Bernie to answer questions from the floor, soon/Sanders in Sumter, SC

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Saturday August 22, 2015 · 7:36 AM PDT

2015/08/22 · 07:36

Good Saturday morning all.

Two event s this morning at 11:00am EDT. A debate protest is planned at the Iowa State Fair where DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz is appearing on the Soapbox and Sen. Sanders' Town Hall in Sumter, SC.

Soapbox here: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/... online now.

Live on MSNBC Bernie in Sumter: http://www.msnbc.com/...

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/...
And I'm hoping for Sanders here: http://www.wistv.com/...

Bernie2016tv just tweeted, apparently, they will be livestreaming:

We've got you covered for #BernieinSC @Bernie2016tv Join in LIVE starting at 10:30 ET #FeelTheBern #Bernie2016 pic.twitter.com/HFBDWQ8oIU
— FeelTheBernTV (@FeelTheBernTV) August 22, 2015

We Believe in Freedom! We Believe in Democracy! We Believe in Bernie Sanders! #Feelthebern #primetimeforbernie pic.twitter.com/PS9EvFsYXT
— Dave Fillippo (@okdave) August 22, 2015

Please note that the debate protest is not an official Sanders' Campaign sanctioned event; the protest has been arranged by private individuals.

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Saturday August 15, 2015 · 11:45 AM PDT

2015/08/15 · 11:45

Update #3 Undecided Iowa state fair goer here. Just watched Bernie on the soap box. He's earned my caucus vote. Great speech, great policy positions, great zinger on trump when his helicopter flew over. Loved it. https://www.reddit.com/...

Update # 2 http://www.desmoinesregister.com/... link here in case you missed the soapbox.

A reporter on CNN just said that it was the largest crowd he's ever seen for a Presidential candidate at the soapbox. And this reporter had been to the fair many times.
CSPAN agreed, Bernie draws largest crowd at Iowa State Fair.

Live stream on CSPAN: 3:00PM EST, 2:pm Iowa
http://www.c-span.org/...

Please help cover Bernie's appearance by posting in the comments, thanks.

Iowa's going to be a slog as Clinton is entrenched, having the support of the Democratic establishment, millions to spend and and a large staff on the ground.

Already good news as Bernie's Dubuque, IA rally has moved to a larger venue.http://i.imgur.com/...

More live streams:

http://features.desmoinesregister.com/...

https://www.youtube.com/... Bernie TV on air now.

Note, MSNBC is streaming all the soapbox. Here:http://www.msnbc.com/... .... live now.

Fun: http://www.politico.com/...

Let's 'rock-and-roll' for Bernie!

.@BernieSanders to @gwenifill: "I forgot my helicopter! I left it at home." #iowastatefair pic.twitter.com/cvktgqIFy2
— Betsy Klein (@betsy_klein) August 15, 2015

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Tuesday August 11, 2015 · 2:53 PM PDT

2015/08/11 · 14:53

According to CNN, BLM Boston planned to attend Clinton event in NH this afternoon to ask questions; they gave their story to a New Republic reporter, who posted the story at 3pm.

Note: This story is evolving, more in posts.

UPDATE CNN's wrap up story just published:

Apparently, BLM will publish video:

The #BlackLivesMatter members, along with over a dozen other members of the public, were escorted into an overflow room, where they watched Clinton's event. Afterwards, Clinton went to the overflow room to meet and take pictures with the 20 or so people inside.

Initially, the meeting between Clinton and the protesters was going to be covered by pooled members of the media, but Nick Merrill, a spokesman for Clinton's campaign, said the #BlackLivesMatter protesters asked for the event not to be recorded by the media once they were informed journalists would be let in. Members of the media were never in the room with Clinton and the protesters.

But Yancey cast doubt on the Clinton campaign's reason for journalist not being let in after the event.

"We said that we did not want to take a photo with her," Yancey said. "The only thing that we were asked about was whether we wanted to include photos."

When asked whether they were asked to allow members of the media in, Yancey said, "Nope, we were not asked that."

The #BlackLivesMatter members filmed their meeting with Clinton, however, and plan to put the video out. http://www.cnn.com/...

WASHINGTON — (CNN) Secret Service agents on Tuesday kept five people in #BlackLivesMatter T-shirts from entering a Hillary Clinton event in New Hampshire.
The Secret Service had closed the doors to the event, a forum focused on combating substance abuse, in Keene after it reached capacity, a Clinton spokesperson and a Secret Service agent told CNN.

