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DSA Calls for Sweeping Reforms; GOP Brands Communism

8/3/2026

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DSA released its “Workers Deserve More” platform on July 14, calling for health care and Senate abolition.
The plan seeks to defund the Department of War, close overseas bases, end U.S. aid to Israel, grant citizenship to all immigrants, and abolish ICE.
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson called the plan “communism” on X while a July 28 Reuters/Ipsos poll found 47 % of Americans do not understand the policies.

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Story summary

DSA released its “Workers Deserve More” platform on July 14, calling for health care and Senate abolition.
The plan seeks to defund the Department of War, close overseas bases, end U.S. aid to Israel, grant citizenship to all immigrants, and abolish ICE.
Republican Speaker Mike Johnson called the plan “communism” on X while a July 28 Reuters/Ipsos poll found 47 % of Americans do not understand the policies.