Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

[Jimmy Higgins]

So much talk about McCain and his legacy, though I think that legacy was tarnished quite a bit when struggling on stage during a debate with Obama... going on about Joe... the (unlicensed) plumber. Trump has managed to completely erase so much history in my head. Fuck... even Sarah Sanders made me have to think hard to remember What's His Name Spicer.

 

[Ford]

"But she's just a bartender! How can anyone take seriously a person who just served drinks?"

(sips Samuel Adams lager)

 

[Derec]

AOC is now warning of ICE raids this upcoming Sunday, and she links to We Have Rights - "An empowerment campaign to prepare for and safely defend our rights during encounters with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)."

In English, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Russian, Arabic, Urdu, and Chinese

Why shouldn't illegals be deported?

 

[lpetrich]

Lawrence O'Donnell on Twitter: "No one should be surprised that Amazon is expanding in NYC without any gifts from local government. Except all the economics wizards who said Amazon would never do that. @AOC was right. Again. https://t.co/7zEHA6pPSn" / Twitter noting
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Well, just as we said, Amazon quietly came to NYC without needing a dime of public money or special tax treatment.
The jobs came without the cost.
NYC is an attractive place to locate on its own (incl. public infra!), w/o billions of dollars in corporate giveaway “incentives.” https://t.co/dOXWljLHcO" / Twitter noting
Michael Kink on Twitter: "Google, Facebook, Uber, and Amazon — yes, Amazon — accelerate NYC expansions, adding jobs with NO public subsidies or tax giveaways https://t.co/g3KmSXEP9C" / Twitter
Demonstrating that she does not hate Amazon, only irresponsible giveaways justified by dubious promises.

Cristina Cabrera on Twitter: "When @AOC asked asylum seeker Yazmin Juarez if she’d witnessed a culture of cruelty at the ICE facility, Juarez said that an agent had told her, “You know, this country is for Americans, Trump is my president, and we can take your little girl away from you and lock you in jail.” https://t.co/SSMQS89Rwl" / Twitter noting
Talking Points Memo on Twitter: "Migrant Mother Testifies On ICE Detention: ‘I Watched My Baby Die Slowly And Painfully’ [url]https://t.co/sfSXdaZLxe https://t.co/FxPUEghNTE" / Twitter[/url]

Marisa Iati on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC came out in favor of abolishing the Department of Homeland Security and has been met with conservatives' ire. But some conservatives were skeptical about creating DHS in the first place. https://t.co/Lq3ZPFNIWJ" / Twitter

 

[lpetrich]

REMATRIATE THE LAND T-SHIRT — SANTIAGO X - AOC wore one of them in one of her videos. A female version of "repatriate".

The Real Reason Republicans Call Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez a Liar | Opinion Discusses Newt Gingrich's claim that "it took Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's visit to the border—and her dishonest comments afterwards—to help me understand how profoundly vicious, cruel, and dishonest she is." Without offering even the tiniest speck of evidence for his contention. Author Brian Ott considers it bullying -- threats, intimidation, and name-calling.

Psychology of why conservatives bring up Ocasio-Cortez bartender past - Business Insider

1: It has everything to do with status. -- rich people looking down on lower-income people.

2: Americans (especially) believe in meritocracy. -- presuming that rich people are super Stakhanovites, even though US cross-generational mobility is remarkably low: rags-to-rags and riches-to-riches are much more common than rags-to-riches and riches-to-rags. Social mobility in US versus Canada according to Fed - Business Insider, Rich Kids Stay Rich, Poor Kids Stay Poor | FiveThirtyEight

3: Gender is also a factor. -- bartending is often presumed to be a male job.

4: Wealthier people think they're generally better at everything. -- "The rich see themselves as better than average in intelligence, honesty, attractiveness, and memory than those of lower socioeconomic status, according to research by Varnum." Frontiers | Higher in status, (Even) better-than-average | Psychology

5: Jobs are considered a fair way categorize the world.

Another reason, I think, is outrage at what they consider to be AOC stealing one of their issues.

 

[angelo]

"But she's just a bartender! How can anyone take seriously a person who just served drinks?"

(sips Samuel Adams lager)

At least you have the beer right!

 

[lpetrich]

TicToc by Bloomberg on Twitter: "“When they were told to drink out of a toilet bowl, I believed these women,” @AOC says in tearful testimony of her visit to a border facility. “And what was worse about this was the fact that children were being separated from their parents under an American flag” https://t.co/Tw9HdgPk7F" / Twitter

Evan McMurry on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC, who recently toured border facility, testifies at hearing on Trump administration's border policies: "This is a manufactured crisis, because the cruelty is manufactured. This is a manufactured crisis because there's no need for us to do this." [url]https://t.co/dMeVjlPoyT https://t.co/V0DU7t9PbD" / Twitter[/url]

AOC in impassioned testimony: Children were separated from parents 'in front of American flags' | TheHill

All with some video of AOC testifying.

Washington Examiner on Twitter: "At a hearing on migrant children and border security, @AOC is sworn in for dramatic effect. "We usually don't require a swearing in, but you want to be sworn in?" --@RepCummings "Yes." @AOC https://t.co/lqeQrDoTT0" / Twitter
Then some video of that.

