BREAKING: House Adopts Rep. Crank's Resolution to Condemn Socialism

September 1, 2026

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, Representative Jeff Crank's (CO-05) resolution to condemn socialism in all its forms and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), passed the U.S. House of Representatives with a vote of 220-192.

Socialism is one of the most destructive ideologies in world history, and the DSA have permeated elections across the country and have co-opted much of the Democratic party. While freedom-loving citizens across the country know that socialism is the first step to communism, and that every communist regime has brought only oppression, murder and starvation, the highest levels of Democrat leadership refuse to denounce DSA for fear of political retribution among their ranks.

America is seeing a troubling rise in support for socialism. This resolution condemns socialism in all its forms, as well as highlights the un-American tenets that DSA aspires to, including allowing noncitizens and incarcerated criminals to vote in American elections. It also reaffirms support for free, fair, and secure elections and the principle that American elections should be decided by American citizens.

"It is imperative as Members of Congress that we recommit ourselves to the Constitution and stand firm against this insidious push for socialism," said Rep. Crank. "The vast majority of Democrats voted against my resolution to condemn socialism in all its forms. 10-15 years ago, a resolution like this would've passed the House unanimously. The DSA is a threat to the American values that make our nation great. This evening's vote showed who stands for freedom, and others who stand with socialism."

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian says the United States has no legal or international right to impose sanctions on Iran, stressing that Tehran and Moscow can work together to counter Washington’s unilateralism.

Pezeshkian made the remarks on Tuesday during a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Thanking Putin for Moscow’s support for Iran, Pezeshkian said major powers cannot use their military and political strength to commit acts of aggression while disregarding international laws and frameworks.

“We appreciate your positions in support of Iran,” Pezeshkian told Putin, according to remarks released by the Iranian presidency.

He also described Tehran-Moscow relations as strategic, stressing that they go beyond a conventional bilateral partnership.

Putin, for his part, expressed solidarity with the Iranian people amid the war with the United States and Israel, stressing that Moscow would continue to maintain its economic and trade ties with Tehran despite the ongoing military and political tensions.

The Russian president said Moscow-Tehran relations were developing across various fields at a “very steady pace” under the countries’ existing cooperation agreement.

“During the meeting, the latest state of bilateral relations between Iran and Russia was reviewed and the two sides discussed ways to strengthen and expand cooperation in various fields,” the Iranian president’s office said in a statement.

The meeting came as the United States threatened to impose a new round of sanctions on countries maintaining economic ties with Iran, including its close allies Russia and China.

Pezeshkian urges efforts to build multipolar world

In separate remarks at the Shanghai Plus summit, Pezeshkian called for a multipolar world order based on multilateralism, sovereign equality and the rule of law.

He said the growing willingness of countries to play a greater role in international decision-making should not result in replacing one center of power with another or transferring hegemony from one power to another.

Pezeshkian also called for more effective and impartial action by the United Nations and the Security Council in addressing global developments, stressing that diplomacy and negotiations cannot deliver lasting peace without good faith, respect for commitments, and a rejection of the use of force.

He stressed the UN’s primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security, preventing wars, and resolving disputes through peaceful means, calling for improvements in the performance of the world body and its Security Council.

The Iranian president described the UN and Security Council’s response to developments in Gaza and Lebanon, as well as Israel’s recent aggression against Iran, as “very disappointing,” citing military aggression, genocide, war crimes, terrorism, and illegal sanctions.

Referring to US-Israeli attacks on Iran’s civilian centers, vital infrastructure, and peaceful nuclear facilities, Pezeshkian denounced the actions as clear violations of the UN Charter and international law.

He warned that the continuation of such actions could erode countries’ confidence in international mechanisms and the diplomatic process.

Pezeshkian reaffirmed that diplomacy and negotiations remain the main path towards resolving disputes.

Addressing the main SCO summit earlier, the Iranian president criticized the Trump administration for making excessive demands and violating its commitments under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) reached between Iran and the United States in June.

