Democrats just won what could be their largest House majority in decades but some battle-tested centrists are already warning their party not to lose it in 2028.

Those now-emboldened Democrats, who have long competed in battleground districts, are now urging party leaders to stick to this fall’s core promises on affordability — or risk a backlash in the next election.

Privately and publicly, these Democrats are urging leaders to focus on kitchen-table issues and avoid culture-war fights they believe could divide the party and invite Republican attacks, according to nearly a dozen lawmakers and aides.

For many, that means steering clear of transgender issues and policing reform bills they fear Republicans would weaponize. They also want to avoid left-wing priorities such as ending US support for Israel or abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Several Democrats also called for restraint in the party’s oversight agenda, warning that talk of impeaching President Donald Trump or his Cabinet should not overshadow that focus.

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Just a quick correction. West Germany didn’t prosecute and restored or kept numerous high ranking Nazis in high positions because of their anti-communism. Judges in particular are one position I’ve seen cited.

East Germany, the USSR on the other hand executed and imprisoned a lot of Nazis and those they didn’t were not given power generally.

There’s a reason Nazis fled west to surrender to American forces and it was because they were terrified of the “sub-human” Russians who they’d murdered so many of and knew they’d get better conditions with the west rather than the vengeful Soviets.

Indeed operation paperclip spirited a number of Nazis to the US and hid them from justice in exchange for their knowledge so the Nazis were not wrong on that count.

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