The latest on Bernie Sanders, a Jewish Senator from Vermont.
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The Schmooze Watch Bernie Sanders And Cardi B Debate Policy In A Nail Salon
This week, he ate a corn dog at the Iowa State Fair. She traveled on a private jet (though she often flies Delta.) He used to volunteer on an Israeli kibbutz. She’s a former stripper, who joked on Monday that she got breast implants because she can’t swim, and they help her float. Both are…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Accuses Washington Post Of Being Biased Against Him
(JTA) — Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders accused The Washington Post of tilting its coverage against him because of his criticism of Amazon and its owner, Jeff Bezos, who also owns the newspaper. During a stump speech in New Hampshire, the Vermont Jewish senator railed against the online megastore and Bezos, who bought the Post in…
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Fast Forward Sanders: I Support Legalizing Marijuana, But Smoking ‘Made Me Cough A Whole Lot’
In an interview on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast in Southern California on Tuesday, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders talked about the importance of legalizing marijuana — and also opened up a bit about his own history of drug use. After talking about the importance of expunging drug records for low-level offenders, Sanders said that he…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Dodges Question On Whether He Feels Safe As A Jew In America
Senator Bernie Sanders skirted around a question about whether he, as a Jewish presidential candidate, feels less safe in America today, saying it’s “not only Jews” who have been targeted. On CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday, host Jake Tapper called on Sanders to comment on the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton…
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Fast Forward ‘I Wrote The Damn Bill!’ Bernie Wants YOU To Elect A Cranky Old Jewish Man
Bernie Sanders and his staff are leaning into his cranky Jewish elder persona after Tuesday night’s Democratic debate in Detroit, seizing on the senator’s pissed-off exclamation about the provenance of the Medicare for All bill to produce a new set of swag like stickers emblazoned with his words for the ages — “I wrote the…
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Fast Forward WATCH: Sanders Says He’d ‘Absolutely’ Consider Cutting Aid To Israel
(JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he would “absolutely” consider cutting U.S. aid to Israel to pressure the Israeli government to act different. “This is not easy stuff — to try to finally bring peace to the Middle East and to treat the Palestinian people with a kind of respect and dignity they…
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Fast Forward Bernie Sanders Opens Up About His Struggles Growing Up In Brooklyn
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders said he was encouraged to fight for equal access to health care after his mother’s early death, the Associated Press reported. Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate, rarely talks about any personal connections to his policies. But in a recent interview with the AP, he shared how losing his mother Dorothy at…
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Fast Forward Sanders Campaign Workers Say They’re Only Being Paid ‘Poverty Wages’
(JTA) — Unionized campaign organizers working for Bernie Sanders’ presidential effort complained that their employment terms fall short of Sanders’ rhetoric on labor standards. Campaign hires have demanded an annual salary equivalent to a $15-an-hour wage, which Sanders, a senator who is Jewish and who describes himself as a democratic socialist, for years has said…
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