Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2024Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive 688217288721466
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18/12/2024You know it’s bad when even Trump is pity posting through it 💀 1854379012125
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Tried my best. Sorry I couldn’t pull it through everyone - we live to fight another day. ♥️ 91271134865877
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 17/12/2024WE ARE STILL IN THIS. Wipe your tears. This is the difficult business of hope and defying expectation. We do not give up. We run through the tape. Y’all aren’t allowed to throw in the towel until I do. 😉 Big breath. Locked in. Let’s do this. 31348619310807
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024STAY POSITIVE! 2038499353844
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024We can do this. Tomorrow is the day. Do not give up early. Do not be discouraged! A close vote is what we needed here and that’s what we got. Stay POSITIVE and PRAYERFUL and I will be working. 466162421153
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 16/12/2024If you’re able, please send some prayers and positivity our way for today and tomorrow please 🙏🏽 Gracias! 2031424612828
Reposted by ActivechatPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Don't assume maximalist outcomes for the Trump administration. That's a form of psychological surrender. We should attempt to exploit every stumble, failure, and misstep, and there will be stumbles, failures, and missteps. 372145462870
Reposted by ActivechatChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 07/12/2024They’re planning a heist in plain sight. 780178875814
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 07/12/2024I’m excited for @gregcasar.bsky.social’s leadership at the Progressive Caucus. He’s going to be great. 417152182003
Reposted by ActivechatChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Last night, I spoke with Amnesty International's executive director about their new report on Israel's war in Gaza and its conclusion that Israel is committing genocide. www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPSi...youtube.com'This is genocide': Amnesty International accuses Israel of Gaza genocideYouTube video by MSNBC 27964211652
Reposted by ActivechatAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/12/2024AOC: This brings me to Hanlon's razor which is to not ascribe to malice what can be more easily attributed to stupidity 193103541346
Reposted by ActivechatPaul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead 1268279216905
Reposted by Activechatjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 03/12/2024the frenzy over the hunter biden pardon is a good reminder that the press knows how to make something a scandal and has decided that nothing trump does is truly deserving of that treatment 10315253812126
Reposted by ActivechatJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Call me crazy, but I think Justin Sun, a Chinese national being prosecuted for fraud by the SEC, sending Trump $18 million should be a bigger story The direct enrichment of Trump by a foreign national weeks before he takes office has merited no coverage in the NYT or Washington Postpopular.infoA Chinese national, charged with fraud by the SEC, just sent Donald Trump $18 millionChinese Crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun paid $6.2 million for a banana — sold by Sotheby's as conceptual art — and then ate it last Friday. 679225189503
Reposted by ActivechatMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024"Repeat after me: there was no 'landslide'. There was no 'blowout'. There was no 'sweeping' mandate given to Trump by the electorate. The numbers don’t lie." My new Guardian op-ed on the new GOP election lie - and why it's important to rebut it! I brought (lots of) receipts:theguardian.comDonald Trump didn’t win by a historic landslide. It’s time to nip that lie in the bud | Mehdi HasanIn 2024, we have a new post-election lie – Trump didn’t just win, Republicans say, but he won big. He won a landslide. That’s false 592193605200
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record. They run them bc people react to them the most. If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change. It’s not easy and takes constant practice! 22079777016140
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Did anyone else first see this on Clarissa Explains It All and pined over it the rest of their childhood 107017147620
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024These losers do this because their only shot at companionship is a hostage situation, so they spend all day harassing people into thinking a woman’s self worth should resemble their own. If they tried being kind and not approaching every relationship as a transaction, they would be much happier 314220172300
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Let’s start a Baja Blast happy hour. First of every month - today can run through the 2nd. Cocktail and mocktail recipes + photos welcome 🚀 2986530362
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024People are leaving Twitter because it’s not fun anymore and no one is obligated to be on a platform they don’t enjoy. It’s not rocket science. 286714013912667
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 02/12/2024And ironically the articles chastising people to stay on Twitter won’t even circulate on there or Meta because they both suppress links to journalism! 😂 22515963972
Reposted by ActivechatAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 01/12/2024there will be more articles written next week about the threat of “cancel culture” than there will be about this 15058941443
Reposted by ActivechatChris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Fun fact: there’s never been a Democratic director of the FBI in its entire history. 719183843417
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 01/12/2024And where reputable journalists and thinkers go, so do elected officials. I’ve been getting asked lately about a more serious + systemic migration to Bluesky among electeds. Idk the answer but it highlights how much of a breaking point misinfo & throttling has become for Twitter(& other platforms) 423207112340
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Many are reckoning w the role Elon played in the election & how he artificially manipulated X’s algorithm for his purposes. There is real concern about legitimizing misinfo w/ their presence. Of course, there ARE people there, and that is not easily dismissed. But talks of a larger switch are real 1895943406
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Oh look! It’s a gallery of things I must now order online because it takes 20 minutes to find the Keeper of the Deodorant Key 2363359613634
