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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Profile picture
@AOC
Jul 31, 2019 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
This is huge problem for many communities, from PR to WV.

“Coal waste” is a nice word for ash. It piles up in mountainlike heaps + poisons water.

Some candidates last night said addressing climate injustice is a “distraction.” But why should clean water be only for the rich?💧
Fossil fuel companies also ship coal ash built up in PR to often poor communities in the continental US.

In PR, renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels. There is no reason we shouldn’t be pursuing a just transition there outside of corrupt lobbying. ⬇️⬇️

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Jul 29, 2023
There are many reasons for this, one being that the baby boomer gen changed a lot of the norms & structures of Congress (schedule, staff, cola, etc) so the actual job became very unsustainable for newer people who are younger, working class, or parents.

Drives away young talent
Much of this can be traced to the 90s and Contract with America, but much of it is also the influence of lobbyists and rigid ways of thinking that are difficult to challenge meaningfully in a fundraising + seniority system. Class divides in Congress are an unspoken challenge, too
Even simple things like how votes are scheduled (& changed) are often hostile to parents and families.

A lot of small details in this job is pretty much assumes you have a full-time, stay at home spouse. Which makes sense, because many/most did! But if you don’t, it’s a problem
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May 4, 2023
I have yet to hear a real explanation from any official hesitating to condemn the killing of Jordan Neely about what makes condemning this violence so “complicated.”

Killing is wrong. Killing the poor is wrong. Killing the mentally ill is wrong. Why is that so hard to say?
Neely’s last words were literally about how going to jail was easier than accessing the social safety net support to get back on his feet and lead a life.

Yet leaders want to raise his record as if that warrants a public execution on the subway?

What have we come to?
I represent Rikers. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve heard from both COs and the incarcerated that there are people who commit petty crimes because their easiest way to get a bed and doctor.

For many vulnerable communities - especially the mentally ill - we make living in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Dec 13, 2022
Breakdown of FTX timeline:

1. Nov 9th: SBF emails the Bahamian AG with an offer to unfreeze FTX withdrawals in the Bahamas

2. On Nov 10, Bahamian gov puts FTX in foreign provisional liquidation. This was the day before FTX was supposed to file bankruptcy in the US.

Then…
3. SBF then makes good on his offer and unfreezes FTX withdrawals just for Bahamas for a 25.5 hour window.

4. Same day, $100 million is withdrawn from FTX by 1500 unknown people in the Bahamas.

5. Nov 16th: Bahamian-appointed liquidator goes to US bankruptcy court and argues…
…their FTX proceedings should be the main one, over FTX’s US bankruptcy filing. (Big red flag 🚩)

6. Yesterday: this explosive information is exposed yesterday when FTX filed a court declaration outlining these emails, withdrawals, & dates w/ US bankruptcy court - around 3-4pm.
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Nov 11, 2022
Let’s make something crystal clear:
- SPM courted me for donations to swing races & it was the 1st thing I did this term. Over a quarter million for Dems this cycle, DCCC facilitated some & now he denies it.
- If he isn’t aware of my visit to CA & efforts we put in, that’s on him
- Because of Dem party abandonment in key areas, statewide victories depended HEAVILY on driving up numbers in progressive areas like mine & @nywfp

- To our knowledge, I was the only NYC House Dem in a safe seat to run a full-throated heavy field operation for GOTV
What I love about his claim that we gave frontline members “donations they didn’t want”:

a) the VAST majority were good w/ early financial support to position themselves early

b) for the few who didn’t want our help + got it, where do you think we got the $ info to give? DCCC!
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Jul 15, 2022
8 items my office passed + supported today in the House NDAA:

1. Authorizing MDMA & psilocybin as substances for study in therapeutic applications 🍄(FINALLY! Took 3 yrs!)

2. New limits on arms sales to Saudi Arabia + requiring actions related to the death of Jamal Khashoggi 🇸🇦
3. Securing a report on US decontamination + cleanup efforts in Vieques & Culebra post-bombing 🇵🇷

4. Directing the State Dept to report knowledge of Colombian military involvement in assassinations and human rights violations from 1980-2010 🇨🇴
5. Prohibited US funding of aerial crop fumigation in Colombia 🇨🇴

6. Support for debt relief to developing countries 🏦

7. Moving “Block the Box” enforcement out of Defense & into Labor (important criminal justice issue!)👩🏽‍⚖️
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Jul 13, 2022
80%+ of rapes go unreported to police. Should those be treated as false too?

How do your opinions impact this coverage of assault? What impact have your actions had on that little girl and her family? As “fact checker,” how do your positions impact @washingtonpost’s coverage?
This column is horrifying. Kessler contacted the reporter demanding sensitive info about their sourcing, which they have a responsibility to protect esp in a case like this. He wanted the child’s location (!!) & contacted CHILD SERVICES to find it.

How was any of this approved??
Then when he doesn’t get the sensitive information about a 10 year old survivor of sexual assault that he wants but isn’t entitled to, he proceeds to use space in a national newspaper to cast aspersions on her story and they PUBLISH IT!

Proving why survivors don’t come forward
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