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Harry Bosch
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I forgot about that! Yea, banks don't like people who file bankruptcy and who don't understand business.
lpetrich
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(Me on Trump vs. banks...)
Brook Avenue Press - YouTube - her pitch for her publishing-house project. Little-known fact about AOC: out of college, she tried to start a book-publishing company and she got involved with a startup called GAGEis as its "Lead Educational Strategist". Both startups failed, and AOC became a waitress and a bartender. In "Knock Down The House", we see her lugging buckets of ice as part of her job.
AOC tried to start a publishing house with zero experience in the business of publishing - and she failed. But she had the good sense to not try to do that again.
I remember discussing them earlier - these interviews were from late in her primary campaign. I watched them again, and she seems very knowledgable.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tackles New York Inequality - YouTube - 2018 Apr 3
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Political Revolution - YouTube - 2018 Apr 4
That's banks vs. Trump rather than Trump vs. banks.
Brook Avenue Press - YouTube - her pitch for her publishing-house project. Little-known fact about AOC: out of college, she tried to start a book-publishing company and she got involved with a startup called GAGEis as its "Lead Educational Strategist". Both startups failed, and AOC became a waitress and a bartender. In "Knock Down The House", we see her lugging buckets of ice as part of her job.
AOC tried to start a publishing house with zero experience in the business of publishing - and she failed. But she had the good sense to not try to do that again.
I remember discussing them earlier - these interviews were from late in her primary campaign. I watched them again, and she seems very knowledgable.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Tackles New York Inequality - YouTube - 2018 Apr 3
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Political Revolution - YouTube - 2018 Apr 4
lpetrich
Contributor
AOC instagram livestream 4.22.2020 - YouTube
She redoes her nail polish, and she concedes that she has let her apartment's walls go bare. But there's a problem: the walls are concrete, meaning that it's hard to get nails into them. As to her gel nails, they are easy to remove. No acetone needed.
She's been called to DC to vote on the new relief bill. It's a PPP refill, but it will likely be emptied quickly. She then grumbled that Mitch McConnell and other Republicans never complain about the deficit when it's from giving tax cuts for super rich people, the sort who buy super yachts that contain yachts. They only complain about the deficit when it's for healthcare or schoolbooks or paying teachers. Then how the House has passed lots of bills that have been sitting on Mitch McConnell's desk. AOC calls them messaging bills, and she says that the House ought to have passed a similar bill on COVID-19 relief.
As to how she is so well-dressed, before her primary victory, she liked to shop in thrift shops. One can find lots of nice clothes in such shops, clothes that would otherwise be unaffordable. Clothes that would look nice in a business or professional environment. Good suits for young women are often very expensive. She then described how in her first 6 month in Congress, she wore a former judge's hand-me-downs.
Part of looking good when doing home video is lighting, and AOC got a ring-shaped light. It provides plenty of light without being too directly forward. She also likes simplicity and bold colors. Though she loves fashion. Clothing swaps with friends are also helpful.
AOC expected to get more relaxation, but she hasn't. We've been losing a log of community leadership, she says. Including religious leaders - pastors, imams, rabbis, ...
She mentions that one can set up direct deposit with the IRS, and she warns about scams - something that seems to good to be true often is.
Then how social distancing ought not to be social isolation - we aren't "designed" to be solitary, and being in that state can cause mental-health problems. She appreciates someone volunteering for her campaign, for doing phonebanking. Her campaign has done 24,000 phone calls. One can also do texting if one has phone anxiety.
She put on her new nails.
One doesn't have to pay back unemployment benefits. The stimulus check also isn't a loan.
She plugged in her gel lamp, an UV lamp.
She got into defending the US Postal Service, as something that's universal and not intended to be profitable. She then got into public libraries and she imagined how Republicans might ridicule the idea of them. How are they to be paid for? Wouldn't some people steal all the books? She then got into postal banking - simple financial services that a post office could provide. She got back to proposing mail-in ballots. She then claimed that Republicans don't want them because they want to win by suppressing the vote - if more Americans could vote, that would be the end of them, as Trump himself has claimed.
