She's kind of cute; I bet guys her age pretend to listen.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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It's fun watching a bunch of Canadians get all riled about a backbencher in the legislature of another country.
Be like me getting all exercised about some speech Nigel Largebottom, Member from Shithole-on-Sewerditch made.
Be like me getting all exercised about some speech Nigel Largebottom, Member from Shithole-on-Sewerditch made.
Million dollar smile, every tooth buck.
Hell, I think she's cute.
Doesn't mean she's always right.
But at least she does the job, unlike some of the Republicant's.
I agree with that sentiment when it comes to the Republicans who can't seem to get their shit together, but whether she's doing her " job" is quite another thing. I think she's concentrated on things that are of no use to her constituents like inflation, border issues etc., but she's sure loud about racism, islamophobia, transphobia et al which are exaggerated & not worth the paper they're printed on. So I question whether she's really improving the lives of her constituents. I'm not too sure about that. Just sayin....
I hope not because that would mean it wasn't attached to my body. Freak.
That can be arranged with surprisingly little difficulty.I hope not because that would mean it wasn't attached to my body. Freak.
AOC reveals 'shock' over seeing herself in AI-generated deepfake porn
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Apr 09, 2024 • 2 minute read
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on 'Face the Nation.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on 'Face the Nation.' PHOTO BY SCREENSHOT /X/Face the Nation
Left-wing firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is revealing her horrifying battle after discovering raunchy AI-generated deepfake porn images of herself.
The Democratic diva told Rolling Stone she discovered the disturbing images while scrolling through X. AOC said she was performing sex acts in the shocking image.
“There’s a shock to seeing images of yourself that someone could think are real,” AOC told the music magazine. “As a survivor of physical sexual assault, it adds a level of dysregulation. It resurfaces trauma, while I’m trying to … in the middle of a f***ing meeting.”
One of the bogus images AOC is complaining about. (Screenshot/X)
One of the bogus images AOC is complaining about. (Screenshot/X)
The bogus image of AOC performing oral sex stayed with her for the rest of the day, she said. “There are certain images that don’t leave a person, they can’t leave a person.”
She added: “It’s not as imaginary as people want to make it seem. It has real, real effects not just on the people that are victimized by it, but on the people who see it and consume it. And once you’ve seen it, you’ve seen it.”
AOC likened the raunchy takedown to physical rape.
“Kids are going to kill themselves over this,” she said. “People are going to kill themselves over this.”
Now the 34-year-old former Queens, N.Y. bartender is spearheading a House version of the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act of 2024. If passed, the law which would make it easier for victims of nonconsensual AI porn to sue publishers, distributors and consumers of X-rated digital forgeries.
HUH? AOC and Elon Musk? Hardly. Another deepfake. (X)
HUH? AOC and Elon Musk? Hardly. Another deepfake. (X)
According to the Daily Mail, deepfake pornography accounted for 98% of all deepfake videos posted online, according to a 2023 study done by Home Security Heroes, a cyber security firm.
“Deepfakes are absolutely a way of digitizing violent humiliation against other people,” AOC said. “It’s so important to me that people understand that this is not just a form of interpersonal violence, it’s not just about the harm that’s done to the victim.
“Because this technology threatens to do it at scale — this is about class subjugation,” she added.
AOC’s AI deepfake proposals have broad bipartisan support, with Republicans Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., backing it.
The progressive pol added: “People increasingly, since the emergence of smartphones, have relied on the internet as a proxy for human experience. And so, if this becomes the primary medium through which people engage the world, at least in this country, then manipulating that becomes manipulating reality.”
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Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Apr 09, 2024 • 2 minute read
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on 'Face the Nation.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on 'Face the Nation.' PHOTO BY SCREENSHOT /X/Face the Nation
Left-wing firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is revealing her horrifying battle after discovering raunchy AI-generated deepfake porn images of herself.
The Democratic diva told Rolling Stone she discovered the disturbing images while scrolling through X. AOC said she was performing sex acts in the shocking image.
