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Yet! They have more than a toehold in the American government and leftist media already.
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Yet! They have more than a toehold in the American government and leftist media already.
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Steve Bannon: 'We’ve turned the Republicans into a working-class party' | US news | The Guardian
He complained about former NYC mayor Mike Bloomberg financing some Democratic Congressional newcomers' careers - 21 out of 24 won. As if to imply that Republicans don't have their own oligarchs, and big ones at that. He did not mention a growing trend among progressive politicians of refusing corporate PAC money. Politicians like AOC herself.
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Rep. Katie Porter on Twitter: "I'm excited to announce that I'm joining @OversightDems. I've worked hard during my time in Congress to hold CEOs and top officials accountable to everyday Americans. I'll be using this new position to continue speaking up for working families. Stay tuned for updates." / Twitter
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Yeeeeesssss!! https://t.co/90ISXNlQia" / Twitter
Kyle Cheney on Twitter: "JUST IN: Pelosi names Reps. Katie Porter and Deb Haaland to the Oversight Committee to fill spots previously held by Elijah Cummings and Katie Hill." / Twitter
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Ayanna Pressley on Twitter: "Let’s hear it for our newest @OversightDems sisters
On Wednesdays we wear pink
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and hold the Administration accountable
@katieporteroc [MENTION=307]Deb[/MENTION]4CongressNM @RashidaTlaib @AOC https://t.co/GtTFhSJJuO" / Twitter
Pelosi Announces New Appointments to the Oversight and Reform Committee for the 116th Congress | Speaker Nancy Pelosi - welcoming Katie Porter and Deb Haaland.
House Committee on Oversight and Reform | - though its member list has been updated for the death of Elijah Cummings and the appointment of Carolyn Maloney as its head, it has not been updated for the resignation of Katie Hill or the appointment of Katie Porter and Deb Haaland.
Pelosi announces Porter, Haaland will sit on Oversight panel | TheHill
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "Yeeeeesssss!! https://t.co/90ISXNlQia" / Twitter
Kyle Cheney on Twitter: "JUST IN: Pelosi names Reps. Katie Porter and Deb Haaland to the Oversight Committee to fill spots previously held by Elijah Cummings and Katie Hill." / Twitter
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Ayanna Pressley on Twitter: "Let’s hear it for our newest @OversightDems sisters
On Wednesdays we wear pink
*****and hold the Administration accountable
@katieporteroc [MENTION=307]Deb[/MENTION]4CongressNM @RashidaTlaib @AOC https://t.co/GtTFhSJJuO" / Twitter
Pelosi Announces New Appointments to the Oversight and Reform Committee for the 116th Congress | Speaker Nancy Pelosi - welcoming Katie Porter and Deb Haaland.
House Committee on Oversight and Reform | - though its member list has been updated for the death of Elijah Cummings and the appointment of Carolyn Maloney as its head, it has not been updated for the resignation of Katie Hill or the appointment of Katie Porter and Deb Haaland.
Pelosi announces Porter, Haaland will sit on Oversight panel | TheHill
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to rally with Bernie Sanders in Las Vegas - Sat Dec 21
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "Nuestro movimiento en Nevada y en todo el país se fortalece cada día. Únete a @AOC para una reunión política en Las Vegas el domingo 22 de diciembre. El evento se llevará a cabo completamente en español. https://t.co/mOPHJy34un" / Twitter - Our movement in Nevada and throughout the country is strengthened every day. Join to @AOC for a political meeting in Las Vegas on Sunday, December 22. The event will be held entirely in Spanish. (Google Translate)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "I’m nervous for this all-Spanish town hall, but I also know that the only way I’m going to improve my Spanish is by practicing it!
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Nevada: Únete a nosotros este Domingo para un... town hall(?) en Español, y probablemente con un poquito de “spanglish” también
https://t.co/nj4WezQZXN" / Twitter - Join us this Sunday for a ... town hall (?) In Spanish, and probably with a little "spanglish" too (Google Translate)
Spanglish = mixture of Spanish and English. But her diligence is commendable. A lot better than Donald Trump - he can't even speak Russian.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "Nuestro movimiento en Nevada y en todo el país se fortalece cada día. Únete a @AOC para una reunión política en Las Vegas el domingo 22 de diciembre. El evento se llevará a cabo completamente en español. https://t.co/mOPHJy34un" / Twitter - Our movement in Nevada and throughout the country is strengthened every day. Join to @AOC for a political meeting in Las Vegas on Sunday, December 22. The event will be held entirely in Spanish. (Google Translate)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "I’m nervous for this all-Spanish town hall, but I also know that the only way I’m going to improve my Spanish is by practicing it!
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Nevada: Únete a nosotros este Domingo para un... town hall(?) en Español, y probablemente con un poquito de “spanglish” también
https://t.co/nj4WezQZXN" / Twitter - Join us this Sunday for a ... town hall (?) In Spanish, and probably with a little "spanglish" too (Google Translate)Spanglish = mixture of Spanish and English. But her diligence is commendable. A lot better than Donald Trump - he can't even speak Russian.
lpetrich
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Returning to AOC's Bible invocation, here's a likely better one: Romans 1:22
(NET) Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
(NASB) Professing to be wise, they became fools
(KJV) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools
A good response to someone who claims that Trump got less of a fair trial than Jesus Christ did.
