Just a thought.
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Wednesday, August 12, 2026
No prison..
- The DSA's "Workers Deserve More" platform proposes drafting a new U.S. Constitution that abolishes the Senate and replaces the presidency and Supreme Court with leaders chosen by Congress.
- The platform calls for abolishing national borders, defunding the Pentagon, eliminating most prisons, and shifting large corporations into government ownership
- It promises guaranteed public housing, zero consumer debt, and universal healthcare as basic human rights.
- Moderate and establishment Democrats warn that the socialist agenda is electorally toxic and contains losing messages for general elections outside deep-progressive strongholds.
- Figures like Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) and former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel have publicly urged the party to reject the DSA, comparing the socialist faction's disruptive nature to the right-wing House Freedom Caucus.
- Prominent progressive and democratic-leaning lawmakers have declined to endorse the controversial platform, and several high-profile progressive members have let their formal DSA memberships lapse.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Sunday, August 9, 2026
Abolishing..
- Abolishing the U.S. Senate and national borders.
- Replacing the presidency and the Supreme Court.
- Defunding the Pentagon, abolishing ICE, and ending traditional prisons.
- Transferring ownership of large corporations to the government.
- Promoting universal healthcare and a 32-hour work week.
Rhetoric..
Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez distanced herself from several positions held by the national Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) during an interview on ABC's This Week, while acknowledging that the progressive rhetoric used during the Covid era is "not rhetoric that we would use today."
The New York Democrat also said she does not support several policies included in the national DSA platform, clarified that she belongs only to the organization's New York City chapter and argued that candidates should be judged by the positions they hold today rather than past rhetoric.
Asked whether the progressive movement had gone too far with some of its earlier positions, Ocasio-Cortez said the Covid era created an environment where broader policy debates took hold before acknowledging that the rhetoric had changed.