In response to a piece in the Washington Post examining the benefits Donald Trump’s tax plan would confer on the wealthiest, Bernie Sanders remarked on Twitter, “Donald Trump is only looking out for himself and his billionaire friends? Not surprised.” This comment set off a string of tweets in which Sanders ripped Trump for benefiting
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have both attempted to lay claim to the “fighter for the middle class” mantle throughout their campaigns for the presidency, and both have received hefty donations from the nation’s wealthiest. One group they have forgotten — or, more perniciously, ignored — is America’s poor , argues Benyamin Appelbaum in the
Bernie Sanders certainly approved when Debbie Wasserman Schultz stepped down from her position as chair of the Democratic National Committee following the release of a large batch of emails revealing the committee’s bias against his presidential campaign. But while it was necessary for Wasserman Schultz to leave her position at the DNC, for Sanders, it
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, speaking at the Green Party’s presidential convention, offered praise for political outsiders — specifically, Jill Stein, Gary Johnson, and Bernie Sanders — for bringing to the fore issues so often ignored in the midst of presidential races, from environmental degradation to government surveillance. As Politico notes in a short piece on