Some of AOC's earlier appearances are hidden under names and descriptions that are not very revealing:
Trump's Donors Fund NYC Democrat - YouTube 2018 Jan 13 - The Young Turks
Insanely Corrupt Democrat Rigs Process Against Progressive Challenger - YouTube 2018 Mar 27 - Secular Talk (Kyle Kulinsky)
In the second one, toward the end, they mentioned something that they considered reassuring: David Brat's triumph over Eric Cantor in 2014, despite being heavily outspent. AOC eventually did have that sort of triumph,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Makes History As First To Challenge NYC Congressional Seat In 14 Years - YouTube by Hot 97 -- the day before her primary victory and the day after her visit to the Tornillo camps, the visit with the famous reaction shots of her. Only 3% turnout in it. Less than some City Council race. She also claimed that there are 3 empty luxury apartments for every homeless person. She recalled when she started the advice of focusing only on likely voters: "triple primes", those who had voted in the previous three primary elections.
When AOC got on the ballot, some community groups got interested in debates, but Joe Crowley avoided them. I've found some pictures of AOC with Annabel Palma, and I recall seeing some video of that, though I forget the link to it. AOC describes herself in it as the only one present who is running for Congress.
Some time, I'll have to get a trial subscription to Netflix so I can watch "Knock Down The House".
(NET) Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools
(NASB) Professing to be wise, they became fools
(KJV) Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools
A good response to someone who claims that Trump got less of a fair trial than Jesus Christ did.
Some of AOC's earlier appearances are hidden under names and descriptions that are not very revealing:
Trump's Donors Fund NYC Democrat - YouTube 2018 Jan 13 - The Young Turks
Insanely Corrupt Democrat Rigs Process Against Progressive Challenger - YouTube 2018 Mar 27 - Secular Talk (Kyle Kulinsky)
In the second one, toward the end, they mentioned something that they considered reassuring: David Brat's triumph over Eric Cantor in 2014, despite being heavily outspent. AOC eventually did have that sort of triumph,
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Makes History As First To Challenge NYC Congressional Seat In 14 Years - YouTube by Hot 97 -- the day before her primary victory and the day after her visit to the Tornillo camps, the visit with the famous reaction shots of her. Only 3% turnout in it. Less than some City Council race. She also claimed that there are 3 empty luxury apartments for every homeless person. She recalled when she started the advice of focusing only on likely voters: "triple primes", those who had voted in the previous three primary elections.
When AOC got on the ballot, some community groups got interested in debates, but Joe Crowley avoided them. I've found some pictures of AOC with Annabel Palma, and I recall seeing some video of that, though I forget the link to it. AOC describes herself in it as the only one present who is running for Congress.
Some time, I'll have to get a trial subscription to Netflix so I can watch "Knock Down The House".
angelo
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Jesus's court case is a fable. There's not recorded evidence of any Jew being tried 2000 odd years ago. And the Romans were meticulous record keepers.
By the way, since you're an administrative position of this Forum, could I trouble you to check why all notification has ceased for me?
Thank you in advance.
By the way, since you're an administrative position of this Forum, could I trouble you to check why all notification has ceased for me?
Thank you in advance.
I went to a Catholic high school, so I distinctly remember Tacitus' Annals being waved as vindication in Years 9 and 10. There were also plenty of instances of people claiming to be messiahs other than Jesus, but they were clamped down pretty quickly as they called into question the divine authority of the Emperor. Christianity simply had a good marketing team, so it survived.
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AOC will be appearing with Bernie Sanders in both Los Angeles and Las Vegas. It's a 4h 30m drive, and while both AOC and BS were driven similar distances across Iowa. It's LA on Saturday and LV on Sunday, it seems.
In historic upset, 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unseats 4th ranking House Democrat Joe Crowley - ABC News - nice recap of her victory.
Knock Down the House Follows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Unlikely Victory | Vanity Fair - AOC got the largest part of the film's time, in part because she was where the filmmakers were based: New York City.
I broke down and I signed up for a month of trial Netflix. Then I watched "Knock Down The House". It was a GREAT documentary on AOC, Paula Jean Swearengin, Cori Bush, and Amy Vilela as they ran for office last year. It shows where they came from, though it's less complete about that for AOC than the others -- it caught up with AOC after she campaigned for Bernie Sanders and went to Standing Rock, all in 2016.
PJS started off because of the devastating environmental effects of coal mining. From Revolt in West Virginia's Coal Country - Rolling Stone
CB started off because of militaristic policing in Ferguson MO, and AV because one of her daughters died when she slipped through the cracks of US medical insurance. She was at a hospital emergency room, and the people there wouldn't perform some procedure that could have saved her life just because she couldn't get insurance coverage for it.
