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Rep. Tlaib tests positive for COVID-19 amid high-profile D.C. surge

Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Democrat from Michigan, left, speaks during a panel discussion during a campaign event for Senator Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont and 2020 presidential candidate, in Clive, Iowa, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 31, WASHINGTON - U.S.

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Philadelphia Democratic mayoral primary pits moderates against progressives

PHILADELPHIA - A Democratic primary that will likely determine who becomes Philadelphia’s next mayor could boost a progressive cause struggling to make a comeback after national setbacks, but with no clear front-runner it's just as likely to fortify the city's existing Democratic machine.Not one of the five top candidates has emerged as a clear favorite in Tuesday's primary, a digression from mayoral races in recent history, said Richardson Dilworth, author of the book "Reforming Philadelphia," which examines the city’s government over the course of 350 years."The political structure of the city is in a moment that is somewhat unprecedented," he said. "It’s ideologically incredibly cohesive.

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Self-help author Marianne Williamson begins another longshot bid for presidency

Marianne Williamson speaks as she endorses Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) during a campaign rally at Vic Mathias Shores Park on February 23, 2020 in Austin, Texas.

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Biden calls Fox News reporter Peter Doocy a ‘stupid son of a bitch’ following inflation question

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden called FOX News White House reporter Peter Doocy" a stupid son of a bitch" following a question Doocy asked regarding inflation on Monday.Doocy asked the president if he would "take questions about inflation" as a White House event on Biden administration efforts against inflation was wrapping up."Do you think inflation is a political liability ahead of the midterms?" Doocy asked.As Doocy was being escorted out of the building, Biden who appeared to believe his microphone was off, could be heard responding sarcastically, "No, that’s a great asset. More inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch."The White House has not immediately responded to FOX TV Stations for a request to comment.Doocy has engaged in political jousting with the Biden administration in the past.

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Ilhan Omar says every illegal immigrant in US should have 'pathway to citizenship'

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks at a campaign rally for Senator (I-VT) and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders at the University of Minnesotas Williams Arena on November, 3, 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Photo by Scott Heins/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - Rep.

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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez unveil Green New Deal proposal to modernize US public housing

WASHINGTON - Progressives introduced the "Green New Deal for Public Housing Act" this week, which would invest billions into retrofitting existing public housing over the next decade to reduce environmental hazards like lead and water poisoning, among other initiatives.Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep.

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Chief Craig says Detroit Rep. Tlaib should resign after 'no more police' comment

DETROIT - A Detroit Congresswoman's tweet that targets police and calls for their abolition has received pushback across the board. Rep. Rashida Tlaib's criticisms of police in a tweet last week didn't find a lot of support among high brass individuals, including Sen.

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New NAACP head: Black Vermonters deserve to enjoy state, too

Mia Schultz has watched three other Black women in Vermont resign from leadership posts in the mostly white state because of harassment and threats. She’s also seen Black acquaintances move away from the progressive state that is home to Bernie Sanders and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream because they felt unwelcomed.

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Nashville music club owners recall night the music died

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When frantic messages started trickling in that a tornado had hit a beloved music venue in Nashville, Mike Grimes told himself it couldn't possibly be that bad.

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New Senate Budget Committee chair Bernie Sanders pushes for minimum wage increase

New chair of the Senate Budget Committee Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday held a hearing called “Why Should Taxpayers Subsidize Poverty Wages at Large Profitable Corporations?” where the Vermont Senator spoke about the gap between worker’s paychecks and CEO salaries and pushed to raise the national minimum wage to $15 an hour

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U.S. Senate passes bill to fast-track Biden’s stimulus bill

The U.S. Senate passed a budget around 5:30 a.m.

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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez seek climate emergency declaration

WASHINGTON – With Democrats in charge of Congress and the White House, progressive lawmakers including Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are pushing the Biden administration to act ever more aggressively on climate change.