“There’s a shock to seeing images of yourself that someone could think are real,” AOC told the music magazine. “As a survivor of physical sexual assault, it adds a level of dysregulation. It resurfaces trauma, while I’m trying to … in the middle of a f***ing meeting.”
One of the bogus images AOC is complaining about. (Screenshot/X)
One of the bogus images AOC is complaining about. (Screenshot/X)
The bogus image of AOC performing oral sex stayed with her for the rest of the day, she said. “There are certain images that don’t leave a person, they can’t leave a person.”
She added: “It’s not as imaginary as people want to make it seem. It has real, real effects not just on the people that are victimized by it, but on the people who see it and consume it. And once you’ve seen it, you’ve seen it.”
AOC likened the raunchy takedown to physical rape.
“Kids are going to kill themselves over this,” she said. “People are going to kill themselves over this.”
Now the 34-year-old former Queens, N.Y. bartender is spearheading a House version of the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act of 2024. If passed, the law which would make it easier for victims of nonconsensual AI porn to sue publishers, distributors and consumers of X-rated digital forgeries.
HUH? AOC and Elon Musk? Hardly. Another deepfake. (X)
HUH? AOC and Elon Musk? Hardly. Another deepfake. (X)
According to the Daily Mail, deepfake pornography accounted for 98% of all deepfake videos posted online, according to a 2023 study done by Home Security Heroes, a cyber security firm.
“Deepfakes are absolutely a way of digitizing violent humiliation against other people,” AOC said. “It’s so important to me that people understand that this is not just a form of interpersonal violence, it’s not just about the harm that’s done to the victim.
“Because this technology threatens to do it at scale — this is about class subjugation,” she added.
AOC’s AI deepfake proposals have broad bipartisan support, with Republicans Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., backing it.
The progressive pol added: “People increasingly, since the emergence of smartphones, have relied on the internet as a proxy for human experience. And so, if this becomes the primary medium through which people engage the world, at least in this country, then manipulating that becomes manipulating reality.”
bhunter@postmedia.com
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AOC reveals 'shock' over seeing herself in AI-generated deepfake porn
Left-wing firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is revealing her horrifying battle after discovering raunchy AI-generated deepfake porn images of herself.
surprised that they wasted time and effort on fuglyta.AOC reveals 'shock' over seeing herself in AI-generated deepfake porn
Author of the article:Brad Hunter
Published Apr 09, 2024 • 2 minute read
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on 'Face the Nation.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on 'Face the Nation.' PHOTO BY SCREENSHOT /X/Face the Nation
Left-wing firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is revealing her horrifying battle after discovering raunchy AI-generated deepfake porn images of herself.
The Democratic diva told Rolling Stone she discovered the disturbing images while scrolling through X. AOC said she was performing sex acts in the shocking image.
“There’s a shock to seeing images of yourself that someone could think are real,” AOC told the music magazine. “As a survivor of physical sexual assault, it adds a level of dysregulation. It resurfaces trauma, while I’m trying to … in the middle of a f***ing meeting.”
One of the bogus images AOC is complaining about. (Screenshot/X)
One of the bogus images AOC is complaining about. (Screenshot/X)
The bogus image of AOC performing oral sex stayed with her for the rest of the day, she said. “There are certain images that don’t leave a person, they can’t leave a person.”
She added: “It’s not as imaginary as people want to make it seem. It has real, real effects not just on the people that are victimized by it, but on the people who see it and consume it. And once you’ve seen it, you’ve seen it.”
AOC likened the raunchy takedown to physical rape.
“Kids are going to kill themselves over this,” she said. “People are going to kill themselves over this.”
Now the 34-year-old former Queens, N.Y. bartender is spearheading a House version of the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (DEFIANCE) Act of 2024. If passed, the law which would make it easier for victims of nonconsensual AI porn to sue publishers, distributors and consumers of X-rated digital forgeries.
