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Chart Of The Day: Democrats' Patriotism Falls Off A Cliff. Here's One Reason Why
American pride remains high in absolute terms, but the trend is clear: the U.S. has shifted from being one of the world's most nationally proud countries to one that now resembles a typical Western nation.
There are multiple forces behind this decline, but the largest political signal comes from the transformation of the Democratic Party. What was once a center-left party has increasingly embraced socialism and Marxism, frequently expressing anti-American rhetoric while seeking to undermine capitalism and national identity with migrants who don't want to assimilate.
The new face of the Democratic Party is NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whose team of unhinged Democratic Socialists apparently thought it was a good idea to use George Washington's desk as the centerpiece of a propaganda video attacking America just one day before the country's 250th anniversary. That was not a coincidence - it was a signal.
Communist NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who just came to this country, chose to become an American, is deciding he is the foremost authority to tell Americans what it means to be American.
He has the AUDACITY, on America's 250th birthday, to call our great nation "an arena of… pic.twitter.com/sayf6IDu90
The larger message is that the DSA, their billionaire-funded NGO network, and many of their far-left thought leaders are fueling an anti-American sentiment campaign, while their base of migrants and white liberals, affected by nation-killing suicidal empathy, increasingly view everything about the U.S. as racist. That helps explain, in part, why national pride among the left has collapsed.
One X user points out a recent Nate Silver survey showing that American pride has tumbled. That person noted, "Paul @WomanDefiner: Funny things happen when 30% of people in America aren't American-born." And that's most likely correct, given that many of these migrants have little desire to assimilate...
Funny things happen when 30% of people in America aren't American born. https://t.co/Va84BVULjO
— Paul (@WomanDefiner) July 3, 2026Another survey by YouGov found that Democrats view the Black Lives Matter flag more favorably than the actual American flag.
YouGov poll | 6/30-7/2
Do you have a positive or negative view of the following flags?
(By party, net)
🟦Democrats
Black Lives Matter +69
American +62
Mexican +54
Ukrainian +54
Gay pride +48
Transgender pride +35
Palestinian +15
Israeli −8
Thin Blue Line −24
Gadsden… pic.twitter.com/rFWHQNN7j0
Last week, mainstream Democrats began to panic over what years of welcoming socialists and Marxists into their DEI-powered coalition may have unleashed. The concern now is that DSA activists are no longer just an activist flank, but are hijacking parts of the party, seizing institutional power, and dragging the broader Democratic brand into an increasingly anti-American posture.
This shift has been fueled by an ecosystem of far-left NGOs, activist networks, and what may be foreign influence operations that have helped normalize socialist and Marxist politics within the party's base. Read more here.
"Democrats legitimately need to calm down. I'm a traditional Democrat, but I can't support the party right now. America is a great country, and it's not hard to live a relatively comfortable life here," another X user said.
Another poll.
And another.
Chart of the Day: We'll leave you with this chart: U.S. National Pride vs. Foreign-Born Share...
Trump last night:
Trump:
You can be loyal to Karl Marx or you can be loyal to America.
You can be a communist or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both. pic.twitter.com/4HosNoBcjR
White House via X earlier today: "You can be a communist or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both."
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DRAMageddon Deepens As Samsung Prepares 20% Memory Price Hike
There is no immediate price relief coming for cutting-edge memory chips, even as South Korea moves to double memory capacity. New fabs and expanded lines take time to build and then ramp production, meaning the supply response will lag demand. For now, DRAM inventories remain tight through year-end as data center buildouts accelerate, keeping producers like Samsung in control of the market, with more price hikes likely ahead.
The memory-chip squeeze is not easing anytime soon. That is the clear takeaway from a new report by the Shanghai-based Chinese financial media group Yicai, which says Samsung plans to raise average third-quarter DRAM prices by about 20% from the prior quarter.
More color from Yicai:
On July 3, it was reported that Samsung Electronics plans to raise the average selling price of its DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) by 20% in the third quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter.
"It's true," an executive from a consumer electronics manufacturer told CBN reporters. "Samsung had already spoken with us in June and we have now received verbal notification from Samsung about raising DRAM prices."
"The significant price increase of upstream components will be passed on to the final price of the finished product, which will curb market demand to some extent. However, since the overall price of consumer electronics products is not high now, even if prices rise, it is not expected to significantly affect users' purchasing decisions," said the person in charge of the aforementioned consumer electronics terminal manufacturer.
Another industry veteran also told reporters that the news that Samsung plans to raise DRAM prices by 20% in the third quarter is true, and Samsung has already notified some customers of the verbal price quote.
DDR4 DRAM spot prices tracked by inSpectrum Tech suggest the memory squeeze still has room to run, with the latest rebound pointing to another potential leg higher.
The industry response, and in South Korea's case, a national-level response, has been a massive push by giants Samsung and SK Hynix to double memory-chip production. But that chip capacity buildout will take years, meaning the current supply crunch is unlikely to ease quickly in the near term.
The situation is worsening, with a recent report detailing Apple's plan to buy cheaper DRAM from China. Meanwhile, there have been price hikes on popular gaming consoles, from Xbox to PlayStation, as tech giants can no longer shield consumers from memory-chip inflation and are now being forced to pass those costs along to customers.
At what point does Trump start raging at soaring memory prices
PPI Electronic Components is pulling entire core index higher pic.twitter.com/v9ufHmx0gG
JPMorgan analyst Jay Kwon recently broke down South Korea's push to double memory production. Read the note here.
Tyler Durden Sat, 07/04/2026 - 12:15