Liberals hold the reins of the Democratic Party, but their grasp is slipping — and it appears that those radical leftists who’ve long been jockeying for control of the party may soon be in the coachman’s seat.

Earlier this year, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani took control of America’s biggest city. Earlier this month, Democratic Socialists of America member Nithya Raman advanced in the Los Angeles mayoral race to a November runoff against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass. Last week, DSA candidate Janeese Lewis George won the Democratic nomination for mayor of Washington, D.C.

‘Capitalism has absolutely fallen through the floor.’

On the heels of these and other signs of democratic socialists’ ascendancy within the broader Democratic camp, CNN’s chief data analyst, Harry Enten, noted, “The democratic socialists seem to be doing considerably better than they used to be — and they have the chance to knock off, in fact, Democratic incumbents in Congress.”

Enten suggested that part of what is driving the socialists’ success is their growing favorability among Democrats.

“Net favorability among Dems, Democratic Socialists of America — look at that, a plus-17-point net favorability rating among Democrats,” said Enten.

“That is better than how congressional Democrats are viewed by Democrats. It just lost four points. So no wonder that democratic socialists have such a good chance, because simply put, they are a better brand at this point than Democrats in Congress.”

According to a national Marquette Law School poll conducted in April, 41% of Democrats have a favorable opinion of the DSA. Among those Democrats who view the DSA favorably, 43% described themselves as “very liberal” and 25% referred to themselves as “moderate.”

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Democratic Socialists of America-hosted rally in the Bronx. Jason Alpert-Wisnia/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images.

Enten highlighted that democratic socialism’s rise within the Democratic Party comes amid declining support for capitalism.

Gallup polling showed in September that 54% of Americans had a positive image of capitalism, down from 61% in 2010. Thirty-nine percent of respondents said that they had a positive image of socialism, up from 36% in 2010.

When broken down by party affiliation, the pollsters found that Republicans’ perception of capitalism had improved — from 71% in 2010 to 74% last year. For Democrats, the positive perception of capitalism declined from 51% in 2010 to 42% in 2025.

While only 14% of Republicans said they viewed socialism in a positive light last year, 66% of Democrats signaled a positive perception of the ruinous economic and political philosophy — up from 50% in 2010.

“Capitalism has absolutely fallen through the floor,” Enten said in reference to this data.

“Socialism, on the other hand, up like a rocket.”

Enten said of the Democratic Party’s embrace of socialism, “This to me is one of the more stunning trends … that I have seen in covering politics over the last 15, 16 years. And if you believe the prediction markets, it’s not going to just stop suddenly.”

The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has similarly highlighted the DSA’s ascendancy, concluding that regardless of whether socialist candidates succeed in New York’s Democratic congressional primary on Tuesday, “the DSA agenda is gaining among Democrats.”

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Every year on Father’s Day, I’m reminded of how grateful I am for my family. I’m also reminded of what helps me to remain grateful: that little oasis of tranquility just down the basement stairs — my home office.

I love my office. I also need it.

I try to get my wife to take advantage of the office. I tell her she can use it whenever she likes, but she never takes me up on it.

It’s very simple. If I can’t get my work done, I go crazy. I can’t get any work done without an office. Therefore, in order to remain sane, I need an office.

Mobile threat

I tried not having one about six years ago when it was just my wife, my son, and me in a little ranch we rented one block over. I had my desk set up in the corner of the living room. I had two computer displays, which, kind of I guess, created a little barrier or faux-wall separating myself from the couch and the television on the other side of the room. It worked, barely, but it was better than nothing.

Then, our firstborn starting walking. And talking.

Fortunately, we moved around the same time. The first thing I did in the new house was to make an office.

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Notes from underground

The new house is small too, with the same layout as the old one: three bedrooms and one bath on one floor. But the new house also has a basement that is about 50% finished. On the east end of this basement, there is a separate room, complete with its own bathroom and a solid door you can actually close.

The floor had been painted red probably 25 years ago. When we moved in, it was chipping and ugly. The walls were covered with equally old wallpaper that ended halfway to the ceiling. People did that in the ’80s and ’90s a lot. I remember because my mom did it with one of our walls when we were growing up. The bathroom was just as bad. Same red paint, same flowery wallpaper, same ’80s horror vibe. But the walls were drywall, and there was a ceiling too — drop in the bathroom, drywall in the main room.

