Tag: Bernie Sanders

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., hinted that he and Democrats wouldn't agree to Republican demands in the latest spending showdown, which could lead to a partial government shutdown. But he said it's up to Republicans to find a deal Democrats can support. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bernie Sanders pre-emptively blames GOP for government shutdown

Pete Kasperowicz · January 9, 2018 12:56 pm

Rumors of a presidential bid began swirling Sunday night after media icon Oprah Winfrey delivered a stirring speech while accepting the Cecil B. Demille Award at the 75th Annual Golden Globe Awards. (Paul Drinkwater/NBC)

How Oprah Winfrey could follow Trump’s path to victory

W. James Antle III · January 9, 2018 5:01 am

"They're trying to pull together where did the money come from to enable Burlington College to convince [People's United Bank] and the diocese to go ahead with the deal," Robin Lloyd, former trustee to Burlington College, told the Burlington Free Press. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Grand jury hearing shows investigation into accusations that Jane Sanders defrauded bank still active late last year

Mandy Mayfield · January 9, 2018 12:16 am

Along with the massive financial undertaking by the public, free college would cause enrollment inflation leading to an over-inflation and devaluation of college degrees. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Free college would make higher education an extension of high school

Evan Sanders · January 8, 2018 7:16 pm

"I worry about him being a pathological liar. Those are some of the concerns I have," Bernie Sanders said of President Trump. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Bernie Sanders: Trump is a ‘pathological liar’ whose policies are more dangerous than his words

Kyle Feldscher · January 7, 2018 4:34 pm

Bernie Sanders wants Congress to pass the Dream Act, which would be the congressional version of the executive action taken by President Obama and ended by Trump. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Bernie Sanders: If the government shuts down over DACA fix, it’ll be Trump’s fault

Kyle Feldscher · January 7, 2018 4:05 pm

Now the plan is for arch-Socialist Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren to win the presidency in 2020 for a slightly postponed takeover. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Beltway Confidential

How liberal Democrats use lies to get what they want

John Gaski · January 6, 2018 5:01 am

If you want Nordic social democracy then you've got to do what makes Nordic social democracy work, a major part of which is taxing and then spending at something akin to the U.S. county level. (iStock by Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

What liberals and progressives get so horribly wrong about taxes

Tim Worstall · January 5, 2018 5:44 pm

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., this week posed for a selfie with The Anti-Fascist Handbook, billed as a relatively new historical look at anti-fascism movements past and present. (AP Photo/Branden Camp)

Red Alert Politics

Conservative students blast Dem Rep. Keith Ellison’s ‘irresponsible and foolhardy’ embrace of Antifa

Neil Dwyer · January 5, 2018 5:01 am

The British government-run National Health Service has abruptly canceled 50,000 nonemergency surgeries due to overcrowding at hospitals this winter. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Socialized medicine update: Britain cancels 50,000 surgeries as NHS hospitals face winter crisis

Philip Klein · January 3, 2018 3:11 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., tweeted late Sunday: "In 2018, we will not only intensify the struggle against Trumpism, we will increase our efforts to spread the progressive vision in every corner of the land." ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Bernie Sanders vows to ‘intensify’ fight against Trump in 2018

Caitlin Yilek · January 1, 2018 5:58 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., wrote opinion pieces for both the Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader to explain that the new tax impacting Berea College as a result of the tax overhaul spearheaded by GOP leadership should be pinned on the "hypocrisy coming from Senate Democrats." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell dukes it out with Kentucky newspapers over tax on Berea College

Daniel Chaitin · December 30, 2017 9:04 pm