Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kellyanne Conway spar on Twitter over AOC's response to Sri Lanka attacks - CNNPolitics

Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday morning, Conway told host Jake Tapper that Ocasio-Cortez, a New York Democrat, tweeted "many times" about the shootings at two New Zealand mosques last month that left 50 dead, but "never once" tweeted about the series of church bombings in Sri Lanka last week that left more than 250 people dead and hundreds injured on Easter Sunday.

Kellyanne Conway on Twitter: "Wrong again. You can delete or apologize (holds breath)
I was referring to @AOC silence about the Sri Lanka massacre of Christians (not “Easter Worshippers” as Obama and Hillary oddly said).
Try listening before spewing. https://t.co/jNm7ypRO6f" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Hello Ms. Conway,
On Easter I was away from tech visiting my grandmother in Puerto Rico, which continues to suffer from the White House’s incompetent disaster response.
Are you trying to imply that I am less Christian? What was the point of you bringing this up on national TV? https://t.co/TIypLf2CaB" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "I chose to use the word ‘incompetent’ when it comes to Trump’s response to Hurricane María & the 3,000 Americans who died on his watch, but that’s only because I had 280 characters.
There are plenty of other words too:
- Negligent
- Inept
- Inhumane
- Predatory
Take your pick." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "“Corrupt” is a good one, too.
I’m curious, how do you spin ignoring and neglecting the largest mass death of people on American soil in decades, @KellyannePolls?
After all, the official count of 3,075 people is much bigger than the 64 number your admin clung to for so long." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "The terrorist attack in Sri Lanka was horrifying. Saying ‘Easter worshippers’ matters bc Easter is the holiest day of the year for Christians, & to be targeted on Easter highlights how heinous the attack was - just as saying yesterday’s #SanDiego shooting was on Passover." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "You are using this as an excuse to stoke suspicion around my Christianity + faith life, @KellyannePolls.
The Sri Lanka massacre was horrifying. No one should be targeted for their religion.
If you’re so moved, let’s do more to welcome immigrants fleeing religious persecution." / Twitter

 

[Derec]

Derec thinks the water problem has something to do with birth rates. Maybe you two should put your heads together and come up with a reason that blames anything and everything except Isreal.

Whatever it is (and I think the population-driven overdrawing of the coastal aquifer is the biggest single contributor to the crisis) we should all be able to agree that since Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 and Hamas has been running Gaza since 2006, it is Hamas who is in fact responsible for supplying their own citizens with an adequate water supply. Not a neighboring country whom Gaza routinely attacks and vows to destroy.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Won! (2018 July 8) - after first noting some disagreement about immigration,

Aside from that there's much more I agree with Ocasio-Cortez on than disagree, especially on the free college and universal healthcare parts, and the end to our expensive and destructive drug war. It was reported that she's a pretty strong Catholic. But who cares? She's not traditionally Catholic on same sex marriage or abortion—the issues that tend to be the most divisive, and she's thoroughly progressive on every issue.

Her idea of a Xmas message:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Joy to the World!
Merry Christmas everyone - here’s to a holiday filled with happiness, family, and love for all people. (Including refugee babies in mangers + their parents.)" / Twitter

The manger story is from Luke, and the refugee story is from Matthew. The two stories are often woven together, with the refugee part coming after the manger part.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "For all the anti-immigrant pundits uncomfortable with and denying that Christ’s family were refugees, too: https://t.co/lLQCupyG3N" / Twitter noting
Were Jesus, Mary and Joseph refugees? Yes. | America Magazine

She sometimes seems rather out of it about religion.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Also, pretty sure one Dante’s Circles of Hell includes scrolling through a mirror-hall of agonizingly similar healthcare plans like “UHG Choice Master HMO 1800” vs “RedGo Option Plus EPO 2000.”
I don’t know one normal person in this country that actually enjoys open enrollment." / Twitter
Almost as if she's rather detached from the idea of hell.
Its context.
Previous:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "In my on-boarding to Congress, I get to pick my insurance plan.
As a waitress, I had to pay more than TWICE what I’d pay as a member of Congress.
It’s frustrating that Congressmembers would deny other people affordability that they themselves enjoy. Time for #MedicareForAll." / Twitter
Next:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "People don’t want overly complicated choice between pricey, low-quality plans.
We want an affordable solution that covers our needs, like the rest of the modern world.
Medicare for All:
- Single-payer system
- Covers physical, mental, & dental care
- 0 due *at point of service*" / Twitter

 

[Arctish]

AOC is also deeply ant semitic, as many in the Democratic party's loudmouths are these days............................https://worldisraelnews.com/ocasio-...+with+Arabs,+Not+Israel;+AOC+Signs+on+to+BDS%

You don't even have a fucking clue what BDS is. Saying BDS is anti semitic is like saying protests against apartheid in the 80's is racist towards white people.

From the linked article:

Ocasio-Cortez told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday that BDS is “a tough issue, especially for constituencies back home … ultimately, it comes down to protecting free speech. And my concern with being overly punitive on nonviolent forms of protest is that it forces people into other channels and I would hate to be a part of, you know, paving that kind of path.”

Sounds reasonable.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Usury - aka high interest - happens to be explicitly denounced in the Bible (& in many other religions).
Looking forward to having the religious right uphold their principles + sign onto my bill.
Unless of course they’re only invoking religion to punish women + queer people. https://t.co/h7FxTaMxKb" / Twitter

Bernie Sanders: Banks have been ripping off Americans for too long. I have a plan to end it - CNN

If you read the tenets of the major religions throughout history, whether it is Christianity, Judaism or Islam, what you will find is a universal moral condemnation to usury. In "The Divine Comedy," Dante reserved a special place in the Seventh Circle of Hell for people who charged usurious interest rates. Today, we don't need the hellfire and the pitchforks, we don't need the rivers of boiling blood, but we need a national usury law that caps interest rates on credit cards and consumer loans at 15%.

Bernie Sanders is pretty much a secular Jew.

White House patronizes ‘freshman’ AOC to Fox News — and tells her to leave climate change up to God – Raw Story

“I don’t think that we are going to listen to her on much of anything, particularly anything that we will leave into the hands of a much, much higher authority,” Sanders said, presumably referring to God. “And certainly not listen to the freshman congresswoman on when the world may end.” Sanders said the president is more focused on what is happening “in the world right now” instead of securing the United States for the future.

“We wish that Democrats would engage in that conversation and fixed some of the current problems that we know exist and work with us to get some things done,” Sanders continued. “Particularly on the border and fixing the national and humanitarian crisis. That is what we are focused on. Not things we will leave up into the hands of something and someone much more powerful than any of us.”

AOC responded:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "“Genesis 1: God looked on the world & called it good not once, not twice, but seven times.
Genesis 2: God commands all people to “serve and protect” creation.
Leviticus: God mandates that not only the people, but the land that sustains them, shall be respected.” https://t.co/AhWd3vuVBd" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "You shouldn’t need a Bible to tell you to protect our planet, but it does anyway.
(h/t to @RELEVANT mag for source excerpts that I adapted for the previous tweet)" / Twitter

 

[Loren Pechtel]

AOC is also deeply ant semitic, as many in the Democratic party's loudmouths are these days............................https://worldisraelnews.com/ocasio-...+with+Arabs,+Not+Israel;+AOC+Signs+on+to+BDS%

You don't even have a fucking clue what BDS is. Saying BDS is anti semitic is like saying protests against apartheid in the 80's is racist towards white people.

BDS is about destroying Israel completely. That would involve genocide.

 

[lpetrich]

I like how AOC said "You shouldn't need a Bible".

The Untold Truth Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Boyfriend - YouTube - Riley Roberts, a tall and very pale redhead - likely with Irish or nearby ancestry. He seems like a remarkably supportive partner, doing for AOC what women have often been expected to do for their partners.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Breaks Down What 'Horrifying' Abortion Bans Are Really All About | HuffPost

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Abortion bans aren’t just about controlling women’s bodies.
They’re about controlling women’s sexuality. Owning women.
From limiting birth control to banning comprehensive sex ed, US religious fundamentalists are working hard to outlaw sex that falls outside their theology." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Ultimately, this is about women’s power.
When women are in control of their sexuality, it threatens a core element underpinning right-wing ideology: patriarchy.
It’s a brutal form of oppression to seize control of the 1 essential thing a person should command: their own body." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "This law would force children - 12 year olds - to carry a pregnancy by their rapist.
This law would force people w/ mental disabilities to carry pregnancy by rape to term.
This law forces people to be pregnant against their own consent. It’s horrifying." / Twitter