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 29/11/2024I am such a believer in this. Down-ballot is the way. It’s also how we build a sustainable future of good leaders and infrastructure to elect and support them, as well as the movements they represent. We don’t just need strong candidates. We need strong organizers, managers, CoS, grassroots, etc. 588229553268
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy that isn’t a selfie. 379714228534
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024In 2018 Dems elected the largest class to Congress since Watergate, ~60 seats. A lot of it was, yes, Trump backlash. But the winners also had another thing in common, despite a wide range of differences: most rejected corporate PAC money. It’s a hugely compelling factor to voters & underdiscussed 378187712322
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024One reason it isn’t discussed more is bc lots of money and influence relies on pressuring electeds into taking corporate money and rejecting/reversing these no-lobbyist $ pledges. I know members who went back on their promise and later lost seats to GOP. Voters want ppl who stand up to corruption 742910187
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Some say the results of the election disprove that, but I think if you sit w the specific messages the opposition leaned into and what people heard, it is worth examining. The RFK Jr / MAHA thing did resonate w/people. Naming big pharma, big ag, etc. They’re a lying mess, but the words were there 893339178
Reposted by ActivechatAnil Dash @anildash.com · 26/11/2024Signal alone is not enough. If you are an activist, you need a complete self-defense against surveillance. @eff.org has been maintaining these resources for years: ssd.eff.orgssd.eff.orgSurveillance Self-DefenseWe’re the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an independent non-profit working to protect online privacy for over thirty years. This is Surveillance Self-Defense: our expert guide to protecting you and y... 12639601419
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Good. It’s horrific how other platforms abused their reach to strangle local, independent, and national outlets alike. I WANT to see news and actual vetted work and I WANT journalists to get rewarded for it. Because I want to live in a thinking human world over some AI generated slop dystopia 539473335445
Reposted by ActivechatHaymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 26/11/2024Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars programhaymarketbooks.app.neoncrm.comBooks Not Bars 2024 Holiday CampaignBOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated. In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm... 3934091986
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 26/11/2024He’s gonna call Elon next and give him $8 for a blue check 😂😂😂 2358970632
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024What are some accessible Infosec & Opsec resources that activists, journalists, and organizers can turn to in preparation for the Trump admin? Preparing for a fascist regime can feel scary and paralyzing. This seems like an area where people can take control w/ concrete steps. Please share below 👇🏽 1262149442705
Reposted by ActivechatOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 25/11/2024going to keep saying: it's important for basic functioning for a society to discourage baldfaced lying 363218580
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024The Meta thing is interesting because users have been vocally opposed to all these tweaks along the way & they have defended each one w/ metrics+engagement. But when there’s competition, people are moving. It’s a reminder that engagement ≠ enjoyment. Wonder what experts have to say about this ⬇️ 31011049905
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Happy Thanksgiving week, everyone. We’ve been spending the last few days addressing food insecurity across NYC. Shout out to our supporters, small-dollar contributors, and volunteers who make all this happen and help us support similar efforts across the country. I am really grateful. ♥️ Thank you 382187851552
Reposted by ActivechatMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Very interesting that crypto and AIPAC seemed to collaborate on so many races! perfectunion.us/investigatio...perfectunion.usINVESTIGATION: The Super PACs Trying To Take Down Working Class Candidates For CongressInside the flood of billionaire super PAC money — $18 million in 3 months — that's targeting working class candidates 521907389
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Know 👏🏽 your 👏🏽 worth! 👏🏽 421196012569
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The other exploding area of dark money in politics is the crypto lobby. They have dumped insane sums in elections in both parties (Dem primaries + GOP general elections). It’s pretty bad 519127222197
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Really excited to listen to the new Kendrick album. I’m waiting until I have the space and attention to listen to it all the way through uninterrupted, and give it the respect it deserves. Hopefully tomorrow 1169448861206
Reposted by ActivechatErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/11/2024This is entirely true. A lot of the high value posters have moved here, people who intelligently discuss important topics, report on news that major media outlets are often so slow on, and whats more... the trolls, hate comments, and slurs are a tiny fraction of what they are on Elon's twitter. 1297229653
Reposted by ActivechatEvan Greer @evangreer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I could not sit silent while an elected official who spreads hate & lies that are getting trans people killed pretends to care about the future of the Internet. So I spoke up during Rep Nancy Mace's speech at the Project Liberty Summit & I would do it again www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-11... 33773421203
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024AIPAC went after less targets than they suggested they would. And some of our strongest pickups in PA, IL survived. I think that’s worth exploring. Reflection doesn’t automatically mean capitulation or left-punching. It can mean actively identifying the strategies that are actually *working,* too. 2027827465
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 23/11/2024I agree on the centrist point and frankly there are a lot of people out there who are just saying what they need to say to cover their ass and cash a check. It sucks. The Cheney thing is a clear example of a bad idea that the people who pushed it won’t take responsibility for. They need to 3095811347
Reposted by ActivechatAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/11/2024There have been a lot of times where I feel like we need to have honest discussions on the left about what has worked and what hasn’t, share observations without judgement, but it feels like there isn’t much space for it. I think it’s holding us back. I wonder how and where we can accomplish that. 1994202951412