JUNE 25, 2015

Conversation with Senator Bernie Sanders

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) talked about his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination, why he wants to be president, his career in the Senate, his early life and family, and his views on key issues. He was interviewed in his Senate office on Capitol Hill.

http://www.c-span.org/video/?326814-1/conversation-senator-bernie-sanders-ivt


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RSN: Mass Animal Die-Offs Are on the Rise, Killing Billions and Raising Questions, Congress Net Worth Is $4.3 Billion, Individual Members' Median Net Worth Is $1 Million

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Obama to Propose Paid Sick Leave for American Workers

Gregory Korte, USA Today
Korte writes: "President Obama will call on Congress to require companies to give workers up to seven days of paid sick leave a year, a senior adviser said Wednesday."
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New Charlie Hebdo Reaches Global Audience, Dismays Muslims
Jill Lawless, Associated Press
Lawless writes: "Readers in France mobbed newsstands to buy a copy and European newspapers reprinted Charlie Hebdo's cartoons as a gesture of solidarity. But the decision to depict the Prophet Muhammad on the cover, holding a sign saying 'Je suis Charlie' (I am Charlie), angered many Muslims, who called it a renewed insult to their religion."
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Congress Net Worth Is $4.3 Billion, Individual Members' Median Net Worth Is $1 Million
Andrew V. Pestano, UPI
Pestano writes: "The median net worth of a member of Congress was $1,029,505 in 2013 - 18 times the worth of an average American home."
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New Mexico DA Comes Under Attack After Charging Cops With Murder
Russell Contreras, Associated Press
Contreras writes: "Brandenburg's move to seek charges marked a major shift from her previous decisions not go after Albuquerque officers linked to more than 40 police shootings since 2010. It also pointed to growing tensions between her office and the troubled Albuquerque Police Department, which suspects Brandenburg of reimbursing burglary victims to protect her son."
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Protesters Storm Mexican Army Base Over Missing Students
Ed Adamczyk, UPI
Adamczyk writes: "Protesters demanding answers to the abduction of 43 students unsuccessfully attempted to enter an Iguala, Mexico, army base to search for those missing."
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Mass Animal Die-Offs Are on the Rise, Killing Billions and Raising Questions
Jane J. Lee, National Geographic
Lee writes: "We're not talking about a few dead fish littering your local beach. Mass die-offs are individual events that kill at least a billion animals, wipe out over 90 percent of a population, or destroy 700 million tons - the equivalent weight of roughly 1,900 Empire State Buildings - worth of animals."
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