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Friday, November 16, 2018

Maybe We Should Make Her Whiner-In-Chief

Ocasio-Cortez: I'm Already Being Discriminated Against On Capitol Hill

"Next time try believing women + people of color when they talk about their experiences being a woman or person of color."

Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (L) (D-NY) joins with other newly elected members of the House of Representatives for an official class photo of new House members at the U.S. Capitol on November 14, 2018 in Washington, DC. — Win McNamee/Getty Images

ByJAMES BARRETT

November 15, 2018

Democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was only elected a week ago, but she's already causing a stir in Washington. Her first big appearance was at a climate change protest — at the office of Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who the representative-elect has signaled she isn't ready to support for her bid to take back the role of House Speaker.

The nation's youngest congresswoman has also been sounding the alarm over racism and sexism she suggests she's already experienced on Capitol Hill.

"Dem Spouse + Member luncheon were at the same time today. I was sent to spouse event," she wrote late Wednesday. "Last night I was stopped bc it was assumed I was an intern/staffer."

"Next time try believing women + people of color when they talk about their experiences being a woman or person of color," she concluded.

On Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez triggered some of her fellow Democrats when she made a surprise appearance at a sit-in protest by a group of climate activists calling themselves the "Sunrise Movement" staged outside of the highest ranking Democrat in the House, and her potential future boss. The Daily Wire's Emily Zanotti reports:

Ocasio-Cortez addressed the protesters, who were holding signs asking for a "Green New Deal" from Democrats in charge, and demanding "Green Jobs for All," shook hands, and gave high-fives to the 50 or so protesters who blocked the entrance to Pelosi's office.

The event marked Ocasio-Cortez's first visit to the soon-to-be Speaker's office, and leftists were pretty miffed that she introduced herself to her Democratic colleagues not by embracing inter-party collegiality, but by openly disagreeing with her party's long-time leadership.

The newly elected representative slammed her critics online Thursday.

"When I respectfully join young people in an action promoting climate action while encouraging leadership decisions, it’s 'divisive,'" she wrote. "Yet when *other* Dems hold the Speaker vote hostage unless conservative concessions are made, it’s business as usual."

In the post, she links to a report by The Hill about a bid to rob Pelosi of her throne. Here's how the piece begins:

Democrats in the Problem Solvers Caucus are proving to be the latest hurdle to Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) rise to the Speakership.

Ten Democrats in the bipartisan, 48-member group are vowing to withhold their support for Pelosi — or any other Speaker nominee — unless the candidate commits, in writing, to certain changes in House rules designed to empower rank-and-file lawmakers and break partisan gridlock.

Pelosi, while voicing general support for the group’s ideas, has not issued a written commitment to adopting them. And the Democratic co-chairman of the group, Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), said Tuesday that he won’t support her without such assurances.

Ocasio-Cortez has also been in the news this week for her opposition to Amazon's big HQ2 deal, which she touted as an example of how she can unite people while holding true to her principles.

Loser Will Do Anything To Win

Stacey Abrams May Do the Unthinkable If Republican Declared Winner

2018-11-16
Source: AAN
by: AAN Staff

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Stacey Abrams May Do the Unthinkable If Republican Declared Winner

Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams may take unprecedented action should state officials declare GOP nominee Brian Kemp victorious.

File a legal challenge calling for an entirely new election.

The Daily Wire's Hank Berrien reports:

As the Associated Press (AP) reports, Adams and her team may rely on a state statute that has never been used for a race as important as a governor’s race in Georgia. Even before the election, Abrams ripped Kemp, saying on MSNBC, “Brian Kemp has been an exquisite architect of voter suppression for the last decade, and the outside agitators he so blithely dismisses include Asian American groups based in the state of Georgia, Latino groups based in the state of Georgia, African American community organizations based in the state of Georgia who have been doing this work for decades.”

AP is still refusing to call a winner in the race and state officials have not certified the results, despite the fact that Kemp, who has been serving as Georgia’s secretary of state, received roughly 50.2% of the vote, leaving him about 18,000 votes above the threshold required to win by a majority. That margin is large enough so that a December 4 runoff would not be required.

AP notes, “Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, Abrams’ campaign chairwoman, is overseeing a team of almost three-dozen lawyers who in the coming days will draft the petition, along with a ream of affidavits from voters and would-be voters who say they were disenfranchised. Abrams would then decide whether to go to court under a provision of Georgia election law that allows losing candidates to challenge results based on ‘misconduct, fraud or irregularities ... sufficient to change or place in doubt the results.’”

If Abrams pursues such a path, she would claim that irregularities were so numerous that 18,000 or more voters were prevented from voting or had their ballots destroyed. Lawrence-Hardy told AP Abrams thinks many of her minority and poorer voters unused to voting met roadblocks when they tried to vote. She added, “These stories to me are such that they have to be addressed. It’s just a much bigger responsibility. I feel like our mandate has blossomed. ... Maybe this is our moment.”

Cathy Cox, a Democrat who served as Georgia's secretary of state for eight years said any legal challenge by the Abrams campaign has little chance of success, telling the Associated Press, "I would say with pretty great confidence there has probably never been an election ... without some irregularity, where some poll worker did not make some mistake.

