Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

3. Our 12 weeks parental leave is up to the parent on how they want to use that time. They don’t have to take all 12 weeks at once - for example, they can take 5 weeks off and work 2 days a week to transition in; bank 3 weeks for later in the year, etc. /4 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

2. Paid parental leave applies to ALL new parents, period. Moms, dads, parents; biological or adopted. If you’ve got a new child, you get 12 weeks to spend adjusting your family to this huge transition. /3 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

A few notes on our approach: 1. Expecting a child has nothing to do with our hiring decisions, & we do everything we can to accommodate. That’s supposed to be law, but there are small ways (incl self-selection) where it can play a role. We work to be a pro-family workplace. /2 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

I’d like to share another “unusual” (but shouldn’t be) part of my office policy w/ you all: Parental Leave! Three members of our small team are expectant or new parents in the first 6 mos of my term. In my office, *every* new parent receives 3 mos paid leave - including dads. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @drmistercody: "The post office loses money!" "They started losing money after the GOP made them prefund pensions by 75 years." "Peopl… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

We chose to go on the climate offense with the #GreenNewDeal. As a result, climate denial is now a losing position + we got GOP (incl #WheresMitch!) to finally admit that climate change is real + man-made. Now it’s time to go after predatory lending. Whose side is the GOP on? — PolitiTweet.org

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Really, the biggest, boldest idea (other than war) the GOP has proposed is A Wall. At this rate they’re gonna propose getting us to space w/ trebuchets. They constantly hate, but have 0 real solutions for income inequality, healthcare, climate crisis, racial injustice, etc. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

GOP is talking smack about the Post Office (of course, since they have no ideas). The funny thing about that: it‘s the GOP’s own “business model” that hurt them! They forced USPS to prefund pensions decades out (which makes NO sense & no solvent biz does)instead of year to year. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

That’s why we pair usury w/ support for a non-profit banking option esp in key communities: aka Postal Banking. Big banks won’t service poor communities unless they make a killing off them - that’s why they charge predatory rates. Doesn’t have to be that way w/ competing model. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenSanders: Credit card interest rates are outrageously high. With @RepAOC, we are introducing legislation to challenge the greed of Wa… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

“This is crazy!” “Just pay your bills!” “You need higher interest for poor people!” 1st of all, 15% interest is already a TON. Most credit unions are subject to usury law; they’re quite sound. in fact, they’re the few who DIDN’T need a bailout in ‘08. So let’s talk about it ⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @justicedems: "Every religion understands that usury and loansharking is immoral. Let's call it what it is." -@SenSanders on capping cre… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @shaunking: I am incredibly proud of my friends @AOC & @BernieSanders for this new legislation they have crafted that will cap the inter… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DiabolicalIdea: The ordinary citizens who bailed out the banks are now being charged exuberant interest rates. This scamming of the pub… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @davidsirota: Because credit card companies bought Congress & blocked usury laws, Americans will pay $122 BILLION in credit card interes… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

There is no reason a person should pay more than 15% interest in the United States. It’s common sense - in fact, we had these Usury laws until the 70s. (Max interest rates are record-high for ppl with excellent credit, too.) It’s a debt trap for working people + it has to end. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @theintercept: Rep. @AOC & Sen. @BernieSanders team up on new legislation that would effectively put the payday-lending industry out of… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

New policy proposal dropping tomorrow with a special Senate co-lead 😎 It’s radical, which I always love, and we’re keeping more coins in your pocket, which I also love. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AdamGreen: Why polling is useful but not definitive. You can change public opinion. “Take the temperature or change the thermostat.” -@… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Before we won, climate issues were ranked very low in nat’l voter priorities. Thanks to risk-taking activism, it’s now consistently ranked as a #1 or at least a top 3 issue for many voters. Leadership is often about choice: take the temperature, or change the thermostat. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

That’s too bad. The President does not exist above Congress, he governs alongside us. That’s what co-equal means. If he prefers to rule by fiat, he’s welcome to resign and return to the Trump Org tax-fraud fiefdom in the private sector whenever he pleases. Checks & balances ✅ — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

🗣Labor, labor - read all about it! Your Direct Action for today: Don’t take an Uber or Lyft just for the day. (Just today! Cabs are fine! You can do it!) It’s a small but big way you can help all the drivers you’ve met get paid more to feed their families + support themselves. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jbendery: As Jim Jordan complains about this contempt hearing, it reminds me, whatever happened with all this? Remember how former Ohio… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

If your “business model” is based on caging kids, keeping fams in freezing rooms to save on heating costs, and for-profit incarceration, you shouldn’t be in business at all. Caging people shouldn’t be a financially incentivized activity. For-profit prisons should be banned. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @knockdownmovie: We're all just doing our best to survive. https://t.co/AILZuXvp4t — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @knockdownmovie: We're all just doing our best to survive. https://t.co/AILZuXvp4t — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

It was an honor to meet w/ @mineworkers today, support legislation to fight for their right to healthcare + pensions, and discuss how we can move forward on the right to clean air and water, together. The folks trying to turn us against one another are fighting a losing battle. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @commondefense: “The @DeptVetAffairs & Trump are trying to use veterans as props for union-busting. This isn’t about improving our healt… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

What’s funny is that there *are* Dems that do act like the Tea Party- but they’re conservative. They threaten Dem votes to get concessions for a small minority, tried to hand Speakership to the GOP, fundraise $ w/ Mike Pence, etc Progressives don’t do that. And I drink coffee. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

For context, this kicks in within days of a typical at-home test working. If you were sexually assaulted (stress delays cycle), took a morning-after pill (throws off cycle), or have an irregular cycle, you‘d have no idea. There are a TON of ways this law ignores basic biology. — PolitiTweet.org