Jon Queally

Defiant Ted Cruz Refuses To Endorse Trump, Get’s Booed During RNC Speech

‘What we witnessed,’ writes one observer, ‘was a political party devouring itself.’

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Par Jon Queally

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, who finished second in this year's Republican presidential primary contest, was essentially booed off the stage at the party's national convention on Wednesday night after withholding an endorsement of Donald Trump and telling the audience to "vote their conscience" in this year's election. "Please, don’t stay home in

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‘The Struggle Continues’: Sanders Refuses To Bend The Knee To Establishment

‘We will take our fight for social, economic, racial, and environmental justice to Philadelphia,’ senator declares

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Par Jon Queally
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks Sunday, March 20, 2016, at a campaign rally in Seattle. (AP/Stephen Brashear)

Bernie Sanders refused to concede the race for the Democratic Party presidential nomination on Tuesday night even as he congratulated his rival Hillary Clinton on her primary wins and thanked his supporters for their determined commitment to the 'political revolution' he has championed throughout the hotly contested primary season. "If this

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Obama Pitches TTIP, Calls Corporate-Backed Deals « Indisputable » Good

Sitting next to Chancellor Angela Merkel during a summit in Germany, U.S. president continued to ignore opponents as he defended controversial agreement with European nations

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Par Jon Queally
A man on stilts and dressed like the Statue of Liberty holds a banner with the slogan Stop TTIP during a protest of thousands of demonstrators against the planned Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, ahead of the visit of United States President Barack Obama in Hannover, Germany, Saturday, April 23, 2016.

Despite the tens of thousands of people who marched against the deal in Germany ahead of his arrival and the steady drop in support for such neoliberal trade deals overall, President Barack Obama stood next to Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday and defended the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) and said similar past deals have

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Watch Hillary Clinton Lose It When Climate Activist Calls Her Out For Fossil Fuel Funding

‘Clinton needs to listen to the people, not fossil fuel interests,’ says Greenpeace campaigner.

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Par Jon Queally

At a campaign rally in New York on Thursday, a visibly frustrated Hillary Clinton said she was "sick of" being lied about and waved her finger in the face of a climate activist raising questions about the money her campaign receives from people closely tied to the fossil fuel industry. "All told, the campaign to elect Hillary Clinton for

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What Bernie Sanders Would Have Told AIPAC About Palestinian Rights

« To be successful, we have also got to be a friend not only to Israel, but to the Palestinian people, » declared Sanders in a speech that offered stark contrasts with those of his presidential rivals

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Par Jon Queally
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. speaks Sunday, March 20, 2016, at a campaign rally in Seattle. (AP/Stephen Brashear)

Though Bernie Sanders was the only presidential candidate credited for skipping the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington, DC on Monday, he gave a speech on the campaign trail in Utah which he says is the same one he would have given to the powerful pro-Israel lobbyists and their allies if he had

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Blackout Tuesday: The Bernie Sanders Speech Corporate Media Chose Not To Air

Though the talking heads were allowed to ramble on and on (and on) Tuesday night, the major cable and network news made no time for people to watch this…

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Par Jon Queally
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Ricardo Arduengo)

Though Bernie Sanders had an admittedly disappointing night on Tuesday, losing four of five primary contests to rival Hillary Clinton, he still took to the stage in Phoenix, Arizona to speak to his supporters and television cameras about his vision for the nation and the drive of his campaign moving forward. The problem? No cable or major news

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Trump Says He’ll Order Supporters To Disrupt Sanders’ Rallies

‘Be careful Bernie,’ warns Republican frontrunner.

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Par Jon Queally
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump

Donald Trump on Sunday morning went after potential general election rival Bernie Sanders by calling him a liar and indicated he might soon instruct his own supporters to attend Sanders' rallies in order to foment disruption and discord among his progressive (aka "super-liberal") base. In a tweet, Trump

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