Commie Panic
A Cuban exile is on Fox News warning that Americans who want affordable rent are secret communists. He is peddling the exact lie Washington used to bury Latin America for two centuries. Here is what the fearmongers will never tell you.
Commie Panic
At Mount Rushmore on July 3, 2026, the president used America’s 250th birthday to declare a "communist menace," urge the end of the filibuster and push the SAVE America Act. Senate Republicans including John Thune pushed back.
Commie Panic
Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged New Yorkers to set AC to 78 to protect a strained grid during a triple digit heatwave. Barstool founder Dave Portnoy called the request "communism" and is weighing a mayoral challenge. The clash pits public safety against political spectacle as officials warn heat kills nearly 500 New Yorkers annually.
Commie Panic
Senator Joseph McCarthy’s 1950 claim of 205 communists turned accusation into theater. Televised Army hearings in 1954 and a censure vote ended his power, but the Red Scare wrecked careers, fed U.S. interventions in Latin America and left a long shadow.
Commie Panic
President Trump said communism is the greatest U.S. threat after NYC democratic socialist wins and a rent freeze. At the same time, a White House digital agency run by ex-DOGE staff built federal sites with opaque data practices.