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5-year-old dresses as Bernie Sanders inauguration meme for school party

Harrison Streetman, 5, dresses up as Bernie Sanders from Biden's inauguration (Credit: Amanda Streetman) WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Poet Oscar Wilde once said, "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," - and that’s exactly what 5-year-old Harrison Streetman had in mind when he dressed as Bernie Sanders for a school party.Harrison dressed up as the senator for the 100th Day celebration at Pinebrook Elementary in North Carolina.

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Creator of 'Bernie' mittens partners with teddy bear maker

The teacher who created the recycled wool mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration — engendering countless memes — is partnering with the Vermont Teddy Bear Company to create a whole mitten line to meet soaring demand, with some of the proceeds going to Make-A-Wish Vermont.

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Bernie Sanders' mittens meme merch helped raise $1.8M for charity

FILE - Former presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) sits in the bleachers on Capitol Hill before Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President on Jan. 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

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Bernie Sanders' mittens, memes help raise $1.8M for charity

About those wooly mittens that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders wore to the presidential inauguration, sparking endless quirky memes across social media? They've helped to raise $1.8 million in the last five days for charitable organizations in Sanders' home state of Vermont, the independent senator announced Wednesday.

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Have you seen the meme of Senator Bernie Sanders at President Joe Biden’s inauguration?

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Bernie Sanders turns Inauguration Day meme into sweater for charity

Former presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont) sits in the bleachers on Capitol Hill before Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US President on January 20, 2021, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

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Bernie Sanders’ practical U.S. Inauguration Day wardrobe leads to meme frenzy

The image of a casually dressed U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at Wednesday’s inauguration continues to make the rounds on social media. Shallima Maharaj reports.

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‘Bernie Sanders with mittens’ is the first meme of the Biden era

Bernie Sanders was warding off the cold on Wednesday, when he wore a remarkably practical winter coat, mittens and a mask to U.S. President Joe Biden‘s inauguration.The Vermont senator became the first mega-viral meme of the Biden era Wednesday afternoon after he was photographed with his legs and mittens crossed while sitting on a folding chair at the event.

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Bernie Sanders became a meme at the inauguration and it’s the funniest thing ever

pic.twitter.com/kn68z6eDhYwhy is this me at every social setting. pic.twitter.com/cTMITHZmKqBig “have your IDs ready” energy.

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Bernie Sanders’ mittens: Vermont senator’s Inauguration Day outfit lights up social media

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Bernie Sanders agrees with Trump’s push for more coronavirus stimulus

US Senator Bernie Sanders and President Donald Trump. (Photos by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images and Alex Wong/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - President Trump is pressing the Senate to increase coronavirus stimulus payments to $2,000 and Sen.

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France agrees to ease border restrictions as UK urges hauliers to stay away

Video: Truck driver criticises government's handling of France border crisis (The Independent)Bernie Sanders claims he can win Texas and defeat TrumpChris Smalls explains conditions at Amazon warehouse in NYDonald Jr complains about losing thousands of supporters every dayMatt Hancock warns public must take ‘personal responsibility’ to get new strain of coronavirus under controlTier 4 could last months, Hancock suggests as he links to vaccine rolloutTrump ridiculed with montage mocking his sinks, toilets and showers obsessionKayleigh McEnany heckled in briefing: ‘When will you admit you lost?’Tucker Carlson under fire for anti-vaxx conspiracy theoryMike Pence receives Covid jab live on TVBiden calls Lindsey Graham a 'personal

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Trump’s call for $2,000 stimulus checks hailed – by critics Pelosi, AOC, Sanders

As if 2020 hasn’t delivered enough unexpected news, consider this: President Trump’s call Tuesday night for Congress to raise coronavirus stimulus payments to Americans to $2,000 won raves from at least three of his harshest critics. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, U.S.

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AP sources: Biden to pick Buttigieg as transportation chief

President-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the transportation department, according to three people familiar with the plans.Buttigieg, one of Biden’s rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, was a breakout star of the primaries, sharing victory in the nation’s first caucus with Bernie Sanders. He suspended his campaign before Super Tuesday and endorsed Biden.Biden has compared the 38-year-old Buttigieg to his late son, Beau.“To me it’s the highest compliment I can give any man or woman.

