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Anyone who follows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Instagram account probably expected that she would, at some point, post a video about what it was like to be inside the United States Capitol on January 6. Millions tuned in last week as she recounted what she saw. The sometimes harrowing, sometimes humorous account had all the hallmarks of an AOC video — the self-deprecating laughter, the intense hand gestures, the clumsy maneuvering of the phone — only this one was undoubtedly more personal. She disclosed that she was a sexual assault survivor and explained that it was especially important for her to tell her story. “We cannot move on without accountability,” she said. Unsurprisingly, all manner of right-wing commentators wasted no time in denouncing the Instagram video as a narcissistic, manipulative, self-centered, and — most amusingly — overly political response to the right-wing riot. More unexpected, though, were the denunciations from some corners of the Left. On the Jimmy Dore Show, Glenn Greenwald took AOC to task for refusing to let bygones be bygones and rebuffing Ted Cruz on Twitter. The Texas senator had made a cynical overture to AOC by retweeting her call to investigate Robinhood’s role in the GameStop scandal, to which she responded: “I am happy to work with Republicans on this issue where there’s common ground, but you almost had me murdered 3 weeks ago so you can sit this one out . . . In the meantime if you want to help, you can resign.” Greenwald bemoaned AOC’s treatment of Cruz, citing a missed “opportunity for Right and Left to join together” — as if the problem with the Democratic Party is that it doesn’t collaborate with the Republican Party enough. Luckily, AOC has yet to take the less-than-sage advice regularly hurled at her (for example, that she should force a floor vote on Medicare for All or be exposed as a sellout). Since being elected in 2018, AOC has proven adept at the difficult balancing act of confronting those in her own party when necessary while parrying the GOP’s incessant attacks on her — and she understands very well just how racist and dangerous a significant section of the Republican base is. In 2018, federal investigators discovered a Facebook page made up of thousands of Border Patrol agents posting openly racist and sexist rants about detainees along with sexually graphic depictions of AOC. The existence of the group came to light as she and other lawmakers were on their way to visit a facility in Texas where members of the Facebook group worked. Being an unabashedly left-wing politician in this country is not without its risks and requires a thick skin. This goes double for women and, especially, women of color. AOC had good reason to fear for her life on January 6. In the Instagram video, she described the tense atmosphere in Washington, DC in the days leading up to the riot and receiving text messages from concerned colleagues that she “needed to be careful” because “everybody knew something was going to happen.” The buildup that she detailed, coupled with the reality that the armed, rabidly angry base of her political opponents was swarming the Capitol building, was more than enough reason for her to be terrified by the time she heard a booming voice yell, “Where is she? Where is she?” (She later learned it was a police officer.) What seems to bother AOC’s detractors is that she’s even talking about it at all and in such personal terms. But this is just how she does politics. From the first day AOC was elected to Congress, she promised that she would take her constituents with her and demystify what went on in those supposedly hallowed halls. She is speaking to the audience that voted for her — and people who would have if they could have. AOC’s approach is based on a rather obvious supposition: that people don’t want to be condescended to by politicians, they want to be leveled with. AOC’s Instagram videos are a venue to do just that. While other politicians struggle to seem like real people, AOC engages with supporters and brings them, as much as she can, into the foreign world of the legislature, sharing her dilemmas with a rare and striking frankness. Her firsthand account of “What Happened at the Capitol” is not an aberration but a continuation of an extremely communicative, extremely effective style of politics that matches our era. Considering the historically unprecedented events that occurred at the Capitol, we should want our politicians to share what they saw, and we should expect them to be moved and sometimes terrified by those events. We should expect our politicians to be real people.
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Bernie's gonna vote for her and it's going to trigger another wave of revulsion
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Trabisnikof posted:a nice fresh Cheese Pizza 
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Lib and let die posted:Chuck's n fucc formerly Mitch's
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Taintrunner posted:https://twitter.com/machineiv/status/1359358643984949252 like what is the point of acknowledging and understanding that what the Biden administration is doing is insufficient, and then refusing to face the Democrats adversarially regardless? is Biden better than Trump (even just on the specific issue of trans rights)? sure does Biden being "better" in a comparative sense mean that people are getting the help and care that they need? of course not if we're nice to Biden just because he's technically better than Trump, does that mean he's going to improve further to get people the help and care that they need? gently caress no! why would he?! if he already has you playing nice, then he can stop RIGHT THERE! so if you know that Biden isn't doing enough, why wouldn't you keep calling him out? just because it's not literally as bad as Trump was? that gets you nowhere!!! both of them can (and do) suck rear end! saying Biden sucks doesn't elevate Trump!!!
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Lostconfused posted:Yeah but there's a subreddit for everything and every reactionary group that has spawned over the course of history. /r/monarchism
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loquacius posted:https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1359620078648590336?s=19 Look I'm not saying the Narodniks were correct, I'm just saying let's keep our options open
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Neera Tandoes what Bernie Sandon't
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Can Neera Tendies run for President? That would be a really progressive administration!!!
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christmas boots posted:saw this thread title and started hyperventilating hold your breath and turn blue no matter who
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Taintrunner posted:https://twitter.com/ShariWelch63/status/1359643314752872450 it's a tough call on whether it's more insulting for someone to convince themselves that Biden is actually The Most Progressive President ever or knowing that he's crap and voting for him regardless
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Eggplant Squire posted:Biden must be good since the zoomers think he's cool he's done a lot of outreach to the kids
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https://twitter.com/ByYourLogic/status/1359594898010308612 i guess it shouldn't be surprising: Obama was literally the President and he's still out there posting like a clout-chaser
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Jason Johnson is correct that being an anti-imperialist does not make someone a liberal Because liberals support imperialism
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Taintrunner posted:https://twitter.com/Pragmatic_Soul/status/1359636301889196032?s=20 fewer*
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 quote:The White House has pledged to help address the ongoing global semiconductor shortage, with President Joe Biden said to be signing an executive order to conduct a supply chain review along with developing a long-term strategy to avoid future shortages, via Bloomberg. Joe Biden: by gamers, for gamers
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https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1360094472982380544 https://twitter.com/SCOTUSblog/status/1360100703457447936 wow!!! Notorious ACB is good!!!
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Quetzadilla posted:how is this any less ridiculous than the story that the secret service visited lowtax and that's why lf was shut down? that didn't happen though
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 quote:They wrote massive checks. They encouraged their deepest-pocketed friends to do the same. They sat through Zoom concerts with James Taylor and Zoom roundtables hosted by Diane Lane and helped pay for an inauguration they didn’t even get to attend. ___ Judakel posted:So the CDC action meant nothing? The CDC action, as I understand it, requires that you challenge the eviction by saying that you're currently undergoing COVID-caused hardship so you can't be evicted. That obviously can't happen if you're not let into the courtroom to defend yourself.
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Quetzadilla posted:Yes but that was the story for a decade. oh yeah sorry as far as "whaaaat it's illegal to do poo poo in twitter DMs???" I agree shouldn't be shocking of course you don't have privacy
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Why does she say "but"? Of course a Democrat would hate communists. It's not a subversion of expectations to say you're a liberal and follow it up with that.
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https://twitter.com/politico/status/1360311755738656771?s=19 Lol sure
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Taintrunner posted:https://twitter.com/proustmalone/status/1360008973059956738?s=20 Note that Ecuador is getting defrauded at the moment https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1360597068465774597?s=19 https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1360599131711016968
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