Questions were raised Monday morning about the public safety costs related to Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) rally at the University of Minnesota Sunday night. The speculation comes after Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey engaged in a Twitter spat with President Donald Trump about security fees ahead of the president’s rally in Minnesota last month.
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LEAHY: ‘USA on Way to Becoming Two Countries Divided by Common Language Where Same Words Mean Different Things to Each Side’
“The United States of America is well on its way to becoming two countries divided by a common language where the same words mean entirely different things to each side,” host Michael Patrick Leahy told co-host Doug Kellett Monday morning on The Tennessee Star Report Early Edition with Michael Patrick Leahy and Doug Kellett – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 am to 8:00 am.
Read MoreBernie Sanders and Ilhan Omar Scheduled for Sunday Rally at the University of Minnesota
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) will join presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for a rally against the “billionaire class” in Minneapolis Sunday.
Read MoreBiden Bounds Back Into the Lead by Widest Margin Since April Despite Ukraine Scandal, Poll Shows
Former Vice President Joe Biden leads other Democratic 2020 presidential candidates by the widest margin since April, a CNN poll found.
Read MoreIlhan Omar and Bernie Sanders Introduce Bill to Provide Free Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner to Every Student in America
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) joined with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) this week to introduce the Universal School Meals Program Act that would provide free breakfast, lunch, and dinner to every student in America.
Read MoreIlhan Omar Endorses Bernie Sanders, Walz Backs Klobuchar
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) announced her endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) 2020 presidential campaign ahead of Tuesday night’s Democratic debate, joining Attorney General Keith Ellison in skipping over hometown candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN).
Read MoreReport: All of Bernie Sanders’ Plans Combined Could Total a Whopping $97.5 Trillion Over 10 Years
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s various spending proposals amount to a total of $97.5 trillion over 10 years.
Read MoreCommentary: Why a ‘Billionaire’ Wealth Tax Would Hurt the Working Poor and the Middle Class
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders wants to tax billionaires out of existence, or at least make them an endangered species. His proposed wealth tax of up to 8 percent per year would mean “the wealth of billionaires would be cut in half over 15 years,” he says.
Read MoreButtigieg, Warren, and Sanders Out Raise Biden During Third Quarter
Democratic Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Democratic Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg out-raised former vice president Joe Biden during the third quarter.
Read MoreBlocked Artery Takes Bernie Off Campaign Trail
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is off the campaign trail and in a Las Vegas hospital after having surgery to clear up a blocked artery.
Read MoreSanders Says CEOs Who Make Much More Than Their Workers Are a ‘Signal of a Lot of What Is Wrong in This Country’
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders unveiled a plan Monday targeting corporations that pay CEOs much more than their workers.
Read MoreCommentary: Under a President Sanders, UAW-Style Strikes Would be a Regular Occurrence
Americans woke up at the beginning of the week to hear an unusual bit of news – thousands of auto workers had gone on strike. Union strikes are hardly a common occurrence, and strikes have become particularly rare in the auto industry. In fact, the United Auto Workers hasn’t had a national strike against GM since 2007. But, if Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) had his druthers, large national strikes would be a frequent occurrence.
Read MorePoll Shows Trump Struggling in Key Battleground States, Slight Edge in Michigan
A new poll released last week by the public affairs firm Firehouse Strategies shows President Donald Trump either statistically tied or behind three top Democratic candidates in key Midwest states.
Read MoreBernie Sanders Says Abortion Will Help Fight Climate Change
2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said he supports abortion, in part, as a way to curb human population in light of climate change.
Read MoreBernie Sanders at State Fair: ‘Trump Is a Racist, a Sexist, a Homophobe, a Xenophobe, and a Religious Bigot’
Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) toured the Minnesota State Fair Saturday and later spoke at a grassroots fundraiser in Minneapolis alongside Attorney General Keith Ellison, who endorsed Sanders in the campaign.
Read MoreBernie Sanders Says His $16-Trillion Green New Deal-Like Plan Will Create 20 Million Jobs
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders introduced a $16.3-trillion plan similar to the Green New Deal on Thursday, which he says will create 20 million jobs.
Read MoreWarren Pitches Free-College at Minnesota School That Costs Up to $68,000 Per Year
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren brought her free-college message Monday evening to Macalester College, a progressive haven located in St. Paul, Minnesota that costs up to $68,000 a year to attend.
Read MoreCommentary: Democrats Labeling the President and His Supporters as White Supremacists Is Dangerous
Leading Democrats for the presidential nomination have apparently decided that their path to victory in the wake of the El Paso and Dayton mass shootings lays with demonizing President Donald Trump and his supporters as white supremacists and racists.
Read More‘I Wrote the Damn Bill!’ — Bernie Responds to Criticism of Medicare for All From Ryan and Delaney
2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders had a firm response to fellow candidate Tim Ryan’s accusation that he “doesn’t know” what kinds of benefits Medicare for All would provide on Tuesday.
