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Hasan Piker's "Touch Of Death"? Far-Left Francesca Hong Loses Wisconsin's Dem Primary For Governor

Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley narrowly won Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary on Tuesday night, defeating far-left state lawmaker Francesca Hong despite her backing from Marxist streamer Hasan Piker.

David Crowley, who reentered the Wisconsin governor’s race after securing the endorsement of Gov. Tony Evers, won the battleground state’s Democratic primary, defeating democratic socialist Francesca Hong. https://t.co/lrN1X3dlXK pic.twitter.com/4eJKC1BhbQ

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 12, 2026

BREAKING: Polymarket projects Francesca Hong has been defeated by David Crowley — 99% chance. https://t.co/vhzxuK0tI2

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) August 12, 2026

Hong's loss raises a broader question for the democratic socialist movement: Has Piker's support become a political liability?

Francesca Hong is campaigning with Hasan Piker pic.twitter.com/7DtvJk9hKV

— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) August 2, 2026

His incendiary, anti-American rhetoric, including calls to "kill capitalists," has handed Republicans a potent line of attack against the socialist and Marxist candidates he promotes. In addition, leaders of the Democratic Socialists of America routinely call for undermining the nation and collapsing capitalism.

Wisconsin Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong: “I'd say it's about f***ing time we 86 Trump.” pic.twitter.com/HrqL1uT0bp

— America (@america) August 4, 2026

It increasingly appears that the DSA's ultimate goal is not affordability, opposition to data centers, or whatever issue its members happen to be promoting that day to rile up fellow Marxists. It is really about ending the American empire.

Hong's loss is a major sigh of relief for the Democratic Party establishment, which initially welcomed socialists and Marxists into their "big tent" DEI kingdom, but that has since turned out to be a terrible idea as the far-left seizes political power from establishment candidates in several primaries across the country this summer. 

Politico wrote earlier, "The far left hits a wall," adding, "After hot DSA summer comes the fall."

Democrats are desperately trying to distance themselves from Piker, socialists, and Marxists. Republicans have been handed a political gift because far-left soundbites, such as Hong repeatedly calling to defund the police and cancel Thanksgiving, are unpopular with the majority of Americans. That's because defund the police was already tried during the Marxist BLM riot days and entirely failed, leading to more violent crime and murders. 

Francesca Hong, 2020: Cancel Thanksgiving.

Hong, Two Days Ago: Thanksgiving is a time that's incredibly painful for many people in our communities.

Hong, Today: My favorite holiday is Thanksgiving. I love it. pic.twitter.com/cA5Qg9Lm4S

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) August 5, 2026

Yet these DSA candidates are hell-bent on running on nation-killing policies and an anti-American agenda that risks branding the entire Democratic Party as far-left and radical.

She also supports:

• Abolishing the police
• Abolishing prisons
• Abolishing borders
• Raising taxes to fund government-run grocery stores

🚨 Socialists are targeting Wisconsin.

Their leading candidate for governor, Francesca Hong, wants to:

• Abolish the police
• Abolish prisons
• Abolish borders
• Raise your taxes for government-run grocery stores

This isn’t “progressive” — it’s radical, dangerous, and… pic.twitter.com/3wnP8nOvnK

— GRANDPA’s FREE ADVICE (@GOP_is_Gutless) July 16, 2026

Some of Hong's comments are pure comedy because her worldview is fundamentally flawed. This remark is also racist: describing having a half-white son as "being in proximity to whiteness."

Francesca Hong describes having a half white son as "being in proximity to whiteness." pic.twitter.com/Ix0j0nisnF

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 3, 2026

Translation:

Whiteness means capitalism

— Karlyn Borysenko, anti-communist cult leader (@DrKarlynB) August 4, 2026

Piker melted down overnight over Hong's loss:

Hasan Piker ends off his stream by melting down over Francesca Hong’s defeat and threatening the establishment

“The knives will be out” pic.twitter.com/Gzd4KUO81B

— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) August 12, 2026

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DSA is far-left; let's not forget that. 

Understand here:

Honestly, let Piker and the rest of the socialists and Marxists keep talking. Their inflammatory soundbites are gold mines for opposition research.

Tyler Durden Wed, 08/12/2026 - 10:11

First Morgan Stanley, Now BofA To "Mobilize And Deploy" $250 Billion Into America's Infrastructure Supercycle

Bank of America unveiled a massive 18-month initiative to mobilize and deploy $250 billion across critical US infrastructure, targeting the computing, energy, and industrial systems needed to support artificial intelligence and accelerate the transition toward physical AI.

The announcement comes just days after Morgan Stanley launched its US Innovation Infrastructure Initiative, which aims to facilitate $1.5 trillion in capital raising and financing over the next decade. The back-to-back commitments signal that Wall Street is positioning for a multiyear capital-spending supercycle spanning data centers, power generation, grid modernization, semiconductors, advanced manufacturing and robotics.

