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| − | '''Bernard "Bernie" Sanders''', born September 8, 1941 (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is a | + | '''Bernard "Bernie" Sanders''', [[Bernie Sanders' age|born September 8, 1941]] (age {{age|1941|9|8}}), is a [[Marxist-Leninist]], Communist, pro-[[inflation]]ist [[limousine liberal]] [[elitism|elite]] millionaire 1%er,<ref name="1%er">Multiple references: |
| + | *Curl, Joseph (June 6, 2017). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/6/socialist-bernie-sanders-gets-superrich-in-capital/ Socialist Bernie Sanders gets superrich in capitalist U.S.]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved June 6, 2017. | ||
| + | *Renzulli, Kerri Anne (March 15, 2016). [http://time.com/money/4235986/bernie-sanders-millionaire-finances/ Bernie Sanders Is a De Facto Millionaire]. ''Time''. Retrieved June 6, 2017. | ||
| + | *Gross, Daniel (February 28, 2016). [http://fortune.com/2016/02/28/bernie-sanders-socialist-finances/ How Bernie Sanders, the Socialist, Quietly Entered the Top 4% of Earners]. ''Fortune''. Retrieved June 6, 2017. | ||
| + | *Shaw, Adam (February 21, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lifestyles-of-the-rich-and-socialist-bernie-sanders-has-3-houses-makes-millions Lifestyles of the rich and socialist: Bernie Sanders has 3 houses, makes millions]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved February 21, 2019. | ||
| + | *Schmidt, Ann W. (April 9, 2019). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/how-did-bernie-sanders-make-his-money-a-look-at-his-wealth-and-assets How did Bernie Sanders make his money? A look at his wealth and assets]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved April 13, 2019. | ||
| + | *Xiao, Bowen (April 16, 2019). [https://www.theepochtimes.com/socialist-bernie-sanders-is-part-of-the-top-1-tax-returns-confirm_2881908.html Socialist Bernie Sanders Is Part of the Top 1 Percent, Tax Returns Confirm]. ''The Epoch Times''. Retrieved April 16, 2019. | ||
| + | *Kirkwood, R. Cort (April 16, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32028-tax-returns-show-socialist-sanders-is-an-old-skinflint Tax Returns Show Socialist Sanders Is an Old Skinflint]. ''The New American''. Retrieved April 16, 2019. | ||
| + | *Starr, Penny (April 15, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/15/socialist-sanders-tax-returns-top-1-percent-earners/ Socialist Sanders’ Tax Returns Reveal Presidential Hopeful in Top 1% of U.S. Earners]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved April 16, 2019.</ref> and [[demagogue]] in the pocket of [[Big Pharma]] who [[predator|prey]]s on naive and unsuspecting youth, minorities, and working people with [[class war]] [[hate speech]]. He currently serves as a [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] representing [[Vermont]]. His extremism is visible in his 2020 Presidential campaign slogan, "No Middle Ground."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uhJ_MmIbq0</ref> Sanders is a pre-eminent leftwing [[Socialist mass murder denier]] and proponent of communist [[dictatorship]].<ref>Morris, Kyle (February 25, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/02/25/candid-camera-breadline-bernie-sanders-decades-long-defense-of-socialism-communism/ Candid Camera: ‘Breadline Bernie’ Sanders’ Decades-Long Defense of Socialism, Communism]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved February 25, 2019.</ref> Sanders has openly advocated for the extermination and [[genocide]] of infants from the [[Third World]].<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/09/05/bernie-sanders-population-control-n2552642</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sanders-supports-us-taxpayer-funding-of-third-world-abortions-to-combat-climate-change</ref><ref>Murphy, James (September 6, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/33351-cnn-s-climate-town-hall-reveals-an-ugly-democrat-truth CNN’s Climate Town Hall Reveals an Ugly Democrat Truth]. ''The New American''. Retrieved September 8, 2019.</ref> | ||
| − | He | + | Sanders has long-time associations with Marxist, Communist, and Anti-American organizations.<ref>Bohon, Dave (June 2, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32490-bernie-sanders-record-shows-longtime-communist-marxist-affiliation Bernie Sanders’ Record Shows Longtime Communist-Marxist Affiliation]. ''The New American''. Retrieved June 3, 2019.</ref> He ran for office on the Vermont ballot as a supposed 'Independent', is the founder of the [[Communist]]-dominated [[Congressional Progressive Caucus]], and caucuses with [[Democrats]]. He has been instrumental in the [[far-Left]] take over of the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]]. He calls himself a [[Democratic Socialists of America|Democratic Socialist]], registered as a Democrat to run for the presidency in the [[2016 presidential election|2016 elections]], dropped out, re-registered again for the [[2020 presidential election]] and dropped out again. |
| − | He served in the House of Representatives for eight terms after serving several terms as mayor of Burlington. Sanders has a 100% pro-[[abortion]] voting record. Sanders has a child born out of wedlock.<ref>Multiple references: | + | He served in the House of Representatives for eight terms after serving several terms as mayor of Burlington. Sanders has a 100% pro-[[abortion]] voting record. Sanders has a child born out of wedlock.<ref>Multiple references: |
*Kruse, Michael (July 9, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/bernie-sanders-vermont-119927 "Bernie Sanders has a secret"]. Politico website. | *Kruse, Michael (July 9, 2015). [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/07/bernie-sanders-vermont-119927 "Bernie Sanders has a secret"]. Politico website. | ||
| − | *Gould, Martin (July 15, 2015). [ | + | *Gould, Martin (July 15, 2015). [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3155396/Bernie-Sanders-1960s-love-life-revealed-wife-woman-son-sugar-shack-home-lived-revolutionary.html "Bernie Sanders' very 1960s love life revealed - his first wife, the woman who had his son, and the sugar shack home where he lived as a 'revolutionary'"], ''Daily Mail'' website.</ref> |
