A former aide to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is now serving as a senior official of the New York State Communist Party. The former staffer, Justine Medina, had previously worked for Ocasio-Cortez’s reelection campaign as a key policy writer in 2020, The New York Post discovered. The Communist Party newspaper, People’s World, publicized her new position on the Executive Committee…
Former AOC Staffer Is a Top Official of the New York Communist Party
Bipartisan Coalition Introduces Bill to Prohibit Members of Congress From Trading Stocks
A bipartisan group in Congress introduced a bill on May 2 that would prohibit members from trading stocks. Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), and Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) introduced the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act, which would “restrict trading and ownership of certain financial instruments by members of Congress and…
Ocasio-Cortez ‘Not Planning’ to Challenge Incumbent Democrat for Senate Seat in 2024
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will not, at least for now, run for the U.S. Senate seat held by fellow New York Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, who is seeking another term next year. “She is not planning to run for Senate in 2024. She is not planning to primary Gillibrand,” a spokesperson for Ocasio-Cortez told Politico on…
Democrat Has Unusual Reaction to Tucker Carlson’s Departure From Fox News
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is celebrating Tucker Carlson’s exit from Fox News. Now she’s fundraising off of Carlson’s departure. Candidates for the 2024 elections are reacting to President Joe Biden’s newly announced presidential bid. And former President Donald Trump is suggesting he might boycott GOP primary debates as Democrats skip them altogether. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is laying…
Lawmakers Probe If Collusion Between SVB and Its Biggest Customers Helped Fuel Collapse
Two Democrat lawmakers are probing if “mutual backscratching arrangements” between Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and some of its biggest customers helped fuel its collapse early last month. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have requested responses from some of the largest depositors at the failed bank, to probe the nature of their relationship with the failed…
AOC Tells Libs of TikTok Founder: ‘I Never Want to Share a Space With You’
The founder of the viral Twitter account Libs of TikTok, Chaya Raichik, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) clashed on March 30, according to a video posted by the right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation. Raichik, along with The Heritage Foundation’s Mike Howell, delivered a complaint filed with the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics to Ocasio-Cortez’s…
Former Senior Obama Advisor Claims GOP Concerns Over TikTok ‘Bad Faith’
Dan Pfeiffer, a former senior advisor to Barack Obama, has criticized Republicans over their push to ban TikTok, a Chinese social media app that has aroused national security concerns. “The Republicans see the issue as a win-win. If Biden doesn’t ban TikTok, they can paint him as soft on China. If Biden does ban TikTok,…
Democrats Criticize Biden’s Failed Climate Promises in Approving Alaska Willow Oil Project
The Biden administration’s decision to approve a 30-year oil-drilling project has sparked criticism from Democrats—and particularly progressives—from both chambers of Congress. The Department of the Interior (DOI) approved the Willow Project on Monday, allowing oil giant ConocoPhillips to move forward with a drilling plan within a northeastern section of the 23 million acres of the…
AOC Likely Violated Law With Met Gala Appearance: House Ethics Office
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) likely violated ethics laws for accepting “impermissible gifts” linked to her attendance at the Met Gala in 2021. Ocasio-Cortez “received a series of goods and services which she did not pay for until the OCE opened this review,” according to a review issued by the House Office of Congressional Ethics on Thursday (pdf)….
Democrat Senator Gives Support for GOP Effort to Rescind ‘Soft-on-Crime’ DC Law
U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) became the first Democrat to openly express support for a Republican-led effort to rescind a contentious Washington, D.C., crime law—a code that had been vetoed by District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser in a move subsequently overruled by D.C.’s City Council. The Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022 (RCCA), which…
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