The House Ethics Committee is investigating New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. On Wednesday, the committee released a brief statement saying a probe into the high-profile progressive was being extended, but didn’t delve into details about what it was regarding. It comes more than a year after a number of conservative groups asked the committee to look … Read more
Texas Democrat Rep. Henry Cuellar ripped his colleague Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for campaigning for his primary challenger, calling her a ‘far-left celebrity’ who should take care of her own district. Ocasio-Cortez, N.Y., is headed to Texas Saturday to campaign for two progressive House candidates – Jessica Cisneros, a Laredo immigration attorney is challenging Cuellar, and … Read more
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has slammed establishment Democrats for not involving her in their failed Virginia gubernatorial election campaign – claiming that there would have been a very different result if she’d been involved. AOC said Democrats made a ‘mistake’ in not using her or her fellow progressive ‘squad’ members to campaign for Democrat Terry McAuliffe, against … Read more
AOC calls for a ‘wartime mobilization’ to defeat climate change in announcement pushing a Civilian Climate Corps with 1.5million members that could cost taxpayers $10billion House and Senate Democrats pledged today that funding for a Civilian Climate Corps would be included in the upcoming budget reconciliation bill Majority Leader Schumer vowed to get the ‘biggest, … Read more
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted Joe Biden on Sunday for getting ‘limited’ by Republicans in infrastructure negotiations ‘In those areas where there is agreement, Republicans are more than welcome to join so that we can get this work on infrastructure done,’ Ocasio-Cortez told NBC’s Meet the Press host Chuck Todd on Sunday. ‘But that doesn’t mean the … Read more
The NYPD will return a robot dog after it was condemned for targeting ‘low income communities of color’ with the dystopian four-legged surveillance machine. John Miller, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner for intelligence and counterterrorism, told the New York Daily News on Wednesday that the NYPD had cancelled its $94,000 contract with Boston Dynamics. Miller on Wednesday … Read more
Biden may finally raise the refugee cap to 62,500 in 2021 after White House flip-flops several times and was accused by Democrats of sticking with Trump’s ‘xenophobic policies’ President Joe Biden’s administration may again set the refugee cap at 62,500 for 2021, after 11 days of mixed messaging on the subject The Washington Post reported … Read more
A new book, based on interviews with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, claims she mocked rising liberal star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and was furious at The Squad. Madam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power, written by USA Today Washington bureau chief Susan Page, features ten interviews with Pelosi as well as interviews with over 150 friends, family … Read more
Nancy Pelosi tears into ‘the Squad’ and tells them ‘this is not a one-person show, this is the United States Congress’ House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unloaded on the so-called ‘Squad’ during an interview with Susan Page for her forthcoming biography of Pelosi Pelosi adopted a child-like voice when talking about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 31-year-old … Read more
Biden asks the Education Secretary if he can legally cancel up to $50,000 in student debt for every American President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education is looking into whether the president can cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower Chief of Staff Ron Klain said at a Politico Playbook event Thursday that … Read more
AOC blasts 2020 primary challenger – former news anchor Michelle Caruso-Cabrera – claiming she was picked by forces with ‘cynical powers’ because she’s also Latina Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claimed in an interview with Democratic Left that unnamed forces chose Michelle Caruso-Cabrera to confuse voters Ocasio-Cortez had demolished Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC contributor, in the June 23, … Read more
While some Congressional Democrats spent Inauguration Day in Washington D.C., Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spent it in the Bronx, supporting striking food manufacturer workers. A worker strike at the Hunts Point Market has been going on in New York City borough for four days, hamstringing the distribution of produce across the region. The employees, members of Teamsters … Read more
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez still won’t say if she plans to launch a bid against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer when he runs for reelection as New York senator in 2022 – claiming she is ‘indecisive’ and still trying to figure out her role within the Democratic Party and Washington politics. ‘I’m a no bulls**t kind of … Read more