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Bjorn Against's JournalAmmon Bundy says he went to Oregon because "The Lord was not pleased" and wanted "accountability"
"I began to understand how the Lord felt about the Hammonds," Bundy says in the video. "I began to understand how the Lord felt about Harney County and about this country. And I clearly understood that the Lord was not pleased with what was happening to the Hammonds… If we allowed the Hammonds to continue to be punished, there would be accountability."
In another video, also posted Dec. 31, militia member John Ritzheimer bids farewell to his family as he prepares to drive to Oregon, where he says he is "100 percent willing to lay my life down in order to fight tyranny."
http://www.wweek.com/2016/01/02/militia-group-takes-over-federal-building-in-eastern-oregon-because-the-lord-was-not-pleased/
Let's be very clear; this is an act of terrorism from religious extremists.
Donald Trump warns that Bernie Sanders will end golfing in the United States
Donald Trump warns his supporters: ‘No more golf’ if Bernie Sanders wins
ERIC W. DOLAN
30 DEC 2015 AT 13:06 ET
Electing Bernie Sanders as president would lead to the end of golfing in the United States, according to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
“We have to be progressive in our thinking,” Trump said during a campaign rally in Hilton Head, South Carolina. “When I say progressive I mean like smart. I’m not talking progressive like a Bernie Sanders would say.”
“This guy wants to tax you — think of it — this guy wants to raise your taxes to 90 percent,” he continued. “No, no, think. You’ll have to move out — I love this area by the way, I’ve been here many times. Great golfing area, right? We love it. No more golf — no more golf. You won’t have any golf any more. You won’t have any money left to be golfing.”
It’s not the first time Trump has accused Sanders of wanting to raise taxes to 90 percent — a claim that PolitiFact has rated as “Pants on Fire” in October. The fact-checking website said “Sanders has never explicitly proposed a 90 percent tax rate for billionaires, let alone applying that rate across the board.”
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/12/donald-trump-warns-his-supporters-no-more-golf-if-bernie-sanders-wins/
Larry Sanders tells how his brother Bernie stood up for Korean orphans when he was a teenager
Bernie Sanders' Big Bro, Larry, Serves Up Some New Insight on His Kid Brother
By Natasha Noman 7 hours ago
Oxford, England — In the late 1950s, a few years after the Korean War, a 17-year-old young man ran for president of James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York. While other high school candidates campaigned on the promises of rule changes, this young man's platform was based on a proposal to offer scholarships to Korean orphans affected by the war, who couldn't otherwise afford to go to school. That young man was Bernie Sanders.
"He didn't win. He came third out of three," Larry Sanders, the presidential candidate's big brother and only sibling said with a chuckle. "And, in fact, the guy who won adopted Bernie's scholarship program."
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In the aftermath of the Korean War there was a lot in the papers, there'd been huge devastation, deaths of millions of Koreans and it was ... a very damaged and destroyed country. And he read about a lot of orphans who couldn't go to school because it was not publicly provided, and so they couldn't go to school unless they had money and those poor orphans had no money. So, they had a hard time now and little prospects for their future.
I don't know where Bernard got the idea. He thought it would be a very good idea for the better off kids in Brooklyn — although we weren't rich, we were certainly massively better off than the Korean children — to raise money, to provide scholarships so that some of these children could go to school. So that was his program. And, in fact, the guy who won adopted it. So, I don't know how much money they raised, but it was a successful thing. I don't know how many children were affected, but they did send money — a significant amount of money — to Korea.
http://m.mic.com/articles/131472/bernie-sanders-big-bro-larry-serves-up-some-new-insight-on-his-kid-brother#.VqSq7uWq2
I am not a Hillary supporter, but I need to defend her. She did not lie about Trump.
There are certain things that we all know to to be true.
We all know that Donald Trump is on the television a lot.
We all know that when Donald Trump is on the television he says some really nasty things about Muslims.
We know that the nasty things Trump says about Muslims get broadcast all over the world including the Middle East.
These things are all facts that are easily proven. There are other facts that may not be quite as easy to prove, but should be obvious to everyone.
We may not be able to prove that Muslims in the Middle East get pissed off when they turn on the television and hear Donald Trump saying these nasty things about them, but I think any reasonable person would agree that it is certain that some of them do get pissed off.
I think that any reasonable person would also agree that a pissed off Islamic Fundamentalist is far more likely to join ISIS than a Muslim that had nothing to be upset about.
Hillary may not be able to provide physical proof of her claim, but the claim she made is such an obvious statement that I don't even understand how anyone could doubt it.
