The Vermont left-winger might be best positioned to deliver the policies that moderates say they prefer.
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Maine Voices: Green New Deal will defuse threat of modern life as dystopia
Dwindling resources and global warming are no longer sci-fi scenarios – but Bernie Sanders has a bold plan to mitigate them.
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Posted inLocal & State, News, Politics, Scarborough Leader, Schools and Education, Southern Maine Weeklies
Scarborough teachers rally for contract; Bernie Sanders sends letter of support
Working without a contract since September, Scarborough teachers are pushing for improved working conditions that school officials say are ‘good-faith disagreements.’
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Scarborough teachers’ contract dispute gets national visibility via Bernie Sanders tweet
The Democratic presidential candidate supports the local and state teachers’ unions.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Sanders vows to enact national standards for ‘forever’ chemicals in water
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said companies should be paying to clean up contamination.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: What makes the Iowa caucuses so complicated?
The organizational requirements, the high turnout, the money spent and on hand – all of these keep things interesting.
Posted inElections, Lewiston-Auburn, Local & State, Nation & World, Politics
Two Somali politicians find inspiration in each other’s success
Controversial U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, talked Friday with incoming Lewiston City Council member Safiya Khalid after a political rally in New Hampshire.
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Sanders turns in signatures for Maine presidential primary in March
The presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders announced Monday that it had submitted 2,800 signatures of Maine voters to put the Vermont senator on the Democratic primary ballot in Maine.
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Commentary: Trump’s economy complicates Democratic candidates’ message
The states with early primaries are doing well, but the battleground states are not.
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Dana Milbank: Democrats flip the script on a cut-and-run president
During Tuesday’s debate, they sounded very much like Republicans of yore in denouncing Trump for jeopardizing national security.