As soon as we finished moving the last box into our new place, I got to work rehabilitating the ’80s horror show downstairs.

I ripped the wallpaper down over the course of a few days. I repaired the holes with putty. I painted the walls and ceiling bright white and the floor dark gray. I hung a big mirror in the bathroom, bought a shower curtain, and set two imitation stained glass pieces of plastic film over the small windows. These fake stained glass inlays are pretty cheeseball and not ideal, but it’s better than looking at the weeds through the window up near the ceiling.

I laid a big rug down in the main room and smaller ornate ones around on the still-exposed concrete. I installed a dimmer on the light switch, replaced the old door knobs with new ones, moved in my desk, tables, bookshelves, lamps with warm bulbs, stereo and speakers, microphones, cameras, and everything else that I use for work.

Hole for one

That was six years ago, and since then, I have spent too many hours to count down in my little subterranean sanctuary. Every year, I make it a little nicer. I hang some more photos, organize a little better, buy some more lamps, and try to keep my desk cleaner.

My most recent improvement came in the form of some Oasis lamps, which are advertised as providing warm ambient light. I’ve got four in my office set on “candle mode,” and I can confirm the light is both ambient and warm. It feels nice and light in here despite it being in the corner of a cold basement.

I try to get my wife to take advantage of the office. I tell her she can use it whenever she likes, but she never takes me up on it. I don’t think she likes the basement that much. I understand. The rest of it is kind of a hellhole. The kids play down there a lot, and more often than not, I find myself stumbling over toys and puzzles on my way to my hallowed little haunt of soft lighting and soft music.

A quiet place

We’ve got a small house and three homeschooled kids who use their imaginations instead of iPads. It’s a chaotic environment to say the least. I hear the yells outside the bathroom window, which is near the deck, and I hear the running across the floor of the living room from my desk directly below.

I think what gets to us as parents is the slow grinding down of our patience over the course of the day. It’s also that our stuff is always going missing or something is always being broken. It’s the constant questions and it’s the feeling like we have no space to ourselves anymore.

This is why dads have notoriously taken so long in the restroom and probably why moms take so long when they go to the grocery store by themselves. They are just trying to get some peace and quiet.

That is why I need an office. And while my workspace in the basement isn’t much, it has come a long way since 2020, and it’s more than enough. It’s a little peace and quiet.

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Major League Baseball says it was wrong to issue warnings to San Francisco Giants players who wrote Bible verses on their caps.

Specifically, Giants pitchers Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker, and Ryan Walker were threatened with discipline after writing different forms of Genesis 9:12-16 on team caps that support transgenderism and other sexualities, with the league citing violations of its uniform policy.

‘The players were neither fined nor disciplined, nor will they ever be.’

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) had sent a letter to the MLB on June 16 calling out the league for promoting Black Lives Matter in 2020 and becoming a “billboard” for political messaging, yet still issuing a warning to the Giants pitchers last week.

MLB Commissioner Robert Manfred responded to Hawley on Monday, who posted the letter online for all to see. In the text, Manfred revealed that the Giants’ communication with players was “inadequate and not clear” regarding their option to wear Pride hats. He claimed that some players did not understand they had the option to wear the normal Giants cap instead.

The commissioner’s office said “unfortunately” it issued a “routine oral warning” before it became aware of the Giants’ “lapse in communication.”

Players “should not be compelled to participate in a celebratory event … if such participation would violate their sincere religious beliefs or values,” Manfred told Hawley.

The MLB boss later confirmed, “The players were neither fined nor disciplined, nor will they ever be.”

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In the same letter, Manfred revealed that only two teams are permitted to wear special gay-themed hats in games: the Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Despite the league saying in 2023 that it would not permit clubs to utilize unauthorized hats, the clubs submitted special requests to have their Pride hats grandfathered in, and their requests were granted.

These “Pride Night” hats were justified by Manfred, who claimed it was because the cities have “some of the largest LGBTQ communities in the United States.”