She hasn't been able to cook very much - she's been eating a lot of takeout meals, because she has not had the time to cook.
How to support senior citizens? Call them, just to check in if nothing else. Also be their emergency contacts.
She put her fingers in a her gel lamp, one hand at a time.
She says that the House Democrats aren't going far enough. They should put in lots of stuff that they want and include lots of stuff that Republicans want, and to say "We'll give you what you want if you give us what we want." She seems like a good negotiator. She also says that she doesn't feel that she has to be right all the time, and that she hopes that the Democratic leadership can prove her wrong.
She redoes her nail polish, and she concedes that she has let her apartment's walls go bare. But there's a problem: the walls are concrete, meaning that it's hard to get nails into them. As to her gel nails, they are easy to remove. No acetone needed.
She's been called to DC to vote on the new relief bill. It's a PPP refill, but it will likely be emptied quickly. She then grumbled that Mitch McConnell and other Republicans never complain about the deficit when it's from giving tax cuts for super rich people, the sort who buy super yachts that contain yachts. They only complain about the deficit when it's for healthcare or schoolbooks or paying teachers. Then how the House has passed lots of bills that have been sitting on Mitch McConnell's desk. AOC calls them messaging bills, and she says that the House ought to have passed a similar bill on COVID-19 relief.
As to how she is so well-dressed, before her primary victory, she liked to shop in thrift shops. One can find lots of nice clothes in such shops, clothes that would otherwise be unaffordable. Clothes that would look nice in a business or professional environment. Good suits for young women are often very expensive. She then described how in her first 6 month in Congress, she wore a former judge's hand-me-downs.
Part of looking good when doing home video is lighting, and AOC got a ring-shaped light. It provides plenty of light without being too directly forward. She also likes simplicity and bold colors. Though she loves fashion. Clothing swaps with friends are also helpful.
AOC expected to get more relaxation, but she hasn't. We've been losing a log of community leadership, she says. Including religious leaders - pastors, imams, rabbis, ...
She mentions that one can set up direct deposit with the IRS, and she warns about scams - something that seems to good to be true often is.
Then how social distancing ought not to be social isolation - we aren't "designed" to be solitary, and being in that state can cause mental-health problems. She appreciates someone volunteering for her campaign, for doing phonebanking. Her campaign has done 24,000 phone calls. One can also do texting if one has phone anxiety.
She put on her new nails.
One doesn't have to pay back unemployment benefits. The stimulus check also isn't a loan.
She plugged in her gel lamp, an UV lamp.
She got into defending the US Postal Service, as something that's universal and not intended to be profitable. She then got into public libraries and she imagined how Republicans might ridicule the idea of them. How are they to be paid for? Wouldn't some people steal all the books? She then got into postal banking - simple financial services that a post office could provide. She got back to proposing mail-in ballots. She then claimed that Republicans don't want them because they want to win by suppressing the vote - if more Americans could vote, that would be the end of them, as Trump himself has claimed.
She hasn't been able to cook very much - she's been eating a lot of takeout meals, because she has not had the time to cook.
How to support senior citizens? Call them, just to check in if nothing else. Also be their emergency contacts.
She put her fingers in a her gel lamp, one hand at a time.
She says that the House Democrats aren't going far enough. They should put in lots of stuff that they want and include lots of stuff that Republicans want, and to say "We'll give you what you want if you give us what we want." She seems like a good negotiator. She also says that she doesn't feel that she has to be right all the time, and that she hopes that the Democratic leadership can prove her wrong.
Harry Bosch
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Well, I was talking about why Trump dosn't like banks. He dosn't like them (US Banks) because they wouldn't lend him money. It seems like you are saying that AOC dosn't like banks due to the startups that failed? I googled it and couldn't find anything on it.
lpetrich
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The Spiritual Journey of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Religion & Politics
She felt that she was being told to run, which she did, and she wanted her run to be about more than herself, about the building of a progressive movement.
She also said that a lot of people ask what plans she has for doing this or that, and she said the real problem is what commitments people have. Making plans will then be motivated by one's commitments.
