Bernie Sanders Makes The Billionaire Class Shudder By Passing 4 Million Contributions

[Bubzer]

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Source: Politicus USA

After the Nevada caucus, the Bernie Sanders campaign announced that in the biggest rejection ever of the billionaire class, the campaign has passed 4 million small contributions.

According to the Sanders campaign:

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign raised almost $21.3 million in January from small donors who contributed about $27 apiece on average, according to a report filed on Saturday with the Federal Election Commission.

Through Jan. 31, Sanders had raised $94.8 million since the campaign was launched last April 30.

Altogether, Sanders’ grassroots campaign to date has received more than 4 million contributions.

Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said, “Our campaign is a strong grassroots movement supported by middle-class Americans from working families, not billionaires trying to buy elections. This campaign is built for the long haul and is drawing millions of new people into the process.”


Read more: http://www.politicususa.com/2016/02/20/bernie-sanders-billionaire-class-shudder-passing-4-million-contributions.html

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4 million contributions. Astounding! Impressive as hell!

Regardless of who wins the nomination, there's one indisputable fact; Bernie Sanders has demonstrated the anger and dissatisfaction people have at the unequal treatment being thrust upon them by manipulative and controlling corporate interests.

On Edit: Lets get to 5 million!
https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/397954

Side note:
Democratic Underground for Bernie Sanders
Donations: 1,462
Total Contributions: $52,025.73

[retrowire]

1. Damn right. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. That is truly amazing and wonderful.

The Irish (I believe) have a saying: Beware the anger of a patient man.

A great many Americans are angry at the way we've been treated and our patience has nearly run out. Senator Sanders has taken our anger and addressed it, with these results.

[appalachiablue]

8. That's a classic, Beware the anger of a patient man. We knew one like that,

pleasant, accommodating and unusually even, but when he cracked it was major and over past things he'd repressed and 'saved' apparently. It was in a disordered, sick way, not like the normal, justified expressions of people vocalizing legitimate concerns and difficulties.

It's not all about 'wealth envy' either as some say. It's wanting a fair shot at a decent life and future, not too much to ask given the vast financial resources of this country and its democratic heritage.

[closeupready]

3. Increasingly, I'm pessimistic that Americans are going to wake up.

It's hard to believe that the way things are going is how they want them to go ... don't most people want their children to have better lives, if nobody else? Don't most children want their parents and grandparents to have resources available if needed to preserve a middle-class life, or the trappings of one?

K&R

[appalachiablue]

10. Many are not getting the message or connecting the dots due to M$M,

hectic lives, abundant amusements and distractions in our culture and little time to become informed I think. Another stock market crash expected by some any time will cause mass misery and might wake people up, although that kind of disaster and chaos I'd hate to see happen. Foresight is difficult for some to grasp, but not all fortunately.

It's been done many times and I'd like to see a major, organized popular event for Bernie that would receive a lot of coverage and involving musicians, notables, celebrities and the people. A big concert and campaign venue that would cost but also definitely grab public attention.

[mpcamb]

25. 'Many are not getting the message'

I think the way the race is covered by news media's a factor in that.
As John Steward emphasized years back, it's not entertainment.
It's civics and it deserves different coverage than celebrity info-tainment.

[Enthusiast]

38. A Roger Water's concert. He loves Bernie.

[AzDar]

4. Bernie!!

[Duckfan]

5. And we ain't going to stop either.

We are that pissed.

Next month 5 million!!

[JDPriestly]

6. K&R.

[Attorney in Texas]

7. BERNIE SANDERS IS IN THE POCKET OF THE VOTERS' LOBBY!

[tabasco]

49. We need new election laws to halt this outrage!

[font size=6]CALL CONGRESS RIGHT FUCKING NOW!![/font]

[Iwillnevergiveup]

9. Month by month

We can do it, and more and more Bernie donors are arriving.

Oh yes, then there are the crowds.

[George II]

11. Considering the 40+ page letter from the FEC to Sanders' Treasurer regarding excessive and....

improper contributions, I wonder how many of those contributions were illegal and how many will have to be returned.

