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Bernie’s Evolution

May 26, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie’s Evolution
By Philip Elliott and Sam Frizell, Time

(May 26, 2016 7:24 a.m.) — His unlikely crusade became a genuine campaign. Now Sanders faces a choice—and a test.

Bernie Sanders wanted to sit in the sun, but not even the sharp California rays on the rooftop deck at a San Diego hotel could brighten his mood. There was still too much at stake, he said, too many lies being told, too many foes with bad motives inside his adopted party. The irascible impatience that has defined Sanders’ entire life—the fury of David against Goliath, of the worker against the owner—was peaking. And still people were telling him to hang it up, get in line and go back to the dairy pastures of Vermont.

State Dept. watchdog – Clinton violated email rules

May 25, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

State Dept. watchdog – Clinton violated email rules
By Rachael Bade, Josh Gerstein and Nick Gass, Politico

(May 25, 2016 10:01 a.m.) — The State Department inspector general concluded that Hillary Clinton did not comply with the agency’s policies on records, according to a report released to lawmakers on Wednesday that also revealed Clinton expressing reluctance about an official email account and hacking attempts on her private server.

The agency on Wednesday released the long-awaited findings on the email controversy to Capitol Hill, a copy of which was obtained by POLITICO, providing just the latest turn in the headache-inducing saga that has dogged Clinton’s campaign.

The Bernie Effect: Five Ways Sanders May Impact the Democractic Party Platform

May 25, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

The Bernie Effect: Five Ways Sanders May Impact the Democractic Party Platform
By Samantha Kilgore, Inquisitr

(May 25, 2016 Although it is becoming increasingly clear that Senator Bernie Sanders, despite running a brilliant, odds-defying campaign, will not be able to clinch the Democratic nomination for the presidency, it’s also becoming clear that there will be a long-lasting “Bernie effect,” long after he concedes to Hillary Clinton. Sanders has shown the Democratic establishment that America is, indeed, hungry for change, and open to ideas and policies that were once dismissed as being “too liberal.” Through Sanders’s potential shaping of the Democratic platform, the Bernie effect may change the face of the Democratic party.

In an unprecedented move, meant to spark unity between Sanders’s passionate supporters and Hillary Clinton’s supporters, the Sanders campaign was given five seats on the Democratic Platform Committee. Clinton was give six appointees, and the Democratic National Committee will add an additional four, for a total of 15. The committee will be chaired by Representative Elijah Cummings.

Bernie Sanders Went To Anaheim And Slammed Disney

May 24, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Went To Anaheim And Slammed Disney
BY JULIA WICK, Laist.com

(May 24, 2016 6:38 pm) — Populist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is in Los Angeles, and after appearing in Santa Monica last night and swinging through Glassell Park for some third-wave coffee this morning, it appears that he caused quite a sensation with a speech in Anaheim Tuesday.

Speaking to a crowd of 1,500 across the street from Disneyland at the Anaheim Convention Center, Sanders trashed the hand that feeds this company town. The Orange County Register reports that during his speech, Sanders used Disney “as an example of the downside of modern capitalism,” saying:

“We’re in a nation where a lot of people are in trouble,” Sanders told a crowd of about 1,500 at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Then he asked this: “Anybody here working for Disney?” Many responded that they do.
“Anybody here making a living wage working for Disney?” Many responded that they do not.

Can Sanders’ money swamp Wasserman Schultz?

May 24, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Can Sanders’ money swamp Wasserman Schultz?
By Elena Schneider, Politico

(May 24, 2016 6:07 pm) — Bernie Sanders is staking some of his post-presidential campaign legacy on a challenger to the DNC chair.

Suddenly, Tim Canova is the most famous primary challenger in America.

With Bernie Sanders’ unexpected endorsement on national television, Canova, a lawyer from Hollywood, Fla., got a dramatic boost for his liberal challenge to Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. In three days since Sanders endorsed him, Canova’s phone has been ringing off the hook, he’s been all over the national news, and his campaign is suddenly grabbing the attention of national Democrats.

Bernie Sanders campaign requests Kentucky vote recanvass

May 24, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders campaign requests Kentucky vote recanvass
By Tribune News Service

(May 24, 2016 12:38 pm) — Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign requested a recanvass in Kentucky’s presidential primary Tuesday, where he trails Hillary Clinton by less than one-half of 1 percent of the vote.

The Sanders campaign said it has asked the Kentucky secretary of state to have election officials review electronic voting machines and absentee ballots from last week’s primary in each of the state’s 120 counties.

Sanders supporters and allies sue to extend California’s voter registration deadline

May 24, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Sanders supporters and allies sue to extend California’s voter registration deadline
By RT.com

(May 24, 2016 3:16 a.m.) — Bernie Sanders’ supporters filed a federal lawsuit alleging widespread confusion over California’s presidential primary voting rules, demanding voter registration be extended past Monday’s deadline until the day of the state’s primary election.

The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California, names Secretary of State Alex Padilla and election officials in San Francisco and Alameda County. Plaintiffs include Voting Rights Defense Project, an organization trying to boost turnout for Bernie Sanders, two Bay Area voters and the American Independent Party (AIP), a far-right group.

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Bernie Sanders Draws Huge Crowds at SoCal Rallies in Lincoln Heights, Santa Monica

May 23, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Draws Huge Crowds at SoCal Rallies in Lincoln Heights, Santa Monica
By TRACY BLOOM, ERIC SPILLMAN, COURTNEY FRIEL AND JOHN FENOGLIO

(May 23, 2016 6:18 AM) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held two rallies in the Los Angeles area Monday as he continues his campaign swing through California ahead of the June 7 primary.

The first of two events was held at Lincoln Park, which is located in the 3501 Valley Blvd. in Lincoln Heights, according to a news release from the Sanders campaign.

Bernie Sanders fans vow to punish Hillary Clinton with Trump vote

May 22, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders fans vow to punish Hillary Clinton with Trump vote
By TOBY HARNDEN, The Australian

(May 22, 2016 7:46 pm) — Their slogan is “Bernie or bust” and their hatred for the Democratic party establishment is so strong that some are vowing to back Donald Trump rather than hold their noses and vote for Hillary Clinton.

Hardcore supporters of Clinton’s rival, the socialist senator Bernie Sanders, are vowing to fight her all the way to the party convention in July — even though the former secretary of state has all but secured the Democratic nomination for president.

Sanders backs opponent of Democratic party chair

May 22, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Sanders backs opponent of Democratic party chair
By AP

WASHINGTON (May 22, 2016 3:29 pm) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said he plans to support the opponent of Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz in her Florida primary contest Aug. 30 for her congressional seat.

Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate who has been feuding with Wasserman Schultz and the DNC, told CNN he favors Tim Canova in Florida’s 23rd congressional district. Canova is supporting Sanders.

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