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Political outsiders, how long will they last?

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. As a sitting U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders is not an outsider in the same

sense as Donald Trump, but he's an independent running in the Democratic primary. He's a Democratic

socialist, which is out of the current mainstream. But just as Trump gets the headlines,

Sanders is getting the crowds.

Populism on the left and the right is shaping debate in the early days of both contests for presidential nominations.

Establishment leaders in both parties are faced with the same question.

Will the fire still be blazing or burned out by the time that voters go to the polls?

Today's talking point, Amazon's founder, strikes back at the New York Times.

First, here's the news.

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Hello again, Warren Alney, back with To the Point. Donald Trump is getting the headlines and Bernie Sanders is drawing the crowds in the Republican and Democratic nomination campaigns. They may be political outsiders in different ways, but their populist messages are shaping the dialogue so far for both the Democrats and the GOP. Will the fire burn up before voters go to the polls? Today's talking point, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, says he doesn't recognize the shockingly callous management of his own company described in yesterday's New York Times. He promises zero tolerance for such lack of empathy. First, this news update, a steep increase in deaths from

overdoses of heroin has increased pressure to find alternatives to the so-called war on drugs.

Today, the Obama administration has announced an innovative initiative. Mark Fisher is part of a

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