Kids these days. Trump’s big campaign rally in Tulsa wasn’t as big as promised — the arena seats more than 19,000 people but only a reported 6,200 Trump supporters occupied the general admissions sections. Why? Both sides of the political aisle were armed with answers. The man leading the president’sRead More →
Is TV host Meghan McCain the right-wing equivalent of New York progressive lightning-rod Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? At least one person thinks so: McCain. ‘I feel like you’re the boogeywoman of the right, and I’m the boogeywoman of the left.’ That’s the daughter of Sen. John McCain comparing her experience inRead More →
Some high-profile House Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, skipped Tuesday night’s State of the Union address to protest President Donald Trump. The New York lawmaker and fellow “Squad” member Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts boycotted the speech, along with Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee, Rep.Read More →
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claims Border Police agents are forcing migrants to drink out of toilets and live under other extreme conditions — while the officers sit back and laugh. “I see why CBP officers were being so physically &sexually threatening towards me,” the congresswoman tweeted Monday after leaving a U.S.Read More →
International Monetary Fund Chair Christine Lagarde may have been thinking it, but New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez actually tweeted it out: ‘It may be shocking to some, but being someone’s daughter actually isn’t a career qualification.’ That’s AOC’s reaction to seeing this video of Ivanka Trump trying to “interject herselfRead More →
Reuters Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is ‘just wrong’ about her comments on worker pay, says Amazon. Amazon.com Inc. is firing back at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over comments the New York Democrat made over worker pay at the tech giant, saying she’s “just wrong.” Appearing Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Ocasio-Cortez said AmazonRead More →
Ross sees U.S.-China trade deal eventually: Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Tuesday that he believes the U.S. and China ultimately will reach a trade deal, though he also advised investors to be patient. “Eventually, this will end in negotiation,” Ross said in a CNBC interview. “Even shooting wars endRead More →
Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appear to be teaming up. And no, hell hasn’t frozen over. While the Texas Republican and New York Democrat are on opposite ends of the political spectrum and have clashed on Twitter, they do agree on least one thing: Former members of CongressRead More →
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s nimbleness at using social media helped her win a seat in Congress and into the national spotlight. But that doesn’t mean she’s a fan. “Social media poses a public health risk to everybody.” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez In an interview posted Sunday on Yahoo News’ Skullduggery podcast, theRead More →
“Is it OK to still have children?” New York Democrat Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently set off a firestorm by putting that very question to her 2.7 million followers in an Instagram live stream. Her words, of course, may have been twisted by her critics, with Steve Hilton on Fox News callingRead More →
Robots are coming for your jobs. And Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says that should be a good thing. “We should not be haunted by the specter of being automated out of work. . . . We should be excited by that. But the reason we’re not excited by it is becauseRead More →
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to draw fire from her critics on the right for her Green New Deal, but the New York Democratic congresswoman is making fresh headlines this weekend for getting slammed by what would seem an unlikely voice: a former president of Greenpeace Canada. Here’s what Patrick Moore, whoRead More →
