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Bernie Sanders’ 2020 campaign cash haul is not slowing down

Sanders has raised $10 million from 359,914 donors since he officially entered the race on Feb. 19, campaign officials told The New York Times. Fundraising by other 2020 contenders pales in comparison.

February 26, 2019 in U.S..
Wikimedia Commons/Phil Roeder

Fact Check: 5 claims from Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign announcement video

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders made several claims about wealth inequality and the economy in a 2020 presidential campaign announcement video released last Tuesday. Here are five checks on his claims.

February 25, 2019 in U.S..
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Report: Green New Deal could cost every US household $65,000 a year

Thus, the potential cost of the Green New Deal could range from 63 percent of the median to nearly 106 percent of what the average household earns a year. The median U.S. household income was $61,372 in 2017, according to government figures.

February 25, 2019 in U.S..
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Ocasio-Cortez on climate change: ‘Is it OK to still have children?’

Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez posed a question to her supporters during a streaming conversation from her kitchen Sunday night: “Is it okay to still have children” because of global warming?

February 25, 2019 in U.S..
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Hillary alumni swipe at Bernie as he launches 2020 presidential campaign

Former members of Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign were quick to take shots Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Tuesday after he officially launched his 2020 campaign for president.

February 24, 2019 in U.S..
Peabody Energy/Wikimedia Commons

Obama EPA regulations blamed for closure of 100-year-old coal plant

Heilbron said federal regulations for handling coal ash and wastewater made it too costly to continue operating Plant Gorgas. Those regulations were put in place under the Obama administration.

February 24, 2019 in U.S..
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Democrats already turning on Bernie: ‘He is not going to be the nominee’

Florida Democrats are calling on Independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders to backtrack his comments after refusing to acknowledge opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate president.

February 22, 2019 in U.S..
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Smollett case highlights reasons for skepticism about hate crime statistics

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., had called the Smollett incident “a horrific instance of the surging hostility toward minorities around the country.”

February 22, 2019 in U.S..
Wikimedia Commons/Petr Novak

California parents object to ‘pornographic’ sex-ed school curriculum in public schools

Fed-up California parents participated in a “Sexxx Ed Sit Out” Tuesday morning to protest the state’s sex education curriculum, calling it “pornographic,” “age-inappropriate,” “highly biased and medically inaccurate instruction.”

February 22, 2019 in U.S..
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Bernie Sanders emerges as early frontrunner as Democrats line up to announce for 2020 race

The self-proclaimed democratic socialist is significantly ahead in the polls compared to his fellow presidential hopefuls, according to Real Clear Politics’ average of polls.

February 21, 2019 in U.S..
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Sarah Swenty

Green Raw Deal? Cities and states scale back ‘green’ ambitions as costs to taxpayers rise

Democrats’ Green New Deal legislation envisions a U.S that eliminates all greenhouse gas emissions through a massive expansion of government control, which includes a green grid, electrified mass transit and high-speed rail.

February 21, 2019 in U.S..
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Green New Deal attempts to control what Americans eat

The Green New Deal isn’t just a climate change manifesto targeting U.S. energy, it also looks to drastically change how food is produced and, ultimately, what Americans eat.

February 20, 2019 in U.S..

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