Many transformations are unfolding within America's political left, and its shifting factions can be difficult to track.
The Democratic establishment is fighting to preserve its grip on power as progressives and reformist socialists gain ground in local elections, with some openly promoting the dismantling of capitalism and adopting increasingly hostile rhetoric toward America.
Fox News has begun publishing explainers to educate its audience about the emerging far left, while Trump administration officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, have declared war on the radical left and foreign subversion networks linked to Cuba, China and elsewhere (read report).
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Understanding the left requires recognizing that it is not a monolith. To help map its many layers, Karlyn Borysenko, who describes herself as an anti-communist analyst, published an easy-to-understand infographic on X titled "Mapping the Modern Left," noting that "not all leftists are created equal."
The graphic is a five-tiered "rainbow cake" view of the American left, ranging from establishment Democrats who favor incremental reform within capitalism to revolutionary socialists seeking to abolish and destroy the nation from within.
I have updated my Mapping The Modern Left Framework to make the language more precise regarding which groups are on the far left and what they believe.
Specifically, we are now delineating between reformist and revolutionary socialists.
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Her infographic divides the left into two main camps. The "neoliberal left" includes Democrats, liberals, and progressives, while the "far left" comprises reformist and revolutionary socialists. The graphic claims that progressives may favor policies associated with socialism, such as Medicare for All and the Green New Deal, without seeking to eliminate capitalism. Reformist socialists, by contrast, pursue a post-capitalist system...
Borysenko also uses symbols to indicate which tiers she believes have adopted elements of queer ideology.
Borysenko's infographic provides an easy-to-view understanding of the intensifying power struggle within the Democratic Party as the party establishment attempts to fend off a takeover by far-left socialists:
With fewer than 100 days until the midterm elections, the left's internal power struggle is already emerging as one of the campaign cycle's most intriguing spectacles of the summer.
Tyler Durden Mon, 07/27/2026 - 21:20The US has welcomed a decision by the new Venezuelan government to withdraw the country from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
In a post on X, the US State Department hailed the move as marking a "partnership on American-led efforts to dismantle the corrupt and worthless ICC."
It pointed to an investigation by the court into former Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, who was abducted from the South American country during a US military assault in January 2026, saying it had produced "no result".
"The ICC has instead wasted its resources on investigating and charging persons from countries that have competent, independent judicial systems and which never submitted to the jurisdiction of the court," the statement read.
"This is blatant overreach, political bias and selective enforcement," it said, adding that the court is "neither credible, independent, nor legitimate".
"It is time to dismantle the ICC," it said, calling for all its members to "withdraw from the Rome Statute".
via AFPIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had spoken with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who he said reaffirmed Washington's intention to act "forcefully" against the ICC.
In a statement, Netanyahu said the court "endangers justice around the world" and "threatens the right of democratic, sovereign states to exercise their sovereignty," adding that it sought to subject their security "to the decisions of a corrupt clique in The Hague."
The development comes after ICC member states voted on Friday to remove chief prosecutor Karim Khan over misconduct claims.
On Friday, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia announced that the government had informed the UN of its "irrevocable" decision to quit the court, citing the body's "geographical bias" against countries in the global south.
The move signals a greater alignment by Venezuela with US policies, a week after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio vowed “a whole-of-government response to systematically disable” the tribunal.
The Trump administration has repeatedly sought to undermine the international court, levelling sanctions against prosecutors involved in investigating the actions of US and Israeli militaries.
In an executive order signed last year, Trump wrote that the ICC "has engaged in illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel", citing the arrest warrants issued in November for Netanyahu and his then defense minister, Yoav Gallant.
Tyler Durden Mon, 07/27/2026 - 20:55