This is the sort of thing that makes conservative Catholics have a cow over her, asking what kind of Catholic she is.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "To the GOP extremists trying to invoke “the unborn” to jail people for abortion: Where are you on climate change?
OH right, you want to burn fossil fuels til there’s hell on Earth.
If they were truthful about their motives, they’d be consistent in their principles. They’re not." / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "The GOP doesn’t care about babies at all - especially brown, black, or poor ones. If they did, they’d:
- cosponsor the Green New Deal or at LEAST have a real climate plan
- guarantee healthcare so ALL can get prenatal care
- not stand for the death+caging of babies on our border" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "What angers me about the GOP’s attempts to turn the United States into a far-right Christian theocracy is how dishonest they are about it.
At least be forthright about your desire to subvert and dismantle our democracy into a creepy theological order led by a mad king." / Twitter
Mad king? That would have to be Donald Trump.

Pretty far removed from the Religious Right.

 

[Ford]

AOC is also deeply ant semitic, as many in the Democratic party's loudmouths are these days............................https://worldisraelnews.com/ocasio-...+with+Arabs,+Not+Israel;+AOC+Signs+on+to+BDS%

You don't even have a fucking clue what BDS is. Saying BDS is anti semitic is like saying protests against apartheid in the 80's is racist towards white people.

BDS is about destroying Israel completely. That would involve genocide.

Oh look...here's our resident "everyone is trying to destroy Israel" poster. Poor, defenseless, nuclear-armed Israel. With the world's biggest superpower in their corner. Who ever will defend them against the dirty Arab hordes, eh Loren?

 

[Loren Pechtel]

About that clean water--how much of the problem is due to Hamas taking the pipe for rocket construction?

I don't know, do you?

Derec thinks the water problem has something to do with birth rates. Maybe you two should put your heads together and come up with a reason that blames anything and everything except Isreal.

You think there must be exactly one reason?

Water consumption is up for multiple reasons, a big one being the birth rate. Water production and recovery is down because of pipe diverted to rocket production.

 

[Loren Pechtel]

About that clean water--how much of the problem is due to Hamas taking the pipe for rocket construction?

Israel is looking to desalination for a clean water source and your accusation against Hamas is they can't get fresh water because they repurposed the water pipes? I suppose Israel built nukes out of their water pipes because they don't have sufficient stores of groundwater or surface water so they need to get it from the Sea.

There are undrilled wells in Gaza because the pipes were launched at Israel. The distribution grid leaks like a sieve because maintenance isn't being done--the pipe gets used for rockets. And Gaza has plenty of water for swimming pools for Hamas.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: a conservative critic attacked her credentials — and got a major fact wrong - Vox - right-wingers have been trying to portray AOC as having a champagne-socialist, limousine-liberal upbringing.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Tucker Carlson for Claiming 'Feminist' Scientists Blame Global Warming on Men

AOC's Instagram beauty tips are a powerful feminist statement — Quartzy - AOC is very evidently a "lipstick feminist"


Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a 2007 ISEF science-fair prize for her microbiology research — Quartz

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Funny enough, one of the compounds I tested yielded unusually promising results for cellular health + C. elegan lifespan extension.
When I tried to find out why the compound wasn’t pursued more, one of the explanations given to me was that pharma lobbyists worked against it. https://t.co/nQK6GfyhjC" / Twitter noting
Justin Benavidez on Twitter: "in case you didn't know already, @Ocasio2018 won 2nd place in the 2007 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair for a poster about C. elegans. props for choosing the best model organism https://t.co/awpMflIgJU" / Twitter

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "It’s true!
Science was my first passion. Asteroid named by @MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory in honor of longevity experiments I conducted out of Mt. Sinai.
My research won 2nd place globally in Microbiology at @intel ISEF. At BU I started as science major, changed to Econ #nerdalert https://t.co/MICD5me2Wm" / Twitter
23238 Ocasio-Cortez - JPL Small-Body Database Browser

Intel ISEF alumna headed to Capitol Hill | Society for Science & the Public - it was about antioxidants as a way of increasing lifespan, working with nematodes. Oxygen is bad because it can react with surrounding molecules to make "free radicals", molecules with unpaired electrons. These then react with other molecules, causing trouble. That may cause wrinkling, neurological diseases, and cancer. Something like what makes butter turn rancid - When butter has an off flavor : Butter

Alexandria chose compounds with the highest cited number of antioxidant capabilities and observed how they impacted longevity of the roundworms. In some cases, lifespan was prolonged for as many as 33 days, almost doubling the nematode’s normal lifespan. Her findings indicated that antioxidants could potentially help prevent degenerative illnesses induced by oxidative stress.

