Rep. AOC Highlights Severe Job Loss After Department of Energy Cancels Billions in Energy Projects - Rep. AOC

[Rhiannon12866]

January 13, 2026.

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1. AOC is just routinely so effective, so prepared, so articulate

Is she a little under-employed?

[Rhiannon12866]

2. She really is excellent, I subscribe to her newsletters, she accepts questions for her town halls

And even has translators. I'm not in her district, but I am in New York and unfortunately I've been stuck with Stefanik - who only has the rare telephone town halls where she blocks those constituents who ask questions she doesn't like or who disagree with her.

[NNadir]

3. I hope she will rise in politics. I'm a big fan.

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Same here! Though I'm from the Northeast and wish I could attend one of her town halls, but it's just too far away

However, you're absolutely right and I wouldn't be surprised if I got to vote for her in the future...

[NNadir]

5. It may be unrealistic, but with Stefanik heading out to pasture, any chance of flipping that...

...district?

When I was a boy, my parents used to take me to the Adirondacks for vacations. In a bout of nostalgia I took my boys when they were late adolescent/teens. I noted a right wing energy as an adult that escaped me as a child.

Any hope? Things changing?

(I won't live long enough to vote for AOC, since that would involve her running on a national ticket - something I think in the realm of possibility, but not in my lifetime - but you might have the opportunity to have her in a Senate or Gubernatorial role.)