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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 White House hopeful, on Sunday dismissed concerns that his status as a self-proclaimed democratic socialist would be a liability in a general election and said President Trump’s description of his ideology as “communist” was inaccurate. “Obviously I am not a communist,” Sanders told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” in response to a clip of Trump using the designation in a Fox News interview, adding that Trump “maybe doesn’t know the difference.” Sanders also called Trump a “pathological liar” for claiming Sanders was “married in Moscow.” Wallace continued to press Sanders on how...

It took a month and a half after George Zimmerman executed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin before an arrest was made. Though special prosecutor Angela Corey asserts that an investigation had been ongoing, all the evidence and statements made by the police chief and others involved with the case make it very clear that, had it not been for a massive outpouring, especially from the Black community, George Zimmerman would still be walking free. It was fear of a rebellion that led to the state responding and to Zimmerman’s arrest. And not to be forgotten or glossed over were the resilience and...

Saturday night’s Real Time With Bill Maher was an all-leftist panel of 5: Bill Maher, Keith Olbermann, Kerry Washington (Actor/Activist), Andrew Ross Sorkin (columnist for the NYT) and Senator Bernie Sanders. Sanders is labeled as an “Independent “ but his loyalty was no secret when Howard Dean stated on MTP's May 22, 2005 show that "Bernie Sanders votes with the Democrats 98 percent of the time."

Well, it's no wonder Democrats didn't want former President Bill Clinton to speak on the economy. Some delegates might have had the temerity to wonder: Hey, why did we experience all that prosperity in the '90s? It certainly wasn't due to populism, or isolationism, or more government dependency, or any of the hard-left economic policies being preached nightly by speakers at the Democratic National Convention. No, it was capitalism — more of it, not less of it. Naturally, every political convention features its share of demagoguery. But buried beneath all the idealistic talk in Denver are some ugly details. Those...

Take the poll at the top right of the site when you go there. Below is an excerpt from the poll's accompanying story. Roosevelt High School in Sioux Falls, South Dakota allows a socialist club to meet and discuss socialist ideals every Thursday morning, and many are uncomfortable with the situation. The school, however, feels the student club is protected by the Equal Access Act passed in 1984. It states that no school administrator can pass judgment on school clubs. Schools must allow additional clubs to be organized, as long as: