The Bare Bones of Life
How Bernie Sanders convinced me about free college
by Matthew Yglesias, Vox.com
(Mar. 10, 2016 13:30 ET) — In its early months, Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign suffered from the impression that it was a protest candidacy more about discussing issues than about electing a president. More recently, it has looked more like a genuine effort to deny Hillary Clinton the nomination — an effort that seems likely to fail. But judged by that earlier standard, Sanders has been highly successful.
Here Are the Stocks to Buy if Bernie Sanders Becomes President
By Jeff Bukhari
Four sectors that could benefit.
(Mar. 9, 2016 18:53 EST) — Much like the way oil stocks surged under George W. Bush, and technology under Bill Clinton, a new president with a different set of priorities can greatly affect the fortunes of companies. Senator Bernie Sanders, a presidential candidate with many ideas far off the beaten path from most other U.S. politicians and a deep desire to reform and restructure the balance of power in the American economy, would change the game across a host of industries.
Bernie Sanders: ‘Stay Tuned … We Can Win This Thing’
by Amita Kelly, NPR
(Mar. 9, 2016 18:04 ET) — Bernie Sanders was the story of Tuesday night as he beat Hillary Clinton in Michigan’s Democratic presidential primary. It wasn’t a walloping — he won by less than 2 points — but still a big coup considering Clinton led in most polls by double digits before the race.
Michigan is Sanders’ ninth state win, though Clinton still leads in delegates overall.
Bernie Sanders Won the Americas Largest Arab Community by Being Open to Them
by Zaid Jilani, The Intercept
(Mar. 9, 2016, 16:32) — Bernie Sanders’ upset in the Michigan primary Tuesday can be attributed, in part, to a strong showing in Dearborn, Michigan, which has the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the nation. Sanders won almost 60 percent of the vote there, besting rival Hillary Clinton.
Apparently, something about Sanders resonated with residents.
Sanders camp sees opportunity as Southern state voting wraps
by Foxnews.com
(Mar. 9, 2016) — Bernie Sanders is showing no signs of slowing down after pulling off an upset victory in Michigan and sees an opportunity ahead to gain ground, as his campaign suggests one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest built-in advantages is about to become irrelevant.
To date, Clinton’s “firewall” of Southern states has delivered her a string of victories, most recently in Mississippi. Across the Deep South, black voters who make up a majority of the Democratic primary electorate there went overwhelmingly for Clinton.
Bernie Sanders upsets Hillary Clinton in Michigan primary
by CHRISTINA BELLANTONI, Los Angeles Times
(Mar. 9, 2016 00:23 PST) — Sen. Bernie Sanders captured at least 543,000 votes tonight in his Michigan victory — a huge sum more than Hillary Clinton won there in 2008 under very different circumstances.
TYT Calls Michigan for Bernie Sanders
(Mar. 9, 2016 22:58 EST) TYT just called Michigan for Bernie Sanders. Sanders took 51% to Clinton’s 47.1% with 74% of the polling stations reporting.
This is a huge win for Sanders having denied the key state of Michigan to Clinton.
Given Michigan’s demographic makeup, Sanders has broadened his appeal across more of the voting population as his campaign continues to gain momentum.
Watch TYT’s live election coverage live now.
Polling results chart below.
Sanders Has A Much More Practical Plan Than Clinton To Raise Taxes On Rich
by Howard Gleckman, CONTRIBUTOR
(MAR. 8, 2016 15:31) — Let’s say you’re a Democrat who wants to raise taxes on rich people. It turns out there are two very different ways to do it: The direct, simple, in-your-face Bernie Sanders version and the indirect, complicated, back-door Hillary Clinton model.
I’m not talking about the magnitude of their respective tax proposals. That’s a whole different story. This is really about the best way to structure tax increases, assuming you want to enact them at all. And by that measure, Sanders has the far better model.
Media Bias Against Bernie Sanders: Ever More Obvious Now than Ever
(Mar. 7, 2016 23:45 EST) We have heard it many times over how the mainstream media such as The New York Times and the Washington Post have demonstrated their biases by not covering Bernie Sanders in an objective way. If you take a look at a screen shot of The New York Times “above-the-fold” front page online, you can see more clearly what is going on. No only will these media outlets exclude key instances of the Bernie Sanders campaign, they will lead their articles with headings that mention the other two candidates such as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
In addition, the New York Times’ online front page, they have a side-bar section which provides the viewer the option of looking at articles that are allegedly “most viewed” and “recommended for you.” These subsection areas are also articles which are listed with the same degree of bias.
In he “most viewed” list, there would be no mention of Bernie Sanders, and if it has to be primary election related, it will lead with either Trump or Clinton’s name in the headline.
It was only until the “recommended for you” option, did I see an article for Bernie Sanders pop up. But that only indicates how they are cyber-stalking people who visit their website.
The New York Times and the Washington Post both also have subtle ways of excluding Bernie Sanders from the discussion. If an article is given primary consideration on their online front page, the article will be headlined in a way that views a story on Sanders as a “glass half empty” verses a “glass half full.”
These are seasoned, political news journalists, given instructions to use their well trained writing skills to sway their articles about Sanders into a negative and hopeless theme.
For example, if a primary election result was say out of five states Hillary Clinton won three and Sanders won the other two. The headline will read, “Clinton Dominates the Election Results,” and Sanders walks away with a miserable two states and is not looking good.
Then, when statistical numbers can be used, of course, these mainstream media outlets will use those numbers in the same swayed way.
So, if you’ve been following very closely this election cycle, you would have already seen the bias.
Unfortunately, many people don’t have time to see the waves of bias coming from the mainstream media outlets. Many people are just too busy after work to catch up on the hours of time needed to watch Bernie Sanders rallies online, or to use a wide search to evaluate articles of the day.
The mainstream media knows this. So they use this to their advantage by continuing their drip, drip, drip bias slanted articles. And when they have to mention Bernie Sanders, they will be factually correct, however, twist the article theme of one of an ever looming cloud of doom that hangs over the Bernie Sanders campaign.
Well, now that that is out of the way. There are at least two shows which are a must watch, either live, or when they post to their youtube channels.
Thom Hartman’s, The Big Picture, and The Young Turks are professionally broadcasted news shows which are a breath of reality fresh air.
Check them out.
Bernie Sanders sweeps to victory in Maine Democratic caucus
by CBS/AP
(Mar. 6, 2016 20:51) PORTLAND, Maine — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders swept to victory over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Maine’s Democratic presidential caucuses on Sunday, riding a heavy turnout that left some participants waiting for hours to vote in the state.
Sanders, who told supporters he’d win if there was a strong turnout, beat Clinton by a margin of nearly 2 to 1 in voting in hundreds of communities across Maine.