She was there for only a few days, but she felt that she had to do something, but she didn't know what. "Lord, just do with me what you will. Allow me to be a vessel." Author Sarah Ngu said that it was her first reference to God or a particular religion, noting certain Bible verses and Xian songs. But it was also her last reference. Though she talked a lot about "faith" in it, it was about her moral commitments and her activism. She talked about solving some social problems once and for all, and she noted what is depicted in Star Trek.
She felt that she was being told to run, which she did, and she wanted her run to be about more than herself, about the building of a progressive movement.
She also said that a lot of people ask what plans she has for doing this or that, and she said the real problem is what commitments people have. Making plans will then be motivated by one's commitments.
lpetrich
Contributor
I think that that was empty posturing on Trump's part.
As to AOC and those failed startups, I mentioned that as evidence of good sense on her part, of her not continuing with something that very clearly failed. She had no experience in the book-publishing business, it must be pointed out. More than Trump with his bankruptcies - bankruptcies that in the late 1990's made it hard for him to get loans for continued business ventures. He got bailed out by some Russian oligarchs, however.
I did find something on GAGEis - it was connected to entrepreneur Cheni Yerushalmi.
Portlus Glam on Twitter: "NEW THREAD: Because it never stopped being 2016, the media has still not vetted @Ocasio2018 to figure out (pretty easily): ..." / Twitter
lpetrich
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Portius Glam's links:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez » Student Activities Office | Boston University
Sunshine Suites | 419 Lafayette Street | WeWork - "Sunshine Suites, a precursor to WeWork, shut down its office at 419 Lafayette St."
New Yorkers File Emergency Lawsuit To Give Voting Rights Back To 3.2 Million People – ThinkProgress
Queens is ‘very fertile ground’ for an upset | Queenswide | qchron.com - Mar 8, 2018
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "Here in Kansas City with @Ocasio2018 to support @BrentWelder and flip this seat in November.… "
Vendor/Recipient Profile: Justice Democrats | OpenSecrets
Tommy X-TrumpIsARacist-opher on Twitter: "Here's the full @MaxineWaters @mtracey interview. Sensitive viewers, you are warned. https://t.co/gyU2pw6FdD" / Twitter
Meet the tech-savvy activists trying to take over the Democratic Party - The Verge
Are the Justice Democrats a money scam to defraud progressives?
Justice Democrats: Democrats that Represent the People (explains why JD works within the Democratic Party)
When I look at the FEC report for Justice Democrats in 2017, why are there so many expenditures to "Brand New Congress"? : Justice Democrats
NOT HERE FOR PROGRESS: Meet the Tea Party-esque insurgency seeking to “rebuild the Democratic Party from scratch” - "Hostile candidates and shady PACs are posing as progressive Democrats in the 2018 election, exploiting DNC voter data and driving party division — it’s a burn-it-to-the-ground strategy that foreign cyber attackers are all too eager to assist with" by Portius Glam
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez » Student Activities Office | Boston University
Sunshine Suites | 419 Lafayette Street | WeWork - "Sunshine Suites, a precursor to WeWork, shut down its office at 419 Lafayette St."
These Democrats want to abolish ICE - CNNPolitics
New Yorkers File Emergency Lawsuit To Give Voting Rights Back To 3.2 Million People – ThinkProgress
Queens is ‘very fertile ground’ for an upset | Queenswide | qchron.com - Mar 8, 2018
New York District 14 Race • OpenSecrets
Bernie Sanders on Twitter: "Here in Kansas City with @Ocasio2018 to support @BrentWelder and flip this seat in November.… "
Vendor/Recipient Profile: Justice Democrats | OpenSecrets
Tommy X-TrumpIsARacist-opher on Twitter: "Here's the full @MaxineWaters @mtracey interview. Sensitive viewers, you are warned. https://t.co/gyU2pw6FdD" / Twitter
Meet the tech-savvy activists trying to take over the Democratic Party - The Verge
Are the Justice Democrats a money scam to defraud progressives?
