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Bernie Sanders Erased Hillary Clinton’s 15-Point Lead In California

June 4, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Nathan Francis, Inquisitr

(June 4, 2016 10:18 a.m.) — Bernie Sanders looked as if he would limp into the California primary and watch his upset bid over Hillary Clinton fizzle, but a surge in the polls and rumblings that superdelegates committed to Clinton may be showing hesitation has given his campaign new energy.

In recent weeks, Clinton appeared to hold a wide lead over Sanders in the Golden State. Polls showed her lead to be somewhere in the range of 15 to 18 points over Bernie Sanders, pointing to a win that would seal the nomination, thanks to Clinton’s big lead in the party-picked superdelegates, many of whom committed to her before a single vote was cast this year.

The past week saw an abrupt change, however. The latest set of polls from California showed the two candidates in a dead heat, and a new USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll this week found that Sanders had actually taken a slim lead.

Bernie Sanders hopes to defy odds with voters: ‘California loves a comeback’

June 4, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Sam T Levin, Guardian

(June 4, 2016 10:00 a.m.) — Leah Dean showed up to Bernie Sanders’ rally in a small town 90 miles north of San Francisco carrying a bright blue and yellow sign. It said: “Strength in numbers.”

The 30-year-old’s poster was a reference to the slogan of the Golden State Warriors, the team that Sanders recently visited, leading him to compare his underdog campaign to the efforts of the basketball players, who last week overcame a significant deficit and made it to the NBA finals.

Bernie’s wrecking crew

June 3, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Annie Karni, Politico

(June 3, 20126 05:42 a.m. ET) — Sanders’ New York delegation is threatening to sow chaos on the convention floor. Call them Hillary’s home-state haters.

A group of rabble-rousing Bernie Sanders supporters from New York is headed for the Democratic National Convention next month as hand-picked, at-large delegates — and they’re threatening to make trouble for Hillary Clinton at the very moment she hopes to make history as the first female nominee of either party and unite Democrats for the coming battle with Donald Trump.

The disgruntled Sanders delegation, heading to Philadelphia with deep reservations about Clinton’s brand of center-left pragmatism, serves as a reminder of how contentious the four-day meeting could become, and a warning to Democrats of the importance of bringing Sanders happily into the fold.

Grassroots Artists Capture Bernie Sanders

June 2, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By MATT WUERKER and BRIANNA GURCIULLO, Politico

(June 2, 2016 20:30 ET) — The 2008 campaign, with its iconic Shepard Fairey red-white-and-blue posters of Obama, created a new role for progressive grassroots art in the modern political campaign. In 2016, it might be the Sanders campaign that has attracted the most such artists, with lots of talented designers vying to come up with this year’s Faireyesque Bernie icon—even Fairey himself. While some of these DIY artistic efforts have made their way onto the merchandise section of Bernie’s official website, most are being sold outside of the official campaign—on Etsy, for instance, or off of card tables outside of rallies.

Here’s a sample of the best art that has been inspired by Bernie’s unlikely and dogged quest for the presidency.

Bernie Sanders Applauds Obama Support for Expanding Social Security

June 2, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Press, ENewspf

PALO ALTO, Calif., (June 2, 2016 12:00) — PALO ALTO, Calif. –(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Wednesday applauded President Barack Obama’s support for expanding Social Security by asking the “wealthiest Americans to contribute a little bit more.”

Sanders urged Hillary Clinton to back legislation endorsed by leading Democrats and seniors’ advocates to strengthen the retirement program.

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

June 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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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.

Thurston Moore Made A Song With Bernie Sanders

June 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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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.

Bernie Sanders Vows to Dismantle Democrats’ Superdelegate System

June 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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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.

Social media captures incredible line to see Bernie Sanders’ Oakland speech

May 31, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Dianne de Guzman

(May 31, 2016 3:42 p.m.) — Local supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders were hella feeling the Bern.

On Monday, they were also feeling the pain of standing on their feet: an epic line preceded the presidential candidate’s speech at Frank Ogawa Plaza and traversed six city blocks.

While that may not sound impressive, given that the line was given the amusement park treatment and snaked throughout the six blocks, the feat has a bit more gravitas. Sanders supporters seemed pretty pleased with the turnout, with one person recording a (thankfully) sped up video of the line, estimating that the walk was about 17 minutes long:

Green Party’s Jill Stein on Why Bernie Sanders Should Go Third-Party

May 31, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Tessa Stuart, RollingStone

(May 31, 2016 3:28 pm) — America’s two major political parties are poised this year to pit a couple of historically disliked presidential candidates against each other. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s unfavorable ratings are bad news for both the Democrats and the Republicans — but those ratings could be another candidate’s chance to dismantle the country’s two-party system.

That’s exactly what presumptive Green Party nominee Jill Stein is counting on. Rolling Stone recently spoke to Stein about her entreaty to Bernie Sanders to join the Green Party ticket, about her plans to do away with student debt, combat climate change and pay reparations to the descendants of slaves.

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