Former Vice President Joe Biden has a “big corruption problem,” a prominent backer of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s presidential bid said in an op-ed Monday.
Read MoreBernie Sanders Surrogate Says Biden ‘Has A Big Corruption Problem’
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Commentary: Democrats and the Narcissism of Small Differences
Eventually, I am going to get around to saying something about CNN’s hostility to Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) – evidenced, most recently, by its energetic exertions on behalf of the campaign to elect Elizabeth Warren at last Tuesday’s Democratic debate. And I’ll say something, too, about the delicious exhibition of angst-filled hand-wringing that said hostility occasioned in many precincts of the leftwing media.
First, however, since CNN apparently undertook its cheerleading for Warren in order to declare its feminist bona fides, I would like to pose a few questions as a sort of prolegomenon, what Kierkegaard, in another context, called a “preliminary expectoration.” 1) Why are feminists so unpleasant? 2) Why do they insist on whining instead of getting on with the task at hand? 3) Why do they tend to blame other people for their failures?
Read MoreSanders’ Field Organizer Kyle Jurek Bailed Out After Arrest, Still No Comment from Campaign Over ‘Gulag’ Rants Caught on Camera
by Debra Heine In the latest Project Veritas sting video, Kyle Jurek, the self-proclaimed anarcho-communist Soviet Gulag fan who is a field organizer for the Bernie Sanders Campaign in Iowa, admits that he was recently arrested for “weed” after knocking on doors for the campaign. Jurek told the Veritas…
Read MoreSanders Field Organizer: MAGA People Need to Be Reeducated in Gulags
An “anti-fascist” field organizer for the Bernie Sanders Campaign in Iowa was caught on tape saying that when Sanders becomes president of the United States “MAGA people” will have to be “reeducated” to learn “how to not be a f**king nazi” and that, in fact, is what the candidate’s proposal of free education for all is all about.
Read MoreWhitmer Approval Rating Drops, James in Dead Heat with Peters in New Michigan Poll
A new survey of Michigan voters found that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s approval rating has dropped by more than seven percentage points since June.
Read MoreDark Money Has Bolstered Bernie’s Campaign From the Start
An outside dark money group has boosted presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders since announcing his campaign last February.
Read MoreHometowns of 2020 Democrat Candidates Have Resettled Only 0.22 Percent of All Refugees
According to a new study, the hometowns of the four leading candidates for the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in 2020 have collectively taken in less than half-a-percent of all refugees resettled over the last decade, as Breitbart reports.
Read MoreTop Democratic Candidates End 2019 With Big Money Push
Several of the top-tier Democrats vying for their party’s presidential nomination released information this week about their fundraising efforts in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Read MoreBernie Sanders Won’t Reveal Cost of Medicare-for-All Because ‘It’s Such a Huge Number’
Democratic 2020 candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders said Thursday that he won’t put a price tag on his government takeover of the health care system because the figure is “such a huge number.”
Read MoreButtigieg Maintains Iowa Lead, Sanders Jumps to Second
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg continues to lead the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls in Iowa, according to the latest polling, but the rest of the top tier has reshuffled a bit.
Read MoreObama Allegedly Would Not Support a Sanders Nomination
Former President Barack Obama has allegedly said, in private, that he would publicly oppose Bernie Sanders as the nominee of the Democratic Party in 2020, according to The Hill.
Read MorePoll: Nearly Half of Likely US Voters Oppose Medicare for All
Nearly half of likely U.S. voters oppose Medicare for All, according to a Rasmussen national poll published Thursday.
Read MoreCommentary: Bernie Will Confiscate Your Money, But Fortunately Not Your Guns
Vermont’s Socialist Senator and top-tier Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is one of the true disruptors in American politics. His unconventional ideas defy easy categorization as he campaigns around the country on his own idiosyncratic brand of Democratic Socialism.
Read MoreCommentary: As Progressives Push Ever Leftward, an Orwellian ‘1984’ Election in 2020 Looms
For a variety of reasons, the 2020 election is going to be a referendum beyond Donald Trump’s record and his Democratic opposition.
The furor that Trump has incurred, and the radical antithesis to his agenda and first term, have redefined the looming election. It is becoming a stark choice between a revolutionary future versus American traditionalism.
Read MoreLEAHY: ‘USA on Way to Becoming Two Countries Divided by Common Language Where Same Words Mean Different Things to Each Side’
“The United States of America is well on its way to becoming two countries divided by a common language where the same words mean entirely different things to each side,” host Michael Patrick Leahy told co-host Doug Kellett Monday morning on The Tennessee Star Report Early Edition with Michael Patrick Leahy and Doug Kellett – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 am to 8:00 am.
Read MoreBiden Bounds Back Into the Lead by Widest Margin Since April Despite Ukraine Scandal, Poll Shows
Former Vice President Joe Biden leads other Democratic 2020 presidential candidates by the widest margin since April, a CNN poll found.
Read MoreIlhan Omar Endorses Bernie Sanders, Two Other Members of ‘The Squad’ Expected to Follow Suit
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) announced her endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2020 presidential campaign ahead of Tuesday night’s Democratic debate, joining Attorney General Keith Ellison in skipping over hometown candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).
