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How Mainstream Media Uses `Socialism` to Attack Progressives

August 2, 2026 By Egberto Willies

How Mainstream Media Uses `Socialism` to Attack Progressives

Marlon Weems exposes how corporate media weaponizes “socialism,” targets progressives with loaded questions, and applies a softer standard to authoritarian Republicans.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Abdul El-Sayed, authoritarianism, Corporate Democrats, Corporate Media, Democratic Party, Democratic Socialism, Donald Trump, Egberto Off The Record, Harry Truman, Independent media, Jen Psaki, Kamala Harris, Mainstream media, Marlon Weems, Media Bias, media framing, Medicare For All, Neoliberal Democrats, Norah O'Donnell, organized labor, political journalism, Politics Done Right, Progressive Politics, Progressives, Republican Party, Social Security, socialism, The Journeyman, The Reality Check, Todd Blanche, working class

Republicans Cry “Socialism,” but Americans Want Healthcare, Housing and Economic Justice

July 23, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Republicans Cry “Socialism,” but Americans Want Healthcare, Housing and Economic Justice

Michael Steele dismantles the GOP’s tired red scare as Americans recognize socialism for corporations and ruthless capitalism for workers, patients, renters and families.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2026 midterms, Affordable Housing, capitalism, CNBC Poll, Corporate Welfare, Democratic Socialism, Democratic Socialists, Donald Trump, DSA, Economic Justice, Gallup Poll, Harvard Youth Poll, Healthcare for All, income inequality, Katy Tur, MAGA, Medicare For All, Michael Steele, Politics Done Right, progressive movement, Progressive Politics, public education, Red Scare, Republican Fearmongering, Republican Party, socialism, working class, Young Voters

Trump, Paxton, The Founders, And America’s Long Excuse For Powerful Men

July 7, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Trump, Paxton, The Founders, And America’s Long Excuse For Powerful Men

Stop assuming corruption defeats MAGA. America’s history shows powerful men, from slaveholding founders to corporate-backed authoritarianism, get a pass unless people organize for accountability.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: abolitionists, Accountability, American Exceptionalism, American history, authoritarianism, corporate power, Corporate Welfare, democracy, Democratic Socialism, Donald Trump, Founding Fathers, Healthcare', hiroshima, Inequality, Ken Paxton, MAGA, Medicare For All, morality in politics, nagasaki, nuclear weapons, Patients, political hypocrisy, Politics Done Right, Progressive Politics, public good, public ownership, Republican corruption, Sally Hemings, selective accountability, slavery, social justice, socialism, texas politics, Thomas Jefferson, workers

Burgum Refuses To Condemn Patriot Front While Red-Baiting Democratic Socialists

July 5, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Burgum Refuses To Condemn Patriot Front While Red-Baiting Democratic Socialists

Doug Burgum dodged Dana Bash’s direct question on white nationalists in D.C., then smeared democratic socialists with tired communist fearmongering.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: abolitionists, Accountability, American Exceptionalism, American history, authoritarianism, corporate power, Corporate Welfare, democracy, Democratic Socialism, Donald Trump, Founding Fathers, Healthcare', hiroshima, Inequality, Ken Paxton, MAGA, Medicare For All, morality in politics, nagasaki, nuclear weapons, Patients, political hypocrisy, Politics Done Right, Progressive Politics, public good, public ownership, Republican corruption, Sally Hemings, selective accountability, slavery, social justice, socialism, texas politics, Thomas Jefferson, workers

America Built Flight And Apollo, But Capitalism Now Sells Crypto, Gambling, And Hype

July 3, 2026 By Egberto Willies

America Built Flight And Apollo, But Capitalism Now Sells Crypto, Gambling, And Hype

