Tag: Medicare For All

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY 14) at SXSW in 2019. The progressive firebrand has drawn criticism for passing on donations she solicits from small dollar contributors to Corporatist Democrats, who act against the campaign promises she has made to her constituents. CC BY-SA 2.0 by nrkbeta. Image was cropped from the original.

DSA mum after AOC began regifting small dollar donations from supporting a progressive agenda to Corporatist Democrats

The NYC DSA have chosen to silent after controversy errupted over reports that U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is regifting small dollar donations to Corporatist Democrats.

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An unknown number of individuals, who died during the Coronavirus pandemic, were buried in mass graves in New York City's potter's field, located on Hart Island. Source : Melinda Hunt, preview of Webm video that was cropped from the original (CC BY 3.0)

AOC didn’t fight for Medicare For All during a pandemic, but she’ll help pay for your funeral if you died from COVID-19

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced the inclusion of funeral cost reimbursements but not universal healthcare in the latest Federal COVID-19 disaster aid bill.

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U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA 12) was reëlected as House Speaker on 3 January 2021. Her speakership was the target of a pressure politics campaign launched by comedian Jimmy Dore in a bid to compel a floor vote for Medicare For All. The campaign revealed how self-described progressives placed their loyalty to Speaker Pelosi before their commitment to a single-payer, universal healthcare system, even during a deadly pandemic. C-Span (Screen Shot) (Fair Use)

AOC, DSA try to move beyond unexpected social media fracas that challenged their progressive credentials, tested their loyalty to Pelosi over Medicare For All

Nancy Pelosi was reëlected as House Speaker, despite a social media campaign launched by Jimmy Dore against AOC and the Squad to fight for Medicare For All. Now, the AOC and the DSA are trying to pretend that they weren’t unmasked as unprincipled.

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