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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 4, 2026

Are you talking about morality and corruption? With President Trump?

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 4, 2026

Today we are … spending hours on a hearing that impacts an infinitesimal number of people.

dailycaller.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 4, 2026

In other words, Mr. Chairman, we are using precious committee time dealing with an issue that impacts at most less than 100th of one percent of teenagers throughout America, and zero kids under the age of 12.

dailycaller.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 3, 2026

So what are the billionaires worried about? Why are they spending so much money trying to defeat this guy?

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 3, 2026

The answer is that he's going to stand up to the oligarchies.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 3, 2026

This would guarantee that the trillions created by AI are used to improve the lives of all of us — and block oligarch decisions that harm the American people.

reason.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 3, 2026

I will soon be introducing a bill to give the public a 50% ownership stake in the largest AI companies in America.

reason.com
Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 3, 2026

All I can tell you is that the wealthiest people in this country have now reserved close to $100 million in TV ads in a small state like Maine.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 2, 2026

And the reason that they do not want him in the Senate is he has had the guts to stand up to the big money interests, to fight for healthcare as a human right, to demand the billionaires start paying their fair share of taxes.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 2, 2026

I think what we, as a nation, need to do is to focus on the important issues facing working families, 60% of whom are living paycheck to paycheck.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 2, 2026

give the public a direct role in determining the future

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 2, 2026

What we're looking at right now is a situation where billionaires have already pledged to spend $90 million in a tiny state like Maine.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 2, 2026

I think it's important for us to focus on the issues facing working families a little bit more than Graham Platner’s marriage.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jun 2, 2026

People can’t afford healthcare. Can’t afford groceries. Can’t afford to put gas in their cars. And I think it might be a good idea if we focused on the important issues facing the working families of Maine and this country.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 29, 2026

"something dictators have done throughout history," noted Bernie Sanders of his proposed SERVE Act, or Stop Executive Renaming for Vanity and Ego.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· May 28, 2026

Make no mistake: OCR’s disastrous recent track record in providing enforceable relief for students is a direct consequence of choices made by the Trump administration.

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