PJS was up against Senator Joe Manchin III, and she won 30.1% of the vote, against JM's 69.9%. She is running again in 2020, for WV's other Senate seat.
CB was up against Representative William Lacy Clay, a 9-term incumbent, and she won 36.9% of the vote, against WLC's 56.7%, and two others' 3.4% and 2.9%. She is running again in 2020.
AV was up against Steven Horsford, and she won 9.2% of the vote, finishing third against SH's 61.7%. The others got 15.2%, 6.0%, 5.8%, and 2.0%. AV is now campaigning for Bernie Sanders.
In historic upset, 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez unseats 4th ranking House Democrat Joe Crowley - ABC News - nice recap of her victory.
Knock Down the House Follows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Unlikely Victory | Vanity Fair - AOC got the largest part of the film's time, in part because she was where the filmmakers were based: New York City.
I broke down and I signed up for a month of trial Netflix. Then I watched "Knock Down The House". It was a GREAT documentary on AOC, Paula Jean Swearengin, Cori Bush, and Amy Vilela as they ran for office last year. It shows where they came from, though it's less complete about that for AOC than the others -- it caught up with AOC after she campaigned for Bernie Sanders and went to Standing Rock, all in 2016.
PJS started off because of the devastating environmental effects of coal mining. From Revolt in West Virginia's Coal Country - Rolling Stone
Also causing a *lot* of cancer.
CB started off because of militaristic policing in Ferguson MO, and AV because one of her daughters died when she slipped through the cracks of US medical insurance. She was at a hospital emergency room, and the people there wouldn't perform some procedure that could have saved her life just because she couldn't get insurance coverage for it.
PJS was up against Senator Joe Manchin III, and she won 30.1% of the vote, against JM's 69.9%. She is running again in 2020, for WV's other Senate seat.
CB was up against Representative William Lacy Clay, a 9-term incumbent, and she won 36.9% of the vote, against WLC's 56.7%, and two others' 3.4% and 2.9%. She is running again in 2020.
AV was up against Steven Horsford, and she won 9.2% of the vote, finishing third against SH's 61.7%. The others got 15.2%, 6.0%, 5.8%, and 2.0%. AV is now campaigning for Bernie Sanders.
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More of Knock Down The House.
The movie showed BNC (JD?) in action, screening candidates - it got over 10,000 nominations, and it accepted 30 out of its planned 400 or so. We also see AOC at work as a bartender, mixing drinks and lugging and shoveling ice.
One of Amy Vilela's campaign workers calls up a list of the main contributors to the campaign of AV's component. Alongside several big businesses was Joe Crowley. Joe Crowley??? He was willing to spend on a race on the other side of the continent, while ignoring a challenger to him.
About the subject of JC's political power, AOC asks what it has done for his district. AOC also notes that JC doesn't even live in it -- he lives in Virginia.
Looking at the coverage of AOC vs. Joe Crowley, nobody thought that AOC had much of a chance, and everybody was startled when she won. Including AOC herself.
Queens Democratic Party boss lives in northern Virginia - July 8, 2011
The King who hates Queens - JuniperCivic.com Joe Crowley and his living in Virginia - Sep 2011
This Bronx resident will be Queens Congressman Joe Crowley's first primary challenger in 14 years - QNS.com - March 26, 2018
Joseph Crowley, 56 Years Young and Ready to Succeed the Old Guard - Apr 11, 2018
Primary challenger thinks Joe Crowley is vulnerable on the left | CSNY - MAY 30, 2018
Eyeing promotion in D.C., Queens boss faces rare challenge back home - 06/25/2018
Rep. Joe Crowley defeated by challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - The Washington Post - 2018 June 26
An Upset in the Making: Why Joe Crowley Never Saw Defeat Coming - The New York Times - June 27, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Upsets House Democrat Joe Crowley | Time - JUNE 27, 2018
Former Rep. Joe Crowley Moves on to D.C.-Based Lobbying Firm, Resigns as Queens Democratic Party Chair | Sunnyside Post - Feb. 19, 2019
The movie showed BNC (JD?) in action, screening candidates - it got over 10,000 nominations, and it accepted 30 out of its planned 400 or so. We also see AOC at work as a bartender, mixing drinks and lugging and shoveling ice.
One of Amy Vilela's campaign workers calls up a list of the main contributors to the campaign of AV's component. Alongside several big businesses was Joe Crowley. Joe Crowley??? He was willing to spend on a race on the other side of the continent, while ignoring a challenger to him.
About the subject of JC's political power, AOC asks what it has done for his district. AOC also notes that JC doesn't even live in it -- he lives in Virginia.
Looking at the coverage of AOC vs. Joe Crowley, nobody thought that AOC had much of a chance, and everybody was startled when she won. Including AOC herself.
