As a brief distraction from the nail-biting presidential election we’re in the middle of, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ted Cruz, and more politicians appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in a political edition of the show’s regular segment, Mean Tweets. Like other installments of the segment, the guests read aloud various …
Read More »Bernie's Last Chance
If Bernie Sanders believed he could win, he’d be trying harder to hype this weekend’s “virtual debate” with Joe Biden. Originally, the one-on-one showdown was scheduled in Arizona. In a surreal concession to the coronavirus disaster, the CNN-hosted affair will instead feature just Biden and Sanders onstage in Washington, D.C., …
Read More »An Honest Conversation With a Prominent Black Activist Who Works for Pete Buttigieg
CHARLESTON, S.C. —Abe Jenkins is a Charleston native and a fixture in the political scene in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. His grandfather was the revered civil rights activist Esau Jenkins, a businessman and civic leader who organized the black community on the islands around Charleston. Esau and his wife, Janie, transported …
Read More »Sanders Blasts the 'Arrogance of Billionaires' While Discussing a Possible Bloomberg Run
When ABC News told Bernie Sanders that former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg may run for president because he did not like the current field of candidates, the senator from Vermont responded, “That is the arrogance of billionaires.” Sanders then went on to criticize the reported plans of the …
Read More »Bernie Sanders' Marijuana Legalization Plan Goes Furthest of Any Candidate
Sen. Bernie Sanders has unveiled one of the most ambitious marijuana legalization plans to date. Yesterday, at precisely 4:20 p.m., the candidate released a detailed, sweeping proposal to legalize marijuana on the federal level. “Too many lives were ruined due to the disastrous criminalization of marijuana. Today I am releasing …
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