HUH? AOC and Elon Musk? Hardly. Another deepfake. (X)
HUH? AOC and Elon Musk? Hardly. Another deepfake. (X)
According to the Daily Mail, deepfake pornography accounted for 98% of all deepfake videos posted online, according to a 2023 study done by Home Security Heroes, a cyber security firm.
“Deepfakes are absolutely a way of digitizing violent humiliation against other people,” AOC said. “It’s so important to me that people understand that this is not just a form of interpersonal violence, it’s not just about the harm that’s done to the victim.
“Because this technology threatens to do it at scale — this is about class subjugation,” she added.
AOC’s AI deepfake proposals have broad bipartisan support, with Republicans Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., backing it.
The progressive pol added: “People increasingly, since the emergence of smartphones, have relied on the internet as a proxy for human experience. And so, if this becomes the primary medium through which people engage the world, at least in this country, then manipulating that becomes manipulating reality.”
bhunter@postmedia.com
@HunterTOSun
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Left-wing firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is revealing her horrifying battle after discovering raunchy AI-generated deepfake porn images of herself.
AOC mocked for ‘phony’ accent during spirited DNC speech
Author of the articleenette Wilford
Published Aug 20, 2024 • 2 minute read
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
New York Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez was one of the many speakers at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night.
And while her speech resulted in an escalation of cheers, she earned jeers online — not about her words but how she said them.
The congresswoman was called out for debuting a new accent, which only seemed to get more bizarre the louder the room got.
AOC’s speech was seven-and-a-half minutes but clips of one very specific, very fiery portion in which she targeted former President Donald Trump was widely shared online.
“I, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people from under the boots of greed, trampling on our way of life,” AOC roared, as the camera pans to Jesse Jackson in the audience, looking on in either awe or confusion.
It was the phrase “on our way of life” that made people do a double take, where she either stumbled on her words — or adopted a different accent and extended the word “life” into two syllables.
“What accent is AOC using here?” one person asked on X.
Another added: “Preacher AOC debuting her accent.”
A third user wrote, “AOC speech was cringe. The fake accent was way too much for me. Back snapped. I called it. DNC is cringe as all get out.”
That said, AOC was a hit with Democrats, whose speech was, at times, drowned out by the applause and shouts of support.
“Chicago, we have to help her win,” AOC instructed the crowd. “Because we know that Donald Trump would sell this country for a dollar if it meant lining his own pockets and greasing the palms of his Wall Street friends.”
The congresswoman, who hails from the Bronx and represents parts of it and Queens, has been accused of putting on fake accents in the past.
In 2019, she was slammed after video surfaced of her speaking with what sounded like a Southern accent while addressing Al Sharpton’s National Action Network conference.
AOC blasted critics at the time, writing on then-Twitter, “Folks talking about my voice can step right off.”
She added: “Any kid who grew up in a distinct linguistic culture and had to learn to navigate class enviros at school/work knows what’s up. My Spanish is the same way.”
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enette WilfordPublished Aug 20, 2024 • 2 minute read
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks onstage during the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on August 19, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois.
New York Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez was one of the many speakers at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night.
And while her speech resulted in an escalation of cheers, she earned jeers online — not about her words but how she said them.
The congresswoman was called out for debuting a new accent, which only seemed to get more bizarre the louder the room got.
AOC’s speech was seven-and-a-half minutes but clips of one very specific, very fiery portion in which she targeted former President Donald Trump was widely shared online.
“I, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people from under the boots of greed, trampling on our way of life,” AOC roared, as the camera pans to Jesse Jackson in the audience, looking on in either awe or confusion.
It was the phrase “on our way of life” that made people do a double take, where she either stumbled on her words — or adopted a different accent and extended the word “life” into two syllables.
“What accent is AOC using here?” one person asked on X.
Another added: “Preacher AOC debuting her accent.”
A third user wrote, “AOC speech was cringe. The fake accent was way too much for me. Back snapped. I called it. DNC is cringe as all get out.”
