Trump Promised Cheaper Groceries. He Delivered a Socialist Surge Instead.
Democratic socialism isn't rising because voters suddenly fell in love with Marx — it's rising because Trump's own inflation approval just hit -44%, worse than any president CNN's polling has ever tracked, including Biden and Carter. Seventy-seven percent of Americans now blame Trump for their cost of living, and DSA-backed candidates are cashing in: Melat Kiros just knocked out a 15-term Colorado incumbent, and here in California, LA council member Nithya Raman advanced to a November runoff against Mayor Karen Bass on a democratic socialist platform. Tonight, solo, breaking down what's actually driving this — the polling, the price tags on Mamdani's New York experiment (a $1.1 billion bus bill, a $30 million grocery store), and why the honest answer might be that free-market conservatives haven't actually been given free-market conservatism to defend. California Underground covers the California stories the rest of the media ignores — following the audits, the contracts, the budgets, and the officials responsible for outcomes that aren't matching the promises. No team. Just receipts. 📬 Subscribe on Substack: https://caunderground.substack.com/ 📺 Subscribe on YouTube for new videos every week 📸 Instagram: @californiaunderground 🎵 TikTok: @californiaunderground 🐦 X: @ca_underground
