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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is an American politician and activist serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 14th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she gained national attention for her progressive policies and advocacy on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and economic inequality. Ocasio-Cortez is known for her grassroots campaigning and her ability to mobilize young voters, making her a prominent figure in the progressive wing of the party.

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Jul 22, 2026

an existential threat to American sovereignty and democracy,

theintercept.com
Jul 22, 2026

Ask Peter Thiel, ask Elon Musk, ask Mark Zuckerberg if they want one of these data centers in their own backyard.

reason.com
Jul 20, 2026

When the stakes are so high, eventually we have to ask ourselves: Is the answer to our problems to turn to the same playbook over and over again?

commondreams.org
Jul 20, 2026

When the stakes are so high, when more people than ever are living so close to the bone, eventually we have to ask ourselves: Is the answer to our problems to turn to the same playbook over and over again?

commondreams.org
Jul 20, 2026

We cannot afford to leave Tennessee behind.

foxnews.com
Jul 20, 2026

We cannot afford to leave Kentucky behind, Alabama behind, Mississippi behind, Georgia behind, South Carolina behind.

foxnews.com
Jul 20, 2026

It is time for the North to roll up to the South.

foxnews.com
Jul 17, 2026

I said this a couple of weeks ago, that I would not be surprised if, when ICE funding started up again, we would start to see more civilian deaths at the hands of ICE.

theintercept.com
Jul 17, 2026

The Supreme Court is facing a major corruption crisis. As it stands, Supreme Court Justices are legally allowed to accept gifts from wealthy benefactors and people with special interests before the Court.

lujan.senate.gov
Jul 16, 2026

The Supreme Court is facing a major corruption crisis. As it stands, Supreme Court Justices are legally allowed to accept gifts from wealthy benefactors and people with special interests before the Court, actively furthering the distrust…

lujan.senate.gov
Jul 16, 2026

I wouldn't be surprised if it was quite large because I don't think this is just an ideological issue. I don't think this is just a lefty thing.

foxnews.com
Jul 16, 2026

I don’t think that we should be contributing to any platforming of lies about our elections. Many news outlets oftentimes may receive transcripts, and I think that we have an ethical obligation to not air things that undermine our…

huffpost.com
Jul 15, 2026

How is everyone pretending this is normal? This is not normal. At all.

foxnews.com
Jul 15, 2026

How is it that we have sitting elected members of Congress going missing for months at a time?

foxnews.com
Jul 15, 2026

Listen, things do happen. People get into medical incidents. If you're in the hospital, you're in the hospital. But I do think that there should be some sort of... there's a line here. And I think almost everyone can agree that it's been…

foxnews.com
Jul 14, 2026

Whether it is kidnapping a foreign head of state, whether it is threatening our allies to colonize Greenland, whether it is looking the other way in a genocide: Hypocrisies are vulnerabilities, and they threaten democracies globally.

foreignpolicy.com
Jul 14, 2026

What we are hoping for is that we want to make sure that we never get to that point.

foreignpolicy.com
Jul 14, 2026

This is not just about Israel or Gaza. This is about us. The world will never be the same. And we will never be the same.

foreignpolicy.com
Jul 14, 2026

If we go separately, we will lose it all. We cannot let the right win, we just can’t.

foreignpolicy.com
Jul 8, 2026

You can’t tell them to get out and then, in a presidential cycle, tell them that they have an obligation to vote for you. We’re either a team or we’re not.

salon.com
Jul 8, 2026

There’s a certain level of wealth and accumulation that is unearned.

salon.com
Jul 5, 2026

There’s a valid discussion here about when it comes to the volume of an absence, what is our responsibility to our constituents in communicating around that?

theguardian.com
Jul 3, 2026

I think many people are willing to put aside differences in order to give us the best chance at winning,

theguardian.com
Jul 3, 2026

And I think that Abdul gives us that right now.

theguardian.com
Jul 2, 2026

My piece of advice is that if anyone thinks that they might run, maybe don’t tweet after dark.

huffpost.com

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