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‘If three candidates can hold the same office, then there’s no way for Bernie to win the nomination,’ Dems say

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HANNAH BLIDY Guest Scallywag Recently, mainstream news sources like CNN, The New York Times and NBC have been covering the Democratic primary results as they come in. Every state has a different primary date. For example, the New York Democratic primary is April 28. At the end of the primaries,......
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Sanders takes lead as Democratic frontrunner

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SAMUEL LEWANDOWSKI Special to The Leader Democratic Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders just won the Nevada caucuses making him the front-runner in terms of delegates. Sanders has now won the last two contests of the 2020 election and while he tied at 26.2 percent with Mayor Pete Buttigieg in Iowa, Politico......
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Bernie Sanders wants to get rid of the one percent — yes, even one percent milk

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HANNAH BLIDY Guest Scallywag We all know how passionate Bernie Sanders is about taxing the wealthy. According to his website, if he becomes President, he will implement a policy taxing the extremely wealthy. This tax would be annual for households who make over $32 million per year. In other words,......
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What you need to know from last week’s Democratic debate

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AIDAN POLLARD News Editor 1. Warren takes the hot seat Elizabeth Warren came under fire from both Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttegeig about her unwillingness to admit whether or not her idea for Medicare for All would raise taxes on the middle class. Warren repeated several times that “costs will......
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Better late than never: Here’s what went down at the Democratic Presidential Debate in June

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JOSEPH MARCINIAK Scallion Editor Twenty candidates for the Democratic ticket for president went head-to-head in June, and it was intense. We’re super late, but here’s some highlights from that debate if you still care. Arguably the most important person running, Bill de Blasio, probably said something about beating Donald Trump.......
Opinion

Howard Schultz’s potential candidacy has Dems shaking in their boots

Contributor to The Leader
SETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Columnist   Make no mistake: former CEO of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, may say he is considering running on an Independent presidential ticket in 2020, but he will really be running as a “fiscally-responsible” liberal. The idea of a Schultz independent campaign has Democrats nervous that they......
Opinion

Fredonia taught me how to listen

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VICTOR SCHMITT-BUSH Assistant News Editor   I’ll admit it. On Jan. 20, 2017, I was ecstatic. It was the day of Donald Trump’s inauguration. Few things in life could have satisfied me more than to see the devastated looks on the faces of every Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders supporter.......
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Bernie Sanders’ proposed job guarantee warrants a lesson in economics

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SETH MICHAEL MEYER Staff Writer   When fictional president from House of Cards, Frank Underwood, announced his plan to guarantee a job for every American, everything I knew about economics cringed, and it’s cringing now. Senator Bernie Sanders, an Independent from Vermont, made for a unique presidential candidate by being......
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Politics was this Thanksgiving’s ugly centerpiece on the dinner table as debates turned brutal

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  SETH MICHAEL MEYER Assistant News Editor   This year’s Thanksgiving has reportedly been more brutal than usual as many self-proclaimed social justice warriors squared up against their “MAGA” hat-wearing uncles in heated debates. The arguments over the holiday had a political theme with topics such as healthcare, the GOP......

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