The MoU, signed on June 17 by President Pezeshkian and US President Donald Trump, was intended to bring an end to US-Israeli aggression against Iran, launched on February 28 with the assassination of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and several senior commanders.

The war severely disrupted commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf, particularly the transport of oil and gas vital to global markets.

The Trump administration failed to honor its commitments under the agreement to release frozen Iranian assets, lift sanctions, end its illegal naval blockade of Iranian ports, and press Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon.

The 60-day period set under the MoU expired on August 18, with Washington showing no interest in extending it as Trump launched what he called a “D-Day” economic war against Iran.

Today at 12 p.m. ET, U.S. forces began striking Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targets in Iran. The strikes follow recent attempted attacks by the IRGC against commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and against American service members deployed to the region.

https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2094826294466810366#m

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/9/1/iran-war-live-trump-vows-to-hit-iran-following-first-clash-in-a-month?update=4907601

The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan. If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran! President DONALD J. TRUMP

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/117196950497702512

https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/2094840689670475807#m

https://archive.is/GBsq2 (rolling stone)

The day before the festival, Rodrigo talked about its philanthropic aims. “It’s a real honor to announce that we are donating $10 million to be given directly to these 10 nonprofit partners that you just had the pleasure of hearing about,” Rodrigo said at a press conference attended by 10 organizations that advocate for women and girls and were participating in the festival.

Those nonprofit participants included Baby2Baby, which provides children in need with basic necessities; Black Mamas Matter Alliance (BMMA), which advocates for Black mothers’ rights and provides resources throughout and after pregnancy; Center for Reproductive Rights, a legal organization that advocates for reproductive rights and health care access for women worldwide; FreeFrom, which works to end gender-based violence by providing survivors with financial resources and more; Jhpiego, which provides critical health care to women and families worldwide; John Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health, which advances health equity for Indigenous communities worldwide; National Domestic Workers Alliance, which advocates for the rights of domestic workers; National Institute for Reproductive Health, which works to advance reproductive health care for all at the state and local level; National Women’s Law Center, which fights for gender justice on the legal front and beyond; and Planned Parenthood, which works to protect, provide, and expand access to sexual and reproductive health care and education. Net proceeds from the event are being directed to Daisy Chain Fields Fund, which benefits those nonprofits.
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Philanthropist Melinda French Gates joined Rodrigo and pledged to double the $10 million being donated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy_Chain_Fields

Press Statement of Spokesperson for DPRK Foreign Ministry

Pyongyang, August 31 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea released the following press statement on Monday:

We can witness the U.S. stand of confrontation with the DPRK being more clearly expressed recently.

A spokesperson for the Department of State and other officials concerned of the U.S. administration on August 26 clarified the stand that there has been no change in the U.S. policy toward the DPRK, asserting that the U.S. remains committed to the complete denuclearization of the DPRK.

It also more openly betrayed its extremely sinister and vicious hostile attempt to tarnish the image of our country and create its internal instability, talking about someone's "human rights abuses".

Meanwhile, the U.S. military announced its plan to stage the U.S.-Japan-ROK multi-domain joint military exercises Freedom Edge, which constitute a threat to the DPRK and regional countries, as scheduled, and is perpetrating air espionage and other anti-DPRK military provocations one after another.

The Trump administration has thus fully reconfirmed its invariable hostile policy to wantonly violate the sovereignty, political system and security interests of the DPRK through the "denuclearization" racket, "human rights" smear campaign and military threat.

The U.S. hostility toward the DPRK, manifested in its stand of confrontation that gets clearer in terms of rhetoric and behavior, has become a root cause of pushing the tensions on the Korean peninsula to a more dangerous level and escalating the structural instability of the region.

It is pointless to expect any detente in the region, given the grave situation where the U.S. persistent hostile policy toward the DPRK is evolving in a more dangerous way.

