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      Donald Trump: Joe Biden is a 'puppet of the militant left' – video

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      Donald Trump has claimed that ‘nobody will be safe’ in a Joe Biden presidency in a rhetorical escalation as he seeks to reboot his struggling re-election campaign. Speaking at an event in Florida, Trump called his likely Democratic rival a ‘puppet’ of senator Bernie Sanders and representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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      Biden courts Ocasio-Cortez – but is she willing to lend her support?

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      The Sanders-supporting congresswoman has yet to offer her endorsement. What would it take for her to offer her support? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York. ‘Unity isn’t a feeling,’ she said this week. ‘I think Biden can go further.’ Photograph: Johannes Eisele/AFP via Getty Images Progressive favorite Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hasn’t made an appearance on Joe Biden’s […] More

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      Can America’s Progressive Movement Thrive Without Bernie Sanders?

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      Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders quit his presidential bid in early April and endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden soon thereafter. Sanders’ campaign suffered heavily from a coalition of his centrist opponents and could never recover from the surprise poor showing on Super Tuesday, making it just a matter of time before he abandoned the race […] More

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      Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez decries 'shameful' corporate bailout – video

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      Play Video 1:06 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez clashed with Republicans as the US Senate voted on a $2.2tn coronavirus relief bill on Friday. She said it was a ‘shameful’ corporate bailout that would further widen the income inequality gap. ‘What did the Senate majority fight for?’ the New York congresswoman asled. ‘One of the largest corporate bailouts […] More

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      Leftwing Texan inspired by Ocasio-Cortez in bid to upset top Republican

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      New York congresswoman endorses progressive Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez in effort to unseat John Cornyn in the Senate Seven Democratic candidates have caught the eye of progressive champion Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her recently launched political action committee Courage to Change. Six of these candidates – all women of color – are running for Congress. Related: Donald […] More

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      Ted Cruz tried to mock AOC’s scientific knowledge – it didn’t end well

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      The Texas senator tried to pick a fight after Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out Mike Pence’s coronavirus credentials If you were in search of a scientifically minded, steadying presence to guide the country through the potential fallout of the coronavirus, you could not do much worse than Vice-President Mike Pence. This being the Donald Trump administration, […] More

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      Ocasio-Cortez faces 13 challengers – but can anyone unseat her?

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      Eight Republicans and five Democrats are vying to take on AOC – but many voters in the district are voicing support for the congresswoman Democratic leftist superstar Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has risen to national – and even global – fame from an unlikely position as a young first-time congresswoman from New York. Related: ‘Try to keep […] More