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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 15, 2025

Like all authoritarians, Trump doesn't like criticism or objective reporting. He just wants flattery.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 15, 2025

Mamdani won. The establishment is in panic. Billionaires are raising money against him; Trump is ranting; Islamophobes are on the loose. They know what we know: Candidates who stand boldly with the working class can win not only in NYC…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 11, 2025

The Trump administration’s barbaric practice of expelling immigrants to dangerous ‘third countries’ is an abuse of our justice system.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 11, 2025

The deportation of eight men to South Sudan – a country plagued by famine and brutal civil war – is abhorrent.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 9, 2025

We cannot continue to allow big banks to make huge profits ripping off the American people.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 8, 2025

the Redstone family diminished the freedom of the press today in exchange for a $2.4 billion payday.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 8, 2025

As President Trump and members of Congress roll out the red carpet for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, let's remember that Netanyahu has been indicted as a war criminal by the International Criminal Court for overseeing the…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 8, 2025

This is the man Trump and Congress are welcoming this week: a war criminal who will be remembered as one of modern history's monsters.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 8, 2025

At this moment, hundreds of thousands of people are starving after Israel prevented any aid from entering Gaza for nearly three months.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 7, 2025

the settlement sets an “extremely dangerous precedent in terms of both the First Amendment and government extortion,”

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 4, 2025

This bill includes the largest cut ever to Medicaid in order to pay for the largest tax break for billionaires that we have ever seen.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 4, 2025

Make no mistake about it: This bill is a death sentence for working-class and low-income Americans.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 2, 2025

It is a dark day for independent journalism and freedom of the press—an essential part of our democracy.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 2, 2025

It is a victory for a president who is attempting to stifle dissent and undermine American democracy.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 2, 2025

It’s pretty obvious why Paramount chose to surrender to Trump.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 2, 2025

Paramount's decision will only embolden Trump to continue attacking, suing, and intimidating the media, which he has labeled 'the enemy of the people.'

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 2, 2025

The most dangerous piece of legislation in the modern history of our country.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 2, 2025

The decision by the Redstone family, the major owners of Paramount, to settle a bogus lawsuit with President Trump over a 60 Minutes report he did not like is an extremely dangerous precedent in terms of both the First Amendment and…

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