Derec
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I've seen AOC being called a lot of names, but this is a new one.
She should rejoice! Hotter climate might make cassava thrive in NYC instead of imperialist, colonialist cauliflower.
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lpetrich
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AOC uses Clipomatic to caption her videos for the benefit of deaf people and those not very fluent in English. But lots of fluent hearing people also like such captions. Where I live, those captions are always on in its TV's, though it's mostly my housemates who watch it.
Her Instagram videos are left-right mirror-imaged because that seems to be the easiest way to get Instagram to be easy to use for her, since she is left-handed.
Her smartphone is an iPhone, and she and her bf seem to like iMacs.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on self care | Dec. 17, 2018 | Instagram Stories - YouTube
She wanted to do a week of self-care, and she wanted tips. "Go to Cancún" - "Is that a face mask?" is the first thing that she thinks. In the end, she decided against going to that southern Mexican resort town or any other such fancy place -- she drove off to upstate New York for a few days, noting this with a conifer-tree emoji. She quoted Amnesty International on avoiding burnout, and she noted how she has a lot of guilt for taking days off as a result of her mother overworking herself and denying herself a lot.
She showed the contents of a suitcase that she packed for her trip. Contents that included a book: "Leadership: In Turbulent Times" by Doris Kearns Goodwin - about Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and LBJ.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "The “old-fashioned red-baiting approach, familiar to those of us who lived through the Cold War, doesn’t seem to be working.”
Drumming fear around socialism is the GOP’s big play, & it’s failing, bc capitalism = GoFundMe as our national healthcare system. https://t.co/IOrDu1VYe0" / Twitter
The Right often uses "socialism" as a content-free insult word for any government action that they dislike.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Fmr officials should not become corporate lobbyists, in letter or spirit. It’s an abuse of power + a stain on public service.
I don’t care if it’s a Democrat doing it (both parties do). In fact, that makes it worse - we’re supposed to fight FOR working people, not against them. https://t.co/r6DN9mwf3A" / Twitter
noting
Avi Asher-Schapiro on Twitter: "I somehow missed this: former Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer...got a job with Lyft, & is now writing op-eds opposing labor regulations in California that would extend employment rights to Lyft & Uber drivers https://t.co/ytt5dxMgts" / Twitter
She was supposed to be a liberal Democrat.
AAS followed that tweet with some more, like
Avi Asher-Schapiro on Twitter: "Boxer, who was hired by Lyft, claims she had "a comprehensive sit-down meeting in Los Angeles" with Lyft drivers, before she decided to agree w/the company's position on labor regulations. Hey @_drivers_united, anyone know anything about this so-called "comprehensive sit-down?"" / Twitter
Her Instagram videos are left-right mirror-imaged because that seems to be the easiest way to get Instagram to be easy to use for her, since she is left-handed.
Her smartphone is an iPhone, and she and her bf seem to like iMacs.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on self care | Dec. 17, 2018 | Instagram Stories - YouTube
She wanted to do a week of self-care, and she wanted tips. "Go to Cancún" - "Is that a face mask?" is the first thing that she thinks. In the end, she decided against going to that southern Mexican resort town or any other such fancy place -- she drove off to upstate New York for a few days, noting this with a conifer-tree emoji. She quoted Amnesty International on avoiding burnout, and she noted how she has a lot of guilt for taking days off as a result of her mother overworking herself and denying herself a lot.
She showed the contents of a suitcase that she packed for her trip. Contents that included a book: "Leadership: In Turbulent Times" by Doris Kearns Goodwin - about Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, and LBJ.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "The “old-fashioned red-baiting approach, familiar to those of us who lived through the Cold War, doesn’t seem to be working.”
Drumming fear around socialism is the GOP’s big play, & it’s failing, bc capitalism = GoFundMe as our national healthcare system. https://t.co/IOrDu1VYe0" / Twitter
The Right often uses "socialism" as a content-free insult word for any government action that they dislike.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Fmr officials should not become corporate lobbyists, in letter or spirit. It’s an abuse of power + a stain on public service.
I don’t care if it’s a Democrat doing it (both parties do). In fact, that makes it worse - we’re supposed to fight FOR working people, not against them. https://t.co/r6DN9mwf3A" / Twitter
noting
Avi Asher-Schapiro on Twitter: "I somehow missed this: former Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer...got a job with Lyft, & is now writing op-eds opposing labor regulations in California that would extend employment rights to Lyft & Uber drivers https://t.co/ytt5dxMgts" / Twitter
She was supposed to be a liberal Democrat.
