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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 24, 2025

Trump continues to demonstrate that he does not believe in the Constitution, the separation of powers, or the rule of law.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 24, 2025

Trump's latest attack on the judiciary and Judge Dugan is about one thing—unchecked power.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 24, 2025

Let's be clear. Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration. It has everything to do with his moving this country toward authoritarianism.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 24, 2025

It is time for my colleagues in the Republican Party who believe in the Constitution to stand up to his growing authoritarianism.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 24, 2025

Trump‘s arrest of Judge Dugan in Milwaukee has nothing to do with immigration. It has everything to do with his moving this country toward authoritarianism.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 22, 2025

The massive income and wealth inequality in America today is not only morally unjust, it is profoundly damaging to our democracy.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 22, 2025

Since 1975, nearly $80 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% of Americans to the top 1%.

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Peter Welch
@peterwelch· Democratic · VT· Apr 18, 2025

That was one of those votes where I voted the way I thought was the right vote, but I couldn’t tell you with certainty that I was confident I was right.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 18, 2025

The tide is turning, with brave judges, educators, lawyers, courageous fired government whistleblowers, and countless others in every occupation stepping up.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 17, 2025

We urge you to reinstate the LIHEAP staffers that were laid off.

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Bernie Sanders
@berniesanders· Independent · VT· Apr 16, 2025

This week, the American people turned out in enormous numbers. And their message was clear. They do not want oligarchy. They do not want authoritarianism. They are tired of massive income and wealth inequality and the greed of the…

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

We need you to stand up to the insurance companies and the drug companies and understand that healthcare is a human right.

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

We have an economy today that is working very well for the billionaire class, but not for working families.

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

He thinks that climate change is a hoax. He is dangerously wrong. And you and I are going to have to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and tell them to stop destroying this planet.

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

That is what this struggle is about! One hundred fifty years later, it’s the same struggle.… We believe in a government of the people, by the people, for the people—not a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, for…

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

Your presence here today is making Donald Trump and Elon Musk very nervous.

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

This country faces some very difficult challenges. And the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation.

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