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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 26, 2026

We should have the highest standard of living for all of our people, not massive income and wealth inequality.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 26, 2026

The American people are tired of a rigged economy, a corrupt campaign finance system. They want real change.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 26, 2026

Let's sit down, let's negotiate with them, let's stop the killing, let's stop the devastation to our economy, which is raising gas prices, prices all across the board.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 26, 2026

The war in Iran is unconstitutional. It is illegal, should never have been started. We need to sit down, negotiate, end this war as quickly as possible.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 25, 2026

For decades, the food and beverage industry has made massive profits by enticing children to consume unhealthy products purposely designed to be overeaten — fueling the twin crises of type 2 diabetes and obesity in America.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 25, 2026

Building on generations of leadership in aviation, American companies are spearheading electric aircraft innovation.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 24, 2026

Today, on a bipartisan basis, the Senate HELP Committee finally stood up to the greed of the food and beverage industry.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 24, 2026

We cannot continue to allow these greedy corporations to put their own profits over the health and well-being of our kids.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Jul 24, 2026

Rapid consolidation in the seed industry has had a direct and brutal impact on farms in Vermont and across the country.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

Nearly 30 years ago, Congress had the courage to take on the tobacco industry, whose products killed more than 400,000 Americans every year. Today, on a bipartisan basis, the Senate HELP Committee finally stood up to the greed of the food…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

I am delighted that the HELP Committee passed the Childhood Diabetes Reduction Act that I introduced. For decades, the food and beverage industry has made massive profits by enticing children to consume unhealthy products purposely…

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

No one who works for a company making billions in profits should be living in poverty.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

It is time for the Walton family, worth $485 billion, and Mr. Bezos, worth $257 billion, to get off of welfare and pay their workers a living wage with good benefits.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

American taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize the starvation wages of large corporations like Walmart and Amazon.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

That is why Congress must vote NO on the defense spending bill, which brings the US and Israeli militaries even closer together.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Jul 23, 2026

Trump claims his war on Iran is about stopping an authoritarian country from enriching nuclear fuel. Now he’s letting his best friends in Saudi Arabia — one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world — do exactly that. This is absurd…

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Becca Balint
@beccabalint· Democratic · VT· Jul 22, 2026

Every community deserves to have the fire trucks it needs to keep people safe. But corporate consolidation has driven up prices considerably and left communities waiting years for this essential, lifesaving equipment.

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