Queens Democratic Party boss lives in northern Virginia - July 8, 2011
The King who hates Queens - JuniperCivic.com Joe Crowley and his living in Virginia - Sep 2011
This Bronx resident will be Queens Congressman Joe Crowley's first primary challenger in 14 years - QNS.com - March 26, 2018
Joseph Crowley, 56 Years Young and Ready to Succeed the Old Guard - Apr 11, 2018
Primary challenger thinks Joe Crowley is vulnerable on the left | CSNY - MAY 30, 2018
Eyeing promotion in D.C., Queens boss faces rare challenge back home - 06/25/2018
Rep. Joe Crowley defeated by challenger Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - The Washington Post - 2018 June 26
An Upset in the Making: Why Joe Crowley Never Saw Defeat Coming - The New York Times - June 27, 2018
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Upsets House Democrat Joe Crowley | Time - JUNE 27, 2018
Former Rep. Joe Crowley Moves on to D.C.-Based Lobbying Firm, Resigns as Queens Democratic Party Chair | Sunnyside Post - Feb. 19, 2019
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PRIORITIES | Doyle Canning for Congress OR-04 - she's challenging Peter DeFazio, a 17-term incumbent, here in the Willamette Valley. PDF is the head of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and he's wanted to make a deal with President Trump about infrastructure. But he failed, and he didn't even try to appeal to the pResident's vanity. He should have titillated him with the prospect of having some big public works named after him, like high-speed-rail lines with his name on them.
Zina for Congress - NJ-09 - I like that she has some technical expertise in renewable energy. That seems to be a weak spot for AOC. I was impressed when she noted that a wind turbine takes 1 year to bring online while a nuclear reactor 10 years.
Zina for Congress - NJ-09 - I like that she has some technical expertise in renewable energy. That seems to be a weak spot for AOC. I was impressed when she noted that a wind turbine takes 1 year to bring online while a nuclear reactor 10 years.
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Agree. Paul should win salesman of millenniums award. But Tacitus, as were Josephus and others, just what today would be called reporters, reporting what was nothing more than hearsay!
A contemporary of Jesus, Philo of Alexandria who wrote extensible history of that time makes no mention of a Jesus of Nazareth.
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The existence of a historical Jesus is like claiming AOC isn't a socialist.
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Robert Reich on Twitter: "Just a casual reminder that 60% of all wealth in America is inherited.
“Pull yourself up by the bootstraps” is a sham." / Twitter
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "A lot of people who struggle with imposter syndrome haven’t realized yet that what they’re actually competing with is intergenerational wealth.
Be patient and kind to yourself. https://t.co/0UQVP9L7No" / Twitter
Anis_Jerbi_artist on Twitter: "@AOC You're the living proof that being young doesn't necessarily mean being incompetent.
I'm putting this photo of you holding my painting just to thank you and your staff assistant for being so kind and patient to me.
It's a honor me, thank you both!
@AOC https://t.co/UUsAkNy0lc" / Twitter
“Pull yourself up by the bootstraps” is a sham." / Twitter
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "A lot of people who struggle with imposter syndrome haven’t realized yet that what they’re actually competing with is intergenerational wealth.
Be patient and kind to yourself. https://t.co/0UQVP9L7No" / Twitter
Anis_Jerbi_artist on Twitter: "@AOC You're the living proof that being young doesn't necessarily mean being incompetent.
I'm putting this photo of you holding my painting just to thank you and your staff assistant for being so kind and patient to me.
It's a honor me, thank you both!
@AOC https://t.co/UUsAkNy0lc" / Twitter
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On Saturday, AOC went to a Bernie Sanders rally in Venice, CA near Los Angeles, then to another one in Las Vegas, NV. They likely flew in between.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "We're not just trying to win an election. We're building a multiracial, intergenerational, working class movement that's will transform the country. Join me, @AOC, @youngthegiant, @localnatives, [MENTION=410]Jesse[/MENTION]yjoy and more live in L.A.! https://t.co/hQZHZWHR8s" / Twitter - video of the Venice rally. The first half of it was the music, then several people spoke, ending with AOC and BS.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "You cannot change a corrupt system by taking its money." / Twitter
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Rashida Tlaib on Twitter: "Say it louder Amo Bernie!
https://t.co/avqsaHbeyZ" / Twitter
"Uncle Bernie" in Arabic.
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "Sanders and @AOC are answering questions on Instagram Live ahead of tonight’s rally here in Vegas. https://t.co/1cq9e6fW0B" / Twitter
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "My good friend @AOC and I are taking questions on her instagram page: [url]https://t.co/ZQ3ySE4j8j https://t.co/WpEWXR5rBo" / Twitter[/url]
I caught a replay of that, and AOC asked how BS survives the pressure to conform to corporate-lobbying pressures. BS conceded that he had not gotten the committee assignments he'd wanted -- or not gotten any at all (not quite clear what he said). Then BS, I think, mentioned how many Congressmembers spend much of their time dialing for dollars, calling big donors for money. They do it in a place that's nicknamed the boiler room.