AAS followed that tweet with some more, like
Avi Asher-Schapiro on Twitter: "Boxer, who was hired by Lyft, claims she had "a comprehensive sit-down meeting in Los Angeles" with Lyft drivers, before she decided to agree w/the company's position on labor regulations. Hey @_drivers_united, anyone know anything about this so-called "comprehensive sit-down?"" / Twitter
lpetrich
Contributor
The only way that A/C would be practical for a farm is for indoor farming.I've seen AOC being called a lot of names, but this is a new one.
lpetrich
Contributor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "I love everything about this GOP attack ad. Republicans underestimate my intelligence bc I invite people into my home & talk about policy in plain English instead of DC jargon. They think that’s dumb, so they end up paying for ads that spread & explain our policy positions. 
https://t.co/6XC1YdyKDU" / Twitter
noting
MRCTV.org on Twitter: "WATCH: This time on "Shallow Thoughts, with @AOC," the New York socialist says coastal cities will be underwater due to climate change, and we face "death" if we don't spend trillions of dollars to address it. https://t.co/hQycZQwaQ4" / Twitter
It was easy for me to find out how vulnerable many coastal cities are.
Rep. Ilhan Omar on Twitter: "-
Study shows black women were 3.3 times more likely than white women to suffer a pregnancy-related death.
I’m hosting a LIVE forum to discuss black maternal health issues with @RepPressley and local experts. Tune in!
https://t.co/YEDgw59Qbz" / Twitter
Ilhan Omar was with Ayanna Pressley.
Columbia University on Twitter: "Late yesterday, @knightcolumbia sent this letter to @AOC urging her not to block Twitter users on the basis of viewpoint: https://t.co/l4gHk4UCPK" / Twitter
with response
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "1. I have 5.2 million followers. Less than 20 accounts are blocked for ongoing harassment. 0 are my constituents.
2. Harassment is not a viewpoint. Some accounts, like the Daily Caller, posted fake nude photos of me & abused my comments to spread it. No one is entitled to abuse. https://t.co/0QWKqJFzRe" / Twitter
Will Chamberlain on Twitter: "@AOC You’re lying about @HikindDov and [MENTION=2]Jo[/MENTION]eySalads, but even if you were telling the truth - it wouldn’t matter!
Second Circuit law is clear: if you are a government official, and you use your account for ANY official business, you can’t block.
Obey the law, @AOC! https://t.co/v6HCj2IZM9" / Twitter
with response
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "People are free to speak whatever classist, racist, false, misogynistic, bigoted comments they’d like.
They do not have the right to force others to endure their harassment and abuse.
" / Twitter
Laura Ingraham on Twitter: "“Fewer” than 20 accounts.... https://t.co/5jmxfq2CPQ" / Twitter
with response
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "See? You’re a neo-Nazi fan favorite and I don’t block you for defending white supremacist viewpoints and mocking gun violence survivors. https://t.co/007audZvgj" / Twitter
https://t.co/6XC1YdyKDU" / Twitternoting
MRCTV.org on Twitter: "WATCH: This time on "Shallow Thoughts, with @AOC," the New York socialist says coastal cities will be underwater due to climate change, and we face "death" if we don't spend trillions of dollars to address it. https://t.co/hQycZQwaQ4" / Twitter
It was easy for me to find out how vulnerable many coastal cities are.
Rep. Ilhan Omar on Twitter: "-
Study shows black women were 3.3 times more likely than white women to suffer a pregnancy-related death.I’m hosting a LIVE forum to discuss black maternal health issues with @RepPressley and local experts. Tune in!
https://t.co/YEDgw59Qbz" / TwitterIlhan Omar was with Ayanna Pressley.
Columbia University on Twitter: "Late yesterday, @knightcolumbia sent this letter to @AOC urging her not to block Twitter users on the basis of viewpoint: https://t.co/l4gHk4UCPK" / Twitter
with response
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "1. I have 5.2 million followers. Less than 20 accounts are blocked for ongoing harassment. 0 are my constituents.
2. Harassment is not a viewpoint. Some accounts, like the Daily Caller, posted fake nude photos of me & abused my comments to spread it. No one is entitled to abuse. https://t.co/0QWKqJFzRe" / Twitter
Will Chamberlain on Twitter: "@AOC You’re lying about @HikindDov and [MENTION=2]Jo[/MENTION]eySalads, but even if you were telling the truth - it wouldn’t matter!
Second Circuit law is clear: if you are a government official, and you use your account for ANY official business, you can’t block.
Obey the law, @AOC! https://t.co/v6HCj2IZM9" / Twitter
with response
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "People are free to speak whatever classist, racist, false, misogynistic, bigoted comments they’d like.
They do not have the right to force others to endure their harassment and abuse.
" / TwitterLaura Ingraham on Twitter: "“Fewer” than 20 accounts.... https://t.co/5jmxfq2CPQ" / Twitter
with response
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "See? You’re a neo-Nazi fan favorite and I don’t block you for defending white supremacist viewpoints and mocking gun violence survivors. https://t.co/007audZvgj" / Twitter
angelo
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How will getting rid of the Trumpet make China, India, and the developing world shut down and scrap their plans to build thousands of brand spanking new fossil fueled power stations? Explain per favor!
Perhaps the US can promise the leaders of these nations nude pics of AOC?
marc
Veteran Member
It has nothing to do with fossil fuels. You stated China and India were laughing at us because of our trying to move to renewable energy, I pointed out that if anyone is laughing at us it is because we have Trump and can’t get rid of him.