[Ellipsis]

12. Single or double spaced?

[ultragreen]

32. Triple-spaced and in Oversized Font

[Bubzer]

13. There's a little over 100 donors that MAY have given more than permissible. Not that have.

There's nothing improper about the donations, beyond possibly being over the max amount. To me, all this proves is the excitement those individuals have regarding Bernie.

The FEC has acknowledged that it could simply be a glitch in the donation tracking system... certainly possible given no candidate in history has received this many individual donations in a single campaign!

[George II]

14. Not "may", DID. Have you seen the letter to the Sanders campaign? Good reading.

In fact, there were about a dozen or so INDIVIDUAL contributions (not aggregates) that were either over $2700 or $5400 themselves.

Those are not "mistakes". Any Treasurer who accepts and deposits a single contribution over the permissible limit should be prosecuted.

[Ellipsis]

16. Big woo. Your'e just agitating.

...trying to deflate the point of the OP.

[George II]

21. FEC violations are serious, not "big woo".

[Ellipsis]

23. 0.000025%. Imagine if vote spoilage would be that accurate.

Agitating.

[Enthusiast]

36. BFD!

[Bubzer]

17. Incorrect. They're asking for verification/ clarification based on the report.

The actual text:
"Schedule A-P of your report discloses one or more contributions that appear to exceed the limits set forth in the Act (see attached)."

The FEC chose their wording carefully...allowing for the possibility that it's only appearance.

[George II]

20. That's the way they word their notifications, in fact they not only "appear" or are "apparently"...

excessive or improper, they ARE. Any single contributions by an individual over $2700 IS excessive and improper, and any over $5400 are, too.

The letter also points out that there are $23M in un-itemized contributions, which they are questioning.

These could be serious infractions, they could result in major fines to the campaign and possibly criminal prosecution.

[Bubzer]

22. Oh, right...

that's why they're asking for confirmation from Bernie's campaign... because they're absolutely certain that those donors exceeded the allowable amount. I mean, I always ask for clarification when I'm certain about something... don't you?

[SusanLarson]

26. I have a few questions

How much corporate Superpac money has been accepted on behalf of the Clinton campaign... How much of that money came to the Clinton foundation via foreign countries and has now been funneled to those Superpacs.

[ultragreen]

33. About those excessive contributions....

Those were probably Hillary supporters (paid representatives of the DNC) attempting to cause trouble for Bernie Sander's campaign. That is, the usual dirty campaign tactics by members of the establishment. We are not fooled so easily.

[Peace Patriot]

41. 12...out of 4,000,000 might have put in too much?!

x 3,999,988!

I'd like to know the odds that 4,000,000 million people trying to access and use a web site would ALL do so perfectly! It's kind of a miracle, in my mind, that 3,000,988 did so, and, if 4,000,000 did so, it would be the Second Coming!

You'd probably say there was something a bit "fishy" about that!

You shittin me? ONLY TWELVE got in wrong and you're bellyaching about prosecution?!

More laughs: We're talking, at most, something over $5,400, twelve times...when Clinton gets hundreds of thousands of dollars for a couple of speeches to the criminals at Goldman Sachs, who, along with their fatcat pals, CRASH THE WORLD ECONOMY then got TRILLIONS OF OUR TAX DOLLARS in BAILOUT FUNDS; when Clinton takes in hundreds of thousands more for dirty arms deals through the Clinton Foundation, and...and...?! Well, I'll stop there.

Here's some more laughs for you (I can't do 4,000,000):

[trillion]

43. As opposed to hillary's super pac donesrs into it hundreds of thousands

Oh wait, ms. bought by everybody is allowed when it's called a super pac. And didn't she just have the dnc raise the ban on the limit super pacs can donate? Oh yeah! She did.

Bernies so corrupt. Bet he has NO insurance companies or Banksters behind him. Bet the Fossil fuel industry, Fracking industry and Montasanto skipped out too. He's soooo corrupt and Hillary is soooo.. well, I don't know what ya would call her.

[Enthusiast]

39. I agree 100%.

[daleanime]

40. Amazing the it's the candidate being funded $27 at a time....

that gets the FEC off it's butt. Makes you wonder if there might be something wrong with our entire system.

[Robbins]

15. doesn't matter

no matter how much he raises from the people the establishment has it fixed.