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| + | Sanders has [[Bernie Bros|a devout and violent following]]. He tickles his supporters' ears with all the usual [[Marxist]] claptrap: Banks are bad, equality, the middle class, minimum wage, housing the homeless, free healthcare, free college, a government so big it will be like living in a [[utopia]]. He is a radical socialist who supports pro-[[abortion]] movements, such as [[Planned Parenthood]]. | ||
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| + | ==2020 presidential campaign== | ||
| + | :{{See also|United States presidential election, 2020|Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign|116th United States Congress|Bernie Bros|Antifa|NeverTrump|Leftwing violence in the Trump era}} | ||
| + | Sanders has inspired leftist acts of violence, including kind words for [[Antifa]] and mass shootings of [[Republican]]s and Trump supporters, in the name of socialist [[revolution]]. Sanders oft repeated slogan is, "There Is No Middle Ground."<ref>https://pjmedia.com/trending/bernie-sanders-says-there-is-no-middle-ground-then-blames-trump-for-division/</ref> NBC News Director [[Chuck Todd]] compared Sanders supporters to [[Nazi]] [[Brownshirts]].<ref>https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/chuck-todd-should-apologize-and-resign-msnbc-anchor-blasted-for-nazi-smear-on-leading-democrat/</ref> Democrat hardliner [[Chris Matthews]] of MSNBC speculated that if socialism wins, there will be "executions in [[Central Park]]." <ref>https://nypost.com/2020/02/08/chris-matthews-warns-of-executions-in-central-park-if-socialism-wins/</ref> Ironically, Sanders began his win streak of government run healthcare and [[liberal censorship]] at the same time the [[Communist Party of China]] was wrestling with the outbreak of the [[Coronavirus]]. | ||
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| + | True to his Marxist convictions, Sanders claims that his own words "mischaracterize" his thinking.<ref>https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1144436123122524161</ref> The Sanders campaign has defended Sanders' use of the N-word.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/news/bernie-sanders-campaign-defends-use-of-uncensored-n-word-in-1997-book-critiquing-racism-is-not-racism/</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Policies=== | ||
| + | Among the dreams that Sanders presents as plans are:<ref>[https://berniesanders.com/issues Bernie Sanders on the issues] Retrieved March 3, 2020</ref> | ||
| + | *Murder the preborn: Fully fund Planned Parenthood, protect women’s availability to safe and legal abortion. health, and access to contraception. | ||
| + | *Protect those who promote sodomy, lesbianism, gender dysphoria, etc.: Pass the [[Equality Act]] under which faithful Christians will be persecuted for obeying God and conscience. | ||
| + | *Assault weapons: Regulate assault weapons in the same way that we currently regulate fully automatic weapons — a system that essentially makes them unlawful to own. Support “red flag” laws and legislation to ensure we keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and stalkers | ||
| + | *Free Pre-K and child care and public education (and indoctrination) for all. Guaranteed universal full-day, full-week pre-kindergarten education funded in full by the federal government for every child to regardless of income, starting at age 3. Make transformative investments in our public education system. Double the number of early childhood educators in this country to more than 2.6 million. Guarantee everyone working in the field of early education a living wage. Require anyone providing direct service to young children have at least child a Child Development Associates (CDA) credential, require all assistant teachers have at least an Associate’s Degree in early childhood education or child development, and require all lead preschool teachers have a Bachelor's degree in early childhood education or child development. End for-profit charter schools. | ||
| + | *Education spending: Invest $10 billion to create and expand HBCU (historically black colleges and universities) medical, dental, and teacher training graduate programs. Invest $5 billion in HBCU infrastructure grants and cancel all institutional HBCU loan debt from the Capital Financing Program. Double Title III and Title V funds to decrease the funding gap between HBCUs and MSIs and predominantly white institutions Set the starting salary for teachers at no less than $60,000. Spend $50 billion over the next decade to substantially expand access to summer and after-school programs, teen centers and tutoring. Provide year-round, free universal school meals. Ensure that the federal government provides at least 50 percent of the funding for special education. Rebuild, modernize, and green our nation’s schools. Provide funding for union training fund programs to help early care and learning professionals, with strong protections for unionizing, etc. regardless of immigration status. | ||
| + | *College for all: Guarantee tuition and debt-free public colleges, universities, HBCUs, Minority Serving Institutions and trade-schools for all. Cancel all student loan debt for the some 45 million Americans who owe about $1.6 trillion. Invest $5 billion in high-quality teacher preparation programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Minority Serving Institutions of higher education (MSIs), and Tribal Colleges. | ||
| + | *Housing for all: Invest $2.5 trillion to build nearly 10 million permanently affordable housing units. Investing $70 billion to repair, decarbonize, and build new public housing. Make Section 8 vouchers available to all eligible families. National rent control standard. | ||
