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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Shared the Products She Uses to Do Her Own Makeup for Public Appearances


Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez isn’t running for president—at 30, she’s got another five years before she’s even allowed to—but she has been spending some time on the campaign trail lately as a high-profile endorser of Bernie Sanders. The congresswoman went to Los Angeles with the campaign on Saturday, December 21, where she spoke at a rally, but before greeting the crowd, she greeted her Instagram followers with a little look into her makeup routine and why, though she’s great at doing her makeup, she wishes it wasn’t considered a necessity for women in politics.

“So, first and foremost, I do not have a glam team. I don’t have a hairstylist, I don’t have a makeup artist that I take on the road with me. I do my own makeup,” Ocasio-Cortez says in a makeup-free video taken with her phone’s front-facing camera, explaining that the only time a professional does her makeup is when TV station makeup artists do it so it shows up correctly on-camera. “So it’s all very DIY, especially if you’re a woman running for office. You just have to learn how to do your own makeup. And I did it with lots of YouTube tutorials.”

She then shares a photo of the makeup she brought with her to L.A., and while she didn’t list the specific products, it appears she’s using Huda Beauty’s Easy Bake Powder and Matte & Metal Melted Shadow, the Allure Best of Beauty and Readers’ Choice award-winning L’Oréal Voluminous Lash Paradise Mascara, Nars Pure Radiant Tinted Moisturizer and what appears to be a Nars blush, a Kat Von D Shade & Light Contour palette, Fenty Beauty Match Stix, a Glossier Haloscope highlighter, as well as few other items, including her go-to Stila Stay All Day Liquid Lipstick in Beso—the red she famously wore throughout her own Congressional campaign in 2018.

Along with the photo, she wrote, “This is what I used today. It’s more than usual (for me) but campaign stops have a zillion lights, lots of cameras, etc and it needs to stay on for a very long day.” She also noted, “Most of these products have excellent dupes! I also use dupes/drugstore bb cream for everyday makeup too.”



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Ivanka Trump Opposes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Federal Jobs Guarantee


“I don’t think most Americans, in their heart, want to be given something,” Ivanka Trump told Fox News’ Steve Hilton in an interview about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal proposal earlier this week. “I’ve spent a lot of time traveling around this country over the last four years. People want to work for what they get.” (In addition to an outline on how to achieve net-zero emissions in the next decade, the Green New Deal proposal would also create millions of new jobs and offer a guaranteed federal job at a livable wage; one recent poll found 71 percent of Americans supported a hike in the federal minimum wage. But OK, Ivanka.)

It’s a rich observation from a woman who has quite literally been given not just “something,” but much, much more wealth and privilege than most Americans will ever see. On Fox, Trump went on: “I think that this idea of a guaranteed minimum is not something most people want. They want the ability to be able to secure a job. They want the ability to live in a country where there’s the potential for upward mobility.”

It was a comical, if tragic picture: Trump after all has a guaranteed job (working for her father’s real estate empire and in his White House) and a rather maximum wage (she and her husband Jared Kushner have made at least $82 million in outside income as they serve in the White House). What qualifies her to speculate about what Americans in desperate financial situations with which she has zero experience do and do not want?

I know just how rose-colored her vision must be. Early in my own career, I had an obvious leg up. My mother is a famous writer, and so when I decided to write, too, I began miles ahead of the usual start line. I sold my first novel at 19 for way more than I would have if my mother weren’t Erica Jong. I knew better than to believe that talent alone got me to where I am now. Nepotism is deeply unfair, and anyone who says otherwise is blinded by their own delusions.

Someone who did not benefit from nepotism? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who wasted no time and minced no words in her response to Trump on Twitter. During her now-famous primary campaign, she wore actual holes into her shoes as she and her staff knocked on 120,000 doors. The contrast could not be starker: Ivanka Trump has worn glass Manolo Blahniks since birth, but somehow convinced herself she pulled each up with (custom, probably) bootstraps. Ocasio-Cortez was so determined to walk in her constituents’ shoes—to understand their needs and dreams—that she shredded her own.

Unlike Trump, AOC wasn’t gifted a cushy job in her father’s real estate business. Before she was elected, she worked as a waitress and a bartender. One has to imagine that the woman who knocked on all those doors and worked late shifts might know a little more about what the average American wants than the daughter of real estate impresario who married the heir to another real estate fortune does.