Now, care to comment on the main point of my post, that China and India are both doing much more to move to ‘green energy’ than us, so claims they are laughing at us, or expecting our destruction from it are bullshit? Or will you just rest on your deflection?
lpetrich
Contributor
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Captivates the Audience At John Jay College | John Jay College of Criminal Justice
A Conversation with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube on Apr 24 at John Jay College
She also pointed out that her vision was not new, that FDR had something similar with his Second Bill of Rights - rights to housing, medical care, education, etc.
Some other panelists showed up and she described how she got into running - several factors. Thinking "Who's that?" about her district's Representative. Thinking that even the best President could not get much done without a good House and Senate. She noted "45" getting elected, and became more activist, going to Standing Rock's protest of DAPL. She says that it's a good idea to go to the site of what one's activism involves. She soon decided to run.
Then the problem of housing. As to kicking out Amazon, she wishes that she had been able to defeat the richest man in the world with 5 tweets. But instead, it was local activists who did much of the work. About women in politics, it's important to support each other, like a female candidate for NYC mayor who encouraged AOC back in 2017. Also be able to be thick-skinned without losing one's tenderness and compassion and the like -- grow your toughness while protecting your tenderness.
Then about student loans. AOC said "This is ... huge" and then conceded that she has student-loan debt. She said that we must be willing to come out of such things. As the LGBT+ movement taught us, she says. She also says that forgiving student loans is economically feasible. Then on criminal justice - the US imprisons more people than any other nation - even China (
List of countries by incarceration rate - verified). Some young people in her district get locked up for lack of money for a Metrocard, presumably for fare beating. She asked why nobody got jailed for their part in the 2008 financial collapse. She noted that poor people are punished worse than rich people who do massive fraud schemes that hurt millions of people. We shouldn't be suspending young children as a means of discipline. She refuses to vote for for-profit detention facilities, and she described a legislative battle to remove some private-prison funding.
Advice to anyone running for office: be sure to keep connections to one's community. Like visit it and keep in touch with people there, like with activist groups. Find out their concerns, what they have to go through.
Catalina Lauf takes aim at AOC with 'Latina by heart, American first' congressional run | Fox News
[url]https://t.co/Gwp1E58Kwg This is #ourfutureourfight https://t.co/FkM6SeDDQI" / Twitter[/url]
A Conversation with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - YouTube on Apr 24 at John Jay College
She recalled composing a commencement speech - the winner was about supporting institutions and hers was about challenging them. Her campaigning was very improvised, learning as one goes. As opposed to having a complete plan worked out in advance. She used a Trader Joe's shopping bag for the first 6 months, with a clipboard and some mocked-up cards in it.
She also pointed out that her vision was not new, that FDR had something similar with his Second Bill of Rights - rights to housing, medical care, education, etc.
Some other panelists showed up and she described how she got into running - several factors. Thinking "Who's that?" about her district's Representative. Thinking that even the best President could not get much done without a good House and Senate. She noted "45" getting elected, and became more activist, going to Standing Rock's protest of DAPL. She says that it's a good idea to go to the site of what one's activism involves. She soon decided to run.
Then the problem of housing. As to kicking out Amazon, she wishes that she had been able to defeat the richest man in the world with 5 tweets. But instead, it was local activists who did much of the work. About women in politics, it's important to support each other, like a female candidate for NYC mayor who encouraged AOC back in 2017. Also be able to be thick-skinned without losing one's tenderness and compassion and the like -- grow your toughness while protecting your tenderness.
Then about student loans. AOC said "This is ... huge" and then conceded that she has student-loan debt. She said that we must be willing to come out of such things. As the LGBT+ movement taught us, she says. She also says that forgiving student loans is economically feasible. Then on criminal justice - the US imprisons more people than any other nation - even China (
List of countries by incarceration rate - verified). Some young people in her district get locked up for lack of money for a Metrocard, presumably for fare beating. She asked why nobody got jailed for their part in the 2008 financial collapse. She noted that poor people are punished worse than rich people who do massive fraud schemes that hurt millions of people. We shouldn't be suspending young children as a means of discipline. She refuses to vote for for-profit detention facilities, and she described a legislative battle to remove some private-prison funding.Advice to anyone running for office: be sure to keep connections to one's community. Like visit it and keep in touch with people there, like with activist groups. Find out their concerns, what they have to go through.
Catalina Lauf takes aim at AOC with 'Latina by heart, American first' congressional run | Fox News
Catalina Lauf on Twitter: "Some may say I don’t fit the mold, but I’m a product of the American Dream. Today we see that Dream under attack from the divisive far-left. I’m running for Congress to defend the promise of the American Dream. Join me today
[url]https://t.co/Gwp1E58Kwg This is #ourfutureourfight https://t.co/FkM6SeDDQI" / Twitter[/url]
lpetrich
Contributor
From my previous post here, that advice that she got was to "grow a rhinoceros skin", make oneself less sensitive. In Big-Five personality terms, she learned to push down her agreeableness when necessary. From her saved Instagram stories, she described that a way to avoid burnout is to lessen one's workload. This meant rejecting stuff done out of guilt, rejecting others' projects, and even rejecting some of one's own. In effect, lowering agreeableness.