| + | *Medicare for All: single-payer, national health insurance program to provide everyone in America with comprehensive health care coverage, free at the point of service, including home and community-based long-term care, in-patient and out-patient services, mental health and substance abuse treatment, reproductive and maternity care, prescription drugs, dental, hearing, vision, and home. And more. | ||
| + | *Jobs for all: Enact a federal jobs guarantee, to ensure that everyone is guaranteed a stable job that pays a living wage. Create 20 million jobs as part of the Green New Deal, and millions of healthcare jobs and new jobs in early childhood education. | ||
| + | *Worker Unionization: Eliminate “Right to Work for Less” laws. Double union membership within Bernie’s first term, including by allowing unionization of farm workers and domestic workers. Shift the wealth of the economy back into the hands of the workers who create it. make corporations pay their fair share of taxes by reversing Trump’s corporate tax breaks and closing corporate tax loopholes to raise up to $3 trillion over 10-years. | ||
| + | *High speed Internet for all: Provide $150 billion through the Green New Deal in infrastructure grants and technical assistance for municipalities and/or states to build publicly owned and democratically controlled, co-operative, or open access broadband networks. | ||
| + | *Debt cancellation: Eliminate all of the $81 billion in past-due medical debt held by 79 million Americans. | ||
| + | *Government banking business: Allow every post office to offer basic and affordable banking services. | ||
| + | *Social Security expansion: Expand Social Security benefits for all recipients. Quadruple funding for the Older Americans Act and expanding other programs seniors rely on. | ||
| + | *Veterans: End restrictions on access to care and benefits based on the nature of one's discharge. | ||
| + | *Green New Deal: provide $200 billion to the Green Climate Fund. Transform US energy system to 100 percent renewable energy. Invest weatherization, public transportation, modern infrastructure and high-speed broadband. | ||
| + | *Decriminalization: Cut the national prison population by 50%. Reversing the criminalization of addiction. Legalize marijuana and expung past convictions. Abolish the death penalty, three strikes laws, and mandatory minimum sentences. Guarantee a “Prisoners Bill of Rights.” Outlaw for-profit prisons and detention centers. Ban cash bail. Outlaw the use of facial recognition software for policing. | ||
| + | *Immigration: Institute a moratorium on deportations. Welcome refugees displaced by climate change. Break up ICE and CBP.. | ||
| + | *Feminism: Pass the Equal Rights Amendment. | ||
| + | *Elections:Guarantee the right to vote for every American over 18, including those Americans currently incarcerated and including felons. | ||
| + | *Punish prosperity: Increase annual taxes on the wealthiest 180,000 U.S. households, which would cut in half the wealth of billionaires over 15 years. Increase IRS funding for enforcement and require the IRS to perform an audit of 30 percent of wealth tax returns for those in the 1 percent bracket and a 100 percent audit rate for all billionaires. The wealth tax includes a 40 percent exit tax on the net value of all assets under $1 billion and 60 percent over $1 billion for all wealthy individual seeking to expatriate to avoid the tax. Raise taxes on companies the pay their CEO's far more than typical workers. Tax Wall Street speculators through the Inclusive Prosperity Act Financial Transaction Tax. | ||
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| + | ===Staff=== | ||
| + | [[File:Bernie boxxing.gif|right|200px|thumb|Bernie goes toe-to-toe with capitalism.]] | ||
| + | See: [[Individuals who have served on Bernie Sander's staff]] | ||
| + | Sanders hired [[Paul Manafort]] partner [[Tad Devine]] as an advisor on both his 2016 and 2018 campaigns. Devine managed [[Putin]] ally [[Viktor Yanukovych]] campaign for the presidency of [[Ukraine]]. Upon Sanders announcement of his intention to run, Sanders immediately shot up as the top frontrunner of Democratic hopefuls in the [[2020 Presidential election]]. Many former Bernie supporters turned against him because of his disrespectful and nasty personality.<ref>Bleau, Hannah (August 31, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/31/many-sanders-supporters-not-enthralled-by-angry-bernie/ Many Sanders Supporters Not Enthralled by ‘Angry Bernie’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 31, 2019.</ref> | ||
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| + | Former Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner said voting for Joe Biden is like "eating a bowl of s***."<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/07/how-trump-could-win-reelection/612205/</ref> | ||
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| + | ====Anti-Semitism==== | ||
| + | A senior political advisor to Sanders and former adviser to the anti-Semitic [[Women's March]], Winnie Wong, tweeted a gif of [[far left]] [[UK]] [[Labour Party]] leader and [[anti-Semite]] [[Jeremy Corbyn]] dancing on the grave of former [[Prime Minister]] [[Margaret Thatcher]]. The gif also contains a [[Rose (symbolism)|Red Rose]], the symbol of the global socialist movement and conspiracy.<ref>https://tenor.com/view/corbin-corbyn-maggie-thatcher-dance-gif-7229175</ref> after Conservative Party Prime Minister [[Theresa May]] resigned in the Spring of 2019. Wong tweeted the image and wrote, "Jeremy Corbyn's gonna to be the next PM of England. That's gonna be so much fun."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/sanders-advisor-tweets-gif-of-jeremy-corbyn-dancing-on-margaret-thatchers-grave/</ref> Thatcher, who was British PM at the demise of the [[Soviet Union]] famously said, "There is no alternative to [[capitalism]]." | ||
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| + | Leading anti-Semite [[Linda Sarsour]] is one of the chief surrogates of the Sanders campaign. | ||
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| + | ====Sexual violence==== | ||