That said, AOC was a hit with Democrats, whose speech was, at times, drowned out by the applause and shouts of support.
“Chicago, we have to help her win,” AOC instructed the crowd. “Because we know that Donald Trump would sell this country for a dollar if it meant lining his own pockets and greasing the palms of his Wall Street friends.”
The congresswoman, who hails from the Bronx and represents parts of it and Queens, has been accused of putting on fake accents in the past.
In 2019, she was slammed after video surfaced of her speaking with what sounded like a Southern accent while addressing Al Sharpton’s National Action Network conference.
AOC blasted critics at the time, writing on then-Twitter, “Folks talking about my voice can step right off.”
She added: “Any kid who grew up in a distinct linguistic culture and had to learn to navigate class enviros at school/work knows what’s up. My Spanish is the same way.”
AOC mocked for ‘phony’ accent during spirited DNC speech
Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez's speech resulted in an escalation of cheers as well as jeers — not about her words but how she said them.
AOC could be next face of Democrats amid potential presidential run chatter
Author of the articleostmedia News
Published Dec 05, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be the face of the U.S. Democratic Party in four years if she decides on a presidential run.
But for now, the progressive New York member of congress is eyeing the top job with the House Oversight Committee, saying she is “interested” in replacing current ranking member and Maryland representative Jamie Raskin.
“I’ll be making a decision shortly,” Ocasio-Cortez, 35, told Axios earlier this week.
It appears Ocasio-Cortez — widely known as “AOC” — would face Gerry Connolly, 74, of Virginia for the top job at the main investigative committee for the House of Representatives, which has jurisdiction over the federal civil service, government management and accounting measures, government operations and activities, and the postal service, among other responsibilities.
Reports suggest Ocasio-Cortez’s significant grassroots support could enable her to make a run for U.S. president at the end of Donald Trump’s second term in office in 2028.
“She’s somebody who can cut through the noise and doesn’t talk like Washington,” one Democratic strategist told The Hill, adding she has the ability to “cut through the BS and tell it like it is.”
However, another said AOC appeals to the left-leaning part of the party, which could hurt her potential pursuit of the presidency.
“She and the ‘squad’ started pushing too hard, too fast,” the second strategist said. “D.C. doesn’t work that way. And our party doesn’t work that way. We need to get back to the basics.”
Meanwhile, Monica Crowley, who worked in Donald Trump’s first administration, recently warned Republicans to take Ocasio-Cortez seriously as a presidential candidate.
“She has tremendous grassroots support,” Crowley told guest host Lisa Boothe on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle last Friday.
“She was an early adopter of social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etcetera. She is connecting directly to voters.”
However, Crowley said there was another important point about her and the Democratic Party.
“The lesson of this last 2024 election, and Donald Trump’s landslide mandate victory, is that the country has had enough of the radical Left, it’s had enough of socialism, it’s had enough of cancel culture and wokeness, and it rejected roundly all of those things. So, I don’t think in four short years the country is going to say, ‘We need more communism.'”
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ostmedia NewsPublished Dec 05, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be the face of the U.S. Democratic Party in four years if she decides on a presidential run.
But for now, the progressive New York member of congress is eyeing the top job with the House Oversight Committee, saying she is “interested” in replacing current ranking member and Maryland representative Jamie Raskin.
“I’ll be making a decision shortly,” Ocasio-Cortez, 35, told Axios earlier this week.
It appears Ocasio-Cortez — widely known as “AOC” — would face Gerry Connolly, 74, of Virginia for the top job at the main investigative committee for the House of Representatives, which has jurisdiction over the federal civil service, government management and accounting measures, government operations and activities, and the postal service, among other responsibilities.
Reports suggest Ocasio-Cortez’s significant grassroots support could enable her to make a run for U.S. president at the end of Donald Trump’s second term in office in 2028.