Justice Democrats: Democrats that Represent the People (explains why JD works within the Democratic Party)
When I look at the FEC report for Justice Democrats in 2017, why are there so many expenditures to "Brand New Congress"? : Justice Democrats
NOT HERE FOR PROGRESS: Meet the Tea Party-esque insurgency seeking to “rebuild the Democratic Party from scratch” - "Hostile candidates and shady PACs are posing as progressive Democrats in the 2018 election, exploiting DNC voter data and driving party division — it’s a burn-it-to-the-ground strategy that foreign cyber attackers are all too eager to assist with" by Portius Glam
lpetrich
Contributor
I confess I find ODS entertaining - many right-wingers have Ocasio Derangement Syndrome.
It's hard to tell where Portlus Glam is coming from, but she (he?) seems determined to believe that AOC is some great villain. Complete with calling her "Latina Butina".
As to Twitter account aiocasio, it became ocasio2018, and then aoc. Instagram had a similar progression.
Ocasio-Cortez, Schiff team up to boost youth voter turnout | TheHill
It's hard to tell where Portlus Glam is coming from, but she (he?) seems determined to believe that AOC is some great villain. Complete with calling her "Latina Butina".
As to Twitter account aiocasio, it became ocasio2018, and then aoc. Instagram had a similar progression.
Ocasio-Cortez, Schiff team up to boost youth voter turnout | TheHill
Some celebrities will be joining them, like Yara Shahidi and Ilyasah Shabazz, and also Tom Steyer.
angelo
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It's time to put some reality to this thread on the left's favourite bimbo AOC and her Green New Deal which is swallowed hook line and sinker by her fawning fans.
If it's one thing this COVID-19 pandemic should've taught them and the DNC as a whole is the enormous cost of the screwball idea. About 25 million Americans unemployed, that's before the rest of the Western world's is added.
As I understand the figures, emissions around the world have been reduced around 6% by the pandemic. This 6% reduction has cost about $US4 trillion, and Ra only knows how many deaths through suicide and other mental issues caused by lack of money and hope.
In a way the cost of this pandemic has given the world a quick snapshot of what a 6% reduction in greenhouse gases costs. The Paris agreement calls for a 10 times more greenhouse gas emission reduction. What is that going to cost mankind?
The Green New Deal and her many other screwball mutterings is pure loony tunes stuff that only a bimbo like AOC and the left of leftists could come up with no idea of the consequences.
If it's one thing this COVID-19 pandemic should've taught them and the DNC as a whole is the enormous cost of the screwball idea. About 25 million Americans unemployed, that's before the rest of the Western world's is added.
As I understand the figures, emissions around the world have been reduced around 6% by the pandemic. This 6% reduction has cost about $US4 trillion, and Ra only knows how many deaths through suicide and other mental issues caused by lack of money and hope.
In a way the cost of this pandemic has given the world a quick snapshot of what a 6% reduction in greenhouse gases costs. The Paris agreement calls for a 10 times more greenhouse gas emission reduction. What is that going to cost mankind?
The Green New Deal and her many other screwball mutterings is pure loony tunes stuff that only a bimbo like AOC and the left of leftists could come up with no idea of the consequences.
barbos
Contributor
That's pretty retarded math you have here. Pandemic did not cost $US4 trillion. It saved people $US4 trillion, yes, saved by not going to restaurant, vacation, etc.
It cost some amount of money because of measures directly linked to pandemics, mostly health care.
angelo
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The 25 million plus and counting, who have lost their livelihood, the thousands of businesses both large and small who may never recover don't matter ?
barbos
Contributor
They would not have "lost" any of that if AOC&Co were in charge.
lpetrich
Contributor
AOC Democratic challenger lived in Trump building before Queens move - Business Insider
Luxury apartment? She and her husband lived in Trump Tower for several years, before moving to an apartment in Sunnyside, Queens late last year.
In her 2010 book "You Know I'm Right", she called Social Security and Medicare "pyramid schemes", and she called for tax cuts, deregulation, ending public-sector unions, and eliminating some Federal Cabinet agencies. She now claims that she has changed her mind on some issues.
MCC is now trying to pretend that she is a Joe Crowley Democrat - a corporate centrist.
A "Whole Foods Republican" who does attacks like this: AOC lives in a "luxury apartment with a Whole Foods in the lobby".
