The flip side of that is having a public/media that can maturely handle mistakes. The price of authenticity is public flaws.
People say they don’t like inauthenticity, but mistakes are effectively weaponized in politics. Inauthentic, sanitized personas can be a defense mechanism, among other things
Congress Member Profile|U.S. Representative|Democrat|New York District 14
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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Voting Record — 516
Yes37%
No59%
Present0%
Not Voting4%
Party align97%
Cross-party0%
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
U.S. RepresentativeDemocratNew York District 14
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Think about what people/communities whose opinion you *do* care about. You can even write them down and draw a circle around it.
When you focus on the opinions you do respect, it devalues the noise.
That said I’m not going to pretend stuff doesn’t get to me!But the scale it requires is much bigger
💯
Politics is both electoral and non-electoral (I’m looking for a better term than that). Change requires both.
People interested in electoral work also don’t need to run for office. There’s field, comms, etc. There are shockingly few women/poc/lgbt+/working class campaign managers, & we need them
💯. One of the biggest mistakes I see w/ campaigns is they make it too much about the candidate.
It’s counterintuitive bc campaigns in a literal + functional sense are about electing a candidate to office. But the best campaigns aren’t really abt the candidate - they organize ppl to a bigger mission
One example of my boundaries when I first ran was “I need to be me.”
In politics it’s common and acceptable to edit yourself and appear a certain way for electability. I personally can’t do that, it makes me unhappy. So I needed to win as me, or not at all. Guided and shaped a lot of decisions.
It’s beautiful! 👗
There is of course so much more, this is just the first 3 things I thought of.
Happy to clarify/answer questions about it!
1. Sit down and really think about what your non-negotiables/boundaries are. Know your “why”
2. Be strategic about the seat. Could be very local or higher up, but consider the politics and the commitment (not all are full-time!).
3. Ruth Messinger’s advice to me: “Grow Rino skin”
& knock doors!!
Imo it wasn’t a bad feature, but it’s been getting worse & more biased as of late (as are a lot of things over there).
I think it’s important that the threshold of what gets checked is high (ex. clearly incorrect / harmfully lacking context). If it’s too low, then people just keep fighting more
I love her work!
Hmmm, good question… maybe I can poke around with DOT next week for an update
Thank you so much! And I’m so happy you both like Taco Mix!! 🌮 They are wonderful
Gave her one!
Yeah honestly it came down to time (I have none) and similarity to 🐦. The Mastodon server thing sounded like something I needed to convene my team for a rec on. This took no time & the similarity to the bird app means I don’t have to learn a new UI
That said, I’m not opposed to joining Mastodon!
I’m here in a personal capacity so it’s above board. My official gov accounts (repaoc) would take more time
Imo, yes. One caveat is that many gov and public service accounts (at least at the fed level) require a platform assessment prior to joining, which likely require more safety features than are currently available (ex: 2FA)
It’s a bit early for now, but depending on how things grow it could happen!
Should we try to get these types of alerts that have real utility over here? @aoc.bsky.social
https://fortune.com/2023/04/27/new-york-mta-twitter-service-alerts-elon-musk/amp/
I don’t have any burner accounts, but I do have a bluesky account 😌
I think ostracizing fascists is good, actually. They used to wear hoods for a reason
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516 total votes
Recent roll calls with party-majority context so it is easier to scan how this member tends to vote.
| Date | Bill | Question | Position | Party Maj | Align? | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-10 | S. 1071 (119th) | Motion to Commit | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-12-10 | H. Res. 936 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-10 | H. Res. 936 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-10 | H.R. 1676 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-09 | S. 356 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-04 | H.R. 1049 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-04 | H.R. 1069 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-03 | H.R. 1005 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-03 | H.R. 4305 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-03 | H.R. 2965 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-02 | H. Res. 916 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-02 | H. Res. 916 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-02 | H.R. 4423 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-12-01 | H.R. 5348 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 3109 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H. Res. 893 (119th) | Motion to Refer | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 6019 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 4058 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 5107 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-20 | H.R. 5214 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-19 | H. Res. 888 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-11-19 | S.J. Res. 80 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-19 | H.J. Res. 131 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-19 | H.J. Res. 130 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-18 | H. Res. 888 (119th) | Motion to Refer | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-11-18 | H. Res. 878 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-18 | H. Res. 879 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-18 | H. Res. 879 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-18 | H.R. 4405 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-18 | H. Res. 878 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-11-18 | H.R. 2659 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-17 | H.R. 1608 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-13 | H.R. 5371 (119th) | Accept Senate changes | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-11-12 | H. Res. 873 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-19 | H. Res. 719 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | YES | ✕ | Passed |
| 2025-09-19 | H.R. 5371 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-19 | H.R. 5371 (119th) | Send back to committee | YES | YES | ✓ | Failed |
| 2025-09-18 | H.R. 1047 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-18 | H.R. 3015 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-18 | H.R. 3062 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-17 | H. Res. 713 (119th) | Kill the motion | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-17 | H.R. 5143 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-17 | H.R. 5125 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-17 | H. Res. 722 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-17 | H. Res. 722 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-16 | H.R. 5140 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-16 | H.R. 4922 (119th) | Final passage | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-16 | H.R. 2721 (119th) | Fast-track passage | YES | YES | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-16 | H. Res. 707 (119th) | Approve resolution | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
| 2025-09-16 | H. Res. 707 (119th) | End debate now | NO | NO | ✓ | Passed |
Alignment stats consider only votes where a clear yes/no majority existed for the legislator's party. Cross-party marks divergence where the vote matched the opposite party majority. ↔ indicates cross-party divergence.