Bernie Sanders | We Must Stand Up and Fight for the Working Class








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Bernie Sanders | We Must Stand Up and Fight for the Working Class 
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Bernie Sanders, Senator Bernie Sanders' Facebook Page
Sanders writes: "Think about this: Income per person is twice as high as it was 40 years ago. Our economy is twice as productive. But half of our people are living paycheck to paycheck."
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Crazy Uncle Joe Strikes Again: Presidential Hopeful Biden Asks Crowd About Obama's 'Assassination'
Karu F. Daniels, The Root
Daniels writes: "Was it wishful thinking? Or just another off-kilter faux pas?"
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Trump's Company Could Save Millions if Interest Rates Fall as He Demands
Jonathan O'Connell, David A. Fahrenthold and Heather Long, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "President Trump stands to save millions of dollars annually in interest on outstanding loans on his hotels and resorts if the Federal Reserve lowers rates as he has been demanding, according to public filings and financial experts."
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US Olympic Officials Drag Feet on Sex Abuse Reforms, Act Swiftly to Stop Protests During Anthem
Lindsay Gibbs, ThinkProgress
Gibbs writes: "Once again, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) has shown it cares much more about forcing its athletes to follow arbitrary rules than it does about protecting those same athletes from sexual abuse."
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Lengthy Detention of Migrant Children Will Create Lasting Trauma, Say Researchers
Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR
Chatterjee writes: "This week, the Trump administration announced a new regulation that would allow it to detain migrant families who have crossed the U.S. border illegally for an indefinite period of time."
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Venezuela: Major Natural Gas Explosion Act of 'Sabotage'
teleSUR
Excerpt: "Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says an investigation will immediately begin regarding the explosion of a natural gas-filling plant located in Miranda State on Saturday evening that forced some 6,500 residents of Ocumare del Tuy to temporarily leave their homes."
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School at Center of Cancer Town Series May Move Students Due to Air Pollution
Oliver Laughland, Guardian UK
Laughland writes: "Local officials in Reserve, Louisiana, are examining the prospect of removing pupils from an elementary school situated a few hundred feet from a chemical plant that presents the highest risk of cancer due to airborne toxins anywhere in America."
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