Several socialist groups are planning to protest a pair of fundraisers to be held Friday in Seattle for former vice president Joe Biden. 
Florida representative Donna Shalala (D.) told constituents "you bet" that there are socialists in the Democratic Party's "big tent." She added that she doesn't apologize for reaching across the aisle to get bipartisan bills passed. 
One of the speakers at the Democratic National Committee summer meeting on Friday told the audience if free health care is labeled "socialism" by Republicans, then they must "compel them to acknowledge that the Bible must then promote socialism."
Virginia delegate Schuyler VanValkenburg expressed his identification as a socialist in a string of 2016 Facebook comments. 
New financial disclosures show that Julia Salazar, a New York state senator who campaigned as a democratic socialist, dipped deeply into her trust fund to fund her campaign. 