August 16, 2015

Dear Rep. Alan Grayson,

August 16, 2015

Which Donald for president?

August 16, 2015

Un-electable?

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August 16, 2015

9 out of 10 dentist recommend Crest...

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August 16, 2015

Sanders: My Supporters Aren't 'Registered Dems,' Just 'Ordinary People' (Meet the Press)

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said on Sunday that the tens of thousands of people who turn out to his rallies aren't "registered Democrats," just "ordinary people" — and that's one of his main advantages in the race.

"When I speak to 28,000 people in Portland, Oregon, and 27,000 people in Los Angeles, the vast majority of those people, they're not, quote, unquote, 'registered Democrats.' They are ordinary people who are sick and tired of politics as usual," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Sanders argued that his independent status and broad appeal could be an asset if he wins the Democratic nomination, as he'd turn around "abysmal" Democratic turnout.

"One of the real advantages, I think, of me winning the Democratic primary, is that we can get a lot of young people, a lot of working people involved in the political process, getting them out to vote in a way that establishment politicians can't," he said.

"Democrats are losing because voter turnout is abysmal. I think we can change that."

More here: http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/bernie-sanders-im-talking-about-life-or-death-issues-n410686

August 15, 2015

HBO’s Bill Maher & Hip-Hop’s Talib Kweli Square Off Over Bernie Sanders

Hip-hop artist and activist Talib Kweli challenged Bill Maher Friday by insisting that progressive Democratic Bernie Sanders shouldn’t get a free pass on issues of race merely for having a progressive track record. “The job of activism is not to be liked and not to be polite,” Kweli said on HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher when Maher questioned the judgement of the two Black Lives Matter activists who shut down a Sanders speech in Seattle earlier this week.

“Bernie Sanders is not the problem,” Maher said, noting that Sanders has “a 100 percent approval rating from the NAACP.” Snapped Kweli, “The NAACP liked Donald Sterling, too.” Kweli then backtracked a bit by noting that he initially shared Maher’s opinion about the Sanders protest but now “stands corrected.”

“Just because somebody has a record of civil rights doesn’t mean they are automatically entitled to the black vote,” said Kweli, adding “It’s very possible to be progressive and still have no understanding of racial issues.” Kweli, who recently organized two concerts to benefit Ferguson protestors and the family of Michael Brown, also noted that the Sanders protest probably had to do with logistics as much as politics. Sanders, he said, was “the easiest to get to because he’s somebody who’s dealing with the people more directly than a Jeb Bush or a Hilary Clinton.”

When panelist Jennifer Granholm, former Democratic governor of Michigan, pointed out that Black Lives Matter also recently protested Republican Jeb Bush, Kweli said, “No politician should get a pass on this.”

Despite their differences, Kweli and Maher seemed to enjoy the debate, engaging in civil tones live shout-down on the streets of Ferguson quickly went viral.

Granholm, once rumored to be President Obama’s candidate for the attorney general job that went to Loretta Lynch, nabbed Real Time’s other big audience response, when she reminded Maher’s liberal crowd that Jeb Bush, in his 1996 book Profiles in Character, endorsed “public shaming of single mothers and promiscuous teenagers” in order “to prevent them from misbehaving.” Bush’s book, cowritten with Brian Yablonski, took considerable heat from progressives for a section about single parenthood that notes “parents and neighbors have become ineffective at attaching some sense of ridicule to this behavior.”

http://deadline.com/2015/08/is-bernie-sanders-fair-game-for-black-activists-bill-maher-talib-kweli-take-sides-1201499763/

August 15, 2015

Come see Bernie in Reno, Nevada on Tuesday!!!

Dear Xxx,

Bernie's campaign for president has been generating big excitement across the country, and now Bernie is coming to Nevada for a rally in Reno.

Would you like to come hear Bernie speak about taking on the billionaire class and standing up for working families?

Here's the information for the event:

Tuesday, August 18
Rally with Bernie Sanders
Gates open at 6 p.m.
Program begins at 7 p.m.
Joe Crowley Student Union, Gateway Plaza
University of Nevada, Reno
1664 N. Virginia Street
Reno, NV 89557

Click here to RSVP: https://go.berniesanders.com/page/event/detail/rally/4jlg8

Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday!

- Team Bernie

August 15, 2015

Some cool Bernie bumper stickers...

August 15, 2015

Bernie Sander's agenda for a new America:

And this agenda: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12808638

August 15, 2015

Toon: Bernie Sanders continues drawing historic record setting enthusiastic crowds!!