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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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My piece in the NY Times today: "the Trump administration is denying applications submitted to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services at a rate 37 percent higher than the Obama administration did in 2016."
Based on this analysis: "Denials for immigration benefits—travel documents, work permits, green cards, worker petitions, etc.—increased 37 percent since FY 2016. On an absolute basis, FY 2018 will see more than about 155,000 more denials than FY 2016." https://t.co/Bl0naOO0sh
"This increase in denials cannot be credited to an overall rise in applications. In fact, the total number of applications so far this year is 2 percent lower than in 2016. It could be that the higher denial rate is also discouraging some people from applying at all.."
Thanks to @gsiskind for his insightful comments. The increase in denials, he said, is “significant enough to make one think that Congress must have passed legislation changing the requirements. But we know they have not.”
My conclusion:
Based on this analysis: "Denials for immigration benefits—travel documents, work permits, green cards, worker petitions, etc.—increased 37 percent since FY 2016. On an absolute basis, FY 2018 will see more than about 155,000 more denials than FY 2016." https://t.co/Bl0naOO0sh
"This increase in denials cannot be credited to an overall rise in applications. In fact, the total number of applications so far this year is 2 percent lower than in 2016. It could be that the higher denial rate is also discouraging some people from applying at all.."
Thanks to @gsiskind for his insightful comments. The increase in denials, he said, is “significant enough to make one think that Congress must have passed legislation changing the requirements. But we know they have not.”
My conclusion:
