# S1 Ep852: The normalization of socialism (7.6.26)

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Podcast: [unDivided with Brandi Kruse](https://stenobird.com/podcast/undivided-with-brandi-kruse-4490760)
Published: 2026-07-06T20:50:52+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8924579
Audio file: https://audioboom.com/posts/8924579.mp3?modified=1783371342&sid=5064687&source=rss
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Duration seconds: 4276

## Resource

The media is working overtime to help Democrats normalize a shift toward socialism. Seattle is full of empty “zombie towers” as the state's economy careens off a cliff. National Education Association celebrates Washington's new income tax. Balogun's red card turns political.

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