'Crazy!' AOC unloads on colleagues over brazen insider trading that 'fuels the right'
2 months ago

'Crazy!' AOC unloads on colleagues over brazen insider trading that 'fuels the right'

Raw Story  

Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez blasted her colleagues — including her own party — who she said brazenly engage in insider trading and undermine trust in government. Ocasio-Cortez joined "The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart" on Thursday to call out her fellow lawmakers on both sides for engaging in the illegal practice. Stewart suggested lawmakers sit on committees and receive information about new drugs, contracts, and more, prompting them to call a stockbroker who changes their investments, and their portfolio "swells." Ocasio-Cortez slammed her colleagues and said they "don't understand that the insider trading that happens in Congress explodes the cynicism that fuels the right."

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for oversight in GameStop saga
4 years, 2 months ago

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez calls for oversight in GameStop saga

Al Jazeera  

The Democratic congresswoman tweeted that lawmakers need to know more about Robinhood’s decision to ‘block retail investors from purchasing stock while hedge funds are freely able to trade the stock as they see fit’. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez assailed the trading curbs imposed on GameStop Corp. by Robinhood Markets Inc. and other platforms, saying the restrictions on high-flying stocks demand closer …

AOC defends time spent on Twitter: ‘Not all politics is envelopes to corporate CEOs for money’
4 years, 3 months ago

AOC defends time spent on Twitter: ‘Not all politics is envelopes to corporate CEOs for money’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday defended the time she …

Breaking news: Fox News is obsessed with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, new study finds
5 years, 11 months ago

Breaking news: Fox News is obsessed with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, new study finds

Salon  

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the progressive freshman congresswoman from New York, is a significant subject of discussion for nearly every host, commentator and analyst at Fox News. The analysis, conducted by the liberal media watchdog group Media Matters for America, claimed Ocasio-Cortez has "become an obsession on Fox News." It further called the freshman lawmaker the conservative network's latest boogeyman, described as …

Ban On Insider Trading By Lawmakers Passes House, Heads To Obama's Desk
13 years, 1 month ago

Ban On Insider Trading By Lawmakers Passes House, Heads To Obama's Desk

NPR  

Ban On Insider Trading By Lawmakers Passes House, Heads To Obama's Desk By a nearly unanimous vote this morning the House passed the STOCK Act, which as NPR's Tamara Keith has reported, "would, among other things, explicitly ban insider trading for members of Congress and their staffs." The bill passed the Senate by a 96-3 vote last week. As Tamara …

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