| + | Sanders ran a campaign that was rife with sexual violence and harassment against males, females, and other genders. Sanders ignored complaints from at least two dozen [[male]] and female volunteers (and however many other genders) of "sexual [[violence]] and harassment" in his [[2016 presidential election|2016 presidential campaign]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/30/bernie-sanders-campaign-harassment-1077014</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'' reported that Sanders had apologized to female victims of sexual violence who "were not treated properly",<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/us/politics/sanders-sexism-apology.html</ref> however male victims of sexual violence in the Sanders campaign have not been addressed. Secondly, a mere "apology" does not address the serious issue of sexual violence in the Sanders campaign. No single person has been reported to have been arrested or disciplined. | ||
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| + | Sanders did an interview with ex-stripper Cardi B who admitted to drugging and robbing men.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47718477</ref> | ||
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| + | ====Unfair labor practices==== | ||
| + | Sanders’ campaign was hit with an unfair labor practice complaint alleging illegal employee interrogation and retaliation against staffers. The complaint to the [[National Labor Relations Board]], lists five potential violations of the National Labor Relations Act. The charge also alleges that the campaign unlawfully discharged an employee, modified a labor contract, and engaged in illegal discipline.<ref>https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/sanders-white-house-campaign-hit-with-federal-labor-complaint</ref> | ||
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| + | ====Starvation wages==== | ||
| + | [[File:Venezuelan-Garbage-Truck-640x480 (2).jpg|right|250px|thumb|[[Venezuela]]ns eating "Bernie Burgers" out of a garbage truck.<ref>https://www.mediaite.com/online/video-of-venezuelans-eating-out-of-a-garbage-truck-led-maduro-to-walk-out-of-jorge-ramos-interview/</ref>]] | ||
| + | While Sanders vowed a $15 minimum wage, he was only paying campaign workers $13 an hour. Many complained of poor working conditions. In response, Sanders raised pay to $15 an hour and cut their hours.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (July 19, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32891-sanders-starving-campaign-workers-ask-for-another-bowl-of-gruel Sanders’ Starving Campaign Workers Ask for Another Bowl of Gruel]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 22, 2019.</ref><ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (July 22, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/32918-sanders-will-raise-workers-pay-to-15-per-hour-by-cutting-their-hours Sanders Will Raise Workers’ Pay to $15 Per Hour — by Cutting Their Hours]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 22, 2019.</ref> Loss of hours and part-time status had the effect of reducing healthcare benefits. | ||
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| + | ===Racism=== | ||
| + | Bernie Sanders said of [[Baltimore]], [[Maryland]]: | ||
| + | {{quotebox-float|Residents of Baltimore’s poorest boroughs have lifespans shorter than people living under dictatorship in [[North Korea]]. That is a disgrace.<ref>https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/728278867639676930</ref>}} | ||
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| + | Sanders further added, "anyone who took the walk that we took around this Baltimore neighborhood would not think you’re in a wealthy nation, you'd think that you were in a [[Third World]] country”.<ref>https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-sanders-baltimore-20151207-story.html</ref> | ||
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| + | Baltimore Deputy Police Chief was robbed at gunpoint.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/arrests-announced-in-gunpoint-robbery-baltimore-deputy-police-commissioner</ref> By mid 2019 Baltimore was a rat infested dump with 180 homicides.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/video-proves-trump-right-baltimore-is-rat-infested-dump-with-180-homicides-so-far-this-year-video/</ref> Baltimore is so infested with rodents the ''Baltimore Sunn' published a map of rat hot spot map.<ref>https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1155352238493069312</ref><ref>https://archive.fo/bn0Zx</ref> [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] white-flighted from Baltimore in 1962.<ref>https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/10/07/family-dynasty-may-boost-pelosi-to-head-of-house-2/amp/</ref><ref>https://qz.com/393128/white-flight-decimated-baltimore-businesses-long-before-rioters-showed-up/amp/</ref> | ||
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| + | Sanders supports racist killer Dylann Roof’s right to vote.<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/bernie-sanders-dylann-roof/</ref> | ||
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| + | ====New Jim Crow==== | ||
| + | [[File:Racist.jpg|right|200px]] | ||
| + | :{{See also|The New Jim Crow}} | ||
| + | Bernie Sanders voted for the Clinton era 1994 Crime bill,<ref>https://www.vox.com/2016/2/26/11116412/bernie-sanders-mass-incarceration</ref> authored by Sen. [[Joe Biden]]. The bill added more than forty crimes that would be eligible for the [[death penalty]]. The [[NAACP]] and other groups lobbied against the bill.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/27/us/civil-libertarians-go-after-crime-bills.html</ref> | ||
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| + | By 2001, the United States had the highest rate of incarceration in the world. [[Human Rights Watch]] reported that in seven states, [[African American]]s constituted 80 to 90 percent of all drug offenders even though they were no more likely than whites to use or sell illegal drugs. Prison admissions for drug offenses reached a level in 2000 for African Americans more than 26 times the level they had been under [[Ronald Reagan]].<ref>[https://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/ Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote], Michelle Alexander, ''The Nation'', February 10, 2016</ref> | ||