“She’s somebody who can cut through the noise and doesn’t talk like Washington,” one Democratic strategist told The Hill, adding she has the ability to “cut through the BS and tell it like it is.”
However, another said AOC appeals to the left-leaning part of the party, which could hurt her potential pursuit of the presidency.
“She and the ‘squad’ started pushing too hard, too fast,” the second strategist said. “D.C. doesn’t work that way. And our party doesn’t work that way. We need to get back to the basics.”
Meanwhile, Monica Crowley, who worked in Donald Trump’s first administration, recently warned Republicans to take Ocasio-Cortez seriously as a presidential candidate.
“She has tremendous grassroots support,” Crowley told guest host Lisa Boothe on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle last Friday.
“She was an early adopter of social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etcetera. She is connecting directly to voters.”
However, Crowley said there was another important point about her and the Democratic Party.
“The lesson of this last 2024 election, and Donald Trump’s landslide mandate victory, is that the country has had enough of the radical Left, it’s had enough of socialism, it’s had enough of cancel culture and wokeness, and it rejected roundly all of those things. So, I don’t think in four short years the country is going to say, ‘We need more communism.'”
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'The Ingraham Angle' panelists Doug Schoen and Monica Crowley react to some Democrats putting their hope in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for the future of their party.
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AOC could be next face of Democrats amid potential presidential run chatter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be the face of the U.S. Democratic Party in four years if she decides on a presidential run.
AOC could be next face of Democrats amid potential presidential run chatter
Author of the article
Published Dec 05, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be the face of the U.S. Democratic Party in four years if she decides on a presidential run.
But for now, the progressive New York member of congress is eyeing the top job with the House Oversight Committee, saying she is “interested” in replacing current ranking member and Maryland representative Jamie Raskin.
“I’ll be making a decision shortly,” Ocasio-Cortez, 35, told Axios earlier this week.
It appears Ocasio-Cortez — widely known as “AOC” — would face Gerry Connolly, 74, of Virginia for the top job at the main investigative committee for the House of Representatives, which has jurisdiction over the federal civil service, government management and accounting measures, government operations and activities, and the postal service, among other responsibilities.
Reports suggest Ocasio-Cortez’s significant grassroots support could enable her to make a run for U.S. president at the end of Donald Trump’s second term in office in 2028.
“She’s somebody who can cut through the noise and doesn’t talk like Washington,” one Democratic strategist told The Hill, adding she has the ability to “cut through the BS and tell it like it is.”
However, another said AOC appeals to the left-leaning part of the party, which could hurt her potential pursuit of the presidency.
“She and the ‘squad’ started pushing too hard, too fast,” the second strategist said. “D.C. doesn’t work that way. And our party doesn’t work that way. We need to get back to the basics.”
Meanwhile, Monica Crowley, who worked in Donald Trump’s first administration, recently warned Republicans to take Ocasio-Cortez seriously as a presidential candidate.
“She has tremendous grassroots support,” Crowley told guest host Lisa Boothe on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle last Friday.
“She was an early adopter of social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etcetera. She is connecting directly to voters.”
However, Crowley said there was another important point about her and the Democratic Party.
“The lesson of this last 2024 election, and Donald Trump’s landslide mandate victory, is that the country has had enough of the radical Left, it’s had enough of socialism, it’s had enough of cancel culture and wokeness, and it rejected roundly all of those things. So, I don’t think in four short years the country is going to say, ‘We need more communism.'”
It would be a 'disaster' for Democrats if AOC runs for president, pollster says | Fox News Video
'The Ingraham Angle' panelists Doug Schoen and Monica Crowley react to some Democrats putting their hope in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for the future of their party.
AOC could be next face of Democrats amid potential presidential run chatter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be the face of the U.S. Democratic Party in four years if she decides on a presidential run.
OMG - AOC for President? That's not even remotely funny!AOC could be next face of Democrats amid potential presidential run chatter
Author of the article
Published Dec 05, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 2 minute read
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be the face of the U.S. Democratic Party in four years if she decides on a presidential run.