Wealth can insulate a person from the real world, but alas no rich person has figured out how to make it fend off negative press. In Vanity Fair, Bess Levin wrote, “Ivanka Trump comes from a long line of assholes who confuse inheriting money with hard work.” In the Daily Beast, Erin Gloria Ryan wrote, “Ivanka, like her father and siblings, was born on third base and thinks she invented baseball.” The critiques were written, retweeted, and amplified far and wide.





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Chrissy Teigen Invited Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Watch the Grammys


In some very good news this week, Chrissy Teigen and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez might be forming a power friendship of our dreams. In a tweet yesterday, Teigen reached out to the powerhouse junior Congresswoman and point-blank asked her if she wanted to come over to her house to watch the Grammys and eat pizza. And, by the looks of things, AOC is in.

Teigen sent the Internet into fangirl mode when she decided to entice Ocasio-Cortez, the youngest Congresswoman in history, with a hangout that included pizza. “@AOC hello my hero, do you wanna come over and watch the grammys with us? there will be pizza,” she wrote.

Modern Family actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who’s apparently also invited to this watchparty/meeting of the minds, quickly chimed in and gallantly offered AOC his slice of pizza if she accepted the invitation.

He also used the opportunity to troll Teigen just a little bit. “Jesse will [be] here! help me!! tell her we are normal,” Teigen tweeted to Tyler Ferguson. His response? “I can only speak for myself Chrissy. Although, you are usually pretty good at staying chill.”

Luckily, it doesn’t seem like AOC needed anyone to twist her arm too much. Within a few hours, she’d tweeted back with enthusiasm. “yes! we can live-tweet me burning something in the kitchen,” she said.

Chrissy, as always, had the perfect response: “perfect! we have extremely different strengths except I still sometimes burn things.”

It’s unclear if Ocasio-Cortez will actually make an appearance at the party, but, gotta say, a friendship between these two would be perfect. Both women have been proud, outspoken figures who stand up for what they believe in—AOC in politics and Teigen in the entertainment business. Plus, they’re both unmatched social media mavericks who know how to jostle between being passionate and absolutely hilarious. On Sunday night, we’ll be crossing our figures that our social media timelines get blessed with appearances from these (hopefully) future BFFs. Plus, from what we saw during John Legend’s 40th birthday, Teigen knows how to throw a pretty epic party.



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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Wore a Cape to the 2019 State of the Union


At the 2019 State of the Union, female lawmakers, all in white, stood out among the more traditionally-suited crowd—a result of a call from the Democratic Women’s Working Group to wear white to President Donald Trump’s address to the nation, as an homage to the women’s suffrage movement. (Some men in Congress pinned white ribbons to their jackets in solidarity.) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi participated in the white-out, as did many new members of Congress, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York.

Ocasio-Cortez inspired plenty of social reactions throughout the speech, including her stone-faced reaction as President Trump criticized socialist policies (“We are born free, and we will stay free,” he said. “Tonight, we renew our resolve that America will never be a socialist country.”) The image of her and her fellow legislators standing up and cheering when he said, “No one has benefited more from our thriving economy than women, who have filled 58 percent of the newly created jobs last year,” also got people talking. And as she often has done on Capitol Hill, Ocasio-Cortez used fashion to send a message.

For her first State of the Union, Ocasio-Cortez joined the Democratic Women’s Working Group in wearing white to the State of the Union. And her interpretation of the dress code was… well, pretty epic.

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Instead of a traditional suit, she chose a blazer cape and trousers. She accessorized with red lips and gold hoop earrings, like the ones she wore to be sworn in to Congress.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez and Ana Maria Archila both wearing white to the State of the Union
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As soon as Ocasio-Cortez arrived with her guest—Ana María Archila, the woman who confronted Jeff Flake in an elevator during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings—Twitter started responding to the Congresswoman’s look.

On her jacket, Ocasio-Cortez wore three pins. She teased one of them ahead of the speech: a button that reads, “Well-behaved women rarely make history.”

She also wore a button with what appeared to be a picture of Jakelin Caal Maquin, the seven-year-old Guatemalan child who died while in Border Patrol custody last year. (Rep. Rashida Tlaib had one, too.)

U.S. Rep. Alexandria OcasioCortez wearing a white blazer with three pins to the State of the Union
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And Ocasio-Cortez’s blazer cape? Twitter users speculated the Congresswoman procured it at Zara.

Dubbed Cape With Slits, it’s available in white and black, and is currently in stock for $89.90, if you want to channel your inner AOC.





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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Speaks at 2019 Women's March in New York City


Thousands of people throughout the United States and around the world took to the streets on Saturday, January 19, for the third annual Women’s March. Equipped with powerful signs and posters, marchers raised their voices in support of equal rights, healthcare, and social justice. The theme of justice echoed throughout the New York City march, where Rep. Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez addressed the crowd.

