Prior to the launch of the Sanders Institute, the Independent senator was harshly critical of then-rival Hillary Clinton over the Clinton Foundation.

“If you ask me about the Clinton Foundation, do I have a problem when a sitting secretary of state and a foundation run by her husband collects many millions of dollars from foreign governments, governments which are dictatorships?” Bernie Sanders told CNN at the time.

“You don’t have a lot of civil liberties or democratic rights in Saudi Arabia, you don’t have a lot of respect there for opposition points of view, for gay rights, for women’s rights. Do I have a problem with that? Yeah, I do.”

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    To summarize: “OMG, Sanders donated campaign funds to a non-profit we don’t like!”

    The Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA) also allows members to donate campaign funds to any entity described in section 170© of the Internal Revenue Code, including charitable or educational organizations, or governmental entities.

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        Wait, is Jimmy Dore not a Lefty? I’m not up on my youtube politics scene beyond breaking points. What’s the deal with Jimmy Dore?

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          I remember listening to him 12+ years ago when he was regularly on “Best of the Left” etc - I’m not sure what happened but now he’s an anti-vaxxer ivermectin nut.

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            It’s really sad, I really liked him at one time - he used to make a lot of sense to my very lefty mind, and then at some point I realized the things he was saying were becoming more conspiracy than reality and that I didn’t really agree with him anymore. I like science and evidence, not crazy bullshit.

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          Democrats see him as a Republican, Republicans see him as a Democrat.

          Independent media activist and jorunalists see him as a lefty and righty.

          Look at his policies and see for yourself.

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            Who the fuck cares about this entertainer’s politics? He’s a comedian, not a politician

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              You do have a point. I come accross a lot of people that don’t watch certain people due to politics. That is how we get bubbles and tribes.