[Bubzer]

18. I don't buy that.

[Release The Hounds]

19. Sadly,

That is my thought too. There'll be no denying her 'right' this time.

[Bubzer]

24. They do so at their peril.

Hell will break loose if Hillary wins the nomination through obvious shenanigans.

[merrily]

30. Shenanigans have been reported out of both Iowa and Nevada. I'm not seeing hell.

[Bubzer]

31. I dont know... each time Shenanigans happen, Bernie's campaign contributions skyrocket.

I'd say that's a pretty loud statement. But I'm not talking about just the caucus events... but the nomination.
I honestly think if Hillary wins through shenanigans, it'll throw the election, and cause irreparable harm to the democratic party.

[merrily]

34. Donating to Bernie is not my defiintion of all hell breaking loose.

I think the time to raise hell about shenanigans is as they happen, not after they declare a nominee.

My point is, we don't seem to be a hell raising people. Moreover, we don't have the infrastructure for it or the geography for it.

Those are things we may want to address at some point, though we can't do much about our geography. However, it will be too late for 2016.

[trillion]

44. The DNC is banking (literally) on him backing Hillary if he doesn't get the nomination.

That is the only way they can try to rally the (14% a month ago and growing) amount of Bernie supporters that say they won't vote for Hillary no matter what. Bernie is their only card to try to bring them back.

Fact, the Dems lose the election on March 10th if the DNC nominates Hillary and if Bernie doesn't back her.

If he backs her I'm not sure she'll get Bernies voters. I think it will make him look very bad. He's not mentioned all kinds of dirt on her that he should have so far. She had a big hand in causing the refugee crises' in Syria, Honduras and Columbia. She helped destabilize all 3 countries and caused mass death with it. She helped orchestrate the Honduras coupe and admits it. There is so much blood on her hands that he could end her support among immigrants immediately if he mentioned it. BUT he isn't mentioning it. He's not saying a whole lot of things he should be on her.

Are you sure he would go solo?

Hillary has the war machine, the fossile fuel industry, the fracking industry, monstanto, insurance companies, banksters behind her and so much more. That's what Bernie would be supporting. His integrity will go out the window. I don't think his supporters will do it because he says to. It will be the end of his shining career of trying to fight everything she has behind her.

I hope you're right and he breaks off.

Either way, I'm certain if they nominate Hillary, the dems lose this election whether he breaks off or supports her. If he breaks off, the Hillary supporters who have already proven they don't give a damn about her record are not going to leave her.

[greymouse]

50. yes, trillion

"Either way, I'm certain if they nominate Hillary, the dems lose this election whether he breaks off or supports her."

Certainly. I suspect most Bernie supporters know Hillary's record of incompetence. Now she's into dirty tricks again. Who thinks those people will vote for Her Smugness in the general if she gets the nomination? Who wants to see Bill and Ms Hedge Fund Chelsea roaming around the White House again? Plus probably every Republican in the country hates her.

The polls already show that the Democrats go down in flames if Hillary is the nominee.

[Enthusiast]

37. Nope. We have to fight this bullshit!

[SoLeftIAmRight]

27. and the hillary supporters are happy with wall street

Why would anyone not want to be a part of this voice against the establishment?

[merrily]

28. ONLY $52 million? Sounds to me like Donation O'Clock. Links:

DU link https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/duforbernie

Jackpine Radicals link https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/page/jackpineradicals4bernie

[Califonz]

29. Sent another $131 via the Act Blue "express donate" thingy

I'll worry about my credit card bill later. Super Tuesday is only 10 days away!

[Duppers]

35. Made my donations directly via Act Blue also.

Feel the Bern!

[Little Tich]

42. I read that Bernie Sanders lost in Nevada. Now when I read this, I'm happy again. n/t

[Cryptoad]

45. Gonna take 2 billion to win in Nov

u can not unilaterally refuse to accept money that ur opponent will gladly accept and expect to win.

[intheflow]

46. u must sell ur soul to win elecshuns.

Nice.

[Helen Borg]

47. One can unilaterally refuse personal money though...

You know, bribes?

[Rose77]

48. donating for all those who cant

[BooScout]

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