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The masterminds of the Green New Deal say a carbon tax would only make up a sliver of funding for the progressive Democrats’ proposal. 

Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) tweeted his enthusiasm for the Green New Deal, calling it “the new climate democracy.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal promises not just to guarantee jobs to all Americans willing and able to work–but also to guarantee “economic security” for those “unwilling to work.”

The “Green New Deal” proposal introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Thursday will provide “economic security” for those who are “unwilling to work,” according to talking points distributed by her office.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) co-sponsored the “Green New Deal” legislation introduced by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Thursday, even though the plan had already been widely mocked.

An outline of the soon-to-be-unveiled “Green New Deal” says the proposal set a goal of achieving net-zero emissions — rather zero emissions — in the U.S. because it is not possible to eliminate “farting cows” and airplanes” within the next decade. 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) did not pick Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) to serve on the newly formed climate change committee.

During an interview with NPR’s “Morning Edition,” socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for a “massive government intervention” to fix global climate change as she discussed her “Green New Deal” outline. Ocasio-Cortez explained that she thinks the United States of

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) introduced the Green New Deal on Thursday, a resolution that calls for transforming the U.S. economy.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on Wednesday mocked the newly-unveiled “New Green Deal” in what is the latest example of the Democrat Party’s ever-widening split between establishment lawmakers and its progressive wing on how to tackle “climate change.” 

The Green New Deal is pure socialism. It reads like a Republican parody of the Democratic platform. The best part: they are serious.

Democrats are set to introduce sweeping legislation that would transform the U.S. economy to fight climate change.

The bankruptcy of California utility giant Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Tuesday will complicate efforts by Democrats to pursue a “Green New Deal,” which aims to move the U.S. to 100% renewable energy.

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg are trashing left-wing policies on taxes and health care. However, Bloomberg embraced the left’s “Green New Deal” on Tuesday

“And like this is the war, this is our World War II.” So said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), speaking on January 21.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) says that the world will stop spinning in a dozen years if “climate change” is left unchecked.

BP announced the discovery of $59 billion worth of oil in the waters south of New Orleans. Will Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal stifle that economic boom for U.S. workers or use it?

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) mocked former Sen. Joe Lieberman’s position that the freshman congresswoman’s policies do not represent the “future” of the Democratic Party.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal is lipstick on a pig. Ocasio-Cortez – Occasional Cortex, as she’s known, because she’s so thick she doesn’t even know how stupid she is – is the lipstick, obviously.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Green New Deal” won’t stop climate change. But it will create massive new government programs that will move the country closer than ever to socialism.

Beto O’Rourke supports the “concept” of a Green New Deal, a proposed economic stimulus program designed to transition the U.S. from fossil fuels to 100 percent renewable energy within a decade, joining other potential 2020 presidential candidates in backing the initiative.

In a sit-down interview with Anderson Cooper for CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) floated taxing the wealthy as much as 70 percent to fund her climate change plan called the “Green New Deal.” “[P]eople are going to have

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez referred to the 70% rate on people at the “tippy-tops” as the rich merely paying their “fair share” of the tax burden.

The Green New Deal ignores that there is no way to squeeze enough energy out of renewables, or store it in batteries, to replace fossil fuels.

The news that Nancy Pelosi’s House Democrats will create a select committee to draft legislation might seem to be mere dry proceduralism, and yet in fact, it’s a significant signal that Democrats intend to fast-track Green legislation.

In Part One of this series, we observed that politicians such as Beto O’Rourke have proven that they are “digital natives.”  That is, they’ve grown up with social media, and their “fluency” is already reshaping campaigns. 

As we know, Ocasio-Cortez has put forth many ideas, from “Medicare for All” to “Abolish ICE” to “Stop Amazon.” Yet one of her ideas looms above all the others: a “Green New Deal.”  

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal was already tried under Obama — and failed. The U.S. reduced emissions by following the opposite of her advice.

An estimated 800 student demonstrators packed into the offices of lawmakers and lined the hallways of Capitol Hill on Monday, which led to the arrests of 138 people, according to U.S. Capitol Police.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called press secretary Sarah Sanders a liar in a tweet to Sanders’ dad, former Gov. Mike Huckabee.

Ocasio-Cortez compared her election win to some of the U.S.’s most historic accomplishments, including NASA’s first manned moon landing.

A columnist at a Philadelphia newspaper believes climate change is responsible for natural disasters, murder and riots in Paris.

U.S. Representative-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is demanding that the U.S. commit to shifting 100% of its energy consumption to renewable energy as part of a “Green New Deal” she is demanding party leaders support.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she wants a carbon tax and trillions in government spending to create a “renewable energy economy.”