

AOC Says “Woke 1 Was Crazy” — The Left’s Rebrand Begins
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Right Now Hot Takes by Jim Rand
S1 · E17
Aug 14, 2026
02:55
Episode notes
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez just laughed off the radical 2020 era as “Woke 1 was crazy” and asked voters to judge candidates only on what they say now. Meanwhile socialist candidates keep losing and cities under progressive rule keep posting record rents. Jim Rand explains why the rebrand is happening and why young people should not fall for the same ideas in new packaging.
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Keywords
free enterprise
AOC
young voters
Democratic Socialists
woke 1 was crazy
rebrand
defund the police
NYC rents
incentives
results over rhetoric