Company launches Bernie Sanders-inspired underwear line
Company launches Bernie Sanders-inspired underwear line
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Employees of a Vermont company have launched a side business selling underwear featuring a black-and-white drawing of the face of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders.
The underwear, which features the message “Feel the Bern,” is available for men and women and costs $15 plus shipping and handling. The three workers with KSE Partners, a strategic communications and government affairs firm, say they created Bernie’s Briefs as a fun side business.
The Vermont senator has said recently on late-night TV and talk shows that he prefers briefs over boxers.
The startup’s founders called Sanders’ passion for serious issues admirable. One founder says the political process has benefited from his campaign.
Ten percent of the proceeds will go toward the Yellow Ribbon Fund, which supports injured service members.
Boston pol says Bieber-graffiti tweet was sarcasm
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston City Councilor says he was being sarcastic when he tweeted that he would introduce an emergency ordinance prohibiting Justin Bieber-inspired graffiti.
The pop singer asked artists around the world last week to paint murals inspired by tracks from his upcoming album, which is set to release Friday.
The singer posted a photo on Thursday of a mural on a Boston pizza shop, prompting a joking response from Councilor Matt O’Malley on Monday saying he planned to file legislation to keep such murals off city walls.
But not everyone grasped the intended humor and the tweet garnered a range of responses, including calls for O’Malley to focus on things like crime and poverty.
O’Malley says he has nothing against Bieber, but that he’s not a fan of his work.