One of the five kept outside the event was Daunasia Yancey, the organizer from the Boston chapter of #BlackLivesMatter. The New Republic had quoted her earlier Tuesday saying the group planned to disrupt Clinton’s event with questions about her previous support for “draconian penalties for drug possession and abuse” and the “hyper-militarization of urban police forces.”

An overflow room was set up at Clinton’s Keene event. It was unclear whether any of the five protesters got into that room. http://www.wmal.com/...

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Activists from Boston’s #BlackLivesMatter chapter plan to disrupt a Hillary Clinton event in Keene, New Hampshire, on Tuesday afternoon, asking her questions specifically about her platform on drug enforcement. The event, which was scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m., is a community forum on substance abuse. Keene is one of many New England towns being affected by a heroin crisis.

A small group of activists, led by Black Lives Matter Boston founder Daunasia Yancey, shared their talking points and planned questions exclusively with the New Republic while en route to the protest. They mention Clinton’s previous support of policies “which instituted draconian penalties for drug possession and abuse at the same time they funnel money away from anti-poverty programs and into hyper-militarization of urban police forces and the institution of white supremacist police profiling policies.”http://www.newrepublic.com/...

However, CNN twitter, said the event began at 3:30pm.

You may follow the story here with updates: http://www.newrepublic.com/...

Or on Twitter: https://twitter.com/...
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According to latest tweets, BLM Boston is talking to Clinton campaign, not confirmed.

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Monday August 10, 2015 · 12:00 PM PDT

2015/08/10 · 12:00

Brunch with Bernie

Senator Bernie Sanders—a champion of Medicare for all, national nurse-to-patient ratios, collective bargaining rights for RNs, Robin Hood Tax on Wall Street, and more—is inviting nurses to take part in a live, nationally broadcast conversation.
When: Monday, Aug. 10
3 pm EDT/ 2 pm CDT/ 12 pm PDT

Live-stream link: http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/...

Will post updates in comment section.

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Thursday July 23, 2015 · 7:25 AM PDT

2015/07/23 · 07:25

Jaw dropping enthusiasm

Update: ht/ Demeter Rising

2,393 meetings and 66,186 RSVPs

thus far.

When I clicked online to Bernie's kick-off site and looked at the rallies planned in these venerable old mountains, my jaw literally dropped and a gasp of air joined my exploding smile.
"My god, this area is deep red." There exist no Democratic representation in DC from any of these isolated areas where the streams flow swift and most livings are made by toiling on the land.

A long standing joke about Avery County, NC is that they have two Republican parties competing in county elections. I recall an editor telling me years ago to keep my mouth shut at county commission meetings, "they all carry guns," she said.

It's been difficult for me to buy into and agree with the pundits suggesting that Sen. Sander's appeal comes mostly from an elite demographic.

It's doesn't. Sky-high poverty rates distinguish the below Va, TN and NC counties.

Definition of exuberance, these folks are organizing for Bernie.

Avery County Sanders Kick off
Jul 29, 2015 7:00 PM EDT
Avery Morrison Library (Newland, NC)
America needs big ideas and no-nonsense. We need to show Bernie we have his back!!!!
July 29 Organizing Meeting

< 50.0 miles

An Evening with Bernie in Spruce Pine
Jul 29, 2015 7:00 PM EDT
private info withheld (Spruce Pine, NC)
BERNIE has stood with consistency and straight-talk for 40 years. Our country needs his leadership and example to regain our footing as a country that values its citizens and practices true democracy. Join with others to marshal the energies BERNIE is bringing forward, perhaps more than at an
July 29 Organizing Meeting

< 50.0 miles

Burnsvillians for Bernie meeting. Come discuss, listen and support Bernie Sanders and what he stands for.
Jul 29, 2015 7:00 PM EDT
Snaggy Mountain Farm (Burnsville, NC)
Come feel the Bern in Burnsville!
July 29 Organizing Meeting

< 50.0 miles

Bernie Sanders on the Big Screen & Grassroots Volunteers Meeting
Jul 29, 2015 7:00 PM EDT
Abingdon Cinemall (Abingdon, VA)
The first part of the meeting will be for Bernie supporters to meet each other and share their stories about why they support Bernie. The second part will be a live online broadcast featuring Bernie and campaign staff discussing concrete steps we can all take together, right then, to build our movement.
July 29 Organizing Meeting

