Vance Just Issued A Warning to Republicans They Need to Hear About Dems’ Rising Tide of Socialism
Vice President JD Vance delivered a blunt message to his own party this week that deserves to be read carefully by every Republican strategist who thinks calling Abdul El-Sayed a communist is a sufficient substitute for an economic agenda: “If we don’t get this right, don’t blame young people for being sympathetic to socialism. We’ve got to blame ourselves.”
That’s the VP of the United States telling his own party that the DSA’s rise isn’t entirely the left’s fault — and he’s right to say it.
“Our response to socialism, which is a dangerous and destructive ideology that’s been tried in the past and failed, our response to that can’t be just to ignore the economic concerns that I think are feeding this rising interest in socialism,” Vance said. “You don’t stop socialism by throwing slogans at people about the free market. You stop socialism by making people’s lives better.”
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This is a harder truth than most Republicans want to hear in a week when they’re busy dunking on Mamdani’s grocery store collapse and El-Sayed’s deleted YouTube videos. Both of those things are fun. Neither of them is a governing vision.
Vance named the specific failures that socialist messaging is exploiting: housing prices that doubled under Biden, interest rates that made homeownership impossible for an entire generation, a hollowed-out industrial base that left working-class communities without good jobs, and an educational-industrial complex that sent millions of young people to college at catastrophic cost for credentials that don’t pay off.
He then pointed to Trump’s economic results: trillions in new investment, manufacturing jobs returning, housing prices finally stabilizing, 83,000 construction workers building factories at historic levels, record-low unemployment claims. These are real accomplishments. They need to be communicated relentlessly — not just as political talking points but as proof that the free market, properly structured and defended against the distortions of globalism and financialization, actually delivers what it promises.
Let’s be clear: The economic problems of the last 25 years were not produced by too much free market. They were produced by crony capitalism, globalist trade policy that prioritized cheap goods over American workers, Federal Reserve policy that inflated asset prices while crushing savers, and regulatory regimes that protected incumbent industries against competition. Milton Friedman and Thomas Sowell didn’t produce those outcomes. The bipartisan Washington consensus did.
The correct Republican answer is not to abandon free market principles. It’s to clearly distinguish between free markets — which produce broad prosperity when they actually function — and the managed capitalism that both parties have practiced for decades, which produced the conditions that gave rise to Mamdani and El-Sayed.
Vance is right that slogans aren’t enough. The answer isn’t abandoning the principle. It’s living up to it — actually and visibly — while making sure voters understand who created the problem Republicans are now trying to fix.
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.
