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September 8, 2021
Robert Reich: Happy birthday, my dear friend. You are a force.
Bernie Sanders has inspired and galvanized a new generation of young Americans who will create the progressive change we so desperately need in a country riddled with inequality and division.
Happy birthday, my dear friend. You are a force.
https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1435727041437974536
August 1, 2021
BY KARIN GOTTSHALL
You were carried here by hands
and now the wind has you, gritty
as incense, dark sparkles borne
in the shape of blowing,
this great atmospheric bloom,
spinning under the bridge and expanding—
shape of wind and its pattern
of shattering. Having sloughed off
the urn's temporary shape,
there is another of you now—
tell me which to speak to:
the one you were, or are, the one who waited
in the ashes for this scattering, or the one
now added to the already haunted woods,
the woods that sigh and shift their leaves—
where your mystery billows, then breathes.
🌸
The AshesBY KARIN GOTTSHALL
You were carried here by hands
and now the wind has you, gritty
as incense, dark sparkles borne
in the shape of blowing,
this great atmospheric bloom,
spinning under the bridge and expanding—
shape of wind and its pattern
of shattering. Having sloughed off
the urn's temporary shape,
there is another of you now—
tell me which to speak to:
the one you were, or are, the one who waited
in the ashes for this scattering, or the one
now added to the already haunted woods,
the woods that sigh and shift their leaves—
where your mystery billows, then breathes.
July 19, 2021
https://twitter.com/Songstress28/status/1416203635525042177
At the burial of the 9 Lakota youth disinterred from Carlisle Indian Boarding School in Pennsylvania brought back home to their Rosebud Sioux homelands and buried with honour. Brandi Morin@Songstress28
The youth have been covered by Grandmother Earth now
Brandi Morin@Songstress28
Rosebud Sioux Nation Burial Honors for Children disinterred at Carlisle
https://twitter.com/Songstress28/status/1416547245130862592https://twitter.com/Songstress28/status/1416203635525042177
At the burial of the 9 Lakota youth disinterred from Carlisle Indian Boarding School in Pennsylvania brought back home to their Rosebud Sioux homelands and buried with honour. Brandi Morin@Songstress28
The youth have been covered by Grandmother Earth now
Brandi Morin@Songstress28
March 11, 2021
What's happening: Shakir told Axios he remains a political adviser to Sanders (I-Vt.).
https://www.axios.com/sanders-shakir-biden-media-startup-117c463f-20d9-4554-8916-40095c851de2.html
Sanders' campaign chief aiming to push Biden leftward
Excerpt:
Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 campaign manager is running a new media startup aiming to use ideologically driven storytelling to push the Biden administration to the left, the group tells Axios.
Why it matters: Faiz Shakir's new venture, dubbed More Perfect Union, scored a win last week when White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain shared its video about efforts to unionize an Alabama Amazon warehouse. It was an early sign the administration is attuned to the priorities of its party's left flank.
Klain's tweet came shortly after President Biden backed organizing efforts at the Amazon facility.
What's happening: Shakir told Axios he remains a political adviser to Sanders (I-Vt.).
He formed More Perfect Union and an advocacy arm late last year. The nonprofit groups are independent of Sanders' political operation but share its policy goals and some of its tactics, Shakir said.
"We have a desire for policy change or political change," Shakir said during an interview. "We aren't going to be afraid to say, 'Hey, you know, based off of our reporting, what we've learned on this, a policy solution to address this would be X, Y or Z.'"
A staff of 12 has already produced videos covering issues including student debt, marijuana legalization, technology policy and abortion.
https://www.axios.com/sanders-shakir-biden-media-startup-117c463f-20d9-4554-8916-40095c851de2.html
March 6, 2021
https://twitter.com/AriRabinHavt/status/1367987225196179456
Photo: Bernie meeting with National Guard troops right off the Senate floor.
https://twitter.com/AriRabinHavt/status/1367987225196179456
March 2, 2021
"Bernese Mittens"
(Bernese Mountain Dog)
colored pencil and graphite drawing
by Katherine Plumer, © 2021
Photo: "Bernese Mittens"
"Bernese Mittens"
(Bernese Mountain Dog)
colored pencil and graphite drawing
by Katherine Plumer, © 2021
February 26, 2021
Excerpt:
Jebreal did the interview as part of a larger story she was writing for Newsweek about Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi’s homeland. On October 19, Newsweek decided to make the audio of the interview public.
Khashoggi Said Bernie Sanders Was the Only American Politician Putting Pressure on the Saudi Crown Prince
During the interview, Jebreal asked Khashoggi about the need for reform in Saudi Arabia. Khashoggi said that Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, is basically just a “tribal leader” with no true interest in reform.
And Khashoggi said that part of the problem is that nobody in Saudi Arabia can stand up to the crown prince. He said there is also no real pressure being brought to bear on him by the international community. Khashoggi said that in the United States, the only politician who seriously criticizes MBS is Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and one-time presidential candidate.
Khashoggi told Jebreal, “First of all, there is no political movement in Saudi Arabia that could pressure him, number one. And the world is happy with him. Do you see anybody in America except for Bernie Sanders who is calling for putting pressure on MBS? I only saw Bernie Sanders, but no one else.”
https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/listen-khashoggi-bernie-sanders-interview/
Khashoggi Said Bernie Was the Only American Politician Putting Pressure on the Saudi Crown Prince
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1280224071Excerpt:
Jebreal did the interview as part of a larger story she was writing for Newsweek about Saudi Arabia, Khashoggi’s homeland. On October 19, Newsweek decided to make the audio of the interview public.
Khashoggi Said Bernie Sanders Was the Only American Politician Putting Pressure on the Saudi Crown Prince
During the interview, Jebreal asked Khashoggi about the need for reform in Saudi Arabia. Khashoggi said that Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi crown prince, is basically just a “tribal leader” with no true interest in reform.
And Khashoggi said that part of the problem is that nobody in Saudi Arabia can stand up to the crown prince. He said there is also no real pressure being brought to bear on him by the international community. Khashoggi said that in the United States, the only politician who seriously criticizes MBS is Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator and one-time presidential candidate.
Khashoggi told Jebreal, “First of all, there is no political movement in Saudi Arabia that could pressure him, number one. And the world is happy with him. Do you see anybody in America except for Bernie Sanders who is calling for putting pressure on MBS? I only saw Bernie Sanders, but no one else.”
https://heavy.com/news/2018/10/listen-khashoggi-bernie-sanders-interview/
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