Bernie Sanders Campaign Rally in Las Vegas
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) holds a campaign rally at Canyon Springs High School in Las Vegas.

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Erin Bilbray is formally endorsing Bernie Sanders. She's one of Nevada's 8 DNC superdelegates; first of those to publicly back Sanders.

1:02 PM - 28 Dec 2015

Erin Bilbray was a 2014 Democratic candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 3rd Congressional District of Nevada.[1] She won the Democratic nomination in the primary election on June 10, 2014.[2] Bilbray was defeated by incumbent Rep. Joe Heck (R) in the general election on November 4, 2014.

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PRESS RELEASE

New Sanders Ads Focus on Working Families



DECEMBER 28, 2015



BURLINGTON, Vt. – Four new television ads from the Sanders campaign will hit airwaves in early primary states starting tomorrow. The spots focus on Sanders’ plans to end policies that leave American families working longer hours for lower wages.

“What this campaign is about is to demand that we create an economy that works for all of us rather than a handful of billionaires,” Sanders says in an ad titled “Working Families.”



In a second spot, Sanders tells a crowd about his fight in the Senate to stop Social Security cuts. “We said it will be over our dead bodies if you cut Social Security. As president, I will do everything I can to extend the solvency of Social Security and expand benefits for people who desperately need them,” Sanders promises in the ad titled “Social Security.”



“Bernie Sanders understands how pharmaceutical companies and major medical companies are ripping us off,” Mari Cordes, a registered nurse from Lincoln, Vermont, says in an ad on the cost of health care. “He’s the only one who can bring real change.”



“The 15 richest Americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 million people combined,” Sanders says into the camera before laying out his plan to make the wealthy pay their fair share and bring prosperity to working Americans in a fourth ad titled “Bottom 100 Million.”



The new ads come on the heels of Sanders’ two millionth contribution and a 12-point pickup in the latest CNN/ORC national poll, including growing support among what the pollster refers to as non-white voters. The latest The Economist/YouGov poll shows Sanders gaining significant ground. Sanders is currently campaigning in Nevada where more than 2,000 people turned out to see him speak just two days after Christmas.



https://berniesanders.com/press-release/2000-turn-out-at-big-reno-rally-for-bernie/

PRESS RELEASE

2,000 Turn Out at Big Reno Rally for Bernie


DECEMBER 27TH, 2015


RENO, Nev. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday brought his campaign for the Democratic Party presidential nomination to the Reno Ballroom here and told more than 2,000 supporters that “with your support we’re going to win here in Nevada.”

“We have a path toward victory not only to win this election but most importantly to transform our country,” Sanders told Nevadans.

Sanders leads Hillary Clinton in recent polls in New Hampshire and is within striking distance of the lead in Iowa. After Iowa’s Feb. 1 precinct caucuses and New Hampshire’s Feb. 9 primary election, Nevada is the next state to play a critical role in the nomination process with caucuses on Feb. 20.

In reality, Sanders said, the presidential nomination process kicked off long ago for Republican White House hopefuls last April at a Las Vegas casino. What was dubbed the “Adelson Primary” was staged by billionaire gambling tycoon Sheldon Adelson who welcomed a parade of Republican hopefuls to his posh Las Vegas casino to vie for his financial support.

Adelson and other billionaires have exploited the corrupt campaign finance system ushered in by a Supreme Court ruling in a case known as Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission. That disastrous 5-4 decision in 2010 opened the floodgates for corporations and billionaires like Adelson to spend unlimited sums to bankroll candidates.

Earlier Sunday, Sanders spoke to about 140 supporters at a union hall here with members of the three major national labor organizations which have the endorsed him: the Communications Workers of America, National Nurses United and the American Postal Workers Union.

At another meeting with some 160 seniors and others, Sanders said protecting Social Security is a top priority at a time when more than half of workers nearing retirement have no savings. He also called for reining in runaway prescription drug prices and stopping cuts to Medicare.

The Reno stops were on the first day of a two-day trip to Nevada.

Later this week, Sanders returns to Iowa before heading back to New Hampshire next weekend.




https://berniesanders.com/press-release/2000-turn-out-at-big-reno-rally-for-bernie/

Comments

Leslie A. Zukor
How much was it to get in to the private dinner?
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Buffalo_Chips
+Leslie A. Zukor Bernie normally charges $50 at this type of event
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Ashish Patel
Hell yes
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Bernie Sanders ✔@BernieSanders

Next year, four of the 12 presidents at the regional Federal Reserve Banks will be former executives from one firm: Goldman Sachs.

6:21 PM - 27 Dec 2015

Rubin, Summers, Paulson….think of what those names have done for the American economy, and two of them worked under Democrats. Is this the path we want to continue on -- Former Goldman Sachs employees running our banking and treasury system?

Watch Robert Rubin and Henry Paulson, who were big contributors to our 2007 meltdown, laughing it up over income inequality:

Funny, huh?

Think of what they say and laugh about when NOT on a stage being filmed.

Do we REALLY want another bought-out-by-banks politician to hire more Goldman Sachs employees in key economic positions within the government?

Stop the madness. Reform our Federal Reserve system and break up the big banks.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/12/28/1464087/-Let-this-statement-from-Bernie-sink-in-and-ask-yourself-if-you-want-this-insanity-to-continue

"I think for his working class and middle class supporters, I think we can make the case that if we really want to address the issues that people are concerned about...we need policies that bring us together that take on the greed of Wall Street, the greed of corporate America, and create a middle class that works for all of us rather than an economy that works just for a few," Sanders said.