Source: AAN

Read more at http://americanactionnews.com/articles/stacey-abrams-may-do-the-unthinkable-if-republican-declared-winner#VOCe3X8e7DoxRR5I.99

Thursday, November 15, 2018

If Trump Treated Women Like Avenatti---

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Maybe This Time Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Correct

Yesterday we posted an article about the new Representative from New York complaining that

the governments of New York City And Washington D.C. had given large amounts of money

to Amazon so it would build their new headquarters in those areas. We thought she was wrong,

however, upon learning more about this situation, we have to admit she was right.

We have long complained about big corporations (usually well connected and wealthy) being

given funds and property tax credits for locating a facility in their city. We also have hated

those wealthy owners of sports teams being given free stadiums (at tax payer expense) and other

credits for either staying in the city or for relocating to the city. Both of these situations are wrong

on so many levels.

A business should locate where it can get the best employees, raw materials and other

things necessary for their business, not because the city fathers bent over and gave them

the store. The same goes for sports franchises.

On this matter Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is right (can't believe we are saying this). It is a time for

corporate welfare and sports team welfare to end. Instead of giving billions (in the case of

Amazon) away, those same dollars should be spent on the roads, bridges and other

infrastructure that is failing in this country.

Conservative Tom

Fox News' Star Stuns Himself By

Agreeing With Anti-Trump Dem

2018-11-14
Source: AAN
by: AAN Staff

For promising America's two richest cities monstrous corporate headquarters
complete with tens of thousands of employees – guaranteed to raise house
prices past the speed of inflation and make commuting even more miserable
– the world's richest man will receive $2 billion in tax breaks.

That's made for some strange bedfellows in Washington, D.C.

The Hill's Joe Concha reports:

Fox News host Tucker Carlson says Rep.-elect Alexandria

Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) "has a very good point" in criticizing Amazon receiving

taxpayer subsidies for its new headquarters, asking, "How does that work?"

Carlson admitted on his primetime program late Tuesday that while he hated

"to admit it," he agreed with Ocasio-Cortez's perspective.

"Jeff Bezos, who is the world’s richest man, will receive more than $2 billion

in subsidies from you, the taxpayer," he stated. "New congresswoman

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had this to say: 'Amazon is a billion-dollar

company. The idea it will receive hundreds of millions of dollars in tax

rates at a time when a subway is crumbling in our communities need more

investment, not less, is extremely concerning to residents here.'”

...

The anomalous agreement between the conservative host and the

newly-elected declared Democratic socialist comes after Amazon

announced Monday it had chosen Long Island City in Queens and

Arlington, Va. as the sites of a new split headquarters. Amazon is

owned by the richest man on the planet, Jeff Bezos, who is

ranked #1 on Forbes' annual list ahead of Microsoft founder

Bill Gates. The retail giant became only the second company

to hit $1 trillion in market capitalization after Apple achieved the

mark in August.

Source: AAN

Read more at http://americanactionnews.com/articles/fox-news-star-stuns-himself-by-agreeing-with-anti-trump-dem#ckrDsEILk1Vt5oFa.99

Was She Lying Or Just Misleading?

Ocasio-Cortez implied she can’t afford a DC apartment yet — here’s what her financial records say

Nov 13, 2018 6:15 pm

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to her supporters during her election night party in the Queens Borough of New York on November 6, 2018. - 28-year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New Yorks 14th Congressional district won Tuesdays election, defeating Republican Anthony Pappas and becomes the youngest woman elected to Congress. (DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) expressed doubts last week about how she would be able to afford a Washington, D.C. apartment before receiving her congressional salary, but a Financial Disclosure Report has raised questions about whether she was actually in a place of financial uncertainty.

According to a report filed April 30, 2018, Ocasio-Cortez had a checking account worth between $15,001 and $50,000 and two investment accounts worth between $1,001 and $15,000. She also took a salary from her campaign (a common move), drawing about $6,200 between August 15 and October 15, according to Federal Election Commission data.

This is important because: Ocasio-Cortez accused Fox News hosts who joked about her situation of mocking working class people and laughing at the U.S. housing crisis. “It reveals what they actually think about us,” she wrote on Twitter on Friday. However, the account balances shown on the report are not typically associated with the “working class.”

What she really said was: While it has been widely reported (and not corrected by Ocasio-Cortez) that she said she could not afford an apartment in Washington, D.C., that’s not exactly what she said.

The story began with a quote in a New York Times article. Here is the excerpt:

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez said the transition period will be “very unusual, because I can’t really take a salary. I have three months without a salary before I’m a member of Congress. So, how do I get an apartment? Those little things are very real.” She said she saved money before leaving her job at the restaurant, and planned accordingly with her partner. “We’re kind of just dealing with the logistics of it day by day, but I’ve really been just kind of squirreling away and then hoping that gets me to January.”

The way she worded her answer is somewhat ambiguous. It’s possible she saved $15,000 before leaving her restaurant job in February, and spent the money between then and when she began taking a campaign salary in August. But, it’s also possible that she’s in a much more comfortable financial position than she implied to the New York Times and in her Twitter responses.

Ocasio-Cortez will earn $174,000 annually beginning next year.