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Bernie vs. Hillary

October 18, 2015 Susan Cunningham 2016 Election, Democrats Leave a comment

We’ve all heard plenty from the TV pundits about what happened at the first Democratic primary debate in October 2015. For what it’s worth,

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Media does for Bernie Sanders what it never did for Dennis Kucinich

October 16, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, ACA/Obamacare, Campaigns, Democracy, Democrats, Good government, Health care, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Politics, Voting/Elections 4 comments

The first question that Anderson Cooper asked Bernie Sanders was, “A Gallup poll says half the country would not put a socialist in the

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National Review compares Bernie Sanders to Nazis: Offensive and inaccurate

August 3, 2015 Adam Levin 2016 Election, Media, Obama, Republicans 2 comments

Commentators cannot seem to leave the memory of Nazi Germany alone. Nazi comparisons became especially heinous after the 2008 presidential election, when haters compared

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TPP: What Bernie Sanders can do and Barack Obama can’t, or won’t

May 13, 2015 Arthur Lieber 2016 Election, Activism, Banks, Economy, Environment Leave a comment

Being a United States Senator from Vermont is a difficult job, but it pales in comparison to being President of the United States. As

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Bernie Sanders: Plain-speaking on the death of the middle class

May 6, 2015 Renee Shur 2016 Election, Congress, Consumer issues, Corporations, Economy, People, Politics, Senate Leave a comment

Bernie Sanders–now a declared candidate for President–is not new to the business of truth-telling. The following article, originally published here in 2013, chronicles one

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Looking at political behavior from a psychological viewpoint

March 26, 2013 Arthur Lieber Campaigns, Congress, Democrats, Good government, Politics, Republicans, Voting/Elections One comment

Gridlock grips the federal government. Polarization further ensnarls our politics. Political scientists and psychologists are digging much more deeply into the field of political

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Paul Krugman: Obama’s proposal to cut Social Security is “cruel and stupid”

December 20, 2012 Madonna Gauding Budget, Congress, Government, Social Sec/Medicare Leave a comment

Paul Krugman writing in the New York Times on December 18: First things first: cutting Social Security benefits is a cruel, stupid policy—just not

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Sanders: Devastation awaits working families in the “Gang of 6” deficit reduction plan

July 23, 2011 Madonna Gauding Government, Obama, Politics, Taxes Leave a comment

What I can say is that I have heard, including from people that you might not expect to hear it from, that if they

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The American Health Security Act of 2011

May 14, 2011 Madonna Gauding Health care Leave a comment

On May 10, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) introduced legislation to provide health care for every American through a Medicare-for-all type single-payer system. Represenative Jim

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Bernie Sanders’ progressive deficit-reduction plan

November 22, 2010 Madonna Gauding Good government, Obama Leave a comment

Sen. Bernie Sanders announced on Friday, November 12 that he will work with members of Congress, labor unions, seniors’ organizations, economists and others to

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