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AOC Joins Actors and Writers on New York Picket Line: “This Is a Fight Against Greed”
Hollywood Reporter ^ | 7/24/23 | Caitlin Huston

Posted on 07/24/2023 5:27:50 PM PDT by Libloather

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined the SAG-AFTRA and Writers Guild of America picket lines in New York City on Monday, encouraging workers to keep fighting and taking aim at executives such as Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav and their “insatiable greed.”

“While this is a fight against AI, more than AI, this is a fight against greed,” Ocasio-Cortez said.

“How many private jets does David Zaslav need? For real. How many private jets do the CEOs need? It is insatiable. It is unacceptable. I do not know how any person can say, ‘I need another $100 million before another person can have health care,’” she continued.

Speaking in front of the Netflix offices in Union Square, where picketers had included Tatiana Maslany, Sandra Bernhard and F. Murray Abraham, Ocasio-Cortez picked up a SAG-AFTRA sign, joined in on the chants (such as “New York is a union town”) and took selfies with many on the lines. She was accompanied by AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler.

Ocasio-Cortez, who serves as the Democratic representative for New York’s 14th Congressional District, called the current moment a “hot labor summer,” comparing the fights of the actors and writers with that of UPS workers, who may soon be striking.

“We have workers all across the country either currently on strike or gearing up to be on strike, because at the end of the day we are all facing the same challenge, which is the concentration of wealth and corporate greed in America,” she said.

“Direct action gets the goods, now and always,” she continued. “The only way that we can do this is by showing them that we are stronger. That our solidarity is stronger than their greed, that our care for one another will overcome their endless desire for more.

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; History; Local News; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: anotheraocthread; aoc; aocisgreedy; greed; hollyweird; picket; poeticjustice; sagaftra; writers; writersguild
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To: Libloather

She should know, since her “talents” are only capable of ...well...pretty much nothing.

And she’s earning a good salary and one can bet that ...somehow...she’ll be worth a hell of a lot more than one might imagine after her time in the house.

So, even though she’s an ignorant s***, she’ll be a rich igorant s***.


21 posted on 07/24/2023 6:01:02 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Libloather

Once again, AOC shows her true colors as a world class hypocrite.


22 posted on 07/24/2023 6:04:31 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Libloather
“How many private jets does David Zaslav need?

The same can be said of morons like Leonardo DeCrappyActor, AOC 🤓

23 posted on 07/24/2023 6:04:33 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

AOC is the queen of greed and hypocrisy!


24 posted on 07/24/2023 6:05:08 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: No name given

A Real Taco and Tequila Queen.


25 posted on 07/24/2023 6:06:06 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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To: Libloather

Artificial Intelligence versus Genuine stupidity.

What wins?


26 posted on 07/24/2023 6:06:59 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Libloather

“this is a fight against greed,”

war on this

war on that

it’s historic

breaking all records

they are so brave

fighting big oil, big pharma, big industry, big ag, big defense, big tobacco, big education, (until they get a fat check).

.

Everything is some sort of battle with the prog.

No way they can be normal American Citizens living normal lives, from dawn to dusk they must be screaming at someone in an attempt to control them.

NO. CURE.

.


27 posted on 07/24/2023 6:08:58 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Libloather

After her performance at the “camps” she should qualify to be a SAGger. Hey arlene.....🖕


28 posted on 07/24/2023 6:12:42 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉)
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To: Libloather

Every time I see this pic I think of what my parents would say had I posed for a photo like this. So un-ladylike.


29 posted on 07/24/2023 6:15:01 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Libloather

Bewbs….


30 posted on 07/24/2023 6:17:55 PM PDT by isthisnickcool (1218 - NEVER FORGET!)
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To: Libloather
Yeah, no more woke TV shows polluting our culture. To hell with the scribblers, and Film Actors Guild, the SAGs and the hags. Here's hoping AI takes their jobs.

31 posted on 07/24/2023 6:22:23 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Libloather
The bartender needs another green $1990.00 Gabriela Hearst Angela double-breasted wool-blend blazer.

That outfit cost $1990? Why? I'm glad Mrs D has good taste (like me 🤓)

32 posted on 07/24/2023 6:24:02 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: Steely Tom

From the woman that sent thouasands of good paying jobs out of her district.


33 posted on 07/24/2023 6:24:29 PM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: woweeitsme
AS (Artificial Stupidity)

Funny..🤓 I have to remember that!

34 posted on 07/24/2023 6:27:18 PM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Guns don't kill people, LIBERALS DO!! Support the Second Amendment...)
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To: AFret.

Why, yes. Yes it is.


35 posted on 07/24/2023 6:34:04 PM PDT by sauropod (Sun Tzu: “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting”)
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To: Deplorable American1776

“AS (Artificial Stupidity)
Funny..🤓 I have to remember that!”

It’s NOT artificial.

She trains the models/AlGoreithms.


36 posted on 07/24/2023 6:36:07 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Libloather

Greed? As they strike to demand higher salaries for their pockets. In the job I spent my career in, I always said I’d rather have a safer environment to work in, than more money, because what good is more money, if you aren’t alive to enjoy it.


37 posted on 07/24/2023 6:51:59 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Libloather

Burn the whole place down as a favor to humanity.


38 posted on 07/24/2023 6:54:58 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Libloather

“Greed” being defined as “You refuse to give me what I demand”.

It is a bit like those greedy department or drug stores who want to keep all the merchandise they purchased unless someone pays for it before taking it home.


39 posted on 07/24/2023 6:59:22 PM PDT by CFW (I will not comply!)
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To: Libloather
Makes sense; she's an actress, playing a role as a politician to avoid having to get a real job.

"Politics is just show business for ugly people." - Bill Miller, Texas political consultant
(later attributed to political consultant Paul Begala as well as comedian Jay Leno)

40 posted on 07/24/2023 7:04:08 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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