Our nukes serve as an absolute guarantee for defending its sovereignty and the nuclear weapons in possession of the DPRK and their sustained bolstering are the most responsible and correct option for ensuring regional peace and security.

This can be fully explained by the unstable security environment brought to the region by the U.S. nuclear posture transforming into more offensive one and Japan's rearmament and the ROK's arms buildup being accelerated in the framework of the U.S.-Japan-ROK triangular military cooperation system.

The present position of the DPRK, fixed on a permanent basis by its supreme state law, can neither be weakened nor be diluted by the U.S. repeated expression of stand on "denuclearization".

To absurdly stick to the past can never get a grip on reality or deter the future.

The DPRK will be more resolute and clear in its exercise of sovereignty to defend the supreme interests of its national security, based on the premise that the U.S. policy toward the DPRK never changes and there will be no change in the future, too.

There is no change in our policy toward the U.S. to respond to its invariable hostile policy with the toughest stand to the last. -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/d71edc38f50c81691e4f69e6507f146b

https://archive.is/DjgVT

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the latest terrorist strike on Iran’s Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz martyred and wounded several IRGC combatants and civilians, and has promised that the aggression will not go unanswered.

In a statement issued shortly after the terrorist attack on Sunday night, the IRGC Public Relations Department said the American-Zionist enemy, acting out of desperation over its domestic failures and falling standing among regional states, once again sought to revive its “sinister role” and shape public opinion through an act of aggression.

“In an aggressive act, [the enemy] attacked Larak Island, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of several of our combatants and compatriots,” the statement said.

“The sons of Islamic Iran will answer this action and will result in the punishment of the aggressor.”

The IRGC opened the statement with the Qur’anic verse: “Indeed, We will take vengeance upon the criminals.”

The Tasnim News Agency, citing initial field reports, said two people were martyred and two others wounded in the US assault. Local residents also reported hearing explosions near the island.

IRGC spokesman and public relations chief Hossein Mohebbi called the strike a grave blunder committed in the middle of Washington’s economic war on Iran.

“This action was a strategic and fatal error by the Trump regime in the course of the economic war, an error that will shift the balance against its planners and will entail heavy costs,” Mohebbi said.

“The enemy will pay the consequences of this miscalculation in both the economic and military arenas,” he added.

Larak sits at the northern edge of the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian officials have long described the island as part of the country’s sovereign territory and a front line in the defense of the Persian Gulf.

The American media later claimed US forces had struck “launchers” on the island. Tehran rejects such accounts as a familiar pretext used to justify attacks on Iranian soil and to cover the enemy’s inability to impose its will in the region.

Myongsasimni Railway Station Inaugurated in Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Area

Pyongyang, August 28 (KCNA) -- Myongsasimni Railway Station has been built in the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area of the DPRK crowded with tourists enjoying their fantastic holiday under the care of the Workers' Party of Korea which seeks to provide the people with a new brighter and richer life and high civilization.

The station, with a total floor space of 7 000 square meters, was built in a unique architectural style to suit the characteristics of the coastal tourist city. It is a standard local railway station built practically in terms of its mission, function and service to ensure sightseeing.

Myongsasimni Railway Station, another valuable asset for the people impeccable in its appearance and amenities, is a precious fruit of devotion made by respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who finds his greatest pleasure in working hard for the people's happiness.

Its inauguration ceremony took place on Thursday.

Present there were Pak Hun, vice-premier of the Cabinet, Hwang Man Bok, chairman of the Kangwon Provincial People's Committee, officials concerned, officials in the field of railway transport, employees of Myongsasimni Railway Station, builders, working people, youth and students in the province.

Kim Ha Gyu, minister of Railways, addressed the ceremony.

He said that Myongsasimni Railway Station was successfully built under the energetic guidance of the Party Central Committee which regards the people's laughter and happiness as a symbol of the socialist system and a criterion of national power and devotes all to providing the people with the happiest life and the best civilization in the world.

