The Bare Bones of Life
Sanders still in the race after meeting with Clinton
By Jonathan Easley
(June 14, 2016 09:13 p.m.) — Bernie Sanders is staying in the Democratic presidential race after meeting with rival Hillary Clinton, the party’s presumptive nominee, for nearly two hours at a Washington, D.C., hotel on Tuesday night.
Sanders and Clinton met at the Capital Hilton just blocks from the White House to plot a way forward after the Democratic primary season came to a close on Tuesday.
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Bernie Sanders Can Bern Green with Political Twin Jill Stein
By Christine Morse, Inquisitr
(June 13, 2016 3:00 p.m.) — A Bernie Sanders-Jill Stein ticket could be this summer’s sleeper political hit.
The Green Party is building a political home for Bernie Sanders, which may be especially appealing to him given the Dems’ relentless bullying.
After Hillary’s bitter drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination back in June of 2008, the establishment candidate’s vindication this year was to proclaim herself the Dem nominee on that eight-year anniversary — smack in the face of Sanders still being in the race and with complete disregard to the voters, who have not given her the required number of pledged delegates.
This and other dirty Dem moves have assaulted Bernie’s campaign, driving many of his supporters to continue their revolution under what may prove to be a much more effective platform – the Green Party.
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California Counts Millions of Provisional and Mail in Ballots Counties Flip for Bernie
By Dawn Papple, Inquisitr
(June 12, 2016 11:00 pm) — Even though The New York Times declared that Hillary Clinton “secured enough delegates for the Democratic nomination,” and later issued a correction blaming the erroneous statement due to “an editing error,” Hillary Clinton did not actually earn enough delegates to be declared the nominee of the Democratic Party. In fact, contrary to the call by the Associated Press, Clinton also has not actually won California either. There are still millions of ballots that remain uncounted that will indeed be counted as the official canvass progresses, according to the California Secretary of State’s office. As the canvassing got underway, things started to to look up for Bernie Sanders’ supporters.
In Los Angeles County 275,972 Vote-By-Mail, 256,326 Provisional and 24,021 ballots of another form still had to be counted as of Friday afternoon. This totals over 556 thousand ballots in Los Angeles County alone that will be counted, where Clinton’s lead over Sanders is just over 164 thousand votes. Los Angeles County could still go either way.
The votes simply aren’t all accounted for just yet, but they will be.
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Bernie Sanders supporters protest Elizabeth Warren’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton at Northampton event
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.
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Lawsuit Finds Millions Of Uncounted Bernie Sanders Ballots
By Baxter Dmitry, YourNewsWire
(June 12, 2016 10:00 a.m.) — An historic lawsuit has been filed after the widespread cover-up of Sanders’ landslide victory at the primary election earlier this week.
The lawsuit will require the counting of all the provisional ballots, millions of which have been left uncounted, which Sanders says gives him a huge win in the state.
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Comment by niknar 6/13/2016 4:24 a.m.:
There are quite a number of Republicans who would vote for Bernie. But half the independents would vote for Bernie, & they form nearly half the electorate. So with Bernie’s slightly under half of the Democrats, altogether just under 40% of the US electorate prefers Bernie, while neither Clinton nor Trump can reach 30%. A 3rd Party Sanders run, accepting the offer of the Green Party to head their ticket, would be a landslide victory for Bernie.
Tulsi Gabbard launches petition to end Democratic Party superdelegate process
By Kristen East
(June 11, 2016 07:48 p.m. ET) — The Democratic presidential primary process may be ending next Tuesday, but the fight among Bernie Sanders supporters to rid the party of superdelegates and install new leadership at the Democratic National Committee is not.
Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard encouraged her followers on Saturday to sign a petition ending the Democratic Party’s use of superdelegates.
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alph Nader: It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over for Bernie Sanders
By Ralph Nader, Time
(June 10, 2016 16:30 p.m.) — The Democratic candidate has many good reasons not to descend to the bended-knee posture of a toady
Quo Vadis, Senator Bernie Sanders? For months Sanders has scored higher in the national polls against Donald Trump, than Hillary Clinton, highlighting some of her drawbacks for the November showdown. Yet, with one primary to go next Tuesday in the colony known as the District of Columbia, the cries for him to drop out or be called a “spoiler,” are intensifying. Don’t you understand that you have been vanquished by Hillary? You must endorse her to unify the party.
No, Bernie has other understandings beyond his principled declaration in speech after speech that his campaign is going all the way to the Democratic Party Convention. Between the June 14th D.C. Primary and the July nominating convention, lots can happen. As Yogi Berra said, “It ain’t over till it’s over.” (The run-up to the primary is a perfect time for Sanders and Clinton to forcefully advocate for DC Statehood.)
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Americans want Bernie Sanders to stay in the race . . .
By Jeff Stein and Zachary Crockett, Vox
(June 10, 2016 14:50 ET) — Loads of commentators have recently argued that Bernie Sanders needs to drop out of the presidential primary for the good of the Democratic Party, to help Hillary Clinton, or to teach his followers a valuable lesson of political engagement.
The voters themselves, however, don’t seem to care much if Sanders stays in.
Only 36 percent of Americans think Sanders should throw in the towel — compared with 48 percent who want him to keep fighting, according to a new poll conducted by Vox and Morning Consult.
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Jill Stein to Bernie Sanders: Run on the Green Party Ticket & Continue Your Political Revolution
(June 9, 2016 08:00 a.m.) — As Bernie Sanders prepares to meet with President Obama, DemocracyNow’s Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez speak to Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, who has also been reaching out to the Vermont senator.
With Hillary Clinton claiming victory in the Democratic race, Stein is attempting to start a dialogue with the Sanders campaign.
In an open letter in April, Stein wrote, “In this hour of unprecedented crisis—with human rights, civilization, and life on the planet teetering on the brink—can we explore an historic collaboration to keep building the revolution beyond the reach of corporate party clutches, where the movement can take root and flourish, in the 2016 election and beyond?”
Stein was interviewed in depth by DemocracyNow from Albany ahead of this weekend’s New York Green Party convention.
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Read Bernie Sanders’ Speech Vowing to Continue His Nomination Fight
By Katie Reilly, Time
(June 8, 2016 10:10 a.m. ET) –Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke to a crowd of supporters at a rally in California on Tuesday night, vowing to continue to “fight for every vote and every delegate,” shortly after Hillary Clinton declared victory in the Democratic primary during a speech in New York.
“We are going to fight hard to win the primary in Washington, D.C.,” Sanders said. “I am pretty good at arithmetic, and I know that the fight in front of us is a very, very steep fight. But we will continue to fight for every vote and every delegate we can get.”
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