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| https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/112415 | News November 24 | 2015-11-24 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Independent | House | VT | Bernard Sanders | S000033 | www.sanders.senate.gov | legacy | News November 24 Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Senator Sanders Pfizer-Allergan DealSen. Sanders condemned the Pfizer acquisition of Allergan on Monday and urged the Obama administration to block the deal,The Associated Press,Reuters, Business Insider,Los Angeles Times,The New York Times,TheHillandVoxreported. Pfizer said it would buy Botox maker Allergan in a record-breaking deal worth $160 billion to cut its U.S. tax bill by moving its headquarters to Ireland. "The Pfizer-Allergan merger would be a disaster for American consumers who already pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs," Sanders said in a statement. TIME Person of the YearWith eleven days left to go before TIMEs 2015 Person of the Year poll comes to a close, Sen. Sanders, the upstart candidate for president, holds a wide lead over global notables among TIME readers even as he trails Hillary Clinton in voter polls and fights a long-shot battle for the Democratic nomination,TIMEand The Hill reported. Larry SandersIn this longer video from a previous interview withRolling Stone, Larry Sanders discusses what Sen. Sanders was like as a child (a bit of a jock) and how both brothers became left-leaning politicians (they grew up in working-class Brooklyn, in the aftermath of the Holocaust, motivating them to fight for justice for all). SOTU Essay ContestSen. Sanders has launched his sixth annual State of the Union essay contest, calling upon Vermont's high school students to address what they view as the major issues facing the United States,The Manchester Journalreported. Sanders' annual essay contest is an opportunity for Vermont high school students to articulate what issues they would prioritize if they were president. Column: Sanders as a Democrat"Sen. Sanders could call himself a Democrat it would fit his ideology, and it would fit his ambitions. But he steadfastly refuses. Understanding why is, I think, crucial to understanding not just Sanders but his support," Ezra Klein wrote forVox. "Sanders' socialism, in other words, is a costly and thus believable signal that he isn't going to get elected and suddenly start doing fundraisers with Robert Rubin. That signal has powered a truly extraordinary primary campaign and it suggests that there may be more liberal dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party than many in the party realize." World Turkey Downs Russian Jet Turkish military aircraft shot down a Russian jet Tuesday after Turkey says it violated its airspace near the border with Syria, a major escalation in the Syrian conflict that could further strain relations between Russia and the West. Russian officials confirmed that a Russian warplane had been shot down but claimed it had been flying over Syria and had not violated Turkish airspace, The Washington Post reported. Kerry Urges Bigger Push Against ISIS With the Obama administration under mounting pressure from some of its own top former officials to take a more aggressive approach to combating the Islamic State, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that he would like to see the American-led military and diplomatic effort in Syria go faster. He added that President Obama had charged his aides with coming up with any concepts that will, in fact, work, and which could help change the situation on the ground, The New York Times reported. National 5 Shot Near BLM Protest Simmering racial tensions boiled over yetagain on Monday when a small group of white men allegedly shot five peoplewho had beenprotestingthe recent police killing of an African American manin Minneapolis. Police announced on Twitter early Tuesday morning that five people had suffered non-life-threatening gunshot wounds, and that officers were searching for three white suspects who had fled the scene, The Washington Post reported. Vermont Burlington Skate Park The sound of skateboards hitting the pavement boomed from inside the pit of the newest addition to Burlington's northern waterfront:a world-class skate park. The park is part of Waterfront Access North,the first major, new waterfront public infrastructure investment since the creation of Waterfront Park in the early1990s, Burlington Free Press reported. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |