Is Democratic Socialism Taking Over The Party?

民主社会主义是否正在接管该党?

What A Day

2026-08-19

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You’ve probably heard a lot about the Democratic Socialists of America this year. Political figures who are either members of the organization or associated with its beliefs are running in primaries across the country, sometimes even winning against their more moderate opponents. But what does D.S.A. want? Does the organization want to elect more left-leaning Democrats – or replace them? Is this a left-wing Tea Party movement? Or something else entirely? To find out, we spoke to Charles Homans. He’s a reporter for The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine who just did a deep dive into D.S.A. And in headlines, President Trump and his son-in-law disagree over whether the U.S. is negotiating with Iran, Meta is on trial in California for its platforms’ harms to children, and OpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens. Show Notes: Check out Charles' piece – tinyurl.com/ha2chs3h Call Congress – 202-224-3121 Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/y4y2e9jy What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcast Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/ For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com
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  • It's working for them to work inside the Democratic Party right now.

  • You know, Bernie really showed the opportunity to kind of level up left wing politics

  • by simply participating in the process.

  • And it's hard to remember what a revolutionary idea that was in 2016. I'm Jane Koston,

  • and this is What A Day, the show that wishes just one Florida Republican could be normal for like 10 seconds.

  • On Sunday, GOP House Representative Randy Fine was caught

  • rifling through someone's mail while going door-to-door campaigning.

  • More seriously, Fine is also mind-bendingly Islamophobic.

  • But his opponent in today's primary, right-wing weirdo Dan Bilzerian, was condemned by both Democrats

  • and Republicans for releasing a campaign ad calling Fine a, quote,

  • satanic whore and asking whether we should revisit the opinions of Adolf Hitler.

  • Again, can we get just one normal Florida Republican?

  • Just one.

  • I know you can do it, Florida.

  • On today's show, we do a deep dive into the Democratic Socialists of America with Charles Homens,

  • reporter for The New York Times, before we slide into a socialist summer.

  • Here's what we're following today, Tuesday, August 18th.

  • The street is open and the oil prices are coming down and they will continue

  • to come down unless we decide to do something far more drastic than we're doing.

  • Iran is in big trouble.