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| + | Among other provisions, the bill targeted "Superpredators," and handed out 20-year mandatory sentences for gang membership or recruiting. The bill did "everything but hang people for jaywalking.”<ref>''[https://books.google.com/books?id=AK_DAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA141&dq=we%20do%20everything%20but%20hang%20people%20for%20jaywalking&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q=we%20do%20everything%20but%20hang%20people%20for%20jaywalking&f=false The First Civil Right: How Liberals Built Prison America]'', Naomi Murakawa, Oxford University Press, Jul 10, 2014, p. 141.</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Iowa and New Hampshire=== | ||
| + | :{{See also|2020 Antifa riots}} | ||
| + | As Sanders rose in the polls, [[Leftwing violence in the Trump era|leftist violence]] escalated. | ||
| + | [[File:Death-camps-trump-supporters.jpg|right|350px|thumb|The poster reads, "Deathcamps for Trump Supporters".]] | ||
| + | *Bernie supporter tried to burn down GOP HQ in [[California]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WyYUshFe3k</ref> | ||
| + | *[[Leftist]] attempted voter intimidation and suppression at Trump registration event by deliberately driving his vehicle through it.<ref>https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/02/08/police-van-drives-through-republican-partys-voter-registration-tent/</ref> | ||
| + | *Leftist wanted to "Slit Republican throats" at a voter registration table.<ref>https://www.conservapedia.com/Left-wing_violence_in_the_Trump_era#cite_note-608</ref> | ||
| + | *GOP Headquarters vandalized in [[New Mexico]].<ref>https://newmexico.gop/police-called-protestors-vandalized-rpnm-headquarters/</ref> | ||
| + | *Retired cop punched in the face when red hat triggers leftist.<ref>https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/02/13/former-ny-cop-reportedly-punched-in-face-at-his-own-birthday-party-when-red-hat-is-mistaken-for-maga-cap-886522</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Love of communism=== | ||
| + | A satirical article has Sanders reminiscing about his drunken honeymoon to ''[[Time magazine]]'' in his beloved [[USSR|Soviet Russia]] saying: {{quotebox|"on our honeymoon, I took Jane to [[Russia]], back when it was still known as the Soviet Union. Russia was an incredible place back then, before the billionaires ruined everything. Who needs 30 different types of deodorant anyway? In the glory days of the [[Soviet Union]], there was one brand, it was called “Deodorant,” and you had to wait four hours in line for it. By the time you got your hands on one, you were sweating so badly, not even the greediest billionaire’s fanciest deodorant could mask the stench. Or as I call it: The sweet smell of [[equality]]!"<ref>https://www.trumprussiaconspiracy.com/2019/01/29/bernie-sanders-and-wife-on-their-honeymoon-in-russia-singing-this-land-is-your-land-with-their-russian-comrades/</ref><ref>https://medium.com/the-haven/bernie-sanders-reminisces-about-honeymoon-in-soviet-union-bcbe3537e06c</ref>}} Vladimir Putin commented on the glory days of the Soviet Union: {{quotebox|"Whoever does not miss the Soviet Union has no heart. Whoever wants it back has no brain.}} | ||
| + | Barack Obama said of Sanders during the 2016 primaries, "I am hurt, though, Bernie, that you've distancing yourself a little from me. I mean, that's just not something that you do to your comrade."<ref>https://twitter.com/HowardMortman/status/1235556892396720129</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Prison industrial complex=== | ||
| + | Sanders adopted [[Linda Evans]] prison industrial complex slogan as part agenda.<ref>https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1104190335805255680</ref> Evans is a [[far left]] radical member of the terrorist group [[Weather Underground]]<ref>http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/horowitz090601.asp</ref> who was convicted and sentenced in 1987 to 40 years in prison in connection with the 1981 Brinks armored truck robbery in which two police officers and a guard were killed. In a second case, she was sentenced in 1990 to five years in prison for [[conspiracy]] and malicious destruction in connection with eight bombings, including the 1983 [[United States Senate]] bombing. | ||
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| + | While in prison, she authored ''The Prison Industrial Complex'' with funding from the [[George Soros]] [[Open Society Foundations|Open Society Institute]].<ref>[http://sorosfiles.com/soros/2011/10/soros-funded-media-and-the-glorification-of-the-weather-underground.html Soros-funded Media and the Glorification of the Weather Underground]</ref> | ||
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| + | === Bernie Sander's on Biden's dementia === | ||
| + | ''See also:'' [[Biden's age]] and [[Bernie Sanders' age]] | ||
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| + | Bernie Sander's believes Biden's overall health and well-being is the issue when it comes to whether to whether or not Joe Biden is able to perform his presidential duties should he be elected.<ref name="Joe Biden, own your age">[https://theweek.com/articles/859219/joe-biden-age Joe Biden, own your age], ''The Week''</ref> | ||
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| + | Spefically, ''The Week'' reported about Bernie Sanders' comments about Joe Biden's age: | ||
| + | {{Cquote|Sanders likewise [https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/19/bernie-sanders-2020-918609 conceded to] [[Politico]] that his age is "part of a discussion, but it has to be part of an overall view of what somebody is and what somebody has accomplished," as well as "the overall health and wellbeing of the individual."<ref name="Joe Biden, own your age">[https://theweek.com/articles/859219/joe-biden-age Joe Biden, own your age], ''The Week''</ref>}} | ||
