Maybe it’s “i think, so...” and the author didnt continue with the quote
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 18:24 (three years ago) link
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/16/aoc-nancy-pelosi-needs-to-go-but-theres-nobody-to-replace-her-yet/
podcast in here
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 18:25 (three years ago) link
I do not know to what degree, if any, Pelosi made a conscious choice not to put other House Democrats in a strong position to challenge or replace her, but it is one of the tactics that naturally emerges among leadership groups. AOC is right that the position of Speaker is enormously complex and difficult and some period of apprenticeship is required to approach something like adequacy in that job. No one is likely to replace Pelosi that she hasn't already vetted and brought into a leadership role.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Wednesday, 16 December 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
https://prospect.org/api/amp/politics/establishment-strikes-back-aoc-versus-centrist-democrats/
But at least evil Trump is gone
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 18 December 2020 18:34 (three years ago) link
Progressives' loyalty to Biden will ensure them a "seat at the table" IIRC.
― onlyfans.com/hunterb (milo z), Friday, 18 December 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
Disappointing.
― jaymc, Friday, 18 December 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
If Biden has sense, he'll recall the old political wisdom that it's better to have the progressives "inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in". Based on the distribution of opinion on ilx, I'm pretty sure there are some who will prefer to remain outside pissing in, regardless.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Friday, 18 December 2020 18:48 (three years ago) link
you know Biden, he hates old political wisdom
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Friday, 18 December 2020 19:15 (three years ago) link
can't wait for him to invite ilx to piss on his tent
― Wayne Grotski (symsymsym), Friday, 18 December 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
He should do an AMA here.
― pomenitul, Friday, 18 December 2020 19:17 (three years ago) link
He'd get a 7-day FP ban within 15 minutes.
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Friday, 18 December 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
https://prospect.org/api/amp/politics/establishment-strikes-back-aoc-versus-centrist-democrats🕸/But at least evil Trump is gone
― Yes Virginia, there really is a (Boring, Maryland), Friday, 18 December 2020 19:27 (three years ago) link
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Friday, 18 December 2020 bookmarkflaglink
Old timey political wisdom.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 18 December 2020 19:38 (three years ago) link
lol:
This link is broken...just like the neoliberal order
We are still hoping this has an easy fix.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 December 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
Old-timey, as befits an old geezer.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Friday, 18 December 2020 19:39 (three years ago) link
Many of the representatives who came out most forcefully against Ocasio-Cortez have close ties to oil and gas, especially Cuellar. But perhaps more important was Cuellar’s personal opposition to AOC, as evidenced by his statement. Ocasio-Cortez backed Cuellar’s primary challenger, 27-year-old progressive Jessica Cisneros, in March’s primary. Cuellar won narrowly, with backing from the Koch political network and some last-minute campaigning from Speaker Pelosi herself, despite the fact that Cuellar regularly votes against the Democratic caucus and has routinely fundraised for Republicans.
Gotta keep room inside the tent for this guy pissing all over the sleeping bags and food.
― huge rant (sic), Friday, 18 December 2020 19:43 (three years ago) link
“This link is broken...just like the neoliberal order
We are still hoping this has an easy fix.”
They updated the article to remove the implication that progressive Congresswoman Degette wrote a pro fracking book when instead it was a congressional report that emphasized its dangers.
― “Big” Don Abernathy, Friday, 18 December 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
stupid shit this party does rarely actually upsets me but actively, materially preventing this woman from gaining influence is so fucking infuriating
― k3vin k., Friday, 18 December 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
I really want the progressive caucus to start pissing on Pelosi, it’s overdue
― is right unfortunately (silby), Friday, 18 December 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
It's almost as if the centrist and center-right democrats noticed what happened to centrist and center-right republicans when the hard right started to primary them out of existence and they see AOC as the first harbinger of a similar dynamic in the Democratic Party that will eventually kick them out of their cushy jobs. For reps like that, AOC is not a smart, talented, likeable woman who can take the party to new popularity and the nation to a better more equable future, but America's Most Dangerous Woman who'll take away their perks and paychecks.
― Respectfully Yours, (Aimless), Friday, 18 December 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
god willing.
― DJI, Friday, 18 December 2020 21:32 (three years ago) link
Who?
