 06 March 20
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06 March 20
Robert Reich | A Heartfelt Thanks to Elizabeth Warren
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Your campaign was a model of substance and tenacity."
Robert Reich, Robert Reich's Blog
Reich writes: "Your campaign was a model of substance and tenacity."
ear Elizabeth,
My congratulations and gratitude for your extraordinary campaign – your bold and detailed policy proposals; your eloquent advocacy of them and of your vision for America; your thoughtfulness and courage in standing up for women, for people of color, for working Americans, the poor and the oppressed; your kindness and patience in dealing with everyone (including fans who wanted selfies); your tirelessness and your decency; and your devotion to this country.
Your campaign was a model of substance and tenacity. You made your points about America’s misallocation of power, and the need for structural change, powerfully but without rancor. In a better America and at a better time, you would have sailed to victory.
You have inspired – and continue to inspire – millions. Thank you for everything you’ve done, and will continue to do.
Bob
Sen. Bernie Sanders. (photo: Stephen Maturen/Getty)
Corporate Dark Money Group Prepares to Spend Millions More in Attack Ads Against Bernie Sanders
Jackie Kucinich, The Daily Beast
Kucinich writes: "A dark money group opposing Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign is set to drop more than $2 million on digital ads in three states ahead of the March 10 primary, the executive director for the group confirmed Friday."
Jackie Kucinich, The Daily Beast
Kucinich writes: "A dark money group opposing Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign is set to drop more than $2 million on digital ads in three states ahead of the March 10 primary, the executive director for the group confirmed Friday."
The ads by Big Tent Project, an outside group formed by moderate Democrats in the wake of Sanders rise in the Democratic field, will run in Michigan, Idaho and Washington. All three are states Sanders won in 2016 and needs to capture again in order to keep pace with newly-minted frontrunner, former Vice President Joe Biden.
One of the ads will focus on the cost and impact of Sanders’ signature for all Medicare for All proposal, including tax increases, the loss of private insurance and, the ad posits, Trump’s re-election.
The Sanders campaign did not return a request for comment.
Sanders has appeared to falter after losses in several delegate-rich states on Super Tuesday. But despite the changing dynamic of the race, Big Tent Project is not letting up.
“Big Tent Project has spent nearly $7 million in South Carolina, Super Tuesday and now Michigan, Washington and Idaho exposing Bernie’s radical record and ideas,” said the group’s executive director, Jonathan Kott. “Once voters learn more about him they overwhelmingly reject his candidacy, because they know the only thing he can actually deliver is another four years of Trump.”
Despite getting involved relatively late in the primary, Big Tent Project has managed to get Sanders attention. In a recent appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show, the Senator said that the group’s presence in the race “bothers” him.
“There's a group called the Big Tent, I don't know if you're familiar with that,” he said. “It is a super PAC funded by corporate interests, I suspect the drug companies, insurance companies, the fossil fuel industry. They're pouring millions of dollars into ugly negative ads against me, against our campaign.”
Big Tent Project is not, as Sanders said, a super PAC. It is a 501c4 organization, which means that it is not required to disclose its donors and has not done so.
“[T]hat is the kind of political corruption that has got to end,” Sanders continued. “We need to end super PACs. We need to move to one person, one vote. We need to restore democracy in this country.”
A woman seeking asylum has her fingerprints taken by a Customs and Border Protection patrol officer at a pedestrian port of entry from Mexico to the United States in McAllen, Texas, in May 2017. (photo: Carlos Barria/Reuters)
US to Begin Taking DNA Samples From Immigrants Who Enter the Country Illegally
Pete Williams, NBC News
Williams writes: "U.S. border agents will soon begin a widespread program to gather DNA samples from immigrants who enter the country illegally and are in federal custody, according to two administration officials."
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Pete Williams, NBC News
Williams writes: "U.S. border agents will soon begin a widespread program to gather DNA samples from immigrants who enter the country illegally and are in federal custody, according to two administration officials."
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Income tax returns. (photo: iStock)
US Justice Department White-Collar Criminal Prosecutions Fall to Their Lowest Level on Record, Study Says
Brett Arends, MarketWatch
Arends writes: "The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting fewer white-collar criminals now than at any time since records back more than 30 years ago, a new report says."
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Brett Arends, MarketWatch
Arends writes: "The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting fewer white-collar criminals now than at any time since records back more than 30 years ago, a new report says."
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Protester holds up a Nazi flag at a Sen. Bernie Sanders rally. (photo: Orlando Gabbido)
'Sickening': Bernie Sanders Campaign Condemns Protester Who Unfurled Swastika Flag at Phoenix Rally
Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY
Behrmann writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign responded to protesters who displayed a flag bearing a swastika during his rally Thursday night in Phoenix."
Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY
Behrmann writes: "Sen. Bernie Sanders' campaign responded to protesters who displayed a flag bearing a swastika during his rally Thursday night in Phoenix."