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| + | ===Funding=== | ||
| + | The Sanders campaign is funded by donors in the wealthiest [[Zip code]]s in the United States.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b-GvQTWzeE</ref> | ||
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| + | Geographically, Bernie's top dollar zip code is 94110 in San Francisco. The average household income in this part of the Mission District, specifically the Inner Mission, the Bernal Heights area, is $166,302. The median home value is around $1.5 million and the median rent is almost $5,000 a month. The next top dollar zip code in San Francisco, 94117 or Haight-Ashbury where the average income is $201,503 and average home values top $1.6 million. | ||
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| + | The Brooklyn zipcode of 11215 or Park Slope is the second biggest top dollar zip code of Bernie donors. It’s a place where a three-bedroom apartment can go for $2.9 million. | ||
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| + | In third place on Bernie’s donor list is 10025 or the Upper West Side of Manhattan. With an average rental price of $4,695 per month, it’s not exactly an inexpensive place to live. The UWS is the 8th richest neighborhood with a $190,281 mean household income. | ||
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| + | 11238 or Prospect Heights, in fourth place, is a newly gentrified neighborhood in Brooklyn where the median sales price passed $1 million, and you can expect to spend $800,000 for a one-bedroom co-op. | ||
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| + | In fifth place is 98103, the Seattle neighborhood of Wallingford. With an average household income of $124,504, the University of Washington neighborhood with its $800,000 homes isn’t working class. Among the cheapest housing options is a $400,000 one-bedroom condo that’s a mere 757 square feet. The area is so expensive because it’s home to tech employees, including Microsoft engineers. Microsoft employees are among Bernie’s top dollar donors. | ||
| − | + | And in seventh place is 90026. The Echo Park neighborhood in Los Angeles where the median price for housing is $813,000, and rents can hit $6,700 a month. | |
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| + | In eight place is the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago at zip code 60647. A condo will set you back over half a million dollars. The rush got so bad that a garage transformed into a home was going for $2.85 million. | ||
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| + | Ninth and tenth on the list of Bernie’s money neighborhoods are two expensive Manhattan areas. 10003, Union Square and Greenwich Village in downtown Manhattan, is home to NYU where condos cost millions of dollars. In tenth place is 10011 or Chelsea and the West Village of Manhattan. It’s also the single most expensive zip code in New York City. Not only is it the most expensive area in New York, but it’s the 23rd most expensive area in the country with a median sale price approaching $2 million. And with average monthly rents of over $4,000, it’s the 19th most expensive rental area in the entire United States. It’s also home to New York’s Silicon Alley, the city’s tech industry ghetto of dot com and fintech startups.<ref>https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/02/bernie-sanders-funded-wealthiest-zip-codes-america-daniel-greenfield/</ref> | ||
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| + | ==2016 presidential primaries== | ||
| + | At a press conference on April 30, 2015, Sanders announced his intention to run for the Democrat nomination in the [[2016 presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/04/29/vermont-sen-bernie-sanders-am-running-for-president/ "Vermont Sen. Sanders announces White House bid, says he's 'running to win'"] (April 30, 2015). FoxNews.com website/Politics.</ref> Sanders accused his main rival, [[Hillary Clinton]] of [[racism]], but in the end he backed the [[racist]] Democrat nominee.<ref>https://youtu.be/hlyx70WQqck</ref> | ||
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| + | ''[[USA Today]]'' reported a [[The indictment of 12 Russian nationals, 13 July 2018#Use of Organization 1|37-page indictment]] from special counsel [[Mueller office|Robert Mueller’s investigation]] shows that Russians worked to boost the campaign of Bernie Sanders to damage [[Hillary Clinton]]. The Russians “engaged in operations primarily intended to communicate derogatory information about Hillary Clinton, to denigrate other candidates such as Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, and to support Bernie Sanders."<ref>https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/17/indictment-russians-also-tried-help-bernie-sanders-jill-stein-presidential-campaigns/348051002/</ref> | ||
| + | [[File:SG-ted-devine-bernie-sanders-paul-manafort.jpg|right|350px|thumb|Ted Devine (left) Bernie Sanders (center) Paul Manafort (right). Devine and Sanders colluded with Putin stooge Victor Yanukovich and reported to Russian intelligence officer Konstantin Kilimnik. Manafort faces life in prison. Devine was hired by Sanders as chief strategist for his 2016 and 2018 presidential campaigns.<ref>https://twitter.com/PuestoLoco/status/1070005636535148545</ref>]] | ||
| + | Sanders hired [[Paul Manafort]] partner Tad Devine of Devine Mulvey Longabaug as his chief strategist.<ref>http://dmlmessage.com/about/</ref> Devine and Manafort worked for the election of [[Putin]] [[crony]] [[Victor Yanukovich]] as President of the [[Ukraine]] in 2010.<ref>https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/07/bernie-sanders-strategist-tad-devine-paul-manafort-files-mueller</ref> In February 2019 Sanders entered the [[2020 presidential election]] and re-hired Devine's company, of which Devine is president.<ref>https://www.thedailybeast.com/bernie-sanders-hires-top-civil-liberties-advocate-faiz-shakir-as-campaign-manager</ref> | ||
