The Bare Bones of Life
Senator Bernie Sanders has a fellow son of Brooklyn making new radio ads on his behalf: Spike Lee.
By Yamiche Alcindor, The New York Times
(Feb. 23, 2016 11:18 am) — “Wake up. Wake up, South Carolina!” Mr. Lee begins – nodding to the opening of his 1989 film “Do the Right Thing” – in a 60-second commercial released on Tuesday in the state, where the Democratic presidential primary is on Saturday. https://publicskeleton.com/media/?p=468
(Feb. 21, 2016 22:30 ET) Bernie Sanders will be the next president of the United States, according to Salon. The Vermont Senator will require the help of young people and working class people to achieve his ambitious plans, and he is likely to get it.
The article below really talks about what I think we see every time Jane escorts her husband to the podium. She, unlike the other candidates, is virtually always there providing her in-the-trenches support as she quietly hands him off to the microphone to address thousands of supporters at his rallies.
This says a lot about their enduring relationship, now a marriage for 27-years.
I think we are going to see more of this support from Jane in the upcoming months leading to the primary, and then to the general election.
Jane Sanders is central in her husband’s surging campaign
By Catherine Lucey and Ken Thomas, AP
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) (Feb. 18, 2016 12:49) — When Jane Sanders saw an early cut of the “America” ad for her husband’s presidential campaign, she felt something wasn’t quite right. The problem? Her husband was talking in it.
The uplifting spot for Bernie Sanders features sunny images of his packed rallies while Simon and Garfunkel’s song “America” plays. Jane Sanders found herself being carried away by the mood and the music, not by the clip of him speaking.
“So I just asked to cut Bernie out,” she said. “He’s talking all the time in other places.”
(Feb. 18, 2016 21:45 ET) Since Bernie Sanders’ rise in the polls after putting up tough competition in Iowa and in New Hampshire against the purported “inevitable” contender Hillary Clinton, there has been a lot of talk about who Sanders’ running mate may be.
Many have contemplated Sen. Elizabeth Warren as an ideal candidate who has sported parallel stances on issues the Sanders campaign has been touting during his campaign.
Only speculation can be derived as to why Warren has not outwardly “endorsed” Sanders.
Perhaps she is allowing her supporters to make up their own minds and determinations by looking at her stances on the issues, and not who she may be endorsing for the presidency.
The impassioned Warren, while campaigning in August 2011, made some impacting remarks captured on video and then subsequently posted on YouTube the following month in September.
One of Warren’s most resonating quotes from that Andover, Mass., meeting, “There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody,” has left a favorable impression with her supporters.
You can watch the 2-minute video and read a transcript of that meeting below.
Video:
Transcript:
From 00:55:
There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.
Nobody.
You built a factory out there – good for you.
But I want to be clear.
You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for.
You hired workers the rest of us paid to educate.
You were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for.
You didn’t have to worry that marauding bands would come and seize everything at your factory,
and hire someone to protect against this because of the work the rest of us did.
Now look. You built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea.
God Bless!
Keep a hunk of it.
But part of the underlying social contract is you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.Elizabeth Warren, August 2011
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Super-PAC’s Composition Reveals Donors, Contributors and Operators Behind Them
By Daryl Parsons
(Feb. 17, 2016 22:30 ET) In today’s article in the Intercept, “Hedge Fund Billionaires Fund Super PAC Ad Against Bernie Sanders and Minimum Wage Hike,” information about the donors, contributors and operators behind the Super PAC provides perspective and context to their mission and add campaigns.
By drawing attention to the underlying structure of these Super PACs, beyond the mere fact that they are directed at a particular candidate, helps the public’s understanding of them, contributes designing counter-information campaigns against them.
Since the term “Super PAC” has been used over and over during this year’s presidential election cycle. It’s easy to quickly roll one’s eyes and be dismissive about them. As a result, the true nature of any one particular Super PAC gets overlook. All these bad actors behind the Super PAC are then able to secretly continue their agenda as “business as usual.”
