“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 …
.@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/ …
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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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