In the LV rally itself,
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: ".@AOC: “We’ve got people and they’ve got money. Big money is very lonely. We’ve got people on our side.” https://t.co/fH7SVxw3Wh" / Twitter
People vs. money - what she said "Courage to Change" during her primary campaign.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "We're the strongest campaign to defeat Trump because we believe in bringing people together, not dividing them up. Join me, @AOC, @CarmenYulinCruz and more live in Las Vegas: https://t.co/U2cWe5UHYE" / Twitter
with video from the LV rally. First AOC, then BS.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "“We should be dangerous to injustice... We should be dangerous to a system that treats us less than we deserve." –@AOC https://t.co/7wCwqrkqUo" / Twitter
Eric Blanc on Twitter: " from @AOC: "For anyone who accuses us of instituting 'purity tests' — it’s called having values. It’s called giving a damn." https://t.co/AwuXSAG66y" / Twitter
Julian Zelizer on Twitter: "Key point by @AOC and spot on. The concern about taxes only applies to certain policies. Also, corporate tax cuts are a way that the government spends money. https://t.co/l1PJ07SbmB" / Twitter
noting
The Hill on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC on military budget: "Not once was I or anyone I know asked whose taxes are going to go up to pay for that. Not once was I asked are we going to tax the rich or tax or tax the middle class. Not once!" https://t.co/jVJRY8aNMe" / Twitter
Great point. The armed forces seem exempt from all strictures of fiscal responsibility.
The Hill on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC: "This isn't just about Bernie Sanders. This is about a movement that has been decades in the making." https://t.co/dQ3rUWiggq" / Twitter
Pushing for another Schlesinger liberal phase -- a long overdue one by the standards of Schlesinger cycles. We're in Gilded Age II, and it's lasted longer than the original Gilded Age.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "We're not just trying to win an election. We're building a multiracial, intergenerational, working class movement that's will transform the country. Join me, @AOC, @youngthegiant, @localnatives, [MENTION=410]Jesse[/MENTION]yjoy and more live in L.A.! https://t.co/hQZHZWHR8s" / Twitter - video of the Venice rally. The first half of it was the music, then several people spoke, ending with AOC and BS.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "You cannot change a corrupt system by taking its money." / Twitter
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Rashida Tlaib on Twitter: "Say it louder Amo Bernie!
https://t.co/avqsaHbeyZ" / Twitter"Uncle Bernie" in Arabic.
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "Sanders and @AOC are answering questions on Instagram Live ahead of tonight’s rally here in Vegas. https://t.co/1cq9e6fW0B" / Twitter
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "My good friend @AOC and I are taking questions on her instagram page: [url]https://t.co/ZQ3ySE4j8j https://t.co/WpEWXR5rBo" / Twitter[/url]
I caught a replay of that, and AOC asked how BS survives the pressure to conform to corporate-lobbying pressures. BS conceded that he had not gotten the committee assignments he'd wanted -- or not gotten any at all (not quite clear what he said). Then BS, I think, mentioned how many Congressmembers spend much of their time dialing for dollars, calling big donors for money. They do it in a place that's nicknamed the boiler room.
In the LV rally itself,
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: ".@AOC: “We’ve got people and they’ve got money. Big money is very lonely. We’ve got people on our side.” https://t.co/fH7SVxw3Wh" / Twitter
People vs. money - what she said "Courage to Change" during her primary campaign.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "We're the strongest campaign to defeat Trump because we believe in bringing people together, not dividing them up. Join me, @AOC, @CarmenYulinCruz and more live in Las Vegas: https://t.co/U2cWe5UHYE" / Twitter
with video from the LV rally. First AOC, then BS.
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "“We should be dangerous to injustice... We should be dangerous to a system that treats us less than we deserve." –@AOC https://t.co/7wCwqrkqUo" / Twitter
Eric Blanc on Twitter: "
from @AOC: "For anyone who accuses us of instituting 'purity tests' — it’s called having values. It’s called giving a damn." https://t.co/AwuXSAG66y" / TwitterJulian Zelizer on Twitter: "Key point by @AOC and spot on. The concern about taxes only applies to certain policies. Also, corporate tax cuts are a way that the government spends money. https://t.co/l1PJ07SbmB" / Twitter
noting
The Hill on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC on military budget: "Not once was I or anyone I know asked whose taxes are going to go up to pay for that. Not once was I asked are we going to tax the rich or tax or tax the middle class. Not once!" https://t.co/jVJRY8aNMe" / Twitter
Great point. The armed forces seem exempt from all strictures of fiscal responsibility.
The Hill on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC: "This isn't just about Bernie Sanders. This is about a movement that has been decades in the making." https://t.co/dQ3rUWiggq" / Twitter
Pushing for another Schlesinger liberal phase -- a long overdue one by the standards of Schlesinger cycles. We're in Gilded Age II, and it's lasted longer than the original Gilded Age.
lpetrich
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From that Saturday Las Vegas rally,
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "The political revolution is alive and well in Las Vegas.
Thank you to the thousands of people who joined me, @AOC, @CarmenYulinCruz, @MoTownPhenom and more at our rally last night.
We are going to win and build a nation based on justice in all its forms. https://t.co/QY2ZRlLwFQ" / Twitter
Carmen Yulín Cruz on Twitter: "En esta campaña vamos a donde está nuestra gente. @Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie @BernieSanders https://t.co/CiJXs4biub" / Twitter
In this campaign we go to where our people are.
@Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie @BernieSanders
Carmen Yulín Cruz is the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Carmen Yulín Cruz on Twitter: "En este movimiento es importante que todos sean parte de la conversación. Gracias a @AOC por participar del primer “townhall” en español para que todos sepan que @BernieSanders entiende que nuestras voces son importantes. ¡Que se repita! @Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie https://t.co/HOflKrxh9s" / Twitter
In this movement it is important that everyone be part of the conversation. Thanks to @AOC for participating in the first “townhall” in Spanish so everyone knows that @BernieSanders Understand that our voices are important. Let it happen again! @Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "Estamos construyendo una coalición multirracial que es lo suficientemente poderosa como para vencer a Trump. Únete a la representante @AOC para una reunión política en Nevada que se llevara a cabo en español. https://t.co/qHfAiXQ59j" / Twitter
We are building a multiracial coalition that is powerful enough to defeat Trump. Join the representative @AOC for a political meeting in Nevada to be held in Spanish.
Has video of that Spanish-language town-hall event. AOC gave the keynote speech in Spanish.
Town-hall event = reunión política = political meeting
Since yo no hablo español, I'm dependent on others for doing the translating.
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC takes the podium at a Spanish language town hall here in Las Vegas, campaigning on behalf of @BernieSanders. https://t.co/HtqeOxpfLt" / Twitter
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "AOC is, entirely in Spanish, telling the story about how just last February, she was a bartender in Manhattan. She’s used this same storyline to describe her support for Sanders in past rallies." / Twitter
It would have to be February of last year, because she was in Congress in February of this year. But she was indeed a bartender in February 2018, and she was campaigning back then, though she soon quit her job to campaign full-time. That's rather oversimplified, since she had campaigned for BS in 2016 and starting campaigning on her own in 2017.
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "Advocating for “Medicare para todos,” @AOC tells the crowd here Sanders doesn’t just do what is popular, and has a consistent record. https://t.co/jbVvJr0e1N" / Twitter
Medicare for All
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "The panel, including @CarmenYulinCruz and two local activists, are taking questions from the crowd. First two were about health care. https://t.co/yb8Ch0m2Og" / Twitter
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "This is such a fascinating event- it’s basically a @BernieSanders rally, without @BernieSanders. All of the same themes- health care, student debt...down to @CarmenYulinCruz copying Sanders’ “Now let me tell you this.”" / Twitter
Edgar Flores on Twitter: "Listening @AOC at community center addressing families in Spanish about pay inequity, LGBTIQ issues, and more. #AOC https://t.co/SJSE3Zzro5" / Twitter
Jose Macias
on Twitter: "@AOC right now in Las Vegas giving speech about her life and why she support @BernieSanders all in Spanish and this is everything and my dad in the room listening #unidosconBernie #Bernie2020 #BernieSanders2020 https://t.co/4rJ0A29Guh" / Twitter
Jorge Ventura Media on Twitter: "U.S. Rep @AOC delivered her Spanish keynote earlier today in Las #Vegas for a Bernie Sanders townhall for Latino supporters. #berniesanders #aoc #election2020 https://t.co/RXiMjmOi3I" / Twitter
On Twitter, AOC got mixed reviews, with some people thanking her for trying, and others thinking her awful. I found this interesting tidbit:
Leonart
on Twitter: "Man AOC has this weird mixture of native latin american spanish accent and like USA second language accent mixed. It makes sense, but still." / Twitter
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "The political revolution is alive and well in Las Vegas.
Thank you to the thousands of people who joined me, @AOC, @CarmenYulinCruz, @MoTownPhenom and more at our rally last night.
We are going to win and build a nation based on justice in all its forms. https://t.co/QY2ZRlLwFQ" / Twitter
Carmen Yulín Cruz on Twitter: "En esta campaña vamos a donde está nuestra gente. @Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie @BernieSanders https://t.co/CiJXs4biub" / Twitter
In this campaign we go to where our people are.
@Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie @BernieSanders
Carmen Yulín Cruz is the mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Carmen Yulín Cruz on Twitter: "En este movimiento es importante que todos sean parte de la conversación. Gracias a @AOC por participar del primer “townhall” en español para que todos sepan que @BernieSanders entiende que nuestras voces son importantes. ¡Que se repita! @Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie https://t.co/HOflKrxh9s" / Twitter
In this movement it is important that everyone be part of the conversation. Thanks to @AOC for participating in the first “townhall” in Spanish so everyone knows that @BernieSanders Understand that our voices are important. Let it happen again! @Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "Estamos construyendo una coalición multirracial que es lo suficientemente poderosa como para vencer a Trump. Únete a la representante @AOC para una reunión política en Nevada que se llevara a cabo en español. https://t.co/qHfAiXQ59j" / Twitter
We are building a multiracial coalition that is powerful enough to defeat Trump. Join the representative @AOC for a political meeting in Nevada to be held in Spanish.
