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Third Way Launches $15 Million Campaign Against DSA

8/22/2026

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Third Way Campaign

Third Way announced a $15 million, 2028-targeted campaign of opposition research, polling and messaging against the Democratic Socialists of America after DSA-backed candidates won Michigan primaries.
Corporate donors including Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are financing the effort, reflecting a push to suppress a working-class movement.
DSA co-chair Megan Romer said the plan tells working-class people a better world isn’t possible.

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Third Way Offensive

Third Way announced a $15 million campaign through 2028 for opposition research, polling and messaging against Democratic Socialists of America after DSA-backed candidates won Michigan primaries.
Republican leaders framed the DSA surge as a threat, urging voters to reject socialist candidates and promising to protect common-sense policies.
Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called socialism a failed experiment.
President Donald Trump warned socialist politicians would drive out the middle class.

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Third Way Campaign

Third Way announced a $15 million, 2028-targeted campaign of opposition research, polling and messaging against the Democratic Socialists of America after DSA-backed candidates won Michigan primaries.
Corporate donors including Bill Gates’s Breakthrough Energy and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are financing the effort, reflecting a push to suppress a working-class movement.
DSA co-chair Megan Romer said the plan tells working-class people a better world isn’t possible.

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