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May 15, 2015

How Bernie Sanders Shaped the Northeast Punk Scene

When Bernie Sanders was elected mayor of Burlington in 1981, after an upset win over a powerful six-term incumbent, he tasked his future wife—who at the time went by her maiden name Driscoll—and local youth organizers to find a way to improve communication between the city's politically active youth population and the municipal government.

"The first thing was that we wanted an office in City Hall," O'Meara Sanders said in an interview with VICE. "One that was empowered when decisions were being made. So we went before the City Council, a local principal and I, and we said we wanted a desk and a phone in City Hall. And they approved it."

http://www.vice.com/read/how-bernie-sanders-242-main-street-shaped-the-northeast-punk-scene-515

April 15, 2015

Small Helicopter just landed on US Capitol Grounds

Source: Wtop dc local

Apparently a mailman from Alabama just landed a single person Helicopter on the lawn of the Capitol to protest the Citizens United decision

More to come.

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