However, players are not required to wear them, as he previously stated.

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The commissioner cited other “faith/religious-related games” and nights that “celebrate different ethnicities or nationalities” at MLB ballparks and said that the league “does not regulate these events, but also does not permit Clubs or players to utilize special uniforms/equipment for such games, or alter the uniform or equipment.”

However, for 12 league-wide events, MLB teams are mandated by the head office to alter their uniforms. Those days are:

Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Armed Forces Weekend, Play Ball Weekend, Memorial Day, Lou Gehrig Day, Independence Day, Hall of Fame Weekend, Childhood Cancer Awareness Day, September 11th, Jackie Robinson Day, and Roberto Clemente Day.

Manfred said the league has had “no significant complaints from fans or players for those days.”

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Despite notable criticism from European media and politicians regarding the United States’ hosting much of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, one German fan is cutting through the noise.

An X account by the name of Freddy has racked up millions of likes and views for posting his route through the U.S., enthusiastically praising friendly locals, American culture, and everyday spots like Waffle House, Buc-ee’s, Taco Bell, and Bass Pro Shops, among others.

Freddy’s posts have been wildly popular because they debunk the left-wing narrative that America is an unwelcoming, culturally empty place that is unsafe for foreign fans due to immigration enforcement.

On a recent episode of the “Steve Deace Show,” Deace and the team speak with conservative commentator and friend of the show Jill Savage about how the joy of one European fan is uniting America.

“Freddy is the feel-good story of the summer,” says Jill.

“I am obsessed with Freddy. He is bringing people together left and right. The war is over. We have Freddy traveling America. … He’s the joy of the summer,” she laughs, noting that she feels this way despite having zero interest in soccer or the World Cup.

What Freddy has accidentally done, she explains, is silence the narrative that “America sucks; [Americans] are the terrible people; [America] should be more like Europe.”

In return for his infectious enthusiasm, Americans are showering Freddy with love. From shout-outs by celebrities like J.J. Watt and an invitation to tour the White House to emergency flight help from American Airlines to get him to games on time, an invite from country star Ella Langley to attend her show and meet her backstage, and countless other gestures of hospitality, Freddy has quickly become America’s new hero.

“Jill just admitted live on air that the sport of soccer and a German national are bringing the country together more than college football and baseball,” says co-host Todd Erzen.

“Listen, we thought we were going to have white-boy summer. It’s Euro summer,” Deace quips.

To hear more, watch the episode above.

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A police officer and a civilian are dead after a long-haired gunman opened fire in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood around 11:30 a.m. ET on Monday.

Some liberal media outfits have narrowly characterized the ideology espoused within the manifesto allegedly left behind by the gunman as “incel” — involuntary celibate — in nature.

‘The essential political conditions of a society in which capitalism/liberalism, and thereby, hypergamy itself, are not part of the established order of things, have mostly already been laid out by Marx, Engels, and others.’

The document is brimming with resentment over perceived dynamics between the sexes in contemporary society and for so-called “hypergamy,” or women partnering with men of greater perceived mating value. However, it is unmistakably leftist in nature — offering a Marxist rationalization of women’s disinterest in undesirable men coupled with a defense of communism and a demand for a violent uprising against the capitalist West.

Despite the defense of and calls for leftist “revolutionary terror” in the document, authorities told reporters that Monday’s attack did not constitute an act of terrorism.

The shooting

Footage of the monstrous attack shows fatally wounded Constable Mohamed Lamine Benredouane crawl behind a white Porsche to cover while a female officer crouches behind a cement planter and exchanges fire with the suspect.

Moments later, a civilian, Michael Mizrahi, can be seen falling as gunshots ring out.

It’s unclear — and authorities have yet to clarify — whether Mizrahi was fatally shot by the female officer or the gunman. The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, or BEI, Quebec’s police watchdog, has launched an investigation into the events that took place during the police intervention.

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The gunman, who was dressed in “military-type attire” and armed with an apparent semi-automatic rifle, can be seen charging the position of the female officer where he is ultimately neutralized.

While Constable Benredouane succumbed to his wounds, the second officer, though seriously injured, is in stable condition.

