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Ahead of his planned speech on the National Mall, the president framed the upcoming midterm elections as a battle against communism.

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Trump really thinks he's cooking by running against "communism" and saying it over and over during his speeches

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-- Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 11:41 PM · Jul 4, 2026

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"We can only lose the midterms if we allow ourselves to lose the midterms, if we are foolish, stupid, and unwise," Trump said.

"But if we terminate the filibuster, as we should do, and immediately vote for the Save America Act, then we will not lose an election for 100 years."

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Orange Man Red Baiting... and telling the Cult to make sure he stays King.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-07-04 03:10 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

This is Trump's mentor Roy Cohn - who he, of course, eventually screwed - in late terminal stage raging against ... everything.

#2 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-04 03:14 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

---- that stupid, demented, diaper-wearing pedophile

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-04 03:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

And that's not a Red under his bed, it's Natalie with a fresh diaper

#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-04 08:08 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Social media has been nothing but red scare for the last two weeks. One thing MAGA is very adept at... They can spread lies and misinformation all the way around the world, in memes and short sound bites, before the Dems can even get the truth out the front door.

#5 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-07-05 03:45 PM | Reply

What next? "Welfare Queens," "Negros," "BOO!!!?"

#6 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2026-07-06 01:05 AM | Reply

One thing I learned from my time on X is that they don't actually believe Democrats are real communist according to the definition and history of the word.

It's just code.

Part of what made me delete my account there was the endless referral of anyone who disagreed with Trump as a "communist" followed by memes about "communists" being thrown from helicopters.

Again, it's just code.

#7 | Posted by jpw at 2026-07-06 01:36 AM | Reply

What in the hell do you think DSA is? It's not a Red Scare. All we have to do is listen to what these candidates say. They hate America and the West and embrace Marxism. Dems have been cozying up to these people now they are beginning to seize control of the party and traditional Democrats are beginning to panic as they should.

#8 | Posted by BellRinger at 2026-07-06 03:50 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

#8

Yeah, like Trump has done with Republicans. Now we have monarchists vs. socialists. Bernie Bros are getting their wish.

#9 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-07-06 06:54 AM | Reply

Again, it's just code.

#7 | POSTED BY JPW

Code for "foolish, stupid, and unwise".

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 12:30 PM | Reply

All we have to do is listen to what these candidates say.

And not only listen to what they say but watch what they do.

Eight days into his administration, Mamdani partnered with Gov. Kathy Hochul to launch free childcare for 2-year-olds. This marked the first step toward universal, free care.

He has taken action against predatory landlords, securing $32 million in restitution for tenants and making repairs to over 6,000 apartments.

His administration returned millions of dollars to workers and small weed businesses exploited by large corporations.

His administration filled over 100,000 potholes and invested heavily in public toilet and park infrastructure across underserved neighborhoods.

While these pledges have been fulfilled, other major platform goals remain in progress. For instance, his promise to freeze rents and establish free city bus routes requires ongoing collaboration with state officials in Albany and independent regulatory boards.

Meanwhile the DingaLing's of the world clutch their maga pearls and cry "The Horror!" "The Horror!

#11 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 12:37 PM | Reply

"What in the hell do you think DSA is?"

I would ask you that same question. As you appear to be very confused about the difference.

They are not "communists " nor do they claim to be.

The Democratic Socialists of America Are socialists.

I am ok with you being against the Democratic Socialists. Because that's the kind of maga dick you are.

But why must you always lie? Remember. You don't have to and you are under no obligation to repeat every lie you hear Trumpy make.

#12 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 12:53 PM | Reply

Yeah, like Trump has done with Republicans.

Haven't heard any republicans say they hate the country? I have heard multiple DSA members say they want to cut the throats of capitalists, and destroy the US.
If you don't understand how the DSA in infiltrating and riding on the coattails of the Democratic Party, then the party is in big trouble.

#11 | Posted by donnerboy

Anyone can make all sorts of changes, then you'll look at it and claim its wonderful. Heck thats what MAGA did with DOGE, somethings were good like the digitization of retirement, cutting of funding to USAID Elites.

But where has "rent control" ever worked?
All the "free" stuff has to be paid for by someone, do you agree?

The claim is that there is a housing crisis, but just today the Fed reserve issued a statement that immigration is causing the housing price increase.
www.dallasfed.org

All Mamdani is doing is kicking the can down the road (billions from State, deferred payments), looks good to people like you (uneducated), and then when it goes south you'll blame Trillionaires, or even the next GOP talking head.