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| + | Sanders calls himself an outsider and anti-[[establishment]]. He has spent the last 40 years in politics, though admittedly, he has never been able to attain the level of "establishment", because he has been unable to be accepted by anyone, nor to receive much support on any of his issues. His own views are the reason why he has long been an "outsider", even though he's been admitted to serve in the government. | ||
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| + | Sanders does take pleasure in creating the same straw men as Obama. Specifically, the GOP war on women. Calls to defund [[Planned Parenthood]] is an opportunity for Sanders to denounce the treatment of women. He would kill a child in the womb for any reason and at any term but the GOP is extremist. Sanders will say the GOP wants to deny women's health services. The facts are that 13,000 women's health centers are available that are not owned by Planned Parenthood. He supports babies chopped up and sold for parts. No concern for underage victims of rape not being reported. He is indifferent to the fraudulent billing of the US government. | ||
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| + | Class warfare is a favorite theme for Sanders, pitting rich against the poor. His Marxist linchpin is the argument that the banks are too big. He also claims that billionaires are hurting the country, citing the Koch brothers over and over. He believes that America needs to spend another $18 Trillion dollars despite being $18 Trillion in debt. He has also made claims supporting single-payer healthcare, free college tuition, etc. | ||
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| + | In one rant, Sanders claimed that Americans needlessly have too many choices when it comes to deodorant brands, noting that he counted 23 different types of the product for sale. Somehow he tied the story into feeding the poor. [[Reason.com]] produced a satirical video mocking its absurdity titled "The Bernie Sanders Save the Children Fund".<ref>[http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fspZiT8TdBE "The Bernie Sanders Save The Children Fund"] (May 27, 2015). YouTube video, 1:15, posted by ReasonTV.</ref> | ||
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| + | He has said that [[America]] is racist, and he frequently puts America down. | ||
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| + | Sanders is the author of "Rape Essays," a 1972 essay on sexual behavior filled with lurid sexual fantasies. He claimed that it was a satirical essay against traditional gender roles.<ref>Merica, Don (May 28, 2015). [https://www.cnn.com/2015/05/28/politics/bernie-sanders-rape-essay-1972/index.html Bernie Sanders distances himself from 'dumb' 1972 essay on rape]. ''CNN''. Retrieved October 11, 2017.</ref><ref>Peyser, Andrea (June 5, 2015). [http://nypost.com/2015/06/05/bernie-sanders-rape-fantasy-essay-reveals-left-wing-hypocrisy/ Bernie Sanders’ rape-fantasy essay reveals left-wing hypocrisy]. ''New York Post''. Retrieved October 11, 2017.</ref> | ||
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| + | Sanders uses what some people call [[Christian socialism]] to further his campaign, citing [[Pope Francis]]. However, Sanders cherry picks what elements of Christianity he agrees with and ignores the rest. He told a crowd of 300 in [[Alabama]] that [[Jesus]] was a socialist.<ref>Flynn, Mike (July 14, 2015). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/07/14/jesus-was-a-socialist-bernie-sanders-rocks-alabama/ "'Jesus was a socialist': Bernie Sanders rocks Alabama"]. Breitbart website/Big government.</ref> | ||
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| + | Sanders has expressed his undying support for socialist tyrants and mass murderers. Some Florida Democrats call Sanders undying devotion to the [[authoritarian]] [[dictator]] [[Fidel Castro]] "unacceptable" and "insulting."<ref>https://freebeacon.com/politics/florida-democrats-slam-sanderss-castro-comments-as-unacceptable-insulting/</ref> | ||
==Democratic Socialism== | ==Democratic Socialism== | ||
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| − | Sanders began his electoral political career in 1971 as a member of the Liberty Union Party, which originated in the anti-war movement and the [[People's Party (1970s)|People's Party]]. He ran as the Liberty Union candidate for governor of Vermont in 1972 and 1976 and as a candidate for U.S. senator in 1972 and 1974.<ref>[http://media.cq.com/members/509?rc=1 Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.)] RollCall.com. Retrieved February 20, 2017.</ref> | + | :{{See also|Democratic Socialism|Democide|Berlin Wall|North Korea}} |
| + | Sanders began his electoral political career in 1971 as a member of the Liberty Union Party, which originated in the anti-war movement and the [[People's Party (1970s)|People's Party]]. He ran as the Liberty Union candidate for governor of Vermont in 1972 and 1976 and as a candidate for U.S. senator in 1972 and 1974.<ref>[http://media.cq.com/members/509?rc=1 Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-Vt.)] RollCall.com. Retrieved February 20, 2017.</ref> Sanders claimed the U.S. government and [[CIA]] were responsible for a series of domestic bombings.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/01/bernie-sanders-false-flag-domestic-bombings/?utm_medium=email</ref> In 1980, Sanders ran for mayor of Burlington, Vermont at the suggestion of his close friend and political confidante Richard Sugarman, a professor of religion at the [[University of Vermont]]. He defeated the incumbent Democrat mayor by 10 votes and served for eight years, from April 6, 1981, to April 4, 1989. From 1980 to 1984, Sanders campaigned for the [[Socialist Workers Party]] and was investigated by the FBI because of his association with the Marxist group.<ref>Simonson, Joseph (May 30, 2019). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/bernie-sanders-campaigned-for-marxist-party-in-reagan-era Bernie Sanders campaigned for Marxist party in Reagan era]. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved May 30, 2019.</ref> | ||
