Morning Jolt: Conservatives Keep Giving Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exactly What She Wants

Making the click-through worthwhile: how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needs critical media coverage and why conservatives keep giving her what she wants, even worse news about the police response to the Parkland school shooting, hopes collapse for construction of a wall on America's southern border collapse, and a look back at previous efforts by Russian intelligence to tear at America's social fabric and inflame racial and ethnic tensions.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Symbiotic Relationship with Critical Media Coverage

Publicly discussing incoming congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is something like the assessment of nuclear war in WarGames: The only way to win is to not play.

If you point out that she doesn’t know what she’s talking about in off-the-cuff remarks, you’ll be accused of being some sort of elitist snob who thinks members of Congress should know that the unemployment rate is not low because of people working second jobs, how many chambers of Congress there are ...

December 19 2018

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Conservatives Keep Giving Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Exactly What She Wants Jim Geraghty Making the click-through worthwhile: how Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez needs critical media coverage and why conservatives keep giving her what she wants, even worse news about the police response to the Parkland school shooting, hopes collapse for construction of a wall on America's southern border collapse, and a look back at previous efforts by Russian intelligence to tear at America's social fabric and inflame racial and ethnic tensions. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Symbiotic Relationship with Critical Media Coverage Publicly discussing incoming congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is something like the assessment of nuclear war in WarGames: The only way to win is to not play. If you point out that she doesn’t know what she’s talking about in off-the-cuff remarks, you’ll be accused of being some sort of elitist snob who thinks members of Congress should know that the unemployment rate is not low because of people working second jobs, how many chambers of Congress there are ... Read More ADVERTISEMENT Top Stories Jay Powell Has a Dilemma Theodore Kupfer If the Fed chairman hikes rates, he'll face Trump's wrath. If he doesn't, he risks losing credibility. Trump's Hard-Core Supporters Aren't Enough Jonah Goldberg Trump spends too much time shoring up support among his base and too little trying to win over (or win back) moderate voters. Senate Passes Bipartisan Criminal-Justice-Reform Bill Jack Crowe The Senate on Tuesday passed the most significant criminal-justice-reform package in recent decades by an overwhelming and bipartisan margin. ADVERTISEMENT Three Good Men, Three Great Kids' Books Michelle Malkin This holiday season, I write in praise of three fine gents and their three great children's books: "Saving Montana" by John Paolucci; "The Pepperoni Palm Tree" by Jason Killian Meath and his son, Aidan Patrick Meath; and "Lulu Is a Rhinoceros" by Jason Flom and his daughter, Allison Flom. The House That Jack Built Takes on the Apocalypse Armond White Lars Von Trier's new movie is dark satire. Explaining the Left, Part V: Left v. Right Is Brain v. Mind Dennis Prager The difference between left and right is a matter of brain v. mind. Learning the Real Lesson of Obamacare Kevin D. Williamson Why should it be impossible to write a health-care bill that doesn't produce a decade's worth of political polarization and partisan resentment? Putin: New Missiles Will Give West 'Food for Thought' Mairead McArdle Putin's comments were a thinly veiled threat to Western leaders. ADVERTISEMENT JOIN NRPLUS All Our Content. Fewer Ads. Members-Only Privileges. NRPLUS is everything you would associate with a digital magazine subscription, and a whole lot more ─ including up to 90% fewer on-site ads, access to our private Facebook group, full commenting privileges, and invites to our writer/editor conference calls. SAVE 30% TODAY Photo Essays Cartoons of the Day: December 19, 2018 Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.