Ocasio-Cortez’s compelling speech began by noting that the third annual Women’s March was taking place just before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, something that she doesn’t think is a coincidence. “I believe this moment and where we are right now is a resurgence from where the Civil Rights Movement left off,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “We are here to carry the torch forward, because when we talked about racial and economic justice, racial and social justice, we started to really extend those issues to the issues of economic justice, environmental justice, and the intersectionality and interconnectedness of all of our fights.”

She went on to talk further about the concept of justice, using a powerful refrain to drive the notion home to the crowd. “Justice is not a concept we read about in a book,” she reminded the marchers. “Justice is about the water we drink. Justice is about the air we breathe. Justice is about how easy it is to vote. Justice is about how much ladies get paid…. Justice is about making sure that being polite is not the same thing as being quiet. In fact, often times, the most righteous thing you can do is shake the table.”

In addition to talking about the pursuit of justice, Ocasio-Cortez honed in on some of the political goals ahead: taking back the Senate and the White House. “We need to advance and fight for an America where all people are welcome and no people are left behind,” she said. “And I know that while this year has been historic, there’s a lot more congresswomen left here in this audience right now. There’s a lot more city council women…and I know that there’s a future president out here too.”

Just as powerfully as her speech began, Ocasio-Cortez ended on a poignant note, touching upon some of the serious issues that Americans have faced over recent years and incorporating hope for a better tomorrow. “This is the time we’re gonna address poverty,” the politician promised. “This is the time we’re gonna address Flint. This is the time we’re gonna talk about Baltimore and the Bronx and wildfires and Puerto Rico. This is not just about identity; this is about justice, and this is about the America that we’re going to bring into this world.”

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Will Teach Democrats How to Do Twitter


With great engagement comes great responsibility.

Just over two weeks after she was sworn in, freshman congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is slated to hold a session for her fellow representatives to teach them how to tweet this week. The House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee has extended an invitation to AOC—as she’s known to her 2.42 million Twitter followers—to show her new peers how social media can be used “as an effective and authentic…tool” to connect with Americans in their districts and nationwide, as first reported on CNN.

Of course, Ocasio-Cortez took to (what else) Twitter to confirm the news and added that the seminar would be held ASAP.

Earlier this week Axios reported that Ocasio-Cortez has generated more interactions online (which it defined as retweets plus likes) than CNN, ABC, MSNBC, NBC, and the New York Times combined in the previous month. She also outstripped former President Barack Obama, who scored 4.4 million interactions compared to her 11.8 million.

So formidable is her social media prowess that Politico reported earlier this month that some Democrats have kept their criticism of her private, “fearful that she’ll sic her massive following on them by firing off a tweet.” Perhaps Democrats could stand to be more afraid of, for example, climate change than a mean tweet. But! That’s a conversation for another time.

For now it seems her fellow Democrats have come to the correct conclusion: If you can’t beat ’em, RT ’em.

Ever since she defeated a 10-term incumbent over the summer to win the Democratic nomination in her district, Ocasio-Cortez has used Twitter to respond to controversies and criticisms, like an op-ed from former Senator Joe Lieberman in which he said he hoped she was not the future of the Democrats. (That is the same Joe Lieberman who spoke at the 2008 Republican National Convention, so.) In a tweet, Ocasio-Cortez fired back.

And when a video of Ocasio-Cortez dancing while she was still an undergraduate went viral (and was met with criticism from conservatives who claimed it showed her to be unserious), she responded with a fresh clip of her…dancing in front of her new office. “I hear the GOP thinks women dancing are scandalous,” she tweeted. “Wait till they find out Congresswomen dance too!” The 11-second video was rewarded with over 20.5 million views.

Ocasio-Cortez has also amassed close to 2 million Instagram followers and now uses the platform to discuss policies over livestreamed Instant Pot mac-and-cheese prep and to take users inside the congressional process, explaining how offices are chosen, bills are passed, and where all the tunnels under the congressional floor lead.

But hours before Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s lesson (which representatives from Twitter will attend), some anecdotal evidence seemed to suggest that even her counterparts in the Senate had started to learn from her example, no formal curriculum required. After rapper and political pundit Cardi B took to Instagram to denounce the government shutdown with excellent context and her own particular spin, Senators Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) gave followers a peek inside their debate over whether or not to share Cardi’s comments.

Users noted AOC’s evident influence, but weren’t quite sure how to process its impact.

Class dissed and dismissed.





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