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NY elects two openly gay Black men to Congress

Ritchie Torres and Mondaire Jones were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from districts in New York.

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Ex-Sanders staffers promote Biden to Latinos in Iowa, Nevada

WILMINGTON, Del. – Former staffers from Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign want to harness strong support for the Vermont senator among Hispanics to bolster Joe Biden in two battleground states that could prove critical in November's election.Nuestro PAC is launching a 30-second spot that will begin airing Thursday for two weeks in heavily Hispanic Nevada and in Iowa, another state where the growing Latino population is largely overlooked.

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Sanders says there ‘will be a number of plans’ to make sure Trump leaves office if he loses election

President Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders (Chip Somodevilla/Win McNamee/Getty Images)Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., couldn't nail down a plan for what lawmakers should do if President Trump refuses to concede the White House if he loses in November, but said there will be a "number of plans" if that scenario were to take place.During an interview on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher" that aired Friday, Maher pressed Sanders on the specific plan that lawmakers have in place in the event Trump refuses to concede, telling the senator, “I still don’t know what the plan is.”"There are things that we have to do now to make sure that Biden wins," Sanders said.

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Bernie Sanders: Biden win in November is no 'slam dunk'

WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders is warning that if onetime rival Joe Biden doesn’t do more to promote his policies and reach out to Latino voters, the Democratic presidential nominee is at risk of falling short to President Donald Trump this November.Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist who left the primary race in the spring and has worked to shift Biden to the left on key issues, has made the warnings in public and private in recent days. Most recently, he went on MSNBC on Sunday to express concerns that Biden wasn't speaking up enough about his economic proposals.“I think Biden’s in an excellent position to win this election, but I think we have got to do more as a campaign than just go after Trump,” he said.

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Democratic National Convention: AOC, Bob King nominate Bernie Sanders for president

Despite Sen. Bernie Sanders dropping out of the presidential race and supporting Joe Biden, labour leader Bob King and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Sanders for president during the Democratic National Convention.

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AOC speaks at Democratic convention — but in support of Sanders

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez nominated Sen. Bernie Sanders for U.S.

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Virtual DNC: Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders featured speakers at 1st night of Democratic National Convention

NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Biden introduced the breadth of his coalition to a divided America on Monday night, progressive Democrats joining conservative Republicans and a billionaire CEO to deliver an urgent appeal for voters to unite against President Donald Trump regardless of political ideology or party.Former first lady Michelle Obama vouched for Biden's empathy and experience, while the extraordinary ideological range of Biden's many messengers on the opening night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention was perhaps best demonstrated by former presidential contenders from opposing parties: Vermont Sen.

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Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders among speakers at Democratic convention’s 1st night

Virtual convention to test Democrats hoping to build excitement for Biden, Harris “My friends, I say to you, and to everyone who supported other candidates in this primary and to those who may have voted for Donald Trump in the last election: The future of our democracy is at stake. The future of our economy is at stake.

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Cardi B Sits Down With Joe Biden — And Gets REAL About Trump’s Lies & Covid Response!

Cardi B is getting political again!

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Democrats claim 'big tent' for first convention in pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) - Ohio’s former Gov. John Kasich, a Republican presidential contender four years ago, joined Vermont Sen.

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Democratic National Convention Monday schedule — here are the virtual events to look out for

LOS ANGELES - The Democratic National Convention (DNC) kicks off on Monday, Aug. 17.

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Watch Cardi B and Joe Biden talk coronavirus, police brutality and more over Zoom

Cardi B has interviewed Joe Biden over Zoom, speaking to the Democratic nominee for the US presidency about issues such as the coronavirus pandemic, police brutality and college tuition.After previously endorsing Bernie Sanders, Cardi confirmed earlier this month that she was now backing Biden, who will take on Donald Trump in the US presidential election on November 3.In a new interview arranged by Elle, Cardi told Biden that she “just wants Trump out”.“His mouth gets us in trouble so much. I don’t want to be lied to — we’re dealing with a pandemic right now, and I just want answers.