Luxury apartment? She and her husband lived in Trump Tower for several years, before moving to an apartment in Sunnyside, Queens late last year.
In her 2010 book "You Know I'm Right", she called Social Security and Medicare "pyramid schemes", and she called for tax cuts, deregulation, ending public-sector unions, and eliminating some Federal Cabinet agencies. She now claims that she has changed her mind on some issues.
She also claims that she's open to a public option for Obamacare, and that she supporters workers' right to organize. She also claims that she has become more willing to compromise over the years.
She mentioned her book on her Instagram site: Michelle Caruso-Cabrera on Instagram: “Published 8 years ago today! Thanks to Larry Kudlow for writing the Foreword and @jack_and_suzy for the cover blurb!• • • • #bookstagram…” - October 3, 2018
lpetrich
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Monica Morales on Twitter: "Flashback! Remember those beautiful children from MS 228 who helped fill the food pantry at the Middletown Senior building in the Bronx. The Rev. tells us that @aoc just gave a big donation! Bags and bags of fresh fruit and vegetables! Support your local pantries. @pix11news https://t.co/neaxRsR8lr" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "These young leaders at MS 228 in the Bronx are taking community leadership into their own hands by raising + delivering meals to seniors to protect them from exposure.
They are modeling powerful, intergenerational servant leadership.
It’s an honor to be part of their journey
https://t.co/h49AlLeNHQ" / Twitter
Servant leadership - "Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy in which the main goal of the leader is to serve. ... A Servant Leader shares power, puts the needs of the employees first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible."
Khalsa Aid USA on Twitter: "We worked with David to select healthy nonperishable food items that will serve 300 families from the East Bronx - an area that has been hit hard by #COVID19
Together with the @BJCC15 we are helping feed families and children who really need us at this moment! https://t.co/abrOJS1cqi" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "The Bronx Jewish Community Council of Pelham have been operating a food pantry in our community for over 30(!) years.
I am so thrilled we are partnering with them to boost their operations and feed families across our community in this time of intensified need
https://t.co/lbOloG8HdM" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "These young leaders at MS 228 in the Bronx are taking community leadership into their own hands by raising + delivering meals to seniors to protect them from exposure.
They are modeling powerful, intergenerational servant leadership.
It’s an honor to be part of their journey
https://t.co/h49AlLeNHQ" / Twitter Servant leadership - "Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy in which the main goal of the leader is to serve. ... A Servant Leader shares power, puts the needs of the employees first and helps people develop and perform as highly as possible."Khalsa Aid USA on Twitter: "We worked with David to select healthy nonperishable food items that will serve 300 families from the East Bronx - an area that has been hit hard by #COVID19
Together with the @BJCC15 we are helping feed families and children who really need us at this moment! https://t.co/abrOJS1cqi" / Twitter
then
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter: "The Bronx Jewish Community Council of Pelham have been operating a food pantry in our community for over 30(!) years.
I am so thrilled we are partnering with them to boost their operations and feed families across our community in this time of intensified need
https://t.co/lbOloG8HdM" / Twitter
lpetrich
Contributor
This was an event on April 24 - I missed it.
Plus 1 Vote on Twitter: "Are you ready to Spill the Tea with AOC?! We’re having a conversation on the Green New Deal, activism, and voting in the 2020 election. Join @AOC and Plus1Vote’s @itssaadamer, LIVE, Friday at 5:30PM ET. [url]https://t.co/bp8gXkGe3p @futurecoalition https://t.co/4tGuiZk6NL" / Twitter[/url]
Plus 1 Vote - about getting people to vote.
Earth Day Live
'Earth Day Live' to Celebrate 50th Earth Day With Star-Studded Lineup - Rolling Stone
Stream Earth Day Live With AOC and Jane Fonda - PAPER
Future Coalition on Twitter: "Today is the final day of #EarthDayLive and a day dedicated to VOTING. Watch LIVE from 9 am-11 pm ET: [url]https://t.co/biSz86t7pN https://t.co/ZmJ0bgpU72" / Twitter[/url] - a 14-hour video
AOC showed up in it at around 8:30:00 and she was interviewed by Saad Amer. At 9:00:00, she turned it over to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA-28). He was soon soon joined by some activists, and he quit at 9:15:00. Those activists quit at 9:30:00, going off into their own online room.