When asked about whether the shooting was an ambush targeting police, Montreal Police Chief Fady Dagher indicated that police received a 911 call from an individual telling them that somebody was “shooting from a specific place” — a higher floor — but when police arrived, the gunman was at the street level.

Dagher expressed uncertainty whether the shooter belonged to a larger network but indicated that no other suspect was being sought in relation to the Côte-des-Neiges shooting.

Ian Lafrenière, Quebec’s minister of domestic security, told reporters that the shooting “was not considered as a possible terrorism attack but everything has been put in place to make sure it was not linked to something else,” reported state media.

The determination that the shooting was not a terror attack reportedly came after Quebec authorities consulted with multiple agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

The manifesto

Radio-Canada confirmed that the shooter left behind a “violent incel manifesto targeting women.”

State media acknowledged that the manifesto called for a violent revolution, but it — like other media outfits — neglected to note the leftist orientation of the proposed revolution.

The alleged 104-page manifesto published by Rebel News certainly espouses an incel ideology; however, it identifies a totalitarian communist state as the ultimate remedy for all of the West’s perceived social and moral ills.

The document:

draws heavily from the writings of Karl Marx, noting that “the essential political conditions of a society in which capitalism/liberalism, and thereby, hypergamy itself, are not part of the established order of things, have mostly already been laid out by Marx, Engels, and others in works such as The Communist Manifesto”;repeatedly criticizes capitalism and its supporters; calls for the abolition of private property, the centralization of credit in the hands of the state, and the establishment of state control over the means of communication and transportation;characterizes the freedoms now enjoyed by men and women in the West as “mass-enslavement”;identifies, applying a Marxist critique, “dispossessed proletarian males of all ethnicities collectively” as “the most voiceless, exploited, marginalized, forgotten, despised, abandoned, and oppressed group within western society”;defends “revolutionary terror” as both moral and effective;calls for the “total liquidation of the hypergamy state, down to its most hidden foundations”;notes that “women, though their behavior can be very hurtful, are generally not at fault for things” nor are “favored male[s],” and that powerful and influential people should instead be targeted;describes optimal ways to assassinate elite bankers, powerful CEOs, billionaires, influential politicians — liberal and conservatives alike — and “the most crucial employees of the more virulent and filthy facets of the capitalist economy”;identifies the “headquarters of all corporations with ties to Zionism,” the CEOs of private health insurance companies in the U.S., pornographic industry conferences, porn stars, advocates of pornography, real estate brokerage headquarters, cryptocurrency conferences, and leading military officials as “fair game” for terrorist attacks; and concludes with “KILL THEM ALL!”

Canadian authorities have urged the public not to speculate on a motive.

Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette wrote, “As the police operation and investigation are still ongoing, it is important to let the authorities do their work and to avoid any speculation.”

Quebec Domestic Security Minister Ian Lafrenière said that the suspect’s motives are under investigation by the BEI.

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Motherhood begins the second that test comes back positive. And so does motherhood anxiety. It’s wild how two little lines on a thin strip of paper are powerful enough to instantly catapult a woman into a realm of new questions, uncertainties, hopes, and fears — a beautiful and grueling realm from which she will never completely return.

As much as birth is a rite of passage, so is the angst that awakens the moment a woman discovers there is precious life growing inside her and lasts as long as her heart continues to beat.

Many mothers feel more lost than ever.

But as much as motherhood is one of the most trodden paths in human existence, as much as a “mother’s intuition” is a very real and powerful thing, mothers need guidance.

This is perhaps most true at the dawn of their journey — from pregnancy through birth and into that first postpartum year.

For most of human history, women learned about pregnancy, birth, and caring for newborns from other women in their village. It was beautiful for its simplicity, yet often treacherous due to limited medical knowledge. Today, the terrain is far safer — death in childbirth is rare thanks to modern medical interventions — yet many mothers feel more lost than ever.

We still seek anecdotal wisdom from other women, but we’re drinking through a fire hose because most of that information (much of which may be wrong) comes from Instagram, TikTok, and the dumpster fire of opinions that is Reddit. Add to that the often conflicting advice we receive from our ob-gyns, doulas, and midwives, and the result is many women feeling paralyzed, unable to advocate for themselves, and immensely underprepared for the journey that awaits them.

