Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y) tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday, her office announced in a statement, reporting that she is experiencing symptoms while recovering from home. “The congresswoman received her booster shot this fall, and encourages everyone to get their booster and follow all CDC guidance,” the statement said. Covid …
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is defending Speaker Nancy Pelosi — and progressives’ plan for passing both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and a reconciliation bill expanding the social safety net in tandem — after centrist Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) wrote a letter accusing the speaker of breaking an agreement with moderates. …
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Last Saturday, the New York Postpublished a story about Lauren Kwei, a 23-year-old paramedic based in New York City who worked during the Covid-19 pandemic. In an effort to make ends meet, and unable to subsist entirely on her salary as a medic, Kwei had started an account on OnlyFans, …
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John Lewis declares that, during the 1960s, he was arrested “a few times.” Then the elder statesman and éminence grise of the civil rights movement pauses before correcting himself in front of the large Dallas crowd he’s addressing: “40 times…and since I’ve been in Congress, another five times. I’m probably …
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When ABC News told Bernie Sanders that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may run for president because he did not like the current field of candidates, the senator from Vermont responded, “That is the arrogance of billionaires.” Sanders then went on to criticize the reported plans of the …
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According to a new poll, when it comes to taxing the rich, most Americans are “radical.” The majority of Americans, including 45 percent of Republicans and 71 percent of Democrats, expressed support for a proposal by newly-elected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to increase the top marginal tax rate to 70 …
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