On Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible across Iceland, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, northern Russia, Spain and part of Portugal, according to NASA. “So, there’s something fascinating about the timing of this Aug. 12th, 2026 solar eclipse and the rise of the socialist democratic Islam merger,” Grace says. Mamdani’s rise has become part of a larger debate about the ideological direction of the Democratic Party as democratic-socialist and progressive candidates continue gaining ground. She highlighted language describing the established Democratic Party as potentially being eclipsed by the growing influence of the Democratic Socialists of America. DSA emerged decades later from the merger of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee and New American Movement.