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Washington (AFP) - Senator Bernie Sanders, a prominent figure of the US political left, on Saturday threw his support behind Joe Biden's White House campaign, dismissing calls for the president to withdraw from the race over health concerns. "Enough! Mr Biden may not be the ideal candidate, but he will be the candidate and should be the candidate," independent senator Sanders wrote in a New York Times column, adding that "it's time for Democrats to stop the bickering and nit-picking." Sanders's column comes amid steadily growing calls from Democratic officials and donors for the 81-year-old Bi...
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Washington (AFP) - Senator Bernie Sanders, a prominent figure of the US political left, on Saturday voiced support for Joe Biden's presidential candidacy despite calls for him to withdraw over health concerns. "Enough! Mr. Biden may not be the ideal candidate, but he will be the candidate and should be the candidate," independent senator Sanders wrote in a New York Times column, adding that "it's time for Democrats to stop the bickering and nit-picking." Sanders' column comes amid steadily growing calls from Democratic officials and donors for the 81-year-old Biden to step aside following a di...
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Washington (AFP) - Former presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, the longest-serving independent senator in American history, said Monday he will seek a fourth term in an announcement touting his record over 16 years and taking aim at US military funding for Israel. The 82-year-old son of Jewish immigrants -- who describes himself as a "democratic socialist" and votes with the Democrats -- framed November's election as "the most important" in generations. The announcement cements Sanders, who is in a safe seat in Vermont, as the most high-profile Senate progressive as President Joe Biden vies...
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New York (AFP) - Pharoah Sanders, one of the most wildly inventive figures in jazz who wrestled his saxophone to its limits and felt equally at home in Indian and African music, died Saturday. He was 81. His record label, Luaka Bop, said he died peacefully around friends and family in Los Angeles. "Always and forever the most beautiful human being, may he rest in peace," a label statement said. Taking the open-mindedness of the free jazz movement to new heights, Sanders would virtually attack his saxophone by heavily overblowing on the mouthpiece -- of which he collected hundreds -- as well as...
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Washington (AFP) - US Vice President Kamala Harris's recently departed lead spokeswoman announced Monday she has a new job at the Democrat-friendly MSNBC cable news outlet. The appointment of Symone Sanders as a host on the network and on MSNBC's political channel The Choice confirms a well established revolving door between top White House staff positions and media outlets. "I am excited to join @MSNBC and @TheChoice ! I look forward to working with some of the most talented and amazing people in news. There is a lot to learn, but I'm ready to get to work!" Sanders tweeted. The departure of S...
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Washington (AFP) - The Inauguration Day photograph of a mitten-clad, glamor-defying Bernie Sanders perhaps was not the most flattering image of the US senator, but it has become a remarkably charitable one. The 79-year-old lawmaker from the northeastern state of Vermont announced Wednesday he has raised $1.8 million for charity over the past five days through sales of merchandise featuring him wearing knit mittens and a parka at President Joe Biden's January 20 swearing-in. The image launched a thousand memes and made the earnest and seemingly cantankerous two-time presidential candidate even ...
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New York (AFP) - Jennifer Ellis has never met Bernie Sanders but she is enjoying a taste of his celebrity as the woman behind the mittens that gave the Vermont senator his viral moment at President Joe Biden's inauguration. Ellis, a 42-year-old elementary school teacher, lived a quiet life in the Vermont town of Essex Junction -- until Wednesday. She was teaching class online like any other day, as Biden was being sworn in, when her phone started pinging with texts. The messages were all the same, Ellis told AFP via a video interview: "Bernie Sanders is wearing your mittens!" Not your typica...
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Wilmington (United States) (AFP) - US President-elect Joe Biden said Friday that he had been considering nominating Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as his labor secretary but eventually decided not to do so because it could have put the fragile Democratic Senate majority at risk. "I did give serious consideration of nominating my friend Bernie Sanders to this position," Biden told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware, as he announced key nominees for his economic team. "I'm confident he could have done a fantastic job," Biden said of Sanders, who represents the left wing of the party and challeng...
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