Alexandria Ocasio

For yesterday's post, Reactionary Blue Dogs And Wall Street-Owned Corporate Dems Want You To Know They're Not Socialists, we looked at a quote from Texas progressive Mike Siegel, running in a gerrymandered red district that goes from liberal north Austin into the deep red exurbs northwest of Houston. Siegel was speaking at an event with Congressman Ted Lieu and VoteCommonGood leader Rev. Doug Pagitt, a progressive evangelical activist.

On Thursday, by a large bipartisan majority, the Senate approved HJ 46, the resolution of disapproval for Trump's phony state of emergency declaration. A dozen Republicans voted with every single Democrat against Trump.

America is lucky to have these 2 extraordinary young women in CongressEarlier this week, Vanity Fair published a profile of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez by Abigail Tracy, "I Felt Like I was Being Physically Ripped Apart": Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Opens Up About Her New Fame, Trump, And Life In The Bubble.

John Delaney is a rich guy who bought himself a House seat in Maryland in 2012. After the state legislature made MD-06 nearly impossible for a Republican to win again, Delaney spent $4,423,738 against Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett's $1,362,902. Only $33,172 of Delaney's money came from small individual contributions. The biggest chuck came from his personal bank account: $2,370,556.

Cohen's testimony was riveting. But I was shocked to hear an obviously deranged old woman who slipped by the NPR call filter last night. She was unable to complete a single thought and was either severely drug addicted and/or so intellectually impaired that dialing the phone must have been her biggest accomplishment of the month. All she could say is that Trump is her president and Cohen should be sent to jail. The host took her seriously and questioned her as though she had an IQ above 70, which she clearly didn't.

Michael Cohn's testimony was worth watching this morning, regardless of the Republican harassment from the sidelines and regardless of the lack of any real new information. Early in Cohen's opening statement he said two things that sum up the unfortunate Trump years. First came: "He is a racist. He is a con man.

by NoahSunday Thoughts:AOC is a witch? Ah, the Republican mind! It idles stuck on Bizarro World where love is hate and hate is love unrevealed. How else to explain their bizarre, dark (and potentially dangerous) obsession with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? How else to explain Repug Christonuts making themselves the Devil's Workshop and projecting their inner demons as a lame explanation of the existence and behavior of others.

Alexandria and Goliath by Nancy OhanianThe far right is absolutely obsessed with Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. This week the neo-fascist Mercer family-- billionaire Trumpists-- has financed a billboard in Times Square smearing her in another GOP attempt to tarnish her reputation.

No one can put the Ocasio-Crowley primary in a box and sell it in other districtsLast week the New York Times published a lazy piece by Shane Goldmacher, The Ocasio-Cortez Effect: Wave of Challenges Hits Entrenched N.Y. Democrats, that defines superficial reporting.

The Trump Regime has been working to rig the campaign finance rules in preparation for his reelection efforts; more on that below. It has also ordered the gutting of the task forces protecting elections from foreign meddling.