The figures for the third quarter of campaign fundraising are in and it seems that Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders is literally giving Hillary Clinton a run for her money. Bloomberg Politics reports that “In the run up the 2016 primary elections, conventional wisdom had it that insider candidates who had long cultivated relationships with […]
Sarah Silverman introduced Bernie Sanders to a Los Angeles crowd of around 27,000 people on August 10, 2015. Silverman warmed up the crowd by reclaiming the words “values” and “morals,” words she says “have been co-opted by people who wear them as shrouds to justify terrible things.” Silverman talked about Sanders’ consistency and how “he […]
“Bernie Sanders by Gage Skidmore” by Gage Skidmore. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Commons. The Bernie Sanders campaign published a lengthy list of celebrities, artists and cultural leaders who are endorsing the Democratic presidential hopeful. The list was accompanied by a letter, endorsed by the signatories: We — the undersigned artists, musicians, and cultural […]
You might recall that at the National Conference for Media Reform 2008 Bill O’Reilly producer Porter Barry ambushed PBS’ Bill Moyers to pepper him with questions regarding his political affiliations and his “refusal” to appear on O’Reily’s show. However, as it turned out Moyers ended up making Barry look like the fool he […]
Bernie Sanders’ record of anti-war activism in the 1960s and 1970s has been well-documented. As ABC News reported earlier this week, “While at the University of Chicago, he was a member of several progressive peace organizations, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Student Peace Union” and “as a congressman and later senator, Sanders […]