True to the noble intention of the Party which set forth the task of building a new station in the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area and clearly indicated the orientation and ways for completing the project at the highest qualitative level, the builders and railway workers devoted their patriotic sweat and enthusiasm to the construction of railways and structures and created unique landscape around the station, he said.

He stressed that Myongsasimni Railway Station, built as a model of Korean-style local railway station in the coastal wonderland, clearly shows level of creation and civilization in the era of the Workers' Party that subordinates all affairs of the country to the welfare of the people.

He called upon the officials and workers in the railway transport sector to thoroughly establish the unified command system and put transport organization and command on a scientific and rational basis and the employees of Myongsasimni Railway Station to well manage the station building and the railway and conduct guide service in a responsible manner so that the travelers deeply feel the love and benevolence of the motherly Party.

The speaker stressed that all the officials and working people should single-mindedly and devotedly uphold the ideas and leadership of respected Comrade Kim Jong Un so as to fulfill their responsibility and role in the sacred drive for overall development of Korean-style socialism and promotion of the people's wellbeing along the path indicated by the Ninth Congress of the WPK.

At the end of the ceremony the participants looked round the railway station. -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/663d3eeecc6a533e1f32c64ae6b99fa6

https://archive.is/uRixL

DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesperson on U.S. Hostile Moves

Pyongyang, August 27 (KCNA) -- A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on Thursday as regards the fact that the U.S. is repeatedly resorting to a series of hostile moves adversely affecting the security environment of the DPRK and the regional situation:

Recently, the U.S. Department of State decided to sell the ROK AIM-9X Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, the latest ultra-modern tactical missile currently operated by the U.S. army and which can be used to attack ground targets, and their related equipment worth 125 million US$.

Earlier, it announced its plan to allot millions of U.S. dollars to the "human rights" smear campaign in order to create conditions favorable for grasping so-called "human rights situation" in the DPRK and gathering information about the DPRK.

The above-said acts are another case proving the persistence and sequence of the U.S. hostile moves to add a new threat to the security sphere of the DPRK and create instability in the social system of our state.

This year alone, the U.S. approved the sale of various lethal equipment worth an astronomical sum of money, including the latest air-to-air missiles, new-type helicopters for naval operation, attack helicopters and precisely guided bombs, encouraging the ROK to boost its capability to fight a war.

Now that the military integration of the U.S. and its allies is being accelerated in the Asia-Pacific region, we can not overlook the adverse effect of the U.S. sale of its weapons to the ROK on the regional security environment.

The reality clearly proves how actively and zealously the U.S. is trying to expand the new threat to the DPRK.

We once again and clearly recognized the expression of the U.S. open attitude to be always hostile to the DPRK.

The DPRK is well aware of the reality that there always exists outsiders' malignant attempt and threat to the DPRK's security and its political stability, and will make a serious, immediate and powerful response to the hostile acts in different spheres. -0-

http://kcna.kp/en/article/detail/39b4817b129827ff50733a7f0efbd510

https://archive.is/KIBzz

https://xcancel.com/pathofexile/status/2092334226846949851#m

https://pathofexile2.com/register

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwYNNQJO-AE

"We have a lot of opportunities. We're growing. We're building in a lot of places, but when you find a conservative, business-friendly state with a phenomenal workforce, it makes a difference," Aplin said in a video shared by Huckabee Sanders on social media. "And I'm starting to realize life's too short to try to build in places that people don't appreciate what you're bringing versus a place like this, where people do appreciate what you're building."

"So that leadership, that concept, that idea of conservative, business-friendly, family-oriented concept works so much better if it trickles down from the very leadership," Aplin said. "From the very top at the governor's office, at the congressman, at the senator, at the mayor (and) the representatives."

video https://nitter.net/SarahHuckabee/status/2089694866934501410#m

(cw video has Islamophobia)

https://nitter.net/AbdulElSayed/status/2091160636008849863#m