In an astonishing performance that calculated to have maximum impact in today's social media age, Alexandria Ocasio Cortez dismantled America's corrupt political system in 5 minutes flat.  Speaking at an Oversight Committee hearing on H.R. 1, the Democrats' ethics bill, Rep. ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Feb 8, 2019

The emergence of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as a major player in the American political scene has been astonishing to watch. The 29 year old Latina from the Bronx is not only a fearless progressive, but captivatingly self assured and incredibly well informed. This potent mix has ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Jan 29, 2019
• Opinion

It's no secret that the right-wing media hates newly sworn in congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Not just run of the mill, "I hate the left" kind of hate but with the power of a thousand exploding stars kind of hate. This is the kind of hate they reserve for Hillary Clinton ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Jan 16, 2019
• Opinion

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is doing everything liberals have been begging progressives to do for years. She working with the party. She's staying respectful instead of throwing bombs all day. She's pushing the party to the left without doing her level best to divide it. But ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Nov 19, 2018

Photo: Jeff Mitchell/Getty Images Bernie Sanders lost the 2016 Democratic primary because black women - the Democratic Party's most reliable voting bloc - voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton during the early Southern primaries, giving her a delegate lead he could never ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Nov 12, 2018

Last Friday, Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 11/9 opened in 1,719 theaters across the country – the biggest opening for any of his films – but only made $3.1 million. Although it had the highest opening for a documentary in 2018, it was a letdown compared to the famous weekend in ...read more

• By Jeremy Fassler
  Dec 20, 2018

The strangest thing has been happening over the last couple of months. Ever since winning her primary in Queens, I've been hearing an awful lot about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Most of it negative. Some of it has been her own doing, like when she got into a pointless Twitter fight ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Nov 9, 2018

Earlier today, Banter overlord Ben Cohen wrote an article calling out Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for insinuating conservative Ben Shapiro was a catcaller, the creepy guys that shout at women as they walk by. Shapiro had challenged AOC to a debate on his show for $10,000 (donated to ...read more

• By Justin Rosario
  Nov 9, 2018

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the new darling of the Bernie Sanders left, won some points today on Twitter by shutting down conservative personality Ben Shapiro after he offered her $10,000 to debate him. Here's what happened: Shapiro countered: I try not to cover too much "he ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

In a rant directed at rising Latina political star Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on her how last night, Fox News personality Laura Ingraham decried both illegal and legal immigrants in the United States for ruining the country that "we know and love." “In some parts of the country, ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018