In Jilani’s article specific details of the Super PAC now launching add campaigns against presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders has been brought to light. By exposing the true inner structure of this particular Super PAC, it actually provides a great background to refer to when coming into contact with the media communications they put out into the public forum. There should be public registries, obviously online, where each Super PAC is required to disclose their contributors, membership and mission statement.
Though Citizens United Supreme Court case permits these Super PACs to operate as of now, disclosures of their inner structure is also part of the discussion. The public then will have all of the information about the Super PAC’s messages, both their media products, as well as their base structural foundation.
At the end of the day, researching information about any of the underlying Super PACs which have been activated during this election cycle provides context to the messages contained in their media campaigns. At the end of the day, the louder the distorted message put out by targeted Super PAC campaigns, the louder the counter-information campaign is heard addressing the inaccuracies, special interests, and any other information in the Super PACs media package which were not disclosed at the time it was released.
(Feb. 15, 2016 07:25 ET)–There were several issues created when Justice Antonin Scalia died Saturday. Mainstream media reports for the most part focused on how the GOP would interfere with any nominee submitted by President Obama being that this is his last year in office.
Then there were the reports that mentioned President Obama’s intention to not delay moving forward with nominating a replacement.
Eventually, the reporting broke away from that rut, broadening into more substantive areas such as; 1) what the usual length of time was for nominations to be confirmed; and 2) what was the history of nominees submitted during the last year of a presidents term.
Below is a breakdown prepared by The New York Times which begins to address the first question regarding the length of time to confirm. The other question, regarding the practice and history of last year nominations, was not fully discussed, “. . . few presidents have successfully filled vacancies announced in their final full year.”
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Bernie Sanders is winning over voters from Clinton Republicans
by Reno Berkely, The Inquistr
(Feb. 14, 2016) –Bernie Sanders is winning over voters from all walks of life, and it appears that he may even be converting Donald Trump supporters. Folks who have identified as Republicans for years have made the switch, citing Bernie’s honesty, integrity, and unwavering stance on issues.
“Despite consistent deception and dirty tactics from the Clinton campaign and the DNC, Sanders has conducted his campaign with the same poise, honesty, financial integrity and commitment to the underprivileged he has demonstrated during his entire political career. Even if I don’t agree with Sanders on every issue, I’d rather have a president I can respect unequivocally.”
(Feb. 13, 2016 17:00 PM EST) In a YouTube video, “Erica Garner endorsement of Bernie Sanders for President,” posted by Erica Garner, the daughter of the late Eric Garner who died at the hand of the police in 2014, speaks out about her loss.
The four minute video takes you through the personal journey Erica Garner has taken since her father was killed.
“He is not scared to go up against the criminal just system. He’s not scared,” Garner says in the video. “That is why I am for Bernie.”
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Bernie Sanders Gets Dramatic Endorsement From Eric Garner’s Daughter (Video)
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Civil Rights Leader Lewis Softening Dismissal of Sanders
By Meg Kinnard, AP Greenville, S.C. (Feb. 13, 2016, 3:15 PM ET)
Civil rights leader John Lewis on Saturday softened his dismissal of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ work in the 1960s on behalf of racial equality.
Lewis, a Georgia congresswoman who has endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 race, had said about Sanders’ role in the movement: “I never saw him. I never met him.”
Two days later, he felt compelled to clarify his remarks “in the interest of unity.”
“The fact that I did not meet him in the movement does not mean I doubted that Sen. Sanders participated,” Lewis said, and “neither was I attempting to disparage his activism.”
John Lewis clarifies comments on Bernie Sanders
By Alex Seitz-Wald (Feb. 13, 2016 12:22 PM)
Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis on Saturday clarified comments he made earlier this week questioning Sen. Bernie Sanders’ involvement in the civil rights movement. Lewis, who is supporting Hillary Clinton over Sanders in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, had said he never met Sanders.
Why Superdelegates Don’t Matter by Matt Adler, Former Barack Obama Delegate DNC 2008
(Feb. 12, 2016) Matt Alder a former Barack Obama Delegate, DNC 2008, explains the differences between delegates, unpledged delegates, and superdelegates in a short and concise manner.
