June 28, 2015

Lucinda Williams ended her performance with an enthusiastic, "VOTE FOR BERNIE SANDERS!"

June 28, 2015

Bernie Sanders: George Orwell...

Much like what Bernie is doing...

June 28, 2015

The fairest way to reduce wealth inequality and preserve our democracy is to enact a progressive

estate tax....

June 28, 2015

It's not an accident...

June 28, 2015

Madison, Wisconsin: Join Bernie for a rally this Wednesday, July 1 at 7pm!

June 28, 2015

A Confederate Flag burns somewhere in NYC....

June 27, 2015

#FreeBree fundraiser fills with cash to support black woman arrested for pulling Confederate flag...

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Activist Bree Newsome became the darling of social media Saturday morning after being arrested for climbing the flagpole in front of the South Carolina capital and pulling down the Confederate flag.

Twitter users under the hashtag #FreeBree lauded the black woman’s early morning escapade, with a fundraiser set-up by CREDO Action rapidly accumulating funds to help defray her court costs and get her message out.

Newsome — who was arrested by State Capital police along with associate James Tyson, when she came down the pole carrying the flag — issued a statement reading, “We removed the flag today because we can’t wait any longer. We can’t continue like this another day. It’s time for a new chapter where we are sincere about dismantling white supremacy and building toward true racial justice and equality.”

The woman is part of a group of activists allied with #BlackLivesMatter and Ferguson Action calling for justice, increased employment, and support for African American communities.

The fundraiser established on Indiegogo raised more than $53,000 in over five hours, well above its goal of $20,000.

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/freebree-fundraiser-fills-with-cash-to-support-black-woman-arrested-for-pulling-confederate-flag-down/

June 27, 2015

Email from Bernie Sanders: Overturn Citizens United

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In this election, there's going to be a whole mess of shadowy Super PACs funded by the super wealthy for nearly every presidential candidate.

That is, everyone except for our campaign.

The Supreme Court's decisions in Citizens United and other cases opened the gates to a flood of billions of dollars that threatens to undermine our democracy.

I have led the fight to put an end to the corrupting influence of big money in our politics. What we need now is a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.

Our democracy is not for sale. Can you sign our petition to join me in supporting a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United? Click here to add your name.
https://go.berniesanders.com/page/s/citizens-united?source=em150627a&utm_medium=email&utm_source=berniesanders&utm_campaign=citizensunited&utm_content=petition

It's not an accident that 99% of new income created in the last 5 years went to the top 1%. It’s not an accident that Republicans refuse to accept the reality of climate change. It’s not an accident that the Republican budget calls for huge tax breaks for billionaires.

The lesson here is that our political system isn't broken, it's rigged.

The laws are written by politicians to please the corporations and ultra-wealthy, who bought those politicians with hundreds of millions of dollars in political contributions.

We need a political revolution to return our government to be of the people, by the people, for the people.

It starts with taking our country's destiny out of the hands of the billionaires who want to buy this election. We must overturn Citizens United to get big money out of politics.

Click here to add your name to our petition calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United.
https://go.berniesanders.com/page/s/citizens-united?source=em150627a&utm_medium=email&utm_source=berniesanders&utm_campaign=citizensunited&utm_content=petition

Thanks for your support,

June 27, 2015

On the eve of a major day for equality, the first openly gay active pro baseball player pitched a..

shutout

June 27, 2015

My Wife: 'See? You brothers just stood there looking at it. It took a sister to take it down.'

http://theobamadiary.com/2015/06/27/chat-on-108/