But for now, the progressive New York member of congress is eyeing the top job with the House Oversight Committee, saying she is “interested” in replacing current ranking member and Maryland representative Jamie Raskin.
“I’ll be making a decision shortly,” Ocasio-Cortez, 35, told Axios earlier this week.
It appears Ocasio-Cortez — widely known as “AOC” — would face Gerry Connolly, 74, of Virginia for the top job at the main investigative committee for the House of Representatives, which has jurisdiction over the federal civil service, government management and accounting measures, government operations and activities, and the postal service, among other responsibilities.
Reports suggest Ocasio-Cortez’s significant grassroots support could enable her to make a run for U.S. president at the end of Donald Trump’s second term in office in 2028.
“She’s somebody who can cut through the noise and doesn’t talk like Washington,” one Democratic strategist told The Hill, adding she has the ability to “cut through the BS and tell it like it is.”
However, another said AOC appeals to the left-leaning part of the party, which could hurt her potential pursuit of the presidency.
“She and the ‘squad’ started pushing too hard, too fast,” the second strategist said. “D.C. doesn’t work that way. And our party doesn’t work that way. We need to get back to the basics.”
Meanwhile, Monica Crowley, who worked in Donald Trump’s first administration, recently warned Republicans to take Ocasio-Cortez seriously as a presidential candidate.
“She has tremendous grassroots support,” Crowley told guest host Lisa Boothe on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle last Friday.
“She was an early adopter of social media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, etcetera. She is connecting directly to voters.”
However, Crowley said there was another important point about her and the Democratic Party.
“The lesson of this last 2024 election, and Donald Trump’s landslide mandate victory, is that the country has had enough of the radical Left, it’s had enough of socialism, it’s had enough of cancel culture and wokeness, and it rejected roundly all of those things. So, I don’t think in four short years the country is going to say, ‘We need more communism.'”
It would be a 'disaster' for Democrats if AOC runs for president, pollster says | Fox News Video
'The Ingraham Angle' panelists Doug Schoen and Monica Crowley react to some Democrats putting their hope in Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., for the future of their party.
AOC could be next face of Democrats amid potential presidential run chatter
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez could be the face of the U.S. Democratic Party in four years if she decides on a presidential run.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s freezing her eggs
Ocasio-Cortez, 36, posted a series of videos on social media in which she said this is a decision she made to "feel more in control of my life."
Author of the article:Washington Post
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Perry Stein, The Washington Post
Published Aug 10, 2026 • 2 minute read
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrates New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's victory during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 2025. Photo by ANGELA WEISS /AFP via Getty Images
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) made a public video announcement over the weekend about a private matter: The congresswoman is freezing her eggs.
Ocasio-Cortez, 36, posted a series of videos on social media in which she said this is a decision she made to “feel more in control of my life.” She said she had been weighing the decision and saving up for the pricey fertility procedure, which often isn’t covered by insurance, for a long time.
The congresswoman said she was going public with her decision against the backdrop of steps by the Trump administration to curtail abortion access and some forms of reproductive care across the country. It also comes amid speculation that she could seek higher office. She said that she was making the egg-freezing decision in a “privileged position” and said that, unlike men, women applying for jobs or running for office face intense scrutiny about when, or if, they will have children.
“I think it’s important for us as leaders to have these conversations and share these processes, especially for working women across the country, and normalize them,” Ocasio-Cortez said on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday morning.
Egg freezing is an increasingly popular procedure in which a woman’s eggs are extracted from her body, frozen and then stored. Those eggs can later be fertilized. The fertilized eggs then grow, and when the embryos are ready, they are transferred into the uterus in the hope that the woman becomes pregnant, according to UCLA Health.
Women opt to have the procedure for many reasons, including to preserve their eggs and reproductive ability if they are undergoing chemotherapy or other medical treatments that could affect their fertility.
But many healthy women who are not ready to have children during their biologically prime reproductive years also use the process.
A 2025 UCLA study found that between 2014 and 2021, there was a sharp increase in the number of planned elective egg-freezing cycles. In that period, women began freezing their eggs at younger ages, with the average age dropping from 36 years in 2014 to 34.9 in 2021.
The study also landed on the surprising finding that only a small number of women – 5.7 percent who froze their eggs between 2014 and 2016 – returned to use their eggs in the next five to seven years.
In her videos, Ocasio-Cortez showed viewers the array of medications she is required to self-administer for the process.
The medication process typically lasts 10 to 12 days, with women injecting themselves with two or three hormone medications every day, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. During that time, women will have frequent bloodwork and four to six pelvic ultrasounds.
Once the eggs have matured, a medical professional will retrieve them in a 20-to-30-minute ultrasound-guided surgical procedure during which the patient is under anesthesia.
Ocasio-Cortez filmed herself injecting hormones into her abdomen, jokingly telling her viewers: “Don’t be weird about this. Even though I know all of you will be.”
When it was done, she said it “wasn’t so bad.”
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Ocasio-Cortez, 36, posted a series of videos on social media in which she said this is a decision she made to "feel more in control of my life."
Author of the article:Washington Post
Washington Post
Perry Stein, The Washington Post
Published Aug 10, 2026 • 2 minute read
US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez celebrates New York City Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's victory during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York on November 4, 2025. Photo by ANGELA WEISS /AFP via Getty Images
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) made a public video announcement over the weekend about a private matter: The congresswoman is freezing her eggs.
Ocasio-Cortez, 36, posted a series of videos on social media in which she said this is a decision she made to “feel more in control of my life.” She said she had been weighing the decision and saving up for the pricey fertility procedure, which often isn’t covered by insurance, for a long time.
The congresswoman said she was going public with her decision against the backdrop of steps by the Trump administration to curtail abortion access and some forms of reproductive care across the country. It also comes amid speculation that she could seek higher office. She said that she was making the egg-freezing decision in a “privileged position” and said that, unlike men, women applying for jobs or running for office face intense scrutiny about when, or if, they will have children.
“I think it’s important for us as leaders to have these conversations and share these processes, especially for working women across the country, and normalize them,” Ocasio-Cortez said on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos” on Sunday morning.
Egg freezing is an increasingly popular procedure in which a woman’s eggs are extracted from her body, frozen and then stored. Those eggs can later be fertilized. The fertilized eggs then grow, and when the embryos are ready, they are transferred into the uterus in the hope that the woman becomes pregnant, according to UCLA Health.
Women opt to have the procedure for many reasons, including to preserve their eggs and reproductive ability if they are undergoing chemotherapy or other medical treatments that could affect their fertility.
But many healthy women who are not ready to have children during their biologically prime reproductive years also use the process.
A 2025 UCLA study found that between 2014 and 2021, there was a sharp increase in the number of planned elective egg-freezing cycles. In that period, women began freezing their eggs at younger ages, with the average age dropping from 36 years in 2014 to 34.9 in 2021.
The study also landed on the surprising finding that only a small number of women – 5.7 percent who froze their eggs between 2014 and 2016 – returned to use their eggs in the next five to seven years.
In her videos, Ocasio-Cortez showed viewers the array of medications she is required to self-administer for the process.
The medication process typically lasts 10 to 12 days, with women injecting themselves with two or three hormone medications every day, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine. During that time, women will have frequent bloodwork and four to six pelvic ultrasounds.
Once the eggs have matured, a medical professional will retrieve them in a 20-to-30-minute ultrasound-guided surgical procedure during which the patient is under anesthesia.
Ocasio-Cortez filmed herself injecting hormones into her abdomen, jokingly telling her viewers: “Don’t be weird about this. Even though I know all of you will be.”
When it was done, she said it “wasn’t so bad.”
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she’s freezing her eggs
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made a public video announcement over the weekend: The congresswoman is freezing her eggs.