Read MoreCommentary: Democrats Have Nothing But Your Money After Dem Debate
There were two lucid moments during last night’s Democratic Debate. The first was former Rep. John Delaney who, in his opening statement, delivered a scathing rebuke to Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizbeth Warren for their “fairy tale economics” that risk bankrupting the economy.
Read MoreCommentary: Bernie Sanders, Oppressor of the Working Class
by CHQ Staff Presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders has pledged to American workers that he would institute a $15-per-hour minimum wage if he wins the White House in 2020. But, reports Dom Calicchio of Fox News, unionized workers on Sanders’ own campaign say they wish he would start now…
Read MoreCommentary: It’s Bernie’s Party Now
by Christopher Roach After watching two nights of Democratic primary debates, I felt like I needed more than my regular shower. The party increasingly is far-left, divided between the identity politics’ wokeness of candidates like former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro and Senator Cory Booker and the…
Read MoreEllison Passes Over Klobuchar, Endorses Sanders for President
Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has endorsed (again) Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont for president, straying from a pack of Minnesota politicians who are supporting hometown candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar in the race. “Kamala, Julien [sic] and Pete all did very well. Elizabeth showed why she is a true…
Read MoreOmar Joins Bernie Sanders to Introduce Bill Cancelling All $1.6 Trillion in Student Loan Debt
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-05) joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) Monday to introduce a bill that would cancel all $1.6 trillion in student loan debt for 45 million Americans. Omar, who’s sponsoring the legislation in the House, joined Sanders and several of her House colleagues at a press conference outside…
Read MoreCommentary: Leading Progressives Blame the Wrong Culprit for Rising College Costs
by James D. Agresti Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders, and certain media outlets are blaming steep rises in college costs on reduced government funding for higher education. The reality is that inflation-adjusted government spending per college student has risen by about three times since the 1960s and is now at…
Read MoreWarren Leading in Minnesota, Klobuchar Polling in Fourth in Home State
A new poll shows Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) leading the field in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary in Minnesota. According to the recent Change Research poll, Warren attracted the support of 21 percent of respondents, while former Vice President Joe Biden came in second with 20 percent of the…
Read MoreBernie Will Take on Biden During the First Round of Democratic Debates
by Molly Prince Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is slated to go up in a debate against the only Democratic opponent who has consistently been polling ahead of him, former Vice President Joe Biden. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) announced Thursday the 20 presidential candidates invited to participate in the…
Read MoreSanders: Socialism Will Spike Taxes, But Americans Will Be ‘Delighted’ to Pay Extra
by Jake Dima Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders acknowledged a tax increase from his policies and said Americans would be “delighted” to pay extra, in a CNN interview with Anderson Cooper Wednesday. “I suspect that a lot of people in this country would be delighted to pay more in…
Read MoreBannon Says Biden Is Making ‘Happy Talk’ to Hide His Financial Ties to Chinese Communist Party
Joe Biden is “a useful idiot” for the Chinese Community Party, Steve Bannon told The John Fredericks Radio Network. The full interview with Bannon is available here. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vz2H25yyIBo&feature=youtu.be Bannon, with Citizens for the American Republic, has long said it is globalists like Biden who are managing the decline of…
Read MoreWarren Challenges Sanders’ For Progressives’ Support
As a Michigan field organizer for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, Mike McDermott trained volunteers to knock on doors and call voters, helping the Vermont senator upset Hillary Clinton in a crucial Midwestern state. But as the 2020 campaign heats up, McDermott is all-in for Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren,…
Read MoreBernie Sanders Stands by ‘Fake Border Crisis’ Comments, Criticizes Trump’s Deal with Mexico
by Jason Hopkins Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders dodged questions Sunday when explicitly asked if he would call the situation at the U.S.-Mexico a “crisis.” CNN host Dana Bash asked Sanders on CNN’s “State of the Union” about a tweet he sent Wednesday in which he called the situation at the…
Read MoreAnalysis: Bernie Sanders’ Education Plan Is Rife with Deceit
by James D. Agresti Presidential candidate and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders has unveiled a plan that he says will create “an education system that works for all people, not just the wealthy and powerful.” In it, he portrays the U.S. education system as grossly underfunded and racially biased, but…
Read MoreKlobuchar Campaign Called 3 Percent Polling Number ‘Huge News’ in Fundraising Pitch
Sen. Amy Klobuchar jumped from one percent to three percent between April and May in Monmouth University’s monthly polling, which her campaign called “huge news.” “There’s huge news in a new Monmouth poll. As more people learn more about Amy, her bold plans for our country, and how she’ll…
Read MoreKenneth Blackwell Commentary: Bernie and AOC Will Destroy Low-Income Americans with Their New ‘Banking Solutions’
by Kenneth Blackwell If you like unnecessarily long lines, surly clerks, and terrible service, then you’re probably going to love the latest idea to come from the fevered minds of some of the most radical Democrats in Congress. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, both of whom identify…
Read MoreBernie Sanders to be the First 2020 Candidate to Call for Ban on Charter Schools
by Neetu Chandak Democratic 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is set to call for a ban on for-profit charter schools Saturday, which will make him the first 2020 presidential candidate to suggest such a policy. Sanders is slated to argue in an education policy speech in South Carolina Saturday…
Read More‘Cowardice’: Nikki Haley Takes Aim At Ocasio-Cortez, Omar And Sanders Over Venezuela
by Peter Hasson Former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley sharply criticized three prominent Democrats — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders — for going soft on Venezuela’s socialist dictatorship. “On the fringes of the left, celebrity politicians…
Read MoreOcasio-Cortez Claims Victory Against GOP on Climate Change Despite Green New Deal Getting Zero Votes
by Michael Bastasch New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez seemed to take a victory lap on the Green New Deal, claiming her effort proved Republicans’ “climate denial is now a losing position.” “We chose to go on the climate offense with the #GreenNewDeal,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted Thursday night. “As a result,…
Read MoreBernie Sanders Calls for Breaking Up Big Agriculture Monopolies
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders on Sunday proposed a sweeping agriculture and rural investment plan to break up big agriculture monopolies and shift farm subsidies toward small family farmers. “I think a farmer that produces the food we eat may be almost as important as some crook on Wall…
Read MoreFLASHBACK: Bernie Asks Group Of Young Children, ‘Anyone Ever Seen Cocaine?’