Has video of that Spanish-language town-hall event. AOC gave the keynote speech in Spanish.
Town-hall event = reunión política = political meeting
Since yo no hablo español, I'm dependent on others for doing the translating.
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "Rep. @AOC takes the podium at a Spanish language town hall here in Las Vegas, campaigning on behalf of @BernieSanders. https://t.co/HtqeOxpfLt" / Twitter
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "AOC is, entirely in Spanish, telling the story about how just last February, she was a bartender in Manhattan. She’s used this same storyline to describe her support for Sanders in past rallies." / Twitter
It would have to be February of last year, because she was in Congress in February of this year. But she was indeed a bartender in February 2018, and she was campaigning back then, though she soon quit her job to campaign full-time. That's rather oversimplified, since she had campaigned for BS in 2016 and starting campaigning on her own in 2017.
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "Advocating for “Medicare para todos,” @AOC tells the crowd here Sanders doesn’t just do what is popular, and has a consistent record. https://t.co/jbVvJr0e1N" / Twitter
Medicare for All
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "The panel, including @CarmenYulinCruz and two local activists, are taking questions from the crowd. First two were about health care. https://t.co/yb8Ch0m2Og" / Twitter
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "This is such a fascinating event- it’s basically a @BernieSanders rally, without @BernieSanders. All of the same themes- health care, student debt...down to @CarmenYulinCruz copying Sanders’ “Now let me tell you this.”" / Twitter
Edgar Flores on Twitter: "Listening @AOC at community center addressing families in Spanish about pay inequity, LGBTIQ issues, and more. #AOC https://t.co/SJSE3Zzro5" / Twitter
Jose Macias
on Twitter: "@AOC right now in Las Vegas giving speech about her life and why she support @BernieSanders all in Spanish and this is everything and my dad in the room listening #unidosconBernie #Bernie2020 #BernieSanders2020 https://t.co/4rJ0A29Guh" / TwitterJorge Ventura Media on Twitter: "U.S. Rep @AOC delivered her Spanish keynote earlier today in Las #Vegas for a Bernie Sanders townhall for Latino supporters. #berniesanders #aoc #election2020 https://t.co/RXiMjmOi3I" / Twitter
On Twitter, AOC got mixed reviews, with some people thanking her for trying, and others thinking her awful. I found this interesting tidbit:
Leonart
on Twitter: "Man AOC has this weird mixture of native latin american spanish accent and like USA second language accent mixed. It makes sense, but still." / Twitter
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Contributor
Peter Koltak on Twitter: ".@AOC and @CarmenYulinCruz picking up some snacks at Cardenas this morning before our Spanish Town Hall at Parkdale Rec Center. Come on down to the event, it starts at 1pm! [url]https://t.co/OwuK2j6BCq #Bernie2020 https://t.co/7HwQyZylzx" / Twitter[/url]
Nevada Independent on Twitter: ".@AOC and San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor @CarmenYulinCruz visit Cardenas Market in Las Vegas on Sunday as part of a campaign swing on behalf of @BernieSanders that also included a town hall in Spanish. Photos via @DanJClarkPhoto: https://t.co/w9naiTIhoH" / Twitter
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "Busy morning at Cardenas Market in Las Vegas, NV, where @AOC and @CarmenYulinCruz stopped by to greet customers and workers. They’re in town campaigning for @BernieSanders. https://t.co/Qep3KMH9c8" / Twitter
In one of the pictures, AOC is squatting before two people, one of them a child, looking upward at them. She very obviously loves children.
Madee Mundy on Twitter: "A particularly magical moment during @AOC and @CarmenYulinCruz's tour of Cardenas Market this morning in Las Vegas https://t.co/tsRf1V6ZJV" / Twitter
With a preteen girl. With pictures like that, AOC would be a very enthusiastic baby kisser.
Carmen Yulín Cruz on Twitter: "When you share a movement with people that are in it to change the world not only for themselves but for everyone else, then you know things will get better. Gracias @AOC por enseñarnos que otro mundo es posible. @Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie @BernieSanders https://t.co/jCmLhFHpgX" / Twitter
"Thanks @AOC for teaching us that another world is possible."
SJ PR mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz is the woman with AOC with light brown / blonde hair, glasses, a white scarf, a tan jacket, a red shirt, and blue jeans.
Nevada Independent on Twitter: ".@AOC and San Juan, Puerto Rico Mayor @CarmenYulinCruz visit Cardenas Market in Las Vegas on Sunday as part of a campaign swing on behalf of @BernieSanders that also included a town hall in Spanish. Photos via @DanJClarkPhoto: https://t.co/w9naiTIhoH" / Twitter
Gary Grumbach on Twitter: "Busy morning at Cardenas Market in Las Vegas, NV, where @AOC and @CarmenYulinCruz stopped by to greet customers and workers. They’re in town campaigning for @BernieSanders. https://t.co/Qep3KMH9c8" / Twitter
In one of the pictures, AOC is squatting before two people, one of them a child, looking upward at them. She very obviously loves children.