Hope for the modern mother

Thankfully, hope has come, and its name is “I Am Motherhood.”

Bella McIntire is the creator of this all-encompassing resource for mothers in the stages of all three trimesters, labor and delivery, and the postpartum period.

“I Am Motherhood” is a free downloadable app that not only guides mothers through an ocean of information but equips them with the practical tools they need for a successful journey through pregnancy, birth, and the subsequent year.

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A nurse and mother’s mission

As a labor and delivery and postpartum nurse and the mother of two young children, Bella is a wealth of knowledge and experience. “I Am Motherhood” is her endeavor to share the resources she has spent years accumulating with a generation of women who feel they are blindly navigating the early stages of the most important role they will ever inhabit.

After years of advising friends and watching patients enter the birth process confused and underprepared, Bella decided to meet this growing need herself.

“What really was the impetus for ‘I Am Motherhood’ was I decided to quit my job after my daughter was born in 2024, and as soon as I quit, I realized how much I missed it, and so I started just jotting down all the advice I had given friends and patients,” she told me.

What began as a humble Google document developed into six — yes, six! — books, all of which are available for purchase and download on the “I Am Motherhood” app. Each book covers a different part of the motherhood journey: the first trimester, second trimester, third trimester, labor and delivery, the first month of postpartum, and the remaining 11 months of the postpartum year. These books are for anyone who wants a deeper dive into the various stages of early motherhood.

The app, however, provides quick tips and information on a wide range of topics, including, but by no means limited to: nutrition, exercises, choosing a provider, planning for birth, symptom management, navigating doctors’ appointments, after-birth care for mom and baby, miscarriage loss, breastfeeding, postpartum depression, birth trauma, etc. Whatever the topic, Bella offers encouraging, practical advice informed by both her professional training and her experience as a mother.

Bridging medical care and holistic wisdom

While many women wrestle with the tension between modern medical guidance, the resurgence of holistic birth practices, and their own God-given intuition, Bella believes these three can work together in harmony.

“I am a mom who’s more on the holistic side and a nurse who deeply appreciates medical interventions, and that’s the philosophy that undergirds my books and the ‘I Am Motherhood app,’” she said. “I’m not telling you to have a free birth in your back yard, but I’m also not telling you to get every medical intervention available.”

The books and the app, she explained, are really a presentation of options informed by evidence-based research and her own varied experiences that empowers readers to “choose their own adventure.”

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But guidance and knowledge are just the beginning. “I Am Motherhood” also includes multiple tools soon-to-be and new mothers need.

All your tools in one place

Talk to any woman who has been through it, and she will tell you how overwhelming the tracking process is. Leading up to birth, there is the due date calculator, the baby development tracker, the kick counter, and the contraction timer. After birth, mothers — bleeding and exhausted — then must immediately shift to meticulously tracking their baby’s feeding, sleep, and diapers.

Because each of these tracking tools is usually its own separate system, it is not uncommon for women to lose important information amid the chaos. I keenly recall scribbling down feeding times on a napkin at the hospital after the birth of my son. It was thrown away by cleaning staff while I was sleeping, and when the nurse later came to collect my information, I had nothing to tell her. Here I was a mother for all of six hours, and I was already failing.

The “I Am Motherhood” app, however, solves this problem by combining all these tools into one convenient place. Using the Baby Development Tracker, a pregnant mother can read all about her baby’s growth during each week of pregnancy; then she can click over to the Symptom Guide and get advice on how to manage her exact symptoms for the specific trimester she is in.

As birth nears, she can count her baby’s kicks and time her contractions. After her child is born, the feeding, sleep, and diaper trackers help her stay organized and calm. For the modern mother, “I Am Motherhood’s” tool feature is the remedy for the overwhelming chaos of trying to track it all on her own.

Knowledge is power

In an era defined by social media debates, widely circulating misinformation, and the heightening tension between modern and holistic medicine, so many women’s journeys into motherhood are defined by self-doubt, paralysis, and poor decisions.