Someone described what he thought that it was like: Tom Nichols on Twitter: ""Will it cut down the time for questions and give me cool TV footage?" "Well, yes" "Okay, swear me in." https://t.co/EG8yZqqgoi" / Twitter
Noted by Mika Brzezinski on Twitter: "What is this. Why? @AOC ? https://t.co/B0fBWEQChi" / Twitter provoking response
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Hey Mika - GOP has alleged that I am lying about the accounts of migrant women at the border, particularly about the fact that they were were told to drink out of a toilet bowl. Committee staff conferred with me ahead of time about formally requesting to be sworn in. https://t.co/AppdBZJ4z6" / Twitter

 

[Jason Harvestdancer]

In the "stopped clock" department...

Ocasio-Cortez wants to ax Homeland Security; some conservatives didn't want it

Let's hope she takes the TSA with it. Some of its child departments have an actual use, those can be transferred out somewhere better.

 

[lpetrich]

Niall Stanage on Twitter: ""I believed the canker sores I saw in their mouths" -- @AOC on the conditions in border detention camps. https://t.co/HTzI1yPNfM" / Twitter noting
ABC News on Twitter: "“I believed them. I believe these women,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez testifies on conditions she witnessed during her visit to a border detention facility. “This is a manufactured crisis because there is no need for us to do this.” [url]https://t.co/W4Xhplfbhx https://t.co/IEBRCmhU7r" / Twitter[/url]
Full length of her testimony, including her swearing in.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter:
"When Homan says “they can come in a port of entry,” what he doesn’t say is that the admin has practically closed ports to asylees.
Out of desperation, families do what Óscar & Valeria(the father & daughter who drowned) did: face dangerous terrain.
These are policies of cruelty. https://t.co/ifQOxe1t5Z" / Twitter noting
Aaron Rupar on Twitter:
".@AOC: Mr Homan, you signed official memo that led to family separations, right?
FORMER ICE BOSS HOMAN: I recommended zero tolerance
A: Which led to family separations
H: Yep. Just like when a citizen gets a DUI
A: Seeking asylum is legal
H: They should go to ports of entry https://t.co/WWenBg3cbD" / Twitter
Thomas Homan made the analogy of someone arrested. But if one is arrested, one's children are not also arrested. They are still free.

My favorite response: Sockpuppets must earn respect on Twitter: "@atrupar @mehdirhasan @AOC “Ice Boss Homan” makes me feel like I need to consult a walkthrough on YouTube to figure out how to beat him." / Twitter

maricbuchan on Twitter: "@atrupar @AOC Numbers: "In the past, the annual limits on refugees set by the U.S. president tended to range from between 70,000 and 90,000 admissions. However, the Trump Admin. has drastically reduced this, setting an annual limit for 2019 of 30,000 refugee admissions" https://t.co/dBDki5atb4" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "The policies grinding three ports of entry practically to a halt are called “metering,” by the way, and it is completely inhumane: https://t.co/udkC3w2PRD" / Twitter noting
'Metering' Policy At The Southern Border Faces Renewed Scrutiny : NPR

An update on the Trump administration's use of "metering," or making asylum seekers wait weeks before being allowed to cross into the U.S. Several migrants have died recently trying to cross illegally.

 

[Half-Life]

She makes $174,000 a year and she asked for a $4,500 raise while saying, "it's technically not even really a raise." So, why does she need it? She used to be a bartender. Now $174,000 isn't enough? She's supposed to be a woman of the people!

 

[ZiprHead]

She makes $174,000 a year and she asked for a $4,500 raise while saying, "it's technically not even really a raise." So, why does she need it? She used to be a bartender. Now $174,000 isn't enough? She's supposed to be a woman of the people!

 

[Half-Life]

What is all that nonsense? She says all the time "people need a $15 minimum wage so they can live on it!" Yet, her $174,000 living wage is not enough for her to live on. She wants more more more! Yet, she claims $15 an hour is enough to live on.

Can't you see this is nonsense?

 

[ZiprHead]

Can't you address what she actually said?

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "“Local housing and community advocates are already wondering whether state and county officials got enough in return.
“I don’t think we as a community and leaders did enough... How are our families who are earning $20,000 to $60,000 a year going to sustain and afford to live?” “" / Twitter noting
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "When we opposed using public money & tax giveaways to build Amazon’s HQ2 in Queens, one of the prime concerns was driving up rents on working families.
Looks like were right. Sadly, families are already feeling priced out in Arlington: https://t.co/XKRsylrd4B" / Twitter
The picture with it showed someone with a sign with: Scamazon

Gentrification means that US cities are going from too poor to too rich.

Democratic presidential candidates are teaming up with AOC in Congress - Business Insider
After mentioning bills cosponsored by her and Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren,

The jostling among them is comparable to people elbowing each other to reach the front of the line.

... At least seven have sponsored or co-sponsored her bills proposing drastic changes to the economy, environmental policy, and education.