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'Masks for All' bill would provide three free masks for everyone in the United States

WASHINGTON - A bill called "Masks for All" was introduced Tuesday by Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Bay Area Congressman Ro Khanna, which calls for providing free masks for everyone in the United States as a measure to slow the spread of the new coronavirus.The bill would ramp up domestic production of masks and send three high-quality, reusable masks to every person in the United States through the U.S. postal service, free of charge.People without mailing addresses in prisons, homeless shelters and assisted living facilities would also be provided with masks.

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The Latest: Biden wins New Jersey's Democratic primary

WASHINGTON – The Latest on Tuesday's primary elections in New Jersey and Delaware (all times local):8:30 p.m.Former Vice President Joe Biden has won New Jersey’s mostly mail-in Democratic presidential primary. Biden faced Vermont Sen.

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'Literally incomprehensible': Bernie condemns Trump rally

MONTCLAIR, N.J. – Former presidential contender Bernie Sanders on Wednesday blasted President Donald Trump's decision to host a large rally in Oklahoma this weekend, accusing the Republican president of jeopardizing the health of thousands of people and defying science during a pandemic simply “to hear cheers from his supporters.”Sanders, who is also known for drawing large crowds and has promised to help presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, said he would not be willing to host any large indoor events of his own until medical professionals deem it safe.“I find it literally incomprehensible that the president, who is an extraordinary narcissist, is willing to sacrifice the health not only of the people who attend his indoor

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John Cusack claims military has 'abandoned' Trump, remaining supporters are racists

Far-left actor John Cusack declared that President Trump is “playing for an exit strategy” and his only remaining supporters are racists in a typo-plagued tweet on Friday. “Trump is playing for an exit strategy--that keeps him from jail- miltary [sic] has abandoned his fascism--all he’s got left is rascists [sic]- He wants something to leverage - to stay out of jail,” Cusack tweeted, misspelling the words “military” and “racists” in the process.

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Joe Biden Formally Clinches Democratic Presidential Nomination

Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Friday, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented backdrop of a pandemic, economic collapse and civil unrest. “It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded," Biden said in a statement Friday night, ”and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party." The former vice president has effectively been his party's leader since his last challenger in the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders, ended his campaign in April.

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Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden has formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented backdrop of a pandemic, economic collapse and civil unrest.“It was an honor to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded," Biden said in a statement Friday night, ”and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party."The former vice president has effectively been his party's leader since his last challenger in the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders, ended his campaign in April.

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Joe Biden officially named Democratic presidential candidate to take on Donald Trump

Joe Biden has officially clinched the Democratic presidential nomination and will face President Trump at the polls.

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Joe Biden formally clinches Democratic presidential nomination

Joe Biden, accompanied by his wife Dr. Jill Biden, speaks to California voters during a Super Tuesday election night party at Baldwin Hills Recreation Center in Los Angeles, California on Tuesday March 3, 2020.

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Joe Biden: 5 Things You Should Know About The Official Democratic Nominee For President

Joe Biden may be returning to the White House — as president, this time. The former vice president and senator from Delaware, 76, officially clinched the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, June 5 thanks to the seven recent primaries needed to win. On April 15, he become the presumptive Democratic nominee for president after his remaining competitor, Senator Bernie Sanders, dropped out of the race on April 8.

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Joe Biden officially clinches Democratic presidential nomination

Joe Biden formally clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Friday, setting him up for a bruising challenge to President Donald Trump that will play out against the unprecedented backdrop of a pandemic, economic collapse and civil unrest.“It was an honour to compete alongside one of the most talented groups of candidates the Democratic party has ever fielded,” Biden said in a statement Friday night, ”and I am proud to say that we are going into this general election a united party.”The former vice-president has effectively been his party’s leader since his last challenger in the Democratic primary, Bernie Sanders, ended his campaign in April.

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