Bernie Sanders Applauds Democrats For Handing A Defeat To Corporate America

Bernie Sanders Applauds Democrats For Handing A Defeat To Corporate America

By: Jason Easley

Friday, June, 12th, 2015, 8:07 pm

Sen. Bernie Sanders put the focus of today’s trade votes back where it belongs. Sanders reminded everyone that the rejection of TAA was a defeat for corporate America.

In a statement, Sen. Sanders (I-VT) said, “I applaud the House of Representatives for the vote today. While the fight will no doubt continue, today’s vote is a victory for America’s working people and for the environment. It is clearly a defeat for corporate America, which has outsourced millions of decent-paying jobs and wants to continue doing just that.”

Because President Obama went to Capitol Hill to personally lobby for the bill the first reaction of the political world was to frame the result in Obama terms, but the vote was a bigger defeat for corporate America.

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Palau burns Vietnamese boats caught fishing illegally

Columns of black smoke rise from four Vietnamese boats in the waters off Palau Friday, June 12, 2015. The tiny Pacific nation of Palau, fighting a rising tide of illegal fishing in its waters, set fire to the four boats caught poaching sea cucumbers and other marine life in its waters. Palau’s President Tommy Remengesau Jr. hopes to turn most of the island nation’s territorial waters into a national marine sanctuary, banning commercial fishing and exports apart from limited areas to be used by domestic fishermen and tourists. (Jeff Barabe/The Pew Charitable Trusts via AP) (Associated Press)

By Elaine Kurtenbach | AP June 12

TOKYO — The tiny Pacific nation of Palau, fighting a rising tide of illegal fishing in its waters, has set fire to four boats belonging to Vietnamese caught poaching sea cucumbers and other marine life in its waters.

Palau’s president, Tommy Remengesau Jr., said the boats were burned Friday morning. He hopes to turn most of the island nation’s territorial waters into a national marine sanctuary, banning commercial fishing and exports apart from limited areas to be used by domestic fishermen and tourists.

“We wanted to send a very strong message. We will not tolerate any more these pirates who come and steal our resources,” Remengesau said in a phone interview with The Associated Press from Washington, D.C., where he was visiting.

The country created the world’s first shark sanctuary in 2009, but until recently had only one patrol boat to help protect its great hammerheads, leopard sharks and more than 130 other species of shark and rays fighting extinction.
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Bernie Sanders Raised $6 Million From Small Donors in the First Six Weeks of His Campaign

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, an independent senator from Vermont, said Thursday his campaign has raised $6 million dollars in small donations since entering the race on April 30.

"I think we have gotten over 150,000 individual donations" at an average take of "$40 a piece," Sanders said in aninterview on PBS' Charlie Rose. He expects the total haul to reach $10 million by the end of June. Candidates are not required to file official financial disclosure forms until July 15.

Sanders has doubled his donor base and war chest after jumping out to a quick start in the first four days of the campaign, in which his campaign netted $3 million from 75,000 supporters.

Bernie Sanders Raised $6 Million From Small Donors in the First Six Weeks of His Campaign
 By Gregory Krieg June 12, 2015

Hillary Clinton, who declared her candidacy two months ago, has pulled in $13 million from fundraising events, according to Politico. That figure does not include online donations, and doesn't account for the cash being swept up by her affiliated super PAC, Priorities USA, which can accept unlimited contributions from wealthy donors.
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