heather: political staffer accused of stealing data from a rival candidate re-signs. former aide of tom starr used an old account with the democratic party to access information about kamala harris's campaign. the staffer stepping down as deputy state director after an internal investigation. alexandria ocasio cortez making amends with a former new york lawmaker who sued her. .huygens criticized the freshman congresswoman for comparing migrant centers for concentration camps and violated his first amendment rights where she blocked him on twitter. ocasio cortez thought the suit before reaching a settlement, she's apologizing saying in part i have reconsidered my decision to block him from my twitter account. he has a first amendment right