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James Carville fires back at progressive Michigan Senate candidate
James Carville fired back at progressives Abdul El-Sayed, Hasan Piker and Bernie Sanders after they suggested the longtime Democratic strategist leave the party. Read More
Ilhan Omar Agrees With Bernie Sanders’ Lie that No “Serious” Democrat Running for Office Really “Believes in Defunding the Police” (VIDEO)
As Democratic Socialists run on defunding the police and abolishing prisons, socialist backers who are already in office, Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Read More
Map Shows Paid Vacation Around the World as Bernie Sanders Pushes US Bill
The gap between the U.S. and other advanced economies, where paid annual vacation is typically guaranteed by law, remains wide. Read More
Bernie Sanders doesn't plan to back Francesca Hong in Wisconsin race
Sen. Bernie Sanders said he doesn't think he will endorse Francesca Hong in the Wisconsin governor's race. Other Democrats are also staying out of it. Read More
Bernie Sanders Is Not Doing the Democrats Any Favors
What exactly is the project of the insurgent left all about? Read More
Bernie Sanders declines to endorse DSA candidate for Wisconsin gov
Bernie Sanders says he won't endorse DSA member Francesca Hong's Wisconsin governor bid, telling Pod Save America he's 'just not that familiar' with the race. Read More
Bernie Sanders Publicly Checks RFK Jr. During Heated Hearing as Unexpected Response Leaves Heads Spinning
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sparred with Sen. Bernie Sanders during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Read More
Bernie Sanders hails Michigan result as 'most extraordinary victory that I can think of in modern American politics'
Abdul El-Sayed has never held elected office and entered the race years after losing the Democratic gubernatorial primary by over 20 percentage points. Read More
Bernie Sanders Tells James Carville To ‘Start His Own Party’
The progressive senator didn’t mince words when asked about Carville’s dismissal of left-wing candidates running for office. Read More
How Abdul El-Sayed went from political oblivion to progressive breakthrough in Michigan Senate race
Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state. El-Sayed narrowly defeated U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and will face Republican Mike Rogers in November. The seat is pivotal to Democrats’ chances of flipping the Senate. El-Sayed will face the challenge of uniting a divided Democratic base after a bruising primary. El-Sayed, a former health official, campaigned on “Medicare for All,” halting military aid to Israel and campaign finance reform. He had support from progressive leaders including Sen. Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read More
Takeaways from Tuesday's elections: El-Sayed pulls off narrow victory over Democratic establishment
Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary is the latest and perhaps biggest example yet that the party’s voters are looking to turn the page on establishment-backed candidates in must-win battlegrounds. El-Sayed’s victory over Rep. Haley Stevens sets up a midterm election against former GOP Rep. Mike Rogers and leaves the progressive Bernie Sanders-backed Democrat with little time to celebrate before pivoting to patching up divisions in the party. Republicans faced their own test in Michigan in the governor’s race, where President Donald Trump’s handpicked candidate, U.S. Rep. John James, defeated Perry Johnson, a wealthy, free-spending outsider. More primaries unfolded in Kansas, Missouri, Virginia and Washington. Read More
Sen. Bernie Sanders Shows Off Jump Shot, Jokes He's Ready For The NBA
Sen. Bernie Sanders is still shooting his shot at 84 ... showing off his jumper in the halls of Congress ... and joking he might just have an NBA career ahead of him. Read More
Sanders tells Carville to start his own party, stands by far-left Hasan Piker
Bernie Sanders defended Hasan Piker and suggested James Carville start his own party if he doesn't want to be in the same Democratic Party as the far-left streamer. Read More
Bernie Sanders Says Elon Musk Pays Same Social Security Tax As $184,500 Earner
Elon Musk’s fortune recently crossed into territory few people thought possible. Social Security’s finances, meanwhile, are headed in the opposite direction. That contrast was front and center when Sen. Bernie Read More
Abdul El-Sayed wins Michigan Senate primary in major victory for Democrats’ progressive wing
Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in a victory for the party’s progressive wing in a battleground state. El-Sayed narrowly defeated U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens and will face Republican Mike Rogers in a November matchup. The seat is pivotal to Democrats’ chances of flipping the Senate and El-Sayed will face the challenge of uniting a divided Democratic base after a bruising primary. El-Sayed, a former health official, campaigned on “Medicare for All,” halting military aid to Israel and campaign finance reform. He had support from progressive leaders including Sen. Bernie Sanders and U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Read More
Far-left El-Sayed beats Rep. Haley Stevens in Dems' Michigan Senate primary
Abdul El-Sayed defeats Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, boosting progressives backed by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ahead of facing Mike Rogers. Read More
Sayed Narrowly Beats Rep. Haley Stevens In Michigan’s Democratic Senate Primary
Abdul El-Sayed, a former public health official, was backed by prominent progressives, including Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. Read More
Social Security Plan to Boost Benefits by $2,400 Floated by Bernie Sanders
Millions of Social Security recipients could see their annual benefits increase by $2,400 under a proposal championed by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. Read More
Bernie Sanders pushes Democrats to come out against Social Security cuts
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) opposes the bipartisan PROMISE Act, which seeks to fast-track the process to extend Social Security's solvency. Read More
The war to succeed Bernie Sanders is already underway
Walking into Democrats’ contentious Michigan Senate primary, Sanders’ inner circle thinks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is more likely than Ro Khanna to be the heir. Read More