In 1986, Sanders unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Governor Madeleine Kunin (D) in her reelection bid. Running as an independent, Sanders finished third with 14.4% of the vote. Kunin won with 47%, followed by Lt. Governor Peter P. Smith (R) with 38%. | In 1986, Sanders unsuccessfully challenged incumbent Governor Madeleine Kunin (D) in her reelection bid. Running as an independent, Sanders finished third with 14.4% of the vote. Kunin won with 47%, followed by Lt. Governor Peter P. Smith (R) with 38%. | ||
In 1990 Sanders was elected to the [[U.S. Congress]] as a [[Socialist]] on a third party ticket. Sanders was a leading member of the [[National Rainbow Coalition]] at the time and was one of two candidates endorsed by the He was supported by the Democratic Socialists of America Political Action Committee. "DSAer Democrat" [[Neil Abercrombie]] also sought to regain the House seat representing [[Honolulu]].<ref>''Democratic Left'', November/December 1990, page 4.</ref> Sanders was endorsed by the [[AFL-CIO]], [[environmentalist]]s and Democratic Party leaders.<ref>''[[People's Weekly World]]'', Nov. 10 1990, page 23.</ref> | In 1990 Sanders was elected to the [[U.S. Congress]] as a [[Socialist]] on a third party ticket. Sanders was a leading member of the [[National Rainbow Coalition]] at the time and was one of two candidates endorsed by the He was supported by the Democratic Socialists of America Political Action Committee. "DSAer Democrat" [[Neil Abercrombie]] also sought to regain the House seat representing [[Honolulu]].<ref>''Democratic Left'', November/December 1990, page 4.</ref> Sanders was endorsed by the [[AFL-CIO]], [[environmentalist]]s and Democratic Party leaders.<ref>''[[People's Weekly World]]'', Nov. 10 1990, page 23.</ref> | ||
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| + | DSA supported Sanders 2006 Senate race.<ref>http://www.dsausa.org/dl/Winter_2006.pdf</ref><ref>[http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/committees/democratic-socialists-of-america-pac.asp?cycle=06 CampaignMoney.com 2006 Cycle]</ref><ref>[http://www.dsaboston.org/yradical/yr2007-04.pdf TYR, April 2007]</ref> | ||
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| + | Sanders has praised failing and flawed welfare systems of other countries as a model for the U.S. to follow.<ref>Bleau, Hannah (July 27, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/27/bernie-praises-welfare-systems-of-other-countries-shies-away-from-term-democratic-socialism/ Bernie Praises Welfare Systems of Other Countries, Shies Away from Term ‘Democratic Socialism’]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved July 27, 2019.</ref> | ||
===Sandinistas=== | ===Sandinistas=== | ||
| − | In 1985 Sanders | + | In 1985 Sanders traveled to New York City to meet with [[Daniel Ortega]] a few weeks after [[Nicaragua]] imposed a “state of emergency”, mass arrests of the socialist regime's critics, and the shuttering of opposition newspapers and magazines. Sanders refused to condemn the decision. Sanders said in a press conference that he was “not an expert in Nicaragua” and “not a Nicaraguan." “Am I aware enough of all the details of what is going on in Nicaragua to say ‘you have reacted too strongly?’ I don’t know.” Sanders later said that the Sandinistas’ brutal crackdown “makes sense to me.” TV talk-show host Phil Donahue told Ortega that his actions looked "[[fascist]]". |
In 1985 Sanders was "the highest ranking American official” to attend a parade celebrating the [[Sandinista]] seizure of power in Nicaragua as Daniel Ortega's guest. Other wire reports described it as an “anti-U.S. rally" with the crowd chanting “Here, there, everywhere/the Yankee will die.”<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/politics/bernie-sanders-radical-past-how-the-vermont-230255076.html Bernie Sanders’ radical past: How the Vermont firebrand started wearing a suit and gave up on taking over big companies], Hunter Walker, Yahoo Politics, January 17, 2016.</ref> | In 1985 Sanders was "the highest ranking American official” to attend a parade celebrating the [[Sandinista]] seizure of power in Nicaragua as Daniel Ortega's guest. Other wire reports described it as an “anti-U.S. rally" with the crowd chanting “Here, there, everywhere/the Yankee will die.”<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/politics/bernie-sanders-radical-past-how-the-vermont-230255076.html Bernie Sanders’ radical past: How the Vermont firebrand started wearing a suit and gave up on taking over big companies], Hunter Walker, Yahoo Politics, January 17, 2016.</ref> | ||
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Sanders thought the Sandinista [[Marxist-Leninist]] clique had much to teach Burlington: “Vermont could set an example to the rest of the nation similar to the type of example Nicaragua is setting for the rest of [[Latin America]].” | Sanders thought the Sandinista [[Marxist-Leninist]] clique had much to teach Burlington: “Vermont could set an example to the rest of the nation similar to the type of example Nicaragua is setting for the rest of [[Latin America]].” | ||
| − | In 1987 Sanders hosted Nora Astorga of the Sandinistas to Burlington. Astorga had lured Gen. Reynaldo Perez-Vega, a high-ranking figure in the Somoza regime, to her apartment with promises of sex. Perez-Vega’s body was later recovered wrapped in a Sandinista flag with his throat slit.<ref>[ | + | In 1987 Sanders hosted Nora Astorga of the Sandinistas to Burlington. Astorga had lured Gen. Reynaldo Perez-Vega, a high-ranking figure in the Somoza regime, to her apartment with promises of sex. Perez-Vega’s body was later recovered wrapped in a Sandinista flag with his throat slit.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/28/when-bernie-sanders-thought-castro-and-the-sandinistas-could-teach-america-a-lesson.html When Bernie Sanders Thought Castro And The Sandinistas Could Teach America A Lesson], Michael Moynihan, ''Daily Beast'', 02.27.16.</ref> |
===U.S Peace Council=== | ===U.S Peace Council=== | ||
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