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TomCADem

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4. Here is Bernie's Twitter...
Tue Jan 8, 2019, 09:12 PM
Jan 2019

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Will Bernie try to portray himself as a non-partisan alternative who actually cares about the people?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/03/us/government-shutdown-workers-pay.html?fallback=0&recId=1FVgdMvE69DCv1UzogwiKPdw9SH&locked=0&geoContinent=NA&geoRegion=CA&recAlloc=als1&geoCountry=US&blockId=trending&imp_id=356511392

Government Shutdown Leaves Workers Reeling: ‘We Seem to Be Pawns’

No sooner had the news of an impasse come out of a meeting room in Washington than thousands of miles away, on an island in the Pacific, Tomas Kaselionis had to start making decisions.

“For me, it’s do I consider a car payment or do I pay the gas bill or the phone bill?” said Mr. Kaselionis, who is working on typhoon recovery for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, unpaid and far from home in the United States commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. “Those are conversations within the next week that I have to have with my wife.”

By Saturday, the federal government will have been shut down for two weeks, a full pay cycle for federal workers. If the shutdown lasts through Monday, it will surpass the one of 2013, and if it lasts beyond the following Saturday, it will be the longest shutdown in United States history. Politicians have said they were hopeful that the standoff could be over in a matter of “days and weeks,” a reassurance that rang hollow to hundreds of thousands of federal workers who were not getting paid.

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He's announced that? What network is going to accommodate him? pnwmom Jan 2019 #1
he is doing it on facebook JI7 Jan 2019 #2
Here is Bernie's Twitter... TomCADem Jan 2019 #4
Facebook...twitter... and Youtube. lapucelle Jan 2019 #5
Probably Gothmog Jan 2019 #3
We Need to Be Unified In Opposing Donald Trump... TomCADem Jan 2019 #7
I saw this pattern conduct at the national convention Gothmog Jan 2019 #9
After this voluntary differentiation of himself from our party I don't want to hear nary... brush Jan 2019 #16
I don't think he is offering a rebuttal to the Dem's ...he is waiting until they are through. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #6
Collins 'getting ready' for 2020 run, splits shutdown blame TomCADem Jan 2019 #10
I don't know. NurseJackie Jan 2019 #8
Trump undercuts his own messaging by trying to fundraise off the border "crisis" TomCADem Jan 2019 #11
YAWN Me. Jan 2019 #12
I wish he would just go away...geesh.. beachbum bob Jan 2019 #13
His rebuttal was a complement to chuck and nancy's. He talked about what the real crises are, JudyM Jan 2019 #14
That was a great response. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2019 #15
If Ted Cruz Announced That He Would Give His Own Speech in Support of the Wall... TomCADem Jan 2019 #17
I don't think there can be enough push back against Тяцмр. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2019 #21
Wow. Are You Really Comparing Bernie Sanders to Michelle Bachmann? TomCADem Jan 2019 #22
You're reaching for shit here. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2019 #25
I am agreeing with your comparison... TomCADem Jan 2019 #27
Listening to Pelosi's and Schumer's rebuttal and then Bernie's it almost seemed to me they Autumn Jan 2019 #23
Agreed. BlueTsunami2018 Jan 2019 #26
So, Bernie Referring to Federal Workers Being Used as "Political Pawns"... TomCADem Jan 2019 #31
You get that the one using them as "Political Pawns" is Trump, not Chuck and Nancy? Autumn Jan 2019 #43
I completely agree.. disillusioned73 Jan 2019 #41
I agree with that. I'm sure more will be coming out with tweets, statements etc. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2019 #28
No he is covering social media. Voltaire2 Jan 2019 #18
Definitely not a both sides rebuttal. You should watch it. It's pretty scathing. TCJ70 Jan 2019 #19
Watch It. Very Little Support for Efforts of Democrats to End the Shutdown TomCADem Jan 2019 #29
Typical. And, thank you this link.. Cha Jan 2019 #33
Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat. yardwork Jan 2019 #37
Good grief...I think you need to take a second look. TCJ70 Jan 2019 #42
Powerful. Thanks TCJ70. Power 2 the People Jan 2019 #52
FFS, don't you think this is a wee bit petty? SMC22307 Jan 2019 #20
It Is Nice That Bernie Is Not Scapegoating Immigrants and Foreigners... TomCADem Jan 2019 #30
YES - I think it's highly petty for Bernie to feel like he needs to say me too me too me too me too! Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #34
That's exactly what Bernie didn't do. Did you watch it? yardwork Jan 2019 #38
When "all hands on deck" is called, all hands work together.... George II Jan 2019 #47
Bernie gave a solid anti-Trump response in his usual style. Thank you, Bernie. aikoaiko Jan 2019 #24
What's your manufactured outrage meter at on this one? nt JCanete Jan 2019 #32
Here is a link to his rebuttal,. It was excellent. CentralMass Jan 2019 #35
Seemed unnecessary Trumpocalypse Jan 2019 #36
As a Democrat, I thank Bernie Sanders for speaking out against Trump. aikoaiko Jan 2019 #39
Maybe because.. disillusioned73 Jan 2019 #40
I love questions that answer themselves! NurseJackie Jan 2019 #44
Good point. Work together, not separately, even if they presumed goal is the same. George II Jan 2019 #48
Looks like Bernie has lost some weight. He looks GREAT! NurseJackie Jan 2019 #49
This is why I'll never understand those who believe Blue_Tires Jan 2019 #45
Did you watch it? n/t TCJ70 Jan 2019 #46
More Bernie-bashing I see. I guess he scares some people. Whatever. TSheehan Jan 2019 #50
Speaking of Trump, Sanders said: "an emergency that he himself created." guillaumeb Jan 2019 #51
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