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Bernie Sanders Expected To Endorse Hillary Clinton On Tuesday

July 7, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Jessica Taylor & Amita Kelly, NPR.org

(July 7, 2016 4:27 p.m. ET) — Bernie Sanders is expected to endorse Hillary Clinton on Tuesday at an event in New Hampshire, a Democratic source with knowledge of discussions between the two campaigns tell NPR’s Tamara Keith.

Clinton secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination just over a month ago, but Sanders has stayed in the campaign — though he kept a lower profile.

Vice President Biden told NPR last week that he was confident Sanders would endorse Clinton, but at that time Sanders said he wasn’t quite ready.

Sanders booed by House Democrats

July 6, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Heather Caygle and Seung Min Kim

(July 6, 2016 10:49 a.m.) — Lawmakers press Sanders during a tense question-and-answer session on whether he would ultimately endorse Clinton and help foster party unity.

Sen. Bernie Sanders is still talking like a guy who’s running for president. But frustrated House Democrats — who booed him at one point during a morning meeting — say it’s time to stop.

With the Democratic convention just weeks away, Sanders still hasn’t endorsed one-time rival Hillary Clinton and dodged questions about when he would during a tense meeting Wednesday morning with House Democrats.

Bernie Sanders Should Never Endorse Hillary Clinton

June 15, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Michael Sainato, Observer

(June 15, 2016 12:45 p.m.) — With the end of the Democratic primaries and several weeks to go until the Democratic National Convention in July, pressure from mainstream media for Bernie Sanders to drop out of the race is increasing.

“Hillary Clinton Made History, but Bernie Sanders Stubbornly Ignored It,” read a headline in The New York Times after Clinton was projected to win California—despite the LA Times reporting more than 2.5 million ballots (nearly half of the state’s six million votes) had yet to be counted. Yamiche Alcindor, the same Times reporter who claimed Sanders ignored history, also inferred Sanders’ decision to stay in the race was sexist, writing on June 12 “Bernie Sanders Refuses to Concede Nomination to Hillary Clinton.”

Bernie Sanders supporters protest Elizabeth Warren’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton at Northampton event

June 12, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Lucas Ropek, MassLIve.com

(June 12, 2016 19:55) — NORTHAMPTON — Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, known as a longtime progressive, has recently made some on the left question her integrity after a controversial decision to endorse Hillary Clinton as the democratic presidential nominee.

Warren, who gave a talk on Sunday addressing income inequality at the WWII Club in Northampton, was greeted by legions of adoring fans, but also a small crowd of protesters who said they were deeply disenchanted with Warren’s endorsement.

Chomsky on Supporting Sanders & Why He Would Vote for Clinton Against Trump in a Swing State

May 16, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By DemocracyNow.org

(May 16, 2016 08:00 am) — Who is the world-renowned political dissident Noam Chomsky voting for? “In the primaries, I would prefer Bernie Sanders,” Chomsky says.

“If Clinton is nominated and it comes to a choice between Clinton and Trump, in a swing state, a state where it’s going to matter which way you vote, I would vote against Trump, and by elementary arithmetic, that means you hold your nose and you vote Democrat. I don’t think there’s any other rational choice.”

Trump Encourages Bernie Sanders to Run as an Independent

April 26, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Josh Feldman, Mediaite.com

(April 26th, 2016 6:24 pm) — In railing against the “rigged” GOP delegate system for weeks, Donald Trump has taken to making bedfellows of Bernie Sanders and saying that both parties are being rather unfair to each of them.

Trump has repeatedly said it’s unfair that the Democrats have superdelegates who could potentially steer the ship, likening it to the delegate shenanigans in the GOP.

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

April 13, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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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

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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.

Love Trumps Hate – Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Bernie Sanders for President

April 4, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Love Trumps Hate – Actress Rosario Dawson on Why She Supports Bernie Sanders for President
By Amy Goodman, DemocracyNow.org

(Apr. 4, 2016 08:00) — On Thursday night, between 16,000 and 20,000 people gathered in St. Mary’s Park in the South Bronx for a Bernie Sanders rally, where Sanders stressed his Brooklyn roots. It was the first time in decades a presidential candidate spoke in the South Bronx. He spoke alongside director Spike Lee and actress Rosario Dawson, who is known for her role in Kids and many other films, including Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as well as Rent.

After the rally DemocracyNow’s Amy Goodman caught up with Dawson while she was on the sidewalk with friends and asked her why she was supporting Bernie Sanders.

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“That doesn’t make any sense, you know? And when you actually go and you travel around the world and you start recognizing that people can actually be sick, they can take—you know, have a broken leg and not lose their job and lose their livelihoods and lose their homes over it, that’s really important.”

Ben & Jerry’s founders serve ‘Bernie’s Yearning’ ice cream to Sanders supporters in Manhattan

April 1, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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By Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News

It was fire and ice Thursday as Bernie Sanders supporters flocked to Union Square to feel the Bern — and get a taste of “Bernie’s Yearning” ice cream while they were at it.

For one hour, Sanders fans got the chance to savor the politically pleasing dessert served by Ben & Jerry’s founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.

Ben and Jerry’s founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield show their support for Bernie Sanders in Union Square, where they handed out of their “Bernie’s Yearning” ice cream Thursday.

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