"Even as late as Tuesday afternoon, senior members of the Democratic Party dismissed suggestions that Crowley was in trouble. One strategist, when asked about the need for this very article, said people suggesting a Ocasio-Cortez upset were delusional."http://time.com/5322905/joe-crowley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/ …
.@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 …
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#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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