< 50.0 miles

Tri-Cities Tn/Va For Bernie Sanders Webcast Event
Jul 29, 2015 7:00 PM EDT
The Acoustic Coffeehouse Next Door (Johnson City, TN)
We will be getting together to share our stories of how we all came to be involved in the Bernie Sanders campaign, and participating in a live webcast event with the candidate himself.
July 29 Organizing Meeting

< 50.0 miles

Burnsville NC for Bernie Sanders
Jul 29, 2015 6:30 PM EDT
Yancey County Public Library (Burnsville, NC)
Only one declared candidate for the office of President of the United States is not beholden to the corporate interests that typically use fear, intimidation, and "moral" issues to buy campaigns. If you are interested in YOUR vote being counted, Bernie Sanders is your candidate. Please join us
July 29 Organizing Meeting

< 50.0 miles

Organizing Meeting for Bernie Sanders in Independence, Virginia
Jul 29, 2015 7:00 PM EDT
Private info withheld (Independence, VA)
We will be watching a live broadcast from Bernie Sanders and discussing ways to promote Bernie's campaign in Southwest Virginia
July 29 Organizing Meeting

< 50.0 miles

Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia Bernie Sanders Organizing Event
Jul 29, 2015 6:30 PM EDT
Private info withheld (Bristol, TN)
Northeast Tennessee: Let's all meet and learn what we can do to get Bernie Sanders in the White House in 2016! Get excited! I am ready to be a part of the political process and make some real change for the better and I hope that you are too! This event will be at my home near Bristol, TN.&nbs
July 29 Organizing Meeting

< 50.0 miles

Old Fort Library Organizing Meeting
Jul 29, 2015 7:00 PM EDT
Old Fort Library (Old Fort, NC)
Come join us for Sen. Sanders national campaign organizing meeting. We will be viewing the live broadcast from Sen. Sanders at 7:30PM. Come early if you want to talk and organize. Room is held from 6:00PM until 8:00PM.
July 29 Organizing Meeting

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And, I searched more zips in rural areas and found the same eye-popping results. July 29 may be a day of political destiny.

Want to kick-off, too? Click here.
and Feel the Bern!
https://secure.berniesanders.com/...

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Wednesday June 03, 2015 · 2:32 PM PDT

2015/06/03 · 14:32

This interview received some attention here the other day when it was tied to one of Sander's important positions, voting against the Freedom Act; but, it wasn't embeddable at the time in cclub24's good diary, so here it is: 40 minutes of Bernie.

No matter who you may be predisposed to support right now, please spend a little time with Bernie and share this video widely, if you agree it's worthy and extraordinary.

Enjoy.

Bernie calls for more debates/even invites Republicans/ltr to DNC

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Monday June 01, 2015 · 5:40 PM PDT

2015/06/01 · 17:40

"Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling on the Democratic Party to increase the number of debates it is approving this election season and for them to begin in the coming weeks, rather than in the fall."

Sanders’ letter to Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz marks the first blow against the Democratic National Committee’s efforts to control the debate process. Last month, the DNC said it would sanction six debates, in what rival campaigns said was an effort to protect the front-runner, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Under the DNC rules, candidates who participate in a debate outside those six would be ineligible to take the stage at the sanctioned debates. The exclusivity clause mirrors that adopted by the Republican National Committee, which has approved as many as 12 debates for its far larger field.

“In recent weeks, as I have traveled around the country, I have been hearing concerns from voters about the need for vigorous candidate debate,” Sanders wrote. “The people of this country are tired of political gossip, personal attacks and ugly 30-second ads. They want the candidates to engage in serious discussion about the very serious issues facing our country today.” http://time.com/...

O'Malley's campaign chimed in: Lis Smith, a spokeswoman for former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, backed changing the debate schedule. “We believe that the current number of debates is insufficient, the exclusivity requirement is misguided, and we would like to see a much more robust debate schedule.” http://www.usa-press.com/...

DNC poo poos idea almost immediately:

In a response Monday afternoon, DNC spokeswoman Holly Shulman said the party was “thrilled” to see Sanders was eager to participate in its official debates but that it would not be looking to add more.
“We’ve already released our primary debate framework, and we believe that six debates will give plenty of opportunity for the candidates to be seen side-by-side,” she said. “We’ll have more details in the coming weeks, and we look forward to Senator Sanders and other candidates participating. I’m sure there will be plenty of other forums for the candidates to make their case to voters, and that they will make the most out of every opportunity.”

