August 29, 2017

Video: An Evening with Bernie Sanders: Riverside Church, NYC 8/28/17

Published on Aug 28, 2017
Bernie comes home to the Big Apple.

August 27, 2017

We're All In This Together - Bernie Sanders

Published on Aug 24, 2017
This week I went to Indianapolis and Detroit, cities that voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton, and Portsmouth, Ohio, a community that voted overwhelmingly for Donald Trump. At each stop, I met people of all backgrounds who had an enormous amount in common.

August 26, 2017

Video Link: How a young Bernie Sanders learned about the value of money

http://video.salon.com/list/T03B8Tj6/video/siPXwWY2/how-a-young-bernie-sanders-learned-about-the-value-of-money


SATURDAY, AUG 26, 2017 08:30 AM EDT
Lessons from Brooklyn: How a young Bernie Sanders learned about the value of money

Steve Slavin, a college roommate of Sanders, as well as the author of the new book “The Great American Economy: How Inefficiency Broke It and What We Can Do to Fix It,” talked to Salon’s Jeremy Binckes to share a few stories about a young Bernie Sanders.

http://www.salon.com/2017/08/26/lessons-from-brooklyn-how-a-young-bernie-sanders-learned-about-the-value-of-money/

August 20, 2017

Jane Sanders: Dick Gregory and @SenSanders spent the night in jail together for protesting ...

https://twitter.com/janeosanders/status/899124271884230656

August 15, 2017

Bernie Sanders Talks Health Care, Cows During Franklin County Visit

AUG 14, 2017 AT 8:08 PM



Excerpts:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) seemed comfortable Monday during a swing through Franklin County to meet with core constituents, including health care professionals, senior citizens and dairy farmers. At all three stops, Vermont's junior senator discussed his “Medicare-for-all” proposal — but he refused to address questions about how hard he’ll push Democrats to back the plan.

Outside in the parking lot, Sanders dismissed a reporter’s question about whether he would back primary challengers to Democrats running in 2018 who don’t embrace his health care proposal — a concern among some in the party.

“Uh, that’s political gossip which I’m not particularly interested in,” Sanders said, ignoring reporters' attempts at follow-up questions.


Sanders final stop of the day was to Paul and Linda Stanley’s hillside dairy farm in East Fairfield. A camera crew from VICE News, dressed in black, filmed as Linda introduced Sanders to a day-old calf named Pinky. “Holy moly!” a delighted Sanders exclaimed as it ran wobbly legged by him. After meeting the cow, the senator snacked on fresh cucumbers and cherry tomatoes at a picnic table and discussed the plight of the state's dairy farms, which are struggling with low milk prices and environmental regulations.

The conversation, though, never strayed far from the topic du jour. During a lull in the discussion about the farmers’ concerns, Sanders asked, “What about health care?”




https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2017/08/14/bernie-sanders-talks-health-care-cows-during-franklin-county-visit

August 13, 2017

Bernie Sanders' Statement About Heather Heyer Emphasizes What Really Killed Her

ByCATE CARREJO an hour ago



Following her death at the ongoing conflict in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, Sen. Bernie Sanders offered condolences to Heather Heyer's family via Twitter Sunday afternoon and didn't back down from the real cause of her death.

"Our condolences go out to the family of Heather Heyer who was killed by a terrorist as she protested Neo-Nazism and white supremacy," Sanders said. He continued in separate tweets saying, "Heather sacrificed her life in the fight for social and racial justice. She will not be forgotten. The best way for us to truly honor her memory is to make sure that, every day, we continue that struggle."

According to her mother, Susan Bro, Heyer shared many of the same qualities as the social justice-oriented senator.

“She always had a very strong sense of right and wrong, she always, even as a child, was very caught up in what she believed to be fair,” Bro told The Huffington Post in an interview. “Somehow I almost feel that this is what she was born to be, is a focal point for change. I’m proud that what she was doing was peaceful, she wasn’t there fighting with people.”


https://www.bustle.com/p/bernie-sanders-statement-about-heather-heyer-emphasizes-what-really-killed-her-76260

August 1, 2017

Bernie Sanders: Health Care as a Right for All (3/4/1993)

Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduces legislation for a single-payer universal health care system to guarantee quality health care for all citizens.

August 1, 2017

Bernie Sanders Single-Payer Lincoln-Douglas Style Debate Moderated by John Boehner (1993)

Published on Jan 24, 2017
November 3, 1993. Congressmen debated the benefits of a single-payer health care system under a special order in the House. Reps. Sanders and McDermott supported the idea of a Canadian-style single-payer system. Reps. Hastert and Thomas opposed such a system and called it socialistic. The debate was cosponsored by the Conservative Opportunity Society and the Progressive Caucus. This was the first in a series of Lincoln-Douglas style debates scheduled to take place during the coming months, and designed to give national issues the debate and discussion members say they “do not often receive” during House sessions.