"@JoeCrowleyNY, a 10-term Democrat pegged as his party’s next leader in Congress, lost his party’s New York congressional primary to @Ocasio2018 ... He had raised over $3m for his campaign, 10 times the amount his opponent had."https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/26/democrats-primaries-upset-joe-crowley-alexandria-osacio-cortez …
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This is the 10 point programme of Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, who just won her primary race by a huge margin against the 4th most powerful Democrat in Congress.pic.twitter.com/Rh0C88SLSP
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5 things to know about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/06/27/who-is-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-5-things-to-know-about-new-york-congressional-candidate.amp.html …
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“Until now, Democrats have seen big money in politics as simply a deal with the devil that had to be made. ... if one of Democrats’ top fundraisers and likely successor to Nancy Pelosi can be toppled, perhaps Democrats need to rethink that deal”https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/26/17506970/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-joe-crowley-primary-new-york …
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@brianstelter on the media angle of#OcasioCortez's win: "On-the-ground organizing surely played a huge role in the district, but@theintercept and other outlets lifted@Ocasio2018 onto a national progressive stage"http://money.cnn.com/2018/06/27/media/ocasio-intercept-primary/index.html …Show this thread -
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@AliAbunimah:#OcasioCortez's victory "is also another indicator of the dramatic shift in the base of the Democratic Party towards support for Palestinian rights ... [her] stunning win in New York ... prove that [AIPAC] are right to worry"https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/supporter-palestinian-rights-wins-huge-upset-new-york-election …Show this thread -
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@ZaidJilani: "in less than 2 1/2 months, a pair of socialist upstart filmmakers in Detroit [@means_tv] conceived, produced, and released one of the most viral campaign videos of 2018."https://theintercept.com/2018/06/05/ocasio-cortez-new-york-14th-district-democratic-primary-campaign-video/ …Show this thread -
Excellent interview by
@bridgetgillard: "@Ocasio2018 weighed in on what needs to change in New York, in elections, and in how we talk about holding those in power accountable.#Ocasio4Congresshttps://www.vogue.com/article/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-interview-primary-election …Show this thread -
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@RossBarkan: "Many voters, particularly young people, understand the time for incrementalism and moderation is long over ... Ocasio-Cortez represents the future of the Democratic party. ... there is no place, any more, for action to not match rhetoric."https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-future-democratic-party?CMP=fb_us …Show this thread -
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@Ocasio2018 “inspired a major boost in membership for the@DemSocialists on Wednesday. ... the organization saw a surge of 1,152 new memberships on Wednesday—about 35 times more sign-ups than on an average day.”https://amp.thedailybeast.com/democratic-socialists-of-america-membership-surges-after-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-stunning-victory …Show this thread -
Very interesting interview on the
#Ocasio2018 visual identity w/@tandemnyc’s Scott Starrett and the lead designer on the@Ocasio2018 campaign Maria Arenas: “It doesn’t have to be manipulative marketing—it’s just communication. But that’s the tricky part”https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/revolutionary-posters/ …Show this thread -
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@MichaelKinnucan’s seven takeaways from@Ocasio2018’s victoryhttps://medium.com/@michael.kinnucan/explaining-ocasio-cortez-a5e8a8d40afb …Show this thread -
"So next time you hear someone on the right talk about the “loony left,” or some centrist pundit pretend that people like Ms.
@Ocasio2018 are the left equivalent of the Tea Party, ignore them. Radical Democrats are actually pretty reasonable."https://twitter.com/paulkrugman/status/1014193398230736899 …Show this thread -
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@ZaidJilani &@ryangrim delve into demographics and precinct-by-precinct analysis to help understand some of the factors behind@Ocasio2018’s victory (tl;dr: it was mainly her leftist policy agenda)https://theintercept.com/2018/07/01/ocasio-cortez-data-suggests-that-gentrifying-neighborhoods-powered-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-victory-over-the-democratic-establishment/ …Show this thread -
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@mtaibbi on the media backlash against Ocasio-Cortez: “When pundits talk about this or that new idea being a ‘threat to democracy,’ that’s what they mean – a threat to a few thousand hacks who’ve had a very long turn at the helm, and don’t want to let go”https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/comparing-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-to-trump-is-absurd-666961/ …Show this thread -
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@Ocasio2018 seemed to walk back her criticism of Israel in an interview to Margaret Hoover, a veteran of the Bush White Househttps://twitter.com/mondoweiss/status/1018661502184763393?s=21 …
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@nycDSA: “it was unfortunate to hear@Ocasio2018 proclaim her support for Andrew Cuomo in a nationally televised interview with CNN ... socialists also have a responsibility to name our enemies, and high on that list is Andrew Cuomo.”https://www.socialists.nyc/statements/ocasio-cuomo/ …Show this thread -
"Ocasio-Cortez’s decision to join the protesters [calling on Pelosi to create and give teeth to a new select committee on climate change] and march on her own House leader sets a tone of urgency and combativeness that is rare on Capitol Hill"https://theintercept.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sunrise-activists-nancy-pelosi/ …
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