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...James launched the Fifteen Per Cent Pledge in 2020 in response to the murder of George Floyd....
...*This article has been amended to reflect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s approach to the rally in Times Square...
...The spirit of George Floyd is never far from Bridgette Stewart, an anti-violence activist from a group, Agape Movement, that tends George Floyd Square in Minneapolis....
...Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, supposedly the torchbearer of the progressive left, “is just a regular old Democrat now”, according to New York magazine....
...Republicans have sought to portray Democrats as “soft” on the issue, especially after calls by progressive activists to “defund” the police in big cities after the murder of George Floyd in 2020....
...Prominent progressive lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also called for Bolsonaro to be returned to Brazil....
...Before FTX’s implosion, Sam Bankman-Fried had emerged as the second-largest donor to Democrats after George Soros, spending $36mn during the midterm election campaign....
...Most recently, the 50-50 split in the Senate of the 107th Congress reflected the epic George W Bush-Al Gore presidential contest of 2000, when the result depended on the infamous “hanging chads” in Florida...
...The relationship worsened following protests prompted by the police murder in Minnesota of George Floyd in May 2020....
...Paul Gosar, a Republican lawmaker from Arizona, who was censured last week by the House of Representatives for posting a video to social media depicting him killing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a fellow member...
...George HW Bush, then president, was under pressure to fill a court opening with a rib-rock conservative, and he promised that Thomas would be a “home run”....
...The registered nurse and former childcare worker who represents Missouri’s first congressional district counts herself a member of the progressive “Squad” that includes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York...
...be given to each, Free America would be the fading visage of Ronald Reagan; Smart America would be the Clintons; Real America would be Sarah Palin and Trump; and Just America would be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
...During the George W Bush and Trump administrations, Republicans comfortably passed large-scale tax cut packages using their own majorities in Congress, even if they sharply increased US deficits....
...Meanwhile, many of those who campaigned last year for greater racial equality in the wake of George Floyd’s murder have found common cause with Palestinians....
...Despite raising less than $800,000, or around 2 per cent of Ms McGrath’s haul, Mr Booker’s campaign picked up steam during the widespread protests following the killing of George Floyd last month, and the...
...Last week Ms Ocasio-Cortez was one of the first to suggest a need for congressional hearings as she described the restrictions as “unacceptable”....
...She has benefited from a number of recent endorsements, including from Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Bronx Congresswoman and progressive star....
...But Mr Bowman’s supporters believe the Covid-19 pandemic, which has disproportionately affected black and Latino Americans, along with the protest movement following the death of George Floyd, have underscored...
...Larry Lindsey, a Republican economist who served in the George W Bush administration, said: “Michelle knows more about the world and how things work than probably a solid majority of Congress.”...
...It is a bad week when you have equally enraged both Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Fox News....
...His message contrasted with Democrats such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who embraces the “democratic socialist” label....
...Philonise Floyd appeared on Capitol Hill alongside Benjamin Crump, the Floyd family’s lawyer, and 10 other witnesses a day after George Floyd’s funeral in Houston, Texas....
...As Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez put it: “We now need to know more about Robinhood’s decision to block retail investors from purchasing stock, while hedge funds are freely able to trade...
...Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the leftwing New York congresswoman, tweeted on Friday that many Democratic candidates had “awful execution” in their digital advertising....
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