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The Schmooze That Time Bernie Sanders Tried to Sing ‘This Land Is Your Land’
If you’ve got the Bern real bad and Bernie Sanders’s thick Brooklyn accent on your TV screen is just not enough to satiate you, we have good news for you. You can download Sanders’s 1987 folk album and listen to his non-singing version of “This Land is Your Land” wherever you go. That’s right. The…
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Opinion Don’t Worry, Bernie — Being Jewish Won’t Hurt You in Iowa
As one comedian online, if Hillary Clinton loses the Iowa caucus February 1 to an underdog, it will be the most shocking thing that’s happened — since it happened eight years ago. In 2008, the pundit class was united in the opinion that Clinton was clearly next in line for the Democratic nomination and that…
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The Schmooze Ben & Jerry’s Founder Creates Bernie Sanders Ice Cream Flavor
A co-founder of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company has created a new flavor inspired by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Ben Cohen, who founded the Vermont-based company with Jerry Greenfield in 1978, introduced “Bernie’s Yearning” Monday on his Facebook page. “Nothing is so unstoppable as a flavor whose time has finally come,” Cohen wrote….
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The Schmooze Simon & Garfunkel Lend ‘America’ to Bernie Sanders
Simon & Garfunkel have let the Bernie Sanders campaign use their song “America” in new political video. We double dare you not to feel something after watching the new Bernie Sanders campaign ad. He, and you, can thank famous Jewish folk singers Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel, who are allowing Sanders to use the yearning…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Has ‘Luxury’ of Being Longshot — or So Says Obama
Bernie Sanders has had the “luxury of being a complete long shot” so far in the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate, President Barack Obama said in an interview published by Politico on Monday. Obama said both Sanders and Hillary Clinton, his former Secretary of State, share similar views on core issues like income…
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News Who Has Hillary Clinton’s Ear on Israel — and What About Bernie Sanders?
The top Democrats may be running neck and neck in the early primary states, but when it comes to assembling a stable of advisers on the Middle East, Hillary Clinton is way ahead of her chief rival, Bernie Sanders. The former secretary of state boasts a host of dedicated aides, consultants and confidants advising her…
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Fast Forward Trump-Promoted Twitter That ‘Gassed’ Sanders Now Pro Bernie — Not
That @WhiteGenocideTM Twitter that Donald Trump retweeted from? It’s now morphed into a mock “Bernie 4 Prez” feed. Trump retweeted a deprecating post about Jeb Bush last week from the Twitter, but critics quickly noted that by doing so he was promoting a site filled with anti-Semitic ramblings directed at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders,…
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Fast Forward Sanders, Clinton, Trump React To Possible Bloomberg White House Run
DES MOINES – U.S. presidential hopefuls on Sunday offered mixed reviews of former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s potential independent White House run, with Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders saying it would add another billionaire like Republican Donald Trump to the field. With eight days to go until Iowa holds the first nominating contest on the…
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