Interestingly, US presidents tend to be low on agreeableness, so they already have this mental armor.
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Reveals Her Favorite Snacks - she once Instagrammed a picture of the snacks she bought.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "This year alone:
-Anchorage, Alaska hit 90 degrees for the first time
-Greenland lost 250 billion tons of ice
-A city of 9 million in India is running out of water
-Fires in the Amazon threaten a major source of the world’s oxygen
This is why we need a #GreenNewDeal." / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Surprise!
I am thrilled to announce the launch of our #GreenNewDeal art series with custom Bronx & Queens GND posters.
The Bronx edition poster will be given for free as a limited release to the public at our Pelham Bay Nature Day & Backpack Giveaway in the Bronx tomorrow.
/1 https://t.co/xD4AinKrWi" / Twitter
Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York
I don't see the connection, and I don't see why the bullet trains on elevated viaducts.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "These posters push us to imagine our future with a Green New Deal in two of our beloved NY-14 parks: Pelham Bay & Flushing Meadows.
All our #GND posters are made in the US, union-printed & will be available for purchase soon, but available at organizing events now.
/2" / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Bronx & Queens art is where we’re starting, but we aspire to release custom #GreenNewDeal art for local communities across America.
We are also working on a line of GND reusables!
The first 250 prints will be released at Family Nature Day tomorrow, where we’re doing park tours: https://t.co/AMrUX4etG5" / Twitter
Reusables? Like shopping bags? Maybe the next AOC might carry campaign supplies in such a bag.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Our #GreenNewDeal posters are inspired by the original New Deal, updated for our future.
During the New Deal, FDR launched Federal One, a US project that employed 5,300 artists that created & taught art to envision America’s future.
Left, #TeamAOC; right, original US New Deal https://t.co/l3PZzlEhzw" / Twitter
These posters were inspired by Works Progress Administration posters of the original New Deal. But to some detractors, those posters looked much like Soviet propaganda posters.
Interestingly, US presidents tend to be low on agreeableness, so they already have this mental armor.
Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Reveals Her Favorite Snacks - she once Instagrammed a picture of the snacks she bought.
She also has an interesting recipe idea: put pepper into popcorn.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "This year alone:
-Anchorage, Alaska hit 90 degrees for the first time
-Greenland lost 250 billion tons of ice
-A city of 9 million in India is running out of water
-Fires in the Amazon threaten a major source of the world’s oxygen
This is why we need a #GreenNewDeal." / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Surprise!
I am thrilled to announce the launch of our #GreenNewDeal art series with custom Bronx & Queens GND posters.The Bronx edition poster will be given for free as a limited release to the public at our Pelham Bay Nature Day & Backpack Giveaway in the Bronx tomorrow.
/1 https://t.co/xD4AinKrWi" / Twitter
Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, New York
I don't see the connection, and I don't see why the bullet trains on elevated viaducts.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "These posters push us to imagine our future with a Green New Deal in two of our beloved NY-14 parks: Pelham Bay & Flushing Meadows.
All our #GND posters are made in the US, union-printed & will be available for purchase soon, but available at organizing events now.
/2" / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Bronx & Queens art is where we’re starting, but we aspire to release custom #GreenNewDeal art for local communities across America.
We are also working on a line of GND reusables!
The first 250 prints will be released at Family Nature Day tomorrow, where we’re doing park tours: https://t.co/AMrUX4etG5" / Twitter
Reusables? Like shopping bags? Maybe the next AOC might carry campaign supplies in such a bag.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Our #GreenNewDeal posters are inspired by the original New Deal, updated for our future.
During the New Deal, FDR launched Federal One, a US project that employed 5,300 artists that created & taught art to envision America’s future.
Left, #TeamAOC; right, original US New Deal https://t.co/l3PZzlEhzw" / Twitter
These posters were inspired by Works Progress Administration posters of the original New Deal. But to some detractors, those posters looked much like Soviet propaganda posters.
lpetrich
Contributor
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez holds town hall in Allerton
AOC considers housing a human right, and she noted some Federal laws from long ago that promised affordable public housing to all Americans. She held this town hall to get input from local public-housing tenants about issues with it, because she considers them the most knowledgable about it. She plans to use those inputs in a bill about public housing that she will be preparing later this year.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez holds town hall meeting in the Bronx on public housing | abc7ny.com
AOC considers housing a human right, and she noted some Federal laws from long ago that promised affordable public housing to all Americans. She held this town hall to get input from local public-housing tenants about issues with it, because she considers them the most knowledgable about it. She plans to use those inputs in a bill about public housing that she will be preparing later this year.
lpetrich
Contributor
In that event, AOC wore a skirtsuit, and the skirt part fit around her rear end, sort of like pants. The skirt was narrow, and it did not seem to expand much. AOC also likes dresses with the lower parts like that. This goes back a long way for her, if her 2010 dance video is anything typical.