Real change will require real pain.

Time will tell, but there is no free lunch.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-06 01:00 PM | Reply

During the time Nixon and Kissinger were burning away lives seeking an "honorable" way out of the Vietnam War it was a common occurrence for that administration's flunkies to claim the US antiwar movement was funded - as in controlled - by "North Vietnamese communists." It wasn't, but at least in those days there were real people running around proclaiming they were communists. This latest Trump ploy to whip up the rubes is like eavesdropping on the writers' story discussions for Idiocracy.

#14 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-06 01:08 PM | Reply

"the endless referral of anyone who disagreed with Trump as a "communist" followed by memes about "communists" being thrown from helicopters.
Again, it's just code."

Yes, that's correct. Nobody is serious about what a "communist" really is.

It's just a derogatory term used to hurl at others.

Any action or inaction by our government with regards to Ukraine that appeared to be anything that wasn't 100% pro-Ukraine was tantamount to being a communist. Any attempt to work with Putin at all was regarded as the same. Communist!!!!

Nobody took that seriously. Why would they take this any more seriously?

#15 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 01:10 PM | Reply

Why would they take this any more seriously?

#15 | POSTED BY EBERLY AT 2026-

MAGA thought Liberals were controlling the weather over the National Mall on Saturday.

#16 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-06 01:16 PM | Reply

I'm confident MAGAts think Trump is flapping on about real, live commies.
Problem is, neither he nor they have the faintest idea what a "communist" is.
Other than "The Other" du jour.

#17 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-06 01:25 PM | Reply

The DSA are FDR Democrats.

Too bad the DSA has to add "Socialist" to the name of their organization to distinguish themselves from Corporate, Status Quo, or AIPAC Democrats, AKA "Republican Lite."


#18 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-06 01:35 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

#16 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-06 01:16 PM | Reply | Flag: It goes without saying nobody takes me seriously

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 01:46 PM | Reply

Trump pulls out another shameful chapter of American history and stokes the flames of division with McCarthyism.

Anything to distract from the Epstein files.

#20 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-06 02:08 PM | Reply

#8 | Posted by BellRinger

LOL what a f*&^ing moron.

There's what, a few thousand of them? Holding a dozen local offices?

In any case, you're using words you don't understand because you're an idiot programmed to bleat them on cue.

At worst, the aim is to have a more Euro-style social program(s). You know, actually having government benefit average people. The very thing you claim Trump is doing (without evidence) and that the Dems don't do.

#21 | Posted by jpw at 2026-07-06 02:11 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Code for "foolish, stupid, and unwise".

#10 | Posted by donnerboy

Code for "not us."

Which, to many on the right, means "valid targets for violence, harassment and persecution"

#22 | Posted by jpw at 2026-07-06 02:12 PM | Reply

You can tell the true brainwashed cult members by noting which ones have started saying COMMUNIST all at the same time.

Exact same way they were all commanded to start saying GROOMER a few years back, before the epstein files came out and their cult leader was outed as a pedophile.

#23 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-06 02:17 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 3

Nobody took that seriously. Why would they take this any more seriously?

#15 | Posted by eberly

Look up the meaning of the helicopter memes and you'll understand.

It's a coded call for violence against people who aren't them.

#24 | Posted by jpw at 2026-07-06 02:19 PM | Reply

All Mamdani is doing is kicking the can down the road (billions from State, deferred payments), looks good to people like you (uneducated), and then when it goes south you'll blame Trillionaires, or even the next GOP talking head.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut

Trump added TRILLIONS to the debt to give tax cuts to the rich and you're complaining about mandami?

"Dont lump me in with maga wahhhh!"

#25 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-06 02:19 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Code for "not us."

Yes. Which is, in Trumpy's words, foolish, stupid, and unwise.

#26 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 02:29 PM | Reply

All Mamdani is doing is kicking the can down the road (billions from State, deferred payments), looks good to people like you (uneducated), and then when it goes south you'll blame Trillionaires, or even the next GOP talking head.

#13 | Posted by oneironaut

So. Same ---- different day. The same thing we have always been doing. America has 39 trillion dollar deficit. Which is clearly just "kicking the can down the road" 39 Trillion times.

#27 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 02:32 PM | Reply

Nobody took that seriously. Why would they take this any more seriously?

