US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), Michigan Democratic candidate for Senate Abdul El-Sayed, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) greet the crowd after El-Sayed spoke at The People v. The Powerful rally at the Detroit Opera House on July 18, 2026 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo by Sarah Rice/Getty Images) “When the stakes… Continue reading
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., rally with climate activists on June 28, 2021, in Washington, D.C. Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Green New Deal sputtered on launch yet still made it into global orbit. Left policymakers can learn from the experience. Ryan Grim December 8 2023, 12:46… Continue reading
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a July 26, 2023 House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “It is past time for us to recognize how toxic of a presence AIPAC has been in our political system,” said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. JULIA… Continue reading
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez–seen here speaking at a New York City rally on June 5, 2021–says that price-gouging corporate profiteers should be held accountable. (Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) “Walls only serve to push migrants into more remote areas, increasing their chances of death,” said the New York Democrat…. Continue reading
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speak at a press conference on June 24, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images) “We must make clear that we regret our involvement and commit to supporting Chilean democracy,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. JAKE JOHNSON Sep 21, 2023 (CommonDreams.org) Sen. Bernie… Continue reading
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a July 26, 2023 House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images) “No one is above the law,” the New York Democrat asserted. “For two decades, Justice Thomas failed to report millions in gifts.” BRETT WILKINS Aug… Continue reading
Congresswoman’s comments come days after nation’s highest court released batch of incendiary and far-reaching rulings Richard Luscombe 2 Jul 2023 12.49 EDT (theguardian.com) The conservative supreme court is “creeping dangerously towards authoritarianism”, the Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Sunday, raising again the unlikely scenario of impeaching justices for recent actions. Her… Continue reading
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito testifies about the court’s budget during a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee’s Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee March 07, 2019 in Washington, DC. Members of the subcommittee asked the justices about court security, televising oral arguments and codes of ethics for… Continue reading
On this week’s special episode of Lever Time, progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocazio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) sits down for an extended interview with David Sirota. In the interview, the New York lawmaker warns that President Biden’s lurch to the right is “a profound miscalculation and it is one that is quite dangerous” ahead of the… Continue reading
