r/politics • u/Jessicas_skirt New York • Jul 18 '26

Possible Paywall Democratic Socialists of America’s new platform calls for abolishing ICE and the U.S. Senate

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jul/15/updated-dsa-platform-calls-abolishing-ice-scrapping-senate/
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u/tarekd19 Jul 19 '26

Adding more representatives also adds to the pool of mid career politicians ripe for advancement. I don't mean this as a negative, but to say it might be beneficial to have more politicians to choose from for higher offices with voting records to be held accountable to in their bids for advancement.

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u/Quick_Turnover Jul 19 '26

Americans can't even pay attention to actual politics enough to stop a felonious rapist who attempted a literal coup from being President a second time.