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Some voices have suggested that debates are poorly watched in defending the limited, six debate schedule put forth by the DNC. Sanders counters by saying that the debates should begin early, July, and that beginning the first debates in the coming weeks will boost voter turnout in the primaries and caucuses, as well as next November’s general election; consequently lifting all Democrats, a fifty-state strategy.

I agree and while we know social media has been and is a growing platform for candidates to engage voters and non-voters alike, we should not diminish the power and reach of local news and the big 'nightlies.' According to Pew Research Center's State of the News Media 2015, Network television news is actually on the rise.

Even as mobile and social news habits evolve, legacy platforms have by no means been abandoned, though some are faring better than others. Local TV continues to capture broadcast viewers, with slight increases for evening (3%) and morning (2%) newscasts and larger ones for early morning and midday in 2014. Network television news saw a second straight year of audience growth (5% in evening and 2% in morning), for a combined average evening viewership of roughly 24 million.
Sanders also suggested getting the Republicans involved in debates, not that they would ever agree, but more importantly, it's his style, his honest, let's talk about the many problems in a sane way that matters.

Text of his letter below the fold:

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Sunday May 31, 2015 · 1:34 PM PDT

2015/05/31 · 13:34

Patriots tune in; the Senate is now in session, Sen. Reid just spoke; slammed McConnell.

The Guardian has a liveblog here:http://www.theguardian.com/...

Harry Reid is now on the floor slamming Mitch McConnell for “not having a plan” and creating this crisis via a strategy of brinksmanship.
Reid says “I’m a little bit flummoxed” by McConnell’s plans or lack thereof. While he is insisting that extension of some of the Patriot Act’s powers are “vitally important,” he’s not taking any shots at Rand Paul. Reid says “I disagree with the junior senator from Kentucky but we’re not in the mess we’re in today because of the junior senator from Kentucky, we’re in the mess that we’re in today because of the Majority Leader.”

Oops CIA quote by Reid, scare us into submission!

You can livestream here:http://www.c-span.org/

Speaker John Boehner issued a statement this afternoon urging the Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act.

Boehner said ““Al Qaeda, ISIL and other terrorists around the globe continue to plot attacks on America and our allies. Anyone who is satisfied with letting this critical intelligence capability go dark isn’t taking the terrorist threat seriously. I’d urge the Senate to pass the bipartisan USA Freedom Act, and do so expeditiously.”
The Speaker of the House has played his own understated role in this debate. By refusing to call his chamber back into session before Monday, he’s made things much more difficult for Senate Republicans by greatly limiting their options as any compromise besides USA Freedom would require a vote in the House.

The leading Republican behind a Senate effort to rein in the National Security Agency (NSA) said on Sunday that he expected to have the 60 votes necessary to advance his bill later in the afternoon.
At the same time, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) acknowledged that Sen. Rand Paul's (R-Ky.) pledge to “force an expiration” of parts of the Patriot Act may delay the final passage until later in the week — after the three provisions expire.

“I do believe we have the votes,” Lee said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“At this point, I think is not about whether we get this passed but when,” he added. “It’ll happen either tonight or it’ll happen on Wednesday, or somewhere within that 72 hour window.”http://thehill.com/...

Rand Paul’s presidential campaign is still ferociously fundraising over the NSA debate in the Senate.
His campaign sent out a fundraising email with the subject line “I’m forcing the Patriot Act to expire”

Let the damn Patriot Act provisions expire! Read More

Blackout Congress by Fight for the Future

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Friday May 29, 2015 · 8:02 AM PDT

2015/05/29 · 08:02

BREAKING: 10,000 websites are blacking out access from Congress' IPs, redirecting to protest http://t.co/... pic.twitter.com/rUt2TA3ygL
— Fight for the Future (@fightfortheftr) May 29, 2015

We are blocking your access until you end mass surveillance laws
You have conducted mass surveillance of everyone illegally and are now on record for trying to enact those programs into law. You have presented Americans with the false dichotomy of reauthorizing the PATRIOT Act or passing the USA Freedom Act. The real answer is to end all authorities used to conduct mass surveillance. Until you do, thousands of web sites have blocked your access, and more are joining every day.

Link to and scroll down for #ifeelnaked.org

NSA spying makes us feel naked.
It's like a strip search, online. We should never, ever have to worry the government is watching our private moments. But if Congress really wants to see our naked photos, we've got plenty for them! Join the protest with your photos: #ifeelnaked.org

Between a rock and a hard place

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Monday May 04, 2015 · 4:41 PM PDT

2015/05/04 · 16:41

What will Democrats do?