EXCERPTS:
Images of the flag in the crowd circulated on social media posts, which showed the flag unfurling as the crowd cheered for the Vermont senator after he declared how loud they were. The cheers quickly turned to boos as they saw the flag.
Sanders' supporters appeared to rip the flag from the protester's hands, and police escorted him out.
Addressing reporters Friday morning, Sanders said that he not only speaks as a Jewish American, but he "speaks for the families" of the more than 400,000 American troops who died fighting in World War II "against fascism."
"It is horrific, beyond disgusting to see that in the United States of America there are people who would show the emblem of Hitler and Nazism," he continued.
If elected, Sanders would be the first Jewish president. Many of his relatives were killed in the Holocaust.
At the time, Sanders did not appear to notice the man, though he later said, “Whoever it was, I think they’re a little outnumbered tonight. And more importantly they’re going to be outnumbered in November.”
Later, Sanders' communications director Mike Casa told Ruby Cramer of BuzzFeed News that Sanders “is aware of the flag with the swastika on it and is disturbed by it.”
Sara Pearl, supervising producer for Sanders' campaign, tweeted Friday morning that "Last night at Bernie’s rally in Arizona, someone horrifically unfurled a Nazi flag with a swastika on it. Earlier we had just released this video of what it means for Jews like me to elect our first Jewish President who will stand up to white nationalism and hate."
Steven Slugocki, chairman of the Maricopa County Democratic Party, of which the county seat is Phoenix, tweeted that, "We can argue about which candidate should get the Dem nomination, but antisemitic acts have no place in this world. This is absolutely abhorrent."
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Min., condemned the protester via Twitter. Omar endorsed Sanders and has been campaigning for him. She wrote, "This is an appalling display of anti-Semitism against a man whose family perished in the Holocaust."
The incidonce again raised the issue of security for presidential candidates.
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf was urged Wednesday to consider Secret Service protection for Sanders and former Vice President Joe Biden, the two top contenders for the Democratic nomination. Both campaigns have been operating without government protection, but the Secret Service's involvement appears more likely as the presidential campaign heats up.
The request from House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., came a day after protesters rushed a stage in Los Angeles where Biden was celebrating a string of Super Tuesday primary wins. Biden was not harmed by the sign-waving protesters, who were repelled by his wife, Jill Biden, and a campaign aide.
In a statement yesterday addressing the calls for support, the Secret Service said, "At this time, no candidates have requested protection."
Sanders' Thursday night protest was also interrupted by multiple supporters of President Donald Trump.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Sanders' campaign for additional comment.
Amy Spitalnick, executive director of Integrity First For America, called the display "sickening."
The group, which is funding a lawsuit against the organizers of the Charlottesville march in federal court, put out a statement, saying they are "horrified."
"These are not isolated incidents – they are part of a wave of anti-Semitism, neo-Nazism, and white supremacy and we cannot let this become normalized."
Protester in Venezuela. (photo: Getty)
Donald Trump "Has Plans" for Venezuela
teleSUR
Excerpt: "U.S. President Donald Trump claimed he 'has plans' for Venezuela, as he said in a speech during the Latino Legislative Coalition Summit in Washington."
teleSUR
Excerpt: "U.S. President Donald Trump claimed he 'has plans' for Venezuela, as he said in a speech during the Latino Legislative Coalition Summit in Washington."
EXCERPTS:
The U.S. President affirmed he is “with Venezuela”, as well as blamed the legitimate leader of the Bolivarian Republic, Nicolas Maduro, of causing “misery” for the Venezuelan people. According to Trump, “communism and socialism” are the causes of Latin America’s difficulties, problems that Washington could solve, as the U.S. President expressed.
The Trump administration's approach to Venezuela has been marked by unilateralism, lack of dialogue and disregard for the legitimacy of the current Caracas government. Since his self-proclamation as president in charge of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó has had the support of the U.S. President, with whom he held a meeting at the White House and shared space in his annual guest speech last Feb.
Washington maintains a crude economic blockade against the government and people of Venezuela, as well as sanctions against its most important institutions and economic actors, as is the case of the Conviasa Airline, the most important of that nation.
Other measures include limitations on the Russian oil company Rosneft because of its relations with the South American country.
Venezuela, for its part, described these expressions as interferences and stated that Trump offends and disrespects the Venezuelan people. Jorge Arreaza, the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, announced an international lawsuit against because of the perjuries caused to national companies.
Koala. (photo: iStock)
Report: Koalas Face Extinction Threat After Wildfires
Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Davidson writes: "Australian conservation groups are asking the government to declare koalas endangered after the devastating wildfires this summer killed thousands of them and destroyed 45 million acres of bush that they call home, according to a new report from the conservation group International Fund for Animal Welfare."
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Jordan Davidson, EcoWatch
Davidson writes: "Australian conservation groups are asking the government to declare koalas endangered after the devastating wildfires this summer killed thousands of them and destroyed 45 million acres of bush that they call home, according to a new report from the conservation group International Fund for Animal Welfare."
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