
Parton had been admitted to the cancer center Friday, four days before her death. Her representatives confirmed the cancer diagnosis in a statement to PEOPLE but did not disclose what type she had.
“Our beloved Dolly Parton spent her life and career bringing joy, laughter, hope and integrity into everything she touched. Her unmatched generosity reached the lives of countless people whom she would never meet, yet she was always there to offer a helping hand,” the statement read.
“Whether it be the hundreds of millions of books donated through her invaluable Imagination Library or funding research that helped create a lifesaving vaccine used around the world, Dolly’s unconditional love for all people was the guiding force for her lasting impact. After bravely facing a brief battle with cancer, Dolly departed her Earthly life today at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center surrounded by loved ones,” the statement concluded.
The “Jolene” singer had also been dealing with kidney and autoimmune issues before her death, PEOPLE previously reported.
Just days earlier, Dolly Parton opened up about her declining health and acknowledged that she had put off addressing some medical issues while caring for her husband, Carl.
“As I’ve shared in video messages throughout the past year, I am dealing with some health issues that I just didn’t pay attention to when I was watching over [my husband] Carl. You know, this isn’t the first time I’ve had to manage something like this. Back in the early ’80s, I was down for several months with female issues, and I was struggling with my weight at the time too, so it’s not like I haven’t been through hard times with my health,” Parton told PEOPLE.
Her nephew, Bryan Seaver, announced her death in an Instagram video Tuesday on behalf of the Parton and Owens family.
“My name is Bryan Seaver, son of Cassie Parton, and I’m representing the Parton and Owens family today announcing the passing of my aunt, Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, Sister, Sis and Granny to one generation and Gigi to the next,” he says in the video.
Seaver, who served as Parton’s head of security for more than two decades, said she had asked him years earlier to deliver the announcement.
“This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,” he continued. “As her head of security for more than two decades, a role my father Larry held before me, I have imagined the heaviness of this moment but haven’t truly felt it until now.”
Seaver said the moment brought immense pride and heartbreak, but he took comfort in his faith that Parton had been reunited with Carl and other loved ones.
Seaver added: “It is an honor, an honor that is mixed with absolute pride and great sadness. But sadness lies with us, not with Dolly. Dolly has lived in the light and is in the arms of Jesus, surely met by Carl, her parents and countless othe
Shocking 'truth' behind Prince Harry's decision to quit major role
Prince Harry should have "resigned in disgrace" from the board of a controversial African wildlife charity, a commentator says. James Walker makes the bombshell remark in Wednesday's episode of this publication's podcast, Daily Expresso.
He and the show's host, JJ Anisiobi, delve into the Duke of Sussex's dramatic decision to step down from African Parks. James, commenting on the controversy, said: "When you hear about this stuff and how long it's been going on for, you should be resigning in disgrace. [Harry] should be saying: 'I'm not touching that with a barge pole. That is a failed entity. We're going nowhere near it'.
"But no. He's still saying he's going to 'support their mission'. And again this Caroline Pearce, executive director of Survival International, goes on to say: 'His departure doesn't undo that record'.
"She alleged that African Parks was aware of the abuses for years, but it was only after Survival complained to Harry that the charity finally commissioned an investigation."
James added: "Well, she's got a point."
It emerged on Monday (August 24) that Harry was no longer a board member of the wildlife charity.
The conservation organisation has admitted that human rights abuses were committed by its rangers against members of the semi-nomadic Baka group in Congo-Brazzaville.
African Parks has said since that it has improved its safeguarding processes both in the Odzala-Kokoua National Park and institutionally.
Its admission followed an independent human rights investigation into allegations guards managed and paid by the charity had beaten, raped and tortured indigenous people in Odzala-Kokoua National Park.
Harry was president of the charity for six years before he became a member of its board of directors in 2023.
A spokesman for the Duke said he remains an active and avid supporter of African Parks. He added: "The Duke is proud of his 10 years with African Parks and fully supports the ongoing strengthening of its board.
"His commitment to conservation in Africa continues and he remains a supporter of African Parks’ mission."
Human rights organisation, Survival International, said it had been calling on Harry to step down from African Parks for years.
The group's director, Caroline Pearce, said in a statement: "It’s outrageous that for 10 years Prince Harry has served African Parks while the organisation has been responsible for abuse and violence against Indigenous people.
"His departure doesn't undo that record — African Parks itself must now be held accountable, and must abandon this model of fortress conservation for good."
Survival International said indigenous peoples know how best to manage their land and the idea outsiders know better is racist and colonial.