I notice this because narrow skirts seem rather awkward to walk in, as opposed to a pleated skirts or drapery-like skirts.
AOC also often wears a Congressional lapel pin.
AOC says she finds 'common ground' with some in GOP -- then slams Liz Cheney | Fox News
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘I Have a Lot of Common Ground With Many Libertarian Viewpoints’ – Reason.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Common ground I find with (some) GOP:
- Ending needless war & curbing exploding military spending
- Protecting civil liberties & privacy rights (I believe people shouldn’t be spied on by gov or corporations, incl your phone & habits)
- Holding bad contractors accountable https://t.co/PSde2DWGn4" / Twitter
Like this: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Grills Military Contractor for Wasting Tax Dollars | NowThis - YouTube
I notice this because narrow skirts seem rather awkward to walk in, as opposed to a pleated skirts or drapery-like skirts.
AOC also often wears a Congressional lapel pin.
AOC says she finds 'common ground' with some in GOP -- then slams Liz Cheney | Fox News
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘I Have a Lot of Common Ground With Many Libertarian Viewpoints’ – Reason.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Common ground I find with (some) GOP:
- Ending needless war & curbing exploding military spending
- Protecting civil liberties & privacy rights (I believe people shouldn’t be spied on by gov or corporations, incl your phone & habits)
- Holding bad contractors accountable https://t.co/PSde2DWGn4" / Twitter
Like this: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Grills Military Contractor for Wasting Tax Dollars | NowThis - YouTube
lpetrich
Contributor
A book that will soon come out about AOC. Its two coauthors:
Krystal Quiles on Instagram: “It’s been an inspiring journey working with the amazing team @littlebrownyoungreaders @jamiaawilson on our soon to-be-released alphabet…”
Jamia Wilson on Instagram: “Writing books for kids is my favorite thing to do. It gives me pure joy. Allow me to get woo for a minute, I truly believe that educating…”
The ABCs of AOC by Jamia Wilson | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Its cover makes AOC's skin look darker than it really is -- her skin color is comparable to Southern European skin color.
The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Kids' Book For Tiny Democratic Socialists — EXCLUSIVE LOOK - two more words: Xenophobia, Youth.
That book seems much like the only surviving work of AOC's would-be publishing house, Brook Avenue Press:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Instagram: “Sneak peek of @brookavepress' first project - an alphabet poster for kids in the BX! We need your help, friends - especially with ideas for…”
F = fire hydrant, S = subway, D = deli, dog, L = laundromat, M = Metrocard, N = newspaper
She introduces herself as its founder (2011 Oct 16): Brook Avenue Press - YouTube Some right-wingers have claimed that AOC calls herself a socialist because she is a sore loser in capitalism.
I've found several other books on AOC, most of them appreciative, but one from a right-winger.
C-SPAN.org | National Politics | History | Nonfiction Books - has video of AOC in action in Congress, and at various other political gatherings.
Krystal Quiles on Instagram: “It’s been an inspiring journey working with the amazing team @littlebrownyoungreaders @jamiaawilson on our soon to-be-released alphabet…”
Jamia Wilson on Instagram: “Writing books for kids is my favorite thing to do. It gives me pure joy. Allow me to get woo for a minute, I truly believe that educating…”
The ABCs of AOC by Jamia Wilson | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
It should come out Oct 1.
Its cover makes AOC's skin look darker than it really is -- her skin color is comparable to Southern European skin color.
The Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Kids' Book For Tiny Democratic Socialists — EXCLUSIVE LOOK - two more words: Xenophobia, Youth.
That book seems much like the only surviving work of AOC's would-be publishing house, Brook Avenue Press:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Instagram: “Sneak peek of @brookavepress' first project - an alphabet poster for kids in the BX! We need your help, friends - especially with ideas for…”
F = fire hydrant, S = subway, D = deli, dog, L = laundromat, M = Metrocard, N = newspaper
She introduces herself as its founder (2011 Oct 16): Brook Avenue Press - YouTube Some right-wingers have claimed that AOC calls herself a socialist because she is a sore loser in capitalism.
I've found several other books on AOC, most of them appreciative, but one from a right-winger.
C-SPAN.org | National Politics | History | Nonfiction Books - has video of AOC in action in Congress, and at various other political gatherings.
lpetrich
Contributor
Brad Lander on Twitter: "Just right, @AOC: “Criticizing the Occupation doesn't make you anti-Israel. It means that you believe in human rights, and it's about making sure that Palestinian human rights are equal to Israeli human rights.” https://t.co/CLnxK0rpVP" / Twitter
She's so right about that.
David Freedlander on Twitter: "At Pelham Bay Park Day in the Bronx @aoc unveils the new Green New Deal posters https://t.co/NcrKX5aziT" / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Today we’re getting all our NY-14 children ready for back-to-school by providing backpacks and school supplies at local parks & block parties!
Tucked inside our backpacks was a special note from me to all our students for the upcoming school year: [url]https://t.co/jGJfRgdwe5 https://t.co/mrr2cxUmlI" / Twitter[/url]
In both English and Spanish. Her advice:
https://t.co/LSbH3i0ibo" / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Tell them, Greta.