Or better,

what should the party do?

Or better yet, what's the best humans can do for other humans?

Care.

No question is there?

Our neighbors, our workers, our extended family are paramount, aren't they?

Globally so?
...

Forces are aligned, predetermining fate; making hate,

using...money as the keep-sake.

Sponsoring political leaders and want-to-Be's,

the leaders

Drone people,

innocent people

the leaders

spy

the leaders

are corporal

punishing for profit!

selfish bastards, fascists

the leaders

need changing.

Everywhere, the bottom line

sinks

is hidden from view

from except a very few

by democratic control.

The train runs on time.

...

Bursting.

Feeling, wanting, needing, wishing, fulfilling, kissing, working, loving, being

Contributors

feeling the warmth, correcting the flow, letting others know.

The wisdom trumping propaganda of those missing the joy, the muse, the very fabric of understanding.

Children know better.

"How sweet it is"

to be a human being.

...

What should Democrats do?

UDate $1.5 million first 24 hours, Long-shot candidates/Sanders can win

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Friday May 01, 2015 · 10:51 AM PDT

2015/05/01 · 10:51

Long-shot Miliband now the favorite to become Britain’s prime minister

STOCKTON-ON-TEES, ENGLAND — Even before the election campaign began, the verdict was in on Ed Miliband: He was too weak and too weird to be Britain’s prime minister.
His approval ratings flirted with the lowest ever recorded for a major party leader. Among his Labor supporters, there were whispers of a coup. And with Britain’s economy recovering from the depths of recession, Conservative Party leader David Cameron seemed to have reelection locked up.

But British voters, not known for their faith in the powers of redemption, have done something unusual over the past month: They’ve given Miliband, the 45-year-old son of Jewish refugees who fled to Britain to escape the Nazis, a second chance.

The Labor leader has seized it, tapping a vein of popular discontent over the widening gap between rich and poor. With just a week to go before the country votes, he’s now a slight favorite to become prime minister once the dust has settled on the closest and most politically fragmented British election in decades. Polls suggest that he is highly unlikely to secure a majority in the Parliament, but may be positioned to lead an informal and potentially fractious coalition of parties from the left. http://www.washingtonpost.com/...

As and old man, I've learned to never underestimate the quickly shifting vagaries of the political process or presume to predict popularity.

And as the Wapo suggests, Milibrand apparently has "tapped a vein of popular discontent over the widening gap between rich and poor," causing a tremendous and rapid swing of public opinion in favor of his candidacy."

This same discontent presently rages in our American streets and sleeps within millions of households; citizens barely getting by, frustrated in no-end jobs, suffering unforgiving debt and enduring the pains of no health care while quietly embracing their children as they witness the destruction of public education on a daily basis: no more band, no more foreign language, no textbooks, crowded classrooms and on and on...

I don't agree with those who discount and handicap Sen. Sanders from the getgo nor those who have annointed Hillary prematurely.

Let's sing the song of common needs from the rooftops and swing our support behind the best candidate in generations, Sen. Sanders.

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more...

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Wednesday April 01, 2015 · 4:17 PM PDT

2015/04/01 · 16:17

In two weeks, the doc-fix is in!

Before I publish this, odds are my typing has been scrutinized by our government's genius mainframe. That's not right.

Children will die tonight in Yemen on my dime. Why?

And a better question for kossacks today should have been: "Will 'human beings' be moved to vote for Democrats in future?"

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Ode to the DK republic

As long as the train runs on time

the government takes your dime

while covering motives oh sublime

including you precious mind

lost in pragmatic liberalism so fine

Lewis Mumford makes a rhyme

Rain comes down, steam goes up

Wall Street lovelies doing well

in hell

skipping stones on clinking pages

casting doubt about...

Buying stocks in time

federally sanctioned crime

parsing the cash due

to the very few

Is nothing new?

Cringing to think that they took you, too.

"Republican Smith said that Sally was a toad,"

inked in daily hew

that's you

accusing the blue

sixteen tons and what

don't dare rock the pot

the golden goose lays bare

for taking in your snare

Take your seat, shut up, be kind

have a banana, Pollyanna

The trains still run on time.

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Wow, Bernie in the Appalachians!

40 minutes of Bernie

Bernie calls for more debates/even invites Republicans/ltr to DNC

To Spy or not to Spy/Liveblog of Senate Debate

Blackout Congress by Fight for the Future

Between a rock and a hard place

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