Presidential Campaign 2016

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.

Bernie Sanders rails against inequality

May 21, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders rails against inequality
By Joshua Stewart, San Diego Union-Tribune

(May 21, 2016 9:13 pm) — Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders railed against corporate powers in America before thousands of followers in National City Saturday night just hours after making a more intimate visit to Friendship Park on the border between San Diego and Tijuana.

The Vermont senator gave a sweeping speech that touched on a number of issues but maintained the central theme of addressing inequality.

Believing he can win California, Bernie Sanders stumps in Oakland

May 20, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Believing he can win California, Bernie Sanders stumps in Oakland
By Matthew Artz, Tom Lochner and Katy Murphy, Bay Area News Group

(May 30, 2016 11:26 am) — OAKLAND — Bernie Sanders might have a new rallying cry for his longshot battle to wrest the Democratic nomination for president away from Hillary Clinton: “We Believe!”

Moments before he stepped outside Oakland City Hall to rally more than 11,000 adoring fans, Sanders pointed to the Golden State Warriors as proof that the final buzzer hadn’t yet sounded on his presidential campaign.

City Approves Four Massive Pro-Bernie Sanders Rallies During DNC

May 20, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

City Approves Four Massive Pro-Bernie Sanders Rallies During DNC
By By Brian X. McCrone and Aundrea Cline-Thomas, nbcphiladelphia.com

(May 20, 2016 6:52 a.m.) — Four pro-Bernie Sanders rallies, with estimated attendance of 38,000 activists, have been approved for public demonstrations during the Democratic National Convention in July, the city said Thursday.

The four rallies, given permits Wednesday night, bring the total to five for approved rallies and marches during what is expected to be a bustling week of political activity in Center City and South Philadelphia. The convention officially runs July 25-28, but two of the five approved rallies and marches of more than 7,000 activists will be held July 24 — the day more than 4,000 delegates arrive from across the country.

Bernie Sanders’s base isn’t the working class. It’s young people

May 19, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders’s base isn’t the working class. It’s young people
By Jeff Stein, Vox.com

(May 19, 2016 09:00 am) — After Bernie Sanders crushed Hillary Clinton in the West Virginia primary last week, the national media was ready with an explanation: the white working class.

The New York Times and The Atlantic, for instance, both attributed Sanders’s win to his strength among low-income white workers. “White Working-Class Voters in West Virginia Pick Sanders Over Clinton,” read NPR’s headline.

Bernie Sanders draws big crowd in Vallejo

May 18, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders draws big crowd in Vallejo
By Press Democrat

VALLEJO (May 18, 2016 10:45 pm) — Decrying the “rigged economy,” the war on drugs and student loan debt, and making light of his own unruly white hair, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders delighted a crowd of thousands Wednesday evening at a waterfront park in Vallejo.

Fresh from successes in the Oregon and Kentucky primary elections, the Vermont senator with socialist/populist inclinations — like a tax on Wall Street speculation to refinance student debt and pay for free college tuition — punched the air with his right arm as he recited his campaign talking points.

The crowd ate it up.

Majority of Americans support single-payer, “Medicare-for-all” health care syste

May 17, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Majority of Americans support single-payer, “Medicare-for-all” health care system
By Ben Norton, Salon

(Tuesday, May 17, 2016 4:23 pm) — A majority of Americans support the single-payer, “Medicare-for-all” style health care system proposed by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.

A new Gallup poll found that almost six in 10 U.S. adults would prefer a federally funded health care system that provides insurance for all Americans.

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

May 16, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

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

Bernie Sanders Stands Up For Native American Rights At The Pine Ridge Reservation Community Meeting

May 15, 2016 by PublicSkeleton Leave a Comment

Bernie Sanders Stands Up For Native American Rights At The Pine Ridge Reservation Community Meeting
By Leon Thompson, Tribal Beat

(May 15, 2016 12:00 pm) – When Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spoke in San Diego, he said, among other others, “This campaign is about the Native Americans.“ I don’t think I’ve ever heard a politician even talk about Indians let alone include them in his race for President. Should I be happy that someone is at least talking about the 566 tribes? We are a mere 1.6 % of the voting population. Of course, we know that only a third of all Indians live on reservations.

We are many urban Indians. And we vote.

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