It was three days of livestreams:
Or in short: people, money, political power
Plus 1 Vote on Twitter: "Are you ready to Spill the Tea with AOC?! We’re having a conversation on the Green New Deal, activism, and voting in the 2020 election. Join @AOC and Plus1Vote’s @itssaadamer, LIVE, Friday at 5:30PM ET. [url]https://t.co/bp8gXkGe3p @futurecoalition https://t.co/4tGuiZk6NL" / Twitter[/url]
Plus 1 Vote - about getting people to vote.
Earth Day Live
'Earth Day Live' to Celebrate 50th Earth Day With Star-Studded Lineup - Rolling Stone
Stream Earth Day Live With AOC and Jane Fonda - PAPER
Future Coalition on Twitter: "Today is the final day of #EarthDayLive and a day dedicated to VOTING. Watch LIVE from 9 am-11 pm ET: [url]https://t.co/biSz86t7pN https://t.co/ZmJ0bgpU72" / Twitter[/url] - a 14-hour video
AOC showed up in it at around 8:30:00 and she was interviewed by Saad Amer. At 9:00:00, she turned it over to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA-28). He was soon soon joined by some activists, and he quit at 9:15:00. Those activists quit at 9:30:00, going off into their own online room.
It was three days of livestreams:
- STRIKE - Earth Day and Youth Climate Strikes - On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we will demonstrate our collective power and unity through community building and storytelling. This first day will focus on amplifying the voice of indigenous leaders and youth climate activists who are leading the movement to halt the climate crisis. (Fist)
- DIVEST - Divestment and Climate Financing - Led by Stop the Money Pipeline Coalition, during this day of action we are calling for a global reset. We want to reprogram the economy so that it works for people and the planet, not polluters and politicians. (Piggybank with a coin in its slot)
- VOTE - Voter Registration and Political Engagement - We need leaders who will address this existential threat. It’s critical for all of us to show up at the polls this year and vote for our future. So the final day will focus on the importance of voting through a nationwide youth voter registration day. (Box with a slip of paper with a checkmark on it - ballot box with ballot)
Or in short: people, money, political power
lpetrich
Contributor
What Youth Climate Activists Are Demanding on Earth Day 2020 | Teen Vogue
Multistream to 30+ Platforms Simultaneously | Restream - what this webcast used
Day 1: Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via restream.io" / Twitter - 13:26:05
Day 2: Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via [url]https://t.co/lM4sBvhPmo https://t.co/0nb90CBaDm" / Twitter[/url] - Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via restream.io" / Twitter - Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via restream.io" / Twitter
Day 3: Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via restream.io" / Twitter - Future Coalition on Twitter: "Today is the final day of #EarthDayLive and a day dedicated to VOTING. Watch LIVE from 9 am-11 pm ET: earthdaylive2020.org" / Twitter
Early in Day 1 was Yoga with Nicole Cardoza | Earth Day Live Day 1 - YouTube
There was this Day 2 event:
Stop the Money Pipeline on Twitter: "#StoptheMoneyPipeline takes over Day 2 for #EarthDayLive!
WATCH LIVE: earthdaylive2020.org
Coming up at 12 PT/ 3 ET Stop the Money Pipeline Townhall, feat: .@RepRashida .@SenMarkey .@SenJeffMerkley
#ClimateEmergency #InsureOurFuture #BLKBigProblem #BankingonClimateChange https://t.co/ebRXHa0q7K" / Twitter
That's Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-23), Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) -- another politician showed up for this livestream: Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM-01)
- Health is the top priority, for all people, with no exceptions.
- Provide economic relief directly to the people.
- Rescue workers and communities, not corporate executives.
- Make a down payment on a regenerative economy, while preventing future crises.
- Protect our democratic process while protecting each other.
