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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rejoins DSA after membership lapse of seven years (www.theguardian.com)
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The 36-year-old New York representative and one of the country’s most prominent democratic socialists renewed her membership in the group’s national organization after reports emerged earlier this month that it had lapsed. Ocasio-Cortez initially joined the group in 2018.

In a statement on Tuesday night, the DSA announced: “Democratic Socialists of America confirms Rep Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a member in good standing of our organization, having recently rejoined in August 2026,” according to a report in City & State New York.

It added: “Previously, the representative joined DSA in 2018 with a one-year membership, which DSA’s national leadership recently noticed had lapsed, in 2019. She has since renewed her membership as of this month.”

The DSA said it decided to disclose Ocasio-Cortez’s membership details amid reports that she could run for president in the next election cycle.

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[–] Freeposity@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I remember the pole for Hong being up 20 points and that was BS, she lost. Cherry picked stats doesn’t make it so.

A couple of things. First, it's poll. If you can't get something as basic as that right, people won't take you seriously.

Second, it wasn't Hong that "cherry picked" polls. It was a polling company that didn't show their methodology and then claimed that they were actually running a social experiment. Something you would know if you were a serious person.