Madee Mundy on Twitter: "A particularly magical moment during @AOC and @CarmenYulinCruz's tour of Cardenas Market this morning in Las Vegas https://t.co/tsRf1V6ZJV" / Twitter
With a preteen girl. With pictures like that, AOC would be a very enthusiastic baby kisser.
Carmen Yulín Cruz on Twitter: "When you share a movement with people that are in it to change the world not only for themselves but for everyone else, then you know things will get better. Gracias @AOC por enseñarnos que otro mundo es posible. @Latinos4Bernie @NevadaforBernie @BernieSanders https://t.co/jCmLhFHpgX" / Twitter
"Thanks @AOC for teaching us that another world is possible."
SJ PR mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz is the woman with AOC with light brown / blonde hair, glasses, a white scarf, a tan jacket, a red shirt, and blue jeans.
lpetrich
Contributor
Noticias Telemundo on Twitter: "
@Guadvenegas conversó con la congresista @AOC sobre cómo ha cambiado su vida este año y por qué para ella es importante practicar y mejorar su español.
No se pierdan la entrevista esta tarde en el noticiero de las 6:30pm. https://t.co/6X8QOAxgrf" / Twitter
@Guadvenegas chatted with the congresswoman @AOC about how her life has changed this year and why it is important for her to practice and improve her Spanish.
Do not miss the interview this afternoon at the 6:30 pm news.
Noticias Telemundo on Twitter: "En entrevista con @Guadvenegas para Noticias Telemundo, @AOC aseguró que “no es bueno para un país tan diverso tener un presidente tan intolerante”. Más información sobre la entrevista [url]https://t.co/vILWi5vyvc https://t.co/N8EkoyAIz7" / Twitter[/url]
In an interview with @Guadvenegas for Telemundo News, @AOC He said that "it is not good for such a diverse country to have such an intolerant president."
More information about the interviewhttps://tlmdo.co/2PNfyrT
The misgendering is from Google Translate.
Primera Entrevista de Ocasio-Cortez a Medio Hispano
First Interview of Ocasio-Cortez in Hispanic Media
"(Trump) le tiene miedo a las mujeres fuertes", asegura la congresista Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Telemundo
translated as
"(Trump) is afraid of strong women," says Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Telemundo
@Guadvenegas conversó con la congresista @AOC sobre cómo ha cambiado su vida este año y por qué para ella es importante practicar y mejorar su español.No se pierdan la entrevista esta tarde en el noticiero de las 6:30pm. https://t.co/6X8QOAxgrf" / Twitter@Guadvenegas chatted with the congresswoman @AOC about how her life has changed this year and why it is important for her to practice and improve her Spanish. Do not miss the interview this afternoon at the 6:30 pm news.Noticias Telemundo on Twitter: "En entrevista con @Guadvenegas para Noticias Telemundo, @AOC aseguró que “no es bueno para un país tan diverso tener un presidente tan intolerante”. Más información sobre la entrevista
[url]https://t.co/vILWi5vyvc https://t.co/N8EkoyAIz7" / Twitter[/url]In an interview with @Guadvenegas for Telemundo News, @AOC He said that "it is not good for such a diverse country to have such an intolerant president."
More information about the interview
https://tlmdo.co/2PNfyrTThe misgendering is from Google Translate.
Primera Entrevista de Ocasio-Cortez a Medio Hispano
First Interview of Ocasio-Cortez in Hispanic Media
"(Trump) le tiene miedo a las mujeres fuertes", asegura la congresista Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Telemundo
translated as
"(Trump) is afraid of strong women," says Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Telemundo
lpetrich
Contributor
I used Google Translate on the interview, and it contains these tidbits (unedited autotranslator results):
"elementary school" - Google Translate's translation of "la primaria", AOC's translation of "the primaries" - the primary elections.
AOC herself has also campaigned in a positive fashion, despite being very anti-Trump.
AOC's calling herself a socialist has resulted in a lot of people attacking her as some quasi-Marxist ideologue, when she is clearly a social democrat and a pragmatic one at that. It's easy to tell from what she advocates.
lpetrich
Contributor
AOC: rejecting private, high dollar fundraisers is “called giving a damn” - Vox
AOC wore a knee-length red dress on Saturday, and an ankle-length green one on Sunday. That green one was longer and darker than the green one that she wore in Iowa, and it resembled that wives' dresses in the "Handmaid's Tale" TV series.
Bernie, however, wore a business suit without a tie. He looked like some scruffy university professor.
AOC has practiced what she preached quite well. When she went to Los Angeles last year, she didn't meet any big-name Hollywood executives and celebrities. Instead, she visited some activists and spoke before some activists. Also, in her announcement of her Green New Deal for public housing, her fellow speakers were all housing activists. No executives of house-repair companies.
AOC wore a knee-length red dress on Saturday, and an ankle-length green one on Sunday. That green one was longer and darker than the green one that she wore in Iowa, and it resembled that wives' dresses in the "Handmaid's Tale" TV series.
Bernie, however, wore a business suit without a tie. He looked like some scruffy university professor.