by Henry Rodgers Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a 2020 presidential candidate, once asked a group of children if they had ever seen cocaine and if they smoked cigarettes when he was the mayor of Burlington, while talking to kids as a part of his old television show. In an…
Read MoreDFL State Rep Supports Allowing Prisoners to Vote
A DFL state representative revealed during a recent debate on the Minnesota House floor that he supports allowing incarcerated individuals to vote from prison. “I actually am looking forward to a bill or amendment … that would put Minnesota in line with states like Vermont and Maine that actually…
Read MoreCommentary: The Lies, Clichés, and Hypocrisy of Bernie Sanders
by Conrad Black There is something seriously disconcerting about the sight of the leading declared Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, embracing the most imperishable charlatan in American political history, the supposedly reverend Al Sharpton. This most improbable clergyman, although he is only 64, is so worn down by what…
Read MoreFox News Will Host Klobuchar for Town Hall While DNC Refuses to Partner with Network for Debates
2020 Democrats are reportedly “flocking” to Fox News to participate in the network’s town hall events, the next of which will feature Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the network announced Wednesday. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Monday night town hall event on Fox News was the most-watched town hall of the…
Read MoreBernie Sanders Donated Less Than One Percent to Charity First Year He Made Over One Million Dollars
by Andrew Kerr Vermont Sen. and 2020 presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s charitable contributions fell far under the average for his income bracket the first year he reported earning more than one million dollars. Sanders released 10 years of tax returns Monday, revealing that he earned an average of $280,975…
Read MoreBernie Sanders Admits He’s a Millionaire
by Peter Hasson Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Democratic presidential candidate, admitted Tuesday that he is a part of the millionaire class. Sanders often rails against millionaires on the campaign stump and opened his 2016 presidential campaign by bragging that he didn’t “have millionaire or billionaire friends.” But Sanders…
Read MoreKlobuchar Hauls in $5.2 Million in First Quarter, But Trails High-Profile Candidates
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) revealed Monday that her presidential campaign raised $5.2 million in the first fundraising quarter of 2019, which ended Friday. The Minnesota senator currently has $7 million in cash on hand after transferring some funds from her Senate campaign account. Klobuchar announced her candidacy on February 11,…
Read MoreIn First Quarter, Sanders Takes Early Lead in 2020 Fundraising
A handful of Democratic presidential candidates are touting the amount of money they’ve raised in the first fundraising period of a 2020 primary fight that will last into next spring. The totals for the first quarter, which ran through March 31, are the first measure of how candidates are faring.…
Read MoreBernie Sanders Promises To Offset CO2 From His Private Jet Flights
by Tim Pearce Sen. Bernie Sanders pledged to offset carbon emissions from his 2020 presidential campaign travel by donating contributions to renewable energy projects. “Bernie Sanders is a champion in the fight for climate justice and, like him, we know we need to address our emissions through action, not…
Read MoreCommentary: In Bernie and AOC’s Democrat Party, Radical is the New Normal
by Jeffery Rendall What makes a radical? The word itself has many implications and connotations. The dictionary indicates “radical” (when used as a noun) means, “a person who advocates thorough or complete political or social reform; a member of a political party or part of a party pursuing such aims.”…
Read MoreBernie Sanders’ Presidential Campaign Will Be the First to Unionize
by Molly Prince Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders announced Friday that his 2020 campaign voluntarily recognized a bargaining unit organized with a labor union, making it the first major party presidential campaign to do so. “I’m proud that our campaign is the first presidential campaign to unionize. We cannot just…
Read MoreBernie and Biden Are Leading the Field in Iowa by Enormous Margins
by Chris White Former Vice President Joe Biden and self-avowed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders are leading the polls in Iowa, according to a poll published Sunday. The two septuagenarians are so far besting their younger, female Democratic opponents in the race to unseat President Donald Trump. Nearly 27 percent…
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