When people try to mock you personally instead of engaging the substance of your advocacy, it’s because they know how powerful you are, and that the truth is on your side.
Keep inspiring and organizing.
We’re going to save the planet.
All of us, together.
https://t.co/eRgvMYy2uh" / Twitter
noting
Greta Thunberg on Twitter: "When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you’re winning!
I have Aspergers and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. And - given the right circumstances- being different is a superpower. #aspiepower https://t.co/A71qVBhWUU" / Twitter
With a picture of GT aboard the Malizia in Upper New York Bay with the Manhattan skyline in the distance.
AOC posted in her Instagram a screenshot of that picture and the first bit of that text, and below it, three lines of "AMEN" in flashing multicolored text.
She's so right about that.
David Freedlander on Twitter: "At Pelham Bay Park Day in the Bronx @aoc unveils the new Green New Deal posters https://t.co/NcrKX5aziT" / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Today we’re getting all our NY-14 children ready for back-to-school by providing backpacks and school supplies at local parks & block parties!
Tucked inside our backpacks was a special note from me to all our students for the upcoming school year: [url]https://t.co/jGJfRgdwe5 https://t.co/mrr2cxUmlI" / Twitter[/url]
In both English and Spanish. Her advice:
- Be curious
- Be kind
- Be diligent / Practice
https://t.co/LSbH3i0ibo" / TwitterAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Tell them, Greta.
When people try to mock you personally instead of engaging the substance of your advocacy, it’s because they know how powerful you are, and that the truth is on your side.
Keep inspiring and organizing.
We’re going to save the planet.
All of us, together.
https://t.co/eRgvMYy2uh" / Twitternoting
Greta Thunberg on Twitter: "When haters go after your looks and differences, it means they have nowhere left to go. And then you know you’re winning!
I have Aspergers and that means I’m sometimes a bit different from the norm. And - given the right circumstances- being different is a superpower. #aspiepower https://t.co/A71qVBhWUU" / Twitter
With a picture of GT aboard the Malizia in Upper New York Bay with the Manhattan skyline in the distance.
AOC posted in her Instagram a screenshot of that picture and the first bit of that text, and below it, three lines of "AMEN" in flashing multicolored text.
lpetrich
Contributor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Today we’re getting all our NY-14 children ready for back-to-school by providing backpacks and school supplies at local parks & block parties! Tucked inside our backpacks was a special note from me to all our students for the upcoming school year: [url]https://t.co/jGJfRgdwe5 https://t.co/mrr2cxUmlI" / Twitter[/url]
lpetrich
Contributor
Ocasio-Cortez spotlights Green New Deal at Pelham Bay Nature Day - at NYC News 12 BX - she handed out posters related to it.
Looking back in her past, around 2011 - 2012, she was once Lead Educational Strategist at a startup called GAGEis, associated with a certain Chani Yerushalmi. But there is even less surviving evidence of that than for her book-publishing startup, Brook Avenue Press.
Portlus Glam on Twitter: "NEW THREAD: Because it never stopped being 2016, the media has still not vetted @Ocasio2018 to figure out (pretty easily): 1. Her bio is fraudulent; 2. She is amplified by fake socialist bots/trolls; 3. Her #1 goal for 2018 is to divide @DNC. Here's what I've found so far... /1 https://t.co/tnmUaZIODb" / Twitter
Little or no surviving evidence != fraudulent, however. Lots of startups fail -- I myself am in a startup that has pretty much failed.
Queens is ‘very fertile ground’ for an upset - Queens Chronicle: Queenswide (early 2018)
A little bit later, when she spoke Spanish: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Instagram: “Merecemos democracia verdadera en #NY14. #Ocasio2018 lucha por familias trabajadores con propuestas de eliminar ICE, mejorar y expandir…”
Looking back in her past, around 2011 - 2012, she was once Lead Educational Strategist at a startup called GAGEis, associated with a certain Chani Yerushalmi. But there is even less surviving evidence of that than for her book-publishing startup, Brook Avenue Press.
Portlus Glam on Twitter: "NEW THREAD: Because it never stopped being 2016, the media has still not vetted @Ocasio2018 to figure out (pretty easily): 1. Her bio is fraudulent; 2. She is amplified by fake socialist bots/trolls; 3. Her #1 goal for 2018 is to divide @DNC. Here's what I've found so far... /1 https://t.co/tnmUaZIODb" / Twitter
Little or no surviving evidence != fraudulent, however. Lots of startups fail -- I myself am in a startup that has pretty much failed.
Queens is ‘very fertile ground’ for an upset - Queens Chronicle: Queenswide (early 2018)
A little bit later, when she spoke Spanish: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Instagram: “Merecemos democracia verdadera en #NY14. #Ocasio2018 lucha por familias trabajadores con propuestas de eliminar ICE, mejorar y expandir…”
From Google Translate:Merecemos democracia verdadera en #NY14. #Ocasio2018 lucha por familias trabajadores con propuestas de eliminar ICE, mejorar y expandir Medicare, una garantiza Federal de Empleo, y universidad publica para todos.