Science was Alexandria’s first passion. According to an interview with the New Yorker, she had aspired to be an obstetrician-gynecologist, yet even as a young scientist, she saw politics in science research. As her high school science teacher Michael Blueglass recounted to the New York Times, “she was interested in research to help people in all areas, including developing nations, not just for the people with money.” Alexandria went on to attend Boston University, where she started out as a science major, but later graduated with a degree in economics and international relations.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Puts Yorktown Heights on the Map | TAPinto

“She was amazing,” Blueglass said. “Aside from her winning one of the top spots and going to the [Intel International Science and Engineering Fair], she was just one of the most amazing presenters in all of the years I've been at Yorktown. Her ability to take complex information and explain it to all different levels of people was fantastic.”

...
“She's always wanted to make a difference,” Blueglass said. “She cares about other people tremendously, always did. She was always friendly with all different groups of students and she always cared about doing the right thing. Even if the easiest thing was not expedient, she would do whatever it took to help people.”

...
Commenting on her upset victory and polling that, several weeks ago, showed her trailing Crowley by 30-plus points, Ocasio-Cortez said, “People (pollsters) try to identify who is the most likely person to turn out. What we did is we changed who turns out,” noting that many Millennials voted for her.

 

[lpetrich]

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Nickname Scandal Will Never Stop Never Stopping! - Wonkette - she was Sandy Ocasio in high school and Sandy Ocasio-Cortez in that BU dance video.

Michael Blueglass on Twitter: "@Society4Science @Ocasio2018 @Ocasio2018 is a fantastic person that is truly "walking the walk" to Make A Difference for so many!!! She was an amazing presenter while presenting her Science Research project at #REGNWESEF and #IntelISEF in 2007!! https://t.co/pWoCHpEHmM" / Twitter

Yorktown graduate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins 14th district

"She was one of the best presenters we have had in the program," Blueglass said. "She is still the same great person today."

"Sandy," as her former teacher calls Ocasio-Cortez, has always had a strong desire in her to help other people.

"She was fantastic. Extremely gifted," Blueglass said.

...
Ocasio-Cortez, who graduated from Yorktown High School in 2007, studied the impact of antioxidants on aging for her research project, which took place from her sophomore to senior year of high school. She used a small microscopic worm as a test subject, Blueglass said.

"She was able to take complex topics and explain them to audiences of all levels," Blueglass said of her work in the science research program.

...
Her campaign website shares her "deep understanding of income inequality," citing the state of Bronx public schools in the late '80s and early '90s as the reason she attended school 40 minutes away, in Yorktown.

The website specifically mentions her ties to Yorktown, stating: "Much of her life was defined by the 40-minute commute between school and her family in the Bronx."

 

[lpetrich]

I can relate to that. But I'm a rather extreme introvert, and I've never had much money.

Trump predicted AOC beating Joe Crowley because he wouldn't 'get off his fat a--': Book

Trump reportedly told Politico reporter Tim Alberta that he predicted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's upset win over Crowley in 2018. Trump first believed Ocasio-Cortez could win after seeing her on cable news and comparing her to Argentine actress Eva Perón.

"Trump says he told his team to call Crowley 'and tell him he's got himself a problem; he better get off his fat a-- and start campaigning,'" Alberta wrote in his upcoming book, American Carnage.

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "Wow! Big Trump Hater Congressman Joe Crowley, who many expected was going to take Nancy Pelosi’s place, just LOST his primary election. In other words, he’s out! That is a big one that nobody saw happening. Perhaps he should have been nicer, and more respectful, to his President!" / Twitter
What assholishness.

Donald J. Trump on Twitter: "The Democrats are in Turmoil! Open Borders and unchecked Crime a certain way to lose elections. Republicans are for Strong Borders, NO Crime! A BIG NIGHT!" / Twitter
Why is he so *angry*?