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 December 2020 23:40 (three years ago) link
MIKE JONES
― huge rant (sic), Friday, 18 December 2020 23:46 (three years ago) link
JASON DERULO
― Lover of Nixon (or LON for short) (Neanderthal), Saturday, 19 December 2020 01:15 (three years ago) link
The least surprising news so far is that one of them stole AOC's shoes.— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) January 11, 2021
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:24 (three years ago) link
Pretty sure a fake tweet is what started this.
― pomenitul, Monday, 11 January 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
ben give back AOC’s shoes— Faine Greenwood (@faineg) January 11, 2021
― ٩(͡๏̯͡๏)۶ (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
unfortunately this is just what happens when you're online enough
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
First occurrence of this joke as far as I can tell:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ToiletPaperUSA/comments/kuccfo/aoc_lets_us_in_on_one_of_the_more_bizarre_crimes/
― pomenitul, Monday, 11 January 2021 17:41 (three years ago) link
Someone is walking a mile in them as we speak.
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:51 (three years ago) link
is it ben shapiro? i keep hearing rumors
― Karl Malone, Monday, 11 January 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
Where are Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Flats?
― Eggbreak Hotel (Tom D.), Monday, 11 January 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
worth your time
https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ-OkgNAO1N/
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:00 (three years ago) link
62 minutes of my time?
― Motoroller Scampotron (WmC), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
of any politician i can think of, she probably is
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:10 (three years ago) link
i said through gritted teeth bc i reflexively hate all politicians
I'm only halfway through at the moment but imo: yes
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:12 (three years ago) link
I'd prefer to hear 20 different podcasts excerpt and analyze it for me
― Muswell Hillbilly Elegy (President Keyes), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:18 (three years ago) link
if it helps she wraps up her "rant" (her term) at 40mins and starts taking questions
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Wednesday, 13 January 2021 16:26 (three years ago) link
There goes my presidetn:
Thank you to @AOC for showing up at the #HuntsPointStrike to show us that solidarity is a verb. @nycDSA will be there until @TeamstersJC16 Local 202 wins their demand for a fair wage! pic.twitter.com/D8H1duqP86— Honda Wang 🌹 (@HondaWang) January 21, 2021
― Fetchboy, Thursday, 21 January 2021 03:40 (three years ago) link
OH MY GOD pic.twitter.com/HeldBn7hf6— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) January 28, 2021
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 January 2021 23:22 (three years ago) link
the fact that she's willing to be this accusatory publicly makes me wonder a couple things
― stylish but illegal (Simon H.), Thursday, 28 January 2021 23:27 (three years ago) link
"I had a pretty traumatizing event happen to me," Ocasio-Cortez explained. "And I do not know if I can even disclose the full details of that event due to security concerns but I can tell you that I had a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/28/politics/ocasio-cortez-ted-cruz-capitol-attack/index.html
― RandPaul's Drag Race (Leee), Friday, 29 January 2021 00:06 (three years ago) link
being around Ted Cruz would make me want to die
― if Spaghetti-Os had whammy bars (Neanderthal), Friday, 29 January 2021 00:30 (three years ago) link
GOD i hope they're gonna be able to indict the fuckers that clearly aided and abetted the capital coup
― the serious avant-garde universalist right now (forksclovetofu), Friday, 29 January 2021 05:45 (three years ago) link
ha!
― k3vin k., Friday, 29 January 2021 05:48 (three years ago) link
yeah, i remember dark tweets a week or two ago suggesting there was a lot of unsettling stuff to come out from the insurgency at the Capitol, I wonder when it will surface?
― Ray Cooney as "Crotch" (stevie), Friday, 29 January 2021 12:30 (three years ago) link
Nothing is going to happen to any sitting member of congress. Several of them openly committed "insider" trading this time last year and nothing came of it (though one lost an election partially because of it).
― Smokahontas and John Spliff (PBKR), Friday, 29 January 2021 12:36 (three years ago) link
I find it a little weird that she is being so vague about something so serious, especially given how angry she remains. If Cruz or someone else truly, directly put her life at risk, then why not say exactly how? Did he tell people where her office is? Did he tell people to go there? It's unclear to me why an ongoing investigation would prevent her from making a specific accusation. If he's a danger, or did something criminal, what is she waiting for?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 January 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
I think she said in one of her streams she'd been advised/requested to keep information back for security reasons.
― new variant (onimo), Friday, 29 January 2021 14:05 (three years ago) link