Ocasio-Cortez's power is rooted in the movement she has come to represent: A younger generation of progressive voters, mainly women and people of color, who form the ascendant activist wing of the party. That's in addition to her ability to generate headlines with a single tweet or news interview.

... The increasing number of candidates sponsoring bills with Ocasio-Cortez also highlight the sharp left turn of the policy debates within the Democratic Party.

... Having Ocasio-Cortez's name attached to their bills in Congress allows candidates — at least, the 11 who are sitting members of Congress — to take partial ownership of the progressive ideas that are shaping the Democratic Party.

She doesn't want to endorse anyone just yet, and I agree that that's a good decision. We'll have to see how the candidates shake out. From Presidential candidates, 2020 - Ballotpedia, there are currently 25 active Democratic candidates.

Sanders is running as an unabashed democratic socialist seeking to usher in a political revolution while Warren is pushing to deeply transform the American economy — though Warren is pushing for market-oriented solutions, describing herself as "a capitalist to my bones."

EW herself had once been a Republican because she had believed that the Republican Party was a great defender of markets. But she ended up concluding that the Republican Party is more like a party of crony capitalists.

Joe Biden, however, has not tried to associate himself with her, and she seems rather diffident when asked whether she would support him if he got nominated. She apparently would, but without much enthusiasm.

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

What is all that nonsense? She says all the time "people need a $15 minimum wage so they can live on it!" Yet, her $174,000 living wage is not enough for her to live on. She wants more more more! Yet, she claims $15 an hour is enough to live on.

Can't you see this is nonsense?

No. It is not nonsense. A representative or senator has to maintain a home in their home district and a home in Washington DC., not a cheap place to live. Plus travel expenses, including often enough, hotel rooms and transportation. They are legally prohibited from accepting private donations to help with any of that. Since they pay taxes, that seemingly large $174,000 gets decreased 35% or so. You don't seem to have any understanding about any of this.

Not everybody serving in Washington is a wealthy multimillionaire.

 

[Derec]

What is all that nonsense? She says all the time "people need a $15 minimum wage so they can live on it!" Yet, her $174,000 living wage is not enough for her to live on. She wants more more more! Yet, she claims $15 an hour is enough to live on.

Can't you see this is nonsense?

She got used to the lavish congressional lifestyle real quick! With garbage disposals and all the other hoity-toity luxuries.

 

[Derec]

AOC’s Chief of Staff Admits the Green New Deal Is Not about Climate Change

Chakrabarti said that addressing climate change was not Ocasio-Cortez’s top priority in proposing the Green New Deal during a meeting with Washington governor Jay Inslee.
“The interesting thing about the Green New Deal, is it wasn’t originally a climate thing at all,” Chakrabarti said to Inslee’s climate director, Sam Ricketts, according to a Washington Post reporter who attended the meeting for a profile published Wednesday.
“Do you guys think of it as a climate thing?” Because we really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing,” he added.

More on Saikat Chakrabarti, AOC's chief of staff.

AOC’s Chief-Of-Staff Wears T-Shirt Featuring Nazi Collaborator

Does that mean the Antifas will now beat up Saikat? Or at least throw a vegan non-milkshake at him? Nah, because they are not against fascism, but against anybody not left.

 

[Metaphor]

She makes $174,000 a year and she asked for a $4,500 raise while saying, "it's technically not even really a raise." So, why does she need it? She used to be a bartender. Now $174,000 isn't enough? She's supposed to be a woman of the people!

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You can't believe this is a good argument can you? It is literally the same form as "women should just give sex to any man who asks for it, otherwise they'll just rape women to get it".

 

[Metaphor]

What is all that nonsense? She says all the time "people need a $15 minimum wage so they can live on it!" Yet, her $174,000 living wage is not enough for her to live on. She wants more more more! Yet, she claims $15 an hour is enough to live on.

Can't you see this is nonsense?

No. It is not nonsense. A representative or senator has to maintain a home in their home district and a home in Washington DC., not a cheap place to live. Plus travel expenses, including often enough, hotel rooms and transportation. They are legally prohibited from accepting private donations to help with any of that. Since they pay taxes, that seemingly large $174,000 gets decreased 35% or so. You don't seem to have any understanding about any of this.

Not everybody serving in Washington is a wealthy multimillionaire.

Are you saying Congressmen have to pay for their own official travel from their home district to DC?

 

[Cheerful Charlie]

What is all that nonsense? She says all the time "people need a $15 minimum wage so they can live on it!" Yet, her $174,000 living wage is not enough for her to live on. She wants more more more! Yet, she claims $15 an hour is enough to live on.

Can't you see this is nonsense?

No. It is not nonsense. A representative or senator has to maintain a home in their home district and a home in Washington DC., not a cheap place to live. Plus travel expenses, including often enough, hotel rooms and transportation. They are legally prohibited from accepting private donations to help with any of that. Since they pay taxes, that seemingly large $174,000 gets decreased 35% or so. You don't seem to have any understanding about any of this.

Not everybody serving in Washington is a wealthy multimillionaire.

Are you saying Congressmen have to pay for their own official travel from their home district to DC?

No. But not all travel is "official".