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It is not an overstatement to say that Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign is centered around the idea of a single-payer health insurance system that would cover everything for everyone and be paid for by the government. Dubbed 'Medicare for All' (although the system Sanders envisions is hardly even Medicare as we know it), it is the rallying cry, the litmus test, and the lifeblood of Bernie…
Before he ran for president in 2016, Bernie Sanders was a typical Congressional backbencher who'd never accomplished anything despite longevity in office that is longer than most of his supporters have been alive. But since running for president last time, Bernie Sanders has become a multimillionaire, increased his non-work income by 150 times , and sprouted nepotist nonprofits and dark money…
In 2018, Levi Sanders, Bernie Sanders’s son , was running for Congress in New Hampshire. The younger Sanders was running on much the same platform as his father, including Medicare for All, free college, Green New Deal, and a $15 minimum wage. Bernie Sanders, having emerged a rich man out of his failed 2016 presidential campaign , however, was missing from Levi Sanders’s roster of endorsements.…
In the mid-1980s, the Reagan administration was mired in the Iran-Contra scandal. For those of us whose history is a little rusty, this was when the Reagan administration - and specifically, Col. Oliver North of the National Security Council - had illegally facilitated an arms sale to Iran, and then illegally sent that money to aid the Nicaraguan right-wing anti-government rebels known as the…
This morning, Peter Daou, famous Twitter personality and recent Bernie Sanders grifter convert, posted this on Twitter: OCT. 22 — 50% want Trump impeached and removed. NOV. 18 — 51% want Trump impeached and removed. The #ImpeachmentHearings are not moving the needle, contrary to all the buzz. And the GOP will not convict him. It is time to hold the vote and move on to defeating the GOP in 2020. —…
On Tuesday, Bernie Sanders told CNBC's John Harwood that he doesn't think he has to tell the American people how he will pay for his government-only Medicare for All health care plan. Because, Sanders said, it's more important to get Americans to understand that we already pay a ton for our health care and wants it to be an article of faith that it will save money for "the vast majority of…
By now, everyone has probably seen this clip. This past weekend, the Democratic candidates for spoke at a criminal justice forum at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. The forum was originally sponsored by a group that gave Donald Trump an award, and Sen. Kamala Harris took sharp issue with it, refusing to participate in a forum sponsored by any group that normalizes and gives a platform…
This past weekend, Bernie Sanders held a rally in Queens, New York with freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, hoping to capitalize on AOC's endorsement to breath new life into a campaign limping on with a candidate recovering from a heart attack. The campaign dubbed the event "Bernie is back". AOC is the youngest member of Congress and represents a movement to a more diverse Congress, and the…
So last week, a podcast came out where Hillary Clinton said that unnamed Democrat running for president was being groomed by Republicans to run as a third party candidate in order to secure Trump's re-election for Putin's benefit, if Russian asset Jill Stein would vacate that coveted slot. Again, Hillary Clinton did not say in the original interview who that Democrat was. But as soon as it was…
Members of Congress can endorse whomever they want for president. But their endorsements speak about their values, their aspirations, and what they think is really important. There is always a cloud of betrayal that hangs over elected officials who say they believe in something and then go and back up political figures who personify the opposite. For example, it is difficult to trust the sincerity…