#15 | POSTED BY EBERLY

No one took Joe McCarthy's red baiting seriously?

Senator Joseph McCarthy ruined the careers and reputations of thousands of Americans during the "Red Scare" of the early 1950s. While an exact number is impossible to determine, historians estimate that hundreds of people lost their jobs directly, while thousands of others faced intense questioning, blacklisting, and public shaming

What planet do you live on? This crap is as dangerous when was weaponized then as it is now. Perhaps even more so with the surveillance tech we have today.

#28 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 02:38 PM | Reply

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-"Red Scare" of the early 1950s.

That's the last time folks took that seriously. And it was certainly a different time when we were truly in fear of communism.

Who is legitimately afraid of it now? What planet do you live on?

#29 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 02:46 PM | Reply

Who is legitimately afraid of it now? What planet do you live on?

#29 | Posted by eberly

What planet do you live on where you haven't noticed trump and his cult ALL complaining about communism all of a sudden?

Of course he's not legitimately afraid of it, but his flock is idiotic and will fear whatever he tells them to fear.

You really don't know that by now?

#30 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2026-07-06 02:51 PM | Reply

trump and his cult ALL complaining about communism all of a sudden?

They never did get to use all that stuff they had saved up to smear Bernie with. Now's the time.

#31 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-06 02:53 PM | Reply

"his flock is idiotic and will fear whatever he tells them to fear."

flocks do that. Look at the ---- you're afraid of all the time.

#32 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 02:56 PM | Reply

Who is legitimately afraid of it now? What planet do you live on?

POSTED BY EBERLY

You think Americans have really changed and grown up out of it?

It was not the first time and it's obviously not going to be the last.

Not if Donald J Trump and his faithful maga followers have anything to do with it.

Obviously.

It appears America is now experiencing a "third Red Scare," though it differs from the anti-communist hunts of the 1920s and 1950s. Instead of targeting actual Soviet agents, the modern version uses terms like "socialist" or "communist" to attack liberals, democrats and social democrats and political opponents and labor organizers and even protesters.

If you were really on this planet you would already know this.

Do not question the Emperor.

Fear of communism is like the herpes virus. It is only able bubble to the surface and express itself in times of extreme national stress.

You know. Like we are experiencing right now

#33 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 03:01 PM | Reply

-You think Americans have really changed and grown up out of it?

I wouldn't attribute it to any kind of maturity or growth.

Just that they've grown tired of the accusations and they're desensitized to it.

That's probably one of the biggest takeaways from the McCarthy era.

#34 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 03:05 PM | Reply

I wouldn't attribute it to any kind of maturity or growth.

Just that they've grown tired of the accusations and they're desensitized to it.

Brother.. we are all very tired of it. But that doesn't seem to be stopping it!

One thing I've learned about Americans.

They really don't know much about our own history. They do not learn from our history because they really don't want to know our history.

Which is why we always seem to be repeating and reliving our past mistakes.

#35 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 03:09 PM | Reply

-If you were really on this planet you would already know this.

Always with the "I'm so ------- upset and afraid....why can't you be the same!!!???"

Let the adults run things. You're just entertainment.

#36 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 03:09 PM | Reply

Yes. Which is, in Trumpy's words, foolish, stupid, and unwise.

#26 | Posted by donnerboy

Ahhh gotcha.

#37 | Posted by jpw at 2026-07-06 03:11 PM | Reply

You're just entertainment.

#36 | POSTED BY EBERLY

And you think you are somehow different and above it all?

lol

We are all just entertainment for the Gods.

#38 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 03:12 PM | Reply

"One thing I've learned about Americans.
They really don't know much about our own history."

That's true. They also lie about what they claim to be tired of.

#39 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 03:12 PM | Reply

"Let the adults run things."

Where are they?

As soon as I get a chance I will gladly vote for them.

#40 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 03:14 PM | Reply

-And you think you are somehow different and above it all?

I don't get sucked into such things the way you seem to be all the time.

that represents a profound difference between you and me.

You're constantly in a state of hysteria and worry....and you're upset I'm not the same.

It's got nothing to do with parties, Trump, Biden, nor any specific issue going on.

It's just a profound difference between you and me.

And that's fine.

Me...."nobody takes it seriously"

you..."But --------- they should!!!!"

I guess you can say we're both right and leave it at that.

I'd love that. But you can't do it

#41 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 03:16 PM | Reply

Just that they've grown tired of the accusations and they're desensitized to it.

