What's Driving Mainstream Liberals Insane?

[READER]( I don’t want to seem like I’m obsessed with the negativity radiated by the supposedly liberal mainstream media toward Bernie Sanders, but, well, I am a little obsessed! I mean, this stuff is ridiculous. Last week, I get over Chris Matthews’s [bizarre rant]( in which he linked Bernie to Castro and fantasized about confronting communists in Central Park, as though he were a freedom fighter battling Castro’s invaders. This week Matthews followed up by likening Bernie’s win in Nevada to the Nazi [invasion of France](. This was especially offensive because Bernie is Jewish and many of his relatives were killed in the Holocaust. Then I watched Mayor Rahm go on George Stephanopoulos’s show to dismiss Bernie as [Putin’s candidate](. After that, I decided to take a break from watching the so-called liberal media pontificate about Bernie. I swear, they hate Bernie more than they hate Trump. The Bernie Sanders phenomenon is a form of madness that’s driving mainstream liberals insane as they try to suck up to Republicans by maligning the Democratic base. Sincerely, With Blago in the news, I took a deep dive into some of my old stories—like this one [from 2009](. A [few words]( from the great Sonny Rollins. [Funny stories]( about really bad NBA coaches. [Candis Castillo]( & the Heartland Mamas, telling it like it is about Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Michael Bloomberg. [Dave Glowacz]( breaks down the latest City Council meeting. [Blago, Blago, Blago]( . . . [LISTEN NOW]( By [Maya Dukmasova]( [@mdoukmas]( and [Ben Joravsky]( [@joravben]( [LISTEN NOW]( By [Maya Dukmasova]( [@mdoukmas]( and [Ben Joravsky]( [@joravben]( [Issue of Feb 20-26, 2020 Vol. 49, No. 20]( [Download Issue]( (PDF) [DONATE]( [View this e-mail as a web page]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © 2020 Chicago Reader, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader 2930 S. Michigan Ave., Ste 102Chicago, IL 60616-3228 [Add us to your address book]( Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. [Mailchimp Email Marketing](