Multistream to 30+ Platforms Simultaneously | Restream - what this webcast used
Day 1: Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via restream.io" / Twitter - 13:26:05
Day 2: Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via [url]https://t.co/lM4sBvhPmo https://t.co/0nb90CBaDm" / Twitter[/url] - Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via restream.io" / Twitter - Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via restream.io" / Twitter
Day 3: Future Coalition on Twitter: "Future Coalition - live via restream.io" / Twitter - Future Coalition on Twitter: "Today is the final day of #EarthDayLive and a day dedicated to VOTING. Watch LIVE from 9 am-11 pm ET: earthdaylive2020.org" / Twitter
Early in Day 1 was Yoga with Nicole Cardoza | Earth Day Live Day 1 - YouTube
There was this Day 2 event:
Stop the Money Pipeline on Twitter: "#StoptheMoneyPipeline takes over Day 2 for #EarthDayLive!
WATCH LIVE: earthdaylive2020.org
Coming up at 12 PT/ 3 ET Stop the Money Pipeline Townhall, feat: .@RepRashida .@SenMarkey .@SenJeffMerkley
#ClimateEmergency #InsureOurFuture #BLKBigProblem #BankingonClimateChange https://t.co/ebRXHa0q7K" / Twitter
That's Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-23), Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) -- another politician showed up for this livestream: Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM-01)
lpetrich
Contributor
Future Coalition on Twitter: "On #EarthDayLive, @AOC and @ AdamSchiff joined us to talk about the youth voter turnout in the 2020 election. Register to vote and learn how to triple your vote: earthdaylive2020.org/vote" / Twitter - AOC: "My job is to steward public resources for the public good. There's a zillion different opinions on how to do that. One person in particular I know is Congressman Adam Schiff." He soon appeared, and the two Reps then praised each other for the work that they had been doing. AS then says that the US could potentially have the sort of voter turnout that some other countries have.
YVote on Twitter: "What better way to end #earthweek than focusing on the importance of voting for the change we need--political change not climate change. We LOVED this conversation btw @itsSaadAmer & @AOC in which they made connections btw govt response to #COVID19 & response to climate change: https://t.co/s2YODgABs0" / Twitter
YVote on Twitter: "The govt knew this was real, it knew what was going on & yet did not make substantial investments to prepare for what we knew was coming. And of course in both cases those who suffer most are working class, black, brown & essential workers who are most vulnerable. More next week https://t.co/Sh26QcrMRP" / Twitter
NowThis on Twitter: "‘It overlaps so perfectly with coronavirus’ — @AOC and @itsSaadAmer discussed how our response to the COVID-19 crisis foretells the result of climate inaction plus1campaign.org" / Twitter
YVote on Twitter: "What better way to end #earthweek than focusing on the importance of voting for the change we need--political change not climate change. We LOVED this conversation btw @itsSaadAmer & @AOC in which they made connections btw govt response to #COVID19 & response to climate change: https://t.co/s2YODgABs0" / Twitter
YVote on Twitter: "The govt knew this was real, it knew what was going on & yet did not make substantial investments to prepare for what we knew was coming. And of course in both cases those who suffer most are working class, black, brown & essential workers who are most vulnerable. More next week https://t.co/Sh26QcrMRP" / Twitter
NowThis on Twitter: "‘It overlaps so perfectly with coronavirus’ — @AOC and @itsSaadAmer discussed how our response to the COVID-19 crisis foretells the result of climate inaction plus1campaign.org" / Twitter
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angelo
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Thank's for the great belly laugh! Hey, Iv'e got this really great coat hanger shaped bridge for sale located in Australia's largest city. If you send me your bank details within 24 hours. I'll let you have it for the bargain price of $5000AUD. But you must send me your bank details within 24 hours of this post!
lpetrich
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Lots of panel discussions on what to do, and lots of musical performances. Also Yoga with Nicole Cardoza | Earth Day Live Day 1 - YouTube
AOC herself had practiced yoga, and she once showed herself in a yoga pose with a fellow practitioner of that art.
In her interview, she said that a major reason that Congress has failed to lead is because of big money -- doing so would hurt some big donors, it seems. The inadequate action on COVID-19 she compares to the inadequate action on the climate crisis. Already-disadvantaged communities are hit especially hard by both calamities.
