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Nanjeanne

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March 5, 2016

Sanders Endorsed By National Union for Social Security Workers

Sanders was introduced at the news conference by Dana Duggins, executive vice president of the National Union for Social Security Workers. She praised him as “a champion for Social Security” who fought to preserve the program throughout his career in Congress. Sanders, she added, “will be the best champion of Social Security as president of the United States.” The union represents about 29,000 workers across the United States who help administer Social Security and Medicare benefits for millions of Americans.


Read Press Release here:
https://berniesanders.com/press-release/social-security-workers-endorse-sanders-he-calls-republican-cuts-crazy-and-clinton-vague/
March 5, 2016

Economists Who Bashed Bernie Sanders’ Tax Plan Admit They’re Clueless: “We’re Not Really Experts...”


On Friday afternoon, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) — a project of centrist think tank Brookings Institution — published a thoroughly-flawed analysis of Bernie Sanders’ tax plan. The TPC claimed that by raising $15.3 trillion in new revenue over ten years to fund Sanders’ proposals for free public college, universal health care, paid family and medical leave, and millions of new infrastructure jobs, the overall income of the average American would drop by approximately 12 percent.

However, the analysis was fundamentally disingenuous, as it analyzes the tax increases in a vacuum and does not account for the tremendous amount of savings that would be realized by families using public health insurance and colleges. It also does not account for the overall economic benefit of 13 million new public sector jobs and the resulting flow of new money into the economy.

“We do not account for the effects of the new government programs on income,” TPC co-founder Leonard Burman told Politico, in a revealing quote buried thirteen paragraphs below Politico‘s misleading headline. “We’re not really experts on the spending component.”


Read here: http://usuncut.com/news/sanders-shoots-down-tpc-analysis-of-tax-plan/
March 5, 2016

Endorsement for Bernie Sanders - Winona LaDuke, American activist, environmentalist & economist

I love hearing about these real people endorsements for Bernie!

“Our lands – as indigenous lands – are the place where most of the oil and gas, and a good portion of the uranium and coal comes from. The easiest answer for the future generations is to keep it in the ground. And we are thankful for Bernie Sanders for saying ‘Let’s keep it in the ground.’ Don’t make a mess we can’t clean up.”


Video here: http://progressiveissue.com/video-winona-laduke-endorses-bernie-sanders-for-president/

Just like it was so terrific to see Jane Kleeb of anti-Keystone organization, Bold Nebraska, introduce Bernie at his rally the other day.
March 5, 2016

Dems & Repubs Planning Corporate Giveaway - where do you think Clinton stands?

Ya think a moderator will bring this up at the next debate? Didn't think so.

The bad news is that key leaders of the Democratic Party—including the president—are getting on board with Republicans, despite some talk about confronting income inequality. Influential Democrats intend to negotiate with Republican counterparts on the size and terms of post-facto tax “forgiveness” for America’s globalized companies. This is real money they’re talking about—a giveaway of hundreds of billions.

Why haven’t voters heard about this from candidates? Because Republicans and Democrats both know it would make angry voters even angrier.


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To put it plainly, this trade-off is certain to worsen income inequality, because the money goes to the very people—shareholders and corporate execs—who have already done fabulously well at the expense of other Americans.

Senator Elizabeth Warren, as she often does, found the right words to describe this transaction. She called it “a giant wet kiss for the tax dodgers.” Warren and Senator Sanders have repeatedly charged that the system is rigged. What’s particularly outrageous about this new rigging of the tax code is that even though the politicians are engineering it in the midst of a presidential election, most voters don’t have a clue.


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The top 10 multinationals that would reap the largest boodle from this deal are Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, Citigroup, Amgen, Qualcomm, JPMorgan Chase, Gilead Sciences, Goldman Sachs, and Bank of America. According to Citizens for Tax Justice, these 10 collectively owe $162 billion in unpaid taxes on the $540 billion in profits they’ve parked offshore.


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What does Hillary Clinton think about this scandal? Citizens should ask her everywhere she goes. But don’t leave out Republican candidates. Ask them too, and ask those Tea Party irregulars. Are they on board with bank robbers? Or fed-up citizens? Ask your senators and representatives which side they are on.

They say this is the year of rebellion. I hope it’s only the beginning. There is the promising possibility that this time, voters will instruct the powerful rather than the other way around. People are learning they can do more than listen.


Read more about this disgusting TAX SUBSIDY FOR CORPORATIONS here:
http://www.thenation.com/article/democrats-and-republicans-are-quietly-planning-a-corporate-giveaway-to-the-tune-of-400-billion/
March 2, 2016

John Fetterman who endorsed Sanders will be great asset in PA

This is an article about John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, who endorsed Bernie and is running for Senate. Braddock is a poor city with a large AA population. Fetterman is a really interesting guy and someone I have given money to. While this article is about him, I though it was an interesting piece showing how Bernie might be able to make some inroads in PA.

Martin O'Malley just endorsed Fetterman two days ago.

Meet the Rust-Belt Populist Who Wants to Be Pennsylvania’s Next Senator
John Fetterman, mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, wants to fight for “legacy communities” and the soul of the Democratic Party.

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Fetterman, who is white, has led the charge to revitalize the mostly black Braddock, which was abandoned by industry in the 1970s. Nearly 40 percent of its households now fall below the poverty line. Except for its racial demographics, Braddock is typical of the struggling Rust Belt towns that may prove pivotal in this election. Some of Donald Trump’s biggest rallies have been staged in these “legacy communities,” drawing supporters still reeling from the Recession. Bernie Sanders, meanwhile, is hoping to rally the working class against the corporate interests that have deserted it. Like Sanders, Fetterman is in a battle for both the Democratic nomination and the soul of the party. Can he win over his state’s infamously conservative, mostly white center, by wooing the rural working-class voters that have fled the Democratic Party in droves? In These Times talked with Fetterman about Bernie, Braddock and 2016.


