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US Representative,NY-14 (BX & Queens). In a modern, moral, & wealthy society, no American should be too poor to live. 
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Today, NYC launched its historic taxi medallion debt relief program—could erase $100M+ of debt.
BUT the City has set 9/30 as the app deadline for drivers w/ loans from Marblegate—largest lender.
That’s in just 11 days.
Can you RT to spread the word?
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Also forgot to say Fuera LUMA 🇵🇷
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.@AOC reacts to the crisis in Puerto Rico after #Fiona 
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BREAKING: All of Puerto Rico — every town, neighborhood, house — is without power.
That’s 1.4 million households.
Winds over the southern portion of the island have gusted 80-100 mph, but elsewhere winds have been much lesser. Despite this, the grid is tenuous at best.
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Bad Bunny’s highly anticipated music video for “El Apagón” includes a short documentary in which journalist sheds light on the displacement and injustices the island has been facing
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They were not deported. They were brought to shelter in the US. With no help from you.
Why lie to and traffic Venezuelan refugees? For votes? This is nuestra familia Latina. You should be standing up for them.
If it’s one thing we can count on you for, it’s being una vergüenza.
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By today’s standards, most US families would have be deemed undocumented or trafficked at some point in their family history.
For the most part, people didn’t need lawyers and years of processing to come to this US until immigration became a racialized issue. Remember that
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Not people calling others “illegal” as they fondly recall their last name is spelled the way it is because their great-grandpa came to the US with the equivalent of a misspelled post-it note 🥴🥴🥴
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It’s appalling that far-right politicians seem to have decided that fall before an election is their regularly scheduled time to commit crimes against humanity on refugees.
Don’t normalize this. Lying to & trafficking people for TV and clicks isn’t politics as usual. It’s abuse.
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We also have better food than you will probably ever have in your life.
People who don’t love immigrants don’t deserve momos!! Period!!
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Try again. 💁🏽♀️ believe it or not the United States is the wealthiest nation in the world and we have more than enough to care for everyone. Instead of worshipping billionaires, if you try valuing your neighbors enough to fight for them then we can all have a better life, together.
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They already have!
My district is nearly 50% immigrant. We speak 100+ languages, have 2 public hospitals that treat all regardless of status/income, and still have enough left over to help states like Florida.
We know how to care for each other, and are pretty damn good at it.
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AOC asking DeSantis and Abbott to send illegal aliens to her district. twitter.com/AOC/status/157…1,797
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Shout out to Massachusetts and the people of Martha’s Vineyard for showing the world what the best of America looks like 🇺🇸
It’s unsurprising that they also send some of the best to Congress, like , , , , and so many more!
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What a lot of Republican politicians fail to understand is that not everyone shares their zero-sum, scarcity mindset.
Many of us understand that immigrants and refugees are a blessing. They have so much to offer our country, & much of our growth as a nation is because of them.🫂
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Watch the smiles and hugs between Martha's Vineyard residents and the Venezuelan migrants, who were recently flown there by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) in a political stunt, as they board buses to Joint Base Cape Cod.
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Thank you I would not be silenced by so let's talk about #petrochemicals in #Louisiana that are disproportionately killing Black people, shattering climate efforts and suffocating the world in plastic and other toxics. A thread.
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Thank you @AOC I would not be silenced by @RepClayHiggins so let's talk about #petrochemicals in #Louisiana that are disproportionately killing Black people, shattering climate efforts and suffocating the world in plastic and other toxics. A thread.
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This was a great watch 😂
I have a question for Miami players: do Cubanos play with capicús and chuchazos? Or is that just a Boricua/Dominicano thing?
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#Flashback to my visit to the iconic Domino Park in Little Havana. Not everyone can say they played dominoes with elder Cuban-Americans in the community, and won! With their support, I know we can win in November too.
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I remember how folks stepped up to help Texans when you left them cold and hungry during the freeze.
We will welcome these families too. They have so much to offer.
You do seem to be struggling at your job, though. Maybe you should consider if this is the right work for you.
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This morning, two Texas buses of migrants arrived at the Naval Observatory in DC.
VP Harris claims our border is “secure” & denies the crisis.
We’re sending migrants to her backyard to call on the Biden Administration to do its job & secure the border. foxnews.com/politics/2-mig
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If you're looking for one takeaway lesson from the tentative freight rail agreement it is not "crisis averted" but that the venture capitalists who own freight rail companies were happy to kneecap the US economy rather than allow workers a few days a month with their families.
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In October of 2021, oil company advertising exploded in D.C.-based newsletters — just as we were negotiating climate provisions in the Build Back Better Act.
Watch Rep. AOC uncover how fossil fuel misinformation directly influences legislative outcomes:
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.@RepTimRyan of Ohio, Rep. Jackson Lee of Texas & Rep. @AOC of New York told attendees at the #Teamsters Political Coordinators Meeting that the concerns of working people must be front and center. #1u 1/4
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How about BNSF not disrupt the US economy over rail workers getting a sick day?
The greed here is unreal. When was the last time you saw a corporate exec get written up for needing a doctor? If they’re so against sick days, they can give up theirs.
Stand with rail workers ✊🏽
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BNSF, the railroad owned by Warren Buffett, has sent this letter to Congress urging them to pass legislation that would force rail workers to adopt a contract that contains ZERO paid or unpaid sick days.
In the letter, BNSF continues to lie about its sick leave policy.
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The railroad companies are moving towards a LOCKOUT.
There is not a single worker on strike on the US rails right now.
There *are* CEOs shutting down rail lines and withholding goods to shock Congress into forcing a deal on 100,000 workers.
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Emerging impacts of potential rail shutdown:
- Amtrak cancels long-distance trips
- Ammonia, fertilizer, ag products pulled from trains
- Price of ethanol, other products soars
- Grain shipments could stop tomorrow
“If rail shuts down, our entire agricultural system shuts down"
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Happy Sunday ⛅️
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Every time AOC speaks, the possibilities of what we could be and should be, are so obvious.
“I am tired of communities of faith being weaponized and being mischaracterized, because the only time “religious freedom” is invoked, is in the name of bigotry and discrimination”
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. is right about the poisonous flip side of patriarchy, which teaches boys to obsess over how they are perceived, to feel perpetually inadequate, and to channel painful emotions into hostility/violence instead of working through them.
APA paper here: apa.org/monitor/2019/0
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The fight to restore abortion rights needs more than a few good men.
Thank you to @WesleyLowery & @GQMagazine for going there to discuss good men, how to step up and grow, and healthy masculinity.
Trans icons Cruz Valdez & Dara Allen behind the images 
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How men have long been talking about abortion has largely brought us to this moment in our politics and policy. Can a different conversation get the country a different outcome? on gender, abortion w/ in :
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this month’s cover: I spent time over the summer talking with about the fall of Roe, men and masculinity, her time in Washington, and what comes next for both her and the progressive movement
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The fight to restore abortion rights needs more than a few good men.
Thank you to & for going there to discuss good men, how to step up and grow, and healthy masculinity.
Trans icons Cruz Valdez & Dara Allen behind the images 🏳️⚧️
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There is power in a union!
Thank you and our postal workers for having me to discuss the fight for democracy, postal banking, Medicare for All, combating the climate crisis, and more.
Together we can win it all 📬💕💪🏽
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“You all do what many call impossible everyday…. You provide a universal self-sustaining affordable public service available and guaranteed to every person in the U.S.” #APWUnited #1u
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"Far too many people use the word impossible for what is really a lack of political will and imagination."
at APWU Biennial Convention
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