By Phillip Stucky Sen. Bernie Sanders told MSNBC Friday he will vote for presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in November. “Yes,” Sanders responded, when asked on “Morning Joe” if he would vote for Clinton. Sanders said his ultimate job was to ensure Republican front-runner Donald Trump doesn’t win the presidency, adding that he would do anything in his power…
By Ted Goodman Sen. Bernie Sanders spoke in front of roughly 2,500 campaign supporters outside RFK stadium in Washington, D.C. Thursday night. Sanders held the campaign event in a last-ditch effort to amass the needed delegates to secure the nomination. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has already reached the delegate threshold, but Sanders supporters gathered in…
By Phillip Stucky Senator Bernie Sanders, the firebrand Democratic challenger to Hillary Clinton’s bid for the White House, announced Tuesday that he will continue his push until the party convention. Sanders told supporters Monday that the California primary was the “most important primary in the Democratic nomination process.” His promise to stay in the race appears…
Death has a way of evoking nostalgia, and understandably so. Humans are in many ways empathetic and the loss of others serve as poignant reminders of our own mortality. When someone dies it is easy to look at the good and dismiss the bad. It’s only natural to want to celebrate people when they die,…
By Connor D. Wolf Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders toured a farmer’s market Sunday in downtown Los Angeles while failing to address how policies he supports have hurt local businesses. Sanders was followed by a large enthusiastic crowd as he walked through the historic downtown farmer’s market. He eventually left the city to have…
If there is one thing Bernie Sanders is trying to avoid it’s comparisons between his brand of socialism and what is happening in Venezuela. Sanders has skirted the issue, even admitting he should know more about how socialism has worked in Latin America. But all that is lost now as Nicolas Maduro, the authoritarian leader…
By Juliegrace Brufke House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she isn’t a fan of the way Democratic presidential nominee is selected, although she plays a role in the process herself as a Democratic superdelegate. “By the way, I am not a supporter of superdelegates,” Pelosi said during a discussion at the Peterson Foundation 2016 Fiscal Summit. “I am one,…
By Juliegrace Brufke Despite major tax increases, 2016 Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders’ healthcare plan would fall roughly $16.6 trillion short over the course of a decade, according to studies released by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center and the Urban Institute. While Sanders claimed all of his proposals would be fully paid for, his…
By Blake Neff Hundreds of workers on Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign will be looking for work tomorrow, after Sanders announced Wednesday that his campaign is laying off hundreds. The announcement comes one day after Sanders lost four out of five primaries in northeastern states, further shrinking his already long-shot odds of overtaking Hillary Clinton in…
By Connor D. Wolf Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders and his campaign have paid six-figure sums for Verizon services despite protesting against the company, according to reports Wednesday. Sanders has denounced Verizon on numerous occasions during the election over an ongoing labor dispute. Workers went on strike Wednesday after almost a year of troublesome contract…