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I’m on that primera generación bilingual struggle bus... but I’m trying!
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¿alguien aquí puede ayudarme con hashtags en Español? Comment below porfa
We deserve true democracy in # NY14. # Ocasio2018 fights for working families with proposals to eliminate ICE, improve and expand Medicare, a Federal Employment Guarantee, and a public university for all.
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I’m on that first generation bilingual struggle bus... but I’m trying!
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lpetrich
Contributor
AOC stated that in her campaigning, she "busted my ass", but she felt a lot less hopeless than before she started. Likewise, Greta Thunberg felt much less depressed when she started her climate-change activism.
AOC's Twitter history goes back to 2010 Apr 28: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "And so it begins." / Twitter
The beginning of her campaign:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Looking forward to this! New @BrandNew535 candidates! [url]https://t.co/qDebv4FrxC https://t.co/iwhMV0qkt1" / Twitter[/url] (2017 May 16)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "It's official: we're running for NY-14! Thank you to all who joined @BrandNew535's announcement. Fund the fight here:https://t.co/anhSyHMp3B" / Twitter (2017 May 17)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned Her Most Important Lessons from Restaurants | Bon Appétit - "The youngest woman ever elected to Congress ran much of her campaign out of a paper grocery bag behind the bar at a Manhattan taqueria."
About 1/3 of food-service workers are illegal ("undocumented") immigrants, and usually the lowest-paid ones. About 1/2 of farmworkers are illegal immigrants. Crackdowns on illegal immigration have caused big labor shortages.
AOC's Twitter history goes back to 2010 Apr 28: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "And so it begins." / Twitter
The beginning of her campaign:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Looking forward to this! New @BrandNew535 candidates! [url]https://t.co/qDebv4FrxC https://t.co/iwhMV0qkt1" / Twitter[/url] (2017 May 16)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "It's official: we're running for NY-14! Thank you to all who joined @BrandNew535's announcement. Fund the fight here:https://t.co/anhSyHMp3B" / Twitter (2017 May 17)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Learned Her Most Important Lessons from Restaurants | Bon Appétit - "The youngest woman ever elected to Congress ran much of her campaign out of a paper grocery bag behind the bar at a Manhattan taqueria."
She notes that most politicians have been too rich to experience what many people have had to suffer through.
Her family had moved to Westchester, an affluent suburb with better schools, but her family was relatively poor there. So that's how she concluded that one's zip code determines one's destiny.
An even worse case of destiny by zipcode. Then her father died. That got her studying economics and international relations, to have a good grounding in policy to try to change that.
She was also involved in those two startups, and both of them failed.
About 1/3 of food-service workers are illegal ("undocumented") immigrants, and usually the lowest-paid ones. About 1/2 of farmworkers are illegal immigrants. Crackdowns on illegal immigration have caused big labor shortages.
Its owner blamed a higher minimum wage, but labor shortages were a more likely cause.
lpetrich
Contributor
NowThis on Twitter: "‘Many people know that I was working in a restaurant when I got elected, but they don’t know why.’ — Rep. @AOC opened up about her family’s struggle and her father's battle with lung cancer in a hearing on affordable health care https://t.co/RZ6GyRYiAd" / Twitter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Congresswoman on Fixing the Country – Rolling Stone
In that publication, AOC stated that many Republicans have misgivings about Trump, but that they are afraid of Trump's base.
AOC asked Bernie Sanders for advice and got some: "One of the functional pieces of advice was just that you spend a lot of time in your committee, so it’s really important to pick a subject that you’re passionate about."
Then AOC and Nancy Pelosi. Not long after the election, AOC wanted more options for House leadership. But none did, and the more conservative Dems started to push back against NP. AOC then decided that NP was the best choice - AOC and NP don't have big disagreements on policy issues.
Then on different generations' experiences. AOC had no experience of the Cold War because it ended when she was born.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "For men who are allegedly so “proud” of being straight, they seem to show real incompetence at attracting women to their event.
Seems more like a “I-Struggle-With-Masculinity” parade to me.
*
Hope they grow enough over the next year to support / join LGBTQ fam next #Pride!
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https://t.co/DUb52ktWOP" / Twitter
That seems so sweet.
A more fun tweet from her:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Ok y’all, I need your help finding really good instant pot recipes for our IG Live conversations. Can you post your favorite recipes below?
All meals, cuisines, and dietary choices welcome.
They just need to be GOOD, don’t put me onto things with no flavor
" / Twitter (2018 Nov 17)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Congresswoman on Fixing the Country – Rolling Stone
In that publication, AOC stated that many Republicans have misgivings about Trump, but that they are afraid of Trump's base.
AOC asked Bernie Sanders for advice and got some: "One of the functional pieces of advice was just that you spend a lot of time in your committee, so it’s really important to pick a subject that you’re passionate about."
