Election

FULL Speech: Bernie Sanders Speech Vs. Donald Trump Speech
Cenk Uygur, Jimmy Dore and Jordan Chariton of The Young Turks breakdown some key differences between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump speeches. They asked Bernie Sanders about some of the red-baiting questions corporate media constantly throws at him.   Bernie Sanders Speech Vs. Donald Trump Speech Bought Corporate Media HATES Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders Rally in Los Angel [...]
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Two-out-of-Three Tuesday as Sanders Revolution Proves Resilient Strength
Bernie Sanders proved that his call for political revolution does, in fact, have strength in the western states by winning two out of three contests on Tuesday.Sanders won Idaho with 78 percent of the vote compared to Clinton's 21 percent. In Utah, the gap was even larger, with Sanders holding 80 percent of the vote to Clinton's 20 percent. [...]
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Will We Miss President Obama?
President Obama doesn’t take on Official Washington’s powerful neocons head-on, but he does drag his heels on some of their crazy schemes, which is better than America can expect from Hillary Clinton. From a “realist” perspective, there are plenty of reasons to criticize President Barack Obama’s foreign policy, particularly his timidity in facing down Official Washington’s dominant [...]
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Sanders Tip-toes in Criticizing Israel
Exclusive: Sen. Sanders ventured hesitantly down the scary path of criticizing Israel, but even his timid approach looked heroic compared to the pro-Israel pandering from Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, says Joe Lauria. Bernie Sanders supporters appeared thrilled when they learned he’d turned down an invitation to address the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) conference on Mo [...]
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Torture Doesn’t Work (The 2016 Election Campaign Edition)
To those living “outside the Beltway” it may seem counterintuitive that those of us whose analysis has been correct on key issues that the U.S. government got criminally wrong – like the invasion of Iraq in 2003 – would be blacklisted from “mainstream” media and ostracized by the Smart People of the Establishment. But, alas, that’s the way it is. [...]
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This Race Far From Over: New Poll Shows Sanders and Clinton Tied Nationally
Signaling that the primary race is far from over, a new national poll shows Bernie Sanders tied with Hillary Clinton among those who have voted or plan to vote in a Democratic contest this year.The Bloomberg Politics survey found 49 percent of respondents preferred Sanders, while 48 percent backed Clinton. [...]
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Clinton Pressed NSA to Modify Unsecure Devices for Government Use
Communications between the US National Security Agency (NSA) and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton show she repeatedly tried to obtain unsecure devices for use in government business, according to emails released by the US Department of State. Despite prior security concerns and cost, the NSA tried to modify Blackberry mobile phones to comply with Clinton’s repeated demands for the devi [...]
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The Least and Most Popular Modern U.S. Presidents
How does Obama stack up to the modern presidents when it comes to popularity? InsideGov found the average approval ratings for each president. As of July 2015, President Obama’s public approval rating was 44%, down significantly from his starting approval of 62%. [...]
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Don’t Be ‘Absurd’: Sanders Rejects Establishment Calls to Drop Revolutionary Bid
Calls for him to drop out of the presidential race are "absurd," Bernie Sanders said Thursday, following reports that political heavy hitters including President Barack Obama are urging Democrats to rally around rival Hillary Clinton as the nominee. [...]
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The Devil and Hillary Clinton
With all of the hand wringing over neon-fascist buffoon and likely next President of the United States Donald Trump, very little of value is being written about the circumstances that are fueling his candidacy. America has long been the land of rich, white, racist, xenophobic cranks. They are even referred to on occasion as the Founding Fathers. In normal times, whatever that might mean, the co [...]
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‘Enough is Enough’: Sanders Demands Treasury Block Pfizer Tax Dodging Deal
Corporate inversions are 'nothing less than a tax scam,' says Sanders. In a bid to prevent what has been called the biggest tax evasion scheme of its kind—and others like it—Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont has urged U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to use his agency's authority to block the planned merger of two pharmaceutical giants. [...]
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Hillary Is A Neocon | She has the record and the vision
As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton waived restrictions on selling weapons to governments that "donated" heavily to her family foundation, making it her personal mission to ensure that $29 billion worth of fighter jets were sold to Saudi Arabia -- despite the concerns of foreign allies and others in the U.S. government, including her department's and her own criticisms of Saudi Arabia. [...]
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Media Ignores Van Damme’s Remark Rothschild and Rockefeller Control US Elections
The corporate media has virtually ignored Jean-Claude Van Damme’s commentary on the US election. Van Damme told the French TV show Le Grand Journal the global elite, controlled by “people like the Rothschild” will determine the outcome of the election and Ted Cruz and Donald Trump will not be elected. [...]
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Sanders says he has a ‘path toward victory’ against Clinton
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders says he still maintains a "path toward victory" in his Democratic presidential bid against Hillary Clinton, rejecting suggestions that she has all but sewn up the party's nomination. "I don't believe they have an insurmountable lead," Sanders said Thursday in a phone interview with The Associated Press from Arizona, where he was campaigning. [...]
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US Troops Favor Trump and Sanders; Clinton Last Among Viable Candidates
Bernie and The Donald more trusted by US military personnel than the former Secretary of State. A poll released by Military Times on Tuesday found that American soldiers resoundingly support real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders as candidates for [...]
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Greetings, Trump Supporters! | Full Frontal with Samantha Bee | TBS
With every passing Trump ragefest, it gets harder and harder to treat his supporters like actual adults—but Samantha gives it a shot. Watch Full Frontal with Samantha Bee all new Mondays at 10:30/ 9:30c on TBS! We're guessing Samantha and her team needed a long hot shower after this one, and probably various recreational drugs. /* */ [...]
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How Both Parties Have Nearly Abandoned Us to Clinton vs. Trump
Here's how we got in this horrible mess. As Donald Trump swept four more states on March 17, he did something you never see a presidential candidate do: He actually named huge corporations — Apple, Pfizer and other wardens of our Silicon Valley and Big Pharma cages — as ripe for discipline by government. [...]
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Another Indigenous Activist Is Assassinated, Urging Calls for Clinton to Come Clean on Role in Honduran Coup
The early March assassination of Honduran social movement leader Berta Cáceres provoked international outcry, and calls for 2016 presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton to discuss her support of the country’s 2009 coup, which ousted democratically [...]
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Blackout Tuesday: The Bernie Sanders Speech Corporate Media Chose Not To Air
Though Bernie Sanders had an admittedly disappointing night on Tuesday, losing four of five primary contests to rival Hillary Clinton, he still took to the stage in Phoenix, Arizona to speak to his supporters and television cameras about his vision for the nation and the drive of his campaign moving forward.The problem? No cable or major news channel ran the speech. Not all of it. Not even some of [...]
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