Tag: Bernie Sanders

Koch-Backed Think Tank Finds That “Medicare for All” Would Cut Health Care Spending and Raise Wages. Whoops.


A NEW STUDY from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University is making headlines for projecting that Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s “Medicare for All” bill is estimated to cost $32.6 trillion — a number that’s entirely in line with 2016 projections, and is literally old news. But what the Associated Press headline fails to announce is a much more sanguine update: The report, by Senior Research Strategist Charles Blahous, found that under Sanders’s plan, overall health costs would go down, and wages would go up.

Source: Koch-Backed Think Tank Finds That “Medicare for All” Would Cut Health Care Spending and Raise Wages. Whoops.

EpiPen Uproar Highlights Company’s Family Ties to Congress


The CEO of a former Fortune 500 company, who is also the daughter of a U.S. senator, is under fire for jacking up the rates of a life-saving anti-allergy treatment.

Source: EpiPen Uproar Highlights Company’s Family Ties to Congress

MPAA Lobbyist / SOPA Sponsor to Draft Democratic Party Platform – TorrentFreak


The Democratic Party has appointed a committee tasked with drafting the party’s platform. The 15-member panel includes MPAA lobbyist Howard L Berman, an attorney and former U.S. Representative who not only co-sponsored SOPA and tried to enshrine P2P network sabotage in law, but has also been funded by Hollywood throughout his career.

Source: MPAA Lobbyist / SOPA Sponsor to Draft Democratic Party Platform – TorrentFreak

Bernie Sanders Spoke Up for Suffering Palestinians, but Few in Broadcast Media Covered It


Far away from AIPAC, Bernie Sanders made a dissenting speech in Salt Lake City, where he spoke up for suffering Palestinians. It received little broadcast media attention.

Source: Bernie Sanders Spoke Up for Suffering Palestinians, but Few in Broadcast Media Covered It

I’m feeling the Bern, in part because I just don’t believe Secretary Clinton. – WIL WHEATON dot NET


Our choice in a democratic primary is stark and simple: Bernie Sanders, who has fought for progressive values his entire career, or Hillary Clinton, who says she supports progressive values when it’s politically expedient.

Source: I’m feeling the Bern, in part because I just don’t believe Secretary Clinton. – WIL WHEATON dot NET

Clinton Senior Adviser Authored Paper Arguing for Paid Leave Proposal She Now Opposes


Hillary Clinton’s top domestic policy adviser pushed the line that Clinton is “the only candidate” who wants to “raise your incomes — not middle class taxes.” A few years back, she had a different position.

Source: Clinton Senior Adviser Authored Paper Arguing for Paid Leave Proposal She Now Opposes

Sanders Would Dominate Money Race With Small Donor Matching Funds


Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign would now have raised almost $100 million more than Hillary Clinton’s if the U.S. electoral system provided public matching funds for small donors.

Source: Sanders Would Dominate Money Race With Small Donor Matching Funds