Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): Sanders Headed to NC State: Sen. Bernie Sanders will speak at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C., on Saturday. He will discuss rising college tuition, the increased threat of climate change and the growing role of money in politics, the student newspaper The Technician reported. Politics and Pitchforks: “Big money pervades and corrupts our politics, undercutting populist impulses in the political class … Only the rare few — Sens. Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown— risk standing as champions of the people,” Robert Borosage of the Campaign for Americas Future wrote for Truthout. Koch Brothers in Vermont: “The American Legislative Exchange Council is almost entirely funded by … the big-money oligarchs who our independent Sen. Sanders has been warning us about,” David Quigley of Winooski wrote in a letter to the editor of the Times Argus. Boston Marathon: One year after a pair of homemade pressure-cooker bombs killed three people and wounded more than 260 others at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, about 36,000 runners have registered for today’s race — the second-largest field in its history, many of them coming to show support for the event and the city that was shocked by the attack on its signature sporting event, The Associated Press reported. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/042114
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:03:29 +0000
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