Summary
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, after he suggested her “Know Your Rights with ICE” webinar could be illegal.
The event informed immigrants about their rights during ICE raids. Homan claimed the webinar might impede immigration enforcement and said he was working with the DOJ to determine legal action.
AOC dismissed his remarks, stating, “Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start.”
She continues to oppose Trump’s immigration policies, including efforts to revoke birthright citizenship.
She needs to keep going. She needs to speak to them the same way they speak to everyone else. She needs to use every bit of her position to mother fuck these cowards at every turn. Call them out, and show their ignorance every single fucking time and in every single fucking forum.
She needs to demand her coworkers do the same. She needs to shame them when they don’t or when they compromise. The time for pleasantries is long past.
If she does, others will follow, but it will be dangerous, so I understand if she just keeps doing what she is doing. It is at least miles more than most of them.
Bla bla bla, man shouts at clouds, but no one listens.
It’s AOC with the steel chair!
My god, the pressure she is experiencing right now…
She and Bernie are carrying the entire weight of the opposition party and therefore the future of the country. I don’t envy them.
How can the “free speech” party so consistently get it wrong when it comes to the First Amendment?
“the law only applies when and where and how we say it does”
Free speech is a code for hate speech. It really is that simple.
“Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.”
AOC 2028
i’m ready.
even have some (unofficial) campaign gear.
AOC for Speaker! Congress needs fixing too.
Today, yeah, I’ll push my rep to vote for her in 2026. Goodness knows he won’t be…
Dems would need a majority first. Then they’d have to agree to get rid of Jeffries (who has only been Minority Leader at this point and unlikely to let go without a fight).
I swear, this site is full of people who have no fucking clue how US politics works in the real world.
More like Dems need to stop self sabotaging themselves for fear of not appeasing their corporate masters. Everytime a good dem candidate that is actually for the people gets popular they get ousted because they are actually “left” not center right.
I’d take democratic any day though compared to hard Reich maga shitheads
I want a sandwich! Fuck, that would mean I would have to go get bread, cheese and other fixings. Guess I can’t have a sandwich because I know how making lunch works in the real world.
No, it would be more like “I want a sandwich, but I have no idea what a sandwich actually is”
“I swear, this site is full of people who have no fucking clue how US politics works in the real world.”
My take away is that non-USians seem to understand politics better; generally. I know that’s a gross generalisation but the amount of US people who think “team blue” is both liberal and left wing is just sad…
Its true a lot of us arent the most politically educated, but that ones not an example. “Liberal” in an American context is usually referring to social liberalism, not economic. Using it in an economic sense doesnt make sense in a country where public healthcare is on the furthest left end of the overton window
The Dems definitely need someone with a bite in that position. AOC would be a good choice, indeed.
I have a hunch she’ll be in prison before that happens.
You can run from Prison
It’s what Trump would do.
conservatism is a disease that untreated will often develop into fascism
So he was the cool guy as Obama’s border czar, but the bad guy when keeping the same policies under Trump?
I’ve always wonder why the US uses a title from Imperial Russia to refer to the heads of special activity like drug czar and border czar. No seriously, any ideas why?
It’s a term that indicates a leader, and its origins are thousands of years before imperial Russia.
It’s a derivative of the Latin “Caesar”, and many cultures have used the term (or its derivatives) to indicate a leader. Pre-Weimar Germany was led by the Kaiser, a German adaptation of the title.
Right, but its specifically a slavic/russian derivation of the word ceasar.
This is relatively new, it started with Obama I believe. It was sort of a joke that went non-ironic at some point.
Well before that. I was going to say Reagan, but that’s wrong too
No it started under Bush Jr. with the Drug Czar position.
Maybe AOC should tell her illegal aliens in her district on how to legally enter the country rather than to hide from ICE
Get the fuck out of here. AOC has been the only politician that I truly believe is fighting for the american people.
If they are already in the country then it would be pointless to describe how to enter the country.
don’t start a war of words with someone infinitely more intelligent than you are, mr homan.
His name sounds like he’s a ferengi from star trek. “Listen here, female hoo-man”. Kinda makes sense, they are like ferengi.
What happened to the immigrants they were hauling off to Guantánamo Bay? Has there been an update on that?
Fuck she’s cool
I hate the snidey childish way politicians talk.
Yeah repubs love it though
yeah what a shitty theater it all is.
“on her X social media account” “hosted on her Facebook page.”
This person is part of the establishment.
I’ve seen her on Tic Tok too, she’s going to where the people are.
Yes she’s going where the votes are, that’s what politicians do.
Not defending her, but she is also on Bluesky
Social media contributes to the polarization of public discourse and should absolutely be boycotted. However, this polarization manifests in various ways, and your comment is a good example of this. When everything becomes a purity test, we fall into extremism. To counter the rise of fascism, you must be willing to unite with those who do not share your opinions.
