She dresses well for someone who couldn't afford to rent a Dc apartment.

No one is forcing those people to live in DC.

Mra? Minimum....?

Prognightmare said:

---

---

".@brianstelter points out that Fox News spent more time Friday on the shoes of @Ocasio2018 than on climate change"

Wait a minute -- does no one remember how much liberal news and Twitstagram time was spent on Melania's shoes and during disaster relief efforts last year?

https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/08/melania-trump-hurricane-harvey-heels
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/fashion/melania-trump-hurricane-harvey-heels-texas.html
https://www.aol.com/article/lifestyle/2018/09/14/melania-trump-hurricane-florence-hurricane-harvey-heels-twitter/23527398/

That AOL "article" provides its entry into the competition for Most Absurd Fake News Sentence of 2018: "Social media was quick to resurface Melania's divisive choice in footwear this time around."

First of all, I feel your company should be burned to the ground for that deplorably invalid use of the transitive verb "resurface". Second, the noun phrase "Melania's divisive choice in footwear" is a nice little piece of propaganda shaping the tone of the narrative to make all of the performative triggered-lib outrage look like it's her fault. The article is basically saying, "Well, she wouldn't have gotten outrage-raped if she hadn't been walking in that neighborhood wearing those sexy stilettos!"

thirdcoast said:

---

Can't wait until this drama student audition becomes a real debate with a challenger.

---

This is like a 1980s movie Inspirational Speech.
Who wants to start the slow clap?

mathguy86 said:

---

She's free to pay them more out of her own pocket. She should be used to sharing tips anyways.

---

Looks like she is going to pay them $15 per hour, but not out of her pocket.

Math is definitely not her thing.

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/12/05/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-promises-to-pay-her-interns-dollar15-an-hour-or-more-after-slamming-unpaid-internships-in-congress/23609504/

"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez promises to pay her interns $15 an hour or more, after slamming unpaid internships in Congress.

• Her pledge days after she slammed her future colleagues in both parties for employing unpaid interns and for not paying staffers a "living wage."
• "Very few members of Congress actually pay their interns. We will be one of them," she said on Tuesday.
• A 2017 report found that just 8% of Republicans and 3.6% of Democrats in the House pay their interns.

Ocasio-Cortez's tweet on Monday came after a reporter said that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, another New York Democrat, is hiring an unpaid intern. Hours later, Schumer's office announced that the job posting had been made "in error" and said that Schumer's interns will be paid a stipend in the new Congress.

From 2019, both the Senate and the House will have funds to pay interns. The House will be given $8.8 million to distribute across members' offices, and the Senate will be given $5 million.

Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged the new fund, noting that it will give $20,000 per member of Congress for their interns. Each member of Congress is allowed four interns at a time."

Looks like she shamed Chuck Schumer while she was at it.

Don't spend that living wage $5k all in one place.

$60k per year in DC is a "living wage"

Old Tom Morris said:

---

Don't spend that living wage $5k all in one place.

---

They can supplement that by working as waitpersons and bartenders in a D.C. dive. Tips are great! And they'll get to see the boss for late night dining!

Don't forget Federal, State, and local taxes on the 5 grand.

MRA = Members' Representational Allowance

I cannot believe this idiot is now getting paid over 170K a year on the tax payer's dime placing her in the top 2% of all income earners in the entire country. What a travesty.

justcallmeharry said:

---

Old Tom Morris said:

---

Don't spend that living wage $5k all in one place.

---

They can supplement that by working as waitpersons and bartenders in a D.C. dive. Tips are great! And they'll get to see the boss for late night dining!

Don't forget Federal, State, and local taxes on the 5 grand.

---

Plus, waiting tables is the new shortcut to elected office.

The point of an internship is to make connections in the real world while in college, not to earn money. Dems ruin something else. Just like minimum wage jobs are designed for low skill entry level work, not to live off of.

justcallmeharry said:

---

mathguy86 said:

---

She's free to pay them more out of her own pocket. She should be used to sharing tips anyways.

---

Looks like she is going to pay them $15 per hour, but not out of her pocket.


From 2019, both the Senate and the House will have funds to pay interns. The House will be given $8.8 million to distribute across members' offices, and the Senate will be given $5 million.

Ocasio-Cortez acknowledged the new fund, noting that it will give $20,000 per member of Congress for their interns. Each member of Congress is allowed four interns at a time."

Looks like she shamed Chuck Schumer while she was at it.

---

The passive-tense of those statements should be derided. "Given funds" from where? Did Congress go to the people and ask to raise taxes or cut benefits so they could hire more interns?

We don't need a "deep state" to destroy the country. The visible Shallow State is doing it without any limitation. $21trillion and counting....

I could 100% see her eventually getting bored to the point where she no-call/no-shows her obligations.

This chick is too stupid for words. She doesn't understand math, economics, or basically anything. Her platitudes are a bunch of meaningless words assembled together like a scrabble board where "racism", "climate change", and "income inequality" are the center and you just put nonsense around them.

BTW - maybe irrelevant but I also don't get people saying "wood". Compared to Nancy Pelosi? Sure, but I'm not sure I could pick her out of a lineup that included the crypt keeper from the 80s HBO show. Compared to your average non-obese 28 year old woman? Umm no

My wife is sexier and I've made her a staunch conservative. She's a teacher to boot, so she's guiding youth down the right path.

Prognightmare said:

---

My wife is sexier and I've made her a staunch conservative. She's a teacher to boot, so she's guiding youth down the right path.

---

Rules

I honestly believe that these socialist believe if it passes the House then it IS law.

Prognightmare said:

---

I honestly believe that these socialist believe if it passes the House then it IS law.

---

They might believe they'll get some new "laws" passed today and tomorrow and put in place throughout the land by Monday. Even those rookies who have yet to take office can be a part of that.

It's that simple.

The Congressional Black Caucus just has to allow this nut to become a member. She would fit right in with Sheila Jackson Lee, Hank Johnson, Maxine Waters, and Frederica Wilson.

Prognightmare said:

---

I honestly believe that these socialist believe if it passes the House then it IS law.

---

It seems that the new resident communist does not know who pays the bills.

Maybe it is time for a more senior Dim to tell Ocasio to STFU and learn a little.

These rookies are going to be looking for a new line of work in two years.
1. They'll be primaried by the lobbyists.
2. Their own party will turn on them for exposing how the game is played.

Prognightmare said:

---

---

I suppose it's too much to ask for a sitting US Representative to show some decorum and stay out of flamefests.

Old Tom Morris said:

---

Prognightmare said:

---

---

So threatening abuse of power over internet memes. Pretty much what I'd expect.

---

Power has already gone to her head, and she isn't even in office.

techno-ag said:

---

Prognightmare said:

---

---

I suppose it's too much to ask for a sitting US Representative to show some decorum and stay out of flamefests.

---

Perhaps us Trump supporters shouldn't throw stones in this case.

Tex100 said:

---

techno-ag said:

---

Prognightmare said:

---

---

I suppose it's too much to ask for a sitting US Representative to show some decorum and stay out of flamefests.

---

Perhaps us Trump supporters shouldn't throw stones in this case.

---

He usually doesn't start them. He finishes them.

Tex100 said:

---

Old Tom Morris said:

---

Pro said:

---

So threatening abuse of power over internet memes. Pretty much what I'd expect.


Power has already gone to her head, and she isn't even in office.

---

---

---

That power is awfully lonely in its present location.

Prognightmare said:

---

---

I'm not watching the video. Cliff's notes?