Progressives Must Seize Their Momentum to Articulate a Saner Foreign Policy
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Category Archives: Senator Bernie Sanders
Ben & Jerry’s creating “take back Congress” flavors
The founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream in Bernie Sanders' home state are putting their ice cream expertise to work to support seven congressional candidates they call progressive. Vermont's Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are working with political action committee MoveOn to create ice cream flavors that reflect each candidate.
In Iowa, McAuliffe says hea s not ruling out 2020 campaign new
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said in Iowa Tuesday he's not ruling out a 2020 Democratic campaign for president, as he took his national campaign to promote Democratic candidates for governor to the early presidential testing ground. And while he said a decision remains months away, the former Democratic National Committee chairman touted his term as governor as a model for his party nationally.
Noah Smith:
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a leader of the democratic socialist movement, is introducing a bill designed to force companies to pay their workers higher wages. The bill is being touted as an attack on Amazon.com Inc. - its name is the Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act, which spells out "Stop BEZOS."
How Ben Sasse could best help America: Leave the Republican Party, become an independent.
Sen. Ben Sasse is considering leaving the Republican Party. He should do it. Independent senators would have the leverage to fix our broken system.
The Latest: Edwards wins; would be 1st black NH congressman Source: AP
A candidate endorsed by the Trump administration has won the Republican nomination for a U.S. House seat in New Hampshire, and he'd be the state's first black congressman if elected in November. Edwards is a Navy veteran who also served as a police chief and as chief enforcement officer for the state liquor commission.
Bernie Sanders’ son falling behind in New Hampshire congressional race
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., may be a hot political commodity these days, but that electoral magic doesn't appear to be rubbing off on his son. Despite having a surname that would make most politicians green with envy, Levi Sanders is flailing in his effort to win a congressional seat in New Hampshire's 1st district, according to ABC News .
In New Mexico Senate race, Heinrich joins Johnson in call to legalize cannabis
And this summer, Heinrich signed on with little fanfare as a co-sponsor of the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, which would remove the drug from the federal government's list of Schedule I narcotics. Of course, one of Heinrich's two challengers, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, a Libertarian, has been calling for legalizing marijuana since the 1990s, before it was cool.
9/10/2018
Recall that President's Trump's poodle Ron DeSantis was widely condemned for saying that he didn't think his African American opponent for the governorship of Florida should be allowed to "monkey up" the state. If you lie down with racist dogs you get racist fleas Rep. Ron DeSantis , a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe their freedom to white people and that the country's "only serious race war" is against whites.
Cruz: Democrats want Texas to be ‘like California,’ have ‘tofu’ and ‘dyed hair’
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz told supporters at a rally on Saturday that Democrats wanted to make Texas like California and listed off a few things as stereotypical staples of the blue state. "We are seeing tens of millions of dollars flooding into the state of Texas from liberals all over the country who desperately want to turn the state of Texas blue," Cruz said.
DeSantis repeat speaker at alt-right conferences
Rep. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that blacks owe their freedom to white people and that the country's "only serious race war" is against whites.
Editorial: Blais a candidate to believe in, right choice for 1st Franklin District NEW
Choosing a new state legislator for the 1st Franklin District this year is like going to Richardson's Candy Kitchen to buy just one sweet.
Democrats, on last day of Chicago meetings, OK limiting party leadersa role in picking nominee
After two years of sometimes ugly public fighting, Democratic Party leaders on Saturday voted to limit their own high-profile roles in choosing presidential nominees, giving even more weight to the outcome of state primaries and caucuses. The debate over the influence of party insiders known as superdelegates was evidence of the fallout from the 2016 fight between eventual nominee Hillary Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Why online donations have Democrats abuzz
By the time of November's election, Democratic candidates and liberal groups will have raised an astounding $1.5 billion in online contributions alone. And nearly every cent of it will arrive first in a mostly empty basement, where a printer the size of a carry-on suitcase processes checks next to a solitary cardboard cutout of former President Bill Clinton.
A new study found that 700 Amazon employees in Ohio are on…
Amazon is one of the top employers of those who receive SNAP benefits, otherwise known as food stamps, in at least five states. Nearly one in three Amazon employees in Arizona and 1 in 10 in Ohio were on food stamps or lived with someone who was in 2017, according to data obtained by nonprofit New Food Economy from state governments.
Thousands of Amazon workers receive food stamps. Sen. Bernie Sanders wants Amazon to pay up.
In this Jan. 17, 2017, file photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., will soon introduce legislation that would require large employers like Amazon, Walmart and McDonald's to fully cover the cost of food stamps, public housing, Medicaid and other federal assistance received by their employees.
Russian immigrant running for US House seat in Alaska Source: AP
Born in the Soviet Union, Shein recalls standing in bread lines with his grandfather. After moving to Alaska in the early 1990s, he and his mother, who had married a man in Anchorage, wound up living in a shelter and on public assistance when the marriage soured.
‘Modern Day Debtors’ Prisons’
Despite releasing a comprehensive and remarkably radical criminal justice reform agenda in 2015, Senator Bernie Sanders was accused throughout his presidential campaign of being insufficiently concerned with the topic, and of habitually changing the subject to economics . The reality is that Mr. Sanders has the clearest insight into the connections between criminal justice issues and economic inequality of any major politician today.
‘Medicare for all’ projected to cost $32.6 trillion
Sen. Bernie Sanders' "Medicare for all" plan would boost government health spending by $32.6 trillion over 10 years, requiring historic tax hikes, says a study released Monday by a university-based libertarian policy center. The latest plan from the Vermont independent would deliver significant savings on administration and drug costs, but increased demand for care would drive up spending, according to the analysis by the Mercatus Center at George Mason University in Virginia.
New Healthcare Debate Perilous for Conservatives
Protesters display placards supporting U.S. President Barack Obama's healthcare reform during a demonstration in Washington, D.C., on March 9, 2010. America's health-care debate is entering a new phase.