Federal judge rejects lawsuit Bernie Sanders backers had hoped would boost his California chances

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By John Myers, LATimes.com

(June 1, 2016 13:59 PT) — A Federal judge refused Wednesday to reopen voter registration in California ahead of next week’s presidential primary, telling a group led by backers of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders that the rights of the state’s unaffiliated voters have not been harmed.

“There’s absolutely no showing of any federal violation,” said U.S. District Judge William Alsup.

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Thurston Moore Made A Song With Bernie Sanders

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By Tom Breihan, Stereogum.com

(June 1, 2016 1:14 pm) — Thurston Moore, the former Sonic Youth co-leader, did not actually head into the studio to cut a record with presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, amazing though that might’ve been. But he did work with the Sanders campaign in putting together a new piece of music called “Feel It In Your Guts.” The track — credited to Moore and Sanders the same way that Pope Francis album was credited to the Pope — takes bits from Sanders speeches and layers them over Moore’s 12-string acoustic guitar work.

And Moore is giving the song away to anyone who donates to the Sanders campaign. To get the track, all you have to do is head over to joyfulnoiserecordings.com and show evidence that you’ve contributed to the Sanders campaign since yesterday, and you’ll get the song as either a free download or a free flexi-disc.

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Bernie Sanders Vows to Dismantle Democrats’ Superdelegate System

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By ADELLE NAZARIAN

SANTA CRUZ, California (June 1, 2016 8:41 am) — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) held two rallies on the Central Coast on Tuesday, vowing to tackle the political “oligarchy” of “superdelegates” in the Democratic Party.

“Hillary can show you how absurd the current system is,” Sanders said, noting that the former Secretary of State had “received over 400 super delegates supporting her before anyone else was in the race… That is an absurd system and together we are going to change that system.”

Sanders spoke before 2,500 at the Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz, and at Colton Hall in Monterey, where almost double that number turned up.

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