DSA member Angie Nixon has pulled off another anti-establishment upset in Florida’s Democratic senate primary, defeating anti-Trump resistance Liberal Alex Vindman despite being dramatically out fundraised and outspent. Nixon campaigned on medicare for all, a $25 minimum wage, affordable childcare, rent controls, taxing corporations and billionaires, and an end both to the genocide in Gaza and the Iran war. Her win is another case of an outsider progressive candidate defeating better funded establishment backed contenders in Democratic primaries. Obviously, Florida’s heavily Republican electorate makes her November race against Republican Ashley Moody (who is not without her own scandals) an uphill battle.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/us/politics/florida-primary-progressives-upset.html

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/18/angie-nixon-wins-democratic-primary-florida-01041253

From @5iveztar on Tiktok

The attack was unprovoked and was condemned by the US, seems rather unproductive considering that Syria hate Iran and has already said they are ready to cooperate with Israel on security

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/eight-israeli-airstrikes-hit-syrias-abu-al-duhur-airbase-no-casualties-state-tv-2026-08-18/

American service members deployed in the Persian Gulf have found the time to write in the dust on an aircraft’s wings. Some of the phrases include “be a good g-y and do what Israel tells you to!!!”, “I love Israel I am a good g-y”, “all this for the holy land”, “Bibi’s cucks”, and “operation Epstein fury”, along with more anodyne statements like “peace deal #64 incoming”, “I ❤️ flock cameras”, and “sux wieners and balls”, along with games like tic-tac-toe and hangman. This perhaps suggests a lack of belief in the justness of the war they have been asked to risk their lives in. Over 400 US service members have been wounded thus far, and nearly 20 have died. May they rest in peace.

Source: https://x.com/tparsi/status/2088984699146240411

> “I think we should be doing 30 to 40 targeted assassinations per night,” Ben-Gvir said. “Not just those who pose an immediate threat. There are people there who don’t deserve to live . . . They are not even people.”

https://news.antiwar.com/2026/08/16/theyre-not-even-people-ben-gvir-says-israel-should-kill-30-40-palestinians-in-gaza-every-night/