I am a strong Bernie supporter, but I don't have to be a Hillary fan to see that the media is distracting us with a gotcha game instead of focusing on the real issues.
Millennials have gotten royally screwed: That's why they're voting for Bernie Sanders
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In recent years, it seems like a cottage industry of sorts has formed around bashing the Millennial generation as a bunch of narcissistic, lazy, entitled, coddled, uninformed digital junkies who just can’t deal with the real world. Though older generations have always complained about youngsters being in trouble, this animus towards Millennials seems rather unique, especially because, well, Millennials are rather unique.
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With all that hate, it’s easy to forget sometimes that the Millennial generation is also the one that faces staggering levels of debt, a bleak job market (even when one does get a college degree, which has become ever more important), and the overall prospect of having a less prosperous future than one’s parents. While today’s 18 to 34 year olds are the best-educated generation in American history — 22.3 percent with a bachelor’s degree — they also have lower median earnings (inflation adjusted) than 18 to 34 year olds did in 1980, when just 15.7 percent had a bachelor’s degree. Furthermore, becoming the best-educated generation has made Millennials the most indebted generation. Back in 1993, while the oldest Millennials were busy playing Sega Genesis, the average debt per borrower in the graduating class was under $10,000; by 2015, that number had more than tripled to about $35,000 — earning the class of 2015 the honor of being the most indebted ever.
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So then, is it any wonder that Millennials — especially those who are currently in college or recently graduated, who happened to grow up during the biggest economic downturn in nearly a century and witnessed how the greed of a few could hurt an entire society — are the biggest supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt)? Millennials have inherited an inherently unfair economy and corrupt political system that is a result of nearly four decades of a neoliberal consensus. Or to put it a bit more crudely: Neoliberalism has screwed the Millennial generation. And Sanders is the antithesis of a neoliberal.
The latest poll from the Harvard University Institute of Politics found that Sanders, who trails Clinton overall by about 25 points, actually leads her 41 percent to 35 percent among Democrats aged 18 to 29. It also found that the term “Democratic Socialist” has, if anything, a positive connotation among this age group — 66 percent said the label makes “no difference,” 24 percent said it would make them “more likely” to support Sanders, and only 9 percent said “less likely.” This seems to back up past polls that have shown Millennials reacting slightly more positively to the word “socialism” than “capitalism.”
http://www.salon.com/2015/12/21/millennials_have_gotten_royally_screwed_thats_why_theyre_voting_for_bernie_sanders/
It is time to stop insulting millenials and start reaching out to them. I have heard far too many people decry the low voter turnout numbers among young people without taking the time to consider why they are not showing up. The reality is that many millenials do not vote because they don't feel the establishment politicians represent them and it is time to start listening to those millenials and find leaders like Bernie who do stand for the issues that are important to them.
The best way to build a progressive movement is to mobilize millenials and I am very proud of Bernie for his efforts to reach out to this demographic that is too often ridiculed or ignored.
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz did not go to law enforcement, she went to the press
All you need to do to tell that the allegations against Bernie's campaign are partisan smears is take a look at how Debbie Wasserman-Schultz has handled the situation.
If Bernie's campaign was really involved in illegal activity then it was Debbie Wasserman-Schultz's duty to report that to law enforcement, but instead of going to law enforcement she went to the press.
What does that tell you?
It tells me that this is a political smear job and not a real attempt to get to the facts.
So far we have not received information on this from ANY neutral parties. We have only heard from the DNC, the IT company, and the response of the Sanders campaign.
Not a single neutral person has provided information about this case, not a single law enforcement agency has spoken, we are just supposed to believe Bernie's campaign was involved in criminal activity because Debbie Wasserman-Schultz launched a smear campaign to imply that.
Bernie's campaign was willing to go to Federal Court and present evidence under oath. I don't think a campaign that was trying to cover up a crime would do that.
I am far more suspicious of someone who goes to the press before contacting law enforcement than I am of a campaign that shows a willingness to present evidence under oath.
Debbie Wasserman-Schultz needs to resign. Now.
Those who claim the Bernie campaign engaged in criminal acts are spreading conspiracy theories
I have seen several people on this site push unfounded conspiracy theories today alleging that there were people within the Bernie campaign who were involved in a criminal conspiracy to steal data from the Clinton campaign.
So far however no law enforcement agency has suggested there was any criminal wrongdoing, in fact there is nothing to suggest that they even plan on launching a criminal investigation.
If the people on this site who are suggesting that a crime was committed have evidence of such a crime then I suggest they turn over that evidence to the FBI, if they don't have any evidence then I suggest they stop spreading conspiracy nonsense.