Then AOC and Nancy Pelosi. Not long after the election, AOC wanted more options for House leadership. But none did, and the more conservative Dems started to push back against NP. AOC then decided that NP was the best choice - AOC and NP don't have big disagreements on policy issues.
Then on different generations' experiences. AOC had no experience of the Cold War because it ended when she was born.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "For men who are allegedly so “proud” of being straight, they seem to show real incompetence at attracting women to their event.
Seems more like a “I-Struggle-With-Masculinity” parade to me.
*Hope they grow enough over the next year to support / join LGBTQ fam next #Pride!
* https://t.co/DUb52ktWOP" / TwitterThat seems so sweet.
A more fun tweet from her:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Ok y’all, I need your help finding really good instant pot recipes for our IG Live conversations. Can you post your favorite recipes below?
All meals, cuisines, and dietary choices welcome.
They just need to be GOOD, don’t put me onto things with no flavor
" / Twitter (2018 Nov 17)
angelo
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Are you aware that between India and China alone over 1000 coal fired power plants are either being built or are in the pipeline in the next few years?
All while the bimbo AOC and her kilt are sprouting the GND!
lpetrich
Contributor
- China Is Set To Become The World's Renewable Energy Superpower, According To New Report
- Driven by China, global investment in clean energy falls - Renewable Energy World - reduction from lowering of subsidies
- Chinese renewable energy investment abroad soars – but coal still dominant | South China Morning Post
- India investing more money in solar power than coal for first time | The Independent
- Coal going from winner to loser in India's energy future: Russell - Reuters
- India Is Now Investing More in Solar than Coal, but Will Its Energy Shift Continue? | InsideClimate News
I think that AOC is absolutely right that the cost of *not* stopping global warming will be MUCH higher than the cost of stopping it. Furthermore, the recent warming has been very close to predictions: NASA's Long-Term Climate Predictions have Proven to be Very Accurate, Within 1/20th of a Degree Celsius - Universe Today
She sometimes seems a bit out of it, but she can be *very* insightful, and I'm glad that someone like that is in the highest levels of our government.
Elixir
Made in America
Keep your head in the sand there, mate!
China and India have accounted for 85% of new coal power capacity since 2005, according to the Global Energy Monitor report. China permitted construction for the generation of less than 5GW of coal power in 2018, compared with 184GW in 2015. India permitted less than 3GW in 2018, compared with 39GW in 2010.
"India was going to build a lot more additional coal fired power plants, and instead they are going to build more renewable energy,"
....all while an ignoramus from down under mocks American politicians advocating for renewable energy.
lpetrich
Contributor
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "“The retro posters nudge viewers to recall that big, federal-government-led plans have a long history in the U.S...
The Civilian Conservation Corps, for example, enrolled a total of 3 million young men who helped manage forests, control soil erosion, and prevent floods” https://t.co/Rs1Eani4H6" / Twitter
noting
CityLab on Twitter: "What's the deal With @AOC's retro-style GND posters? https://t.co/C87U6XegGV" / Twitter
noting
No, AOC's Posters Aren't Based on Soviet Art - CityLab - AOC’s Green New Deal Posters Have a Very Old New Deal Look - Posters for the Green New Deal unveiled by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez strongly evoke a famous Depression-era federal art program.
Scott Starrett — Scott Starrett
Branding the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Campaign — Tandem NYC & AIGA at Parsons on Vimeo
Tandem - HOME — Tandem NYC
The stunning transformation of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - has lots of pictures of AOC over the years: as a child, dancing in college, on the road to Standing Rock with two friends in a borrowed Subaru, and campaigning.
Intel ISEF alumna headed to Capitol Hill | Society for Science & the Public showing her with a presentation of her science project. It was a test of the oxidative-stress theory of aging.
A Conversation with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - just before the primary that she won, and just after her trip to Tornillo with those famous reaction pictures.
The Civilian Conservation Corps, for example, enrolled a total of 3 million young men who helped manage forests, control soil erosion, and prevent floods” https://t.co/Rs1Eani4H6" / Twitter
noting
CityLab on Twitter: "What's the deal With @AOC's retro-style GND posters? https://t.co/C87U6XegGV" / Twitter
noting
No, AOC's Posters Aren't Based on Soviet Art - CityLab - AOC’s Green New Deal Posters Have a Very Old New Deal Look - Posters for the Green New Deal unveiled by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez strongly evoke a famous Depression-era federal art program.
Their relation with AOC started with doing her campaign posters, and the GND posters' resemble the original New-Deal ones as a homage.
Scott Starrett — Scott Starrett
Branding the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Campaign — Tandem NYC & AIGA at Parsons on Vimeo
Tandem - HOME — Tandem NYC
The stunning transformation of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - has lots of pictures of AOC over the years: as a child, dancing in college, on the road to Standing Rock with two friends in a borrowed Subaru, and campaigning.
Intel ISEF alumna headed to Capitol Hill | Society for Science & the Public showing her with a presentation of her science project. It was a test of the oxidative-stress theory of aging.
A Conversation with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - just before the primary that she won, and just after her trip to Tornillo with those famous reaction pictures.