.@BWilliams: "It is easily the most shocking result of this political season thus far. ... @JoeCrowleyNY has gone down to primary defeat tonight at the hands of hard-left, 28-year-old opponent named @Ocasio2018"https://youtu.be/CKOPooTwXEo
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@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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