Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) presidential campaign paid over $60,000 to the consulting firm of the campaign's senior adviser, Chuck Rocha, who embezzled thousands of dollars from the United Steelworkers Union between 2008 and 2009.
Amusingly, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden found himself in yet another plagiarism scandal Tuesday as activists and reporters noticed several portions of his new climate plan were lifted wholesale from advocacy groups, think tanks, and a reporter. The campaign’s excuse was weak: they “inadvertently” left off citations, you see. (One wonders how one “inadvertently” takes language from a nonprofit about what “[their] goal” is and unabashedly make it read “Biden’s goal.”)
It somehow took the New York Times two tries to apologize for their decision to publish an anti-Semitic cartoon in the international edition this weekend. The cartoon in question featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a dog with a Star of David, leading around President Donald Trump. Critics noted that the cartoon rather clearly played on age-old stereotypes of Jews as beasts controlling the U.S. government.
A campaign official working for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) apologized Tuesday for suggesting Jewish Americans and the U.S. government may have "dual allegiance."
A young staffer for Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) resigned last summer over what she called a poor handling of a sexual harassment complaint she lodged against one of her senior aides.
Some congressional Democrats are already frustrated with upstart freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's tendency to butt heads with members of her own party, according to a number of lawmakers and aides.
A Democratic Iowa county chair called Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) "very shrill" in a new report as the presidential hopeful descends on the critical caucus state for the weekend.
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Tuesday blasted Politico for an article about her earlier in the day, saying the publication had zero named sources "to back claims containing false information."
Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) presidential campaign paid over $60,000 to the consulting firm of the campaign's senior adviser, Chuck Rocha, who embezzled thousands of dollars from the United Steelworkers Union between 2008 and 2009. 
