Category: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

US Lawmakers Divided Over Supreme Court’s 2 Major Rulings

The conservative majority U.S. Supreme Court has been busy in the final days before its summer break, and the decisions it handed down this week have heartened and made Congressional Republicans mostly happy and left their colleagues on the other side of the aisle mostly unhappy and in many cases angry.   Following the court’s historic…


House Oversight Panel Wants to Know Why Federal Workers Aren’t at Their Offices

Only one of every three members of the federal employee workforce shows up at their office to perform their work duties despite the fact President Joe Biden declared the COVID-19 Pandemic ended more than a year ago, according to House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.). “Three years after the start of…


Ocasio-Cortez Blasted by House Democrat Campaign Chief Following New York Losses

Sean Patrick Maloney, Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, has lashed out at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) who had criticized the party leadership for its poor performance in the New York elections. “The last time I ran into A.O.C., we were beating her endorsed candidate two to one in a primary, and I didn’t…


Musk Tells Mark Ruffalo ‘Not Everything AOC Says Is Accurate’

The spat between Elon Musk and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY.) is heating up after actor Mark Ruffalo’s involvement. The tech billionaire told Ruffalo on Nov. 5 that “not everything AOC says is accurate.” Musk earlier this month sparked backlash over a plan to charge $8 per month for a subscription service, dubbed “Twitter Blue,” to…


After Leading Efforts to Ban Congressional Stock Trading, Ocasio-Cortez Admits to Financial Violations

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who has in the past led efforts from members of both parties to ban stock trading by members of Congress, admitted through a spokesperson that she has not complied with financial disclosure rules for sitting members of Congress. Under the 2012 STOCK Act, which greatly increased scrutiny on stock market transactions…


AOC Says She Wants to Ditch Her Tesla Following Online Spat With Musk

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) said she wants to give up her Tesla, one month after getting into an online spat with Elon Musk on Twitter. The progressive Democrat revealed her plan after being asked about the billionaire’s recent comments that he was going to vote Republican in the upcoming elections. Ocasio-Cortez purchased her Tesla Model…


Elon Musk Tells Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ‘Stop Hitting on Me’ After She Takes Swipe at Billionaire on Twitter

Elon Musk told Democratic lawmaker Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.) to “stop hitting on me” on Friday after she took aim at what she called a “billionaire with an ego problem.” The representative for New York took to Twitter where she took a swipe at a billionaire who she said “controls a massive communication platform” but stopped short…


House Democrats Urge Biden to Extend Pause on Evictions

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), along with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Democrat Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), and Assistant Speaker Katherine Clark (D-Md.) joined progressives to call on the Biden administration to extend the eviction moratorium until Oct. 18. In a written statement on Monday, House Leadership said the pandemic is not over yet…


Democratic Socialists of America Meet With Venezuelan Dictator Maduro

Leaders of the largest socialist political organization in the United States, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) met with Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro on July 2. The Virginia chapter of DSA confirmed the meeting with Maduro, writing on social media: “DSA members meeting directly with President Maduro. Big things are happening in our organization.” The…


Democratic Socialists of America Meet With Dictator Nicolás Maduro

Leaders of the largest socialist political organization in the United States, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which has endorsed prominent U.S. House members, met with Venezuelan Dictator Nicolás Maduro on July 2. According to Telesur, the chairperson of the National Political Committee of the DSA, members of the International Committee, and the organization’s Political Formation,…