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Category: Bernie Sanders

Iowa Kernals

I Went to Iowa So You Don’t Have To

September 23, 2019 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democracy, Democrats, Money & Politics, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

There aren’t that many perks to attending a school in northeast Missouri. The winters are bitterly cold, there seem to be more tornadoes, and

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11 tired criticisms of Bernie Sanders

February 23, 2019 Reece Ellis 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders Leave a comment

Now that Bernie Sanders is officially in the 2020 Presidential race, all of the old criticisms about him have resurfaced. Here are my responses

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ocasio-cortez

Pelosi, McCaskill dis Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she beats entrenched NY Dem. WTF?

June 28, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Activism, Bernie Sanders, Democrats Leave a comment

When 28-year-old, first-time, Latina candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez pulled off a stunning primary upset against 10-term Democrat Joe Crowley in New York, it was cause

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Fund-Raiser-Invitation

Dems: Let’s try politics without the donor class

September 20, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections Leave a comment

There’s nothing particularly sexy about what’s happening above the radar in Democratic politics. Primaries for Congress and states don’t start until well after the

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Five Candidates

2020 Potential Democratic Contenders: A Closer Look

August 7, 2017 Reece Ellis 2016 Election, 2018 Election, 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Politics, Voting/Elections 3 comments

The race for the 2020 Democratic nomination began at 11:30 PM, November 8th, 2016 when the networks projected that Donald Trump would carry the

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Bernie-Medicare-for-All

Media must step it up on Medicare-for-All

July 4, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Bernie Sanders, Democrats, Health care, Obama, Republicans, Social Sec/Medicare One comment

There are two key reasons why mainstream media must be talking about Medicare-for-All. First, it is sound policy, something that all Americans should hope

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Bernie Sanders

Come on Dems; now is the time that Bernie needs your support

March 27, 2017 Arthur Lieber 2018 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Activism, Bernie Sanders, Democracy, Democrats, Progressive people, Republican Brain, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

Fortunately, Bernie Sanders has been getting a lot of air time recently. For the most part, the peripheral vision of the media has ranged

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There’s no crying in baseball, or politics

July 26, 2016 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Bernie Sanders, Campaigns, Democracy, Democrats, Politics, Progressive people, Religion in Politics One comment

As I watched some of the Bernie Sanders supporters at the Monday night session of the Democratic National Convention, I couldn’t help but think

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Bernie, Hillary, and body language

July 15, 2016 Madonna Gauding 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton Leave a comment

Yesterday, Bernie endorsed Hillary. Body language experts across the Web came to the same conclusion: They don’t like each other. They saw Hillary as

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America needs a new vision of foreign policy

May 20, 2016 Adam Levin 2016 Election, Bernie Sanders, Foreign Policy, Hillary Clinton One comment

The 2016 election cycle continues on its baffling way, but foreign policy issues have largely been neglected, with a few exceptions like ISIS. Each

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They Quit Trump

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Student Loan Watchdog Quits Trump Administration with scorching resignation letter

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Republican strategist Steve Schmidt renounces GOP membership

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Why he quit: Fox News analyst denounces propaganda channel

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Why he quit: Dept. of Interior scientist blasts Zinke in resignation letter

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