Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Roar! 🦁 NY Public Library lovers, we’ve got GREAT news: Late fees are a thing of the past! Any late fees you’ve owed are gone, and you’ll never get another one again. If you’ve lost or damaged a book, just chip in the replacement fee and get back to borrowing. Happy reading!📚 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @washingtonpost: A massive trove of private financial records shared with The Washington Post exposes vast reaches of the secretive offs… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

If Facebook’s monopolistic behavior was checked back when it should’ve been (perhaps around the time it started acquiring competitors like Instagram), the continents of people who depend on WhatsApp & IG for either communication or commerce would be fine right now. Break them up. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

It’s almost as if Facebook’s monopolistic mission to either own, copy, or destroy any competing platform has incredibly destructive effects on free society and democracy 🧐 Remember: WhatsApp wasn’t created by Facebook. It was an independent success. FB got scared & bought it 💬 — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

4 day workweek baby! @RepMarkTakano’s got a bill for that — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

FULL support and solidarity to @IATSE workers in their vote to authorize a strike. 90% turnout with 98% voting yes is an incredible accomplishment. It’s exactly the kind of mass-movement organizing we need right now. May your example inspire others! Stay strong💪🏽 we’re with you — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

I’ll start: Here’s a great story about the rise in worker coops across the US during the pandemic and the increased popularity of workplace democracy: https://t.co/1ZmR5WlYPF — PolitiTweet.org

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In observance of Facebook being down, let’s all share our favorite stories of democracy working in hopeful ways and coolest evidence-based reporting. Bonus points for uplifting others in comments 😌⬇️ — PolitiTweet.org

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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but a $1T bill = $100 billion/year. That’s the annual budget for NYC alone, but spread thin for everyone in the US. Do you think that’s enough to be impactful? To be widely felt in people’s lives? It’s not. Sufficiency is the bare minimum. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

$350b means we slashed down to tuition-free community college & pre-k, keeping Medicare age but add vision & dental, housing and EV investment, clean energy standards. Far less than what we wanted, still impactful. Slash that by 2/3 and people will hardly feel we passed anything — PolitiTweet.org

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Yup. $350 billion per year for the entire country on infrastructure, climate, healthcare, etc is far, far below what we’d invest. What we actually wanted is tuition-free state schools, lowering Medicare age,& Green New Deal-scale investments like national high speed rail/maglev. — PolitiTweet.org

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😂 for the record my twitter and instagram are 100% my fault. Staff help w/ other platforms 🤣 — PolitiTweet.org

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100% — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

RT @therecount: Rep. @AOC responds to moderate Democrat Josh Gottheimer's claim that a "small faction on the far left" is responsible for b… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mehdirhasan: Tonight's @MehdiHasanShow on @MSNBC features: Congresswoman @AOC on the showdown in Congress Khashoggi's fiancée @mercan… — PolitiTweet.org

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Moderates make up a sizeable chunk of the party. The 4% of members threatening the full agenda of a moderate president are not moderates. How would you describe these demands: Fossil fuel subsidies, protect the rich from taxes, keep prescription drug prices high? Conservative! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FaceTheNation: "The folks that get compromised are lower-income, working class families, it is health care, it is communities of color,… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Yep. Means testing = more bureaucracy, red tape, & waste. That’s why programs where means testing gets implemented are less popular, not more popular. It’s also why many people who are eligible for means-tested programs still don’t get healthcare or help at all - it’s too hard. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SenSanders: Poll after poll shows that the $3.5T reconciliation bill is immensely popular, despite what some television pundits might s… — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

There really isn’t anything maverick, innovative, or renegade about being a politician that works with corporate lobbyists to protect the rich, short-shrift working families, and preserve the status quo. It’s literally one the most conventional ways to navigate politics. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @804_local: Great day to build some solidarity — PolitiTweet.org

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@raosameer97 💯 — PolitiTweet.org

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@MattBruenig Yep. 100% what my family and many others experienced — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Sidenote but I have intro’d legislation to direct the US government to reformulate the US poverty calculation to reflect real life. There are challenges to this, some political - an accurate measure means poverty line/pop will jump & that has implications https://t.co/mePVzOUVTR — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

This means there are likely a LOT more poor people in the US than we admit. Policymakers know this, so they try to compensate by drafting some federal policies at 150% of the fed poverty line, etc. But when the measure is SO nonsensical, even 150% of pov line has little basis — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Even if you’re a person that fully believes in means testing, the US doesn’t even measure poverty accurately to use for a means test. The US measures poverty at 3x the cost of min food diet, assumes worker has stay at home spouse for childcare, and doesn’t factor cost of living. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AbrahmL: As a climate reporter, it’s been frustrating to watch the legislative debate. By focusing on $3.5T as a big number, it entirel… — PolitiTweet.org

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With upcoming midterms, we can’t afford to lose the plot. This is still the same GOP that attempted to usurp the presidential election & collaborated w/ white supremacists to attack the US Capitol. Protecting voting rights & mobilizing everybody - not just suburbs - is crucial — PolitiTweet.org

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Also I don’t see how it makes sense to frame this infra bill as the #1 determinant of the midterms when the same slow-walkers here are halting voting rights. Could pass the best bill ever & it’s all a wash if Black & underserved voters are systematically disenfranchised next yr. — PolitiTweet.org

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC

Many newer moderates won on pledges of rejecting corporate PACs. It’s a progressive value that went mainstream bc no matter your views, most people dislike big money in politics. That’s also why framing this as “mod vs prog” is inaccurate - it’s a much smaller group stonewalling — PolitiTweet.org