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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 13, 2025

Donald Trump is dead set on destroying public education in this country.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 13, 2025

Better health coverage? If Canadians became US citizens they would lose their free health care.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 13, 2025

A single payer system does not mean having a lower quality system.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

Today, Mr. Musk is worth $402 billion. (Mark) Zuckerberg is worth $252 billion. (Jeff) Bezos is worth $249 billion. With combined wealth of over $900 billion, these three people, three people, are more wealthy than the bottom half of…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

In my opinion, what Musk and those around him are aggressively striving for is not novel. It is not complicated, and it is not new. It is what ruling classes throughout history have always wanted and have always believed is theirs by…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

That is a very troubling response because the studies are there. Your job is to have looked at those studies as an applicant for this job.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

Today, the oligarchs and the billionaire class are getting richer and richer and have more and more power.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Feb 12, 2025

I am here to follow my colleague from Georgia Senator Warnock to talk about the Robert Kennedy nomination. But before I start, I just want to share some good news I just learned about with the success of DOGE. As we all know, Mr. Musk is…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

It is dangerously unacceptable that an unelected Musk and his unqualified acolytes have access to sensitive CMS systems.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

We need to make sure that effective and well-resourced lawsuits are brought to stop the illegal power plays.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

The problems this country faces right now are extremely serious. The economy is rigged. Our campaign finance system is corrupt, and we are struggling to control climate change...

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

They don't want ordinary people—that's you—and democracy getting in their way.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

The oligarch's nightmare is that we will not allow ourselves to be divided up by race, religion, sexual orientation or religion and will together have the courage to take them on.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

We need to focus on the most fundamental harms—and ignore the freak show that Trump is putting on.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Feb 12, 2025

I think it is an appropriate time to ask the question that the media and most politicians don't seem to be asking: What do he and other multi-billionaires really want? What is their end game?

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