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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Hires First-Ever Muslim Presidential Campaign Manager
Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign manager will be American Civil Liberties Union national political director Faiz Shakir, the Daily Beast reported Tuesday. The move means that Sanders, who in 2016 became the most successful Jewish presidential candidate in American history, will have his campaign steered by the first-ever Muslim presidential campaign manager. Shakir is a…
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The Schmooze Bernie Sanders Is Running For President, And Twitter Is Exploding.
The difference between Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign and his 2020 campaign? “This time, we’re gonna win,” he told CBS on Tuesday morning, shortly after announcing his bid for candidacy. What won’t be any different? The onslaught of online takes about Sanders, particularly on Twitter. Seeking the 2016 Democratic nomination, Sanders was defeated by Hillary…
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Opinion Sanders And Omar Are Right On Venezuela. Regime Change Is How We Got Iraq.
In the lead-up to America’s 2003 invasion of Iraq, a common technique on the right was to either imply or openly accuse anti-war liberals of being in league with Saddam Hussein. A cheap twist of rhetoric transformed protesting the invasion into endorsing the human rights abuses of Saddam’s regime. If you were against the war,…
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The Schmooze Footage Of Shirtless Bernie Sanders Drunkenly Singing With Soviets In ‘88 Surfaces
Na Zdorovye and welcome to another round of Attempted Smear of Political Candidate Via Videos Of Their Youth Only Serves To Make Candidate More Appealing. Forget dancing queen AOC or bangin’ Beto or even that unsettling video of teenage Ted Cruz plotting world domination — this grainy footage of a topless, hammered Bernie Sanders singing…
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Fast Forward Rashida Tlaib On Instagram: Uncle Bernie Gets Me
Representative Rashida Tlaib and Senator Bernie Sanders shared their similarly progressive ideals over dinner Wednesday night. Tlaib and Sanders posed for a selfie, which she posted to Instagram. “I had dinner with Amo (Uncle) Bernie tonight! We talked about my passion for economic justice and fighting for corporations to pay their fair share. This man…
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Opinion Bernie Sanders Has To Run – To Make Democrats More Critical Of Israel
There are plenty of reasons for Bernie Sanders not to run for president. He’s an old white guy who may have trouble generating enthusiasm from people of color and women, especially after the recent revelations of sexism in his 2016 campaign. Of all the potential Democratic nominees, he’s the one most likely to prompt a…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Apologizes To Women Harassed By 2016 Campaign Employees
Senator Bernie Sanders put out a public apology to female staffers who said they were harassed or discriminated against while working on his 2016 presidential campaign. “To the women on my 2016 campaign who were harassed or mistreated, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for speaking out. I apologize,” he tweeted Thursday. “We…
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News GOP Tries To Embarrass Democrats By Pushing Israel Vote During Shutdown
It’s the first vote of the new United States Senate – but it’s doubling as a preview of the 2020 presidential campaign. Senate Democrats on Tuesday night blocked a bill sponsored by Republican Senator Marco Rubio that includes aid for Israel and also controversial curbs on supporting the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction…
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