What is especially ironic is that the same people who are spreading these conspiracy theories are denouncing Bernie supporters for pushing conspiracy theories. The truth is however I have not seen a single Bernie supporter push a conspiracy theory today. I have seen Bernie supporters allege that dirty tricks are happening, but dirty tricks are not the same thing as a conspiracy. By definition a conspiracy involves an illegal plot between two or more people, and I have yet to see a Bernie supporter allege any criminal activity took place.
Anyone who has any evidence of a crime needs to turn it over to the FBI, I am not too worried about that happening however because I know damn well that the DUers pushing this conspiracy nonsense are full of shit.
It is time to take our party back from the 1% fringe
For a number of years now there has been a group of people who represent extremely wealthy interests that have fooled Americans into believing that they are centrists.
It is time to stop pretending these people represent some kind of middle of the road ideology because they don't represent the center of America, they represent the 1% fringe.
When a politician takes large bribes in the form of campaign contributions from lobbyists representing corporate interests they are not representing the center of America, they are representing the 1% fringe.
When a politician supports trade policies like NAFTA and the TPP that result in jobs being shipped away and a weakening of labor and environmental standards they are not representing the center of America, they are representing the 1% fringe.
When a politician votes to attack a country like Iraq based on lies that were already exposed well before the vote to invade took place that politician is not representing the center of America, they are representing the 1% fringe.
The center of America is not given bribes by corporate lobbyists, instead they are people who are struggling to survive with low wages and enormous health care costs.
The center of America struggles to pay for their food and rent, they struggle to pay college tuition, and let's face it their biggest struggle is to pay for the salaries of top corporate executives and stock holders because that is ultimately who the money they spend goes to.
While the center of America struggles however the politicians who claim to be centrist are being wined and dined by the very 1% fringe that is screwing the real center of America over every single day.
If we want to stop the 1% fringe we need a party that will represent the real center of America and not the fringe one percenters.
We need to get the people like Debbie Wasserman-Schultz and Rahm Emanuel who represent the 1% fringe out of positions of power and we need to get people who truly understand the struggles of the working class people into leadership roles.
There is only one candidate that I believe will work to remove the 1% fringe from leadership positions within the Democratic Party. There is only one candidate who I truly believe will put people who truly understand the struggles of ordinary Americans into leadership roles.
I would tell you that candidate's name but I don't need to, I think most people already know it.
I support Bernie because the Democratic Party leadership is long overdue for a shakeup
Since Bernie Sanders announced his candidacy I have heard many people question his party loyalty.
I am going to speak a truth that a lot of party loyalists don't want to hear, but the reality is that a huge number of us who consistently vote Democratic do not particularly like the Democratic Party establishment.
We don't vote Democratic because we believe the candidates we are presented with represent us, we vote Democratic because the Republicans are even worse.
I know that I am not alone in thinking that the leadership of the Democratic Party is terrible. The money that has flowed to the top Democrats from corporate interests have thoroughly corrupted the leadership and the party is in desperate need of a house cleaning.
That is a big part of the reason I support Bernie Sanders, because I don't want a President who is loyal to the party establishment, I want a President that is loyal to progressive values.
I know Bernie will shake things up in the party leadership if given the opportunity, and I am sure that is a big part of the reason he is not getting many endorsements from establishment Democrats. The establishment knows that if he becomes President he is going to want big changes in the party leadership, and they don't want a change to the system they personally benefit from.
While the establishment may not want a shakeup, I know I am far from alone in saying that I do want a shakeup.
I want a party leadership who puts progressive values above big donors. I want a party leadership that stands up for what is right and does not sell out the rich and powerful.
We need a President that will shake up the party leadership and Bernie is the only candidate that I can see doing that, that is one of the many reasons why I support him.
Hillary's Rahm Problem
Editorial: Hillary’s Rahm problem
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Today, 7:24 PM ET
Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton appears to be putting politics ahead of justice when it comes to Chicago mayor and former top Clinton and Obama White House aide Rahm Emanuel.
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So far Clinton, who vowed to “replenish our depleted reservoirs of trust” between law enforcement and communities of color, has only said, via a spokesman, that she is “deeply troubled” by the shooting and “the outstanding questions related to both the shooting and the video.”
As to Emanuel? “She knows Mayor Emanuel loves Chicago, and is sure he wants to do all he can to restore trust in the Chicago Police Department.”
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If Clinton is serious about black lives — and not just black votes — this is a moment of truth.
http://m.nydailynews.com/opinion/editorial-hillary-rahm-problem-article-1.2455978
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