Read more:
http://billmoyers.com/story/meet-the-rust-belt-populist-who-wants-to-be-pennsylvanias-next-senator/
March 1, 2016

What's going on in New Bedford MA - Bill Clinton there and no one can get in to vote

According to person who took video:

This is so corrupt!! Mayor of New Bedford, MA campaigning for Hillary and blocking this voting poll!!! No one has come here to vote in the 2 hours I've been here by the door!!


Does anyone know anything about this?

March 1, 2016

Bernie Sanders picks up Detroit endorsements

From Detroit News

Flint resident Danielle Green was an undecided Democrat until a private meeting with an attentive U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders won her vote, she said.

“The compassion they showed for the situation,” Green said of what persuaded her during the Feb. 15 meeting with Sanders and his wife at Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. “He didn’t make any promises, which I can respect.

“But he did say he would come to Flint, which he did. So Sen. Sanders has my vote. He’s my guy.”

Sanders held a Flint rally last week, 10 days after his meeting with Green. At the rally, he reiterated his demand for Gov. Rick Snyder to resign over the city’s lead-contaminated water crisis.

The call was echoed by a handful of local politicians, activists and community members endorsing the democratic socialist from Vermont Monday at New Bedford Baptist Church in Detroit.


“Gov. Snyder ignored our voices by not allowing us the opportunity to remove the emergency manager,” Green said, demanding Snyder’s “immediate” resignation.

“Clean water is not an option. It’s a necessary element to every human being. To take away water is to take away life.”

The Detroit endorsements, mostly from African-American activists and Detroit leaders, came two days after Hillary Clinton on Saturday enjoyed a lopsided primary victory in South Carolina, fueled by an overwhelming advantage among black voters, a key Democratic constituency.

“He has the right policies for our city and our nation,” former Wayne County Commissioner Bernard Parker said of Sanders. “He has shown great judgment calling for Snyder’s resignation, and he did it early.

“We are here today to say the people of Michigan will no longer stand by idle while Snyder forces poison down our children’s throats. We need a new approach to government that only Sen. Sanders can provide.”

Former State Rep. Betty Cook Scott of Detroit also linked Flint’s water crisis to her endorsement.


Read More:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/29/bernie-sanders-picks-detroit-endorsements/81105734/
February 29, 2016

First Votes In From Democrats Abroad - FUN! NZ goes 21 Sanders/6 Clinton!

I love that this took place in a bar!


First Super Tuesday results:
Sanders 21 – Clinton 6

Americans in New Zealand might be the first one to change the game for the US primary elections, something that could turning point in the democratic race.

The result are astounding with Bernie Sanders beating Hillary Clinton by 3 to 1.

New Zealand was the first of 39 countries where Democrats Abroad. Other will host in-person voting between March 1-8; voting sites will be open in 22 countries on Super Tuesday alone, and in 104 cities throughout the week.

Kat Allikian, Chair of Democrats Abroad New Zealand, said,

“TONIGHT’S OPPORTUNITY FOR U.S. DEMOCRATS LIVING IN NEW ZEALAND TO CAST THE FIRST VOTES ON SUPER TUESDAY WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. OUR TURNOUT WAS SMALL, BUT LIKE OUR FELLOW AMERICANS IN DIXVILLE NOTCH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WE’VE MADE OUR VOICES HEARD ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT MATTER TO US.”

Voting took place at the Public Bar and Eatery in Wellington at midnight local time, with the announcement made at 12:30 AM Wellington time.



http://www.mangofeed.com/bernie-sanders-wins-70-points-first-super-tuesday-results/
February 29, 2016

5 Ways the Media Is Gravely Misreading South Carolina's Democratic Primary Results

Interesting analysis of the SC results and how it impacts the general election.

Bernie Sanders, having just finished two rallies in Texas with crowds larger than Hillary Clinton could ever dream of -- a 10,000-person rally in Austin and an 8,000-person one in Dallas -- called Clinton to concede the South Carolina primary and got on a plane bound for Minnesota, a state whose Super Tuesday vote the media hasn't bothered to poll, but which Bernie Sanders is likely to win. If he listened to any of the coverage of his dramatic defeat in the Palmetto State while en-route to Rochester, he probably wondered at its accuracy and cogency. Here's five reasons he'd be right:

1. In South Carolina, Sanders won many of the groups that will matter in the general election, making it puzzling that the media would declare Saturday's primary results solid proof of Clinton's viability in November.

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2. Among voters who decided who they wanted to support over the last four weeks, Sanders significantly outperformed his statewide totals, losing that demographic by less than half what he lost South Carolina by.

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3. CNN consistently misstated the composition of the Super Tuesday electorate in a way that dramatically misled viewers about Clinton's prospects.

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4. John King's "Magic Wall" has dazed him into -- frankly -- incoherence.

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5. Almost no one has voted yet. No, really -- almost no one has voted.


READ THE ARTICLE TO SEE THE DETAILS ON EACH OF THESE POINTS. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/5-ways-the-media-is-grave_b_9340218.html

The one that really stood out for me was under Point 1:

Specifically, Sanders won independents in South Carolina by 7 points, voters under 30 by 8 points, first-time primary voters by 26 points, white men by 12 points, and -- while losing the total vote by a staggering 47.5% -- managed to lose on the question of honesty and trustworthiness by only 2%.

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