Capitalism does not free creativity; it extracts it. A caller connects worker precarity, privatized healthcare, crypto scams, and billionaire space myths.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: American Dream, Apollo Program, billionaire class, capitalism, corporate greed, Crypto Scams, Democratic Socialism, Economic Justice, Elon Musk, Healthcare Is A Right, innovation, NASA, Oligarchy, Politics Done Right, Privatized Healthcare, Progressive Politics, public good, public investment, Real Innovation, socialism, Sports Betting, worker rights, working class

AOC Exposes the Billionaire Myth as Katy Tur’s Awkward Reaction Sparks Debate

May 9, 2026 By Egberto Willies

AOC exposed the truth about billionaire wealth on MSNOW, triggering an awkward media moment and reigniting debate about capitalism and inequality.

AOC exposed the truth about billionaire wealth on MSNOW, triggering an awkward media moment and reigniting debate about capitalism and inequality.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, billionaire wealth, capitalism, class inequality, corporate greed, Democratic Socialism, Economic Justice, economic reform, Jeff Bezos, Katy Tur, labor rights, meritocracy, msnbc, Politics Done Right, Progressive Politics, tax the rich, wealth inequality, wealth redistribution, workers rights

WBAI Panel Why Zohran Mamdani’s Inaugural Speech Matters Nationally

January 2, 2026 By Egberto Willies

WBAI Panel Why Zohran Mamdani’s Inaugural Speech Matters Nationally

Zohran Mamdani’s speech challenged austerity politics and redefined governance. A WBAI panel explains its national implications.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: affordability, Democratic Socialism, free public transit, governance, New York City, Pacifica Radio, people powered democracy, Progressive Politics, public banking, rent freeze, universal childcare, WBAI, working class, Zohran Mamdani

Ali Velshi: Trump Built an Autocratic Socialist State While Attacking Mamdani

November 28, 2025 By Egberto Willies

Ali Velshi Trump Built an Autocratic Socialist State While Attacking Mamdani

Fox hyped a capitalism-vs-socialism battle, but Velshi shows Trump’s autocratic socialism dwarfs anything Mamdani proposes.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: AI subsidies, Ali Velshi, autocratic socialism, corporate corruption, Democratic Socialism, Donald Trump, Economic Justice, Egberto Willies, Fox News, Howard Lutnick, Intel stake, media hypocrisy, Oligarchy, Politics Done Right, Progressive Politics, Social Democracy, Zohran Mamdani

Trump Tries to Ride Zohran Mamdani’s Momentum in Awkward Oval Office Lovefest

November 21, 2025 By Egberto Willies

Trump Tries to Ride Zohran Mamdani’s Momentum in Awkward Oval Office Lovefest

Trump tries to align himself with Zohran Mamdani’s rising progressive movement, but Mamdani keeps the focus on affordability, justice, and workers.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: corporate power, cost of living, Democratic Socialism, Donald Trump, Egberto Off The Record, FDR portrait, Gaza human rights, ICE enforcement, income inequality, Independent media, media spectacle, New Deal legacy, New York City housing crisis, NYC affordability, NYC homelessness, policing and public safety, Politics Done Right, Progressive Politics, Trump press conference, working-class issues, Zohran Mamdani

A lazy Bill Maher using capitalist talking points slamming Democratic Socialism was embarrassing.

November 16, 2025 By Egberto Willies

A lazy Bill Maher using capitalist talking points slamming Democratic Socialism was embarrassing.

Bill Maher is using his platform to promote billionaires’ Democratic Socialism fearing message because of Zohran Mamdani’s effective deconstruction of a failed economic system in digestible form.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Bill Maher, Billionaire Influence, Capitalism Critique, Democratic Party Future, Democratic Socialism, Democratic Socialists of America, DSA, economic, Justice, Left Politics, Media Critique, Media Misinformation, Medicare For All, Political Commentary, Political Establishment, progressive movement, Progressive Politics, single-payer healthcare, Social Democracy, U.S. Economy, Vermont Healthcare, wealth inequality, Zohran Mamdani

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