This was me. Overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information out there and unsure of how to even begin navigating through it, I was the girl who showed up at the hospital with nothing more than an overnight bag and a timid countenance. No birth plan, no technical knowledge, no ability to advocate for myself — just a prayer that it would all work out one way or the other.

And it did, but not without serious complications. As I was exploring the “I Am Motherhood” app, all I could think was, man, how different things would have been for me if I had had this!

“Knowledge is power,” Bella said. “And this app is about empowering women with information that allows them to be active participants in their journeys into motherhood. It’s about teaching women how to personalize their experiences so that they can be present instead of anxious.”

In a world flooded with noise, conflicting advice, and self-doubt, “I Am Motherhood” offers something truly valuable: clear, compassionate guidance that honors both medical wisdom and a mother’s intuition. Whether you’re newly pregnant or deep in the trenches of postpartum life, this app serves as a steady companion, helping you move from overwhelmed to empowered.

Disclaimer: The “I Am Motherhood” app is designed to educate and support, but it is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Always consult your health care provider for personalized medical guidance. Bella McIntire is the wife of BlazeTV’s “Steve Deace Show” producer Aaron McIntire.

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As New Yorkers head to the polls Tuesday, incumbent Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat is fighting to retain his party’s nomination against a Mamdani-backed challenger.

The 71-year-old was first elected to Congress in the 2016 election, representing a district that encompasses northern Manhattan and a section of the west Bronx.

‘I forget to get napkins. So I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me.’

“I’m the first undocumented, formerly undocumented member of Congress. I’m the first Dominican American member of Congress in a city that has a million Dominican Americans,” Espaillat said.

Despite his membership in the Congressional Progressive Caucus and classification as one of the most liberal House members, he doesn’t seem to have been adequately radical enough for Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his fellow democratic socialists.

Darializa Avila Chevalier, a community organizer and the daughter of Dominican immigrants, is challenging Espaillat for the seat.

Avila Chevalier is positioning herself as a further-left alternative to Espaillat, claiming on her website that she has received endorsements from Mamdani, the New York City Democratic Socialists of America, and former House “Squad” member Jamaal Bowman.

Espaillat, by contrast, has the support of establishment New York Democrats such as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Gov. Kathy Hochul.

“I am someone who has been organizing for over 14 years in our community, and I have to ask: Have things gotten better in our community under our current leadership?” Avila Chevalier said last week in a primary debate.

In a recent interview, the 32-year-old stood by her belief that “all deportations are wrong,” even for those convicted of violating American criminal law, calling it “double jeopardy.”

Avila Chevalier is also behind a plethora of tweets from a since-deleted X account that featured statements such as: “It means ending policing full stop. Period. No more police at all ever,” “I forget to get napkins. So I just wiped my hand on the American flag behind me,” and one calling the Democratic National Committee a “big fraudulent white nasty status quo bitch.”

“I have grown considerably since in the years since these tweets, and I am focused on our community and our community’s future,” she said about the deleted social media account.

Avila Chevalier has narrowed the polls leading up to the election. According to the New York Times, recent polling shows Avila Chevalier with a lead as high as four points and Espaillat with a lead as high as eight points.

Bettors on Polymarket seem to have confidence in Espaillat, placing him at a 66% chance of winning, compared to Avila Chevalier’s 37%.

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This primary standoff represents just the latest battle between the Democratic “mainstream” and the rising socialist sect of the party. As of 2025, there were 250 democratic socialists in elected office, compared to just 35 in 2017.

These offices are not exclusively low-level either. Janeese Lewis George, who just secured the Democratic nomination for D.C. mayor, is a democratic socialist, both New York City Mayor Mamdani and Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson are democratic socialists, and Los Angeles City Councilmember Nithya Raman, who just advanced to the general election for her city’s mayoral race, is a DSA member as well.

Espaillat, as a seasoned politician, has gone after Avila Chevalier for her lack of governmental experience: “This is not a PhD program. This is government. And you need experience.”

Avila Chevalier has focused much of the debate on Israel and American aid to the country. During a debate, she attacked Espaillat for receiving money from AIPAC and “voting to send our tax dollars to a country that is enacting a genocide.”

