It is June 24, 2026, and the clown show in Washington is running at full steam. Congress just pushed through a massive housing bill, proving once again that the federal government's favorite solution to every problem is to throw billions of freshly printed fiat currency at it. While DC politicians congratulate themselves on "solving" housing, New York City decided to go full socialist, electing a slate of candidates backed by Democratic Socialist darling Zohran Mamdani in a complete primary sweep. This is peak current-year politics.

The new housing bill, hilariously named the Road to Housing Act, is the latest attempt by the swamp to manipulate the free market. Instead of cutting taxes or slashing the red tape that actually makes building homes impossible, the geniuses in Congress decided that more federal oversight and spending is the way to go. History tells us exactly how this ends: higher inflation, more bureaucracy, and zero relief for actual working Americans.

Historically, federal housing programs have been a black hole for taxpayer dollars. From the mid-century public housing disasters to modern regulatory nightmares, federal intervention has consistently distorted supply and demand. Rather than letting the market correct itself, Washington continues to double down on the same failed policies that got us into this mess in the first place.

Over in New York, the electorate decided that things weren't bad enough yet, so they handed a total primary victory to candidates backed by Zohran Mamdani. Yes, the same Mamdani who belongs to the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Because nothing says "economic recovery" like electing people whose entire platform involves taking property rights away from landlords and turning housing into a state-run utility. Good luck with those rent prices, New York.

The DSA has been creeping into New York politics since around 2018, targeting low-IQ, low-turnout primaries to install their radical base. This latest sweep shows that the institutional Democrats are completely asleep at the wheel, allowing their party to be hijacked by actual socialists who believe that profit is a crime and the state should run every aspect of your life.

Meanwhile, the GOP is having its own internal identity crisis. The ongoing feud between Donald Trump and Senate Republican Leader John Thune is the ultimate clash between populist energy and establishment suit-wearers. Trump represents the populist base that wants to tear down the swamp, while Thune represents the old-guard country club Republicans who are just happy to sit in their leather chairs and manage the decline.