*MORGAN STANLEY TO FACILITATE UP TO $1.5T OVER 10 YRS

this explains why they went so bullish on credit in the past 3 months https://t.co/nnhdOyD5x5

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) August 10, 2026

"Without hard infrastructure, it's difficult to preserve our competitiveness and leadership for the next generation," Karen Fang, global head of infrastructure and sustainable finance and co-head of global capital solutions, said in an interview with Bloomberg. "Old infrastructure has to be modernized."

BofA's financing will span three broad categories:

• Digital infrastructure, including data centers, computing equipment, chips, telecommunications and semiconductors
• Energy and power, including conventional and renewable generation, storage and distribution systems
• Core infrastructure, including transportation, electricity transmission, grid modernization, water systems, critical minerals and mining

Surging demand for computing power, energy, manufacturing capacity and more resilient supply chains is driving a new investment cycle across the US. BofA said the initiative could support tens of thousands of jobs in construction, manufacturing, technology and long-term operations.

Morgan Stanley mapped out the AI infrastructure supply chain:

Nancy Lazar, Piper Sandler's chief global economist and head of the firm's economics research team, recently outlined how data center construction, reshoring, infrastructure upgrading and the reenergizing of America's industrial base are creating an all-American blue-collar comeback as goods-producing jobs begin to reverse their multidecade downturn and shift higher.

Lazar noted:

Bullish on Goods-Producing Jobs vs. Hotel & Restaurant Jobs.

When China joined the WTO in 2001, U.S. goods-producing jobs began a decade of decline, while leisure & hospitality and education & health jobs continued to rise...

...so today, goods-producing jobs are less than half those of low-paying service jobs; their share was over 50% in the mid-1980s.

That employment mix shift gave us the bifurcated consumer, as lower-paying jobs gained share. Goods-producing jobs pay more than overall service-producing jobs, and lots more than leisure & hospitality or education & health care jobs.

Good news: That mix is now shifting the other way, as the long-running (not just tech) capex cycle raises productivity and margins, encouraging companies to add headcount.

Look at relative earnings growth by sector below.

Let's come back to our "Powering Up America" and nuclear-power investment themes (began Decemeber 2020) over the last several years. They were right on the money, and both remain intact ahead of the multiyear capital-spending supercycle that BofA and Morgan Stanley are about to unleash.

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• Nvidia Confirms Record $500 Billion Off-Balance Sheet SPV Deal To Fund The World's Biggest Circle Jerk

The infrastructure required to power the AI economy, strengthen energy security, and support the AI revolution will be central to writing the next chapter ofAmerica'ss growth story into the 2030s.

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Turkey Thinks Israel Fabricated Trump Air Force One Assassination Plot

Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,

Turkish officials suspect that an Israeli intelligence report about an Iranian plot to assassinate President Trump at the NATO summit in Ankara last month was a ruse designed to derail diplomacy between the US and Iran, Middle East Eye reported on Tuesday.

The Washington Post first reported on Monday that the US thought there was a credible enough threat against Trump that he secretly swapped planes when he departed Turkey. The president flew into Ankara on a new version of Air Force One donated by Qatar, but made a public show of departing on the older Air Force One, saying he was doing so for "old time’s sake."

Trump boards Air Force One at Ankara Esenboga International Airport in Ankara, Turkey on Wednesday, July 8, 2026

According to the Post report, after boarding the older Air Force One, Trump was then moved to a third plane, an Air Force C-32A, via a catering truck.

Some White House staffers and reporters on the older Air Force One thought President Trump was also onboard as they flew to the UK, making them unwitting decoys.

Missing from the Post report was where the intelligence about a plot against Trump came from. According to Middle East Eye and also a report from The Wall Street Journal, it came from Israel, which aligns with reports from the time.

Sources told MEE that the Israeli intelligence report warned that Iranian covert forces could target Air Force One at the airport in Ankara using shoulder-fired rockets, known as MANPADS, from just one kilometer away.

MANPAD file image

Due to the alleged threat, the Secret Service moved the departure point from Ankara Airport to Esenboga Airport and wanted to switch from the new Air Force One to the old one.

"Of course, we took the report very seriously and tried to assist our American counterparts as much as possible," a source, described as a person familiar with the matter, told MEE. "Yet it was very clear to us that there was no way this report was true."

The report said Turkish officials believe that the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu devised the plot to make it appear that Israel was protecting Trump, further derail diplomacy between the US and Iran, and also strain relations between Trump and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whom the US president repeatedly praised during the summit.

Israel has strongly opposed the idea of the US selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey, something Trump has said he’s strongly considering.

US President Donald Trump says the decision to make a plane switch in Turkiye after the NATO summit was made by the Secret Service.

The Washington Post revealed Trump boarded Air Force One, but used a catering truck to move to another aircraft due to an alleged Iranian threat. pic.twitter.com/dg1jz2DdBI

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) August 12, 2026

Another source, described as an Ankara insider, told MEE that it was ironic that the Secret Service's decision to move Trump has been leaked just one month after it happened. "I guess they need heroes for an attack that never happened and, most likely, was never planned," the insider said.

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