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The Hill reports: Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders is projected to win the Oregon primary, keeping his slim presidential hopes alive. Sanders will win the majority of the state’s 61 pledged delegates, cutting slightly into Hillary Clinton’s lead. He still needs to win about two-thirds of the remaining unpledged delegates up for grabs between now and the last contest in …

Minutes ago the Kentucky Secretary of State declared Hillary Clinton the apparent winner of that state’s primary. At this writing with over 99% of the votes counted, she leads Bernie Sanders by an an extremely slim margin of about 2000 votes. From NBC News: After the results came in, Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said, “Essentially a tie in a …

Bernie Sanders has responded to the DNC’s demand seen in the post below this one. His full statement, as you’ll see, does not contain the requested denouncement: It is imperative that the Democratic leadership, both nationally and in the states, understand that the political world is changing and that millions of Americans are outraged at establishment politics and establishment economics. …

Politico reports: Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said the committee is calling on the campaigns of both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders to denounce the behavior of Sanders supporters at the Nevada Democratic state convention over the weekend. “We are deeply concerned about the troubling details laid out in the letter from the Nevada Democratic Party,” Wasserman Schultz …

The Hill reports: Ralph Nader says Hillary Clinton is unfairly winning the Democratic nomination with unelected super-delegates and closed primaries that shut out independent voters who prefer Bernie Sanders. “If he had an open primary he’d have beaten her,” Nader told The Hill in a Facebook Live interview on Monday. “It should be open to all voters. And that helped …

Via Business Insider: “Bernie Sanders is being treated very badly by the Dems,” Trump tweeted on Monday. “The system is rigged against him. He should run as an independent! Run Bernie, run.” Bernie Sanders, an Independent senator from Vermont, has had an impressive rise this election cycle, mounting a surprisingly tough challenge to Clinton. Although he’s the longest-serving Independent member …

Politico today published a story which speculates that Bernie Sanders could “Nader” Hillary Clinton from winning the general election, a possibility that has been commented on at great length by JMG readers. The article begins: Bernie Sanders, for all his talk of revolution, never wanted to be Ralph Nader. He has a long history of keeping the Democratic Party at …

Via Newsweek: For the first time ever, after some 26 years on the air, The Simpsons hit a new milestone for an animated series by going live on Sunday night. For three minutes, Homer Simpson—voiced by Dan Castellaneta—fielded phone calls from fans during both the East and West Coast broadcasts and offered his opinion on the U.S. presidential candidates. Well, …

Supporters of Bernie Sanders turned today’s Nevada Democratic Convention into a screaming mess. The Hill reports: Tensions were high at the Democratic convention in Nevada Saturday, with Bernie Sanders supporters demanding delegate recounts, booing Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and causing other disruptions, according to local media reports. Sanders supporters were angry over a voice vote that adopted a set of …

Noted activist Peter Staley reports on Facebook that Bernie Sanders has rescheduled his meeting with HIV/AIDS activists for May 25th. The meeting will take place in California. Yesterday Hillary Clinton issued a recap of her meeting with HIV/AIDS activists, which included a call for expanded PrEP availability. A short video of that meeting is below.

From People For The American Way: Outspoken “gun rights” activist Ted Nugent, a BOARD MEMBER of the NRA, just posted a SHOCKING edited video on Facebook of Hillary Clinton getting shot, with the caption, “I got your guncontrol [sic] right here bitch!” If this outrageously violent “spoof” video, in which Bernie Sanders draws a gun and shoots Hillary Clinton on …

Crooked Hillary, Little Marco, Lyin’ Ted, Low-Energy Jeb, and now this. Via Politico: The “Crazy Bernie” nickname comes as Trump signals that he wants Sanders’ supporters to back him in the fall, aping the Vermont senator’s attacks on Clinton’s “judgment” and picking up on some of his other rhetorical tropes. “I think a lot of the young people that are …

Bernie Sanders has been declared the winner of the West Virginia primary. At this writing it appears that he will take 14 of the 24 Democratic delegates up for grabs. According to exit polls, nearly half of Sanders’ supporters say they will vote for Trump in the general election should he not win the Democratic election. Just in from the …

Earlier today I reported that Bernie Sanders canceled his meeting with HIV/AIDS activists, despite his denouncement of Hillary Clinton’s ahistorical recounting of Nancy Reagan’s role in the early years of the pandemic. Clinton will meet with activists later this week. Yesterday activist Michael Rajner appeared on MSNBC to explain what they are hoping to hear from both candidates. Watch this.

Chris Johnson reports at the Washington Blade: Bernie Sanders has cancelled a meeting with HIV advocates his campaign affirmed days before the crucial New York Democratic primary he would attend, according to the activists who sought to arrange the meeting. The 30-minute meeting between Sanders and HIV advocates was set for May 13 in Indianapolis. Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton also …

The Hill reports: The chair of this summer’s Democratic National Convention said that supporters of candidate Bernie Sanders have to “behave themselves” when the Vermont senator loses the nomination. During a radio interview with John Catsimatidis, Ed Rendell, a former Pennsylvania governor and Democratic National Committee chairman, laid out his vision for how the convention would play out. “I think …

Via Politico: Hillary Clinton won the Guam Democratic caucuses Saturday, defeating Bernie Sanders four days after his surprise victory in Indiana. Guam’s results don’t make a significant difference in terms of the overall delegate chase, but a Sanders win would have allowed him to claim further momentum after his Indiana win on Tuesday and before his likely wins in West …

The Hill reports: Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders on Friday left the door open to being Hillary Clinton’s running mate if she were to offer him the position after the party’s convention this summer. “Right now, we are focused on the next five weeks of winning the Democratic nomination. If that does not happen, we are going to fight as …

Via Raw Story: A group of Bernie Sanders supporters and other protesters disrupted an appearance by Hillary Clinton in southern California. The Democratic presidential frontrunner was repeatedly interrupted Thursday as she spoke to a largely Latino crowd in Monterey Park, where Union del Barrio organized a protest against Clinton over her immigration policies and opposition to a national $15 hourly …

Via Politico: Bernie Sanders is here to stay. The Democratic presidential nominee said in an interview with NPR that his campaign will continue until June 14, even if the odds in terms of delegates are stacked against him. “Well, we’re going to stay in until the last vote is counted, and that will be in the primary in Washington, D.C.,” …