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Fast Forward Sanders Mocks Trump As Health-Care Know-Nothing
After President Trump lamented that replacing Obamacare would be difficult because “nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated,” Senator Bernie Sanders that many people already understood the issue’s complexity. “Some of us who were sitting on the health education committee, who went to meeting after meeting after meeting, who heard from dozens of people,…
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Opinion Trump Is Elephant In Every Room As Shellshocked Jews Seek Path Forward
On Monday afternoon, February 27, Sen. Bernie Sanders delivered what appeared to be his first-ever keynote address to a national Jewish organization. His host, unsurprisingly, was J Street, the self-described pro-Israel, pro-peace advocacy organization. The liberal Jewish group was holding its once-a-year national conference in Washington, D.C. The liberal Jewish senator couldn’t have asked for…
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News Bernie Sanders Electrifies J Street With Emotional Message On Israel — And Trump
WASHINGTON (JTA) — U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, speaking with affection of his life in Israel decades ago, told a rapturous J Street conference that one could sharply criticize the Israeli government’s policies and be pro-Israel. Sanders, I-Vt., speaking Monday in his first Middle East policy speech since ending his bid last June for the Democratic…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders And ‘Science Guy’ Hold Climate Change Forum
Bernie Sanders and Bill Nye (the Science Guy) hosted a conversation about the perils of climate change Monday, bringing their talk to Facebook Live in order to raise consciousness about an environmental issue they fear the new administration will backslide on. “Join me and Bill Nye at 10:30 a.m. ET tomorrow on Facebook Live for…
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Fast Forward Chuck Schumer Brokers Senate Democratic Peace Deal With Bernie Sanders Over Drug Bill
If it’s true that “blessed be the peacemakers,” Chuck Schumer deserves a halo. Schumer, the chamber’s minority leader, is spending some time smoothing things over after Bernie Sanders blasted 13 of his fellow Democrats for voting against a drug reimportation bill that could bring in cheaper medicines from Canada. “You cannot do that if you’re…
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Fast Forward WATCH: In Solidarity, Sanders Reads Letter That Got Warren Censured
Bernie Sanders expressed his solidarity with colleague Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday, reading aloud on the Senate floor a letter from Coretta Scott King that blasted Attorney General nominee Jeff Sessions’ record on civil rights, an act that got the Massachusetts senator shut down the previous night by the chamber’s Republicans. Warren was forced off the…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Bernie Sanders Debates Ted Cruz in Cable Showdown on Obamacare
Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz took the stage Tuesday night for a historic debate over Obamacare, where the two senators gave voice to two very different visions for American health care. Both agreed on the need to change the status quo in the health care sector, but that’s about where the agreement stopped, as the…
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The Schmooze Bernie Sanders Is Suddenly A Fashion Icon — And He’s Bewildered
Bernie Sanders: U.S. Senator, former presidential candidate…fashion icon? Paris Fashion Week felt the bern back in January, when Balenciaga models strutted down the runway in Bernie-inspired attire. The designer’s fall collection included an array of flannel shirts, windbreakers and untucked dress shirts, each adorned with logos inspired by Sanders’ campaign name design. Balenciaga Men Fall…
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