Briahna Joy Gray(@briebriejoy):Is the DSA serving the left or serving to legitimize Democrats/the duopoly? Could it be different? "[Bernie] does caucus with Democrats, but he does run as an Independent...& has had his moments over the years where he puts distance between himself in the Democratic Party bc he understands that that is not his monkey not his circus. By contrast, it does feel very much like AOC & Zohran Mamdani & other DSA aligned candidates, very much are constantly defending their right to be in the Democratic Party, defending the integrity of the Democratic Party. The version of AOC that I fell in love with when she was first running that said, 'in any sane world Joe Biden & I wouldn't be in the same party' is long gone."

2026.07.30 18:06

Is the DSA serving the left or serving to legitimize Democrats/the duopoly? Could it be different? "[Bernie] does caucus with Democrats, but he does run as an Independent...& has had his moments over the years where he puts distance between himself in the Democratic Party bc he understands that that is not his monkey not his circus. By contrast, it does feel very much like AOC & Zohran Mamdani & other DSA aligned candidates, very much are constantly defending their right to be in the Democratic Party, defending the integrity of the Democratic Party. The version of AOC that I fell in love with when she was first running that said, 'in any sane world Joe Biden & I wouldn't be in the same party' is long gone."

Briahna Joy Gray@briebriejoy

2026.07.30 17:50

BJG: "Is it a sheep herding psyop for the DSA to basically be sucking up all of this genuine revolutionary energy from the public who is so frustrated with the two party system & put them on a roller coaster of constantly feeling like they're making one step forward one step back inroads into a Democratic party that is never going to accept them?" MR: "I think that's true that the DNC is not going to bend, & when I hear @harrisonjaime out here saying, well, then they can get their own volunteers & their own tools--what are you talking about, we literally have all that! To me it's just a ballot line." DSA Co-Chair @meganromer joins Bad Faith to generously answer tough questions about DSA strategy. Listen wherever you get your podcasts!