Democratic (Party) Direction

People are complex.

I've noticed that, too.

Banality but true. And despite the corruption and false compromises I believe his anecdotes about how the Mexican schoolkids affected him

Well, I consider it a feature rather than a bug of our current climate that if someone like OAC made too many compromises to centrists (either out of being "complex" or simply run-of-the-mill careerism) she could very well find herself out of a job within a cycle or two.

re: Venezuela as boogeyman

Tfw you don't have the Soviet Union as a bogeyman anymore and you gotta really reach pic.twitter.com/QreBkiS2Ia

— Connor Wroe Southard (@ConnorSouthard) June 29, 2018

AOC will start with an edge over most freshmen reps, in that she has become a symbol and an icon. A sizable bloc of voters listen to what she says. That's her power. We'll see how well she can parlay that into having a seat at the table where the real decisions get made.

hoping she gets on some good-ass committees

America's growing socialist left have another word: Scandinavia

in that twitter video posted 40 posts ago or so, is that...atul gawande toward the beginning?

America's growing socialist left have another word: Scandinavia

I don't think this is a winning strategy, for a whole bunch of reasons.

who's talking strategy?

I thought you were?

The right's continuing efforts to find an unflattering picture of OAC are a source of dim amusement in these dark times.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/29/fact-check-girl-from-the-bronx-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-grew-up-in-one-of-richest-u-s-counties/

Obama won almost the entire Midwest because people thought he was MORE progressive than he was https://t.co/JbNwcSqKV9

— Gore Vidal Sassoon (@JimmyJazz1968) June 30, 2018

strategy is maybe overrated in countering tweet zings

I had no idea Ellison was talking up a maximum wage. Fucking dope idea imho

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/30/minimum-wage-maximum-wage-income-inequality?CMP=edit_2221

yeah, at the very least companies with such stark pay disparities should be punished. interesting article

a maximum wage is easily circumvented by capital gains. there would have to be a maximum annual income and a cap on maximum wealth.

a constitutional amendment like that was introduced during the great depression

ah i remember the capital gains tax era

in that twitter video posted 40 posts ago or so, is that...atul gawande toward the beginning?

― k3vin k., Friday, June 29, 2018 8:48 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Dinesh D'Souza

lol yeah duh, thanks

I don't think he was suggesting that mcewee invented the ideas

― k3vin k., Friday, June 29, 2018 5:27 PM (twelve minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no, but mcelwee sure is taking a lot of twitter victory laps lately that are annoying the immigrant rights movement

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, June 29, 2018 1:41 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Honestly, I’m fine with not being cited. I’ll live. But is United We Dream Action? Where is Make the Road Action? Detention Watch Network? Where is Deb Haaland? Ing? Sedillo-Lopez? I’m not seeing mention of the early leaders and groups that made this real.

— we're going to abolish ICE (@SeanMcElwee) June 30, 2018

ya

some of his ‘victory lap’ tweets (fwiw i totally see why irl immigration activists would be annoyed by them) are, dare i say, a little hoosian (c. 2008)

Let's see how the efforts to dig up dirt on OAC are going

https://pagesix.com/2018/07/01/ex-co-worker-no-fan-of-democrat-darling-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/?_ga=2.168933409.1893470514.1530459758-1303444035.1530459758

Stop getting her initials in the wrong order dude

lol fuck

That above story is hilarious in its service industry every day pettiness. Also that's weird that the bar tipped out wait staff?

Also people using Venezuela as a bedtime story need to explain how Venezuela got into that position first.

Make sure to read the first two comments!

This is the Yorktown Heights (very nice area) home @Ocasio2018 grew up in before going off to Ivy League Brown University.

A far cry from the Bronx hood upbringing she’s selling. pic.twitter.com/xyOtZzVJII

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) July 1, 2018

attacking AOC's character seems like it is not going to be the best play

attacking John Kerry's military service didn't seem smart either

you guys are great

I was thinking she didn’t need to respond to every media person @ing her but those replies to Cardillo are pretty awesome.

dang she grew up in a mansion, case closed

republicans are such fucking scumbag dumbasses. god

I agree with this post

This may be a flawed tweet for obvious reasons. But aside from that literally nobody should be quoting/responding to Hill clickbait at this point yet many many people still do.

With respect to the Senator, strong, clear advocacy for working class Americans isn’t just for the Bronx.

Sen. Sanders won:
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Kansas
- Nebraska
- Wisconsin
- Indiana

We then lost several of those states in the general. What’s the plan to prevent a repeat? https://t.co/99K08qr7SH

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@Ocasio2018) July 1, 2018

when you've lost Podhoretz, etc:

Good god you’re a know nothing shmuck. Yorktown Heights is an ethnic suburb and the most modest in the county. Now go be a pig somewhere else. I disagree with Ocasio-Cortez on everything but you are a repellent slimebucket of a person. https://t.co/KGErgvEoYo

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) July 1, 2018

This whole thing is just an even shittier version of the Bernie "three houses" troll. Barely even worth engaging or giving attention to.

"The racist left" is also what people say when you leave a room https://t.co/VTR1b0yrB1

— Churlish (@Cryptoterra) July 2, 2018

clean af

This is not at all an indication that your last attempt backfired lol

I grew up in NYC. Had friends from Yorktown Heights where @Ocasio2018 grew up. Been there many times.

Sure, her house was small, but to claim it's not an affluent area is dishonest. To claim it's similar to the Bronx is ridiculous.

Here are a few other Yorktown Heights homes. pic.twitter.com/ZKMTnd5xlV

— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) July 2, 2018

“Here are some houses. Therefore, socialism is bad.”

Lol, I was just about to post the exact same tweet, Nerdstrom.

this is really a dumb argument and it's better for people just not to engage him. Her response was very good and it probably should have been left at that.

THESE OCCUPY KIDS ARE USING IPHONES!

It’s even dumber than that.

Like, she's not a rich kid, her mom scrubbed toilets, she bartended to make extra money, her dad died before his time, her home was nearly foreclosed IIRC, who the fuck cares what zip code she lived in.

man, the flopsweat in the oppo research against AOC is really apparent

https://pagesix.com/2018/07/01/ex-co-worker-no-fan-of-democrat-darling-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/