October 2, 2018

CNN Interview: ''The FBI needs to do a full investigation determining his veracity''

https://twitter.com/CNNnewsroom/status/1047180960612069376

October 2, 2018

'I want to thank the many hundreds of workers at Amazon fulfillment centers across this country ...

https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1047208589612535809

October 2, 2018

Video: Bernie Sanders calls for the FBI to investigate Kavanaugh for perjury

Published on Oct 1, 2018

October 2, 2018

Video: Sen. Sanders holds press conference on Amazon $15 minimum wage:

Published on Oct 2, 2018
Bernie Sanders holds a press conference Tuesday Oct. 2 to applaud Amazon for raising its minimum wage to $15 an hour.

https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/1047124524557324288

October 2, 2018

Amazon is raising its minimum wage to $15 following pressure from Bernie Sanders

Isobel Asher Hamilton 26m

Excerpt:

Amazon has announced it is raising its minimum wage in the US to $15, following sustained pressure from Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders.

In a statement released on Tuesday, Amazon said the salary increase, which is more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25, will come into effect on November 1. It will impact more than 250,000 Amazon employees, plus more than 100,000 seasonal staff who work for Amazon over the holiday season.

"We listened to our critics, thought hard about what we wanted to do, and decided we want to lead," said CEO Jeff Bezos. "We're excited about this change and encourage our competitors and other large employers to join us."

This decision follows sustained pressure from Senator Bernie Sanders, who has attacked Amazon for how little it pays its workers, and introduced a bill in September entitled "Stop BEZOS," which would tax large companies whose low-wage employees rely on government assistance.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-raises-minimum-wage-to-15-dollars-2018-10

October 2, 2018

🐦 Oct 3 at 8PM - New York Times to Host Get-out-the-Vote Event With Bernie Sanders

October 1, 2018 3:26 pm

The New York Times will hold an event with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) Wednesday aimed at getting college students to vote in the upcoming midterm elections.

The event, called "Turn Up The Turnout With Bernie Sanders," is part of the Times‘ "Get With The Times" lecture series. The democratic socialist Vermont senator will sit down with Times reporter Alex Burns at the University of Maryland for a live-streamed discussion, with watch parties planned at universities across the country.

Despite the involvement of Sanders, the event is billed as nonpartisan. "With the midterm elections just months away, Senator Sanders will take the stage to discuss what's at stake for students in particular, and to amplify the critical importance of voting — regardless of which candidate you support," reads the event description.

The Times is partnering for the event with Rock the Vote, a nominally nonpartisan youth get-out-the-vote organization. In practice, Rock the Vote has a long history of favoring liberal and Democratic causes, including sending out mock draft notices from Donald Rumsfeld, then President George W. Bush's secretary of defense, to young voters in 2004 and denouncing the results of the 2016 election.

https://freebeacon.com/politics/new-york-times-host-get-vote-event-bernie-sanders/


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Get With The Times
TURN UP THE TURNOUT WITH BERNIE SANDERS
Wednesday, October 3, 2018 . 8 PM

On October 3rd, join Senator Bernie Sanders and Alex Burns, New York Times National Political Correspondent, for the latest edition of Get With The Times, our spirited live conversation series for college students.

With the mid-term elections just months away, Senator Sanders, the longest-serving independent in congressional history, takes the stage to discuss what's at stake for students in particular, and to amplify the critical importance of voting — regardless of which candidate you support.

Hosted at the University of Maryland, this event will be filmed live and broadcast to watch parties at college campuses across the country.

https://theclarice.umd.edu/events/2018/get-with-the-times