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Bernie Sanders sweeps over Colorado delegates during state convention

April 16, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders sweeps over Colorado delegates during state convention, beats Hillary Clinton
Total count: 41 for Sanders, 25 for Clinton
By Marc Stewart, TheDenverChannel.com

(April 16, 2016 02:18 pm) — Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders swept over Colorado delegates during the state’s party convention at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland.

Sanders pulled in a total of 41 delegates, while former Secretary Sate Hillary Clinton amassed 25 on Saturday. Twelve super delegates remained unpledged.

Bernie Sanders Tax Return: Vermont Senator Had Income Of Over $205,000 In 2014

April 15, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Tax Return: Vermont Senator Had Income Of Over $205,000 In 2014
By Lyndia Tomkiw

(April 15, 2016 8:46 pm) — Democratic presidential hopeful and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders stuck to his word and released his full 2014 tax returns Friday. While not quite a member of the 1 percent, Sanders and his wife Jane reported a combined income of $205,271 in 2014.

The majority of the Sanders’ income came from the senator’s salary of $174,000 as well as Social Security benefits the couple receives. The return showed Sanders received a tax refund of $4,172. The couple donated $8,350 to charity.

Clinton’s judgment, Sanders’ Wall Street plan questioned in New York debate

April 14, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Clinton’s judgment, Sanders’ Wall Street plan questioned in New York debate
By Eric DuVall, UPI.com

(April 14, 2016 06:22) — NEW YORK, April 14 (UPI) — Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders opened their ninth debate with sharp attacks on each other five days ahead of the crucial New York primary.

Sanders fired first when asked about his recent criticism that Clinton was not “qualified” to be president.

“I’ve known Secretary Clinton, how long, 25 years? I said that in response to the kind of attacks we were getting form the Clinton campaign,” Sanders said. “Does Secretary Clinton have the experience and intelligence to be president? Of course she does. But I do question her judgment. Her judgment that voted for the war in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in our nation’s history.”

Crowd cheers as Bernie Sanders joins Verizon workers’ picket line in Brooklyn

April 13, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Crowd cheers as Bernie Sanders joins Verizon workers’ picket line in Brooklyn
By Reuters
(Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2016 1:47 pm ET) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders paid an impromptu visit to a Verizon workers’ picket line in Brooklyn on Wednesday after being endorsed by New York City transit workers as he tried to wrest a bit of union support from rival Hillary Clinton.

The Brooklyn-born Sanders addressed an enthusiastic crowd of striking workers from Verizon Communications Inc as “brothers and sisters” and thanked them for their courage in standing up to what he characterized as corporate greed.

Bernie Sanders Endorsements From NY Transit Workers Union Follows First Support From A US Senator

April 13, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Endorsements From NY Transit Workers Union Follows First Support From A US Senator
By Abigail Abrams, IBTimes.com

(Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 12:04 pm) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is having a good day. The Vermont senator on Wednesday picked up the endorsement of the New York transit workers’ union, received his first Senate endorsement and joined a picket line with communications union workers striking against Verizon.

Sanders visited the Transport Workers Union Local 100 union hall Wednesday morning to pick up his endorsement from the group. The senator thanked the union members for their support and said he planned to continue his winning streak in the New York primary on Tuesday.

Bernie Sanders Received More Individual Campaign Contributions Than Obama’s Entire 2008 Campaign

April 12, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Received More Individual Campaign Contributions Than Obama’s Entire 2008 Campaign
By Brian Hanley, HuffingtonPost

( Apr. 12, 2016 12:59 pm ET) — Bernie Sanders’ fundraising success will no doubt go down as the secret sauce that helped Sanders defeat the well-oiled Clinton machine in the last seven delegate contests. Sanders is not only outraising Clinton, but in many key states such as Wisconsin, he is outspending her as well. Most impressively, Sanders, unlike Clinton, is campaigning without the support of an affiliated super PAC.

Backed by one of the most well-organized grassroots campaigns in American history, Sanders has raked in close to 7 million individual donations. That’s more unique contributions than Obama received during his entire 2008 campaign.

Bernie Sanders lags in delegates but leads in likability

April 11, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders lags in delegates but leads in likability
By Tribune news

WASHINGTON (Apr. 11, 2016 21:08 pm) Bernie Sanders is still behind when it comes to delegates and votes, but he has one clear advantage over his Democratic and Republican presidential rivals — a lot of people actually like him.

By 48 percent to 39 percent, more Americans have a favorable than an unfavorable opinion of Sanders, giving him the best net-positive rating in the field, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll. Unlike the other candidates, Sanders also is doing better as more Americans get to know him: His favorable rating is up from an earlier AP-GfK poll.

Bernie Sanders slams President Clinton: ‘I appreciate Bill Clinton being my psychoanalyst’

April 10, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders slams President Clinton: ‘I appreciate Bill Clinton being my psychoanalyst’
By Maxwell Tani, BusinessInsider.com

(Apr. 10, 2016 1:42 pm) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is not pleased with former President Bill Clinton’s assertion that female presidential candidates are subconsciously held to a different standard from male candidates.

In an interview with CNN that aired on Sunday, Sanders sarcastically hit back at Clinton for suggesting that “gender was a factor” in Sanders’ criticism of Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton as unqualified to be president.

“I appreciate Bill Clinton being my psychoanalyst. It’s always nice,” Sanders said.

Bernie Sanders Wins Wyoming Democratic Caucus 2016

April 9, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Wins Wyoming Democratic Caucus 2016
By FEROZE DHANOA (Patch National Staff)

(Saturday, April 9, 2016 6:34 pm) — Bernie Sanders was declared the winner in the 2016 Wyoming Democratic caucus keeping his wave of momentum alive with the caucus being his seventh victory in a row. The win was no surprise for the Vermont senator who was expected to win Wyoming being a Western caucus state with a largely white electorate.

Democrats gathered across the state to allocate 14 of the state’s pledged delegates. Wyoming has 4 superdelegates that have already backed Clinton. While the win keeps the Sanders campaign alive it does not do much to affect Clinton’s overall delegate lead ahead of the key New York primary where 291 delegates are at stake. The primary will take place April 19.

Latest numbers from the AP (97 percent reporting):
Sanders: 56 percent
Clinton: 44 percent

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Bring Their Battle to Brooklyn

April 8, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Bring Their Battle to Brooklyn
By Yamiche Alcindor, NYTimes.com

(Friday, April 8, 2016 6:00 pm) — In Brooklyn Heights, on the 11th floor of an office building, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign headquarters was humming on Monday. Staff members and volunteers were working the phones in spacious offices with windows that look out on the Manhattan skyline. Photos of supporters, an array of campaign buttons and a hanging gong, with the names of states she has won scribbled onto it in marker, adorned the sleekly designed space. A retired New York police officer stood guard.

Two miles away, in a gritty open-floor office space in Gowanus, Brooklyn, that smelled of fresh paint, an army of mostly young Bernie Sanders supporters began gathering two weeks ago to spread his message. Last weekend, they nibbled on orange slices, perched on plastic folding chairs and sifted through mountains of newly delivered cardboard boxes filled with Bernie for President pamphlets. Visitors walked up a driveway and through a half-open side door to enter.

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