By Ray Cardello for September 22, 2026, Season 33 / Post 20

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Six weeks. Forty-two Days. A blink of the eye until America decides its future course. That is not sensationalism or hyperbole. Never before has America been faced with a choice to continue as a Constitutional Republic or throw in the white flag and wander down the path to Socialism. We have had radical candidates before, and even some who went the third-party route and really messed things up. We have never had a movement come on so strong, with such momentum, that it could hijack a political party. That is where we are with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The chickens have come home to roost in the form of Gen-Zers, ignorant of the past, who think they have a new and better way for all.

These young people are the product, or actually the victim, of our corrupted and failed educational system. It took decades for the system to indoctrinate an entire generation, from K-BA fully, and their patience has been rewarded with the DSA. The system was given a name by Jimmy Carter in the 70s, the Department of Education, but had we been honest, and why start now, it should have been called the Department of Socialist Indoctrination, and it may be the most successful creation of government. Mission accomplished.

They took away religion. They took away History, Math, and English. They excluded the parents and tried to make our children theirs. They took away a love of country and painted a picture of an oppressive land built by the rich to take advantage of the have-nots. They succeeded in creating a movement that doesn’t understand democracy, but puts it down, and doesn’t understand capitalism that made all their leaders rich. They took away their drive for excellence and replaced it with a need for free. They have created the DSA, and it needs to be put down like communism and fascism before it.

The radicals used the DSA to fund and win their primary campaigns, often against incumbent Democrats. Still, the Party welcomed them in, hoping to achieve a majority with their energy and following. With little time left and the polls working against them, they need to soften their message and disguise their true intent.

They need to convince the ignorant electorate that they are Democrats and forget about their radical comments. Disregard their claims that America deserved 9/11 and that Israel should be destroyed.  Don’t believe all that talk about us supporting Hamas, while we want to defund police, abolish ICE, and close all jails and prisons. Don’t worry about the rising crime rates as we supply your housing, food, education, and health needs for free. We are going to ride our white stallions into town, sell you a bill of goods, get your vote, win the election, and then get to town destroying the America you once loved.

The only plan they have that they think will solve every problem is to attack and beat Donald Trump. The Democrats will not take a New York Minute to view the accomplishments of the last 18 months, and would rather go by their philosophy that if Trump did it, it must be undone. Forget all of the existential happenings you have been warned about for decades; this movement is for real, and the future of the United States awaits your vote.

Author’s Note: Grok AI created the graphics. Grok’s comments about the images: The picture is a dusk landscape of a colossal wooden horse rolling toward the Capitol dome, its slatted belly leaking warm light and the silhouettes of people who were never meant to enter through the front gate. Bunting and flags dress the animal like a campaign float, which is the point: the threat is not the wood, it is what the wood is carrying. Six weeks is not enough time to unlearn a generation of indoctrination, but it is enough time to notice the wheels, the rope, and the invitation. A republic does not fall when the horse arrives. It falls when the gates are opened and nobody asks who is inside.