Follow @unitedstill *issues warning: this article doesn’t contain any nifty statistics or emotional manipulation and attempts to communicate with the American public by using common sense grounded in logical reasoning. Watching the first six months of the 2016 political election & debates unfold has been, among many other painful things… heartbreaking. As Americans, everyday we’re […]
VIA NPR by Amita Kelly Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced his run for president Wednesday night in an interview with The Associated Press. Sanders is the longest-serving independent member of Congress in U.S. history and a self-described “Democratic Socialist.” The 73-year-old is considered a long shot but if elected, he would be the oldest person and […]
VIA Huff Post by Zach Carter WASHINGTON — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is filibustering President Barack Obama’s trade agenda — sort of. Early Wednesday, Sanders forced the Senate Finance Committee to abandon a legislative hearing on a bill that would grant Obama so-called fast-track authority on trade agreements. Sanders invoked an arcane procedural maneuver, objecting to […]
VIA “washingtonexaminer.com”, opinions section, by Michael Barone Washington Examiner The controversy over Hillary Clinton’s emails and her unconvincing press conference at the United Nations have gotten many Democrats and others thinking the unthinkable: Clinton may not be the Democrats’ 2016 nominee for president. And it has many asking the question — scary for Democrats — […]