Read MoreReport: All of Bernie Sanders’ Plans Combined Could Total a Whopping $97.5 Trillion Over 10 Years
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s various spending proposals amount to a total of $97.5 trillion over 10 years.
Read MoreUAW Tells Members That Negotiations with GM ‘Have Taken a Turn for the Worse’
United Auto Workers alerted its members Sunday that negotiations with General Motors “have taken a turn for the worse.”
Read MoreCommentary: Why a ‘Billionaire’ Wealth Tax Would Hurt the Working Poor and the Middle Class
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wants to tax billionaires out of existence, or at least make them an endangered species. His proposed wealth tax of up to 8 percent per year would mean “the wealth of billionaires would be cut in half over 15 years,” he says.
Read MoreButtigieg, Warren, and Sanders Out Raise Biden During Third Quarter
Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg out-raised former vice president Joe Biden during the third quarter.
Read MoreBlocked Artery Takes Bernie Off Campaign Trail
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is off the campaign trail and in a Las Vegas hospital after having surgery to clear up a blocked artery.
Read MoreSanders Says CEOs Who Make Much More Than Their Workers Are a ‘Signal of a Lot of What Is Wrong in This Country’
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders unveiled a plan Monday targeting corporations that pay CEOs much more than their workers.
Read MoreCommentary: Under a President Sanders, UAW-Style Strikes Would be a Regular Occurrence
Americans woke up at the beginning of the week to hear an unusual bit of news – thousands of auto workers had gone on strike. Union strikes are hardly a common occurrence, and strikes have become particularly rare in the auto industry. In fact, the United Auto Workers hasn’t had a national strike against GM since 2007. But, if Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) had his druthers, large national strikes would be a frequent occurrence.
Read MorePoll Shows Trump Struggling in Key Battleground States, Slight Edge in Michigan
A new poll released last week by the public affairs firm Firehouse Strategies shows President Donald Trump either statistically tied or behind three top Democratic candidates in key Midwest states.
Read MoreBernie Sanders Says Abortion Will Help Fight Climate Change
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he supports abortion, in part, as a way to curb human population in light of climate change.
Read MoreDemocrats Lead Trump in Michigan, But Undecided Voters Could Win the Day, Poll Says
Democrats are leading President Donald Trump in Michigan, according to a new poll, but undecided voters could turn the tide.
Read MoreBernie Sanders Says His $16-Trillion Green New Deal-Like Plan Will Create 20 Million Jobs
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced a $16.3-trillion plan similar to the Green New Deal on Thursday, which he says will create 20 million jobs.
Read MoreWarren Pitches Free-College at Minnesota School That Costs Up to $68,000 Per Year
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren brought her free-college message Monday evening to Macalester College, a progressive haven located in St. Paul, Minnesota that costs up to $68,000 a year to attend.
Read MoreCommentary: Democrats Labeling the President and His Supporters as White Supremacists Is Dangerous
Leading Democrats for the presidential nomination have apparently decided that their path to victory in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings lays with demonizing President Donald Trump and his supporters as white supremacists and racists.
Read MorePresident Trump and First Lady Visit Grieving Dayton Victims and Hero First Responders as Democratic Pols Play Politics
DAYTON, Ohio — President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump touched down in Dayton just before 11 a.m. Wednesday. The First Couple came to Dayton to pay their respects to the injured, thank the first responders, and tell the victims and their families, “I want you to know we’re with you all the way.”
Read More‘I Wrote the Damn Bill!’ — Bernie Responds to Criticism of Medicare for All From Ryan and Delaney
2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had a firm response to fellow candidate Tim Ryan’s accusation that he “doesn’t know” what kinds of benefits Medicare for All would provide on Tuesday.
Read MoreCommentary: Democrats Have Nothing But Your Money After Dem Debate
There were two lucid moments during last night’s Democratic Debate. The first was former Rep. John Delaney who, in his opening statement, delivered a scathing rebuke to Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizbeth Warren for their “fairy tale economics” that risk bankrupting the economy.
Read MoreBernie Sanders Speaks Out Against Line 5, Pushes for Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Ban
U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (I-VT) called for the shutdown of Line 5 in Michigan in a tweet on Thursday afternoon, simultaneously citing the climate crisis and supporting the Green New Deal.
Read MoreCommentary: Bernie Sanders, Oppressor of the Working Class
by CHQ Staff Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders has pledged to American workers that he would institute a $15-per-hour minimum wage if he wins the White House in 2020. But, reports Dom Calicchio of Fox News, unionized workers on Sanders’ own campaign say they wish he would start now…
Read MoreCommentary: It’s Bernie’s Party Now
by Christopher Roach After watching two nights of Democratic primary debates, I felt like I needed more than my regular shower. The party increasingly is far-left, divided between the identity politics’ wokeness of candidates like former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro and Senator Cory Booker and the…
Read MoreCommentary: It’s Bernie’s Party Now
by Christopher Roach After watching two nights of Democratic primary debates, I felt like I needed more than my regular shower. The party increasingly is far-left, divided between the identity politics’ wokeness of candidates like former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro and Senator Cory Booker and the…
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