That's probably one of the biggest takeaways from the McCarthy era.

#34 | POSTED BY EBERLY

See? That's what YOU learned.

That's exactly what I mean by Americans don't know their own history and do not ever learn from it.

See? I got something entirely different from that episode in American History.

My biggest takeaway from the McCarthy era is that fear and political paranoia can easily destroy basic rights.

During the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy ruined lives and jobs by accusing innocent people of being communists without any proof.

This should have taught Americans to always protect the truth and defend free speech.

But. Did Americans really learn that? Apparently not. Not on the planet I am currently sitting on.

#42 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 03:20 PM | Reply

I don't get sucked into such things the way you seem to be all the time.

Ha!

Looking at you not getting "sucked in".

#43 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 03:22 PM | Reply

-See? That's what YOU learned.

I learned that McCarthy was lying and it was unfair.

Which is why the next jackass that comes along screaming "commie!" will get dismissed for the most part.

You? I really don't think you've learned a goddam thing you pretend you have.

You keep selling yourself to me as some astute intellectual who is so enlightened.

Keep trying......it's fun to watch.

#44 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 03:36 PM | Reply

Me...."nobody takes it seriously"

you..."But goddammit they should!!!!"

WTF is this nonsense ?

You definitely have a reading comprehension issue.

Or you have misquoted misunderstood me on purpose.

No. It's just that i challenge you to explain yourself when you say stupid shat and i questioned why you think no one takes this seriously and countered you with facts.

When the folks in power right now obviously do take this seriously and they want you to also.

And at first I did not take them seriously. But now after seeing them act out their worst facist fantasies on America I certainly do.

I made the mistake once of thinking there was no way America would seriously vote for Trumpy and The Great American FAFO.

Like you made the mistake of thinking the Supreme Court would never overturn Roe v Wade. Yeah. I won't ever make that mistake again.

Because I can learn.

I question whether you can.

#45 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 03:38 PM | Reply

It's not a Red Scare.

#8 | Posted by BellRinger

It obviously IS a gaslighting red scare. And you're either perpetuating it, or like most Trumpers it's working very well on you. Everything I've heard with any seriousness is NO worse than proposals that might have been made by FDR or Harry Truman. Were they "communists"?

#46 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2026-07-06 03:39 PM | Reply

Which is why the next jackass that comes along screaming "commie!" will get dismissed for the most part.

Right. And how many lives will be destroyed this time before it gets dismissed. Again. For the third time.

#47 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 03:40 PM | Reply

I've heard with any seriousness is NO worse than proposals that might have been made by FDR or Harry Truman. Were they "communists"?

Of course any evidence will be deemed by you as "not serious".

But here's the Democrat, Francesca Hong, leader in running for Gov of WI - "Police exist to uphold white supremacy."
en.wikipedia.org

#48 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-06 03:43 PM | Reply

-And how many lives will be destroyed this time before it gets dismissed

over what? calling you a commie? calling me one?

What exactly is you're afraid of this time, Donner?

#49 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 03:43 PM | Reply

And you're either perpetuating it, or like most Trumpers it's working very well on you.

Elites in the Democrat party are even concerned about.

James Carville Begs Dems to Stand Up' to Socialists
www.yahoo.com

You're too naive to understand what is happening.

#50 | Posted by oneironaut at 2026-07-06 03:45 PM | Reply

it's fun to watch.
#44 | POSTED BY EBERLY

Happy to be able to enlighten AND entertain you!

Be sure and tip the waitress on your way out and don't forget to subscribe to my channel. lol

#51 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-06 03:45 PM | Reply

-And at first I did not take them seriously. But now after seeing them act out their worst facist fantasies on America I certainly do.

What's the difference? It's not like you voted any of these folks into office, did you?

What's the difference between taking them seriously and not taking them seriously from your perspective?

You're gonna whine like a bitch on this place 24/7 regardless.

You're gonna vote the same

What else is there for people like you?

#52 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 03:46 PM | Reply

youtu.be
Still looking for some decency out of cowed Republicans, seven decades later ...

#53 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-06 03:47 PM | Reply

-Everything I've heard with any seriousness is NO worse than proposals that might have been made by FDR or Harry Truman. Were they "communists"?

No, but I'm sure they were both called one.

#54 | Posted by eberly at 2026-07-06 03:48 PM | Reply

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