The one radical idea that Jonathan Chait and the Democratic Socialists of America agree on.
Let’s Abolish the Senate!
A center-left pundit and the DSA actually agree on this.
July 31, 202612:56 PM
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Democratic socialists have been riding a wave of recent successes: Their party defeated a pair of incumbent House Democrats in New York. There have been primary wins in Philadelphia and in Denver.
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The Democratic Socialists of America released a new party platform this week that called for the abolition of the Senate.
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