However, Espaillat has swung back, highlighting Avila Chevalier’s attendance at a controversial pro-Palestinian rally in Times Square on Oct. 8, 2023, one day after the Hamas-led attack on Israel.

“In Congress, she’ll take on corporate greed, bad landlords, and D.C.’s broken political system,” Mamdani said in support of Avila Chevalier’s candidacy.

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Password management apps are trusted to keep and defend users’ most precious login information that leads to their email addresses, bank accounts, social media profiles, and more. These apps protects their entire digital life, so when a password manager fails, the consequences could be dire. Unfortunately, popular password app Dashlane suffered a brute-force attack last month that left some users open to information theft.

The attack

According to an announcement published by Dashlane, a targeted group of accounts were infiltrated by a hacker through a brute-force attack. A brute-force attack is a type of cybersecurity assault carried out through simple trial and error. It’s basically a digital version of guessing the code on a combination lock by turning it in random sequences until it clicks open. This type of attack can be extremely time-consuming but effective if luck is on the hacker’s side.

The goal was to exploit two-factor authentication — a feature that usually protects accounts by requesting verification from multiple devices before allowing the user to log in — by adding additional compromised devices to the accounts to gain access. The attacks were delivered at such a high volume that Dashlane’s systems flagged the attempts and temporarily locked the targeted accounts, but not before the hacker successfully downloaded the encrypted password vaults of those it breached.

Luckily, there are some things you can do to shore up security on your account.

Dashlane notes that fewer than 20 user accounts were infiltrated, and all affected users received an email to let them know that their accounts were affected and temporarily locked. That means, if you’re a Dashlane customer and you didn’t receive an email, your account is safe and unaffected.

Although some accounts were breached, the stolen encrypted vaults cannot be opened unless the hacker has access to each master password, once again proving why end-to-end encryption is important for all facets of today’s digital world, whether it’s messaging apps, password managers, or cloud providers.

All suspended accounts have been restored, Dashlane confirms that its internal system wasn’t impacted, and its team is investigating ways to prevent future brute-force hack attempts.

How to protect your Dashlane account from future hackers

Dashlane claims that it has “deployed additional protections at the network level and within the product to further detect and filter out malicious traffic,” seemingly stomping out the pathway that the hacker or hackers used to access the sub-20 accounts in question. However, if you’re a Dashlane user, that probably isn’t enough to make you feel like your passwords are thoroughly protected. Luckily, there are some things you can do to shore up security on your account.

Change your password: Although the hackers didn’t access Dashlane’s internal systems, it’s still a good idea to change your password every six months to a year, just to ensure no new breaches have leaked your information on the web.Make your password complex: Brute-force attacks, like the one suffered by Dashlane, are easier to carry out if your account password is simple or short. To lessen your chances of a breach, make it as long and obscure as possible. Just don’t forget to write it down and keep it somewhere safe.Enable 2FA: Two-factor authentication provides an extra layer of protection between hackers and your account. With this enabled, only you, with your verified device, are able to log in.

How to export your passwords out of Dashlane

If all else fails, you may wish to remove your passwords from your Dashlane account and save them in an alternative password service. The easiest way to get your passwords out of Dashlane’s system is to export them into a CSV file.

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To export your Dashlane passwords, go to Dashlane on the web, open your Vault menu, and select “Settings.” Several lines down, click on “Export data,” followed by “Export to CSV.”

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Once you export your passwords, don’t forget to delete your Dashlane account; otherwise your login information is still accessible on its servers.

WARNING: Before you do anything, open the CSV file and confirm that your passwords are all present and accounted for. Once you delete your Dashlane account, this file is the only record of your passwords.

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To delete your Dashlane vault, navigate to the account deletion page on your computer, enter the email address attached to your Dashlane account, and follow the steps to confirm.

Now that you have your CSV file and your Dashlane account is gone, you’ll need to save your file in a password-protected location or upload it to an alternative password manager. A few good candidates include Proton Pass, 1Password, NordPass, and LastPass. Whichever one you pick is up to you (I recommend Proton Pass for privacy or 1Password for superb security), but whatever you do, do not store them in an unprotected text file on your computer. That’s probably worse than just keeping them in Dashlane in the first place.

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