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For a few weeks I’ve been wondering about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and just how she emerged as a politico. Her path to Washington is shocking, at the very least. My first question was: What were her campaign positions BEFORE she became a national figure?
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I know, I know, Rachel Maddow. But if you want to learn about the left, you have to actually watch and listen to them.
https://t.co/JWBnMZS7ee
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Income Inequality, Climate Change, Mass Incarceration, Get money out of politics.
Keep Income Inequality & geting $ out of politics in mind for later.
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Fixing the Economy, Medicare for All, Tax Reform, Foreign Policy, Women’s Rights, CJ Reform, Voting Rights, LGBTQIA Rights, Immigration Reform, ...
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They obviously take the far far left approach on every issue.
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“Justice Democrats” is a PAC co-founded by Cenk Uygur, the far lefty that used to be on MSNBC and eventually started a Youtube blog called TYT (The Young Turks). Yeah, this guy-->
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https://t.co/XyiRUT01Ls
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Notice Cenk laughing at the sexism.
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Here’s one of the posts: https://t.co/kROCctnaRH
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I’m not providing a screen print. I have a daughter. Look for yourself. If you want to screen print it and post it, feel free. I’m not doing it. Its vile.
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https://t.co/DdYYJNQXfL
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And don’t forget the chuckle in the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez video about the naked models. See video link from post /13.
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His organization The Young Turks is partially funded by the Media Consortium, a Soros entity. https://t.co/lC35v5L7hA
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A quick search on Cenk’s net worth put him in the $18-22m range after taking venture capital money. Yes. He took "vulture capital" money.
https://t.co/ylBKwrPyrj
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Follow up to yesterday's posts regarding Alexandria Ocasio- Cortez, Brand New Congress and Justice Democrats.
— Rich Weinstein (@phillyrich1) July 31, 2018
Some tweeters have brought up good points regarding yesterday's posts that I did not cover.
Here we go:
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Frank Llewellyn plays a key role in the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaign.
See photos. He's the highest paid on her payroll.
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https://t.co/nFf0vMbUXa
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-Human rights over property rights
-Limits on markets
-Public control of economy
-Rejection of private profit
-Socialism has not been tried
-Ban strike breakers
-Plenty of wealth available for socialist programs
-Slash Def spending by 50%
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-Loves unions
-Change Soc Sec: lower earners do not contribute, higher earners contrib more
-Regulate behavior of corporations (this is pre-carbon tax concept)
-Single payer is cheaper
-Wealth, income, power not distributed evenly
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https://t.co/Dpi95jFdAy
See photo for a great exchange. Its a silly exchange but Beck gets him to make an awesome admission- Beck would have to advertise in Dem Socialism magazine against his will because its "your turn". Wuuuut?
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