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory over Joe Crowley: Trump tweets his reaction - Vox - "Trump’s tweet about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory is just absurd"
Trump on Crowley's loss: He should have been 'nicer' to me | TheHill

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Trump’s immigration agenda:
Step 1: Criminalize everyone, documented + undocumented
Step 2: Use that as justification for human rights violations
#AbolishICE https://t.co/W16aWBPxZZ" / Twitter noting
clio on Twitter: "trump admin now looking into punishing legal immigrants for using Medicaid, food stamps, or TAX CREDITS [url]https://t.co/c4zViNDD3c https://t.co/5nhhE0fngA" / Twitter[/url] noting
Trump aides plan fresh immigration crackdowns before midterms - POLITICO

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: ".@repjoecrowley’s #2 all-time career donor, Blackstone, profits off immigrant detention centers and funded the Trump campaign.
Last night, Crowley was the guest of honor at a GOP fundraiser held by opioid pill-mill lobbyists and other Trump donors. https://t.co/HZa7mdi6IU" / Twitter
Implying that JC was very Republican-like.

 

[lpetrich]

Ocasio-Cortez told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday that BDS is “a tough issue, especially for constituencies back home … ultimately, it comes down to protecting free speech. And my concern with being overly punitive on nonviolent forms of protest is that it forces people into other channels and I would hate to be a part of, you know, paving that kind of path.”

Sounds reasonable.

The House Voted To Condemn The Boycott Israel Movement Over Protests From Reps. Ilhan Omar And Rashida Tlaib - Buzzfeed News
Ocasio-Cortez signs on to Omar’s pro-BDS resolution (titled link)

 

[Patooka]

AOC is also deeply ant semitic, as many in the Democratic party's loudmouths are these days............................https://worldisraelnews.com/ocasio-...+with+Arabs,+Not+Israel;+AOC+Signs+on+to+BDS%

You don't even have a fucking clue what BDS is. Saying BDS is anti semitic is like saying protests against apartheid in the 80's is racist towards white people.

BDS is about destroying Israel completely. That would involve genocide.

I guess that's why South Africa no longer exists.

 

[angelo]

AOC is also deeply ant semitic, as many in the Democratic party's loudmouths are these days............................https://worldisraelnews.com/ocasio-...+with+Arabs,+Not+Israel;+AOC+Signs+on+to+BDS%

You don't even have a fucking clue what BDS is. Saying BDS is anti semitic is like saying protests against apartheid in the 80's is racist towards white people.

The hate from the left has no better illustration than this very post! Trump will win in 2020 by the biggest landslide in the history of presidential elections. The degree of separation from socialism and communism and just plain old fashioned leftard hate in America has never been as close as what it is now. I'd be extremely surprised the ordinary American voter would ever consider voting for these loony tunes!

 

[Patooka]

AOC is also deeply ant semitic, as many in the Democratic party's loudmouths are these days............................https://worldisraelnews.com/ocasio-...+with+Arabs,+Not+Israel;+AOC+Signs+on+to+BDS%

You don't even have a fucking clue what BDS is. Saying BDS is anti semitic is like saying protests against apartheid in the 80's is racist towards white people.

The hate from the left has no better illustration than this very post! Trump will win in 2020 by the biggest landslide in the history of presidential elections. The degree of separation from socialism and communism and just plain old fashioned leftard hate in America has never been as close as what it is now. I'd be extremely surprised the ordinary American voter would ever consider voting for these loony tunes!

And now you have the opportunity to explain how BDS is:

1) anti-semitic
2) hateful leftist polemics
3) indicative of socialism and/or communism
4) different to measures use against South Africa when apartheid was in effect
5) in any way relevant to Donald Trump

It would help if you actually knew what BDS was and what it entails. I'm not holding my breath.

 

[angelo]

The hate from the left has no better illustration than this very post! Trump will win in 2020 by the biggest landslide in the history of presidential elections. The degree of separation from socialism and communism and just plain old fashioned leftard hate in America has never been as close as what it is now. I'd be extremely surprised the ordinary American voter would ever consider voting for these loony tunes!

And now you have the opportunity to explain how BDS is:

1) anti-semitic
2) hateful leftist polemics
3) indicative of socialism and/or communism
4) different to measures use against South Africa when apartheid was in effect
5) in any way relevant to Donald Trump

It would help if you actually knew what BDS was and what it entails. I'm not holding my breath.

It may help you although I doubt it if you read a little of this link......................................https://amchainitiative.org/BDS-background

 

[angelo]

And to balance that link. There's this one....................................https://mondoweiss.net/2019/07/overwhelmingly-opposing-beginning/

 

[Patooka]

So you can't explain then. Good to know.