Her Green New Deal resolution is just that - a resolution - and it was deliberately written to be easy to read by anyone reasonably literate. Not just someone who has a law degree, which is what a lot of legislation looks like. She also says that it's important to find new jobs for displaced fossil-fuel workers, and that oil barons ought not to be replaced by solar barons.
I suspect that it will be easier for renewable-energy production to stay decentralized than fossil-fuel extraction and distribution. This will avoid the "resource curse" that fossil fuels have produced, and this will make it more difficult to do Koch-brother-style corruption of politics.
The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) often works on price estimates for legislation. But it also ought to work out price estimates for inaction. What AOC advocates is often done in feasibility studies for urban-transit projects. Assessing a no-build option along with options for building various possible systems.
I think that AOC's biggest achievement in actual legislation is her GND for public housing - a massive effort to rebuild the US's public-housing stock by doing weatherstripping, replacing natural gas with electricity, etc. It also includes lifting a ban on constructing new public-housing units. AOC claims that in some European countries, some public housing is very desirable real estate. She also recalls how her bill was developed, by consulting residents of public housing themselves.
The Wisconsin vote was very bad - making people choose between their health and the vote. New York State didn't mail out ballots but applications for absentee ballots. AOC is still working on that with the Governor's office. Also, absentee ballots are only counted for close races, like < 1% difference.
Then she and Saad Amer asked who might be a good one to ask about voting. It was Rep. Adam Schiff, one of those who led the impeachment effort against President Trump. AOC and AS praised each other for the work that they have been doing, and AS noted that young people can make a difference: twice the turnout in 2018 than in 2014, for instance. AOC departed and AS was joined by some other panelists. AS(?) noted that not voting is pretty much letting whoever is elected do what they want.
One of the other panelists talked about how she is undocumented, because she was brought to the US by her mother and she doesn't have suitable immigration documents.
AOC herself had practiced yoga, and she once showed herself in a yoga pose with a fellow practitioner of that art.
In her interview, she said that a major reason that Congress has failed to lead is because of big money -- doing so would hurt some big donors, it seems. The inadequate action on COVID-19 she compares to the inadequate action on the climate crisis. Already-disadvantaged communities are hit especially hard by both calamities.
Her Green New Deal resolution is just that - a resolution - and it was deliberately written to be easy to read by anyone reasonably literate. Not just someone who has a law degree, which is what a lot of legislation looks like. She also says that it's important to find new jobs for displaced fossil-fuel workers, and that oil barons ought not to be replaced by solar barons.
I suspect that it will be easier for renewable-energy production to stay decentralized than fossil-fuel extraction and distribution. This will avoid the "resource curse" that fossil fuels have produced, and this will make it more difficult to do Koch-brother-style corruption of politics.
The CBO (Congressional Budget Office) often works on price estimates for legislation. But it also ought to work out price estimates for inaction. What AOC advocates is often done in feasibility studies for urban-transit projects. Assessing a no-build option along with options for building various possible systems.
I think that AOC's biggest achievement in actual legislation is her GND for public housing - a massive effort to rebuild the US's public-housing stock by doing weatherstripping, replacing natural gas with electricity, etc. It also includes lifting a ban on constructing new public-housing units. AOC claims that in some European countries, some public housing is very desirable real estate. She also recalls how her bill was developed, by consulting residents of public housing themselves.
The Wisconsin vote was very bad - making people choose between their health and the vote. New York State didn't mail out ballots but applications for absentee ballots. AOC is still working on that with the Governor's office. Also, absentee ballots are only counted for close races, like < 1% difference.
Then she and Saad Amer asked who might be a good one to ask about voting. It was Rep. Adam Schiff, one of those who led the impeachment effort against President Trump. AOC and AS praised each other for the work that they have been doing, and AS noted that young people can make a difference: twice the turnout in 2018 than in 2014, for instance. AOC departed and AS was joined by some other panelists. AS(?) noted that not voting is pretty much letting whoever is elected do what they want.
One of the other panelists talked about how she is undocumented, because she was brought to the US by her mother and she doesn't have suitable immigration documents.