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Ocasio Cortez is an ally,

not an enemy.

She's a young, hard working liberal Democrat who caught the political bug and ran an astounding ground game to win office.

She caught lightening in a bottle.

We should be celebrating her, not demonizing her.

Edit to add: Democrats in New York State support her. Democrats of all stripes support her. Hillary Democrats, Bernie Democrats, Unaffiliated Voters, non voters... everyone.

If she's not a good fit for your district, fine. She a great fit for this New York district, though.

Enough of the bashing of this young, enthused, and engaged Democrat.

Ocasio Cortez is a uniter, not a divider

Chicago

Maine doctor says she is likely to challenge Susan Collins for Senate in 2020

A Down East physician who is “tired of seeing what’s going on” in Washington is likely to declare within weeks that she will challenge U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ re-election in 2020.

“I can’t sit idly by and just watch this,” Cathleen London, who practices in Milbridge, said Friday. “I can’t keep watching this train wreck.”

London said she used to respect Collins for her independence and willingness to split with the Republican orthodoxy on issues such as abortion. But not anymore.

After the senator’s vote to block repeal of the Affordable Care Act last summer, London said, Collins has repeatedly sided with the GOP and President Donald Trump, instead of her constituents in Maine.

“Ever since, she’s gone the other way,” said London, a Democrat who serves on her party’s state committee.
She said Collins “sold us out on taxes” and has failed to stand up for Maine on a range of issues.

http://www.sunjournal.com/maine-doctor-says-she-is-likely-to-challenge-susan-collins-for-senate-in-2020/#.WzbI-op9QX0.twitter

All of these beautiful people protesting across the country

and around the globe are giving me so much hope.

I couldn't attend my local protest today, but I'm following it on twitter, and it's such a bright spot on what has been an awful week.

A.G. Underwood Files Lawsuit Challenging Trump Administration Family Separation Policy

NEW YORK – Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood filed a lawsuit today challenging the Trump Administration’s policy of forced family separation on the U.S. southern border. The multistate lawsuit was filed by a coalition of 18 Attorneys General in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.

“Keeping children separated from their parents is inhumane, unconscionable, and illegal – and we’re filing suit to stop it,” said Attorney General Underwood. “By tearing children away from their parents and sending them hundreds of miles away, the Trump administration has already caused unfathomable trauma to these children, while undermining New York’s fundamental interests in protecting their health, safety, and wellbeing. This is not who we are as a country, and we won’t stand by as the Trump administration undermines the Constitution and our rights.”

The lawsuit filed by the Attorneys General argues that the Trump Administration has violated the constitutional due process rights of the parents and children by separating them as a matter of course and without any finding that the parent poses a threat to the children. The policy is also irrationally discriminatory, in violation of the constitutional guarantee of equal protection, because it targets only people crossing our southwestern border, the majority of whom are from Latin America, and not anyone crossing the northern border or entering the United States elsewhere. The states also argue that this policy once again violates the Administrative Procedure Act, because it is arbitrary and capricious, and that the Administration has been violating U.S. asylum laws by turning people away at ports of entry without allowing them to request asylum.

https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/ag-underwood-files-lawsuit-challenging-trump-administration-family-separation-policy

https://twitter.com/NewYorkStateAG/status/1013101341818966018

Civility

This is another young New York female candidate we should be watching.

Unlike Ocasio, Liuba is aiming to turn a red seat, blue.

Hillary Clinton: 'What is more uncivil than taking children away?'