The Bare Bones of Life
Bernie Sanders Fans Express Outrage on Twitter After Clinton Endorsement
By Lucas Nolan, Breitbart.com
(July 13, 2016 12:00 p.m.) — Bernie Sanders supporters took to Twitter to voice their anger as the Democratic presidential nominee announced his official endorsement of Hillary Clinton for president.
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And Then There Was One: A Democratic Roundup
By Ashe Schow, Observer
(July 12, 2016 1:10 p.m.) — While the Republican presidential field was widely regarded as one of the strongest ever presented (and with 17 candidates, it was certainly the largest), the contest resulted in the nomination of a candidate with sky-high, record setting negatives: Donald Trump.
The GOP primary, however, ended much quicker than the Democratic primary, which had just five candidates (can you name the other three without using Google?). Even with the Democratic primary dragging on much longer than it should, the party still produced its own candidate with sky-high negatives (who, if not for Trump, would have been the most historically disliked candidate ever).
Speaking of, Hillary Clinton has finally, officially been crowned Queen of the Democratic Party.
Bernie Sanders Is Still Raising Too Much Money
By Andrew McGill, The Atlantic
(July 11, 2016 06:00 p.m.) — It appears Bernie Sanders, he of the famed $27 donation, is still struggling to rein in over-eager donors. On Sunday, the Federal Elections Commission sent the Sanders campaign a list of contributors who may have donated more than $2,700, the maximum amount allowed for a primary campaign. It runs on for more than 1,000 pages.
This is the fifth time Sanders has been put on notice, and each time, the list of flagged contributions has grown. In February, the FEC’s letter was just 95 pages long. By April, it had hit 650 pages, and the FEC’s letter for May—which was also filed Sunday, a bit late—reached 778. While it’s hard to pin down exactly how much money Sanders might have to return, a rough calculation—the total amount donated by the cited contributors minus the legal limit for each—indicates it could be in the neighborhood of $500,000, a relatively small sum for a campaign that’s raised nearly $230 million.
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Bernie Sanders Won by Waiting to Endorse Hillary Clinton
By Sam Frizell, Time
(July 11, 2016 3:00 p.m.) — When Bernie Sanders arrives in Portsmouth, N.H., on Tuesday to endorse his bitter rival Hillary Clinton after overwhelmingly losing the Democratic primary, he will be holding a handful of policy victories.
From free college to a tax on carbon emissions, Sanders has managed to finesse some of his liberal policies into the Democratic Party’s platform and cajole Clinton’s campaign into accepting some of his most liberal proposals. Weeks of backroom and telephone negotiations resulted in Sanders-backed policy ideas landing on Clinton’s platform and in the Democratic Party’s blueprint, outlined in a hefty platform draft that was finished last weekend in Orlando.
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Democrats Adopt Many Bernie Sanders Demands in Party’s New Platform
By CNN Wire
(July 10, 2016 10:39 a.m.) — Bernie Sanders’ campaign is declaring victory after striking deals with Hillary Clinton’s allies over climate change, health care and a $15-an-hour minimum wage as Democrats finalized the party’s 2016 platform.
The primary rivals’ negotiators never found common ground on trade — with Clinton’s supporters voting down the Sanders backers’ language to specifically reject the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership. Sanders supporters were also frustrated to see their proposals denouncing Israeli settlements and banning fracking rejected.
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Bernie Sanders earns $15 minimum wage amendment to Democratic platform
By the Associated Press
(July 9, 2016 9:12 a.m.) — ORLANDO, Fla. – Bernie Sanders’ crusade to shape the Democratic party platform scored a win late Friday night, with the approval of an amendment calling for increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 over time.
The fight to get more explicit platform language around wages showed the Vermont senator’s campaign still fighting for the liberal issues that made up his “political revolution” even as his clout fades.
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Green Party Candidate Invites Bernie Sanders To Take Over Ticket
By Kerry Picket
(July 8, 2016 3:28 p.m.) — Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton may not have seen the last of Bernie Sanders this election cycle.
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein has offered to step aside from running as the party nominee and allow Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to take over the ticket, The Guardian reports.
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Bernie Sanders Expected To Endorse Hillary Clinton On Tuesday
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.
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Sanders Files Permit Request for Huge Rally on Eve of Democratic Convention
By Nadia Prupis, staff writer
(July 6, 2016 6:00 p.m.) — Bernie Sanders’ next signature rally may take place in Philadelphia—the night before the Democratic National Convention.
The Vermont senator’s campaign has applied for a permit to hold an event that will reportedly host between 15,000 to 40,000 people on July 24 at Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park. It is one of 10 such pro-Sanders events requesting permission from the Philadelphia mayor’s office, the Burlington Free Press reports.
Sanders spokesperson Michael Briggs said last month that the senator was planning to deliver a “victory statement” in Philadelphia, but said on Wednesday that plans for the rally are still being finalized
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Sanders booed by House Democrats
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.
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